text:
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Velindre National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
Amendment of Establishment Order
2
1
For article 2 of the Velindre National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 there shall be substituted the following article:–
Establishment of the trust
2
There is hereby established an NHS trust which shall be called Velindre National Health Service Trust or Ymddiriedolaeth Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol Felindre.
.
2
For article 3 of the said Order there shall be substituted the following article:–
Nature and functions of the trust
3
1
The trust is established for the purpose specified in section 5(1)(a) 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 authorities) shall be
a
to own and manage Velindre Hospital, Velindre Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff CF4 7XL and associated hospitals and premises, and there to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services; and
b
to own and manage Welsh Blood Service Headquarters, Ely Valley Road, Talbot Green, Pontyclun CF72 9WB and associated premises, and there to provide and manage services relating to the collection, screening and processing of blood and its constituents and to the preparation and supply of blood, plasma and other blood products.
.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Jon Owen Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
12th March 1999


type: legislation

jurisdiction: UK

text:
1
This Order may be cited as the Army, Air Force and Naval Discipline Acts (Continuation) Order 1999.
2
The Army Act 1955 , the Air Force Act 1955 and the Naval Discipline Act 1957 shall continue in force for a period of twelve months beginning on the day immediately following 31st August 1999 (which is the date on which those Acts would otherwise expire).
A.K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council


text:
Title and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Breckland) Designation (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 15th June 1999.
Amendment of the principal Order
2
In this Order “the principal Order” means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Breckland) Designation Order 1993 .
3
In Schedule 2 to the principal Order (management activities), in paragraph 1 (column 2), for “140” there shall be substituted “125”.
Saving
4
Article 3 of this Order shall not have effect for the purposes of any annual payment to a farmer which relates to any period before 1st May 1999.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
12th May 1999
We consent,
Jane Kennedy
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
13th May 1999


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1
This Order may be cited as the Gifts for Relief in Poor Countries (Designation of Kosovo) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 21st August 1999, but shall have effect in relation to gifts made on or after 6th April 1999.
2
This Order designates Kosovo (in the Federation of Yugoslavia) as a territory for the purposes of paragraph (c) of section 48(2) of the Finance Act 1998.
Bob Ainsworth
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
27th July 1999


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Objections to Admission Arrangements) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
2
In these Regulations, “ the Act ” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 and “section”, unless the context otherwise requires, means a section of the Act.
PART I
REFERENCE OF OBJECTIONS TO ADJUDICATOR OR SECRETARY OF STATE
Cases where an objection may not be referred
2
1
This regulation prescribes the description of objections that, by virtue of section 90(1)(c), may not be referred under section 90(1).
2
An objection may not be referred under that subsection if the substance of the objection is to seek an alteration to the admission arrangements in question–
a
(in the case of a grammar school) which by virtue of section 104(4) may only be made in accordance with sections 105 to 109;
b
in respect of which section 90 is excluded from applying by virtue of section 103(1) and (2) (an introduction, variation or abandonment of provision for selection which would constitute a prescribed alteration for the purposes of section 28); or
c
(except where subparagraph (b) applies) which would constitute a prescribed alteration for the purposes of section 28.
3
In relation to any time before the coming into force of section 28, the following subparagraph shall have effect in place of paragraph (2)(b) and (c):
b
which would constitute a significant change in the character of the school for the purposes of sections 35(1), 41(2), 259(1) and 260(2) of the Education Act 1996
.
Time within which objection must be referred
3
1
Subject to paragraph (3), an objection may not be referred under section 90(1) unless it is received by the appropriate person within 6 weeks after the receipt by the objecting admission authority of the notification required by virtue of section 89(4)(b) .
2
Subject to paragraph (3), an objection may not be referred under section 90(2) unless it is received by the appropriate person within 6 weeks after the date on which notice of the determination of the relevant admission arrangements was first published in a newspaper in the manner required by regulations under the Act .
3
An objection which is received after the end of the period specified in paragraph (1) or (2) shall be regarded as properly referred if the appropriate person is satisfied that it was not reasonably practicable for the objection to have been received earlier than the time it was received.
4
In this regulation “the appropriate person” means (in England) the adjudicator or (in Wales) the Secretary of State.
PART II
REFERENCE OF OBJECTIONS BY PARENTS
Parents who are eligible to refer an objection
4
For the purpose of section 90(2)(b), the description of parent who may refer an objection about admission arrangements under that subsection is an individual who–
a
is the parent of a child of compulsory school age receiving primary education; and
b
is resident in the relevant area which applies for consultation under section 89(2)(b) about those admission arrangements .
Objections that may be referred by parents
5
1
For the purposes of section 90(2)(c), the description of objection that may be referred by a parent under that subsection is an objection about pre-existing selection arrangements.
2
For the purpose of this regulation,
a
“selection arrangements” means those arrangements (if any) in the admission arrangements determined for a school for a particular school year which make provision for the selection of pupils by ability or by aptitude within the meaning of section 99(5); and
b
selection arrangements are to be regarded as pre-existing if they–
i
continue from provision made by the admission arrangements for the school in question at the beginning of the 1997/98 school year and made by successive admission arrangements for the school since that time; and
ii
depend solely for their lawfulness on section 100.
3
For the purpose of paragraph (2)(b)(ii), selection arrangements are to be regarded as depending solely for their lawfulness on section 100 if they are not rendered lawful by virtue of section 99(1)(b) or (2)(c) (grammar schools or sixth forms), section 101 (pupil banding) or section 102 (aptitude for particular subjects).
Condition to be met before determination of objections by parents
6
1
The condition in paragraph (2) must be satisfied before the adjudicator or, as the case may be, the Secretary of State is required to determine an objection referred by a parent under section 90(2).
2
The condition is that not less than ten parents who satisfy the requirement in regulation 4 have referred objections under section 90(2) (or one or more such objections jointly) which–
a
are about the same admission arrangements; and
b
raise the same or substantially the same issue.
PART III
DECISIONS ON OBJECTIONS AND EFFECT OF DECISIONS
Reference of objections to the Secretary of State
7
1
The adjudicator shall refer an objection to the Secretary of State under section 90(3)(b) in a case where the objection is about any criterion for admission to a school relating to a person’s religion, religious denomination or religious practice.
2
This regulation does not apply to Wales.
Publication of decisions
8
1
Decisions of the adjudicator or the Secretary of State and the reasons for them shall be published under section 90(7)–
a
by notifying them in writing to the parties to the objection and to all other bodies whom the admission authority was required to consult about the relevant admission arrangements under section 89(2); and
b
in the case of a decision on an objection about pre-existing selection arrangements within the meaning in regulation 5(2) (whether or not the objection was referred by a parent), by publishing the information in paragraph (2) of this regulation in a newspaper circulating in the area served by the school in question within 14 days after the date when the decision and reasons were given.
2
The information to be published under subparagraph (1)(b) is–
a
the name of the admission authority and (if different) of the school to which the admission arrangements relate; and
b
a short description of the decision and of the reasons for it.
Limitation on later objections
9
1
Where an objection about the admission arrangements for a particular school for a particular school year has been decided by the adjudicator or the Secretary of State, no subsequent objection may be referred (by the person or body who made the objection or by anyone else) about–
a
those arrangements, or
b
the arrangements for that school for the next following school year,
which raises the same or substantially the same issue.
2
Paragraph (1)(b) shall not prevent an objection being referred about the arrangements for a school where–
a
the decision mentioned in paragraph (1) upheld an objection to the admission arrangements for the school; and
b
the substance of the objection now sought to be referred is that the admission arrangements for the school determined by the admission authority for the next following school year are, so far as material, the same or substantially the same as those against which the earlier objection was referred.
Power to alter arrangements following decision on an objection
10
1
This regulation applies where–
a
the adjudicator or the Secretary of State has made a decision upholding to any extent an objection to admission arrangements determined by an admission authority; and
b
a relevant admission authority reasonably believe that the arrangements which they have determined are, so far as material–
i
the same as those arrangements; or
ii
sufficiently similar for the same decision to have been made against them had an objection been made.
2
In a case where this regulation applies, the relevant admission authority may revise their admission arrangements by making such alterations as they reasonably believe to be necessary to achieve consistency with the decision, and may determine their arrangements in that revised form.
3
Any such determination of revised arrangements shall not be made later than two months after the date on which the decision and the reasons for it were notified under regulation 8(1)(a).
4
In this regulation, “relevant admission authority” means an admission authority who, before they determined the admission arrangements that they wish to revise, were required under section 89(2) to consult the admission authority against whom the decision was made.
Estelle Morris
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
30th January 1999
Peter Hain
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
2nd February 1999


