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Local Government Act 1988

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assistance by local authorities for certain housing purposes; to prohibit the promotion of homosexuality by local authorities; to make provision about local authorities' publicity, local government administration, the powers of auditors, land held by public bodies, direct labour organisations, arrangements under the Employment and Training Act 1973, the Commission for Local Authority Accounts in Scotland, the auditing of accounts of local authorities in Scotland, and dog registration, dog licences and stray dogs; and for connected purposes.
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An Act to secure that local and other public authorities undertake certain activities only if they can do so competitively; to regulate certain functions of local and other public authorities in connection with public supply or works contracts; to authorise and regulate the provision of financial
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Section 17(1) stipulates that public bodies covered by the Act are not permitted to take "non-commercial considerations" into account when carrying out their functions relating to awarding contracts. The Act lists non-commercial matters relating to public supply or works contracts, including
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The Act did have other effects also, and was rather a mixed bag of changes. Part I introduced compulsory tendering of contracts for certain types of activities. Part II dealt with aspects of
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suggested that this requirement needed to be amended so that local councils could address local employment gaps by including local labour clauses in appropriate contracts.
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offered by contractors to their workers, the involvement of contractors with irrelevant fields of Government policy, and the conduct of contractors or workers in
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to provide financial assistance to people living in private property. Section 38, part of the "miscellaneous and general" coverage of Part IV, abolished
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Text of the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Supervision of Parking, Management of Vehicles and Security Work) (Wales) Regulations 1997
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Text of the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Housing Management and Security Work) (Exemptions) (England) Order 1997
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Text of the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Harlow District Council) Order 1994
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Text of the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Competition) (Wales) Regulations 1991
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Text of the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (England) Order 1988
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Text of the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Wales) Order 1991
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In 2000, the Employment Sub-committee of the House of Commons Education and Employment
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Text of the Local Government Act 1988 (Commencement No. 2) (Scotland) Order 1988
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House of Commons, Select Committee on Education and Employment (2000),
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Text of the Local Government Act 1988 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1988
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Fourth Report: Employability and Jobs: Is there a Jobs Gap
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Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title
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Dog Licenses Act 1959
Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000
Local Government Act 2003
Text of the Local Government Act 1988
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United Kingdom
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section 28
public sector contracting
housing authorities
dog licences
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