The Local Government (Exemption from Competition) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1999

Made: 22nd March 1999

Laid before Parliament: 25th March 1999

Coming into force: 1st May 1999

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(10) and 15(5) and (7) of the Local Government Act 1988¹ and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Exemption from Competition) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st May 1999.

• (2) In this Order, “the principal Order” means the Local Government (Exemption from Competition) (Scotland) Order 1995².

Amendment of principal Order

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In article 3 of the principal Order, for “2000” there shall be substituted “2001”.

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In article 7(2) of the principal Order, for “2000” there shall be substituted “2001”.

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In columns 2 to 9 of Schedule 2 to the principal Order–

• (a) for “1999” wherever it appears, there shall be substituted “2000”; and

• (b) for “2000” wherever it appears, there shall be substituted “2001”.

Revocation

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The Local Government (Exemption from Competition) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1998³ is hereby revoked.

Signed

Henry B McLeish — Minister of State, Scottish Office — 25th March 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Local Government (Exemption from Competition) (Scotland) Order 1995 (“the principal Order”) modified the application of Part I of the Local Government Act 1988 (“the 1988 Act”) in the period from 31st March 1995 to 31st December 2000. One of the effects of the principal Order was to suspend compulsory competitive tendering under the 1988 Act in Scotland from 31st March 1995 until “the exemption end date”, different such end dates being set for different authorities and different activities.

This Order amends the principal Order by substituting new exemption end dates. In each case, the new exemption end date is one year after the date previously set. It also amends the principal Order so that the modifications to Part I of the 1988 Act will continue to apply until 31st December 2001.

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