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
This Order may be cited as the County Court Fees (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 5th October 1999.
Transitional provision
2
A person who at any time on or after 5th October 1999 receives family credit or disability working allowance under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 in pursuance of a decision made before that date shall be entitled to exemption from court fees to the same extent as if this Order had not come into force.
Amendment to the County Court Fees Order 1999
3
For article 5(2)(b) of the County Court Fees Order 1999 there shall be substituted: —
b
working families' tax credit, provided that the amount (if any) to be deducted under section 128(2)(b) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 has been determined at not more than £70 a week;
bb
disabled person’s tax credit, provided that the amount (if any) to be deducted under section 129(5)(b) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 has been determined at not more than £70 a week; and.
Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 7th September 1999
We concur,
Gordon Brown
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 9th September 1999


text:
Citation
1
This Order may be cited as the Water Undertakers (Pipelaying and Other Works) (Code of Practice) Order 1999.
Approval of Code of Practice
2
The Code of Practice prepared by each of the companies listed in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order and certified as such by the Secretary of State is hereby approved.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Alan Davis
A Senior Civil Servant in the
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
8th November 1999


text:
Citation and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1999.
2
In this Order references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of, and Schedules to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.
Appointed days
2
The day appointed for the coming into force of sections 73 and 74, and Schedules 9 and 10 (new threshold for primary Class 1 contributions) —
a
for the purpose only of the exercise of any power to make regulations, is 22nd December 1999,
b
for all other purposes, is 6th April 2000.
3
The day appointed for the coming into force of sections 75 and 76 (earnings of workers supplied by service companies etc. ) is 22nd December 1999.
4
The day appointed for the coming into force of —
a
sections 77 and 78 (Class 1B contributions),
b
section 84(1) (consequential amendments) so far as relating to paragraphs 74, 76 to 78 and 84 to 86 of Schedule 12,
c
section 88 (repeals) so far as relating to Parts VI and VII of Schedule 13,
d
paragraphs 74, 76 to 78 and 84 to 86 of Schedule 12 (consequential amendments), and
e
Parts VI and VII of Schedule 13 (repeals),
is 6th April 2000.
Jim Dowd
Bob Ainsworth
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
21st December 1999


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Title and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (England) Designation Orders (Revocation of Specified Provisions) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 30th August 1999.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations–
a
“the principal Orders” means the Orders specified in the Schedule to these Regulations; and
b
“the principal Regulations ” means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (England) Designation Orders (Amendment) Regulations 1996 .
Revocation and saving
3
The amendments made to the principal Orders by regulation 2(4) of the principal Regulations shall be revoked.
4
The provisions inserted in the principal Orders by regulation 2(2) and (5)(b) of the principal Regulations shall cease to have effect save insofar as they apply to any agreements to which they applied before the coming into force of these Regulations.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
31st July 1999


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1
This Order may be cited as the Capital Allowances (Corresponding Northern Ireland Grants) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
2
The following grants, so far as they are made towards capital expenditure, are hereby declared to correspond to a grant made under Part II of the Industrial Development Act 1982 –
a
any grant made under Part III of the Industrial Development (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 , being a grant at a rate not exceeding 45 per cent. of the expenditure and being a grant made under an agreement entered into before 1st April 2001,
b
any grant made by the Local Enterprise Development Unit out of moneys granted under article 30 of the Industrial Development (Northern Ireland) Order 1982, being a grant at a rate not exceeding 45 per cent. of the expenditure and being a grant made under an agreement entered into before 1st April 2001,
c
so much of any grant so made at a higher rate as is equal to 45 per cent. of the expenditure.
Jane Kennedy
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
10th March 1999


