text:
1
This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Increase of Consideration for Fuel) Order 1996 and shall come into force in relation to a taxable person from the beginning of the first of his prescribed accounting periods which begins after 5th April 1997.
2
For Table A in section 57(3) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 there shall be substituted the following —
TABLE A
Description of vehicle (Type of engine and cylinder capacity in cubic centimetres) 12 month period 3 month period 1 month period £ £ £
Diesel engine
2000 or less
740 185 61
More than 2000
940 235 78
Any other type of engine
1400 or less
800 200 66
More than 1400
but not more than 2000
1,010 252 84
More than 2000
1,490 372 124
Bowen Wells
Michael Bates
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
26th November 1996


type: legislation

jurisdiction: UK

text:
1
This Order may be cited as the Charities (The Royal School for the Blind) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the fourteenth day after the day on which it is made.
2
The Scheme set out in the Appendix to this Order shall have effect.
Inglewood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of National Heritage
24th June 1996


text:
1
This Order may be cited as the Income Tax (Charge to Tax) (Payments out of Surplus Funds) (Relevant Rate) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 6th April 1996.
2
The relevant rate for the purposes of section 599A(2) of the Income and Corporation Tax Act 1988 shall, in relation to payments made on or after 6th April 1996, be 34 per cent.
Simon Burns
Liam Fox
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
18th March 1996


text:
Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Changes for England (Finance) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
Amendment of Finance Regulations
2
In regulation 54A of the Local Government Changes for England (Finance) Regulations 1994 (subsidy, contributions and financial assistance) —
a
for paragraph (2)(a) substitute —
a
section 63 of the Rent Act 1977 (rent officer schemes) ;
ab
section 429 of the Housing Act 1985 (the improvement for sale scheme)
; and
b
at the end add —
4
In this regulation “designated authority” includes an authority designated by a scheme made under section 63 of the Rent Act 1977 where the scheme takes effect on the reorganisation date.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
David Curry
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment
1st March 1996


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1
This Order may be cited as the A1 Trunk Road (Islington) Red Route Traffic Order 1993 Experimental Variation No.3 Order 1996, and shall come into force on 5th February 1996.
2
The A1 Trunk Road (Islington) Red Route Traffic Order 1993 is varied as provided by the following provisions of this Order.
3
In article 4 —
a
paragraph (2)(b) is renumbered (2)(c);
b
after paragraph (2)(a) add the following paragraph —
b
in any length of road specified in Part VII and VIII of schedule 2 for a period of up to 20 minutes not being a period separated by an interval of less than 40 minutes from a previous period when that vehicle was at rest in that length of road during the prescribed hours.
;
c
in paragraph (3)(a) for the words “Parts I to V” substitute the words “Parts I to VIII”;
d
in the table in paragraph 5 in item 5 add to column (3) “Schedule 2, Parts VI and VII ”;
e
in the table in paragraph 5 in item 9 add to column (3) “Schedule 2, Part VIII”.
4
In Schedule 2 —
a
after paragraph 10 add the following title —
PART VI
8 AM–1 PM MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS INCLUSIVE (DISABLED PERSONS VEHICLES) UPPER STREET
West Side
;
b
add the following paragraph —
11
From a point 28 metres south of the southern kerb line of Barnsbury Street southwards for a distance of 7 metres.
;
c
after paragraph 11 add the following title —
PART VII
8 AM–1 PM MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS INCLUSIVE (ALL VEHICLES) UPPER STREET
West Side
d
add the following paragraphs —
12
From a point 33 metres south of the southern kerbline of Islington Park Street southwards for a distance of 18 metres.
13
From a point 87 metres south of the southern kerbline of Islington Park Street southwards for a distance of 24 metres.
14
From a point 15 metres south of the southern kerbline of Barnsbury Street southwards for a distance of 13 metres.
15
From a point 23 metres south of the southern kerbline of Waterloo Terrace southwards for a distance of 18 metres.
16
From a point 113 metres south of the southern kerbline of Almeida Street southwards for a distance of 25 metres.
17
From a point level with the party wall of Nos 72-73 Upper Street southwards for a distance of 11 metres.
;
e
after paragraph 17 add the following title —
PART VIII
1 PM–7 PM MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS INCLUSIVE (ALL VEHICLES) UPPER STREET
East Side
;
f
add the following paragraphs —
18
From a point 34 metres south of the southern kerbline of Canonbury Lane southwards for a distance of 14 metres.
19
From a point 26 metres north of the northern kerbline of Florence Street northwards for a distance of 12 metres.
20
From a point 30 metres south of the southern kerbline of Florence Street southwards for a distance of 18 metres.
21
From a point 52 metres north of the northern kerbline of Cross Street southwards for a distance of 20 metres.
22
From a point 50 metres south of the southern kerbline of Cross Street southwards for a distance of 30 metres.
23
From a point 48 metres north of the northern kerbline of Gaskin Street southwards for a distance of 19 metres.
24
From a point 42 metres south of the southern kerbline of Gaskin Street southwards for a distance of 36 metres
.
5
In Schedule 3 —
a
for paragraph 15 substitute the following paragraph —
15
From a point 51 metres south of the southern kerbline of Islington Park Street southwards for a distance of 36 metres.
;
b
for paragraph 16 substitute the following paragraph —
16
From a point 35 metres south of the southern kerbline of Barnsbury Street southwards for a distance of 20 metres.
;
c
for paragraph 17 substitute the following paragraph —
17
From a point 8 metres south of the southern kerb line of Waterloo Terrace southwards for a distance of 15 metres.
;
d
add the following paragraph —
17A
From a point 41 metres south of the southern kerb line of Waterloo Terrace southwards for a distance of 31 metres.
;
e
for paragraph 19 substitute the following paragraph —
19
From a point 85 metres south of the southern kerbline of Almeida Street southwards for a distance of 28 metres.
;
f
add the following paragraph —
19A
Between a point 138 metres south of the southern kerbline of Almeida Street and a point 1 metre north of the party wall of Nos 110 and 111 Upper Street.
;
g
for paragraph 23 substitute the following paragraph —
23
From a point 1 metre north of the party wall of Nos 65 and 66 Upper Street northwards for a distance of 28 metres.
;
h
for paragraph 50 substitute the following paragraph —
50
Between a point 9 metres south of the southern kerbline of White Lion Street and a point level with the party wall of Nos 7 and 9 Islington High Street.
;
i
for paragraph 55 substitute the following paragraph —
55
From a point 48 metres south of the southern kerbline of Canonbury Lane southwards for a distance of 18 metres.
;
j
for paragraph 56 substitute the following paragraph —
56
From a point 26 metres north of the northern kerbline of Florence Streetsouthwards for a distance of 12 metres.
;
k
delete paragraph 57;
l
for paragraph 58 substitute the following paragraph —
58
From a point 16 metres south of the southern kerbline of Cross Street southwards for a distance of 34 metres.
;
m
delete paragraph 59;
n
for paragraph 60 substitute the following paragraph —
60
From a point 14 metres south of the southern kerbline of Gaskin Streetsouthwards for a distance of 28 metres.
;
o
add the following paragraph —
60A
From a point 78 metres south of the southern kerbline of Gaskin Street southwards for a distance of 32 metres.
.
6
In Schedule 4 —
a
for paragraph 19 substitute the following paragraph —
19
From a point 26 metres north-west of a point level with the party wall of Nos 718 and 720 Holloway Road south-eastwards for a distance of 21 metres.
;
b
for paragraph 23 substitute the following paragraph —
23
From a point 27 metres south east of the south-eastern kerbline of Bowman’s Place to a point 2.6 metres south east of the party wall of Nos 450 and 452 Holloway Road.
;
c
for paragraph 34 substitute the following paragraph —
34
Between a point 12 metres north-west of a point level with the party wall of Nos 22 and 24 Holloway Road and its junction with Highbury Corner.
;
d
for paragraph 45 substitute the following paragraph —
45
Between a point 60 metres north-west of the north-western kerbline of Hornsey Street and the north-western kerbline of Eden Grove.
.
7
If it appears to the Traffic Director for London, or some person authorised by him, essential in the interests of the expeditious, convenient and safe movement of traffic, or of the provision of suitable and adequate parking facilities on the highway, or for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which any road affected by this Order runs, and after consulting with the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, he may modify or suspend any provision of this Order, save that no modification shall make an addition.
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State for Transport.
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
16th January 1996


