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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 17th August 2000.
2
In these Regulations, “the Principal Regulations ” means the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 1993 and any reference to a rule in a Schedule is a reference to a rule in that Schedule to the Principal Regulations.
Amendment of regulation 8 of the Principal Regulations
2
In regulation 8(4)(b) of the Principal Regulations, for the words “section 23” there shall be substituted “section 24”.
Amendment of regulation 9 of the Principal Regulations
3
For regulation 9 of the Principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following —
9
1
The Secretary shall maintain a Register at the Office of the Tribunals which shall be open to the inspection of any person without charge at all reasonable hours.
2
The Register shall contain —
a
details of originating applications in accordance with rule 2 of Schedule 1;
b
details of appeals in accordance with rule 5 of Schedule 3, rule 3 of Schedule 4 and rule 2 of Schedule 5;
c
the fact of applications in accordance with rule 4 of Schedule 4; and
d
documents recording the decisions of tribunals and the reasons therefor in accordance with rule 10 of Schedule 1, rule 10 of Schedule 2, rule 11 of Schedule 3, rule 10 of Schedule 4 and rule 8 of Schedule 5.
3
The Register, or any part of it, may be kept by means of a computer.
.
Amendment of rule 2 of Schedule 1
4
For rule 2(2) of Schedule 1 there shall be substituted the following —
2
The Secretary shall enter such of the details of an originating application as are referred to in paragraph (4) in the Register either within 28 days of receiving it or, if that is not practicable, as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.
.
5
The following shall be inserted after rule 2(3) of Schedule 1 —
4
The details of an originating application to be entered in the Register are —
a
the case number;
b
the date the Secretary received the application;
c
the name and address of the applicant;
d
the name and address of the respondent;
e
the Regional Office of the Employment Tribunals dealing with the application; and
f
the type of claim brought in general terms without reference to its particulars.
5
In any case appearing to the Secretary to involve allegations of the commission of a sexual offence, where any person referred to in paragraph 4(c) or 4(d) appears to the Secretary to be a person affected by or making the allegations he shall omit from the Register the details in paragraph 4(c) or 4(d), as the case may be, relating to that person.
.
Amendment of rule 5 of Schedule 3
6
For rule 5(a) of Schedule 3 there shall be substituted the following —
a
enter the following details of the appeal in the Register, namely —
i
the case number;
ii
the date the Secretary received the relevant documents;
iii
the name and address of the appellant;
iv
the name and address of the Board;
v
the Regional Office of the Employment Tribunals dealing with the appeal; and
vi
the fact that the appeal is an appeal by a person assessed to levy imposed under a levy order made under section 12 of the 1982 Act;
.
Amendment of rules 3 and 4 of Schedule 4
7
For rule 3 of Schedule 4 there shall be substituted the following —
3
Upon receiving a notice of appeal the Secretary shall —
a
enter the following details of the appeal in the Register, namely —
i
the case number;
ii
the date the Secretary received the notice of appeal;
iii
the name and address of the appellant;
iv
the name and address of the respondent;
v
the Regional Office of the Employment Tribunals dealing with the appeal; and
vi
the fact that the appeal is an appeal against an improvement or prohibition notice, as the case may be, under section 24 of the 1974 Act;
b
send a copy of the notice of appeal to the respondent; and
c
inform the parties in writing of the case number of the appeal entered in the Register (which shall thereafter constitute the title of the proceedings) and of the address to which notices and other communications to the Secretary shall be sent.
.
8
For rule 4(2) of Schedule 4 there shall be substituted the following —
2
Upon receiving the application, the Secretary shall enter the fact of it against the entry in the Register relating to the appeal and shall send a copy of it to the respondent.
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Amendment of rule 2 of Schedule 5
9
For rule 2 of Schedule 5 there shall be substituted the following —
2
1
Upon receiving a notice of appeal the Secretary shall —
a
enter the following details of the appeal in the Register, namely —
i
the case number;
ii
the date the Secretary received the notice of appeal;
iii
the name and address of the appellant;
iv
the name and address of the respondent;
v
the Regional Office of the Employment Tribunals dealing with the appeal; and
vi
the fact that the appeal is an appeal against a non-discrimination notice under section 68 of the 1975 Act or section 59 of the 1976 Act, as the case may be;
b
send a copy of the notice of appeal to the respondent; and
c
inform the parties in writing of the case number of the appeal entered in the Register (which shall thereafter constitute the title of the proceedings) and of the address to which notices and other communications to the Secretary shall be sent.
2
In any case appearing to the Secretary to involve allegations of the commission of a sexual offence, he shall omit the details referred to in paragraph (1)(a)(iii) from the Register where that person appears to the Secretary to be a person affected by or making the allegations.
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Transitional provision
10
1
Subject to paragraph (2), the amendments to the Principal Regulations made by these Regulations shall apply in relation to all proceedings to which they relate, irrespective of when those proceedings were commenced.
2
The duty of the Secretary to enter the address of the applicant, respondent, appellant or Board, as the case may be, in the Register shall apply only in relation to proceedings which are commenced on or after the date these Regulations come into force.
Alan Johnson,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competitiveness,
Department of Trade and Industry
24th July 2000


type: legislation

jurisdiction: UK

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1
1
This Order may be cited as the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Appointed Day No. 10) Order 2000.
2
This Order extends to Northern Ireland only.
2
21st August 2000 is hereby appointed for the purposes of section 66 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996.
Peter Mandelson
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Northern Ireland Office
30th June 2000


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 10th December 2000.
2
This Order extends to England only .
3
In this Order, “the 1989 Act ” means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 .
Electronic communication of final decision on amount of Housing Revenue Account subsidy
2
In section 80A of the 1989 Act (final decision on amount of Housing Revenue Account subsidy) after subsection (1), insert the following subsections —
1A
Notification in writing of a decision under this section is to be taken as given to a local housing authority where notice of the decision is sent using electronic communications to such address as may for the time being be notified by that authority to the Secretary of State for that purpose.
1B
Notification in writing of a decision under this section is also to be treated as given to a local housing authority where —
a
the Secretary of State and that authority have agreed that notifications of decisions under this section required to be given in writing to that authority may instead be accessed by that authority on a web site;
b
the decision is a decision to which that agreement applies;
c
the Secretary of State has published the decision on a web site;
d
that authority is notified, in a manner for the time being agreed for the purpose between it and the Secretary of State, of —
i
the publication of the decision on a web site;
ii
the address of that web site; and
iii
the place on that web site where the notice may be accessed, and how it may be accessed.
1C
A local housing authority which is no longer willing to accept electronic communications for the notification of decisions under this section, may withdraw a notification of an address given to the Secretary of State for the purposes of subsection (1A) above, and such a withdrawal shall take effect on a date specified by the authority being a date no less than one month after the date on which the authority informs the Secretary of State that it wants to withdraw the notification of the address given.
1D
A local housing authority which has entered into an agreement with the Secretary of State under paragraph (a) of subsection (1B) above may revoke the agreement, and such a revocation shall take effect on a date specified by the authority being a date no less than one month after the date on which the authority informs the Secretary of State that it wants to revoke the agreement.
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Electronic transmission of determinations
3
In section 87 of the 1989 Act (determinations and directions) after subsection (3), insert the following subsections —
4
References in this section to sending to a local housing authority a copy of a determination under this Part include references to using electronic communications for sending a copy of a determination to such address as may for the time being be notified to the Secretary of State by that authority for that purpose.
5
For the purposes of this section a copy of a determination under this Part is also to be treated as sent to a local housing authority where —
a
the Secretary of State and that authority have agreed to the authority instead having access to determinations on a web site;
b
the determination is a determination to which that agreement applies;
c
the Secretary of State has published the determination on a web site;
d
that authority is notified, in a manner for the time being agreed for the purpose between that authority and the Secretary of State, of —
i
the publication of the determination on a web site;
ii
the address of that web site; and
iii
the place on that web site where the determination may be accessed, and how it may be accessed.
6
A local housing authority which is no longer willing to accept electronic communications for the sending of copies of determinations under this Part, may withdraw a notification of an address given to the Secretary of State for the purposes of subsection (4) above and such a withdrawal shall take effect on a date specified by the authority being a date no less than one month after the date on which the authority informs the Secretary of State that it wants to withdraw the notification of the address given.
7
A local housing authority which has entered into an agreement with the Secretary of State under paragraph (a) of subsection (5) above may revoke the agreement and such a revocation shall take effect on a date specified by the authority being a date no less than one month after the date on which the authority informs the Secretary of State that it wants to revoke the agreement.
.
Construction of Part VI of the 1989 Act
4
In section 88 of the 1989 Act (Construction and application of Part VI), in subsection (1) —
a
at the end of paragraph (c) delete “and”;
b
after paragraph (d) insert —
; and
“electronic communication” means a communication transmitted (whether from one person to another, from one device to another or from a person to a device or vice versa) —
by means of a telecommunication system (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1984 ; or
by other means but while in an electronic form;
“address”, in relation to electronic communications, includes any number or address used for the purposes of such communications.
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
10th November 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force immediately after the commencement of section 38(4) of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations a reference to any regulation by number alone means the regulation so numbered in the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986 .
Amendments to the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986
3
For regulation 13C there shall be substituted the following: —
13C
In this Part of the Regulations “court appointee” means: —
a
a person appointed by the Crown Court under section 4A of the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 to put the case for the defence;
b
a legal representative appointed by the court under section 38(4) of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 to cross-examine a witness in the interests of the accused.
.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
David Lock
Parliamentary Secretary
Lord Chancellor’s Department
Dated 25th July 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Temporary Increase) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 11th November 2000.
Modification of the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000
2
For the purposes of making social fund winter fuel payments in respect of the winter which immediately precedes the spring of the year 2001, regulation 2(b) of the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000 (social fund winter fuel payments) shall be modified as if —
a
in head (i) for the reference to £150 there were substituted a reference to £200; and
b
in head (ii) for the reference to £75 there were substituted a reference to £100.
Alistair Darling
Secretary of State for Social Security
7th November 2000


