text:
1
1
This Order may be cited as the New Northern Ireland Assembly Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) Order 1998 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2
In this Order “Assembly election” means an election to the New Northern Ireland Assembly.
2
1
For the purposes of paragraph (a) of section 29(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, as applied by article 3 of, and Schedule 1 to, the New Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 1998, (which provides that a returning officer is entitled to recover his charges in respect of services properly rendered or expenses properly incurred for or in connection with an Assembly election if the services or expenses are of a kind specified in an order made under that provision and the charges are reasonable), expenses of a kind described in paragraphs 1(1), 2(1), 3(1) and 4(1) of Part A of the Schedule to this Order (hereafter referred to as “expenses specified in Part A of the Schedule”) and expenses of a kind described in Part B of the Schedule to this Order are hereby specified.
2
The maximum recoverable amounts at a contested election in respect of the expenses specified in Part A of the Schedule are hereby specified as the amounts set out in the right-hand column of that Part in respect of each entry opposite thereto in the left-hand column of that Part.
3
The maximum recoverable amount at an uncontested election is hereby specified as £939.26 in respect of the expenses specified in Part A of the Schedule.
4
In the Schedule to this Order —
a
“election” means an Assembly election, and
b
any reference to the register of electors is to the register of electors used at the election at which the services were rendered or expenses incurred and to that register as first published.
Marjorie Mowlam
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Northern Ireland Office
16th June 1998


type: legislation

jurisdiction: UK

text:
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (City of Edinburgh) Designation Order 1998 and shall come into force on 5th October 1998.
Interpretation
2
In this Order–
“the 1984 Act ” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 ;
“the 1991 Act ” means the Road Traffic Act 1991;
“parking area” means the area designated as a permitted parking area and a special parking area by article 3 of this Order.
Designation of permitted parking area and special parking area
3
That part of the City of Edinburgh local government area specified in Schedule 1 to this Order is hereby designated as–
a
a permitted parking area; and
b
a special parking area.
Modification and application of Part II of the 1991 Act
4
Sections 66, 69 to 74, 79 and 82 of, and Schedule 6 to, the 1991 Act shall apply in relation to the parking area and as so applied shall have effect subject to the modifications specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.
Modification of the 1984 Act and Schedule 3 to the 1991 Act
5
1
The 1984 Act shall be modified in relation to the parking area as specified in Part I of Schedule 3 to this Order.
2
Schedule 3 to the 1991 Act shall be modified in relation to the parking area as specified in Part II of Schedule 3 to this Order.
Consequential modification
6
In relation to a parking adjudicator appointed under section 73(3) of the 1991 Act by virtue of this Order, the reference in paragraph 40(b) of Schedule 1 to the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 to a parking adjudicator appointed under section 73(3)(a) of the 1991 Act shall be construed as if it were a reference to a parking adjudicator appointed under section 73(3) of that Act by virtue of this Order.
Henry McLeish
Minister of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
22nd June 1998