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1
This Scheme may be cited as the M60 Motorway (Improvement Between Junctions 5 and 8) Connecting Roads Scheme 1999, and shall come into force on 18th October 1999.
2
In this Scheme:
a
all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway or, as the case may be, to the soffit of the relevant bridge;
b
i
“connecting road” means a special road along a route described in Schedule 1 to this Scheme;
ii
“the Motorway” means the M60 Motorway;
iii
“the plan” means the plan numbered HA 16/1 CNW 355, marked “The M60 Motorway (Improvement Between Junctions 5 and 8) Connecting Roads Scheme 1999”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, and deposited at the Highways Agency, St. Christopher House, Southwark Street, London SE1 0TE; and
iv
“the special roads” means each connecting road.
3
The Secretary of State is authorised to provide the special roads for the exclusive use of traffic of Classes I and II of the classes of traffic set out in Schedule 4 to the Highways Act 1980.
4
The centre line of each of the special roads is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan.
5
Each of the special roads shall become a trunk road on the date when this Scheme comes into force.
6
The Secretary of State is authorised to construct —
a
the bridge specified in Schedule 2 to this Scheme as part of the connecting roads respectively given the numbers 3 and 4 on the plan;
b
the bridge specified in Schedule 3 to this Scheme as part of the connecting road given the number 4 on the plan; and
c
the bridge specified in Schedule 4 to this Scheme as part of the connecting road given the number 2 on the plan.
Signed by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Derek Oddy
Divisional Director Highways Agency
21st September 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Environment Act 1995 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 6th May 1999.
Amendment of the Environmental Protection Act 1990
2
In subsection (3)(c) of section 140 (other controls on substances, articles or waste) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 for “section 17 above” there shall be substituted “section 108 of the Environment Act 1995”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Michael Meacher
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
9th April 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Cornwall Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 16th November 1999.
2
In this Order —
“the first Trust” means the Plymouth Community Services National Health Service Trust;
“the second Trust” means the Cornwall Healthcare National Health Service Trust;
“the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by, agreed upon by and signed on behalf of the first and second Trusts on 30th July 1999.
Transfer of trust property
2
On 16th November 1999 the trust property shall be transferred from the first Trust to the second Trust.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Gisela Stuart
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
22nd October 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 12th April 1999.
Interpretation
2
1
In this Order —
“the 1971 Act ” means the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 ;
“the 1974 Act ” means the Pensions (Increase) Act 1974 ;
“the 1975 Act ” means the Social Security Pensions Act 1975;
“basic rate” and “derivative pension” have the meanings given by section 17(1) of the 1971 Act ;
“the existing Orders ” means the Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1972 , the Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1973 , the Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1974 , the Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1975 , the Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1976 , the Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1977 , the Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1978 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1979 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1980 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1981 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1982 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1983 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1984 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1985 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1986 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1987 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1988 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1989 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1990 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1991 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1992 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1993 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1994 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1995 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1996 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1997 and the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1998 ;
“official pension” has the meaning given by section 5(1) of the 1971 Act;
“pension authority” has the meaning given by section 7(1) of the 1971 Act;
“qualifying condition” means one of the conditions laid down in section 3 of the 1971 Act ;
“relevant injury pension”, “substituted pension” and “widow’s pension” have the meanings given by section 17(1) of the 1971 Act.
2
For the purposes of this Order the time when a pension “begins” is that stated in section 8(2) of the 1971 Act , and the “beginning date” shall be construed accordingly.
3
Where, for the purposes of this Order, it is necessary to calculate the number of complete months in any period an incomplete month shall be treated as a complete month if it consists of at least 16 days.
Pension increases
3
The annual rate of an official pension may, if a qualifying condition is satisfied or the pension is a derivative or substituted pension or a relevant injury pension, be increased by the pension authority in respect of any period on or after 12th April 1999 as follows–
1
a pension beginning before 6th April 1998 may be increased by 3.2 per cent of the basic rate as increased by the amount of any increase under section 1 of the 1971 Act or the existing Orders;
2
a pension beginning on or after 6th April 1998 and before 12th April 1999 may be increased by 3.2 per cent multiplied by
A B
where
a
A is the number of complete months in the period between the beginning date of the pension and 12th April 1999, and
b
B is 12.
Increases in certain lump sums
4
In respect of any lump sum or instalment of a lump sum which became payable before 12th April 1999 but on or after 6th April 1998 there may be paid an increase of 3.2 per cent of the amount of the lump sum or instalment (as increased by the amount under section 1 of the 1971 Act or under the existing Orders) multiplied by
A B
where
a
A is the number of complete months in the period between the beginning date for the lump sum or, if later, 6th April 1998 and the date on which it became payable; and
b
B is 12.
Reductions in respect of guaranteed minimum pensions
5
The amount by reference to which any increase in the rate of an official pension provided for by this Order is to be calculated shall, in the case of a person–
a
who is entitled to a guaranteed minimum pension on 12th April 1999; and
b
whose entitlement to that guaranteed minimum pension arises from an employment from which (either directly or by virtue of the payment of a transfer credit) entitlement to the official pension also arises,
be reduced by an amount equal to the rate of the guaranteed minimum pension unless the Treasury otherwise direct, in accordance with the provisions of section 59A of the 1975 Act.
6
The amount by reference to which any increase in the rate of a widow’s or widower’s pension provided for by this Order is to be calculated shall, where the pensioner becomes entitled on the death of the deceased spouse to a guaranteed minimum pension, be reduced in accordance with section 59(5ZA) of the 1975 Act.
Bob Ainsworth
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
1st March 1999


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1
1
This Order may be cited as The A57 Trunk Road (Swallownest Roundabout to M1 Junction 31) (Detrunking) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
2
In this Order all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway.
2
In this Order–
i
“the plan” means the plan HA10/PS/213 marked “The A57 Trunk Road (Swallownest Roundabout to M1 Junction 31) (Detrunking) Order 1999”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and deposited at the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1;
ii
“principal road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is a principal road for the purposes of enactments and instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads and is also classified for the purpose of every other enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State; and
iii
“the trunk road” means the A57 Trunk Road.
3
The length of the trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a principal road from the date on which this Order comes into force.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Derek Oddy
Divisional Director, The Highways Agency
22nd February 1999


text:
Title, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Food (Animals and Animal Products from Belgium) (Emergency Control) (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 30th June 1999.
2
In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Food (Animals and Animal Products from Belgium) (Emergency Control) Order 1999 .
Amendment of the principal Order
2
The principal Order shall be amended in accordance with articles 3 to 6 of this Order.
3
In article 1 (title, commencement and interpretation)–
a
in paragraph (2)–
i
for the definition of “the Commission Decision” there shall be substituted the following–
“Commission Decision 1999/363/ EC ” means Commission Decision 1999/363/EC on protective measures with regard to contamination by dioxins of certain animal products intended for human or animal consumption as amended by Commission Decisions 1999/390/EC and 1999/419/EC ;
“Commission Decision 1999/389/EC ” means Commission Decision 1999/389/EC on protective measures with regard to contamination by dioxins of products intended for human consumption derived from bovine animals and pigs and revoking Decision 1999/368/EC , as amended by Commission Decisions 1999/390/EC and 1999/419/EC ;
;
ii
the definition of “dairy products” shall be deleted; and
iii
for the definition of “relevant animal or animal product” there shall be substituted the following–
“relevant animal or animal product” means any animal or product coming within any of the following descriptions–
live animals and hatching eggs as referred to in Article 3 of Commission Decision 1999/363/EC ;
pigs and bovine animals as referred to in Article 3 of Commission Decision 1999/389/EC ;
products of Belgian origin covered by Article 1.2 of Commission Decision 1999/363/EC or Article 1.2 of Commission Decision 1999/389/EC ; and
products which contain any of the products referred to in sub-paragraph (c) above,
but only includes food and food sources;
; and
b
after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following–
3
Other expressions used both in this Order and in Commission Decision 1999/363/EC or 1999/389/EC have, in so far as the context admits, the same meaning in this Order as they bear in that Decision.
.
4
After article 1 there shall be inserted the following–
Exemptions
1A
1
Article 2 hereof shall not apply to–
a
the importation of any food or food source if, when imported, that food or food source is accompanied by valid certification relating to it, as specified in paragraph (3) below;
b
any subsequent commercial operations in relation to the food or food source if it can be proved by the person carrying out the operation that at the time of importation it was so accompanied; or
c
the return to Belgium, under cover of an official certificate in accordance with Article 3a of Commission Decision 1999/363/EC or, as the case may be, Article 3a of Commission Decision 1999/389/EC , of any product covered by this Order.
2
Article 4 hereof shall not, save for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (1) thereof, apply to any imported food or food source which is accompanied by valid certification relating to it as specified in paragraph (3) below.
3
The certification to which paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) and (2) above apply is–
a
in the case of live domestic fowls or hatching eggs as referred to in Article 2B of Commission Decision 1999/363/EC , an official declaration signed by the Belgian competent authority in the form called for by that Article;
b
in the case of bovine animals or pigs as referred to in Article 2B of Commission Decision 1999/389/EC , an official declaration signed by the Belgian competent authority in the form called for by that Article;
c
in the case of products referred to in Article 2A of Commission Decision 1999/363/EC , an official certificate signed by the Belgian competent authority in the form called for by that Article; and
d
in the case of products referred to in Article 2A of Commission Decision 1999/389/EC , an official certificate signed by the Belgian competent authority in the form called for by that Article.
.
5
In article 3 (enforcement) for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs–
1
This Order shall be enforced and executed by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State and by each food authority and port health authority within its area or district, as appropriate.
1A
For the purposes of the return to Belgium of any product as specified in article 1A(1)(c) hereof the competent authority for the purposes of the official certificate shall be the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State or any authorised officer of a food authority.
.
6
In article 4 (application and modification of various provisions of the Act)–
a
in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) after the words “port health authority” there shall be inserted the words “, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State”; and
b
at the end of sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the words “or are to be returned to Belgium as specified in article 1A(1)(c) hereof”.
Nick Brown
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
29th June 1999


