Statutory Instruments
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
20th October 1998
Laid before Parliament
28th October 1998
Coming into force
18th November 1998
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 2(9) and 15(5) of the Local Government Act 1988(1) hereby makes the following Order:-“
1. This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Rugby Borough Council) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 18th November 1998.
2. The collection of refuse(2) by the council of the borough of Rugby shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out within their area during the period beginning with 18th November 1998 and ending on 30th November 1999.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
20th October 1998
(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.
Article 2 of this Order exempts from the requirements of Part I the collection of refuse by Rugby Borough Council so long as it is carried out within their area during the period beginning with 18th November 1998 and ending on 30th November 1999.
See section 2(2)(a) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Act 1988. Paragraph 1 was amended by Schedule 15 to the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43).