Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Wales) Order 1988
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1988/1469 |
| Year | 1988 |
1988 No. 1469
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENGLAND AND WALES
The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Wales) Order 1988
Made 12th August 1988
Laid before Parliament 19th August 1988
Coming into force 9th September 1988
The Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 2(9) and 15(5) of the Local Government Act 19881and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—
1. This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Wales) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 9th September 1988.
2.—(1) In this Order “the Act” means the Local Government Act 1988.
(2) This Order applies to an activity if carried out by a defined authority mentioned in section 1(1) of the Act which has functions in Wales or if carried out in Wales by a joint committee which falls to be treated as a defined authority by section 1(4) and of which at least one of the members is such an authority.
3.—(1) None of the activities mentioned in section 2(2) of the Act shall be treated as a defined activity so long as the condition mentioned in paragraph (2) is observed.
(2) The condition mentioned in paragraph (1) is that so long as the amount estimated by the authority as the gross cost of carrying out the activity in question through their direct labour organisation or a similar organisation in the immediately preceding financial year does not exceed £100,000.
(3) For the purposes of this article, the cost of carrying out any activity will—
(a)
(a) include such proportion of the authority’s administrative expenses, other than expenses that would be incurred by the authority whether the activity were carried out by it or by another person, as is properly attributable to the carrying out of the activity;
(b)
(b) exclude the cost of any work which is treated as carried out by the authority by virtue of section 3(4) of the Act; and
(c)
(c) exclude the cost of any work which, by virtue of article 4, 5 or 6 does not fall within a defined activity.
4. None of the activities mentioned in section 2(2) of the Act shall be treated as a defined activity so long as it...
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