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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999.
2
The Education (Student Support) Regulations 1999 shall be amended as follows.
3
In regulation 4(2)(c)(i) after the words “Health Services and Public Health Act 1968” insert the words “or article 44 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 ”.
4
1
In regulation 10(1) —
a
in sub-paragraph (c) delete the word “and”;
b
in sub-paragraph (d) substitute for the full stop a semicolon and after the semicolon insert the word “and”; and
c
insert after sub-paragraph (d) the following sub-paragraph;
e
fees which are prescribed under paragraph (e) of the definition of “fees” in section 28(1) of the Act .
.
2
In regulation 10(7)(a) after the words “Health Services and Public Health Act 1968” insert the words “or article 44 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972”.
5
In regulation 11 —
a
the existing provisions of the regulation become paragraph (1);
b
insert after paragraph (1) the following paragraph:
2
For the purposes of paragraph (1) an institution which provides courses designated by regulation 4 of the Education (Student Support) (Dance and Drama) Regulations 1999 shall not be regarded as maintained or assisted by recurrent grants out of public funds by reason only that it receives public funds from the governing body of a higher education institution in accordance with section 65(3A) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 .
.
6
1
Delete regulation 12(1).
2
In regulation 12(3)(a) after the words “Health Services and Public Health Act 1968” insert the words “or article 44 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972”.
7
1
In regulation 15(1) after the words “eligible student” insert the words “who satisfies the requirements set out in regulation 17(1)”.
2
For regulation 15(2) substitute the following paragraph:
2
The aggregate amount of grant under paragraph (1) shall be reduced by the difference between —
a
the aggregate of the net income of each of the eligible student’s dependants whose net income does not exceed a maximum amount applicable under paragraph (1), if any, and
b
£905 multiplied by the number of such dependants.
.
3
In regulation 15(7) and (9) for the words “instalments of grant are paid” substitute the words “support is payable”.
4
In regulation 15(11)(f) after the words “Children Act 1989” insert the words “in respect of a person who is not the spouse’s child”.
8
In regulation 16(1) after the words “eligible student” insert the words “who satisfies the requirements set out in regulation 17(1)”.
9
1
In regulation 18(6) and (8) for the words “instalments of loan are paid” substitute the words “support is payable”.
2
For regulation 18(12) substitute the following paragraphs:
12
Where in relation to an academic year an eligible student is not eligible for a grant for living costs by virtue of regulation 12(3)(a) he shall be eligible for a loan for living costs under this regulation but —
a
in paragraphs (1) and (2) there shall be substituted for the amounts in column one below the corresponding amounts in column two:
£2,875 £1,360 4,480 2,200 4,440 1,780 5,275 1,780 3,635 1,780 2,510 995 3,885 1,605 3,865 1,295 4,590 1,295 3,150 1,295
and
b
paragraphs (10) and (11) shall not apply.
13
Where in relation to an academic year an eligible student is not eligible for a grant for living costs by virtue of regulation 12(3)(b) or 12(4) he shall be eligible for a loan for living costs under this regulation but —
a
in paragraphs (1) and (2) there shall be substituted for the amounts in column one below the corresponding amounts in column two:
£2,875 £1,360 4,480 2,200 4,440 2,180 5,275 2,590 3,635 1,780 2,510 995 3,885 1,605 3,865 1,595 4,590 1,895 3,150 1,295
and
b
paragraphs (10) and (11) shall not apply.
10
In regulation 19(7) substitute for the words “who has received at least one instalment of his loan has not applied for” the words “has applied for a loan less than”.
11
1
For regulation 20(2) substitute the following:
2
A hardship loan shall be £100 or a multiple thereof not exceeding £500.
.
2
In regulation 20(4) delete the words “On being satisfied that due to exceptional financial hardship the student may not be able to continue to attend his course for the remaining part of the academic year”.
12
1
In regulation 24(2) delete the words “no instalment” and after the following word “shall” insert the word “not”.
2
After the end of paragraphs (5) and (6) of regulation 24 add the following words:
; and the amount of such support for the academic year shall be the aggregate of the support, if any, which is payable in respect of each quarter.
.
3
In regulation 24(7) for the word “instalment” substitute the word “support”.
4
After regulation 24(11) add the following paragraphs:
12
Notwithstanding the above paragraphs where —
a
support referred to in paragraph (2) is payable in respect of a period of attendance at an overseas institution, and
b
the Secretary of State considers that payment of the support in instalments in accordance with the above paragraphs may prejudice his admission to the overseas country or institution,
he may pay the support in such instalments, if any, as he considers appropriate.
13
Notwithstanding the above paragraphs where the periods of attendance for a course are such that the payment of instalments during the quarters in respect of which the support is payable may cause the eligible student hardship the Secretary of State may pay the instalments at such other times as he considers appropriate.
14
Notwithstanding the above paragraphs where by reason of the absence of the student —
a
support referred to in paragraph (2) is reduced in accordance with paragraph (6), and
b
the Secretary of State considers that the payment of such support in accordance with the above paragraphs would be inappropriate
he may pay such support in such number of instalments and in instalments of such amounts as he considers appropriate.
.
13
In paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 insert after the words “European Community” the words “or the child of such a national”.
14
1
In paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 —
a
in sub-paragraph (1)(a) —
i
insert after the “£” sign the figure “1,780”; and
ii
insert at the end of the sub-paragraph the words “, in each case other than any sum treated as income under sub-paragraph (5).”
b
in sub-paragraph (1)(f) —
i
after the word “disability” insert the words “or incapacity”; and
ii
delete the words after the words “is subject”.
c
in sub-paragraph (1)(o) after the words “Children Act 1989” insert the words “in respect of a person who is not the student’s child”.
d
in sub-paragraph (1)(r) for the words “disability to which the eligible student is subject, his” substitute the words “the eligible student's”.
2
In paragraph 3(1)(a) of Schedule 3 delete the second word “first”.
3
In paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 3 the existing sub-paragraph (h) becomes sub-paragraph (i) and insert the following sub-paragraphs in the appropriate places:
h
in the case of a parent who is an eligible student or who holds a statutory award, £890;
j
where the parent’s income is computed as for the purposes of the income tax legislation of another member State, sums equivalent to any amounts which would not be treated as taxable income if that legislation made provision equivalent to the Income Tax Acts.
.
Tessa Blackstone
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
6th August 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Friendly Societies (Modification of the Corporation Tax Acts) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 13th October 1999.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Friendly Societies (Modification of the Corporation Tax Acts) Regulations 1997 and “regulation” means a regulation of the principal Regulations.
Amendments to the principal Regulations
3
After regulation 13 there shall be inserted the following regulations —
Modifications of section 432AA of the Taxes Act
13A
1
Paragraphs (2) to (4) prescribe modifications of subsection (4) of section 432AA of the Taxes Act so far as it applies to the life or endowment business carried on by friendly societies on and after 1st April 1998, subject to the transitional provisions in Part IV of Schedule 5 to the Finance Act 1998.
2
In paragraph (c) before the words “basic life assurance” there shall be inserted the word “taxable”.
3
After paragraph (c) there shall be inserted the following paragraph —
ca
tax exempt basic life assurance and general annuity business;
.
4
For paragraph (d) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs —
d
taxable class IV business;
da
tax exempt class IV business.
Modifications of section 432AB of the Taxes Act
13B
1
Paragraphs (2) and (3) prescribe modifications of section 432AB of the Taxes Act so far as it applies to the life or endowment business carried on by friendly societies on and after 1st April 1998, subject to the transitional provisions in Part IV of Schedule 5 to the Finance Act 1998.
2
In subsection (3) before the words “basic life assurance” there shall be inserted the word “taxable”.
3
In subsection (4) before the words “basic life assurance” there shall be inserted the word “taxable”.
4
After regulation 30A there shall be inserted the following regulation —
Modifications of section 755A of the Taxes Act
30B
1
Paragraphs (2) to (6) prescribe modifications of section 755A of the Taxes Act so far as it applies to the life or endowment business carried on by friendly societies in relation to accounting periods ending on or after 1st July 1999.
2
In subsections (3), (10) and (11) before the words “BLAGAB apportioned profit”, in each place where they occur, there shall be inserted the word “taxable”.
3
In subsection (4) —
a
the word “or” immediately following paragraph (b) shall be omitted;
b
after paragraph (c) there shall be inserted
or
d
tax exempt basic life assurance and general annuity business,
.
4
In subsection (6)(c) for the words “paragraphs (a) to (c)” there shall be substituted the words “paragraphs (a) to (d)”.
5
In subsection (12) —
a
for the words ““BLAGAB apportioned profit”” there shall be substituted the words ““taxable BLAGAB apportioned profit””;
b
before the words “basic life assurance” there shall be inserted the word “taxable”.
6
In subsection (13) —
a
the word “or” immediately following paragraph (c) shall be omitted;
b
in paragraph (d) before the words “basic life assurance” there shall be inserted the word “taxable”;
c
after paragraph (d) there shall be inserted
or
e
tax exempt basic life assurance and general annuity business,
.
5
1
Regulation 53 (modifications of Schedule 11 to the Finance Act 1996) is amended as follows in relation to accounting periods ending on or after 1st April 1996.
2
In paragraph (3) for the words ““taxable basic life and general assurance business”” there shall be substituted the words ““taxable basic life assurance and general annuity business””.
6
After regulation 53 there shall be inserted the following regulation —
Modifications of Schedule 11 to the Finance Act 1996 as modified in relation to capital redemption business
53ZA
1
Paragraphs (2) and (3) prescribe modifications of Schedule 11 to the Finance Act 1996 —
a
as that Schedule is modified in relation to companies carrying on capital redemption business by regulation 15 of the Insurance Companies (Capital Redemption Business) (Modification of the Corporation Tax Acts) Regulations 1999 , and
b
so far as that Schedule (as so modified) applies to the life or endowment business carried on by friendly societies for accounting periods ending on or after 1st July 1999.
2
In paragraph 2(1) before the words “basic life assurance” there shall be inserted the word “taxable”.
3
In paragraph 4(1), (2)(a), (7) and (10) before the words “basic life assurance”, wherever they occur, there shall be inserted the word “taxable”.
7
After regulation 53A there shall be inserted the following regulation —
Modifications of paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to the Finance Act 1999
53B
1
Paragraphs (2) and (3) prescribe modifications of paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to the Finance Act 1999 in relation to a reverse premium (within the meaning of that Schedule) received on or after 9th March 1999 by a friendly society carrying on life or endowment business, not being a payment or other benefit to which the friendly society was entitled immediately before that date.
2
In paragraph (3)(b) before the words “basic life assurance” there shall be inserted the word “taxable”.
3
In paragraph (4) for the words ““basic life assurance and general annuity business”” there shall be substituted the words ““taxable basic life assurance and general annuity business””.
Jim Dowd
Gordon Brown
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
21st September 1999


