(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Combined Fire Authorities Etc) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 2nd July 1998.
(2) Articles 3(2) and 4 of this Order apply to defined authorities in England only.
Specified date: 2 July 1998: see para (1) above.
In this Order, “combined fire authority” means a fire authority constituted by a combination scheme.
Specified date: 2 July 1998: see art 1(1).
(1) In article 3 of the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (England and Wales) Order 1996—
(a) in paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), after “for a police authority” insert “or a combined fire authority”; and
(b) in paragraph (5),
(i) after the definition of “gross annual cost” omit “and”;
(ii) at the end of the definition of “police authority” add—
“; and
“combined fire authority” means a fire authority constituted by a combination scheme”.
(2) In article 4 of that Order, in paragraph (2), in the definition of “relevant date”—
(a) in sub-paragraph (b), omit “and”; and
(b) at the end of that definition, insert—
“and
(d) in the case of a relevant order which takes effect in relation to that council on 1st April 1998, 1st April 2000;”.
Specified date: 2 July 1998: see art 1(1).
(1) The legal services work and the construction and property services work of a combined fire authority which is established on a date specified in column A below (“the establishment date”) shall not be treated as defined activities, so long as they are carried out during the period beginning with the date on which this Order comes into force and ending on the date specified in relation to that establishment date in column B below—
| A | B | ||
| 1st April 1996 | 30th September 1998 | ||
| 1st April 1997 | 30th September 1999 | ||
| 1st April 1998 | 31st March 2000. | ||
(2) The financial services work of a combined fire authority which is established on a date specified in column A below (“the establishment date”) shall not be treated as a defined activity, so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with the date on which this order comes into force and ending on the date specified in relation to that establishment date in column B below—
| A | B | ||
| 1st April 1996 | 31st March 1999 | ||
| 1st April 1997 | 31st December 1999 | ||
| 1st April 1998 | 30th September 2000. | ||
(3) The information and technology services work of a combined fire authority which is established on a date specified in column A below (“the establishment date”) shall not be treated as a defined activity, so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with the date on which this order comes into force and ending on the date specified in relation to that establishment date in column B below—
| A | B | ||
| 1st April 1996 | 31st March 2000 | ||
| 1st April 1997 | 30th September 2000 | ||
| 1st April 1998 | 30th September 2001. | ||
(4) The personnel services work of a combined fire authority which is established on a date specified in column A below (“the establishment date”) shall not be treated as a defined activity, so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with the date on which this order comes into force and ending on the date specified in relation to that establishment date in column B below—
| A | B | ||
| 1st April 1996 | 31st December 1998 | ||
| 1st April 1997 | 31st December 1999 | ||
| 1st April 1998 | 30th September 2000. | ||
Specified date: 2 July 1998: see art 1(1).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Nick Raynsford
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
28th May 1998
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Win Griffiths
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Welsh Office
2nd June 1998
This Order amends the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (England and Wales) Order 1996 (SI 1996/770) made under Part I (competition) of the Local Government Act 1988. Article 3(1) amends article 3 (exemption for work carried out under certain works contracts) of that Order so as to extend the de minimis threshold to fire authorities constituted by combination schemes (“combined fire authorities”) in both England and Wales. Article 3(2), which applies to defined authorities in England only, amends article 4 (works contracts: local government reorganisation) of that Order so as to add a further implementation date of 1st April 2000 for county councils reorganising on 1st April 1998.
By virtue of article 4, which applies to defined authorities in England only, this Order also exempts from the requirements of Part I the activities of legal services and construction and property services (paragraph (1)); financial services (paragraph (2)); information technology services (paragraph (3)); and personnel services (paragraph (4)), so long as these are carried out by a combined fire authority which is established on one of the dates specified in column A in each respective paragraph, during the period beginning with the date on which this Order comes into effect, and ending on a date which is specified in column B in each respective paragraph. This brings combined fire authorities into line with the timetable for compulsory competitive tendering of professional services for reorganising local authorities.