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Citation
1
This Order may be cited as the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (Commencement No. 1) (England and Wales) Order 2000.
Provisions coming into force on 21st March 2000
2
Section 6(1) of and Schedule 2 to the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 shall come into force on 21st March 2000 in so far as they extend to England and Wales.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Keith Hill
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment,Transport and the Regions
20th March 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (Regional Public Access Mobile Radio Operator Licences) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 21st July 2000.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations —
“the 1984 Act ” means the Telecommunications Act 1984 ;
“the former licences” means the relevant licences in the form they were in immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations;
“the modified licences” means the relevant licences as amended by these Regulations; and
“the relevant licences” means the licences granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to the persons specified in column 1 of Parts A and B of Schedule 1 hereto on the date specified against each person in column 2 thereof.
Modification of the relevant licences
3
The relevant licences are hereby modified as follows: —
a
for the Table of Contents there shall be substituted the Table of Contents set out in Schedule 2 hereto;
b
in paragraph 1 —
i
the words “for the period specified in paragraph 2” shall be deleted; and
ii
in the case of the licences specified in Part A of Schedule 1 hereto for the words “(each of which is hereinafter referred to as ‘the Applicable System’)” there shall be substituted the words “(‘the Applicable Systems’)”;
c
in paragraph 2 for the words after “duration” to the end there shall be substituted the words “in the first instance but, without prejudice to Schedule 2 to this Licence, shall be subject to revocation thereafter on ten years' notice in writing of such revocation and such notice shall accordingly not be given before the end of the fifteenth year after the granting of the Licence.”;
d
in the case of the licences specified in Part A of Schedule 1 hereto, for paragraphs 3 to 6 inclusive there shall be substituted the following paragraphs —
Interpretation
3
The Interpretation Act 1978 shall apply for the purposes of interpreting this Licence as if it were an Act of Parliament. In this Licence, except as hereinafter provided or unless the context otherwise requires, words or expressions shall have the meaning assigned to them and otherwise any word or expression shall have the same meaning as it has in the Act. For the purposes of interpreting this Licence, headings and titles shall be disregarded.
4
In this Licence, ‘Licence’ means a licence granted or having effect as if granted under section 7 of the Act.
5
For the purposes of this Licence the ‘Applicable Systems’ means any or all of the telecommunication systems run by the Licensee under this Licence unless the context otherwise requires.
6
Where this Licence provides for any power of the Secretary of State or the Director to give any direction, notice or consent or make any specification, or of the Director to make any designation or determination, it implies, unless the contrary intention appears, a power, exercisable in the same manner and subject to the same conditions or limitations, to revoke, amend or give or make again any such direction, notice, consent, specification, designation or determination; and any reference however expressed to the Director making any determination or giving any direction or consent about any matter shall be construed as making such determination or giving such direction or consent after consultation with the Licensee and where appropriate with any other person who may have a relevant interest in the matter to which the determination, direction or consent relates.
7
Any notification which is required to be given under this Licence by the Secretary of State or the Director shall be satisfied by serving the document by post on the Licensee at the Licensee’s registered office.
;
e
in the case of the licences specified in Part B of Schedule 1 hereto, for paragraph 6 there shall be substituted paragraph 6 as set out in sub-paragraph (d) above;
f
for Schedule 1 there shall be substituted Schedule 1 as set out in Schedule 3 hereto;
g
for Schedule 2 there shall be substituted Schedule 2 as set out in Schedule 4 hereto;
h
for Schedule 3 there shall be substituted Schedule 3 as set out in Schedule 5 hereto;
i
for Annex A there shall be substituted Annex A as set out in Schedule 6 hereto; and
j
in the case of the licences specified in Part A of Schedule 1 hereto, Annex B shall be deleted.
Transitional provisions
4
1
So far as anything done or treated as done under or for the purposes of any provision of the former licences could have been done under or for the purposes of the corresponding provision of the modified licences, it shall have effect as if done under or for the purposes of the corresponding provision; and any direction, notice, consent, specification, designation or determination or other decision made or having effect under any provision of the former licences shall be treated for all purposes as made and having effect under the corresponding provision.
2
Where any period of time specified in a provision of the former licences is current immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations, the corresponding provision of the modified licences shall have effect as if that period of time —
a
ran from the date or event from which it was running immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations, and
b
expired whenever it would have expired if the former licences had not been modified;
and any rights, liabilities, obligations or requirements dependent on the beginning, duration or end of such a period as mentioned above shall be under the modified licences as they were or would have been under the former licences.
Patricia Hewitt,
Minister of State for Small Business and E Commerce,
Department of Trade and Industry
28th June 2000