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1
This Order may be cited as the Greenhill College, Harrow and Weald College, Harrow (Dissolution) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st August 1999.
2
On 1st August 1999 the Old Corporations shall be dissolved and all of their respective property, rights and liabilities shall be transferred to the New Corporation, being a body corporate established for purposes which include the provision of educational facilities or services.
3
Section 26(2), (3) and (4) of the Act shall apply to any person employed by either of the Old Corporations immediately before 1st August 1999 as if the references in that section–
a
to a person to whom that section applies were to a person so employed;
b
to the operative date were to 1st August 1999;
c
to the transferor were to either of the Old Corporations (as the case may be); and
d
to the corporation were to the New Corporation.
Tessa Blackstone
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
24th June 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Competition Act 1998 (Commission Investigation and Director’s Investigation) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st March 2000.
Prescribed provisions of Community law
2
For the purposes of the meaning of “Commission investigation” given in section 61(1) of the Competition Act 1998 each of the following is a prescribed provision of Community law relating to Article 85 or 86 —
i
Article 14 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No. 17/62 the First Regulation implementing Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty ;
ii
Article 21 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1017/68 applying rules of competition to transport by rail, road and inland waterway ;
iii
Article 18 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4056/86 laying down detailed rules for the application of Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty to maritime transport ; and
iv
Article 11 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3975/87 laying down the procedure for the application of the rules on competition to undertakings in the air transport sector .
3
For the purposes of the meaning of “Director’s investigation” given in section 61(1) of the Competition Act 1998 each of the following is a prescribed provision of Community law relating to Article 85 or 86 —
i
Article 13 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 17/62 the First Regulation implementing Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty;
ii
Article 20 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1017/68 applying rules of competition to transport by rail, road and inland waterway;
iii
Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4056/86 laying down detailed rules for the application of Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty to maritime transport; and
iv
Article 10 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3975/87 laying down the procedure for the application of the rules on competition to undertakings in the air transport sector.
Kim Howells,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of Statefor Consumers and Corporate Affairs,
Department of Trade and Industry
5th November 1999


