The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (Competition) (Wales) Regulations 1994

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;

“emergency work” means work of any description the necessity for which could not reasonably have been foreseen by the local authority concerned and which is—

(a)

required to avert, alleviate or eradicate in its area, or any part of it, the effects or potential effects of any emergency or disaster which involves or is likely to involve risk of serious damage to or destruction of property or risk of injury or danger to health or life;

(b)

required to be put in hand as a matter of urgency within 48 hours of the emergency or disaster occurring; and

(c)

not work on a scale or of a nature normally undertaken by that local authority;

“DLO revenue account” has the meaning given to it by sections 10(1) and 20(1) of the Act;

“estimated cost” in relation to a job, means the aggregate of the amounts which a local authority will credit to its DLO revenue account in respect of the carrying out of the job—

(a)

so far as such amounts will fall to be determined in accordance with a written statement prepared in compliance with section 9(2)(a) of the Act, as so determined; and

(b)

so far as such amounts will fall to be determined in accordance with a method specified in a written statement prepared in accordance with section 9(2)(b) of the Act, as estimated in accordance with that method;

“functional work” has the meaning given to it by sections 8 and 20(1) of the Act;

“job” means all the functional work which can reasonably be carried out most economically and efficiently under one arrangement;

“local authority” means such of the local authorities specified in the definition of “local authority” in section 20(1) of the Act as exist in Wales(1);

“works contract” has the meaning given to it by sections 5(1) and 20(1) of the Act;

“works of construction” means building or engineering works of any description not being the construction of a sewer or works of maintenance;

“works of maintenance” includes minor renewals, minor improvements and minor extensions.

(1)

The definition of “local authority” was inserted by the Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9), section 32 and Schedule 6.