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PART 1
INTRODUCTION
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Income Tax (Electronic Communications) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 24th April 2000.
2
In these Regulations —
“the Board” means the Commissioners of Inland Revenue; and
“official computer system” means a computer system maintained by or on behalf of the Commissioners —
to send or receive information or payments, or
to process or store information.
3
References in these Regulations to the delivery of information and to information shall be construed in accordance with section 132(8) of the Finance Act 1999.
Scope of these Regulations
2
1
These Regulations apply to —
a
the delivery of information, to or by the Board, the delivery of which is authorised or required by or under section 8, 9 or 9A of the Taxes Management Act 1970 , and
b
the making of any payment or repayment of tax or other sums in connection with the operation of those sections.
2
Nothing in these Regulations affects the operation of the Electronic Lodgement of Tax Returns Order 1997 .
PART 2
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS — GENERAL PROVISIONS
Restrictions on the use of electronic communications
3
1
The Board may use electronic communications in connection with the matters referred to in regulation 2(1).
2
A person other than the Board may only use electronic communications in connection with the matters referred to in regulation 2(1) if the conditions specified in paragraphs (3) to (6) are satisfied.
3
The first condition is that the person is for the time being permitted to use electronic communications by an authorisation given by means of a direction of the Board.
4
The second condition is that the person uses —
a
an approved method for authenticating the identity of the sender of the communication;
b
an approved method of electronic communications; and
c
an approved method for authenticating any information delivered by means of electronic communications.
5
The third condition is that any information or payment sent by means of electronic communications is in a form approved for the purpose of these Regulations.
6
The fourth condition is that the person maintains such records in written or electronic form as may be specified in a general or specific direction given by the Board.
7
In this regulation “approved” means approved for the purposes of these Regulations and for the time being by means of a general or specific direction of the Board.
Use of intermediaries
4
The Board may use intermediaries in connection with —
a
the delivery of information, or the making of payments by means of electronic communications; and
b
the authentication or security of anything transmitted by any such means,
and may require other persons to use intermediaries in connection with those matters.
PART 3
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS — EVIDENTIAL PROVISIONS
Effect of delivering information by means of electronic communications
5
1
Information to which these Regulations apply and which is delivered by means of electronic communications shall be treated as having been delivered, in the manner or form required by any provision of the Taxes Acts if, but only if, all the conditions imposed by —
a
these Regulations,
b
any other applicable enactment, and
c
any specific or general direction given by the Board,
are satisfied.
2
Information delivered by means of electronic communications shall be treated as having been delivered on the day on which the last of the conditions imposed as mentioned in paragraph (1) is satisfied.
This is subject to the qualification in paragraph (3).
3
The Board may by a general or specific direction provide for information to be treated as delivered upon a different date (whether earlier or later) than that given by paragraph (2).
Proof of identity of sender or recipient of information
6
If it is necessary to prove, for any purpose, the identity of —
a
the sender of any information delivered by means of electronic communications to an official computer system, or
b
the recipient of any information delivered by means of electronic communications from an official computer system,
the sender or recipient (as the case may be) shall be conclusively presumed to be the person recorded as such on an official computer system.
Proof of delivery of information and payments
7
1
If it is necessary to prove, for any purpose, that the use of electronic communications has resulted in the making of any payment to or by the Board, or the delivery of any information, this shall be conclusively presumed —
a
in the case of information delivered, or payments made, to the Board, if the making of the payment or the delivery of the information has been recorded on an official computer system,
b
in the case of information delivered, or payments made, by the Board, if the despatch of that payment or information has been recorded on an official computer system, and
c
not to be the case if it has not been so recorded.
2
If it is necessary to prove, for any purpose when any information or payment sent by means of electronic communications has been received, the time of receipt shall be conclusively presumed to be that recorded by an official computer system.
Proof of content of information
8
If it is necessary to prove, for any purpose, the content of any information sent by means of electronic communications, the content shall be conclusively presumed to be that recorded on an official computer system.
Nick Montagu
Ann Chant
Two of the Commissoners of Inland Revenue
3rd April 2000


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Tax Credits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 28th November 2000.
2
In these Regulations —
“award periods” means award periods of disabled person’s tax credit or, as the case may be, working families' tax credit;
“the Disability Working Allowance Regulations ” means the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 ;
“the Family Credit Regulations ” means the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 .
Amendments to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and the Family Credit Regulations
2
Amend the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and the Family Credit Regulations in accordance with the provisions of regulations 3 to 9.
Persons treated as being in Great Britain
3
1
Amend regulation 5 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and regulation 3 of the Family Credit Regulations as follows.
2
In paragraph (1A) after sub-paragraph (d) add
or
e
he is a person who —
i
has been given leave to enter, or remain in, the United Kingdom by the Secretary of State upon the undertaking of another person, or persons, pursuant to the immigration rules within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971 , to be responsible for his maintenance and accommodation, and
ii
has been resident in the United Kingdom for a period of at least 5 years beginning with his date of entry into the United Kingdom, or the date on which the undertaking was given in respect of him, whichever is the later, or
f
he is a person who —
i
has been given leave to enter, or remain in, the United Kingdom by the Secretary of State upon the undertaking of another person, or persons, pursuant to the immigration rules mentioned in sub-paragraph (e) above, to be responsible for his maintenance and accommodation, and
ii
has been resident in the United Kingdom for less than 5 years beginning with his date of entry into the United Kingdom, or the date on which the undertaking was given in respect of him, whichever is the later, but the person giving the undertaking has died or, where the undertaking was given by more than one person, they have all died.
.
3
This regulation shall have effect in relation to award periods commencing on or after 28th November 2000.
Remunerative work
4
1
Amend regulation 6 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and regulation 4 of the Family Credit Regulations as follows.
2
In paragraph (3) after sub-paragraph (e) insert
or
f
he is in receipt of an employment zone subsistence allowance.
.
3
In paragraph (4) for “paragraph (4A)” substitute “ paragraphs (4A) and (4B)”.
4
After paragraph (4A) insert —
4B
Any period where a person is absent from work by reason of jury service shall be disregarded in establishing the average hours for which he is engaged in work.
.
5
In paragraph (5) after sub-paragraph (c) insert
or
d
cannot satisfy the requirements of sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above and at the date of claim he is absent from work by reason of jury service but he is expected by his employer to work or, where he is a self-employed earner, he expects to work, not less than 16 hours in the week following his return to work from that jury service,
.
6
This regulation shall have effect in relation to award periods commencing on or after 28th November 2000.
Normal weekly earnings of employed earner
5
1
Amend regulation 16 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (“ regulation 16”) and regulation 14 of the Family Credit Regulations (“ regulation 14”) as follows.
2
In both paragraph (3) and paragraph (4)(b) of regulation 16 —
a
after “place of employment,” insert “or where at the date of claim the claimant is absent from work by reason of jury service,”;
b
after “period of short-time working” in the second place where those words appear add “or jury service”.
3
In paragraph (3) of regulation 14 after “at his place of employment ” in both places where those words appear insert “or because of his absence from work by reason of jury service”.
4
This regulation shall have effect in relation to award periods commencing on or after 28th November 2000.
Income and capital
6
1
Amend regulation 34 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and regulation 31 of the Family Credit Regulations as follows.
2
After paragraph (8) add the following paragraph —
9
Any bounty derived from employment as a member of any territorial or reserve force prescribed in Part I of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979 and paid at intervals of at least one year shall be treated as capital.
.
3
This regulation shall have effect in relation to award periods commencing on or after 28th November 2000.
Students
7
1
Amend regulation 41 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and regulation 37 of the Family Credit Regulations as follows.
2
In the definition of “course of study” omit “full-time”.
3
In the definition of “student” omit “full-time” in the second place where the word occurs.
4
This regulation shall have effect in relation to award periods commencing on or after 2nd January 2001.
Income to be disregarded
8
1
Amend Schedule 3 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (“ Schedule 3”) and Schedule 2 to the Family Credit Regulations (“Schedule 2”) as follows.
2
Insert as paragraph 11B of Schedule 3 and paragraph 12A of Schedule 2 —
Any payment by way of Job Grant pursuant to arrangements made under section 2(1) of the Employment and Training Act 1973 .
.
3
Add as paragraph 66 of Schedule 3 and paragraph 68 of Schedule 2 the following paragraph —
In the case of a claimant participating in an employment zone scheme, any payment under the scheme by way of monies accumulated in order to assist in the pursuit of self-employed earner’s employment which are paid after the claimant has ceased to participate in the scheme.
.
4
Add as paragraph 67 of Schedule 3 and paragraph 69 of Schedule 2 the following paragraph —
In the case of a claimant who is absent from work by reason of jury service, any payment to the claimant in respect of loss of earnings by reason of that jury service.
.
5
The amendments made by paragraph (2) above shall have effect in relation to award periods commencing on or after 10th April 2001.
6
The amendments made by paragraphs (3) and (4) above shall have effect in relation to award periods commencing on or after 28th November 2000.
Capital to be disregarded
9
1
Amend Schedule 4 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (“ Schedule 4”) and Schedule 3 to the Family Credit Regulations (“Schedule 3”) as follows.
2
Add as paragraph 63 of Schedule 4 and paragraph 64 of Schedule 3 the following paragraph —
Any payment by way of Job Grant pursuant to arrangements made under section 2(1) of the Employment and Training Act 1973, but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of payment.
.
3
This regulation shall have effect in relation to award periods commencing on or after 10th April 2001.
Amendments to the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987
10
1
Amend the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 as follows.
2
In regulation 19(7) —
a
for sub-paragraph (e) substitute —
e
in the case of a claim for working families' tax credit, the claimant had previously been entitled, or the partner of the claimant had previously been entitled in relation to the claimant, to income support or jobseeker’s allowance and the claim for working families' tax credit was made within one month of —
i
the expiry of entitlement to income support ignoring any period in which entitlement resulted from the person entitled not being treated as engaged in remunerative work by virtue of regulation 6(2) and (3) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 ; or
ii
the expiry of entitlement to jobseeker’s allowance;
;
b
for sub-paragraph (h) substitute —
h
in the case of a claim for disabled person’s tax credit, the claimant had previously been entitled to income support, jobseeker’s allowance, incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance and the claim for disabled person’s tax credit was made within one month of —
i
the expiry of entitlement to income support ignoring any period in which entitlement resulted from the claimant not being treated as engaged in remunerative work by virtue of regulation 6(2) and (3) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987; or
ii
the expiry of entitlement to jobseeker’s allowance, incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance;
ha
in the case of a claim for disabled person’s tax credit, the partner of the claimant had previously been entitled in relation to the claimant to income support or jobseeker’s allowance, and the claim for disabled person’s tax credit was made within one month of —
i
the expiry of entitlement to income support ignoring any period in which entitlement resulted from the partner of the claimant not being treated as engaged in remunerative work by virtue of regulation 6(2) and (3) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987; or
ii
the expiry of entitlement to jobseeker’s allowance;
.
3
This regulation shall have effect with respect only to working families' tax credit and disabled person’s tax credit.
Bob Ainsworth
Greg Pope
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
7th November 2000
Tim Flesher
Dave Hartnett
Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue
7th November 2000


