text:
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Dockyard Port of Plymouth Order 1999 and shall come into force on 31st August 1999.
Interpretation
2
In this Order unless the context otherwise requires:
“the Act” means the Dockyard Ports Regulation Act 1865;
“aircraft” means any fixed or rotary wing, powered, or unpowered, vehicle capable of flight or any parachute, canopy, balloon or airship;
“auxiliary” means a government vessel operating in support of naval and military forces;
“ BCH Code ” means the 1990 edition of IMO Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk;
“bell” means any vessel’s bell complying with Annex III of the Collision Regulations ;
“Collision Regulations” means the regulations for the time being in force made pursuant to sections 85 and 86 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 ;
“Crown Establishment” shall mean any land or property which is owned or occupied by the Crown;
“channel” — all references to deep water channel, main channel and channel for deep draught vessel shall be as shown on current Admiralty charts;
“ Dockyard Port ” means the Dockyard Port of Plymouth as it is described in Article 3 hereof;
“flashing light” means, except in Rule 4(4) of Schedule 2 to this Order, a light flashing at regular intervals at a frequency of 120 flashes or more per minute;
“Foreign warship” means a vessel authorised to fly the naval ensign of a foreign state;
“ IBC Code ” means the 1994 edition of the International Bulk Chemical Code published by the IMO;
“ IMDG Code ” means the 1994 edition of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code published by the IMO;
“IMO” means the International Maritime Organisation;
“ International Gas Carrier Code ” means the 1983 edition of the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in bulk published by the IMO;
“International Gas Carrier Code for Existing Ships” means the 1976 edition of Code for Existing ships carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk, as amended, published by the IMO;
“local Harbour or Docks Authority” means those Authorities for the time being empowered and having responsibility for the Cattewater Harbour, the Sutton Harbour and the Millbay Docks, being at the time of the making of this Order, the Cattewater Commissioners, the Sutton Harbour Improvement Company and the Associated British Ports Board respectively;
“master” means the person having command or charge of a vessel for the time being;
“Naval Base” means the land occupied by Her Majesty’s Navy and their operator lessees and known from time to time as HM Naval Base Devonport (including the buildings from time to time erected thereon, the basins, quays and docks therein and the Operator Leased and Licensed Areas);
“navigating within the Dockyard Port” excludes navigating within non-tidal basins;
“parascending” means an activity whereby a parachute is towed by cable in such a manner as to cause it to ascend until it is airborne;
“power-driven vessel” includes any vessel propelled by machinery;
“prolonged blast” means a blast of from four to six seconds duration;
“Queen’s Harbour Master” means the person for the time being appointed under the Act to be Queen’s Harbour Master for the Dockyard Port and any person having authority to act as Queen’s Harbour Master;
“Radioactive substance” means any substance of Class 7 of the 1994 edition of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code published by the IMO;
“ 1987 Regulations ” means the Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987 ;
“short blast” means a blast of about one second’s duration;
“underway” in relation to a vessel means a vessel not at anchor, or made fast to the shore or seabed, or aground;
“vessel” includes every description of water craft, seaplanes, or floating structure including all non-displacement craft, personal water craft, sailboards, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water; towed targets and other floating targets; any of Her Majesty’s vessels; and vessels in the charge of Her Majesty’s Officers except where otherwise provided;
“whistle” means any vessel’s whistle or siren complying with Annex III of the Collision Regulations.
Description of limits
3
For the purposes of the Act and of this Order the limits of the Dockyard Port of Plymouth shall be the waters including all the bays, creeks, lakes, pools and rivers, so far as the tide flows, to the northward of a line starting at a point on the shore due south (true) of the ruined chapel on Rame Head and proceeding in a south-easterly direction to a point 175° (true) 1.25 nautical miles from Rame Church, thence in a north-easterly direction to the Shag Stone and thence due east (true) to the shore.
Delineation of limits
4
The limits of the Dockyard Port are drawn on the chart annexed to this Order.
Regulations and Rules
5
The Regulations contained in Schedule 1 hereto and the Rules contained in Schedule 2 hereto shall have effect within the limits (as described in Article 3 hereof) of the Dockyard Port, and if any inconsistency shall arise between the said Rules and the Collision Regulations the said Rules shall prevail.
Penalties
6
1
The master of every merchant or private vessel shall observe and cause to be observed the Regulations contained in Schedule 1 hereto, so far as they relate to his vessel, and any such master or any other person who —
a
infringes any provision of those Regulations,
b
fails to cause the same to be observed,
c
fails to observe any direction given under those Regulations,
d
fails to comply with any condition or direction attached to a licence or permission granted under those Regulations; or
e
fails to comply with any notice issued under those Regulations
is guilty of an offence and shall for every such offence be liable to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
2
The master of every merchant or private vessel shall comply with the Rules contained in Schedule 2 hereto and any such master, who by his wilful default infringes any of the said Rules shall in respect of each offence be liable to the same penalties as if the offence had been an infringement of the Collision Regulations.
Revocation
7
The Dockyard Port of Plymouth Order 1984 is hereby revoked.
A. K. Galloway,
Clerk of the Privy Council.


type: legislation

jurisdiction: UK

text:
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Aviation (Joint Financing) (Second Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st January 2000.
2
The Civil Aviation (Joint Financing) Regulations 1997 shall be amended as follows:
a
in regulation 4(1) for the sums £45.69, £9.76 and £35.93 there shall be substituted respectively the sums £55.50, £12.09 and £43.41;
b
in regulation 15(2) for the figure 14.883% there shall be substituted the figure 13.459%.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State forthe Environment, Transport and the Regions
Chris Mullin
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment,Transport and the Regions
2nd December 1999
We consent to the making of these Regulations.
Bob Ainsworth
Clive Betts
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
7th December 1999