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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Grants for Education Support and Training) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st January 1997.
2
The Education (Grants for Education Support and Training) (England) Regulations 1996 shall be amended as follows.
3
In regulation 2 for the definition of “prescribed expenditure” there shall be substituted the following definition
“prescribed expenditure” means —
expenditure by an education authority for or in connection with any of the purposes specified paragraphs 1 — 14, or 15 to 17 of the Schedule to these Regulations or
expenditure by an education authority which satisfies the conditions specified in regulation 2A below for or in connection with the purpose specified in paragraph 14A of that Schedule.
4
After regulation 2 there shall be inserted the following regulation —
2A
1
The conditions referred to in the definition of “prescribed expenditure” in regulation 2 above are that —
a
on 1st April 1996 the education authority had a credit ceiling, as determined under Part III of Schedule 3 to the 1989 Act which was nil or a negative amount; and
b
on 1st January 1997 the education authority have no money outstanding by way of borrowing other than —
i
short-term borrowing (within the meaning of section 45(6) of the 1989 Act); or
ii
borrowing undertaken before 24th August 1995, other than borrowing by the issue of stock on or after 15th December 1993, from a person who is not a relevant lender.
2
In this regulation
2
In this regulation
a
“the 1989 Act” means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 ; and
b
“relevant lender” has the same meaning as in the Local Authorities (Capital Finance) (Approved Investments) Regulations 1990 .
5
In regulation 5(2) after the number “14” there shall be inserted “14A”.
6
In regulation 6(3) the number “(5)” shall be omitted.
7
In the Schedule —
a
after paragraph 14 there shall be inserted the following paragraph —
14A
The improvement or alteration of the premises of a technology or language college, other than a significant enlargement of such premises which has been approved by the Secretary of State under section 37 or 43 of the Education Act 1996 or which the education authority has determined should be implemented under section 38 of that Act.
; and
b
after paragraph 16 there shall be inserted the following paragraph —
17
The development of simplified and standardised tendering and negotiation procedures for contracts for the construction, alteration, repair or management of school premises.
.
Robin Squire
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
5th December 1996


text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Amendment) Order 1996 and, except for article 5, shall come into force on 15th November 1996.
2
Article 5 shall come into force on 16th November 1996.
3
In this Order “ the Act ” means the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976.
Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Act
2
Schedule 1 to the Act (Animals the importation and exportation of which are restricted) shall be amended by the substitution for all the words after “This Schedule applies to” of the words “the kinds of animal in relation to which Article II of Annex A to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No. 3626/82 on the implementation in the Community of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora , as amended, has effect”.
Amendment of Schedule 2 to the Act
3
Schedule 2 to the Act (Plants the importation and exportation of which are restricted) shall be amended–
a
by the insertion after the words “This Schedule applies to the kinds of plant specified in the second column below” of the words “, except that in relation to Araucaria araucana this Schedule applies only in relation to the population of Chile,”, and
b
by the deletion of references to the kinds of plants specified in the Schedule to this Order.
Schedule 3 to the Act
4
Schedule 3 to the Act (Items the importation and exportation of which are restricted) shall not apply to any item mentioned in the Schedule unless the importation and exportation of that item is subject to Article II of Annex A to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3626/82 on the implementation in the Community of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora, as amended.
Revocation
5
The Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Modification) Order 1982 , the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Modification) Order 1983 and the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Variation) Order 1985 are hereby revoked.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State
James Clappison
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of the Environment
19th October 1996


text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Eastbourne and County Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 25th November 1996.
2
In this Order —
“the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by and agreed upon by the Eastbourne Hospitals National Health Service Trust and the Eastbourne and County Healthcare National Health Service Trust on 30th September 1996, which schedule has been signed on behalf of both NHS trusts.
Transfer of trust property
2
On 25th November 1996 the trust property shall be transferred from the Eastbourne Hospitals National Health Service Trust to the Eastbourne and County Healthcare National Health Service Trust.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
John Horam
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
28th October 1996


text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 7th October 1996.
2
In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 1988 .
Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations
2
In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations (interpretation) —
a
in the definition of “family” —
i
at the end of sub-paragraph (a) the word “and” shall be omitted;
ii
after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph —
c
in regulation 4(j) and (l) it has the meaning assigned to it by section 35 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 ;
;
b
after the definition of “family credit” there shall be inserted the following definition —
“income-based jobseeker’s allowance” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995;
.
Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations
3
In regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (description of persons entitled to full remission and payment) —
a
for paragraph (g) there shall be substituted the following paragraph —
g
a person who is in receipt of disability working allowance, or
;
b
for paragraphs (i) and (j) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs —
i
a person who is in receipt of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance, or
j
a member of the same family as a person who is in receipt of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance, or
k
a person whose entitlement to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is less than 10 pence, or
l
a member of the same family as a person whose entitlement to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is less than 10 pence.
.
Amendment of regulation 7 of the principal Regulations
4
In regulation 7 of the principal Regulations (claims for remission or payment) —
a
in paragraph (1), for the words “regulation 4(e), (f), (i) or (j)” there shall be substituted the words “regulation 4(e) or (f)”;
b
in paragraph (3), there shall be omitted the words “or, in the case of a claim by a person who is within a description prescribed by regulation 4(i) or (j), the capital resources”.
Amendment of Schedule 1A to the principal Regulations
5
In Schedule 1A to the principal Regulations (periods of validity of notices of entitlement) —
a
paragraph 2 shall be omitted;
b
after paragraph 7 there shall be added the following paragraph —
8
A person whose entitlement to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is less than 10 pence.
6 months from the date on which an income-based jobseeker’s allowance would have been payable if it had been payable.
.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Horam
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health
10th September 1996


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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) (Second Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st January 1997.
2
The Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) Regulations 1995 shall be amended as follows:
a
For regulation 5(3) there shall be substituted the following regulation —
3
If the amount of the charge payable under regulation 4(1) is not paid in cleared funds by the operator of the aircraft within 30 days of the date payment is demanded by Eurocontrol, interest calculated in accordance with paragraph (4) below on the unpaid amount shall be paid from that day until the date when cleared funds are received by Eurocontrol.
.
b
In regulation 5(4) for the figure “8.69%” there shall be substituted the figure “7.27%”.
c
For regulation 8 there shall be substituted the following regulation —
8
For the purposes of regulations 6 and 7 the rate of exchange of the ECU to a national currency shall be the average monthly rate of exchange of the ECU to that national currency established by Eurocontrol for the month preceding the month during which the flight takes place.
.
d
After regulation 19 there shall be added the following regulation —
Records of Movements of Aircraft
20
1
This regulation shall apply to any aerodrome to which section 88 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 applies and to Belfast International Airport, Belfast City Airport and City of Derry Airport.
2
The manager of any aerodrome to which this regulation applies shall keep a log (hereafter in this regulation referred to as “the aircraft movement log”) in which the following particulars shall be recorded:
a
the type and registration mark of each aircraft taking off from or landing at the aerodrome;
b
the date and time of each such take off and landing;
c
the origin or destination of each aircraft as the case may be.
3
The aircraft movement log shall be preserved by the aerodrome manager for a period of two years after the date of the last entry therein.
4
The aircraft movement log shall be maintained in a legible form or in a form which is capable of being reproduced in a legible form.
5
The aerodrome manager shall, within seven days after being requested to do so by any officer of the CAA , produce to such officer the aircraft movement log in a legible form.
.
e
For Schedule 2 thereof there shall be substituted —
SCHEDULE 2
SPECIFIED AIRSPACES
Regulations 3(1), 6(1) and 7
(1) (2) (3) (4) Country Publication in which FIRS are described Unit Rate in ECUs Established at a Rate of exchange of
Austria AIP Austria 59.72 1 ECU=13.4475 Sch Belgium & Luxembourg AIP Belgique 68.39 1 ECU=39.3520 BF Cyprus AIP Cyprus 22.90 1 ECU=0.588890 £Cy Czech Republic AIP Czech Republic 49.09 1 ECU=33.7305 CZK Denmark AIP Denmark 54.66 1 ECU=7.36091 DKr France AIP France (France Metropolitaine) 61.89 1 ECU=6.50787 FF Germany AIP Germany 72.89 1 ECU=1.91115 DM Greece AIP Greece 35.15 1 ECU=303.798 Dra Hungary AIP Hungary 24.01 1 ECU=198.814 Hf Ireland Republic of AIP Ireland 21.20 1 ECU=0.788059 £Ir Italy AIP Italy 65.21 1 ECU=1929.22 L Malta AIP Malta 43.66 1 ECU=0.457648 Lm Netherlands AIP Netherlands 55.76 1 ECU=2.14253 G Norway AIP Norway 50.96 1 ECU=8.19539 NKr Portugal AIP Portugal 36.19 Santa Maria FIRS — 12.72 1 ECU=195.200 Esc Slovakia AIP Slovakia 68.67 1 ECU=38.9975 SKK Slovenia AIP Slovenia 76.33 1 ECU=170.483 SIT Spain AIP Espana Madrid & Barcelona FIRS — 51.65 Canaries FIRS — 48.50 1 ECU=161.095 Pts Sweden AIP Sweden 46.80 1 ECU=8.42542 SKr Switzerland AIP Switzerland 84.87 1 ECU=1.56306 SF Turkey AIP Turkey 48.57 1 ECU=112870.0 LT United Kingdom United Kingdom Air Pilot* 75.01 1 ECU=£0.813841
* Excluding Shanwick FIR
f
For Schedule 3 thereof there shall be substituted —
SCHEDULE 3
Regulation 7
(1) (2) (3) Aerodromes of departure (or of first destination) situated Aerodromes of first destination (or of departure) Amount of the charge in ECUs
ZONE I –between W01400 and W11000 and North of N5500 with the exception of Iceland Copenhagen 512.37 Frankfurt 1157.26 London 734.66 Paris 985.12 Prestwick 384.80 ZONE II –between W04000 and W11000 and N2800 and N5500 Abidjan 164.72 Amman 2054.58 Amsterdam 725.97 Athens 1817.34 Bahrain 1892.98 Banjul 159.64 Barcelona 775.04 Basle 862.61 Belfast 184.56 Berlin 1078.82 Birmingham 408.48 Bordeaux 500.95 Bristol 405.85 Brussels 718.25 Bucharest 1489.82 Budapest 1430.14 Cairo 2085.77 Cardiff 267.01 Casablanca 355.56 Cologne-Bonn 877.40 Copenhagen 634.08 Dakar 159.51 Dublin 118.31 Duüsseldorf 839.49 East Midlands 382.56 Frankfurt 954.97 Geneva 867.26 Glasgow 273.04 Gothenburg 830.28 Hamburg 910.46 Helsinki 688.78 Istanbul 1470.30 Jeddah 1971.28 Johannesburg 159.89 Kiev 1228.47 Lagos 160.40 –between W04000 and W11000 and N2800 and N5500 Larnaca 1977.65 Las Palmas (Canary Islands) 499.01 Leeds and Bradford 401.57 Lille 625.48 Lisbon 389.22 London 477.82 Luxembourg 858.69 Lyons 746.46 Maastricht 767.41 Madrid 578.42 Malaga 620.98 Manchester 335.88 Manston 539.59 Marseilles 883.20 Milan 1037.38 Monrovia 159.64 Moscow 862.89 Munich 1159.71 Nantes 435.74 Naples 1408.31 Newcastle 386.44 Nice 923.11 Oporto 283.13 Oslo 297.61 Ostend 608.29 Paris 663.43 Ponta Delgada (Azores) 165.61 Prague 1189.72 Prestwick 248.46 Riyadh 1959.05 Rome 1269.42 Sal Island (Cape Verde) 159.51 Santa Maria (Azores) 177.19 Santiago 271.61 Shannon 80.56 Sofia 1416.97 Stockholm 507.63 Stuttgart 980.26 Tel-Aviv 2088.61 Tenerife 460.01 Toulouse-Blagnac 658.71 Turin 999.31 Venice 1288.78 Vienna 1345.57 Warsaw 980.30 Zurich 985.40 ZONE III –West of W11000 and between N2800 and N5500 Amsterdam 809.67 Copenhagen 581.05 Cologne-Bonn 924.03 Duüsseldorf 930.09 –West of W11000 and between N2800 and N5500 Frankfurt 1035.24 Geneva 1122.94 Glasgow 343.55 Helsinki 617.62 London 704.95 Luxembourg 985.47 Madrid 455.81 Manchester 545.27 Milan 1297.55 Moscow 570.24 Muünich 1366.84 Paris 903.88 Prestwick 343.55 Rome 1311.10 Shannon 76.74 Warsaw 650.68 Zuürich 1172.59 ZONE IV –West of W04000 and between N2000 and N2800 (including Mexico) Amsterdam 747.28 Barcelona 917.79 Berlin 881.50 Brussels 719.76 Cologne — Bonn 864.18 Duüsseldorf 885.92 Frankfurt 947.87 Hamburg 904.62 Helsinki 727.79 Las Palmas (Canary Islands) 595.35 Lisbon 454.87 London 497.76 Luxembourg 908.67 Madrid 609.22 Manchester 344.73 Milan 1006.61 Muünich 1117.84 Paris 634.34 Prague 1164.63 Rome 1199.29 Sal Island (Cape Verde) 104.18 Salzburg 1146.85 Santa Maria (Azores) 178.21 Santiago 464.04 Shannon 169.60 Vienna 1301.83 Zuürich 932.90 ZONE V –West of W04000 and between the Equator and N2000 Amsterdam 903.14 Barcelona 929.67 Basle 968.61 Berlin 1266.15 Bordeaux 823.55 Brussels 820.94 Cologne-Bonn 996.09 Copenhagen 1353.70 Duüsseldorf 1022.76 Frankfurt 1046.96 Glasgow 358.15 –West of W04000 and between the Equator and N2000 Hamburg 1075.36 Hannover 1057.88 Helsinki 1194.20 Las Palmas (Canary Islands) 609.20 Lille 901.55 Lisbon 539.61 London 669.93 Lyons 972.76 Madrid 714.61 Manchester 406.23 Marseilles 1141.28 Milan 1117.82 Munich 1153.29 Nantes 792.62 Oporto 524.83 Paris 868.08 Porto Santo (Madeira) 346.67 Prestwick 358.15 Rome 1466.96 Salzburg 1170.90 Santa Maria (Azores) 233.16 Santiago 546.96 Shannon 277.55 Stuttgart 991.39 Tenerife 604.35 Toulouse-Blagnac 952.26 Vienna 1358.92 Zuürich 1092.10
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Goschen
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
10th December 1996


