The Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Housing Management) (England) Regulations 1994
Section 6(3) of the Local Government Act 1988 enables the Secretarty of State to require that an authority mentioned in section 1(1) of the Act (a defined authority) may only carry out functional work falling within an activity listed in section 2(2) of the Act (a defined activity) after subjecting the work to competition.