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Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 2049

The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Chiltern District Council, Lewes District Council and Eastbourne Borough Council) Order 1998

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


1998 No. 2049


LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Chiltern District Council, Lewes District Council and Eastbourne Borough Council) Order 1998


 Made19th August 1998 
 Laid before Parliament26th August 1998 
 Coming into force16th September 1998 

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[1], 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) (Exemptions) (Chiltern District Council, Lewes District Council and Eastbourne Borough Council) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 16th September 1998.

Exemptions of financial services
    2. - (1) The financial services[2] work of the council of the district of Chiltern shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with 1st April 1999 and ending on 31st March 2000.

    (2) The financial services work of the council of the district of Lewes shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with 1st April 1999 and ending on 31st March 2001.

Exemption of housing management
    3.The housing management[3] work of the council of the borough of Eastbourne shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with 1st April 1999 and ending on 29th March 2000.



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State


Nick Raynsford
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

19th August 1998



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 particular conditions are fulfilled.

This Order exempts from the requirements of Part I the financial services work of the district councils of Chiltern and Lewes, so long as it is carried out during the periods mentioned in paragraphs (1) and (2) of article 2 respectively; and (by article 3) the housing management work of Eastbourne Borough Council, so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with 1st April 1999 and ending on 29th March 2000.


Notes:

[1] 1988 c.9.back

[2] See section 2(1)(a) of, and paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Act 1988, which were inserted by S.I. 1995/1915.back

[3] See section 2(2)(h) of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Act 1988, which were added by S.I. 1994/1671. Paragraph 9 was further amended by S.I. 1997/74.back



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