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
2
In these Regulations, the “ 1992 Regulations ” means the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992 .
3
These Regulations extend to England only.
Amendment of the 1992 Regulations
2
1
In regulation 34(2) of the 1992 Regulations (payments), for sub-paragraph (e) shall be substituted —
e
allowances for study leave;
.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Denham
Minister of State,
Department of Health
7th March 2000


text:
1
This Order may be cited as the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Gatwick Express Class 460 Vehicles) Exemption (Amendment No. 2) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 31st December 2000.
2
The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Gatwick Express Class 460 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2000 (“the principal Order”) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions.
3
Article 5(2) of the principal Order shall be amended by substituting for “regulations 4(3)(b), 10(1)(b) and 18(1)” the words “regulation 4(3)(b)”.
4
After article 5(6) of the principal Order the following shall be inserted —
6A
The exemption given in respect of regulation 10(1)(b) shall cease —
a
at the end of 28th April 2011; or
b
in respect of an exempted vehicle in which all the doors in the ends of the vehicle are replaced before that date, when such replacement occurs.
5
After article 5(8) of the principal Order the following shall be inserted —
8A
The exemption given in respect of regulation 18(1) shall cease at the end of 30th June 2001.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Keith Hill
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
2nd December 2000


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Citation and Commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Development Commission (Dissolution) Order 2000, and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Dissolution date
2
The Development Commission shall be dissolved on 1st July 2000.
Transfer of functions, property, rights and liabilities
3
On the date on which the Development Commission is dissolved:
a
all rights and liabilities of the Development Commission relating to the property known as Units 3 and 4, Chartfield House, Castle Street, Taunton, Somerset TA1 4AS, shall transfer to the Secretary of State; and
b
all other remaining functions, property, rights and liabilities shall transfer to the Countryside Agency .
Application of the Superannuation Act 1972
4
1
The persons to whom section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972 applies (persons to or in respect of whom benefits may be provided by schemes under that section) shall include persons who at the time of the coming into force of this Order:
a
are serving or have served in employment with the Development Commission; or
b
have served but have ceased serving in employment with a Rural Community Council; and,
in either case, are members of the Development Commission (Staff) Superannuation Scheme 1984 as amended on 28th May 1991.
2
In Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972 (bodies in respect of which there are superannuation schemes) a reference to the Development Commission shall be inserted at the appropriate point in the alphabetical list of “Royal Commissions and other Commissions”.
Consequential Amendments
5
On the date on which the Development Commission is dissolved the following provisions of the Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1983 shall be repealed: section 1(1), (2), (5), (6) and (9) and Schedule 1.
Michael Meacher
Minister of State
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
7th June 2000


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.
2
This Order shall come into force —
a
for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 2nd May 2002, on 10th October 2001;
b
for all other purposes, on 2nd May 2002.
3
In this Order —
“borough” means the London borough of Richmond upon Thames;
“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and
any reference to the map is a reference to the map prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 .
Wards of the London borough of Richmond upon Thames
2
1
The existing wards of the borough shall be abolished.
2
The borough shall be divided into eighteen wards which shall bear the names set out in the Schedule.
3
The wards shall comprise the areas designated on the map by reference to the names of the wards and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be three.
4
Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
Revocation
3
The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 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
10th February 2000