text:
1
This Order may be cited as the Intelligence Services Act 1994 (Dependent Territories) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 10th December 1996.
2
The Intelligence Services Act 1994 (Dependent Territories) Order 1995 shall be amended as follows:
“Bermuda” is added to the list in the Schedule to the Order (colonies to which certain provisions of the Act extend).
N. H Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council


text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force —
a
for the purposes of this regulation, on 1st August 1996;
b
for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (a) and (d) of paragraph (2) of regulation 2, regulation 2(1) so far as it relates to those sub-paragraphs, and regulation 3,
i
in relation to a student whose period of study begins on or after 1st August 1996 but before 1st September 1996, on the first Monday of that period;
ii
in any other case, on 2nd September 1996;
c
for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph (2) of regulation 2, and regulation 2(1) so far as it relates to those sub-paragraphs,
i
in relation to a student whose period of study begins on or after 1st August 1996 but before 1st September 1996, on the first Tuesday of that period;
ii
in any other case, on 3rd September 1996;
d
for the purposes of sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph (2) of regulation 2, and regulation 2(1) so far as it relates to that sub-paragraph,
i
in relation to a student whose period of study begins on or after 1st August 1996 but before 1st September 1996, on the first day of that period;
ii
in any other case, on 1st September 1996;
so, however, that regulation 2(2)(e) shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant at the beginning of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after the day mentioned in head (i) of this sub-paragraph, or the date on or after the day mentioned in head (ii) of this sub-paragraph, whichever applies in his case; and for this purpose the expressions “claimant”and “benefit week”have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations.
2
In these Regulations —
“the Housing Benefit Regulations”means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 ;
“the Income Support Regulations”means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 .
Student’s grant income
2
1
In each of the regulations specified in paragraph (2) below (which all relate to the calculation of the amount of a student’s grant income) for the amount “£278”in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted the amount “£280”.
2
The regulations are —
a
regulation 42(2)(g) of the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 ;
b
regulation 42(2)(e) of the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 ;
c
regulation 38(2)(f) of the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 ;
d
regulation 53(2)(g) of the Housing Benefit Regulations; and
e
regulation 62(2)(g) of the Income Support Regulations.
Student’s eligible rent
3
In paragraph (1) of regulation 51 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (calculation of eligible rent for full-time students) for the amount “£25.10”in sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the amount “£25.20”and for the amount “£17.40”in sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the amount “£17.45”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Roger Evans
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
8th July 1996


text:
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Fossil Fuel Levy (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 6th June 1996.
2
The Fossil Fuel Levy Regulations 1990 (“the Principal Regulations”) are amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4 below.
3
In regulation 30(3) of the Principal Regulations, for the words “and banks which are members of the Committee of London and Scottish Bankers” there shall be substituted the words “, an institution authorised under the Banking Act 1987 , a building society incorporated (or deemed to be incorporated) under the Building Societies Act 1986 and a European deposit-taker within the meaning of regulation 82(3) of the Banking Coordination (Second Council Directive) Regulations 1992 ”.
4
For Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following schedule —
SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 5(1)
Method of calculating amount of any payment in respect of levy
1
In this Schedule:
the superscript " is used to denote the estimate made by the Director of the amount in question for the period in question to calculate the levy rate for that period or for part of it;
the superscript ' is used to denote the estimate made by the Director of the amount in question for the period in question to calculate the levy rate for the period of 12 months immediately following that period or for any part of that period of 12 months; and
the absence of a superscript is used to denote the actual amount in question.
2
In this Schedule the following symbols have the following meanings–
A y is the aggregate of the total costs calculated in relation to each public electricity supplier in accordance with Part I of Schedule 3 in respect of period y;
B y is the aggregate of the total costs calculated in relation to each public electricity supplier in accordance with Part II of Schedule 3 in respect of period y;
C y is the amount of the administrative expenses of the Director attributable to the levy incurred in respect of period y;
E y is the aggregate amount of all interest payments pursuant to regulation 29(1) in respect of period y less the aggregate amount of all interest payments pursuant to regulation 29(2) in respect of period y;
F y is the aggregate amount of all interest payments pursuant to regulation 30 received in period y;
G y is the aggregate amount of levy or interest payments due in respect of period y which, in the opinion of the Director, will be either irrecoverable or recoverable only at excessive cost;
X y is the aggregate amount (exclusive of levy and value added tax) charged (whether or not a bill or invoice has been delivered to a customer) by licensed suppliers for leviable electricity supplied by them in period y; and
K y is the correction factor for y calculated in accordance with paragraph 5.
3
Subject to any adjustment which may be required pursuant to the Regulations, the amount of any payment to be made by a licensed supplier in respect of the levy in period y shall be calculated by applying to the aggregate amount (exclusive of value added tax and levy) charged (whether or not any bill or invoice has been delivered to a customer) by the supplier for leviable electricity supplied by him during the qualifying month–
a
except where sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph applies, the percentage figure R y where R y is the percentage figure r y given by the formula–
r y = K y + D y ″ X y ″ × 100
after it has been rounded to the nearest tenth of a per centum (any odd twentieth of a per centum being rounded upwards); or
b
in relation to a rate of levy to apply from the commencement of a qualifying month other than the first qualifying month of period y, the percentage figure R 1y where R 1y is the percentage figure r 1y given by the formula–
r 1y = ( K y + D y ″ - L ) ( X y ″ - M ) × 100
after it has been rounded to the nearest tenth of a per centum (any odd twentieth of a per centum being rounded upwards) where–
L is the estimate made by the Director of the aggregate amount of levy payments due in respect of the qualifying months in period y preceding the qualifying month from the beginning of which R 1y is to apply; and
M is the estimate made by the Director of the aggregate amount (exclusive of levy and value added tax) charged (whether or not a bill or invoice has been delivered to a customer) by licensed suppliers for leviable electricity supplied by them in those qualifying months.
4
In the formulae in paragraph 3 the value of D" y is given by the formula–
D y ″ = A y ″ - B y ″ + C y ″ - E y ″ - F y ″ + G y ″
.
5
In the formulae in paragraph 3 the correction factor K y shall be the amount of money, whether positive or negative, given by the following formula–
K y = [ ( D y - 1 ′ - D y - 1 ″ ) - ∑ n ( R ny - 1 100 × ( X ny - 1 ′ - X ny - 1 ″ ) ) + ∑ n ( r ny - 1 - R ny - 1 100 × X ny - 1 ″ ) ] × [ 1 + I y - 1 100 ] + [ ( D y - 2 - D y - 2 ′ ) - ∑ n ( R ny - 2 100 × ( X ny - 2 - X ny - 2 ′ ) ) ] × [ 1 + I y - 2 100 ]
× [ 1 + I y - 1 100 ]
where–
D" y−1 has the value that was given by the Director to D" y on the last occasion on which he calculated the levy rate to apply in the period y−1;
Σ n signifies the summation over all the qualifying months n=1 to 12 inclusive within the period y−1 or y−2 as the case may be;
R n is the rate of levy that applied to month n in the period y−1 or y−2 as the case may be;
r n is whichever of the percentage figures r y or r 1y was used in calculating the rate of levy that applied to month n in the period y−1;
X n is the aggregate amount (exclusive of levy and value added tax) charged (whether or not a bill or invoice has been delivered to a customer) by licensed suppliers for leviable electricity supplied by them in month n in the period y−1 or y−2 as the case may be;
X" ny−1 has a value equal to such proportion of the value that was given by the Director to X" y on the last occasion on which he calculated the levy rate to apply in the period y−1 as in the opinion of the Director is attributable to month n in that period;
D" y−2 has the value that was given by the Director to D" y−1 on the last occasion on which he calculated the levy rate to apply in the period y−1;
X" ny−2 in respect of a month n in period y−2, has the value that was given by the Director to X" ny−1 in respect of that month on the last occasion on which he calculated the levy rate to apply in the period y−1;
I y−1 is the arithmetic average of the LIBOR rates on the last day of each of the first six months in period y−1; and
I y−2 is the arithmetic average of the LIBOR rates on the last day of each of the first six months in period y−2.
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Tim Eggar
Minister for Industry and Energy,
Department of Trade and Industry
16th May 1996


