LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Combined Fire Authorities Etc.) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 2nd July 1998. 2 Articles 3(2) and 4 of this Order apply to defined authorities in England only. Interpretation 2 In this Order, “combined fire authority” means a fire authority constituted by a combination scheme. Amendments of Order 3 1 In article 3 of the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (England and Wales) Order 1996 — a in paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), after “for a police authority” insert “or a combined fire authority”; and b in paragraph (5), i after the definition of “gross annual cost” omit “and”; ii at the end of the definition of “police authority” add— ; and “combined fire authority” means a fire authority constituted by a combination scheme . 2 In article 4 of that Order, in paragraph (2), in the definition of “relevant date”— a in sub-paragraph (b), omit “and”; and b at the end of that definition, insert— and d in the case of a relevant order which takes effect in relation to that council on 1st April 1998, 1st April 2000; . Exemptions of defined activities carried out by combined fire authorities 4 1 The legal services work and the construction and property services work of a combined fire authority which is established on a date specified in column A below (“the establishment date”) shall not be treated as defined activities, so long as they are carried out during the period beginning with the date on which this Order comes into force and ending on the date specified in relation to that establishment date in column B below— A B 1st April 1996 30th September 1998 1st April 1997 30th September 1999 1st April 1998 31st March 2000. 2 The financial services work of a combined fire authority which is established on a date specified in column A below (“the establishment date”) shall not be treated as a defined activity, so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with the date on which this order comes into force and ending on the date specified in relation to that establishment date in column B below— A B 1st April 1996 31st March 1999 1st April 1997 31st December 1999 1st April 1998 30th September 2000. 3 The information and technology services work of a combined fire authority which is established on a date specified in column A below (“the establishment date”) shall not be treated as a defined activity, so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with the date on which this order comes into force and ending on the date specified in relation to that establishment date in column B below— A B 1st April 1996 31st March 2000 1st April 1997 30th September 2000 1st April 1998 30th September 2001. 4 The personnel services of a combined fire authority which is established on a date specified in column A below (“the establishment date”) shall not be treated as a defined activity, so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with the date on which this order comes into force and ending on the date specified in relation to that establishment date in column B below— A B 1st April 1996 31st December 1998 1st April 1997 31st December 1999 1st April 1998 30th September 2000. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions Nick Raynsford Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 28th May 1998 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office 2nd June 1998