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Citation, commencement, operation and extent
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Iraq (United Nations Sanctions) Order 2000, and shall come into force on 14th December 2000.
2
If, after the making of this Order, the Security Council of the United Nations take a decision which has the effect of cancelling, amending or suspending the operation of the resolution adopted by them on 6th August 1990 in whole or in part, this Order shall cease to have effect or be deemed to be amended, or its operation shall be suspended, in whole or in part, as the case may be, in accordance with that decision; and particulars of that decision shall be published by the Secretary of State in a notice in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.
3
Articles 2 to 7 and 9 of this Order apply to any person within the United Kingdom, and to any person elsewhere who —
a
is a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen, a British overseas citizen, a British National (Overseas), a British subject or a British protected person; or
b
is a body corporate incorporated or constituted under the law of any part of the United Kingdom.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
“body corporate” includes a Scottish partnership (and in relation to such a partnership, a reference to a director or other officer of a body corporate is a reference to a partner);
“document” includes information recorded in any form, and in relation to information recorded otherwise than in legible form, references to its production include references to producing a copy of the information in legible form;
“funds” means financial assets and economic benefits of any kind, including (but not limited to) gold coin, gold bullion, cash, cheques, claims on money, drafts, money orders and other payment instruments; deposits with financial institutions or other entities, balances on accounts, debts and debt obligations; securities and debt instruments (including stocks and shares, certificates representing securities, bonds, notes, warrants, debentures, debenture stock and derivatives contracts); interest, dividends or other income on or value accruing from or generated by assets; credit, rights of set-off, guarantees, performance bonds or other financial commitments; letters of credit, bills of lading, bills of sale; documents evidencing an interest in funds or financial resources, and any other instrument of export financing;
“relevant institution” means —
an institution authorised under the Banking Act 1987 ;
a European authorised institution within the meaning of the Banking Coordination (Second Council Directive) Regulations 1992 which has lawfully established a branch in the United Kingdom for the purpose of accepting deposits or other repayable funds from the public; and
a building society within the meaning of the Building Societies Act 1986 .
Making funds available to Iraq
3
Any person who, except under the authority of a licence granted by the Treasury under article 5 —
a
makes any funds available to the government of the Republic of Iraq or any person who is resident in the Republic of Iraq, or
b
otherwise remits or removes any funds from the United Kingdom to a destination in the Republic of Iraq,
is guilty of an offence.
Freezing of funds on suspicion
4
1
Where the Treasury have reasonable grounds for suspecting that any funds held by any person are or may be —
a
funds of the government of the Republic of Iraq, or of a person who is resident in the Republic of Iraq, or
b
held on behalf of that government or any such person,
the Treasury may by notice direct that those funds are not to be made available to that government or that person, except under the authority of a licence granted by the Treasury under article 5.
2
A notice given under paragraph (1) shall specify the period for which it is to have effect, which shall be not longer than 5 working days.
3
In paragraph (2), “working day” means any day other than Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom.
4
The Treasury may by notice revoke a direction under paragraph (1) at any time.
5
The expiry or revocation of a direction shall not affect the application of article 3 in respect of the funds in question.
6
A notice under paragraph (1) or (4) shall be given in writing to the person holding the funds in question (“the recipient”), and shall require the recipient to send a copy of the notice without delay to the person whose funds they are, or on whose behalf they are held (“the owner”).
7
A recipient shall be treated as complying with that requirement if, without delay, he sends a copy of the notice to the owner at his last-known address or, if he does not have an address for the owner, he makes arrangements for a copy of the notice to be supplied to the owner at the first available opportunity.
8
Any person who contravenes a direction under paragraph (1) is guilty of an offence.
9
A recipient who fails to comply with such a requirement as is mentioned in paragraph (6) is guilty of an offence.
Licences
5
1
A licence under this article shall be in writing and may be —
a
granted either generally or to one or more particular persons;
b
granted either absolutely or subject to compliance with such conditions as are specified in the licence;
c
either of indefinite duration or expressed to expire on a specified date.
2
A licence granted to one or more particular persons may be revoked or varied at any time by written notice given by the Treasury to each of those persons.
3
The Treasury shall publish a general licence in such manner as they think fit. A general licence may be revoked or varied at any time by written notice which shall be published by the Treasury in the same manner as the licence.
4
Any person who, in doing or having done an act mentioned in article 3(a) or (b) or 4(1) under the authority of a licence, contravenes or fails to comply with a condition specified in the licence, is guilty of an offence, unless the condition is one imposed as a result of a variation of the licence made without his consent after he did the act.
5
A notice under paragraph (2) may be given by post, and shall be deemed to have been given to a person if it is sent to him at his last-known address.
Facilitation of offences under article 3 or 4(8)
6
Any person who knowlingly and intentionally engages in any activities the object or effect of which is to enable or facilitate the commission (by that person or another) of an offence under article 3 or 4(8) is guilty of an offence.
Offences in connection with applications for licences
7
Any person who, for the purposes of obtaining a licence under article 5, knowingly or recklessly makes any statement or furnishes any document or information which is false in a material particular is guilty of an offence.
Failure to disclose knowledge or suspicion of sanctions offences
8
1
A relevant institution is guilty of an offence if —
a
it knows or suspects that a person is resident in the Republic of Iraq, or has committed an offence under article 3, 4(8) or 5(4);
b
the person is, or has been at any time since the coming into force of this Order, a customer of the institution, or is a person with whom the institution has had dealings in the course of its business since that time; and
c
it does not disclose to the Treasury the information or other matter on which the knowledge or suspicion is based as soon as is reasonably practicable after that information or other matter comes to its attention.
2
Where a relevant institution discloses to the Treasury —
a
its knowledge or suspicion that a person is resident in the Republic of Iraq, or has committed an offence under article 3, 4(8) or 5(4), or
b
any information or other matter on which that knowledge or suspicion is based,
the disclosure shall not be treated as a breach of any restriction imposed by statute or otherwise.
Obtaining of information
9
1
The Treasury may, by notice given to any person to whom this article applies, require that person to —
a
furnish any information in his possession or control and specified in the notice, or
b
produce any document in his possession or control and specified in the notice,
which the Treasury may require for the purpose of ensuring compliance with, or detecting evasion of, this Order.
2
Any person to whom such a requirement is given shall comply with it within such time, in such manner and at such place as may be specified in the notice.
3
A notice under paragraph (1) may be given by post, and shall be deemed to have been given to a person if it is sent to him at his last-known address.
4
Nothing in this article shall require any person who has acted as counsel or solicitor for any person to furnish or produce any privileged information or document in his possession in that capacity.
5
The furnishing of any information or the production of any document under this article shall not be treated as a breach of any restriction imposed by statute or otherwise.
6
The power conferred by this article to require any person to produce documents shall include power to take copies of or extracts from any document so produced and to require that person or, where that person is a body corporate, any other person who is a present or past officer of, or is employed by, the body corporate, to provide an explanation of any such document.
7
Any person who —
a
without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails to comply with any requirement under paragraph (1);
b
intentionally furnishes false information or a false explanation in purported compliance with a requirement under paragraph (1); or
c
with intent to evade the provisions of this article, destroys, mutilates, defaces, secretes or removes any document,
is guilty of an offence.
8
Where a person is convicted of an offence under this article of failing to furnish any information or produce any document, the court may make an order requiring him, within such period as may be specified in the order, to furnish the information or produce the document.
Disclosure of information
10
1
No information furnished or document produced (including any copy or extract made of any document produced) by any person in pursuance of this Order shall be disclosed except —
a
with the consent of the person by whom the information was furnished or the document was produced: provided that a person who has obtained information or is in possession of a document only in his capacity as servant or agent of another person may not give consent for the purposes of this sub-paragraph but such consent may instead be given by any person who is entitled to that information or to possession of that document in his own right;
b
to any person holding or acting in any office under or in the service of —
i
the Crown in respect of the Government of the United Kingdom;
ii
the Government of the Isle of Man;
iii
the States of Guernsey or Alderney or the Chief Pleas of Sark;
iv
the States of Jersey; or
v
the Government of any territory listed in the Schedule to this Order.
c
on the authority of the Treasury, to —
i
any organ of the United Nations or any person in the service of the United Nations, or
ii
the Government of, or any competent authority in, any other country,
for the purpose of assisting the United Nations or that Government or authority in securing compliance with or detecting evasion of measures in relation to Iraq decided upon by the Security Council of the United Nations;
d
with a review to the initiation of, or otherwise for the purposes of, any investigation into the commission or possible commission of an offence under this Order; or
e
with a view to the institution of, or otherwise for the purposes of, any proceedings for an offence under this Order.
2
Any person who, without reasonable excuse, discloses information or a document in contravention of paragraph (1) is guilty of an offence.
Penalties and proceedings
11
1
Any person guilty of an offence under article 3, 4(8), 5(4) or 6 shall be liable —
a
on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years, or a fine, or both;
b
on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both.
2
Any person guilty of an offence under article 7, 9(7)(b) or (c) or 10(2) shall be liable —
a
on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both;
b
on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both.
3
Any person guilty of an offence under article 4(9), 8 or 9(7)(a) shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.
4
Where a body corporate is guilty of an offence under this Order, and that offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
5
Proceedings against any person for an offence under this Order may be taken before the appropriate court in the United Kingdom having jurisdiction in the place where that person is for the time being.
6
In England and Wales, subsection (2) of section 24 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 shall apply to the offences under this Order that are not arrestable offences by virtue of the term of imprisonment for which a person may be sentenced in respect of them, as if they were mentioned in that subsection; and accordingly such offences shall be arrestable offences within the meaning of that Act.
7
In Scotland, where a constable reasonably believes that a person has committed or is committing an offence under this Order, he may arrest that person without a warrant.
8
In Northern Ireland, paragraph (2) of Article 26 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 shall apply to the offences under this Order that are not arrestable offences by virtue of the term of imprisonment for which a person may be sentenced in respect of them, as if they were mentioned in that paragraph; and accordingly such offences shall be arrestable offences within the meaning of that Order.
9
No proceedings for an offence under this Order, other than a summary offence, shall be instituted in England and Wales or Northern Ireland except by or with the consent of the Treasury or with the consent of the Attorney General or (as the case may be) the Attorney General for Northern Ireland:
Provided that this paragraph shall not prevent the arrest, or the issue or execution of a warrant for the arrest, of any person in respect of such an offence, or the remand in custody or on bail of any person charged with such an offence, notwithstanding that the necessary consent to the institution of proceedings for the offence has not been obtained.
Functions of the Treasury
12
The Treasury may, to such extent and subject to such restrictions and conditions as they may think proper, delegate or authorise the delegation of any of their functions under this Order to any person, or class or description of persons, approved by them, and references in this Order to the Treasury shall be construed accordingly.
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 Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 27th March 2000.
2
In these Regulations, “the General Regulations ” means the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 1987 .
Amendment of regulation 3 of the General Regulations
2
In regulation 3 of the General Regulations (interpretation), after the definition of “funeral payment” there shall be inserted —
“health professional” means —
a registered medical practitioner;
a midwife, nurse or health visitor registered as a midwife, nurse or health visitor with the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting under the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997 ;
.
Amendment of regulation 5 of the General Regulations
3
1
Regulation 5 of the General Regulations (entitlement to a payment to meet maternity expenses) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.
2
In paragraph (1), after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph —
bb
subject to paragraph (3) —
i
the claimant or partner has received advice on health and welfare matters relating to the child from a health professional; and
ii
where the claim is made before the child is born, the claimant or partner has received advice on health and welfare matters relating to maternal health from a health professional; and
.
3
In paragraph (2) (amount of a maternity payment), in each place where the amount “£100” appears there shall be substituted the amount “£200”.
4
After paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph —
3
Paragraph (1)(bb)(i) shall not apply where a claim is made after the birth of a still-born child.
.
Supplemental amendments
4
In regulations 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9 of the General Regulations, in each place where the words “maternity payment” occur, there shall be substituted the words “Sure Start Maternity Grant”.
Transitional arrangements
5
1
Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations shall not apply in a case where a claim is made and —
a
the expected date of confinement;
b
the date of birth of the child (including any still-born);
c
the date of the adoption order; or
d
in the case of a child in respect of whom an order has been granted pursuant to section 30 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 , the date of the order,
are both before 11th June 2000.
2
Subject to paragraph (3), where a payment has been made on the basis that the expected date of confinement is before 11th June 2000 and the date of birth of that child (including any still-born) occurs after 10th June 2000, a further payment may be made in accordance with these Regulations.
3
The amount payable as a consequence of paragraph (2) shall be reduced by a sum equal to the payment already made.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Angela Eagle
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
29th February 2000


