The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Gateshead Borough Council) Order 1994

Statutory Instruments

1994 No. 2744

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Gateshead Borough Council) Order 1994

Made

25th October 1994

Laid before Parliament

2nd November 1994

Coming into force

23rd November 1994

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(9) and 15(5) of the Local Government Act 1988(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Gateshead Borough Council) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 23rd November 1994.

Exemption of catering for purposes of schools and welfare

2.  Catering for purposes of schools and welfare by the Gateshead Borough Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is undertaken in their area before 1st January 1995.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Robert Jones

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment

25th October 1994

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Under Part I of the Local Government Act 1988 (competition), work falling within certain defined activities may be carried out by local authorities only if particular conditions are fulfilled.

This Order exempts from the requirements of Part I catering for the purposes of schools and welfare by the Gateshead Borough Council so long as it is undertaken in their area before 1st January 1995.