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Gateshead Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 29th February 1996.
2
In this Order —
“the Authority” means the South of Tyne Health Authority;
“the Trust” means the Gateshead Hospitals National Health Service Trust;
“the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by and agreed upon by the Authority and the Trust on 26th September 1995, which schedule has been signed on behalf of both the Authority and the Trust.
Transfer of trust property
2
On 29th February 1996 the trust property shall be transferred from the Authority to the Trust.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Horam
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Health
29th January 1996


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Meteorological Office Trading Fund Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
Establishment of the fund
2
As from 1st April 1996, for all the operations of the Ministry of Defence known as the Meteorological Office, which operations are more particularly described in Schedule 1 to this Order, there shall be established a trading fund to be known as the Meteorological Office Trading Fund (hereinafter referred to as “the fund”).
Source of loans
3
The Secretary of State for Defence is hereby designated as the source of issues to the fund by way of loan.
Assets, liabilities, and public dividend capital
4
1
The Crown assets and liabilities set out in Schedule 2 to this Order shall be appropriated as assets and liabilities of the fund.
2
81% of the amount by which the values of the assets of the fund exceed the amounts of its liabilities shall be treated as public dividend capital of the fund.
Maximum borrowing etc.
5
The aggregate of the following shall not exceed £200,000,000 —
a
the total outstanding at any given time in respect of amounts issued to the fund under section 2B of the Trading Funds Act 1973 (other than as originating debt), and
b
the total at that time constituting public dividend capital issued to the fund under section 2A(2A) of that Act.
Michael Portillo
Secretary of State for Defence
6th March 1996
We concur
Simon Burns
Bowen Wells
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
8th March 1996


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PART I
GENERAL
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Shropshire (District of The Wrekin) (Structural Change) Order 1996 and shall come into force for the purposes of articles 2(2), 4(1), (3) and (4), 7 and 8 on the day after the day on which it is made and for all other purposes on 1st April 1998.
Interpretation
2
1
In this Order —
“ the Act ” means the Local Government Act 1992;
“the 1972 Act ” means the Local Government Act 1972 ;
“the relevant date” means 5th May 1997;
“relevant provision” means a provision in any subordinate legislation made under the Act or made, in connection with the Act or such provision, under any other enactment;
“the reorganisation date” means 1st April 1998;
“Shropshire” means the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire and “the County Council” means the council of that county;
“subordinate legislation” has the same meaning as in section 21 of the Interpretation Act 1978 ; and
“The Wrekin” (except in references to the county of The Wrekin) means the district of The Wrekin and “The Wrekin Council” means the council of that district.
2
The period beginning with the relevant date and ending immediately before the reorganisation date is specified as the preliminary period for the purposes of any statutory instrument made under the Act.
PART II
LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANISATION IN THE WREKIN
Structural change
3
The functions of the County Council in relation to The Wrekin shall, subject to the following provisions of this Part and to any other relevant provision, be transferred to The Wrekin Council.
Fire services
4
1
In this article —
“the 1947 Act ” means the Fire Services Act 1947 ; and
“the relevant area” means the area comprising Shropshire (as constituted on and after the reorganisation date) and The Wrekin.
2
The Wrekin shall, subject to any combination scheme under the 1947 Act, become the area of a fire authority for the purposes of that Act.
3
For the purposes of the making of a combination scheme with respect to the relevant area before the reorganisation date in accordance with section 10 of the 1947 Act (power to make schemes in advance of alterations to local government areas), section 5(2) of that Act shall have effect, in relation to that area, as if —
a
in paragraphs (a) and (d) of that subsection, for “the constituent authorities”, wherever those words occur, there were substituted “the council of the county of Shropshire”; and
b
in paragraphs (e) and (f) of that subsection, for “any of the constituent authorities” there were substituted “the council of the county of Shropshire”.
4
Section 10 of the 1947 Act shall have effect, in relation to the relevant area, as if after the word “but” there were inserted the words “, except so far as it relates to the constitution of an authority as the fire authority for the combined area constituted by the scheme and the performance by that authority of any functions necessary for bringing the scheme into full operation on that date,”.
Planning functions
5
1
The structure plan applying immediately before the reorganisation date to Shropshire and any proposals prepared before that date for the alteration or replacement of that plan shall be treated as if it had been prepared jointly by the County Council and The Wrekin Council; and section 50 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act ”) shall apply accordingly.
2
In relation to The Wrekin Council —
a
section 36(5) of the 1990 Act (which provides that a local plan shall not contain policies in respect of minerals or waste) shall not apply;
b
subsection (1) of section 37 of that Act (minerals local plans) shall have effect as if, after the words “local plan”, there were added the words “or include in their local plan their detailed policies in respect of development consisting of the winning and working of minerals or involving the deposit of mineral waste”; and
c
subsection (2) of section 38 of that Act (waste policies) shall have effect as if, after paragraph (b), there were added the following —
or
c
include their waste policies in their local plan.
.
Constitution of new county of The Wrekin
6
1
The Wrekin shall cease to form part of Shropshire.
2
A new county shall be constituted comprising the area of The Wrekin and shall be named the county of The Wrekin.
3
Section 2(1) of the 1972 Act (which provides that every county shall have a council) shall not apply to the county of The Wrekin.
PART III
TRANSITIONAL PROVISION
Election of councillors in The Wrekin in 1997 and subsequent years
7
1
The District of The Wrekin (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 shall have effect subject to the provisions of this article.
2
Elections of all councillors of The Wrekin Council shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 1997, 2000, 2003 and every fourth year after 2003 .
3
The term of office of any councillor so elected shall be, in the case of the councillors elected in 1997 and 2000, three years and, in any other case, four years.
4
On the fourth day after any such elections —
a
the persons who were councillors immediately before those elections shall retire; and
b
the newly elected councillors shall come into office.
Suspension of elections and retirement of councillors
8
1
The ordinary election of councillors in 1997 for the electoral divisions of Shropshire comprised in The Wrekin shall not take place; and any councillor for such a division holding office immediately before the relevant date who would, but for this paragraph, have retired on that date shall, unless he resigns his office or it otherwise becomes vacant, continue to hold office until the reorganisation date.
2
Section 89 of the 1972 Act (filling of casual vacancies in case of councillors) shall have effect —
a
in the case of a casual vacancy occurring in the office of councillor of The Wrekin Council before the relevant date, as if the reference in subsection (3) of that section to the day on which the councillor whose office is vacant would regularly have retired were a reference to the relevant date; and
b
in the case of a casual vacancy occurring in the office of councillor for any electoral division referred to in paragraph (1) above, as if that reference in that subsection were a reference to the reorganisation date.
3
The electoral divisions of Shropshire comprised in The Wrekin shall cease to be electoral divisions on the reorganisation date.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
David Curry
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment
18th July 1996