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Citation and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Commencement No. 7 and Saving and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999.
2
In this Order —
“the 1996 Act ” means the Education Act 1996 ; and
“the 1998 Act ” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
Commencement of the 1998 Act
2
1
The provisions of the 1998 Act specified in Schedule 1 to this Order shall come into force on 1st September 1999.
2
The provisions of the 1998 Act specified in Schedule 2 to this Order shall come into force on 1st November 1999.
3
The provisions of the 1998 Act specified in Schedule 3 to this Order shall come into force on 1st January 2000.
4
The provisions of the 1998 Act specified in Schedule 4 to this Order shall come into force on 1st August 2000.
Transitional and saving provisions
3
The transitional and saving provisions in Schedule 5 to this Order (relating to transfer of control agreements) shall have effect.
4
The transitional and saving provisions in Schedule 6 to this Order (relating to exclusion of pupils) shall have effect.
5
The transitional and saving provisions in Schedule 7 to this Order (relating to school government) shall have effect.
Transitional provisions relating to section 138 of the 1996 Act
6
1
An agreement or determination in force under section 138 of the 1996 Act (advisory rights of chief education officer: aided schools) immediately before 1st September 1999 shall on and after that date have effect as if made under paragraph 2 of Schedule 17 to the 1998 Act notwithstanding that it was not framed by reference to the rights conferred on the chief education officer by that Schedule.
2
Any disagreement between a governing body and a local education authority as to which rights are conferred on the chief education officer by virtue of paragraph (1) above shall be determined by the Secretary of State.
3
An agreement or determination to which paragraph (1) refers may be withdrawn —
a
in the case of an agreement, in accordance with paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 17; and
b
in the case of a determination of the Secretary of State, in accordance with paragraph 2(6) of that Schedule.
Savings provisions relating to sections 201, 204, 205, 207, 208 and 567 of the 1996 Act
7
In articles 10, 11 and 12 below “local authority” means a county council, a county borough council, a district council, a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London.
8
The repeal of section 201 of the 1996 Act is without prejudice to the continued application of section 201(10) to any property, rights or liabilities to which section 201(1) applied immediately before 1st September 1999.
9
The repeal of section 204 of the 1996 Act is without prejudice to the continued application of that section where the procedure for acquisition of grant-maintained status is deemed to be still pending in relation to a school by virtue of section 204(3).
10
The repeal of section 205 of the 1996 Act is without prejudice to the continued application of that section where a local authority have made a disposal, or entered into a contract, in contravention of section 204(1) of the 1996 Act —
a
before 1st September 1999; or
b
during any period when the procedure for acquisition of grant-maintained status is deemed to be still pending in relation to the school by virtue of section 204(3) of the 1996 Act.
11
The repeal of section 207 of the 1996 Act is without prejudice to the continued application of that section where a local authority have entered into a contract to which section 206 applied in contravention of that section before 1st September 1999.
12
The repeal of section 208 of the 1996 Act is without prejudice to the continued application of subsections (4) and (5) of that section where a local authority have, in relation to any property, taken any action in contravention of subsection (1) of that section before 1st September 1999.
13
The repeal of section 567 is without prejudice to the continued application of subsections (1) and (5) to transfers effected under section 201 (taken with section 198 of, and Schedule 10 to, the Education Reform Act 1988 ).
Saving provisions relating to sections 60 and 61 of the 1996 Act
14
Notwithstanding the repeal of section 60 of the 1996 Act, subsections (4) to (7) of that section shall continue to have effect in relation to an interest in premises conveyed under that section prior to 1st September 1999.
15
Notwithstanding the repeal of section 61 of the 1996 Act, subsections (4) to (6) of that section shall continue to have effect in relation to a new site provided for a school under that section prior to 1st September 1999.
Saving provisions relating to sections 274 to 279 of the 1996 Act
16
1
Notwithstanding the repeal of Chapter VIII of Part III of the 1996 Act, sections 274 to 279 of the 1996 Act (winding up and disposal of property) and those sections as applied by regulation 33 of the Education (Grant-maintained Special Schools) Regulations 1994 shall continue to have effect for the purposes of winding up and disposing of the property of a grant-maintained school or grant-maintained special school subject to discontinuance proposals, in cases where the governing body have not been dissolved before 1st September 1999.
2
For the purposes of paragraph (1), “discontinuance proposals” means —
a
in the case of a grant-maintained school, proposals for the discontinuance of the school published under section 267 or 268 of the 1996 Act before 1st September 1999; and
b
in the case of a grant-maintained special school, proposals for the discontinuance of the school published under section 339 of that Act before 1st September 1999.
Saving provision relating to exemption from building regulations
17
Where particulars of premises or proposed premises are approved on or after 1st September 1999 under —
a
section 214 of the 1996 Act as that section continues to have effect by virtue of regulation 2 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Proposals under section 211 of the Education Act 1996) (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1998 or
b
section 39, 44, 262 or 341 of the 1996 Act as those sections continue to have effect by virtue of regulation 8 or 14 of the Education (Transition to New Framework) (School Organisation Proposals) Regulations 1999 ,
section 4(1)(a) of the Building Act 1984 (exemption of education buildings from building regulations) shall have effect as if the repeal of the provisions in that subsection made by Schedule 31 to the 1998 Act had not come into force.
Miscellaneous saving provisions
18
Notwithstanding the amendment to section 5(3) of the 1996 Act by paragraph 59(a) of Schedule 30 to the 1998 Act, a school in respect of which proposals authorised by section 49, 198(6) or 291 of the 1996 Act are implemented shall continue to be a middle school.
19
Notwithstanding the repeal of section 573(4) to (6) of the 1996 Act (meaning of expressions relating to alteration etc of premises or character of schools) —
a
Section 573(4) to (6) of the 1996 Act shall continue to apply in relation to any proposals published under section 35(1)(c), 41(2), 259(1) or 260(2) of that Act before 1st September 1999; and
b
section 573(6) of the 1996 Act, as applied by regulation 42 of and the Schedule to the Education (Grant-maintained Special Schools) Regulations 1994, shall continue to apply in relation to any proposals notice of which is served under section 339 of that Act before 1st September 1999.
20
The repeal of section 310 of the 1996 Act is without prejudice to the inspection of the accounts of the governing body of any former grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school in relation to any period before 1st September 1999.
21
The repeal of section 539 of the 1996 Act shall not relieve the governing body of a school which was a grant-maintained school from the duty to publish information, or to make reports and returns and to give information in accordance with that section in relation to the period during which the school was grant-maintained.
22
The repeal of paragraphs 61 to 64 of Schedule 8 to the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (supplementary provisions with respect to transfers) is without prejudice to the continued application of —
a
paragraphs 62 to 64 of that Schedule; and
b
the Education Transfer Council (Transfers under the Education Reform Act 1988) Regulations 1992 , to transfers to which the said paragraphs 62 to 64 applied immediately before 1st September 1999.
23
1
The repeal of section 179 of the 1996 Act (variation of trust deeds etc by order) is without prejudice to the operation of any modification to any trust deed or other instrument made by order of the Secretary of State under that section.
2
The repeal of section 302 of the 1996 Act (variation of trust deeds etc by order) is without prejudice to the operation of any modification to any trust deed or other instrument made by order of the Secretary of State under that section.
David Blunkett
Secretary of State for Education and Employment
13th August 1999


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Title and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the New Forest (Confirmation of the Byelaws of the Verderers of the New Forest) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 9th August 1999.
Confirmation of Byelaws
2
The byelaws of the Verderers of the New Forest set out in the Schedule hereto are confirmed.
Revocation
3
The following instruments are revoked, namely–
a
the New Forest (Confirmation of the Byelaws of the Verderers of the New Forest) Order 1978 ;
b
the New Forest (Confirmation of the Byelaws of the Verderers of the New Forest) Order 1981 ;
c
the New Forest (Confirmation of the Byelaws of the Verderers of the New Forest) Order 1990 .
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
28th July 1999


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1
This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Thus Limited) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 5th January 2000.
2
Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system.
Patricia Hewitt
Minister of State for Small Business and E Commerce,
Department of Trade and Industry
3rd December 1999


