
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Housing Management) (England) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 4th October 1994.
(2) These Regulations apply to district councils in England, London borough councils, the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as local authority and the Council of the Isles of Scilly.
2 
In these Regulations—
 “the Act” means the Local Government Act 1988;
 “the permitted period” means a period of five years beginning on the date on which work was awarded;
 “the specified proportion” means an amount equal to the product of the following formula—T-(A+B),where—Tthe total annual cost (including overheads) to an authority to which these Regulations apply of the specified work,Aan amount, expressed as a sum of money, produced by calculating the percentage of T shown in the Table in Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations against the appropriate Band for the financial year in question, and the authorities are divided into Bands in accordance with Part II of the Schedule,Bfor the permitted period, an amount equal to the total annual cost (including overheads) of specified work which is being carried out by an authority to which these Regulations apply following voluntary competitive tendering;
 “specified work” means work of any description falling within the defined activity mentioned in section 2(2)(h) of the Act (housing management) other than work carried out under a works contract in relation to which the authority in question were the bidding authority;
 “voluntary competitive tendering” means the awarding of work, before 1st September 1994, following a competitive process in the course of which at least three persons who are not authorities to which these Regulations apply were invited to tender for that work.
3 
Section 6 of the Act shall apply to the specified proportion of any specified work if it is proposed to be carried out on or after 1st April 1996 by an authority to which these Regulations apply.
David Curry
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment
30th August 1994
SCHEDULE
Regulation 2
PART I

 Financial year beginning 1st April 1996 Financial year beginning 1st April 1997 Financial year beginning 1st April 1998 and all subsequent financial years
Band I authorities 5% 5% 5%
Band II authorities 100% 5% 5%
Band III authorities 40% 5% 5%
Band IV authorities 100% 40% 5%
Band V authorities 60% 30% 5%
PART II
1 
A Band I authority is any authority to which these Regulations apply which is not a Band II, III, IV or V authority.
2 
The Common Council of the City of London and the councils of the following areas are Band II authorities:
 the District of Adur
 the District of Allerdale
 the District of Alnwick
 the District of Arun
 the District of Aylesbury Vale
 the Borough of Barrow in Furness
 the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane
 the District of Bassetlaw
 the City of Bath
 the Borough of Berwick upon Tweed
 the Borough of Beverley
 the London Borough of Bexley
 the District of Blaby
 the Borough of Blyth Valley
 the District of Bolsover
 the Borough of Boothferry
 the Borough of Bournemouth
 the Borough of Bracknell Forest
 the District of Braintree
 the Borough of Bury
 the City of Cambridge
 the District of Cannock Chase
 the District of Caradon
 the District of Carrick
 the Borough of Castle Morpeth
 the District of Castle Point
 the Borough of Charnwood
 the Borough of Chelmsford
 the District of Cherwell
 the District of Chester le Street
 the Borough of Chorley
 the Borough of Colchester
 the District of Corby
 the District of Craven
 the Borough of Crewe and Nantwich
 the Borough of Dacorum
 the District of Derbyshire Dales
 the District of Derwentside
 the City of Durham
 the District of East Cambridgeshire
 the District of East Devon
 the District of East Dorset
 the District of East Hertfordshire
 the District of East Staffordshire
 the Borough of Elmbridge
 the District of Epping Forest
 the Borough of Fylde
 the Borough of Gillingham
 the Borough of Glanford
 the Borough of Gravesham
 the Borough of Great Grimsby
 the Borough of Great Yarmouth
 the Borough of Guildford
 the Borough of Halton
 the District of Hambleton
 the Borough of Harrogate
 the London Borough of Harrow
 the District of Hart
 the Borough of Hartlepool
 the Borough of Havant
 the Borough of Hertsmere