text:
Commencement and citation
1
This Order may be cited as The A205 Trunk Road (Lewisham) Red Route Experimental Traffic Order 1998, and shall come into force on 20th November 1998.
Interpretation
2
In this Order–
a
a reference to an article or a schedule followed by a number is a reference to the article of, or the schedule to, this Order so numbered;
b
“carriageway” has the same meaning as in section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980 ;
c
causing includes permitting;
d
“disabled person”, “disabled person’s badge” and “disabled person’s vehicle” have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Exemptions for Disabled Persons) (England and Wales) Regulations 1986 , and “relevant position” in relation to a disabled person’s badge has the same meaning as in regulation 2A of those regulations;
e
“the trunk road red route” means the lengths of road specified in column 2 of the table in schedule 1;
f
“vehicle” includes part of a vehicle; and
g
an entry in column (3), (4) or (5) of an item in a schedule to this order applies to that column in subsequent items in that schedule.
h
“bus” has the meaning given by regulation 22(2) of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 .
i
“bus stop” means an area bounded by a traffic sign shown in diagram 1025.1 or 1025.3 in schedule 6 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 which includes the words “bus stop”.
j
“bus stand” means an area bounded by a traffic sign shown in diagram 1025.1 or 1025.3 in schedule 6 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 which includes the words “bus stand”.
k
“London Regional Transport” has the meaning given by the London Regional Transport Act 1984 .
General prohibition of stopping
3
1
Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of this article, and of articles 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, no person shall cause any vehicle to stop in the trunk road red route during the restricted hours.
2
Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this article, and of articles 5(1), 8 and 9, no person shall cause any vehicle to stop at any time in any lengths of the trunk road red route specified in schedule 4.
3
The controls specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this article do not apply in respect of any area of the trunk road red route specified in schedule 2A.
4
In this article “the restricted hours” means, in relation to a length of the trunk road red route specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 1, the hours specified in that item in column (3) of that table.
Exemptions for parking
3
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2B during the hours specified in column (3) in that item for a period not exceeding the period specified in column (4) in that item, provided that not less than the period specified in column (5) in that item has elapsed since the vehicle was last parked on any part of the same length of road.
Miscellaneous exemptions for parking
5
1
Licensed taxi cabs: The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle being used under a licence under section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in schedule 2D.
2
Buses: The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a bus to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2E during the hours specified in column (3) in that item for a period not exceeding the period specified in column (4) in that item, provided that not less than the period specified in column (5) in that item has elapsed since the vehicle was last parked on any part of the same length of road.
3
Doctors' vehicles: The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2F during the hours specified in column (3) in that item, provided that–
a
there is displayed in the windscreen of the vehicle a badge issued by, or with the authority of, the Traffic Director for London to a medical practitioner, and which specifies–
i
the name of the person to whom it was issued, and
ii
the premises in relation to which it applies; and
b
the vehicle was parked by, or with the permission of, the person whose name is specified on the badge and for so long only as the person who parked the vehicle is engaged in work at the premises specified on the badge.
4
Solo motor bicycles: The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a motor bicycle without a side-car to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2G during the hours specified in column (3) in that item.
Exemptions for loading and unloading
6
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle which is being loaded or unloaded to stop at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the tables in schedules 3A and 3B during the hours specified in column (3) in that item for as long as is needed to load or unload the vehicle or 20 minutes, whichever is the less, provided that not less than 20 minutes has elapsed since the vehicle was last parked on any part of the same length of road.
Exemptions for disabled persons
7
1
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle which displays a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position to park at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2B during the hours specified in column (3) in that item.
2
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle which displays a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position to park at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2C during the hours specified in column (3) in that item.
3
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle which displays a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position, and a parking disc on which is shown the time at which the period of parking began, to park at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 3A during the hours specified in column (3) in that item, for a period of up to 3 hours not being a period separated by an interval of less than 1 hour from a previous period when that vehicle was parked in that length of road.
Exemptions at bus stops and stands
8
1
The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing:
a
a bus to stop at a bus stop for so long only as may be required to enable passengers to board or alight; or
b
a bus to stop at a bus stop or a bus stand and being used for operational reasons in the course of providing a London bus service (as defined in section 34 of the Transport Act 1985 ) under an agreement with London Regional Transport or training drivers to allow such a service to be provided.
2
In this article “operational reasons” means:
i
to enable passengers to board and alight;
ii
to enable crew changes to take place;
iii
to maintain the scheduled timetable subject, in the case of a bus stop, to a maximum wait of two minutes.
Other exemptions
9
1
The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle to stop if that person is–
a
required by law to cause the vehicle to stop or not to proceed;
b
obliged to stop the vehicle so as to avoid an accident;
c
prevented from proceeding in the vehicle by circumstances beyond the person’s control;
d
getting or giving help in consequence of an accident or an emergency, or otherwise taking action for public safety;
e
opening or closing a gate or other barrier at the entrance to premises to which the vehicle is being driven or from which it has emerged if it is not reasonably practicable to cause the vehicle to stop elsewhere for the purpose;
f
using the vehicle for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;
g
using the vehicle in connection with the removal of any obstruction to traffic;
h
using the vehicle in connection with the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of any length of road specified in schedule 1;
i
using the vehicle under a licence under section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 to stop for so long only as may be required to enable a passenger to get on or off the vehicle; or
j
using a disabled person’s vehicle which displays a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position to stop for so long only as may be required to enable a disabled person to get on or off the vehicle.
2
The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a vehicle which bears the Royal Mail livery which is waiting at the edge of a carriageway for as long as may be necessary for the purpose of collecting or delivering letters in pursuance of any statutory duty of the Post Office to collect or deliver letters.
3
The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden.
Power to modify or suspend this Order
10
If it appears to the Traffic Director for London, or some person authorised by him, essential in the interests of the expeditious, convenient and safe movement of traffic, or of the provision of suitable and adequate parking facilities on the highway, or for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which any road affected by this Order runs, and after consulting with the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, he may modify or suspend any provision of this Order, save that no modification shall make an addition.
Suspensions of existing Orders
11
1
Subject to paragraph (2) of this article, The Lewisham (Waiting and Loading Restriction) Order 1990 is hereby suspended, in so far as its provisions relate to any part of the trunk road red route.
2
The suspension specified in paragraph (1) of this article shall take effect in respect of any provision contained in The Lewisham (Waiting and Loading Restriction) Order 1990 only from the time at which the traffic sign indicating the effect of that provision has been obliterated.
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State.
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
2nd November 1998