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1
This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Treatment of Transactions) (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st January 2000.
2
The Value Added Tax (Treatment of Transactions) Order 1995 shall be amended as follows.
3
For article 2 there shall be substituted–
2
In this Order “work of art” has the same meaning as in section 21 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994.
.
Bob Ainsworth
David Jamieson
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
19th November 1999


text:
1
This Order may be cited as the Consular Relations (Merchant Shipping) (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (Revocation) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 6th May 1999.
2
The Consular Relations (Merchant Shipping) (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) Order 1970 is hereby revoked.
A.K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 20th September 1999.
Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987
2
1
The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
2
In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “long-term benefits”, the words “guardian’s allowance,” shall be omitted.
3
In regulation 16(3)(a) (date of entitlement under an award for the purpose of payability of benefit and effective date of change of rate), after the words “child benefit” there shall be inserted the words “and guardian’s allowance”.
4
In regulation 21 (direct credit transfer), after paragraph (3A), there shall be inserted the following paragraphs–
3B
Where child benefit is payable in accordance with paragraph (1), any application to which paragraph (2) refers shall also have effect for any guardian’s allowance to which the claimant is entitled and that allowance shall be paid in the same manner as the child benefit which is due in his case.
3C
Where guardian’s allowance is payable in accordance with paragraph (1), any application to which paragraph (2) refers shall also have effect for the child benefit to which the claimant is entitled and that child benefit shall be paid in the same manner as the guardian’s allowance which is due in his case.
.
5
In regulation 23 (child benefit)–
a
for the heading there shall be substituted the heading “Child benefit and guardian’s allowance”; and
b
after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph–
3A
Where a claimant for child benefit is also entitled to guardian’s allowance, that allowance shall be payable in the same manner and at the same intervals as the claimant’s child benefit under this regulation.
.
6
In regulation 36 (payment to a partner as alternative payee)–
a
at the beginning, there shall be inserted the words “Except where a wife has elected in accordance with regulation 6A of the Social Security (Guardian’s Allowances) Regulations 1975 (prescribed manner of making an election under section 77(9) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992) that guardian’s allowance is not to be paid to her husband,”; and
b
for the words “family credit or disability working allowance” there shall be substituted the words “family credit, disability working allowance or guardian’s allowance”.
7
In Schedule 6 (days for payment of long term benefits), paragraph 2 shall be omitted.
Alistair Darling
Secretary of State for Social Security
19th August 1999


text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Overseas Service (Pensions Supplement) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st May 1999.
2
In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Overseas Service (Pensions Supplement) Regulations 1995 .
Amendment of the principal Regulations
2
In regulation 19 of the principal Regulations (overseas increases), at the end there shall be added the following paragraphs:–
4
Where a pension consists of periodical payments, and an authority of an overseas territory makes to the person in receipt of the pension a lump sum payment, the amount of the lump sum shall be treated as an overseas increase of the periodical payments of pension payable during the year beginning at the date when the lump sum falls due to be paid, in accordance with the following paragraphs.
5
Subject to paragraph (6), the amount of the lump sum shall be allocated equally among the periodical payments during that year, and the portion allocated to each payment shall be treated as an overseas increase of that payment.
6
Where the person entitled to the pension so requests, the Secretary of State may, instead of allocating the amount of the lump sum in accordance with paragraph (5), allocate it to or among one or more of the periodical payments during that year in such portions as he thinks fit, and the portion allocated to each payment shall be treated as an overseas increase of that payment.
.
3
In regulation 22 of the principal Regulations (conversion to sterling), at the end there shall be added the following paragraph:–
7
The sterling value of the amount of any lump sum payment referred to in regulation 19(4) which is payable in a currency other than sterling shall be the middle rate on the day when the lump sum is paid in the official exchange market between the other currency and sterling or, if there is no official exchange market, the prevailing exchange rate for current payments on that day.
.
4
In Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations, for the entry “1.6.61” in column 6 in relation to Bermuda there shall be substituted “1.4.61”.
Clare Short
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
15th February 1999
We approve,
Clive Betts
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
15th February 1999


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 26th February 1999.
2
In this Order, “the Institute” means the National Institute for Clinical Excellence established by this Order.
Establishment of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence
2
There is hereby established a Special Health Authority which shall be known as the National Institute for Clinical Excellence.
Functions of the Institute
3
Subject to and in accordance with such directions as the Secretary of State may give , the Institute shall perform such functions in connection with the promotion of clinical excellence in the health service as the Secretary of State may direct.
Constitution of the Institute
4
The Institute shall consist of–
a
a chairman;
b
seven members who are not officers of the Institute; and
c
four members who are officers of the Institute, and who shall include the persons who for the time being hold the offices of Chief Officer, Chief Finance Officer and Clinical Director.
Remuneration of members
5
The Institute is hereby specified for the purposes of paragraph 9(7)(b) of Schedule 5 to the National Health Service Act 1977 (definition of “relevant authority” for the purposes of paying remuneration to members of Health Authorities and certain Special Health Authorities).
Frank Dobson
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State,
Department of Health
2nd February 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Diplomatic Privileges (British Nationals) Order 1999 and shall come into force forthwith.
Privileges of British Nationals
2
1
This Article applies to persons who are citizens of a country listed in Schedule 1 of this Order and who are also British nationals.
2
If a person to whom this Article applies is a member of a mission of a country listed in Schedule 1 to this Order or is a private servant of such a member and in either case is a citizen of that country, then for the purposes of Article 38 of Schedule 1 to the 1964 Act the privileges and immunities admitted or, as the case may be, granted by the receiving State shall in relation to that person be construed as the privileges and immunities to which that person would be entitled under the 1964 Act if he were not a British national.
3
In this Order, “British national” means a person who under the British Nationality Act 1981 and the British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act 1983 is a British citizen, a British Dependent territories citizen or a British Overseas citizen or who under the Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986 is a British National (Overseas).
Revocations
2
The Orders listed in Schedule 2 to this Order are hereby revoked.
A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the A720 (Edinburgh City Bypass) Special Road (Prohibition of Traffic On Hard Shoulders) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 22nd April 1999.
2
In these Regulations–
“carriageway” means that part of the special road which–
a
is provided for the regular passage of vehicular traffic along the special road; and
b
where a hard shoulder is provided, has the approximate position of its left-hand side, when facing in the direction in which vehicles may be driven, marked with a traffic sign of the type shown in diagram 1012.1 in Schedule 6 to the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 ;
“hard shoulder” means a part of the special road which is adjacent to and situated on the left-hand side of the carriageway, when facing in the direction in which vehicles may be driven, and which is designed to take the weight of a vehicle;
“special road” means that length of the A720 Edinburgh City Bypass, together with all slip roads, from its junction with the A1 Edinburgh-Berwick upon Tweed Trunk Road at Old Craighall Junction to its junction with the M8 motorway at Hermiston Gate Junction.
Restriction on the use of hard shoulders
2
1
No person shall use the special road by–
a
driving or moving or stopping a vehicle on any hard shoulder; or
b
causing or permitting any vehicle to be driven or moved or to stop or remain at rest on any hard shoulder,
except in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) of this regulation or regulation 3 below.
2
Where it is necessary for a vehicle which is being driven on a carriageway to be stopped while it is on the special road–
a
by reason of a breakdown or mechanical defect or lack of fuel, oil or water, required for the vehicle; or
b
by reason of any accident, illness or other emergency; or
c
to permit any person carried in or on the vehicle to recover or move any object which has fallen on the special road; or
d
to permit any person carried in or on the vehicle to give help which is required by any other person in any of the circumstances specified in the foregoing provisions of this paragraph,
the vehicle shall, as soon and insofar as is reasonably practicable and safe, be driven or moved off the carriageway on to, and may stop and remain at rest on, any hard shoulder which is contiguous to that carriageway.
3
A vehicle–
a
which is at rest on a hard shoulder shall so far as is reasonably practicable be allowed to remain at rest there in such a position only that no part of it or of the load carried thereby shall obstruct or be a cause of danger to vehicles using the carriageway;
b
shall not remain at rest on a hard shoulder for longer than is necessary in the circumstances or for the purposes specified in paragraph (2) of this regulation.
Exceptions and relaxations
3
1
Nothing in regulation 2 above shall preclude any person from using a hard shoulder otherwise than in accordance with those provisions in any of the following circumstances, that is to say–
a
where he does so in accordance with any direction or permission given by a constable in uniform or in accordance with the indication given by a traffic sign;
b
where in accordance with any permission given by a constable, he does so for the purpose of investigating any accident which has occurred on or near the special road;
c
where it is necessary for him to do so to avoid or prevent an accident or to obtain or give help required as a result of an accident or emergency, and he does so in such manner as to cause as little danger or inconvenience as possible to other traffic on the special road;
d
where he does so in the exercise of his duty as a constable or as a member of a fire brigade or of an ambulance service;
e
where it is necessary for him to do so to carry out in an efficient manner–
i
the maintenance, repair, cleaning, clearance, alteration or improvement of any part of the special road; or
ii
the removal of any vehicle from any part of the special road; or
iii
the erection, laying or placing, maintenance, testing, alteration, repair or removal of any structure, works or apparatus in, on, under or over any part of the special road; or
f
where it is necessary for him to do so in connection with any inspection, survey, investigation or census which is carried out in accordance with any general or special authority granted by the Secretary of State.
2
Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of these Regulations, the Secretary of State may relax any prohibition or restriction imposed by Regulation 2.
Calum MacDonald
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, The Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
26th March 1999