text:
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 12th April 1999.
Application
2
This Order applies to school teachers (as defined in section 5(1) and (2) of the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Act 1991 ) in England and Wales.
School Teachers' Pay and Conditions
3
The School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 1998 shall be amended with effect from 1st April 1999 as follows:
a
for paragraph 4.1 there shall be substituted–
4.1
From 1st April 1999 a head teacher or deputy head teacher shall be paid such salary based on the pay spine set out in paragraph 4.3 as the relevant body shall determine in accordance with paragraph 4.4.
;
b
the following table shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 4.3–
Pay Spine from 1st April 1999
Spine Point Annual Salary £
1 27,258 2 27,708 3 28,155 4 28,602 5 29,046 6 29,490 7 29,946 8 30,381 9 30,843 10 31,287 11 31,725 12 32,175 13 32,619 14 33,075 15 33,516 16 33,963 17 34,410 18 34,860 19 35,304 20 35,748 21 36,354 22 36,939 23 37,539 24 38,136 25 38,733 26 39,324 27 39,921 28 40,521 29 41,115 30 41,868 31 42,603 32 43,350 33 44,094 34 44,841 35 45,585 36 46,329 37 47,076 38 48,114 39 49,158 40 50,205 41 51,243 42 52,281 43 53,334 44 54,372 45 55,413 46 56,460 47 57,501 48 58,545 49 59,592 50 60,624 51 61,665
;
c
the following tables shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 4.4.2–
From 1st April 1999 Head Teachers
Group Spine point Range £
1 3–15 28,155–33,516 2 1(S) 8–22 30,381–36,939 3 2(S) 15–29 33,516–41,115 4 3(S) 23–37 37,539–47,076 5 4(S) 31–44 42,603–54,372 6 38–51 48,114–61,665
Deputy head teachers
Group Spine point Range £
1 1–8 27,258–30,381 2 1(S) 2–10 27,708–31,287 3 2(S) 4–13 28,602–32,619 4 3(S) 8–20 30,381–35,748 5 4(S) 15–26 33,516–39,324 6 22–34 36,939–44,841
;
d
for paragraph 9.1 there shall be substituted–
9.1
From 1st April 1999 a classroom teacher shall be paid such salary based on the pay spine set out in paragraph 9.2 as the relevant body shall determine in accordance with paragraphs 9.3, 9.4 and 20.1 (unqualified teacher becoming qualified).
;
e
the following table shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 9.2–
Pay Spine from 1st April 1999
Spine point Annual salary £
0 13,830 0.5 14,241 1 14,658 1.5 15,093 2 15,537 2.5 15,957 3 16,383 3.5 16,821 4 17,274 4.5 17,778 5 18,303 5.5 18,846 6 19,407 6.5 19,980 7 20,571 7.5 21,180 8 21,804 8.5 22,485 9 23,193 9.5 23,904 10 24,630 10.5 25,353 11 26,097 11.5 27,120 12 28,179 12.5 29,103 13 30,057 13.5 31,236 14 32,460 14.5 33,180 15 33,915 15.5 34,674 16 35,448 16.5 36,231 17 37,041
;
f
the following table shall be substituted for the table in paragraph 15.1–
Spine Point Annual Salary £
1 26,082 2 26,547 3 27,015 4 27,480 5 27,945 6 28,410 7 28,878 8 29,343 9 29,808 10 30,273 11 30,741 12 31,362 13 31,983 14 32,604 15 33,225 16 33,846 17 34,467 18 35,088 19 35,709 20 36,330 21 36,951 22 37,725 23 38,502 24 39,279 25 40,056 26 40,830 27 41,607
;
g
for paragraph 16.1 there shall be substituted–
16.1
From 1st April 1999 an unqualified teacher (except one to whom paragraph 19 applies) shall be paid such salary based on the following pay scale as the relevant body shall determine in accordance with paragraphs 16.2 to 16.7 and 18:
From 1st April 1999
Scale Point Annual Salary £
1 11,628 2 12,147 3 12,657 4 13,182 5 13,713 6 14,226 7 14,748 8 15,966 9 17,349 10 18,390
; and
h
for paragraph 22.1 there shall be substituted–
22.1
A teacher serving in the London Area shall receive a London Area allowance of:
a
if he is serving in the Inner London Area £2,241 per annum from 1st April 1999;
b
if he is serving in the Outer London Area, £1,476 per annum from 1st April 1999; and
c
if he is serving in the Fringe Area, £573 per annum from 1st April 1999.
.
Estelle Morris
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
19th March 1999


text:
1
This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Framework Agreement for Trade and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States and the Republic of Korea) Order 1999. It shall come into force in respect of the treaty specified in the Schedule to this Order on the date on which the treaty enters into force for the United Kingdom. This date will be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.
2
The treaty specified in the Schedule to this Order is to be regarded as a Community Treaty as defined in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.
A.K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council


text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (General Sale List) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 31st March 1999.
2
In this Order, “the principal Order ” means the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (General Sale List) Order 1984 .
3
In this Order, a reference to a numbered column in Table A, unless otherwise indicated, is a reference to the column bearing that number in Table A of the specified Schedule to the principal Order.
Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Order
2
1
Table A (internal or external use) of Schedule 1 to the principal Order (which specifies the class of medicinal products, other than products the subject of a product licence of right, on general sale by virtue of article 2(a) of the principal Order) is amended as follows–
a
there is deleted in column 1 the entry “Methionine, DL except when combined with Paracetamol” ; and
b
there is inserted in column 1, at the appropriate point in the alphabetical order of the entries as they appear in that column, the entry set out in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, and against that entry there is inserted in columns 2 and 3 the corresponding text in columns 2 and 3 of the Schedule to this Order.
Amendment of Schedule 2 to the principal Order
3
In Table A (internal or external use) of Schedule 2 to the principal Order (which specifies the class of medicinal products, the subject of a product licence of right, on general sale by virtue of article 2(b) of the principal Order) there is deleted in column 1 the entry “Methionine”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Hayman
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
12th 1999
Jon Owen Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
16th March 1999
Sam Galbraith
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, The Scottish Office
15th March 1999
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on
D. C. Gowdy
Permanent Secretary
5th March 1999


