The Local Government Act 1988 (Direct Service Organisations) (Accounts etc.) (Extension) (Wales) Order 1997
The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Wales) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/339) (“the Exempting Order”) was made, inter alia, under section 2(9) of the Local Government Act 1988. It has been amended by S.I. 1995/2996 and S.I. 1996/3179. In general terms, it provides an exemption during the period of local government reorganisation in Wales for county and county borough councils, combined fire authorities and National Park authorities in Wales and certain joint committees thereof (“Welsh authorities”) from the competitive tendering requirements under Part I of the Local Government Act 1988. The exemption originally covered the period from 1st April 1994 until 31st March 1997 but with certain exceptions now continues until 30th September 1997.