
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Police Authorities) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 26th January 1996.
(2) In this Order “police authority” means—
(a) a police authority constituted under section 3 of the Police Act 1964, and
(b) the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a police authority.
2 
The provision of legal services by a police authority shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it consists of legal work carried out in connection with any of the following:
(a) investigation or prosecution of a criminal offence;
(b) handling a complaint in pursuance of Part IX of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;
(c) proceedings in relation to a disciplinary offence, or unsatisfactory performance, by a member of a police force;
(d) the discharge of a constable during or at the end of his period of probation;
(e) the discharge of the functions of any constable or chief officer of police in pursuance of any enactment or instrument mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Order.
3 
The provision of construction and property services by a police authority shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it consists of the giving of advice in relation to the design, improvement or refurbishment of any premises for the purposes of—
(a) preventing crime in and in the neighbourhood of those premises;
(b) enhancing the security of such premises, or
(c) securing the safety of any persons.
4 

(1) The provision of legal services shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out in pursuance of a works contract by a defined authority for a police authority before the date specified in relation to that police authority in Schedule 2.
(2) The provision of construction and property services shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out in pursuance of a works contract by a defined authority for a police authority before the date specified in relation to that police authority in Schedule 3.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Paul Beresford
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment
11th December 1995Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Gwilym Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office
14th December 1995
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2(e)


 The Pedlars Act 1871
 The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963, Schedules 1 and 3
 The Licensing Act 1964
 The Gaming Act 1968, Schedule 2
 The Firearms Act 1968
 The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988
 The Control of Explosives Regulations 1991

SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 4(1)


Police authority Date from which exemption ceases
Greater ManchesterMerseysideSouth YorkshireWest MidlandsWest YorkshireCity of London } 1 April 1997
CambridgeshireCheshireCumbriaGloucestershireHertfordshireKentLancashireLincolnshireNorfolkNorthamptonshireNorthumbriaSuffolkSurreyWarwickshire } 1 October 1997
Avon and SomersetClevelandHumbersideNorth YorkshireDyfed-PowysGwentNorth WalesSouth Wales } 1 April 1998
BedfordshireDerbyshireDevon and CornwallDorsetDurhamEssexHampshireLeicestershireNottinghamshireStaffordshireSussexThames ValleyWest MerciaWiltshire } 1 April 1999
SCHEDULE 3
Regulation 4(2)


Police authority Date from which exemption ceases
Greater ManchesterMerseysideSouth YorkshireWest MidlandsWest YorkshireCity of LondonCambridgeshireCheshireCumbriaGloucestershireHertfordshireKentLancashireLincolnshireNorfolkNorthamptonshireNorthumbriaSuffolkSurreyWarwickshire } 1 October 1997
Avon and SomersetClevelandHumbersideNorth YorkshireDyfed-PowysGwentNorth WalesSouth Wales } 1 April 1998
BedfordshireDerbyshireDevon and CornwallDorsetDurhamEssexHampshireLeicestershireNottinghamshireStaffordshireSussexThames ValleyWest MerciaWiltshire } 1 April 1999