text:
Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Capital Finance) (Amendment) Regulations 1999, and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
Amendment of Regulations
2
The Local Authorities (Capital Finance) Regulations 1997 shall be amended in accordance with the following regulations.
Disposals of dwellings in exchange for certain flats
3
In regulation 104, at the beginning of paragraph (3), after the words “are specified where” insert the words “the authority are a local authority in Wales, and”.
Reduction of receipts by reference to costs of buying back dwelling-houses
4
Insert the following regulation after regulation 104–
Reduction of receipts by reference to costs of buying back dwelling-houses
104A
1
In this regulation–
“the current year”, in relation to any capital receipts, means the financial year in which the capital receipts are received;
“dwelling-house” has the same meaning as it has in Part V of the Housing Act 1985 (the right to buy);
“new town corporation”, “housing action trust” and “urban development corporation” have the same meaning as in section 80 of the Housing Act 1985 ; and
“the last year”, in relation to any capital receipts, means the financial year immediately preceding the current year.
2
In this regulation, an interest in land is a relevant interest if–
a
it is the freehold interest or a leasehold interest in a dwelling-house and is not acquired pursuant to a compulsory purchase order;
b
the freehold interest or a leasehold interest in the dwelling-house has previously been disposed of by the authority, by another local authority, by a new town corporation, by a housing action trust, or by an urban development corporation; and
c
the person from whom it is acquired is not a body of persons corporate or unincorporate.
3
Capital receipts of a description specified in paragraph (4) shall be treated for the purposes only of section 59 as reduced by an amount determined in accordance with paragraphs (5) and (6).
4
For the purposes of paragraph (3), capital receipts derived from a disposal of an interest in a dwelling-house are specified where–
a
the authority are a local authority in England;
b
subject to a reduction under this regulation, a part of the capital receipts falls to be set aside by the authority as provision to meet credit liabilities;
c
the reserved part is, or, but for any other provision of these Regulations, would be, 75 per cent. by virtue of section 59(2)(a); and
d
the disposal meets the condition specified in regulation 84, or the authority make the disposal by granting a shared ownership lease (as defined in regulation 22(1)).
5
Subject to paragraph (6), the amount of the reduction for the purposes of paragraph (3) is
A - B ,
where–
A is 47 per cent. of the amount, if any, by which the total expenditure incurred by the authority in the last year on acquiring relevant interests in land (including the administrative costs of and incidental to any such acquisitions) exceeded the sum of £50,000; and
B is the total amount, if any, by which capital receipts of the authority have already been reduced in the current year under this regulation.
6
The amount of the reduction shall not exceed the amount of the capital receipts.
.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
2nd March 1999


text:
1
This Order may be cited as the Police Act 1997 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1999.
2
Sections 91(10), 92 to 95, 96 so far as not already in force, 97 to 100 and 102 to 108 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Police Act 1997 shall come into force on 22nd February 1999.
Paul Boateng
Minister of State
Home Office
25th January 1999


text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the South West London Community National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
2
In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–
“ the Act ” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;
“community health services” means any services which the Secretary of State may provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of or Schedule 1 to the National Health Service Act 1977 and any service which he has a duty to provide under section 5(1) or (1A) of that Act ;
“operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;
“the trust” means the South West London Community National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.
Establishment of the trust
2
There is hereby established an NHS trust which shall be called the South West London Community National Health Service Trust.
Nature and functions of the trust
3
1
The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1)(a) of the Act.
2
The trust’s functions shall be to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton Lane, London SW15 5PN and associated hospitals, establishments and facilities, and there to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services, and there and from there to provide and manage community health services.
Directors of the trust
4
The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 non-executive directors and 5 executive directors.
Operational date and accounting date of the trust
5
1
The operational date of the trust shall be 1st April 1999.
2
The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.
Restriction on disposal of assets
6
The sum specified for the purposes of paragraph 6(2)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act (maximum value of freely disposable assets) in relation to the trust shall be £1,000,000.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Denham
Minister of State,
Department of Health
15th March 1999


text:
Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Aeroplane Noise (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on the seventh day after the day on which they are made.
Amendment
2
In the Schedule to the Aeroplane Noise Regulations 1999 , the following entries shall be deleted:
EGYPT
Serial Number Type Registration Operator 19843 B-707–336C SU-PBA Air Memphis
LEBANON
Serial Number Type Registration Operator 20260 B-707–3B4C OD-AFE MEA 19967 B-707–347C OD-AGV MEA
LIBERIA
Serial Number Type Registration Operator 45686 DC8F-55 EL-AJQ Liberia World Airlines
MOROCCO
Serial Number Type Registration Operator 20471 B727–2B6 CN-CCG Royal Air Maroc 21214 B737–2B6 CN-RMI Royal Air Maroc 21215 B737–2B6 CN-RMJ Royal Air Maroc 21216 B737–2B6 CN-RMK Royal Air Maroc
NIGERIA
Serial Number Type Registration Operator
19664 B707–355C 5N-VRG Air Tours
ZIMBABWE
Serial Number Type Registration Operator
18930 B707–330B Z-WKU Air Zimbabwe 45821 DC8F-55 Z-WMJ Affretair
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Chris Mullin
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
9th August 1999


text:
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (NHS Charges) (Appeals: Ending of Transitional Period) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 28th November 1999.
End of transitional period, England and Wales
2
For the purposes of section 20(1) to (4) of the Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Act 1999, the day appointed for the end of the transitional period for England and Wales is 28th November 1999.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Hutton
Minister of State,
Department of Health
3rd November 1999


text:
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Aylesbury Vale District Council and Thanet District Council) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 14th May 1999.
Exemption of managing sports and leisure facilities
2
The management of sports and leisure facilities by Aylesbury Vale District Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out at the Reg Maxwell Pool, Aylesbury, during the period beginning with 14th May 1999 and ending immediately before 1st January 2001.
Exemption of other catering
3
Other catering by Thanet District Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out–
a
at the Winter Gardens complex, Margate or at Northdown House, Cliftonville; and
b
during the period beginning with 14th May 1999 and ending immediately before 1st November 1999.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
16th April 1999


