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

Application of section 6 – professional services

6.—(1) Section 6 of the Act shall apply to the specified proportion of any specified work falling within a professional service if it is proposed to be carried out by a defined authority on or after 1st October 1999.

(2) Where a defined authority proposes to carry out any specified work falling within a professional service in the period from 1st October 1998 to 31st March 1999 (inclusive), section 6 of the Act shall apply in that period to one third of the cumulative total of the specified proportions of work falling within the professional services.

(3) Where a defined authority proposes to carry out any specified work falling within a professional service in the period from 1st April 1999 to 30th September 1999 (inclusive), section 6 of the Act shall apply in that period to two-thirds of the cumulative total of the specified proportions of work falling within the professional services.

(4) This regulation is subject to regulation 8 below.