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the West Glasgow Hospitals University National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1996 and shall come into force on 14th February 1996.
2
In this Order “the principal Order ” means the West Glasgow Hospitals University National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 .
Amendment of Article 3 of the principal Order
2
For article 3 of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following: —
3
1
The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 12A(1) of the Act.
2
The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more health boards) shall be —
a
to own and manage under section 12A(1)(a) of the Act the hospital establishments or facilities known as the Western Infirmary, Drumchapel Hospital, Gartnavel General Hospital, Belvidere Oncology Unit, Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital and Glasgow Eye Infirmary, all in Glasgow and establishments associated with those hospitals, including management of the facilities provided at and from those establishments, and also including the management of any teaching and research facilities associated with these establishments and the support services related thereto; and
b
to provide and manage under section 12A(1)(b) of the Act a new hospital and associated facilities to replace Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital.
.
James Douglas-Hamilton
Minister of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
12th February 1996


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Title and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 16th May 1996.
Amendment of the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993
2
The Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993 shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of articles 3 to 10 below.
3
In article 4 (4) there shall be added after the word “inspector” the words “or of the appropriate Minister”.
4
In Schedule 1, Part B, section (d) for the entry in the second column opposite item number 1 in the first column there shall be substituted the following —
“DK, F (Brittany), FI, IRL, P (Azores), S, UK ”.
5
In Schedule 2, Part B —
a
in section (a) —
i
for item number 1 there shall be substituted the following —
1. Anthonomus grandis (Boh.) Seed and fruits (bolls) of Gossypium spp.,unginned cotton EL, E (Andalucia, Catalonia, Extremadura, Murcia, Valencia)
;
ii
for the entry in the second column opposite item number 8 in the first column there shall be substituted the following —
Plants of Abies Mill., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr. and Pinus L., other than fruit and seeds, wood of conifers (Coniferales) with bark, isolated bark of conifers
;
iii
for the entries in the second and third columns opposite item number 9 in the first column there shall be substituted the following —
Seeds of Mangifera spp. originating in third countries E (Granada and Malaga), P (Alentejo, Algarve and Madeira)
;
b
in section (b) in the entry in the third column opposite item number 1 in the first column the protected zone “I” shall be deleted;
c
in section (c) item 4 shall be deleted.
6
In Schedule 3, Part B —
a
in the second column opposite item number 1 in the first column after the word“Rhône-Alpes” there shall be inserted the words “ — except department of Rhône — ” and after the word “Auvergne” there shall be inserted the words “ — except department of Puy de Dome — ”;
b
items numbers 2 and 3 shall be deleted.
7
In Schedule 4, Part B —
a
for the entry in the first column opposite item number 13 there shall be substituted the following —
Plants of Abies Mill., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr. and Pinus L., other than fruit and seeds
;
b
for the entries in the third column opposite items numbers 20.1, 20.2, 22, 23, 25.1, 25.2, 26, 27.1, 27.2 and 30 in the first column there shall be substituted the following —
DK, F (Brittany), FI, IRL, P (Azores), S, UK
;
c
for part (a) of the entry in the second column opposite item number 21 in the first column there shall be substituted the following —
a
the plants originate in the protected zones E, F (Champagne-Ardennes, Alsace — except department of Bas Rhin — , Lorraine, Franche-Comté, Rhône-Alpes — except department of Rhône — , Bourgogne, Auvergne — except department of Puy de Dome — , Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Corse, Languedoc-Roussillon), IRL, I, P, UK (N-IRL, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands), A, FI, or
;
d
after item number 28 there shall be inserted the following new item number 28.1 —
28.1 Seeds of Gossypium spp. Official statement that the seed has been acid-delinted EL, E (Andalucia, Catalonia, Extremadura, Murcia, Valencia)
;
e
for the entry in the third column opposite item number 29 in the first column there shall be substituted the following —
E (Granada and Malaga), P (Alentejo, Algarve and Madeira)
.
8
In Schedule 5 —
a
in Part AII —
i
for item number 1.1 there shall be substituted the following —
1.1
Plants of Abies Mill., Larix Mill., Picea A. Dietr., Pinus L. and Pseudotsuga Carr.
;
ii
in item number 1.3 the words “ Persea americana P. Mill.,” shall be deleted;
iii
in item number 1.9 there shall be inserted at the end “, and unginned cotton”;
iv
item number 2.1 shall be deleted and item number 2.2 shall be renumbered as item number 2.1;
b
in Part BII —
i
for item number 6 there shall be substituted the following —
6
Seeds and fruit (bolls) of Gossypium spp., and unginned cotton
;
ii
for item number 8 there shall be substituted the following —
8
Parts of plants of Eucalyptus L'Hérit
.
9
In Schedule 8 —
a
in section (a) —
i
for the entry in the second column opposite item number 1 there shall be substituted the following —
Greece, Spain (Andalucia, Catalonia, Extremadura, Murcia, Valencia)
;
ii
for the entry in the second column opposite item number 15 there shall be substituted the following —
Spain (Granada and Malaga), Portugal (Alentejo, Algarve and Madeira)
;
iii
item number 17 shall be deleted;
b
in section (b) —
i
in the entry in the second column opposite item number 1 the word “Italy” shall be deleted;
ii
item number 3 shall be deleted;
c
in section (c), items numbers 4 and 5 shall be deleted;
d
in section (d) —
i
in the second column opposite item number 1 there shall be inserted the words “France (Brittany)”;
ii
item number 3 shall be deleted.
10
In Schedule 16 there shall be inserted at the end the following —
Commission Directive 96/14/ EC OJ No. L68, 19.3.96, p.24.
Commission Directive 96/15/EC OJ No. L70, 20.3.96, p.35.
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Tim Boswell
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
24th April 1996
Lindsay
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Scottish Office
23rd April 1996
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Gwilym Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Welsh Office
23rd April 1996


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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Inheritance Tax (Delivery of Accounts) Regulations 1996, shall come into force on 1st July 1996 and shall have effect in relation to deaths occurring on or after 6th April 1996.
2
These Regulations do not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.
2
In regulation 3 of the Capital Transfer Tax (Delivery of Accounts) Regulations 1981 , for the definition of “an excepted estate” there shall be substituted the following definition —
“an excepted estate” means the estate of a person immediately before his death in a case where —
that person died on or after 6th April 1996, domiciled in the United Kingdom;
the value of that person’s estate is attributable wholly to property passing under his will or intestacy or under a nomination of an asset taking effect on death or by survivorship in a beneficial joint tenancy;
of that property not more than £30,000 represented value attributable to property which, immediately before that person’s death, was situated outside the United Kingdom;
that person died without having made any chargeable transfers during the period of seven years ending with his death other than specified transfers where the aggregate value transferred did not exceed £50,000; and
the aggregate of the gross value of that person’s estate and of the value transferred by any specified transfers made by that person did not exceed £180,000;
and in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this definition “specified transfers” means chargeable transfers made during the period of seven years ending with that person’s death where the value transferred is attributable to cash or to quoted shares or securities;
.
S C T Matheson
G H Bush
Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue
5th June 1996


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 25th August 1996.
2
These Regulations shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant —
a
in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in arrears, in accordance with paragraph 7(1)(i) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations (date when change of circumstances is to take effect) —
i
from the first day of the benefit week which includes 1st September 1996; or
ii
if the claim for income support is for a period beginning after 1st September 1996, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 25th August 1996;
b
in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in advance, in accordance with paragraph 7(1)(ii) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 1st September 1996;
and for this purpose, the expressions “claimant” and “benefit week” have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations (interpretation).
3
In these Regulations, “the Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 and “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987.
Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations
2
In paragraph 12(1)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations (standard rate of interest on qualifying loans), for the words “7.48 per cent.” there shall be substituted the words “7.16 per cent.”.
Revocation of the Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment) Regulations 1996
3
The Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment) Regulations 1996 are hereby revoked save that those Regulations shall continue to have effect until the day before the first day of the benefit week having effect in relation to any particular claimant for the purpose of regulation 1(2) of these Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Roger Evans
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
19th July 1996


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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Mandatory Awards) (Amendment) Regulations 1996, and shall come into force on 1st September 1996.
2
The Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1995 shall be amended as follows.
3
In regulation 2 —
a
insert after the definition of “ EEA Agreement” the following definition:
“EEA migrant worker” means a person who is a national of a member State of the European Economic Area who has taken up an activity as an employed person in the United Kingdom under Council Regulation ( EEC ) No. 1612/68 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community, as extended by the EEA Agreement ;
b
in the definition of “European student” —
i
substitute for the words “has been ordinarily resident within the European Economic Area” the words “who has not been ordinarily resident within the British Islands”, and
ii
delete the words “, but who is not entitled to a full award by virtue of regulation 7”.
4
Substitute for regulation 3(2)(a) the following sub-paragraph:
he was participating in arrangements for training under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 , under the Training Opportunities Programme, the Youth Opportunities Programme, the Youth Training Scheme of the Manpower Services Commission or the Training Commission as the case may be or any scheme run by the Training and Enterprise Councils or the Local Enterprise Companies; or
5
In regulation 9 delete subparagraphs (a) to (c) and the words “but who,”.
6
In regulation 10(1)(d)(iii) insert after the word “whether” the words “full-time,”.
7
In regulation 12(5) insert after the word “comparable” in both places where it occurs the words “first degree or”.
8
1
In regulation 13(1) —
a
in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) delete the words “a European student or of”;
b
in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute for the words “regulation 9(a)” the words “paragraph (3)”; and
c
in sub-paragraph (a) delete the words “or, in the case of a European student, who has been so resident in the British Islands”.
2
In regulation 13(2) delete the words “, or in the case of a person mentioned in paragraph (3)”.
3
Substitute for regulation 13(3) the following paragraph:
3
The person referred to in paragraph (1)(a) and (b) is —
a
a European student,
b
an EEA migrant worker who is entitled to the payment of an award by virtue of Article 7(2) or (3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1612/68 on free movement or workers within the Community, as extended by the EEA Agreement,
c
the spouse of an EEA migrant worker who is installed in the United Kingdom with his spouse,
d
the child of an EEA migrant worker who is entitled to the payment of an award by virtue of Article 12 of the above mentioned Council Regulation, and
e
a British citizen within the meaning of the British Nationality Act 1981 who was not ordinarily resident in the British Islands throughout the three years preceding the first year of the course in question only because —
i
he was ordinarily resident for the purposes of employment in the European Economic Area during every part of that period in which he was not ordinarily resident in the British Islands; or
ii
his parent or spouse is such a person as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) and is ordinarily resident in England and Wales on the relevant day.
9
In regulation 25(3) insert after the words “Bachelor of Education” the words “(or a comparable first degree or academic award of an institution)”.
James Paice
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department for Education and Employment
6th August 1996