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1
This Order may be cited as the Wiltshire College (Incorporation) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st September 2000 (“the commencement date”).
2
There shall be established as from the commencement date a body corporate called “Wiltshire College”, for the purpose of establishing and conducting as from the operative date a new educational institution of that name (to be formed by the merger of Chippenham College, Lackham College, Wiltshire, and Trowbridge College).
3
The operative date in relation to the further education corporation established by this Order shall be 1st November 2000, and the corporation shall conduct Wiltshire College from that date.
Tessa Blackstone
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
4th August 2000


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1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Dual-Use Items (Export Control) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 10th January 2001.
2
1
The following amendment shall be made in Schedule 2 to the Dual-Use Items (Export Control) Regulations 2000 : —
a
in entry 1C950a of CATEGORY 1 — MATERIALS, CHEMICALS, MICROORGANISMS & TOXINS, the entry “, .b.3” shall be inserted after the entry “.b.2”.
b
The following exception shall be inserted into each of entries 9E990 and 9E991 of Category 9E of CATEGORY 9 — AIRCRAFT, SPACE VEHICLES, PROPULSION SYSTEMS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT: —
except technical data, drawings or documentation for maintenance activities directly associated with calibration, removal or replacement of damaged or unserviceable items that are necessary for the continuing airworthiness and safe operation of civil “aircraft”.
Kim Howells,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs,
Department of Trade and Industry
18th December 2000.


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Citation and commencement
1
This order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 6th November 2000.
Establishment of safety zones
2
A safety zone is hereby established around each installation specified in column 1 of the Schedule hereto (being an installation stationed in waters to which subsection (7) of section 21 of the Act applies) having a radius of five hundred metres from the point as respects that installation which has the co-ordinates of latitude and longitude according to European Datum (1950) specified in columns 2 and 3 of the Schedule.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Whitty
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
16th October 2000


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1
This Order may be cited as the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (ScotRail Class 170/4 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2000 and shall come into force on 28th July 2000.
2
Any reference in this Order to a numbered regulation is a reference to a regulation bearing that number in the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 .
3
This Order applies to the rail vehicles which are numbered 50401 to 50424, 56401 to 56424 and 79401 to 79424 and which form the diesel multiple-units numbered 170401 to 170424 of the class known as “class 170/4” (“the exempted vehicles”) as manufactured by ABB Daimler Benz Transportation ( UK ) Limited for use by ScotRail Railways Limited.
4
1
Subject to articles 5, 6 and 7 below, the exempted vehicles are hereby authorised to be used for carriage even though they do not conform with those provisions of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 referred to in paragraph (2) below.
2
The provisions with which the exempted vehicles are not required to conform are —
a
regulation 4(3)(b);
b
regulation 5, in so far as it relates to control devices which are not operated by the application of pressure and which do not control doors which are in the side of an exempted vehicle; and
c
regulation 5(1)(a), in so far as it relates to control devices which control doors in the side of an exempted vehicle.
5
The exemption given by article 4(2)(b) above in respect of regulation 5 shall apply in relation to any exempted vehicle only while instructions for the operation of any door which is operated by a control device to which the exemption relates are displayed on a sign —
a
which is placed on or near that door and on the same side of that door as any such control device; and
b
on which the letters, numbers or diagrams contrast with their background and are identifiable by touch.
6
1
The exemption given by article 4(2)(a) above in respect of regulation 4(3)(b) shall cease at the end of 31st December 2000.
2
The exemption given by article 4(2)(b) above in respect of regulation 5 shall cease —
a
at the end of 31st December 2001 in relation to control devices fitted to doors between the vestibule adjoining a doorway in the side of a vehicle and a passenger saloon; and
b
at the end of 31st December 2011 in relation to control devices fitted to doors in the ends of the exempted vehicles.
3
The exemption given by article 4(2)(c) above in respect of regulation 5(1)(a) shall cease —
a
at the end of 31st December 2011; or
b
in respect of an exempted vehicle in which all the door control devices for the doors in the sides of the exempted vehicle and the control systems for those doorways are replaced before that date, when such replacement is completed.
7
The authorisation shall cease forthwith in respect of an exempted vehicle which is operated by a person other than ScotRail Railways Limited unless the Secretary of State has been given written notice in advance specifying the name and address of that other person.
8
The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (ScotRail Class 170/4) Exemption Order 1999 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Keith Hill
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
5th July 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the GLA Side Roads (London Borough of Hillingdon) Designation Order 2000 and shall come into force on 19th June 2000.
Designation of GLA side roads
2
1
The roads in the London borough of Hillingdon specified in the Schedule to this Order are hereby designated as GLA side roads .
2
The description of a road includes the intersection of that road and any other road that crosses it at the same level.
3
In the Schedule “m” means metres.
4
In accordance with section 124A(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, 3rd July 2000 is hereby specified as the date on which the designated roads are to become GLA side roads.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Keith Hill
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
11th May 2000


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Citation and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2000.
2
In this Order, references to “the Act” are references to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999, and, except where the context otherwise requires, references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of, and Schedules to, the Act.
Appointed days
2
1
The day appointed for the coming into force of section 69 of the Act (child benefit: claimant to state national insurance number) —
a
for the purpose of the exercise of powers to make regulations, is 17th April 2000; and
b
for all other purposes, is 15th May 2000.
2
The day appointed —
a
for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order —
i
for the purpose of the exercise of powers to make regulations, is 24th April 2000, and
ii
for all other purposes, is 9th April 2001;
b
for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in Part II of that Schedule, is 25th April 2000;
c
for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in Part III of that Schedule, in so far as not already in force, is 1st October 2000;
d
for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in Part IV of that Schedule, in so far as not already in force, is 1st December 2000; and
e
for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in Part V of that Schedule, in so far as not already in force, is 8th October 2001.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Jeff Rooker
Minister of State,
Department of Social Security
13th April 2000


text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the District of Bridgnorth (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.
2
This Order shall come into force —
a
for the purposes of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002;
b
for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
3
In this Order —
“district” means the district of Bridgnorth;
“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and
any reference to the map is a reference to a map prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the District of Bridgnorth (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 .
Wards of the District of Bridgnorth
2
1
The existing wards of the district shall be abolished.
2
The district shall be divided into twenty-one 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 or, where no area is so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by red lines; 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.
4
Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
Wards of the parish of Albrighton
3
The parish of Albrighton shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule; and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.
Wards of the parish of Bridgnorth
4
1
The existing wards of the parish of Bridgnorth shall be abolished.
2
The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Bridgnorth Castle, Bridgnorth East, Bridgnorth Morfe and Bridgnorth West; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be four.
Wards of the parish of Broseley
5
The parish of Broseley shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 3; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule; and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.
Wards of the parish of Shifnal
6
1
The existing wards of the parish of Shifnal shall be abolished.
2
The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Idsall, Manor and Rural; and the wards shall comprise the areas of the district wards bearing the names Shifnal Idsall, Shifnal Manor and Shifnal Rural, respectively.
3
The number of councillors to be elected for the Idsall parish ward shall be seven, for the Manor parish ward shall be six and for the Rural parish ward shall be two.
Wards of the parish of Worfield
7
The parish of Worfield shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 4; each parish shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule; and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.
Revocation
8
The District of Bridgnorth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 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
24th May 2000