text:
Citation, commencement and application
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Water Industry (Prescribed Conditions) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
2
These Regulations do not apply to any water or sewerage undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in Wales .
Prescribed conditions
2
The conditions prescribed under sections 144A(5)(b) (additional conditions for revoking a measured charges notice) and 144B(1)(c) (additional conditions for changes in the basis of charging) of the Water Industry Act 1991 are that–
a
in the case of premises which are not used solely as a person’s home, that other use is not the principal use of the premises;
b
the water supplied to the premises is not used–
i
for watering a garden, other than by hand, by means of any apparatus;
ii
for automatically replenishing a pond, or a swimming pool, with a capacity greater than 10,000 litres;
iii
in a bath with a capacity (measured to the centre line of overflow) greater than 230 litres;
iv
in a shower unit of a type specified under paragraph 4(c) of the Table to regulation 5 of the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999 ;
v
in a unit which incorporates reverse osmosis; and
c
the premises are not in an area which has been determined by the Secretary of State to be an area of water scarcity for the purposes of these Regulations under regulation 3 below.
Areas of water scarcity
3
1
The Secretary of State may, on the application of a water undertaker, determine an area to be an area of water scarcity for the purposes of these Regulations if he considers it appropriate to do so having regard to–
a
the likely demand for water in that area over the period of 10 years following the application;
b
the water resources which are, or could be made, available for meeting that demand; and
c
the measures that the undertaker could take for meeting or managing that demand.
2
A determination under this regulation shall have effect for such period as may be specified by the Secretary of State and may be revoked by him.
3
Before making or revoking a determination under this regulation, the Secretary of State shall consult–
a
the Director;
b
the Environment Agency; and
c
bodies appearing to him to be representative of the customers of water and sewerage services in the relevant area.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Michael Meacher
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
22nd December 1999


