
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (The Common Council of the City of London) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.
(2) In this Order—
 “the Barbican Estate” means the area indicated (by internal edging in pink) on the map marked “Map referred to in the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (The Common Council of the City of London) Order 1996” of which prints, signed by an Under Secretary in the Department of the Environment, are deposited and available for inspection during normal office hours at the principal office of the Secretary of State for the Environment and at the office of the City Secretary, Corporation of London, P.O. Box No. 270, Guildhall, London, EC2P 2EJ; and
 “the Common Council” means the Common Council of the City of London.
2 
Housing management by the Common Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out in relation to housing situated within the Barbican Estate before 1st April 2002.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Paul Beresford
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment
24th September 1996