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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Harbour Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, and shall come into force on 2nd October 2000.
2
The Harbour Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999 shall be amended as follows —
a
in regulation 4(3)(c), for “selections” there shall be substituted “sections”;
b
in regulation 8(4), for “paragraph (2)(a)” there shall be substituted “paragraph (2)(b)”;
c
in regulation 14(2), for “12(1)” there shall be substituted “13(1)”; and
d
in Schedule 3, in paragraph 16(4) of the new Schedule 3 to the Harbours Act 1964 , for “sub-paragraph (2)(a)” there shall be substituted “sub-paragraph (2)(b)”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Keith Hill
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
7th August 2000
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary (Commons), Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
24th August 2000
Brian Wilson
Minister of State, Scotland Office
31st August 2000
David Hanson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
5th September 2000


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Title, extent and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000, shall extend to England and Wales and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
Interpretation
2
1
In these Regulations —
“the 1999 Act ” means the Food Standards Act 1999;
“instrument” means any instrument (other than any statutory instrument) relating to a transferred function, issued or made by or on behalf of a Minister of the Crown or the National Assembly for Wales, jointly by any one or more Ministers of the Crown or jointly by any one or more of those Ministers jointly with that Assembly, including —
appointments (other than any appointment to an advisory committee);
approvals, authorisations, licences, provisional licences and registrations;
certificates;
codes of practice;
designations;
notices;
operation manuals, and other documents containing guidance, relating to the protection of public health from risks which may arise in connection with the consumption of food (including risks caused by the way in which it is produced or supplied) or otherwise relating to the protection of the interests of consumers in relation to food;
schemes and byelaws; and
warrants;
“ the Minister ” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and “ the Ministry ” shall be construed accordingly; and
“transferred function” means any function —
of the Minister referred to in —
subsection (1) of section 26 of the 1999 Act (statutory functions of the Minister ceasing to be exercisable by him);
paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act, paragraphs 7 to 25 of that Schedule and paragraph 43 of that Schedule (amendments respectively to the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 , the Food Safety Act 1990) and the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 ); and
the entries in Schedule 6 of the 1999 Act relating to the repeals of provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 (other than sections 25 and 26(3)),
which relates to functions falling to the Agency under or by virtue of the 1999 Act; or
exercisable by the Agency, instead of a Minister of the Crown or the National Assembly for Wales, after the coming into force of these Regulations by virtue of regulations 3 to 12(1) below (consequential provisions),
but does not include any exercise of the powers referred to in regulation 13(1)(c) or (d) below.
2
Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to a numbered Schedule, or a numbered Part of a Schedule, shall be construed as a reference to the Schedule or Part of the Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations.
Regulations relating to dairy products, egg products and egg hygiene: consequential provisions
3
1
The Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations 1959 shall be modified in accordance with the provisions of Part I of Schedule 1.
2
The Egg Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1993 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part II of Schedule 1.
3
The Dairy Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1995 shall be modified in accordance with the provisions of Part III of Schedule 1.
4
The Dairy Products (Hygiene) (Charges) Regulations 1995 shall be modified in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of Schedule 1.
5
The Eggs (Marketing Standards) Regulations 1995 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part V of Schedule 1.
Regulations relating to feedingstuffs: consequential provisions
4
1
The Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part I of Schedule 2.
2
The Feeding Stuffs (Establishments and Intermediaries) Regulations 1999 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part II of Schedule 2.
3
Save in so far as they relate to zootechnical products (as referred to in section 29(2)(d) of the 1999 Act), the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) Regulations 1999 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part III of Schedule 2.
4
The Animal Feedingstuffs from Belgium (Control) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 shall be modified in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of Schedule 2.
Regulations relating to general food hygiene, temperature control and fish and shellfish hygiene: consequential provisions
5
1
The Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations 1995 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part I of Schedule 3.
2
The Food Safety (Temperature Control) Regulations 1995 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part II of Schedule 3.
3
The Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Shellfish) (Hygiene) Regulations 1998 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part III of Schedule 3.
Regulations relating to meat hygiene, etc. : consequential provisions
6
1
The Meat Hygiene Appeals Tribunal (Procedure) Regulations 1992 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part I of Schedule 4.
2
The Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part II of Schedule 4.
3
The Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part III of Schedule 4.
4
The Poultry Meat, Farmed Game Bird Meat and Rabbit Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of Schedule 4.
5
The Animal By-Products (Identification) Regulations 1995 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part V of Schedule 4.
6
The Wild Game Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part VI of Schedule 4.
7
The Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene) Regulations 1995 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part VII of Schedule 4.
8
The Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) ( No. 2) Regulations 1996 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part VIII of Schedule 4.
9
The Beef Bones Regulations 1997 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part IX of Schedule 4.
10
The Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part X of Schedule 4.
11
The Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) (Charges) Regulations 1998 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part XI of Schedule 4.
12
The Specified Risk Material (Inspection Charges) Regulations 1999 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part XII of Schedule 4.
Regulations relating to imports and exports: consequential provisions
7
1
The Imported Food Regulations 1984 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part I of Schedule 5.
2
The Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations 1996 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part II of Schedule 5.
Regulations relating to food irradiation and novel foods: consequential provisions
8
1
The Food (Control of Irradiation) Regulations 1990 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part I of Schedule 6.
2
The Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients Regulations 1997 shall be modified, in relation to England, in accordance with the provisions of Part II of Schedule 6.
3
The Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients (Fees) Regulations 1997 shall be modifed, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part III of Schedule 6.
Emergency Control Orders: consequential provisions
9
1
The Food (Pistachios from Iran) (Emergency Control) Order 1997 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part I of Schedule 7.
2
The Food (Peanuts from Egypt) (Emergency Control) (England and Wales) Order 2000 shall be modified in accordance with the provisions of Part II of Schedule 7.
3
The Food (Animal Products from Belgium) (Emergency Control) (England and Wales) Order 2000 shall be modified in accordance with the provisions of Part III of Schedule 7.
Other enactments: consequential provisions
10
1
The Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part I of Schedule 8.
2
The Environmental Protection (Applications, Appeals and Registers) Regulations 1991 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part II of Schedule 8.
3
The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995 shall be modifed, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part III of Schedule 8.
4
The Bovines and Bovine Products (Trade) Regulations 1999 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of Schedule 8.
5
The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottle Drinking Water Regulations 1999 shall be modified, in relation to England and Wales, in accordance with the provisions of Part V of Schedule 8.
Monitoring of enforcement action, etc.: consequential provisions
11
The definition of “relevant legislation” in section 15(1) of the 1999 Act shall have effect as if the references in sub-paragraph (a) to the provisions of regulations or orders made under the 1990 Act included references to the provisions (so far as they relate to England and Wales) of the Regulations made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 specified in Schedule 9 to these Regulations.
Instruments, orders and judgements: consequential provisions
12
1
Subject to the following paragraphs of this regulation, any provision relating to a transferred function —
a
in an instrument made before the coming into force of these Regulations; or
b
in a court order or judgment made or given before the coming into force of these Regulations,
shall have effect, so far as may be necessary or expedient in preparation for, in connection with, or in consequence of the transfer of that function to the Agency, as if any references in that provision (including any references which are to be construed as such references) to, or to the officers of, the Minister, the Ministry, the Secretary of State for Health or the National Assembly for Wales, were references to the Agency, or to its officers, as the context may require.
2
Paragraph (1) above shall not apply —
a
to any authorisation, licence or provisional licence issued for the purposes of the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995 in force at the coming into force of these Regulations; or
b
to any relevant designation after the expiry of the period of six months beginning at the coming into force of these Regulations.
3
Paragraph (1) above shall apply to provisions of codes of practice issued under section 40 of the Food Safety Act 1990 before the coming into force of these Regulations but shall not apply so as to treat the authority by which the code was issued as altered.
4
For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) above, a “relevant designation” is a designation of an official veterinary surgeon, in force at the coming into force of these Regulations, under or for any purpose relating to —
a
the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995;
b
the Poultry Meat, Farmed Game Bird Meat and Rabbit Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995; or
c
the Wild Game Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995.
Transitional provisions and savings
13
1
The transfer to the Agency of any transferred function shall not affect —
a
the validity of anything done, or having effect as if done, by or on behalf of the Minister before the coming into force of the provision by or under which the function is transferred;
b
the power of the Minister to act on behalf of the Agency in carrying out its functions;
c
the power of the Minister to act as competent authority for the purposes of —
i
article 14 of Council Regulation ( EC ) No. 820/97 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products ; and
ii
article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1141/97 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97 as regards the labelling of beef and beef products ; or
d
the power of the Minister to join with the Secretary of State in making Regulations under the Food Safety Act 1990 in relation to —
i
residues of veterinary products (as defined in section 29(2) of the 1999 Act) in food or food sources; and
ii
charges for inspection in relation to such residues.
2
Anything (including legal proceedings or anything in connection with legal proceedings) which at the coming into force of these Regulations is in the process of being done by or in relation to the Minister, so far as it relates to a transferred function, may be continued by or in relation to the Agency.
3
Anything (including legal proceedings or anything in connection with legal proceedings) done or having effect as if done before the coming into force of these regulations by or in relation to the Minister, so far as it relates to a transferred function, shall have effect as if done by or in relation to the Agency.
4
In so far as any existing Regulations or Orders made or having effect as if made by the Minister under the Food Safety Act 1990, including any Regulations or Orders made or having effect as if made under that Act by the Minister jointly with the Secretary of State for Health, any other named Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales, are in force at the coming into force of these Regulations, the powers of the Minister to revoke, amend or re-make the Regulations or Orders shall be exercisable, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions, by the Secretary of State.
5
Where any property, right or liability of a Minister of the Crown is transferred to the Agency by virtue of a scheme made under section 41 of the 1999 Act —
a
if the authority making the scheme certifies that the property, right or liability has been transferred to the Agency by virtue of subsection (4) of that section, on a day appointed by the scheme for the transfer of the property, right or liability, the certificate shall be conclusive evidence for all purposes of any fact stated in it with respect to the effect of that subsection in relation to the transfer; and
b
paragraphs (3) and (4) above shall not apply on and after that day to the property, right or liability transferred.
Transitional provisions and savings relating to powers to make Regulations under Part IV of the Agriculture Act 1970
14
1
Until the coming into force in England and Wales of the first Order under section 30 of the 1999 Act (animal feeding stuffs), the Secretary of State for Health shall have the same power to make, or join in making, Regulations under Part IV of the Agriculture Act 1970 in relation to feedingstuffs as had the Minister, in relation to England and Wales, immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations.
2
The Secretary of State for Health may, jointly with, or instead of, the Minister, exercise the power conferred on him by paragraph (1) above.
3
Any consultation undertaken wholly or partly before the coming into force of these Regulations relating to Regulations made under or partly under the power conferred on the Secretary of State for Health by paragraph (1) above shall be as effective for the purposes of the exercise of that power as if undertaken after these Regulations come into force.
4
For the purposes of the exercise of the power conferred on the Secretary of State for Health by paragraph (1) above the Agency shall consult with such persons or organisations as appear to it to represent the interests concerned; and the consultation shall be as effective for the purposes of section 84 of the Agriculture Act 1970 as if undertaken under that section.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Gisela Stuart
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health
8th March 2000