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Medical Stores) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 5th December 1996.
Amendment of 1995 Regulations
2
In the Table in regulation 4(1) of the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Medical Stores) Regulations 1995 for the words “no more than 30 nautical miles from” in Column 1, entry 3 there shall be substituted the words “very close to”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Goschen
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
5th November 1996


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Rent Officers (Additional Functions) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 7th October 1996.
Amendments
2
The Rent Officers (Additional Functions) Order 1995 is amended in accordance with the following articles.
Exceptions
3
At the end of article 5 (exceptions) add —
4
No determination shall be made under paragraph 4A in Part 1 of Schedule 1 unless the local authority states in the application that the claimant is, or may be, a young individual (which has the same meaning as in of the 1987 Regulations).
.
Single room rents determinations
4
After paragraph 4 in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (determinations) insert —
Single room rents
4A
1
The rent officer shall determine a single room rent in accordance with the following formula —
S = H + L 2
where —
S is the single room rent;
H is the highest rent, in the rent officer’s opinion, —
which a landlord might reasonably have been expected to obtain, at the relevant time, for an assured tenancy of a dwelling which meets the criteria in sub-paragraph (2); and
which is not an exceptionally high rent; and
L is the lowest rent, in the rent officer’s opinion, —
which a landlord might reasonably have been expected to obtain, at the relevant time, for an assured tenancy of a dwelling which meets the criteria in sub-paragraph (2); and
which is not an exceptionally low rent.
2
The criteria are —
a
that the dwelling under the assured tenancy is in the same locality as the dwelling and is in a reasonable state of repair;
b
that, under the assured tenancy, the tenant —
i
has the exclusive use of one bedroom;
ii
does not have the use of any other bedroom or room suitable for living in;
iii
shares the use of a toilet; and
iv
shares a kitchen or has no use of a kitchen; and
c
that the rent does not include any payment for board and attendance.
3
Sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) of paragraph 4 apply when ascertaining H and L under this paragraph as if the reference in those sub-paragraphs to H and L were to H and L under this paragraph.
.
Assumptions etc.
5
In paragraph 7(2) in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (assumptions etc.) for “or or where” substitute “or where”.
Notifications
6
For paragraph 8(2) in Part 3 of Schedule 1 (notification of Part 1 determinations) substitute —
2
If the rent officer determines a rent under —
a
paragraph 4 (local reference rents); or
b
paragraph 4A (single room rents);
which is equal to or more than the rent payable for the tenancy, the rent officer shall give notice to the local authority of this in place of giving notice of the determination made under paragraph 4 or, as the case may be, paragraph 4A (and sub-paragraphs (1) and (3) shall apply to such a notice as they apply to determinations).
.
Application
7
This Order does not have effect in a case where an application for a determination is made before the date on which this Order comes into force.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.
James Clappison
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment
27th March 1996
William Hague
Secretary of State for Wales
27th March 1996


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Citation and Commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Passenger Car Fuel Consumption (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st June 1996.
Interpretation
2
In this Order “the principal order” means the Passenger Car Fuel Consumption Order 1983 .
Amendment of the principal order
3
—
1
The principal order shall have effect with the amendments specified in Schedule 1 to this Order.
2
For Schedule 2 to the principal order there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.
3
Schedule 3 to the principal order shall be omitted.
4
For Schedule 5 to the principal order there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 3 to this Order.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Steven Norris
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
18th April 1996


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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Aviation (Navigation Services Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
2
The Civil Aviation (Navigation Services Charges) Regulations 1995 shall be amended as follows:
1
In regulation 2 the definitions of “international flight” and “maximum total weight authorised” shall be omitted and for the Table there shall be substituted the following Table —
TABLE
Column 1 Column 2
Heathrow – London For each metric tonne and for each fraction of a metric tonne up to 100 metric tonnes £1.37 For each additional metric tonne,, and for each fraction of a metric tonne,, over 100 metric tonnes £0.56 Gatwick – London For each metric tonne and for each fraction of a metric tonne up to 100 metric tonnes £1.37 For each additional metric tonne,, and for each fraction of a metric tonne,, over 100 metric tonnes £0.56 Stansted – London, For each metric tonne and for each fraction of a metric tonne up to 100 metric tonnes £1.37 For each additional metric tonne,, and for each fraction of a metric tonne,, over 100 metric tonnes,, £0.56 Aberdeen (Dyce) £3.90 Edinburgh £2.58 Glasgow £2.58
2
In regulation 6 for “a charge of £85” there shall be substituted “a charge of £73”.
3
In regulation 7(1) for “a charge of £151” there shall be substituted “a charge of £144”.
4
In regulation 7(3) for “a charge of £49” there shall be substituted “a charge of £39”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Goschen
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
6th March 1996
We consent to the making of these Regulations
Bowen Wells
Simon Burns
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
8th March 1996


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1
This Order may be cited as the Army Act 1955 (Isle of Man) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st June 1996.
2
1
The Army Act 1955 (“the 1955 Act ”) shall have effect in the Isle of Man subject to the modifications specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order.
2
Section 10 and Part III of the Armed Forces Act 1991 shall have effect in the Isle of Man subject to the modifications specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order.
3
In relation to any reference to a law for the time being in force in the Isle of Man, the modifications made by this Order have effect for all purposes of the 1955 Act (and not only in the application of that Act to the Isle of Man).
N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council


text:
1
This Order may be cited as the A1 Trunk Road (Lengths of A1 Carriageway between Catterick and Barton) (Detrunking) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 24th July 1996.
2
The lengths of the A1 and connecting slip roads described in the Schedule to this Order and shown by broad striped hatching on the plan shall cease to be trunk road and shall be classified as classified road as from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies North Yorkshire County Council that the Motorway and connecting roads are open for use as special roads.
3
In this Order: —
i
“classified road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is not a principal road for the purpose of enactments or instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads but is a classified road for the purpose of every enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State and which does not specifically refer to their classification as principal roads;
ii
“the Motorway and connecting roads” means the special roads which the Secretary of State is authorised to provide by the A1 Motorway (North of Leeming to Scotch Corner Section and Connecting Roads) Scheme 1996 ;
iii
“the A1” means the A1 Trunk Road; and
iv
“the plan” means one of the plans numbered 1 and 2 in the folio numbered HA7/RPD 96 marked “The A1 Trunk Road (Lengths of A1 Carriageway between Catterick and Barton) (Detrunking) Order 1996”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, LG12, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
R. R. Bineham
Director, Highways Agency, Northern Operations Division
1st July 1996


text:
Citation and commencement
1
1
This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
2
This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.
Amendment of Table of Fees
2
In Chapters I, II , III , IV and VI of the Table of Fees in the Schedule to the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment and Further Provisions) 1993 , in the paragraphs specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Act of Sederunt, for the fees set out in column 2 of that Schedule as applying to those paragraphs, there shall be substituted the fees set out in column 3 of that Schedule; and the fees so substituted shall apply to work, for which those fees are chargeable, done on or after the date on which this Act of Sederunt comes into force.
Saving
3
The fees set out in column 2 of the Schedule to this Act of Sederunt shall continue to apply to work done before this Act of Sederunt comes into force.
Hope of Craighead
Lord President, I.P.D.
Edinburgh,
6th February 1996