text:
Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Counting and Registration of Persons on Board Passenger Ships) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 22nd July 1999.
Revocations
2
The following Regulations are hereby revoked–
a
the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Boarding Cards) Regulations 1988 ;
b
the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Boarding Cards) (Application to non-UK Ships) Regulations 1988 ;
c
the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Counting and Recording Systems) Regulations 1990 .
Interpretation
3
1
In these Regulations–
“appropriate search and rescue services” means, in relation to a ship involved in an emergency, the search and rescue services for the area in which the ship is located;
“Community ship” means a ship which is registered in, or which is entitled to fly the flag of, a member State;
“the Directive” means Council Directive 98/41/ EC on the registration of persons sailing on board passenger ships operating to or from ports of the member States of the Community ;
“international voyage” means a voyage from a country to which the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea applies to a port outside that country, or conversely;
“landing point” means any berth, excursion point, floating pier or stage, link span, pier, port, stop or anchorage point from or to where passengers are embarked or disembarked;
“Maritime and Coastguard Agency” means the executive agency of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions so named;
“Merchant Shipping Notice” means a Notice described as such, issued by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency; and a reference to any particular Merchant Shipping Notice includes a reference to any document amending or replacing that Notice;
“mile” means a nautical mile of 1852 metres;
“passenger registrar” means the person appointed by the owner of a ship pursuant to regulation 8(1)(b) below;
“passenger ship” means any ship carrying more than 12 passengers;
“person” means any person on board a ship irrespective of their age;
“protected sea area” means a sea area sheltered from open sea effects where a ship is at no time more than six miles from a place of refuge where shipwrecked persons can land and in which the proximity of search and rescue facilities is ensured;
“regular community service” means a regular service in a sea area where the annual probability of the significant wave height exceeding two metres is less than 10% and–
the voyage does not exceed thirty miles or thereabouts from the point of departure; or
the primary purpose of the service is to provide regular links to outlying communities for customary purposes;
“regular service” means a series of ship crossings operated so as to serve traffic between the same two or more ports either–
according to a published timetable; or
with crossings so regular or frequent that they constitute a recognisable systematic series;
“search and rescue services” means the search and rescue services responsible for the initiation and co-ordination of all maritime search and rescue activity required to provide assistance in the event of an emergency involving a ship or its aftermath;
“ship” includes hovercraft;
“United Kingdom passenger ship” means a passenger ship which is a United Kingdom ship;
“voyage” includes an excursion.
2
Where a ship is managed or operated by a person other than the owner (whether on behalf of the owner or some other person, or on his own behalf), a reference in these Regulations to the owner shall be construed as including a reference to that other person.
3
Any approval or exemption given pursuant to these Regulations shall be given in writing and shall specify the date on which it takes effect and the conditions (if any) on which it is given.
Application
4
1
These Regulations shall apply to any–
a
United Kingdom passenger ship wherever it may be; and
b
other passenger ship while it is within United Kingdom waters.
2
These Regulations shall not apply to any–
a
ship of war;
b
troop ship; or
c
pleasure yacht unless it is or will be crewed and carry more than 12 passengers for commercial purposes.
Passenger counting
5
1
The owner of any passenger ship shall ensure that, in respect of any United Kingdom passenger ship when it leaves any landing point and in respect of any other passenger ship when it leaves any landing point in the United Kingdom, there is a system capable of counting all persons on board which–
a
in the case of a passenger ship of Class II or II(A) within the meaning of the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes I, II and II(A)) Regulations 1998 , in respect of passengers, uses a system of individual passenger boarding cards;
b
conforms to the requirements of paragraphs (2) to (5) below and Merchant Shipping Notice M 1729; and
c
is approved by the Secretary of State.
2
The system of counting established pursuant to paragraph (1) above shall be such that–
a
all persons boarding such a ship at a landing point at the beginning of a voyage are counted individually on, or just prior to, boarding and, as the case may be–
i
all persons disembarking at subsequent landing points, during the course of a voyage, are counted individually as they disembark;
ii
all persons boarding at subsequent landing points, during the course of a voyage, are counted individually on, or just prior to, boarding; and
iii
the number of persons remaining on board at each landing point is determined; or
b
the number of persons is determined and recorded according to an alternative method approved by the Secretary of State, which shall be of equivalent effectiveness to the system set out in paragraph (2)(a) above.
3
If the counting system established in respect of a passenger ship pursuant to paragraph (1) above includes a system of individual passenger boarding cards no passenger shall be permitted to board the ship unless he has been issued with an individual boarding card.
4
Immediately before a passenger ship leaves any landing point the total number of persons on board at that time as determined by means of the counting system shall be communicated to the master of the ship and the passenger registrar.
5
If, in respect of any person on board a ship, any person has declared a need for special care or assistance in emergency situations, the owner shall ensure that such information is properly recorded and communicated to the master of the ship.
6
No passenger ship shall leave any landing point if–
a
the requirements of paragraphs (4) or (5) above have not been complied with; or
b
the total number of persons on board the ship exceeds the number of persons the ship is permitted to carry.
7
The arrangements made in pursuance of the requirements in paragraph (1) above shall be described in written instructions which shall be kept on board the ship at all times in the custody of the master.
Additional requirements for voyages of more than 20 miles
6
1
This regulation shall apply to–
a
any United Kingdom passenger ship leaving any landing point–
i
inside the territory of the European Community on a voyage of more than 20 miles from that landing point; or
ii
outside the territory of the European Community on an international voyage; and
b
any other passenger ship leaving any landing point in the United Kingdom on a voyage of more than 20 miles from that landing point.
2
The owner of any passenger ship to which this regulation applies shall ensure that, in respect of any voyage on or after the 1st January 2000–
a
the information specified in paragraph (3) below is collected, in relation to each person on board, before the ship departs from the landing point, and
b
that information is–
i
communicated to the passenger registrar within 30 minutes of the ship’s departure from the landing point; and
ii
in respect of any such information as is specified in sub-paragraph (e), communicated to the master of the ship before the ship leaves the landing point.
3
The information referred to in paragraph (2) above is, in relation to each person on board the ship–
a
family name;
b
forenames or initials;
c
gender;
d
subject to paragraph (4) below, an indication of the category of age (such category being either adult, child or infant) to which the person belongs or the age or the year of birth of the person; and
e
if volunteered by a person, any information concerning the need for special care or assistance in emergency situations.
4
If the information in relation to a person indicates the category of age to which the person belongs but does not indicate that person’s age or year of birth–
a
the information must be accompanied by an indication of the age range used to define each category, and
b
the age range used must be the age range used by the system for the registration of the information established in accordance with regulation 8(1) below.
Non-Community ships on voyages from outside the European Community to the United Kingdom
7
In respect of any passenger ship which is not a Community ship on any voyage from any landing point outside the territory of the European Community to the United Kingdom the owner shall make–
a
information as to the total number of persons on board the ship; and
b
the information specified in regulation 6(3) above,
readily available to the appropriate search and rescue services for the purposes of search and rescue in the event of an emergency or in the aftermath of an accident involving the ship.
Registration system
8
1
The owner of a passenger ship to which regulation 5 or 6 above applies shall–
a
establish a system for the registration of the information collected pursuant to these Regulations which–
i
is in accordance with the requirements of Merchant Shipping Notice M 1729; and
ii
is approved by the Secretary of State;
b
appoint a shore-based passenger registrar who shall be responsible for holding the information collected pursuant to these Regulations and for its transmission to appropriate search and rescue services in the event of an emergency or in the aftermath of an accident involving the ship; and
c
ensure that the information collected pursuant to these Regulations is at all times readily available for transmission to the appropriate search and rescue services for use in an emergency or in the aftermath of an accident involving the ship.
2
Any personal data which is collected solely pursuant to these Regulations by an owner shall be kept only for as long as is necessary for the purposes of these Regulations.
3
The Secretary of State may appoint persons to carry out checks on the proper functioning of registration systems approved under this regulation.
4
In performing the checks referred to in paragraph (3) above, the persons appointed shall–
i
be entitled to board any ship to which the registration system relates and enter any premises of the passenger registrar; and
ii
have access to any records and documents, including electronic and computer records, which comprise the owner’s registration system.
Exemptions
9
1
The Secretary of State may exempt any passenger ship from the requirements of these Regulations, subject to such conditions (if any) as he may specify, and may, subject to giving reasonable notice, alter or cancel any exemption so granted.
2
Without prejudice to paragraph (1) above, the Secretary of State may exempt any passenger ship–
a
leaving any landing point within the United Kingdom from the requirements of regulation 5(4) in so far as they apply as respects the passenger registrar if the ship is engaged, exclusively in a protected sea area, on a regular service of less than one hour between calls at landing points; or
b
from the requirements of regulation 6(2) above if–
i
in respect of any United Kingdom passenger ship leaving any landing point outside the territory of the European Community on an international voyage, the scheduled voyages of the ship make it impracticable for such records to be prepared; and
ii
in respect of any passenger ship leaving any landing point within the United Kingdom–
aa
the ship sails exclusively in a protected sea area between two landing points or from and to the same landing point without calling at any intermediate landing point; or
bb
the ship is engaged on a regular community service.
False statements
10
A person shall not, in connection with a system for counting the persons on board a passenger ship or collecting the information specified in regulation 6(3) above–
a
knowingly or recklessly make any false statement liable or intended to lead to error in the determination of the total number of persons on board or in the collection of the information specified in regulation 6(3); or
b
falsify the information collected or transmitted to the passenger registrar.
Offences
11
1
If there is any breach of the requirements of these Regulations in respect of a passenger ship the owner and, in respect of a breach of regulation 5(6), the master shall be guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum and on conviction on indictment by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine, or both.
2
Any person contravening regulation 10 shall be guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine, or both.
Defences
12
1
It shall be a good defence to a charge under these Regulations for the person charged to prove that he took all reasonable steps to avoid the commission of the offence.
2
Without prejudice to paragraph (1) above, it shall be a good defence to a charge under regulation 10 above for a person providing information to the owner of a ship in respect of other persons not being members of his family, being information required by the owner pursuant to these Regulations, to prove that the information was collected by him in good faith.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Glenda Jackson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
30th June 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Renewal Grants (Prescribed Form and Particulars) (Welsh Form and Particulars) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 10th August 1999.
Amendment of the Housing Renewal Grants (Prescribed Form and Particulars) (Welsh Form and Particulars) Regulations 1998
2
The form set out in the Schedule to the Housing Renewal Grants (Prescribed Form and Particulars) (Welsh Form and Particulars) Regulations 1998 is amended as specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Application
3
These Regulations shall not have effect in relation to applications for a grant made before 10th August 1999.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Jon Owen Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
27th June 1999