text:
Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Amendment (Capital) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 12th October 1998.
Capital jointly held
2
1
In each of the regulations specified in paragraph (2) of this regulation, for the words from “to an equal share” to the end of the regulation there shall be substituted the following–
to the whole beneficial interest therein in an equal share and the foregoing provisions of this Chapter shall apply for the purposes of calculating the amount of capital which the claimant is treated as possessing as if it were actual capital which the claimant does possess
.
2
The regulations specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) of this regulation (which relate to capital jointly held) are–
a
regulation 36 of the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 ;
b
regulation 39 of the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 ;
c
regulation 35 of the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 ;
d
regulation 44 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 ;
e
regulation 52 of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 ;
f
regulation 115 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Angela Eagle
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
15th September 1998


text:
1
This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Internet Network Services Limited) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 7th January 1999.
2
Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system.
Barbara Roche
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Firms, Trade and Industry,
Department of Trade and Industry
3rd December 1998


text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Special Trustees for the Royal Hospital of St. Bartholomew (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st June 1998.
2
In this Order —
“the Authority” means the East London and The City Health Authority;
“the Special Trustees” means the Special Trustees for the Royal Hospital of St. Bartholomew;
“the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by, agreed upon by and signed on behalf of the Authority and the Special Trustees on 15th December 1997.
Transfer of trust property
2
On 1st June 1998 the trust property shall be transferred from the Authority to the Special Trustees.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Alan Milburn
Minister of State,
Department of Health
7th May 1998


text:
1
This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Transit Visa) (Amendment No. 3) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 8th October 1998.
2
For the Schedule to the Immigration (Transit Visa) Order 1993 there shall be substituted the Schedule to this Order.
3
Article 2 of and the Schedule to the Immigration (Transit Visa) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1998 are hereby revoked.
Jack Straw
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
6th October 1998


text:
1
This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (TGC UK Limited) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 7th April 1998.
2
Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system.
Barbara Roche,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Firms, Trade and Industry,
Department of Trade and Industry
3rd March 1998