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Regional Health Authorities (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
2
In this Order, except where the context otherwise requires —
a
“trust property” means, as respects any Regional Health Authority, any property held on trust by that Authority immediately before 1st April 1996, but does not include any such property which is transferred on that date by virtue of section 92 of the National Health Service Act 1977 ; and
b
any reference to a numbered Schedule is a reference to the Schedule to this Order which bears that number.
Transfer of trust property
2
1
Trust property held by Regional Health Authorities shall be transferred on 1st April 1996 in accordance with the following paragraphs of this article.
2
As respects the Anglia and Oxford Regional Health Authority there is transferred —
a
to each of the bodies specified in column (1) in Part I of Schedule 1, the trust property specified in column (2) in that Part in relation to that body; and
b
to each of the bodies specified in column (1) in Part II of that Schedule, such proportion of the trust property known as the General Fund as is specified in column (2) in that Part in relation to that body.
3
As respects the Northern and Yorkshire Regional Health Authority there is transferred to the Leeds Health Authority the trust property known as the Yorkshire Cancer Organisation Fund.
4
As respects the North Thames Regional Health Authority there is transferred —
a
to each of the bodies specified in column (1) in Part I of Schedule 2, the trust property specified in column (2) in that Part in relation to that body; and
b
to each of the bodies specified in column (1) in Part II of that Schedule, such proportion of the remainder of the trust property known as the General Fund as is specified in column (2) in that Part in relation to that body.
5
As respects the North West Regional Health Authority there is transferred —
a
to each of the bodies specified in column (1) in Part I of Schedule 3, the trust property specified in column (2) in that Part in relation to that body;
b
to each of the bodies specified in column (1) in Part II of that Schedule, such proportion of the trust property known as the Mersey General Purposes Fund as is specified in column (2) in that Part in relation to that body; and
c
to each of the bodies specified in column (1) in Part III of that Schedule, such proportion of the trust property known as the North Western General Purposes Fund as is specified in column (2) in that Part in relation to that body.
6
As respects the South Thames Regional Health Authority there is transferred —
a
to each of the bodies specified in column (1) in Part I of Schedule 4, the trust property specified in column (2) of that Part in relation to that body;
b
to each of the bodies specified in column (1) in Part II of that Schedule, such proportion of the remainder of the trust property known as the Former South West Thames Regional Health Authority General Fund as is specified in column (2) in that Part in relation to that body; and
c
to each of the bodies specified in column (1) in Part III of that Schedule, such proportion of the remainder of the trust property known as the Former South East Thames Regional Health Authority General Fund as is specified in column (2) in that Part in relation to that body.
7
As respects the South and West Regional Health Authority there is transferred —
a
to each of the bodies specified in column (1) in Part I of Schedule 5, the trust property specified in column (2) in that Part in relation to that body; and
b
to each of the bodies specified in column (1) in Part II of that Schedule, such proportion of the trust property known as the General Fund as is specified in column (2) in that Part in relation to that body.
8
As respects the Trent Regional Health Authority there is transferred —
a
to each of the bodies specified in column (1) in Part I of Schedule 6, the trust property specified in column (2) in that Part in relation to that body; and
b
to each of the bodies specified in column (1) in Part II of that Schedule, such proportion of the remainder of the trust property known as the Section 93 Fund as is specified in column (2) in that Part in relation to that body.
9
As respects the West Midlands Regional Health Authority there is transferred —
a
to each of the bodies specified in column (1) in Part I of Schedule 7, the trust property specified in column (2) in that Part in relation to that body; and
b
to each of the bodies specified in column (1) in Part II of that Schedule, such proportion of the trust property known as the General Endowment Fund as is specified in column (2) in that Part in relation to that body.
10
As respects each Regional Health Authority specified in column (1) of Schedule 8 there is transferred to the body specified in column (2) of that Schedule in relation to that Regional Health Authority any trust property which is not transferred to another body by virtue of any other paragraph of this article.
11
In —
a
sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (4) above;
b
sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph (6) above; and
c
sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (8) above,
“the remainder” means, in relation to any fund referred to in any of those sub-paragraphs, such amount of that fund as remains after the deduction from it of any amount which falls to be transferred from that fund by virtue of sub-paragraph (a) of that paragraph.
Supplemental provision
3
Any body to which trust property is transferred by virtue of article 2(10) of this Order may execute such instrument or other document as may be necessary for the purpose of giving effect to any provision of this Order and it relates to that property.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Horam
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
8th March 1996


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1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996.
2
These Regulations shall come into force —
a
as to —
i
paragraphs 2(5), 2(6), 2(8), 3(2), 17 and 35 of Schedule 1,
ii
paragraph 2 of Schedule 3, and
iii
so much of regulations 2 and 4 and the remainder of Schedules 1 and 3 as is necessary for to confer on the Secretary of State extended or modified powers to make such orders or regulations as are necessary for the purpose of complying with Council Directive 91/439/ EEC and for ancillary purposes,
on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made;
b
except as provided in sub-paragraph (a) above, on 1st January 1997.
2
The Road Traffic Act 1988 shall have effect with the amendments set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
3
The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 shall have effect with the amendments set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
4
The Transport Act 1985 shall have effect with the amendments set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.
5
The enactments mentioned in Schedule 4 to these Regulations shall have effect with the amendments set out in that Schedule (being minor amendments consequential upon those set out in Schedules 1 and 2 to these Regulations).
6
The Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Order 1975 shall have effect with the amendments set out in Schedule 5 to these Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Steven Norris
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
22nd July 1996


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Title, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Deposits in the Sea (Public Registers of Information) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st July 1996.
2
In these Regulations —
“ the Act ” means the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985;
“licence” means a licence issued by a licensing authority under Part II of the Act;
“the Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;
“the Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for Wales.
3
Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered section is a reference to that section so numbered in the Act.
4
Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation is a reference to that regulation so numbered in these Regulations.
Registers
2
Registers maintained by the Minister and the Secretary of State shall contain the particulars set out in regulations 3 to 12 as respects licences for which each is the licensing authority.
Application for licence to deposit
3
The particulars in relation to an application for a licence to deposit substances or articles either in the sea or under the sea bed shall be —
a
the reference number of any current licence together with the date of expiry of the licence and the quantities of substances or articles already deposited pursuant to it;
b
the name, address and telephone number of the applicant;
c
the name, address and telephone number of the producer of the substances or articles, where known;
d
the name, address and telephone number of the persons responsible for the storage and transport of the substances or articles from the date of the application until the date of deposit;
e
the dates of commencement and expiry of the licence sought by the applicant;
f
the place of production or the source of the substances or articles, where known;
g
the method of production of the substances or articles, where known;
h
the description, composition and quantity of the substances or articles and, in the case of activities associated with construction at sea, the location and description of the works and the method of construction;
i
the name and description of any vehicle, vessel, aircraft, hovercraft, marine structure, floating container, or structure on land from which the deposit is to be made, the maximum cargo, the method of deposit, and the rate of deposit;
j
the place from which it is intended that the substances or articles are to be removed to the site of deposit;
k
the name and the latitude and longitude of the location at which it is intended that the substances or articles are to be deposited;
l
details of any studies of the potential environmental effects of the activities to be licensed supplied with an application and any correspondence relating to the potential environmental effects of the activities to be licensed; and
m
details of the practical availability of any alternative methods of disposal, and the reason for seeking to deposit the substances or articles in the sea.
Application for licence to scuttle
4
The particulars in relation to an application for a licence to scuttle a vessel at sea shall be —
a
the name, address and the telephone number of the applicant;
b
the name, address and telephone number of any agent, contractor or sub-contractor engaged in the proposed scuttling of the vessel;
c
the proposed date on which the vessel is to be scuttled;
d
the name, the registration number and the country of registration of the vessel;
e
a description of any cargo by reference to its composition and quantity;
f
a description and specification of the vessel;
g
the name and the latitude and longitude of the location of the vessel at the date of the application;
h
the name and latitude and longitude of the place from which it is intended to take the vessel to scuttle it;
i
the name and the latitude and longitude of the location at which it is intended that the vessel is to be scuttled;
j
details of any studies of the potential environmental effects of the activities to be licensed supplied with an application and any correspondence relating to the potential environmental effects of the activities to be licensed; and
k
details of the practical availability of any alternative methods of disposal and the reason for seeking to scuttle the vessel in the sea.
Application for licence to incinerate
5
The particulars in relation to an application for a licence to incinerate substances or articles at sea shall be the same as those specified in regulation 3 save that —
a
in regulation 3(a) and (k), for the word “deposited”, there shall be substituted the word“incinerated”;
b
in regulation 3(d) and (j), for the word “deposit”, there shall be substituted the word“incineration”;
c
for regulation 3(i), there shall be substituted the following words —
i
the name and description of any vessel or marine structure on which incineration is to take place, the maximum cargo and the rate of incineration;
; and
d
in regulation 3(m), for the words “to deposit”, there shall be substituted the words “to incinerate”.
Licence to deposit
6
The particulars in relation to a licence to deposit substances or articles either in the sea or under the sea bed shall be —
a
the licence number;
b
the name and address of the licence holder;
c
the name and address of the producer of the substances or articles, where known;
d
the name and address of the persons responsible for the storage and transport of the substances or articles from the date of the application until the date of deposit;
e
the dates of commencement and expiry of the licence;
f
the intended time and the date of deposit;
g
the place of production or the source of the substances or articles, where known;
h
the method of production of the substances or articles, where known;
i
the description, composition and quantity of the substances or articles and, in the case of activities associated with construction at sea, the location and description of the works and the method of construction;
j
the name and description of any vehicle, vessel, aircraft, hovercraft, marine structure, floating container or structure on land from which the deposit is to be made;
k
the name and the latitude and longitude of the location at which it is intended that the substances or articles are to be deposited;
l
the method of deposit; and
m
details of the general and any special conditions attached to the licence.
Licence to scuttle
7
The particulars in relation to a licence to scuttle a vessel at sea shall be —
a
the licence number;
b
the name and address of the licence holder;
c
the name and address of the person engaged in the scuttling of the vessel;
d
the dates of commencement and expiry of the licence;
e
the name and registration number of the vessel;
f
the name and the latitude and longitude of the place from which it is intended to take the vessel to scuttle it;
g
the name and the latitude and longitude of the location at which it is intended that the vessel is to be scuttled; and
h
details of the general and any special conditions attached to the licence.
Licence to incinerate
8
The particulars in relation to a licence to incinerate substances or articles at sea shall be the same as those specified in regulation 6 save that —
a
in regulation 6(d), (f) and (l), for the word “deposit”, there shall be substituted the word“incineration”;
b
for regulation 6(j), there shall be substituted
j
the name and description of any vessel or marine structure on which incineration is to take place;
and
c
in regulation 6(k), for the words “to be deposited”, there shall be substituted the words“to be incinerated”.
Refusal, variation and revocation
9
1
The particulars in relation to a refusal of a licence shall be —
a
a reference to the application;
b
the reason for the refusal; and
c
the date of the refusal.
2
The particulars in relation to a variation of a licence shall be —
a
the licence number;
b
the reason for the variation;
c
details of the variation of the licence; and
d
the date of the variation.
3
The particulars in relation to a refusal of a variation of a licence shall be —
a
the licence number;
b
the reason for the refusal; and
c
the date of the refusal.
4
The particulars in relation to a revocation of a licence shall be —
a
the licence number;
b
the reason for the revocation; and
c
the date of the revocation.
5
The particulars in relation to written representations made and notices given under Schedule 3 to the Act shall be —
a
the licence number;
b
the reason for the inclusion of the relevant provision in the licence;
c
details of the written representations;
d
a summary of the details of the report prepared by the committee constituted under that Schedule;
e
details of the result of the licensing authority’s reconsideration.
Convictions for offences
10
The particulars in relation to a conviction for an offence under section 9 shall be —
a
the licence number;
b
the name and address of the convicted person;
c
the date of the offence;
d
the reason for the prosecution;
e
the court where the case was heard;
f
the date of the court hearing; and
g
any penalty imposed by the court.
Further information
11
1
The particulars in relation to information obtained or furnished in pursuance of section 8(3), (4) or (5) shall be —
a
details of any information required pursuant to the provisions included in a licence under section 8(3);
b
a summary of data from automatic recording equipment required pursuant to section 8(4)(a)(ii); and
c
the results of any examinations and tests carried out under section 8(5).
2
The particulars in relation to licensed operations shall be the results of any inspections of such operations by the licensing authority.
Operations under section 10
12
The particulars in relation to the occasions on which the Minister or the Secretary of State has carried out an operation under section 10 shall be —
a
the licence number;
b
the date of any operation;
c
the reason for the operation;
d
the action taken; and
e
any expenses incurred and the amount of any expenses recovered from any person convicted of an offence where the Minister or the Secretary of State has exercised his powers under section 10 of the Act.
Tony Baldry
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
22nd May 1996


