The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Livingston Development Corporation) Order 1994

Made: 5th December 1994

Laid before Parliament: 9th December 1994

Coming into force: 31st December 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[^f00001], 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) (Livingston Development Corporation) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 31st December 1994.

Exemption in respect of maintenance of ground

2

Maintenance of ground (within the meaning of section 2(2)(f) of the Local Government Act 1988) by Livingston Development Corporation shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is undertaken in the area of that authority before 31st December 1996.

Signed

Allan Stewart — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 5th December 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 authorities such as development corporations only if particular conditions relating to competitive tendering are fulfilled.

This Order exempts from the requirements of Part I ground maintenance by Livingston Development Corporation so long as it is undertaken in the area of that development corporation before its wind-up on 31st December 1996.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1988 c. 9; see section 1(1) for the meaning of “defined authority”.