text:
Title and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South West Peak) Designation (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 22nd June 1998.
Interpretation
2
In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South West Peak) Designation Order 1993 , as amended at the date that this Order comes into force.
Amendment of the principal Order
3
The principal Order shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.
4
In article 2(1) of the principal Order, the provisions immediately following the words “In this Order — ” to the end of article 2(1), in so far as they were made under section 18 of the Agriculture Act 1986, shall be deleted and the following definitions shall be inserted at their appropriate alphabetical place:
“agreement” means an agreement under section 18(3) of the Agriculture Act 1986 as respects agricultural land in the area designated by article 3;
“capital activity” means an activity specified in Schedule 1;
“conservation plan” means a plan incorporated into an agreement for the carrying out of one or more capital activities within a specified period;
“cultivated land” means land which is regularly ploughed or otherwise cultivated or that is regularly treated with fertilisers;
“enclosed permanent grassland” means enclosed grassland which has not been ploughed or reseeded for at least ten years;
“enclosed permanent rough grazing” means enclosed land which is used exclusively for the grazing of livestock, and which has not been regularly ploughed, levelled, drained or reseeded, or regularly treated with fertilisers, lime, slag or pesticides;
“extensive meadowland” means meadowland which is receiving no or minimal inputs of fertiliser, pesticides, nutrients and other agricultural admixtures;
“extensive pasture” means pasture that is receiving no fertiliser, pesticides or other agricultural admixtures;
“farmer” means a person who has an interest in agricultural land in the area designated by article 3 and who has also entered into an agreement with the Minister;
“management activity” means an activity specified in Schedule 2;
“meadowland” means grassland primarily used for the production of hay or silage;
“moorland” means land covered by semi-natural upland vegetation which is generally unenclosed except along ownership boundaries;
“pasture” means enclosed permanent grassland which is used for the production of pasture and which is receiving no or only minimal inputs of fertiliser, pesticides, nutrients or other agricultural admixtures;
“public access route” means a strip of land which is the subject of an agreement and on which access is given to the public;
“relevant date” means 22nd June 1998;
“rough grazing” means land covered by semi-natural vegetation; and
“woodland” means land used for woodland where that use is ancillary to the farming of land for other agricultural purposes.
.
5
For article 4 of the principal Order and the heading thereto there shall be substituted the following article and heading —
Matters in respect of which payments may be made
4
Payments to be made by the Minister under an agreement may be made in respect of a capital activity or a management activity.
.
6
For article 5 of the principal Order and the heading thereto there shall be substituted the following article and heading —
Rates of payment
5
1
Payments to be made by the Minister under an agreement shall not exceed —
a
in the case of a management activity, the rate specified in respect of that activity in column 2 of Schedule 2; and
b
in the case of one or more capital activities included in a conservation plan, £100,000 in aggregate.
2
Any works which form part of an activity which constitutes both a management activity and a capital activity may by virtue of an agreement be eligible for payment either as part of a management activity or as part of a capital activity, but the agreement together with any conservation plan incorporated in it shall not provide for payment to be made on both such bases in respect of the same works.
.
7
For Schedule 1 to the principal Order there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.
8
For Schedule 2 to the principal Order there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.
9
The following provisions shall be deleted —
a
articles 4A and 6; and
b
Schedules 1A, 4 and 5.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
18th May 1998
We consent,
Graham Allen
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
19th May 1998


text:
Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Residential Care Homes and the Nursing Homes and Mental Nursing Homes (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st May 1998.
Amendment of the Residential Care Homes Regulations 1984
2
1
The Residential Care Homes Regulations 1984 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 3 (registration fees) —
a
in paragraph (1)(a), for “£230” substitute “£261”;
b
in paragraph (1)(b), for “£840” substitute “£952”; and
c
in paragraph (2), for “£230” substitute “£261”.
3
In regulation 5 (annual fee) —
a
in paragraph (2), for “£41” substitute “£46”;
b
in paragraph (3), for “£30” substitute “£34”; and
c
in paragraph (4), for “£610” substitute “£691”.
Amendment of the Nursing Homes and Mental Nursing Homes Regulations 1984
3
1
The Nursing Homes and Mental Nursing Homes Regulations 1984 are amended as follows.
2
In Schedule 1 (fees to accompany applications) —
a
in paragraph 1 —
i
the words “Subject to paragraph 2,” are omitted, and
ii
for “£678” substitute “£952”; and
b
paragraph (2) is omitted.
3
In Schedule 3 (annual fees) —
a
in paragraph 1, for “£22” substitute “£46”; and
b
in paragraph 4, for “£190” substitute “£215”.
Revocations
4
The Nursing Homes and Mental Nursing Homes (Amendment) Regulations 1990 and the Residential Care Homes (Amendment) Regulations 1992 are hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Paul Boateng
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Health
27th March 1998


