The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Waltham Forest London Borough Council) Order 1996

Made: 17th June 1996

Laid before Parliament: 26th June 1996

Coming into force: 17th July 1996

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) (Waltham Forest London Borough Council) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 17th July 1996.

Exemption of repair and maintenance of vehicles

2

The repair and maintenance of vehicles[^f00002] by the council of the London borough of Waltham Forest shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with 17th July 1996 and ending with 31st March 1997.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Paul Beresford — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State — Department of the Environment — 17th June 1996

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 specified conditions are fulfilled.

This Order exempts from the requirements of Part I the repair and maintenance of vehicles by the Waltham Forest London Borough Council so long as the work is carried out during the period beginning with 1st July 1996 and ending with 31st March 1997.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1988 c. 9.

[^f00002]: See section 2(1)(g) of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Act 1988.