The Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Wales) Regulations 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These regulations amend the respective regulations made under Part I of the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) in respect of the defined activities of construction and property services (S.I. 1997/127), financial services (S.I. 1997/130), housing management (S.I. 1997/935), legal services (S.I. 1997/126), and the supervision of parking, management of vehicles and security work (S.I. 1997/128). Those respective regulations (and in consequence the present regulations) apply only to defined authorities in Wales.

In the case of construction and property services; financial services and legal services, in regulation 2 (interpretation) of the respective regulations a new definition is substituted for the purpose of calculating the specified proportion of specified work. Two of the elements, namely “D” and “H”, in the previous calculation and which only had effect until 1st April 1999 have now been omitted in consequence of the new dates specified for the application of compulsory competitive tendering referred to below. Also the definition of voluntary competitive tendering is revoked, in those cases.

In the case of all services in regulation 3 (but in the case of supervision of parking etc. in regulation 2) of the respective regulations, a new date is specified for the application of section 6 (functional work; restrictions) of the Local Government Act 1988. The respective new dates are—

(a) 1st April 1999 in relation to management of vehicles (instead of 1st January 1999);

(b) 1st June 1999 in relation to security work and supervision of parking (instead of 1st January 1999); and

(c) 1st October 1999 in relation to construction and property services (instead of 1st July 1998); financial services (instead of 1st January 1999); housing management (instead of dates between 1st April 1998 and 1st April 1999) and legal services (instead of 1st April 1998).