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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Specified Periods) (Inner London) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 2nd January 1991.
(2) In these Regulations—
 “the Act” means the Local Government Act 1988;
 “specified authority” means the council of an inner London borough or the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority;
 “cleaning” means work falling within the defined activity mentioned in section 2(2)(b) of the Act and consisting of the cleaning of buildings transferred to a specified authority by the Education (Inner London Education Authority) (Property Transfer) Order 1990;
 “catering” means work falling within the defined activity mentioned in section 2(2)(d) of the Act and consisting of catering for the purpose of schools so transferred;
 “ground maintenance” means work falling within the defined activity mentioned in section 2(2)(f) of the Act and consisting of the maintenance of ground so transferred.
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In the case of a specified authority the second condition, set out in section 7(3) of the Act, shall not be treated as fulfilled as respects any work mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto if the period stated in the detailed specification by virtue of section 7(3)(c) is less than the period mentioned in the second column of the Schedule or exceeds the period mentioned in the third column.
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The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Specified Periods) (England) Regulations 1988 shall not apply to work to which these Regulations apply.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.
Michael Portillo
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment
4th December 1990
SCHEDULE
Regulation 2


Work Minimum period Maximum period
Cleaning 3 years 4 years 1 month
Catering 4 years 5 years
Ground maintenance 3 years 4 years 1 month