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PART I
general
Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st February 1999.
Interpretation
2
1
Except where the context otherwise requires, in these Regulations —
“the 1996 Act ” means the Education Act 1996;
“the 1998 Act ” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 ;
“boarding school” means a school with boarding pupils whether or not it also has day pupils;
“circulation space” means any passageway, corridor, entrance hall, stairs or upstairs landing;
“glare index” has the same meaning as in, and shall be calculated in accordance with, the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers Technical Memoranda, “TM10: The Calculation of Glare Indices 1985” ;
“maintained illuminance” has the same meaning as in the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers Code for Interior Lighting 1994 ;
“physical education” includes the playing of games;
“sanitary fitting” means a water closet or urinal;
“school” means, subject to paragraph (5), a school maintained by a local education authority;
“school building” means any building or part of a building forming part of a school (including any temporary or moveable building);
“special school” means, subject to paragraph (5), a special school maintained by a local education authority;
“staff”, in relation to a school, means both teachers and other persons employed at the school;
“teaching accommodation” means accommodation provided for teaching purposes including nursery playroom accommodation;
“team game playing fields” means any playing fields within the meaning (in relation to both England and Wales) of section 77 of the 1998 Act which, having regard to their configuration, are suitable for the playing of team games and which are laid out for that purpose;
“washroom” means a room containing at least one sanitary fitting and at least one washbasin;
“a wholesome supply of water for domestic purposes” shall be construed in accordance with regulations made under section 67 of the Water Industry Act 1991 ;
“working plane” means the horizontal, vertical or inclined surface on which any task is carried out.
2
For the purposes of these Regulations a pupil has “special requirements” if he has any needs arising from physical, medical, sensory, learning, emotional or behavioural difficulties which require provision in terms of any of the facilities referred to in regulation 3 or regulation 9 which is additional to or different from that generally required by children of his age in schools other than special schools.
3
In these Regulations, the abbreviations “m”, “m 2 ” and “°C” are used to denote the expressions “metre”, “square metre” and “degree Celsius” respectively.
4
In relation to a school any reference in these Regulations to the number of pupils, number of pupils of a specified age, or the number of boarding pupils is a reference to the number from time to time determined in accordance with Schedule 1.
5
In relation to any period before 1st September 1999 —
“school” shall include a grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school; and
“special school” shall include a grant-maintained special school.
PART II
school facilities
Washrooms for pupils
3
1
In every school there shall be facilities referred to in paragraphs (2) to (7) which are adequate having regard to the ages, sex and numbers of the pupils and any relevant special requirements they may have but never fewer than as set out in those paragraphs.
2
In every school there shall be a washroom or washrooms for pupils which, taken together, contain a number of sanitary fittings which is as least equal to “the basic number” being —
a
the aggregate of —
i
10% of the number of pupils at the school who have not attained the age of 5 years, and
ii
5% of the number of pupils at the school who have attained that age; or
b
in the case of a special school, 10% of the number of pupils at the school,
in each case rounded up to the nearest whole even number.
3
In considering for the purposes of paragraph (2) the washrooms in the school and the number of sanitary fittings contained therein, account may be taken of any washroom for use by any pupil which fulfils the conditions set out in regulation 4(3)(b) provided that, in the case of a school with both male and female pupils who have attained the age of 8 years, there are at least two other washrooms for pupils.
4
a
In a school at which the majority of the pupils have attained the age of 11 years —
i
every washroom for pupils in which there is fewer than 3 sanitary fittings shall contain at least as many washbasins as there are sanitary fittings,
ii
every other washroom for pupils shall contain a number of washbasins which is not less than two-thirds of the number of sanitary fittings.
b
In any other school, in all the washrooms for pupils taken together, the number of washbasins shall not be less than the basic number of sanitary fittings calculated in accordance with paragraph (2).
5
a
Except as provided in regulation 4(3), washrooms for male and female pupils who have attained the age of 8 years shall be separate.
b
In a washroom provided for male pupils and female pupils and in a washroom provided for female pupils only, all of the sanitary fittings shall be water closets.
6
In the case of a school with pupils who have not attained the age of 5 years, at least one shower, bath or deep sink shall be provided for every 40 such pupils, the number of such pupils being rounded up to the nearest multiple of 40.
7
Changing accommodation including showers shall be provided for pupils who have attained the age of 11 years and who are in receipt of physical education and that accommodation shall be readily accessible from the school grounds and from any accommodation provided for physical education within the school buildings.
Washrooms for staff
4
1
In every school there shall be a washroom or washrooms which are adequate for the number of staff at the school.
2
Except as provided in paragraph (3), washrooms for staff shall be separate from washrooms for pupils (but nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the same washrooms from being provided for staff and visitors.)
3
a
A washroom which fulfils the conditions set out in sub-paragraph (b) may be provided for use by any pupil, member of staff or visitor to the school.
b
The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (a) are that:
i
the washroom makes provision (in so far as it is in the circumstances both practicable and reasonable) for the needs of persons using the premises who are disabled;
ii
of the facilities referred to in paragraph (2) to (7) of regulation 3, the only ones provided in the washroom are one water closet and one washbasin with or without one shower or one deep sink; and
iii
any door of the washroom is capable of being secured from the inside and opens directly onto a circulation space other than stairs.
Medical accommodation
5
1
In every school there shall be accommodation for —
a
the medical or dental examination and treatment of pupils; and
b
the care of sick or injured pupils.
2
The accommodation provided in pursuance of this regulation shall contain a washbasin and be reasonably near a water closet.
3
Account may be taken for the purposes of this regulation of accommodation (not being teaching accommodation) provided otherwise than for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (1) but which is both appropriate and readily available for those purposes, in particular, in the case of a boarding school, of sick room accommodation provided in pursuance of regulation 12.
Staff accommodation
6
1
In the case of —
a
a nursery school;
b
a special school; or
c
any other school with more than 120 pupils, other than a pupil referral unit,
the school shall include a head teacher’s room.
2
Every school, other than a pupil referral unit, shall include accommodation for use by the teachers at the school, for the purposes of work (otherwise than in teaching accommodation) and for social purposes.
Ancillary facilities
7
The buildings provided for a school shall be adequate to permit the provision of appropriate ancillary facilities, in particular —
a
for the storing and drying of pupils' outdoor clothing and for the storing of their other belongings; and
b
for the preparation or serving of food and drinks and the washing of crockery and other utensils,
and to permit the safe and convenient passage of persons and movement of goods within the buildings.
PART III
school accommodation provisions applying only to boarding schools
Sleeping accommodation
8
1
A boarding school shall include sleeping accommodation which is adequate for the number of boarding pupils at the school and satisfies the requirements of paragraph (2) to (5).
2
In the case of a school with both male and female boarding pupils the sleeping accommodation shall be such that no pupil who has attained the age of 8 years shall sleep in the same room as a pupil of the opposite sex.
3
The floor area of a dormitory shall not be less than the aggregate of 4.2m 2 for each pupil sleeping in the dormitory and 1.6m 2 , and there shall be a distance of not less than 0.9m between any two beds in a dormitory.
4
A cubicle for a single pupil shall have its own window and its floor area shall not be less than 5.0m 2 .
5
A bedroom for a single pupil shall be of a floor area not less than 6.0m 2 .
Washroom accommodation
9
1
Water closets, washbasins, baths and showers shall be provided in a boarding school distributed through the school buildings so as to be reasonably accessible to the sleeping accommodation and in an appropriate location having regard to their use by boarding pupils; and such fittings shall be adequate, having regard to the ages, sex and numbers of the boarding pupils at the school and any special requirements they may have, but never fewer than as set out in paragraphs (2) to (4).
2
There shall be at least one water closet for every five boarding pupils.
3
There shall be at least one washbasin —
a
for every three of the first 60 boarding pupils;
b
for every four of the next 40 boarding pupils; and
c
for every further 5 boarding pupils.
4
There shall be at least one bath or shower for every ten boarding pupils and at least 25% of the minimum number of such fittings shall be baths.
5