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the North Bradford Primary Care Trust (Establishment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 26th July 2000.
2
In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —
“the Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977;
“establishment date” means the date of coming into force of this Order;
“Executive Committee” has the meaning given in regulation 1(2) of the Membership Regulations ;
“member”, “officer member” and “non-officer member” have the meanings given in regulation 1(2) of the Membership Regulations;
“Membership Regulations” means the Primary Care Trusts (Membership, Procedure and Administration Arrangements) Regulations 2000 ;
“operational date” is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 5A to the Act;
“preparatory period” is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 5A to the Act;
“the trust” means the North Bradford Primary Care Trust established by article 2 of this Order.
Establishment and name of the Primary Care Trust
2
There is hereby established a Primary Care Trust which is to be called the North Bradford Primary Care Trust.
Area of the trust
3
The trust shall be established for the area specified in the Schedule to this Order.
Members of the trust
4
1
The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 officer members and 5 non-officer members.
2
The non-officer members shall comprise the persons appointed by the Secretary of State under regulation 2(3) of the Membership Regulations.
3
The officer members shall comprise —
a
the persons who for the time being hold the offices of Chief Executive and Director of Finance of the trust;
b
the person who for the time being holds the post of chairman of the Executive Committee of the trust;
c
2 persons appointed by the chairman of the trust following nomination by the Executive Committee of the trust.
Operational date of the trust
5
The trust’s operational date shall be 1st October 2000.
Limitations on the exercise of functions by the trust during the preparatory period
6
During the preparatory period the exercise of functions by the trust shall be limited to the following —
a
entering into NHS contracts;
b
entering into other contracts including contracts of employment; and
c
doing such other things as are reasonably necessary to enable it to begin to operate satisfactorily with effect from the operational date.
Assistance during the preparatory period
7
1
The Bradford Health Authority shall meet the costs of the trust performing its functions during the preparatory period by discharging such of the liabilities of the trust incurred during that period as are of a description specified in paragraph (2) and do not in aggregate exceed such amount as may be notified by the Authority to the trust.
2
The liabilities referred to in the preceding paragraph are —
a
liability for the remuneration and travelling or other allowances of the chairman and members of the trust;
b
liability for the travelling or other allowances of the members of committees and sub-committees of the trust who are not also members of the trust;
c
liability for the remuneration of officers of the trust; and
d
any other liability which may reasonably be incurred by the trust for the purpose of enabling it to begin to operate satisfactorily with effect from its operational date.
3
The Bradford Health Authority shall make available to the trust during the preparatory period —
a
premises and other facilities of the Authority; and
b
officers of the Authority.
4
The Bradford Community Health National Health Service Trust and the Bradford Hospitals National Health Service Trust shall make available to the trust during the preparatory period —
a
premises and other facilities of those NHS trusts; and
b
staff of those NHS trusts.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
John Hutton
Minister of State,
Department of Health
18th July 2000


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Citation, commencement and application
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Greater London Authority (Allocation of Grants for Precept Calculations) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 16th February 2000.
2
These Regulations have effect in relation to the financial year beginning on 1st April 2000.
Amounts of P1 and P2
2
1
The amounts in column 2 of the Table are specified in respect of the items (other than police grant) listed in column 1, as the amounts the aggregate of which constitutes P1 for the purposes of section 88(2) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 .
2
The amounts in column 3 of the Table are specified in respect of the items listed in column 1, as the amounts the aggregate of which constitutes P2 for the purposes of section 89(4) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.
TABLE
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Amounts for P1 £ Amounts for P2 £
Redistributed non-domestic rates 74,691,917 166,258,993 Revenue support grant 163,348,315 452,860,672 General GLA grant 22,300,000 Nil Additional grant Nil Nil Relevant special grant Nil 10,448,381 Police grant Not applicable 955,594,652
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
14th February 2000