The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Competition) (Wales) Regulations 1988
Section 6(3) of the Local Government Act 1988 enables the Secretary of State to require that an authority mentioned in section 1(1) of the Act (a defined authority) may carry out functional work falling within an activity listed in section 2(2) and described in schedule 1 of the Act (a defined activity), only after subjecting the work to competition. These Regulations specify the dates from which and the circumstances in which those bodies which are defined authorities (“specified authorities”) in Wales may not carry out functional work without first exposing it to competition.