 the Borough of High Peak
 the Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth
 the Borough of Holderness
 the District of Horsham
 the District of Huntingdonshire
 the Borough of Kettering
 the Borough of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk
 the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
 the District of Leominster
 the City of Lincoln
 the District of Maldon
 the Borough of Medina
 the District of Mendip
 the District of Mid Sussex
 the District of Mole Valley
 the Borough of Newcastle under Lyme
 the District of North Cornwall
 the District of North Dorset
 the District of North East Derbyshire
 the District of North Kesteven
 the District of North Shropshire
 the Borough of North Warwickshire
 the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth
 the Borough of Preston
 the Borough of Reading
 the London Borough of Redbridge
 the Borough of Reigate and Banstead
 the Borough of Restormel
 the Borough of Ribble Valley
 the District of Richmondshire
 the Borough of Rugby
 the Borough of Runnymede
 the Borough of Rushcliffe
 the City and District of Saint Albans
 the District of Sevenoaks
 the Borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham
 the District of South Bedfordshire
 the District of South Buckinghamshire
 the District of South Cambridgeshire
 the District of South Holland
 the District of South Norfolk
 the District of South Oxfordshire
 the District of South Staffordshire
 the Borough of South Wight
 the Borough of Southend on Sea
 the District of Staffordshire Moorlands
 the District of Suffolk Coastal
 the District of Tandridge
 the Borough of Taunton Deane
 the District of Tendring
 the Borough of Tewkesbury
 the Borough of Thamesdown
 the Borough of Thurrock
 the Borough of Tonbridge and Malling
 the Borough of Trafford
 the District of Tynedale
 the District of Uttlesford
 the District of Vale of White Horse
 the District of Wansbeck
 the District of Warwick
 the Borough of Watford
 the Borough of Wellingborough
 the District of West Lindsey
 the District of West Oxfordshire
 the Borough of Woking
 the District of Woodspring
 the City of Worcester
 the District of Wycombe and
 the City of York.
3 
The councils of the following areas are Band III authorities:
 the London Borough of Barnet
 the Borough of Barnsley
 the Borough of Bolton
 the London Borough of Brent
 the City of Coventry
 the City of Derby
 the London Borough of Haringey
 the London Borough of Havering
 the London Borough of Hillingdon
 the Borough of Knowsley
 the Borough of Milton Keynes
 the Borough of North Tyneside
 the City of Norwich
 the City of Plymouth
 the City of Portsmouth
 the Borough of Rochdale
 the Borough of Saint Helens
 the Borough of South Tyneside
 the City of Southampton
 the City of Westminster
 the Borough of Wirral and
 the District of The Wrekin.
4 
The councils of the following areas are Band IV authorities:
 the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
 the District of Basildon
 the London Borough of Croydon
 the Borough of Doncaster
 the London Borough of Ealing
 the District of Easington
 the London Borough of Enfield
 the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
 the London Borough of Hounslow
 the Borough of Middlesbrough
 the Borough of Northampton
 the Borough of Oldham
 the Borough of Sefton
 the Borough of Stockton on Tees
 the City of Stoke on Trent
 the Borough of Tameside
 the London Borough of Waltham Forest and
 the Borough of Wigan.
5 
The councils of the following areas are Band V authorities:
 the City of Birmingham
 the City of Bradford
 the City of Bristol
 the London Borough of Camden
 the Borough of Dudley
 the Borough of Gateshead
 the London Borough of Greenwich
 the London Borough of Hackney
 the London Borough of Islington
 the City of Kingston upon Hull
 the Borough of Kirklees
 the London Borough of Lambeth
 the City of Leeds
 the City of Leicester
 the London Borough of Lewisham
 the City of Liverpool
 the City of Manchester
 the City of Newcastle upon Tyne
 the London Borough of Newham
 the City of Nottingham
 the Borough of Rotherham
 the City of Salford
 the Borough of Sandwell
 the City of Sheffield
 the London Borough of Southwark
 the City of Sunderland
 the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
 the City of Wakefield
 the Borough of Walsall
 the London Borough of Wandsworth and
 the Borough of Wolverhampton.