text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Broadcasting (Local Delivery Services) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 10th June 1998.
2
In this Order “the 1990 Act ” means the Broadcasting Act 1990 and “the 1996 Act ” means the Broadcasting Act 1996 .
Specification
2
1
The class of services to which paragraph (2) below applies is hereby specified for the purpose of section 72(1)(b) of the 1990 Act.
2
This paragraph applies to services provided in an area in which there are more than one thousand dwelling-houses, subject to the exceptions set out in the Schedule to this Order.
Revocation
3
The Broadcasting (Local Delivery Services) Order 1990 and the Broadcasting (Local Delivery Services) (Amendment) Order 1991 are hereby revoked.
Chris Smith
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
15th May 1998


text:
Commencement and citation
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 2nd February 1998.
Preliminary
2
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
Amendment to regulation 98 (stopping of engine when stationary)
3
In regulation 98(1), there shall be inserted at the end the words “or of exhaust emissions”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Helene Hayman
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
6th January 1998


text:
Citation, commencement and application
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Devon County Council (City of Plymouth and Borough of Torbay) (Staff Transfer) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.
2
This Order make provisions which are consequential on or supplementary to, the Devon (City of Plymouth and Borough of Torbay) (Structural Change) Order 1996 .
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
“contract of employment” means a contract under which a person works for another person whether under a contract of service or apprenticeship or otherwise but does not include a contract for services;
“designated list” means the list marked “The Devon County Council (City of Plymouth and Borough of Torbay) (Staff Transfer) Order 1998 Designated List” which is signed by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, one copy of which is deposited with the Plymouth City Council, one with the Torbay Borough Council, one with the Devon County Council and one in the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions;
“employee” means a person employed under a contract of employment including a person employed under a fixed term contract the expiry date for which is after 31st March 1998, but does not include a person whose employment is on a temporary basis and who on 31st March 1998 has had a continuous period of employment (when calculated in accordance with sections 210 to 219 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 ) of less than two years.
Transfer of Staff
3
1
This article shall apply to any employee (a “designated employee”) —
a
who immediately before 1st April 1998 (“the reorganisation date”) is employed by the Devon County Council;
b
whose employment would continue but for the transfer of functions to the Councils of the City of Plymouth and the Borough of Torbay;
c
whose name is mentioned, or who falls within a class or description of employees which is mentioned, in the designated list; and
d
whose name is not mentioned in the Schedule to this Order.
2
The contract of employment of a designated employee shall not be terminated on the reorganisation date but shall have effect in the case of an employee whose name is mentioned in, or who falls within a class or description of employees mentioned in any section of Part I or Part II of the designated list, as if originally made between that employee and the city or borough council mentioned at the head of that section.
3
This article is without prejudice to any provision of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 .