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1
This Order may be cited as the A41 Trunk Road (Gloucester Place/Ivor Place, Westminster) (Temporary Prohibition of Traffic) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the 8th April 1996.
2
This Order is made because the Traffic Director for London is satisfied that traffic in Gloucester Place, Westminster should be restricted because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near that road.
3
During the period starting at 08.00 hours on 8th April 1996 and ending when those works have been completed or at 08.00 hours on 8th July 1996, whichever is the earlier, subject to the provisions of article 4 below, no person shall cause or permit any vehicle to enter or exit Gloucester Place from Ivor Place (West).
4
1
The provisions of article 3 above shall apply only during such times and to such extent as may from time to time be indicated by traffic signs.
2
The provisions specified in article 3 above shall not apply in respect of —
i
any vehicle being used for the purpose of those works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purpose, or
ii
anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden.
5
During the period specified in article 3 above, the provisions of the City of Westminster (Waiting and Loading Restriction) Order 1976 are hereby suspended so far as they relate to any roads or lengths of road specified in this Order.
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State for Transport
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
4th April 1996


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Citation, commencement and effect
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Exchange Gains and Losses (Deferral of Gains and Losses) (Amendment) Regulations 1996, shall come into force on 30th June 1996 and shall have effect with respect to accounting periods of companies ending on or after that date.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations”means the Exchange Gains and Losses (Deferral of Gains and Losses) Regulations 1994 , and “regulation”means a regulation of the principal Regulations.
Amendments to the principal Regulations
3
In regulation 2(8) for the words “inspector is (or on appeal the Commissioners are) satisfied”there shall be substituted “notice states”.
4
In regulation 4(5), in the inserted subsection (3A), for the words “aggregate profits”there shall be substituted“aggregate of the profits of the claimant company and”.
Simon Burns
Michael Bates
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
21st May 1996


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Education (Recognised Awards) (Richmond College) (No. 2) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 31st October 1996.
Designation of awards
2
Any award granted or to be granted before 31st December 2006 by Richmond College, the American International University in London is hereby designated as a recognised award for the purposes of section 214 of the Education Reform Act 1988.
Revocations
3
The Orders set out in the Schedule to this Order are hereby revoked.
Henley
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
9th October 1996


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1
1
This Order may be cited as the Offensive Weapons Act 1996 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1996.
2
This Order extends to Northern Ireland.
2
Subsections (1) to (3) of section 4 of the Offensive Weapons Act 1996 shall come into force on 1st September 1996.
David Maclean
Minister of State
Home Office
4th August 1996


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1
1
These Rules may be cited as the Patents (Fees)Rules 1996 and shall come into force on 1st January 1997.
2
The Patents (Fees) Rules 1995 are hereby revoked.
2
These Rules shall be construed as one with the Patents Rules 1995 and, to the extent that they continue to apply in relation to existing patents and existing applications, with the Patents Rules 1968 .
3
The fees to be paid in respect of any matters arising under the Patents Act 1977 or arising under the Patents Act 1949 shall be those specified in Parts A and B of the Schedule to these Rules; and in any case where a form specified in Part A or Part B of the Schedule as the corresponding form in relation to any matter is required by the Patents Rules 1995 or, as the case may be, the Patents Rules 1968 to be used, that form shall be accompanied by the fee, if any, specified in respect of that matter or, where payment may be made within a prescribed period of time after the form has been filed, the fee so specified shall be paid within that period.
Ian Taylor
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science and Technology,
Department ofTrade and Industry
18th November 1996
We consent to the making of these Rules.
Michael Bates
Richard Ottaway
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
26th November 1996


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1
This Order may be cited as The Richmond Adult and Community College (Incorporation) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996 (“the Commencement Date”).
2
On the Commencement Date there shall be established a body corporate called “Richmond Adult and Community College” for the purpose of conducting from the operative date the educational institution of that name presently maintained by the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
3
The “operative date” in relation to the further education corporation established by this Order shall be 1st August 1996, and the corporation shall conduct Richmond Adult and Community College from that date.
James Paice
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
11th March 1996


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Citation and commencement
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Renewal Grants and Home Repair Assistance (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 17th December 1996.
2
In these Regulations —
“the Home Repair Assistance Regulations ” means the Home Repair Assistance Regulations 1996 ;
“the Prescribed Form Regulations ” means the Housing Renewal Grants (Prescribed Form and Particulars) Regulations 1996 ;
“the Renewal Grants Regulations ” means the Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996
Amendment of the Home Repair Assistance Regulations
2
In paragraph 4 of Part I of Schedule I to the Home Repair Assistance Regulations (content of application: general), after “income support,” insert “an income-based jobseeker’s allowance (which has the same meaning as in section 1(4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 ”.
Amendment of the Renewal Grants Regulations
3
The Renewal Grants Regulations shall be amended as follows: —
a
in regulation 10(2)(a)(the applicable amount), after “income support”, insert “or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance”; and
b
from paragraph 6 (concessionary payments) of Schedule 3 (sums to be disregarded in the determination of income other than earnings), omit sub-paragraph (c).
Amendment of the Prescribed Form Regulations
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The Schedule to the Prescribed Form Regulations (prescribed form for owner-occupier’s and tenant’s applications for housing renewal grants) shall be amended as follows: —
a
in each of the following, namely —
i
in footnote (c) immediately preceding Part I of the form in the Schedule, in the second paragraph of that footnote,
ii
in note 17, in the second paragraph, and
iii
in note 41, in the first paragraph,
for “in Annex J2 to Circular 17/96”, substitute “, as respects England, in Annex J2 to Department of the Environment Circular 17/96 or, as respects Wales, in Annex J2 to Welsh Office Circular 59/96”;
b
in each of the following, namely —
i
in question 3.1, and
ii
in question 3.22,
for “receiving”, substitute “entitled to and receiving”; and
c
in note 17, in the second paragraph, for “the form in the Schedule”, substitute “this form”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
David Curry
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment
6th December 1996
William Hague
Secretary of State for Wales
9th December 1996
We consent,
Bowen Wells
Richard Ottaway
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
10th December 1996


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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Dual-Use and Related Goods (Export Control) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 13th May 1996.
2
In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Dual-Use and Related Goods (Export Control) Regulations 1995 .
2
1
Regulations 1(3), 3(1)(a), (2)(b)(ii) and (5) and 14(2)(b) of the principal Regulations shall have effect as if Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations were amended as provided in the Schedule hereto; and accordingly, Part III of Schedule 1 to the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994 shall have effect as if for Groups 2 and 3 thereof there were substituted Schedules 1 (amended as aforesaid) and 3 to the principal Regulations.
2
Regulation 3(1)(b) of the principal Regulations shall have effect as if Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations were amended as follows:
a
in entry 4A003.b, “2000” replaced by “10,000”;
b
in entry 9E001, the words “or “software”” and the references to entries 9A108.c and 9A119 left out;
c
in entry 9E002, the references to entries 9A108.c and 9A119 left out;
d
after entry 9E002, the following entry inserted:
9E101 “Technology” for the “development” or “production” of equipment specified in 9A108.c. or 9A119.
Phillip Oppenheim,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, for Company Affairs,
Department of Trade and Industry
18th April 1996


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Citation and commencement
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This Order may be cited as the Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (No.2) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st July 1996.
Variation of section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990
2
In section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 , the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (dd):–
ee
the programme known as the Sustainable Action Fund.
.
Lindsay
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
28th May 1996