Fittings required by this regulation are in addition to those required by regulation 3 save that where the fittings required by regulation 3 are reasonably accessible to the sleeping accommodation and in an appropriate location having regard to their use by boarding pupils they may be taken into account for the purposes of this regulation.
6
Where in paragraphs (2) to (4) of this regulation the number of pupils to be used in the calculation is not an exact multiple of three, four, five or ten as the case may be, then it shall be rounded up to the next number which is such a multiple.
Living accommodation
10
1
A boarding school shall include living accommodation (both for the purposes of private study outside school hours and for social purposes) for the boarding pupils at the school of an aggregate floor area not less than 2.3m 2 for each such pupil.
2
In the case of a school where either —
a
some or all of the sleeping accommodation comprises study bedrooms or cubicles; or
b
the boarding accommodation is adjacent to other school accommodation which is appropriate for use outside school hours as living accommodation for boarding pupils,
then such accommodation may be taken into account for the purposes of this regulation.
Accommodation for the preparation and consumption of meals
11
1
A boarding school shall include accommodation —
a
for the preparation or serving of meals for boarding pupils; and
b
in which such pupils may eat meals.
2
If the boarding accommodation is adjacent to other school accommodation which is appropriate for use as mentioned in paragraph (1), that other accommodation may be taken into account for the purposes of this regulation.
Sick rooms
12
1
A boarding school shall include, as part of the boarding accommodation —
a
one or more sick rooms;
b
if the school has more than 40 boarding pupils, one or more separate isolation rooms; and
c
associated facilities by way of baths, washbasins and water closets,
which satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3).
2
In the case of a school with both male and female boarding pupils, any of whom have attained the age of 8 years, separate sick rooms shall be provided for male pupils and for female pupils.
3
The floor area of a sick room or isolation room shall not be less than 7.4m 2 for each bed and there shall be a distance of not less than 1.8m between any two beds in a sick room or isolation room.
4
A cubicle for a single pupil shall have its own window.
Staff accommodation
13
The accommodation provided for persons employed as residential staff at a boarding school shall be separate from that provided for the pupils and include, in particular —
a
accommodation in which meals may be taken;
b
sleeping accommodation; and
c
associated facilities by way of water closets, washbasins, baths and showers.
Storage facilities
14
A boarding school shall include adequate storage facilities for pupils' belongings and adequate facilities for the storage and care of linen.
PART IV
structural requirements etc.
Load bearing structure
15
Any load bearing structure in a school building shall be capable of safely sustaining and transmitting the dead load and imposed loads, and the horizontal and inclined forces, to which it is likely to be subjected.
Weather protection
16
A school building shall provide reasonable resistance to penetration by rain, snow and wind and to moisture rising from the ground.
Health, safety and welfare
17
1
Every part of a school building and of the land provided for a school shall, having regard in particular to the matters mentioned in paragraph (2), be such that the safe escape of the occupants in case of fire is reasonably assured.
2
The matters referred to in paragraph (1) are —
a
the likely rate at which flames would spread across exposed surfaces;
b
resistance to fire of the structures and of the materials of which the structures are made and their other properties; and
c
the means of escape in case of fire.
3
Every part of a school building and of the land provided for a school shall be such that the health, safety and welfare of the occupants in aspects other than those referred to in paragraph (1) are reasonably assured.
Acoustics
18
Each room or other space in a school building shall have the acoustic conditions and the insulation against disturbance by noise appropriate to its normal use.
Lighting
19
1
Each room or other space in a school building —
a
shall have lighting appropriate to its normal use; and
b
shall satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (2) to (4).
2
Subject to paragraph (3), the maintained illuminance of teaching accommodation shall not be less than 300 lux on the working plane.
3
In teaching accommodation where visually demanding tasks are carried out provision shall be made for maintained illuminance of not less than 500 lux on the working plane.
4
The glare index shall be limited to no more than 19.
Heating
20
1
Each room or other space in a school building shall have such a system of heating, if any, as is appropriate to its normal use.
2
Any such heating system shall be capable of maintaining in the areas set out in columm (1) of the Table below the air temperature set out opposite thereto in column (2) of that Table, at a height of 0.5 m above floor level when the external air temperature is –1°C.
TABLE
(1) (2) Areas Temperature
Areas where there is a lower than normal level of physical activity because of sickness or physical disability including sick rooms and isolation rooms but not other sleeping accommodation 21°C Areas where there is the normal level of physical activity associated with teaching, private study or examinations 18°C Areas where there is a higher than normal level of physical activity (for example arising out of physical education) and washrooms, sleeping accommodation and circulation spaces. 15°C
3
Each room or other space which has a heating system shall, if the temperature during any period during which it is occupied would otherwise be below that appropriate to its normal use, be heated to a temperature which is so appropriate.
4
In a special school, nursery school or teaching accommodation used by a nursery class in a school the surface temperature of any radiator, including exposed pipework, which is in a position where it may be touched by a pupil shall not exceed 43°C.
Ventilation
21
1
All occupied areas in a school building shall have controllable ventilation at a minimum rate of 3 litres of fresh air per second for each of the maximum number of persons the area will accommodate.
2
All teaching accommodation, medical examination or treatment rooms, sick rooms, isolation rooms, sleeping and living accommodation shall also be capable of being ventilated at a minimum rate of 8 litres of fresh air per second for each of the usual number of people in those areas when such areas are occupied.
3
All washrooms shall be capable of being ventilated at a rate of at least six air changes an hour.
4
Adequate measures shall be taken to prevent condensation in, and remove noxious fumes from, every kitchen and other rooms in which there may be steam or noxious fumes.
Water supplies
22
1
A school shall have a wholesome supply of water for domestic purposes including a supply of drinking water.
2
Water closets and urinals shall have an adequate supply of cold water and washbasins, sinks (including deep sinks), baths and showers shall have an adequate supply of hot and cold water.
3
The temperature of hot water supplies to baths and showers shall not exceed 43°C.
Drainage
23
A school shall be provided with an adequate drainage system for hygienic purposes and the general disposal of waste water and surface water.
PART V
Playing Fields
Playing fields
24
1
This regulation shall apply in the case of a school for pupils who have attained the age of 8 years (whether or not the school also has pupils who have not attained that age) other than a pupil referral unit.
2
In the case of any school to which this regulation applies, team game playing fields shall be provided which satisfy the provisions specified in Schedule 2.
PART VI
Revocation and Savings
Revocation
25
The Education (School Premises) Regulations 1996 (in this part referred to as “the 1996 Regulations ”) are hereby revoked.
Savings
26
1
Where immediately before 1st February 1999 team game playing fields were provided which satisfied the requirements of paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the 1996 Regulations by virtue of paragraph 5(2) of that Schedule, the team game playing fields shall, subject to paragraph (3), be treated as satisfying the requirements of paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to these regulations provided that —
a
the school continues to enjoy the benefit of the same facilities mentioned in paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 2 to the 1996 Regulations as were available at 1st February 1999; and
b
the total area of the team game playing fields is no smaller than it was at that date.
2
Where immediately before 1st February 1999 team game playing fields were provided for a special school which —
a
satisfied the requirements (where applicable) of paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 2 to the 1996 Regulations, but
b
were of an area smaller than the area required by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2
the team game playing fields shall nevertheless, subject to paragraph (3), be treated as satisfying the requirements of paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 provided that the total area of team game playing fields is no less than it was at that date.
3
Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall cease to apply —
a
if at any time there is a step increase in the number of pupils at the school; or
b
if any team game playing fields provided for the school are different from those provided immediately before 1st February 1999.
4
In paragraph (3)(a) above a step increase is an increase in the number of pupils which, if paragraph (1) or (2) did not apply before the increase, would have had the effect that, in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 2, a greater area of team game playing fields would have been required to be provided.
Charles Clarke
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,Department for Education and Employment
4th January 1999
Peter Hain
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,Welsh Office
21st December 1998