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Citation and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 11, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999.
2
In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —
a
“ the Act ” means the Social Security Act 1998;
b
“ the Regulations ” means the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 ;
c
“relevant benefit” means any of the benefits to which article 2(c)(i) and (ii) of this Order refers,
and references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of, and Schedules to, the Act.
Appointed Day
2
18th October 1999 is the day appointed for the coming into force of —
a
sections 18(2), 32 and 34;
b
section 39(3) in so far as it provides that section 63 of the Administration Act shall cease to have effect, and section 86(2) and Schedule 8 in so far as they repeal that section 63; and
c
the provisions specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, in so far as those provisions are not already in force, for the purposes of —
i
attendance allowance, disability living allowance and invalid care allowance under Part III of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
ii
jobseeker’s allowance under Part I of the Jobseekers Act and any sum payable under section 26 of that Act;
iii
vaccine damage payments under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act;
iv
decisions whether a person is entitled to be credited with earnings or contributions in accordance with regulations made under section 22(5) of the Contributions and Benefits Act; and
v
decisions whether a person was, within the meaning of regulations, precluded from regular employment by responsibilities at home.
Consequential amendments and modifications
3
1
The amendments and modifications made by the following paragraphs of this article shall take effect as from 18th October 1999.
2
The Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations 1977 shall as they relate to relevant benefit be modified in accordance with Schedule 2 to this Order.
3
The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 shall as they relate to relevant benefit be modified in accordance with Schedule 3 to this Order.
4
The Social Security (Payments on Account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988 shall as they relate to relevant benefit be modified in accordance with Schedule 4 to this Order.
5
The Community Charges (Deductions from Income Support) (Scotland) Regulations 1989 shall as they relate to jobseeker’s allowance be modified in accordance with Schedule 5 to this Order.
6
The Community Charges (Deduction from Income Support) (No. 2) Regulations 1990 shall as they relate to jobseeker’s allowance be modified in accordance with Schedule 6 to this Order.
7
The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991 shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 7 to this Order.
8
The Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations 1991 shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 8 to this Order.
9
The Fines (Deductions from Income Support) Regulations 1992 shall as they relate to jobseeker’s allowance be modified in accordance with Schedule 9 to this Order.
10
The Council Tax (Deductions from Income Support) Regulations 1993 shall as they relate to jobseeker’s allowance be modified in accordance with Schedule 10 to this Order.
11
The Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations 1995 shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 11 to this Order.
12
The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 12 to this Order.
13
The Employment Protection (Recoupment of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Income Support) Regulations 1996 shall as they relate to jobseeker’s allowance be modified in accordance with Schedule 13 to this Order.
14
The Social Security (Back to Work Bonus) (No. 2) Regulations 1996 shall be modified in accordance with Schedule 14 to this Order in relation to any sum to which a person may be entitled under section 26 of the Jobseekers Act by virtue of his having been in receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance.
15
The Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations 1996 shall as they relate to relevant benefit be modified in accordance with Schedule 15 to this Order.
Transitional provisions
4
Schedules 16 to 18 to this Order shall have effect as from 18th October 1999 in relation to relevant benefit, vaccine damage payments, and credits of contributions or earnings and home responsibilities protection respectively.
Savings
5
Notwithstanding the coming into force of section 39(3) (Part II of the Administration Act to cease to have effect) or regulation 59 (revocations) of the Regulations —
a
sections 18 and 19 of the Administration Act (appeals on questions of law, and review of decisions);
b
sections 59 to 61 of, and Schedule 3 to, that Act (regulations about procedural and supplementary matters) as they relate to regulations made in relation to those sections; and
c
any regulations made under or in connection with the operation of any of those sections or that Schedule,
shall continue to have effect with respect to any decision given before 18th October 1999 by the Secretary of State under section 17 of that Act (questions for the Secretary of State).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
P. Hollis
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
16th October 1999


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1
This Order may be cited as the Holders of Hereditary Peerages (Extension of the Franchise) (Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 16th January 2000.
2
1
In this article “relevant peer” means the holder of a hereditary peerage–
a
to whom section 3(1) of the House of Lords Act 1999 (removal of disqualifications in relation to the House of Commons) applies, and
b
who was not subject to a legal incapacity to vote–
i
on 10th October 1999 if resident in Great Britain, or
ii
on 15th September 1999 if resident in Northern Ireland,
otherwise than as the holder of such a peerage or as being below voting age (that is, 18 years or above).
2
A relevant peer who is registered in respect of an address as a local government elector in Great Britain or a local elector in Northern Ireland in a register of electors which falls to be used in the period of twelve months beginning with 16th February 2000 shall be deemed to be registered in respect of that address as a parliamentary elector in the register of parliamentary electors which is required to be published not later than 15th February 2000.
3
In respect of a relevant peer, the reference in section 1(1)(b)(i) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 to legal incapacity to vote on the qualifying date (within the meaning of section 4 of that Act) shall not include the incapacity which applied as the holder of a hereditary peerage.
3
In the case of the holder of a hereditary peerage to whom section 3(1) of the House of Lords Act 1999 applies, any reference in section 1(3) or (3A)(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (conditions as to qualification as an overseas elector) to a register of parliamentary electors shall include any register of–
a
local government electors in Great Britain if the qualifying date for the register is not later than 10th October 1999, or
b
local electors in Northern Ireland if the qualifying date for the register is not later than 15th September 1999.
4
1
In the case of the holder of a hereditary peerage to whom section 3(1) of the House of Lords Act 1999 applies–
a
any reference in sections 1 and 2 of the Representation of the People Act 1985, except section 1(3)(c) and (3A)(a), to the qualifying date shall have effect as a reference to the date on which the overseas elector’s declaration is made; and
b
the words “and must be made within the twelve months ending with that date” in section 2(2) of the 1985 Act shall not apply.
2
This article shall have effect only for the purposes of any register of electors which is required to be published not later than 15th February 2000.
Mike O'Brien
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
14th December 1999