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Havering London Borough Council and Scarborough Borough Council) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
Exemption of catering
2
1
Catering for purposes of schools and welfare by Havering London Borough Council (“the Council”) shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as–
a
it is limited to providing ingredients for, and preparing on premises occupied by or under the control of the Council, meals for provision to persons in their own homes under section 45 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 , section 2(1)(g) of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 , or Part II of Schedule 9 to the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 ; and
b
it is carried out during the period beginning with 1st April 1999 and ending immediately before 1st April 2000.
2
Other catering by the Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as–
a
it is limited to the provision of ingredients for, and the preparation and service of, meals, and the provision of refreshments, to persons working for or on behalf of the Council; and
b
it is carried out during the period beginning with 1st April 1999 and ending immediately before 1st April 2000.
Exemption of financial services
3
The provision of financial services by Scarborough Borough Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with 1st April 1999 and ending immediately before 1st April 2001.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
25th February 1999


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the District of Tandridge (Electoral Changes) Order 1999.
2
This Order shall come into force–
a
for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to elections to be held on 4th May 2000, on 10th October 1999;
b
for all other purposes, on 4th May 2000.
3
In this Order–
“the district” means the district of Tandridge;
“the District Council” means the Council of the district; and
“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made.
Wards of Tandridge
2
1
The existing wards of the district shall be abolished.
2
The district shall be divided into twenty wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 1.
3
The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that Schedule by reference to parishes, parish wards, or parishes and parish wards; and the number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be the number specified in respect of the ward in column (3) of that Schedule.
Elections of the council of Tandridge
3
1
Subject to the following provisions of this article, elections of councillors for wards of the district shall be by thirds.
2
Elections of councillors for all wards of the district shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2000 .
3
The councillors holding office for any ward of the district immediately before 8th May 2000 shall retire on that date and the newly elected councillors for those wards shall come into office on that date.
4
The order of retirement of councillors shall be as set out in Schedule 2.
5
Where the number of councillors elected in 2000 for any ward of the district is two or more–
a
the first to retire shall, subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), be the councillor elected by the smallest number of votes; and
b
the second to retire shall, subject to those paragraphs, be the councillor elected by the next smallest number of votes.
6
In the case of an equality of votes between any persons elected which makes it uncertain which of them is to retire in any year, the person to retire in that year shall be determined by lot.
7
If an election of councillors for any ward is not contested, the person to retire in each year shall be determined by lot.
8
Where under this article any question is to be determined by lot, the lot shall be drawn at the next practicable meeting of the council after the question has arisen and the drawing shall be conducted under the direction of the person presiding at the meeting.
9
Except as otherwise provided in the foregoing paragraphs of this article, the term of office of councillors shall be four years; and all councillors shall retire on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in the year of retirement and the newly elected councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire.
Revocation
4
The District of Tandridge (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Beverley Hughes
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
6th September 1999


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1
This Order may be cited as the Education (Islamia Primary School, Brent) (Exemption from Pay and Conditions) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 15th November 1999.
2
With effect from 15th November 1999, subsections (6) and (7) of section 2 of the Act shall not apply to the statutory conditions of employment of the school teachers in Islamia Primary School, Brent.
Estelle Morris
Minister of State
Department for Education and Employment
13th October 1999