text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the district of Wansbeck (Electoral Changes) Order 1998.
2
This Order shall come into force for all purposes on 6th May 1999, except that for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to an election to be held on or after that date this Order shall come into force on 10th October 1998.
3
In this Order–
“the district” means the District of Wansbeck;
“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;
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 District of Wansbeck (Electoral Changes) Order 1998”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 .
Wards of Wansbeck
2
1
The existing wards of the district shall be abolished.
2
The district shall be divided into sixteen wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.
3
The wards shall comprise the areas 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, waterway or other similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
Revocation
3
The District of Wansbeck (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
21st September 1998


text:
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Broadcasting Digital Terrestrial Sound (Technical Service) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 2nd April 1998.
Meaning of technical service
2
The service specified for the purpose of section 63(3)(b) of the Broadcasting Act 1996 is that consisting of the transmission of telecommunication signals (as such expression is defined in section 114(6) of the Broadcasting Act 1990 ) by means of which access to programmes or other information included in digital sound programme services or digital additional services is controlled so that only those persons who are authorised to receive such programmes and information do so.
Chris Smith
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
10th March 1998


text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Fife Primary Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 2nd November 1998.
2
In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–
“ the Act ” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;
“establishment date” means 2nd November 1998;
“operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 7A to the Act;
“the trust” means Fife Primary Care National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.
Establishment of the trust
2
There is hereby established an NHS trust which shall be called Fife Primary Care National Health Service Trust.
Nature and functions of the trust
3
1
The trust is established for the purpose specified in section 12A(1)(b) of the Act.
2
The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more Health Boards) shall be to provide and manage hospital accommodation and facilities at Adamson Hospital, Cupar and St Andrew’s Memorial Hospital, St Andrews, and at establishments associated with those hospitals, and also including the management of any teaching and research facilities associated with those establishments and the support services related thereto.
Directors of the trust
4
The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 non-executive directors and 5 executive directors.
Operational date and accounting date of the trust
5
1
The operational date of the trust shall be 1st April 1999.
2
The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.
Limited functions before operational date
6
Between its establishment date and its operational date in order to enable it to begin to operate satisfactorily from the operational date the trust shall have the limited functions–
a
of entering into NHS contracts;
b
of entering into other contracts including contracts of employment;
c
of doing such other things as are reasonably necessary for the said purposes.
Assistance by Health Board before operational date
7
1
The Fife Health Board shall discharge the liabilities of the trust, incurred between the establishment date and the operational date, that are of a description specified in paragraph (2) of this article, and provided that the liabilities have been incurred with the prior consent of the said Board.
2
The liabilities referred to in the preceding paragraph are–
a
liability for the remuneration and travelling or other allowances of the chairman and non-executive directors 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 directors of the trust;
c
liability for the remuneration of persons employed by 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 the operational date.
3
The Health Board specified for the purposes of paragraph 3(1)(f) of Schedule 7A to the Act (body which is to make the scheme under section 12B of the Act for the transfer of staff) in relation to the trust shall be the Fife Health Board.
Restriction on disposal of assets
8
The sum specified for the purposes of paragraph 6(2)(d) of Schedule 7A to the Act (maximum value of freely disposable assets) in relation to the trust shall be £500,000.
Sam Galbraith
Minister for Health, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
30th October 1998


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Scottish Borders (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.
Interpretation
2
In the Schedule to this Order–
a
a reference to–
i
an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and
ii
a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and
b
the following abbreviations are used:–
“EW” for electoral ward;
“NG Ref” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps.
Electoral arrangements
3
The area of Scottish Borders Council shall be divided into 34 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order.
Henry B McLeish
Minister of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
4th December 1998


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations, which may be cited as the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 1998, shall come into force on 6th July 1998.
2
In these Regulations —
“the 1987 Regulations ” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 ;
“the 1996 Regulations ” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 ;
“the principal Regulations ” means the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Regulations 1976 .
Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations
2
1
Subject to regulations 3 and 4 below (persons in receipt of specified benefits, transitional provisions and savings), regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (weekly rates of child benefit) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
2
In paragraph (1) —
a
in sub-paragraph (a)(i) the words “(not being a child to whom head (ii) of this sub-paragraph applies)” shall be omitted; and
b
sub-paragraph (a)(ii) shall be omitted.
3
In paragraph (2ZB) the words “or (ii)” shall be omitted.
4
In paragraph (2A) the words “Subject to paragraph (2AB),” and “(“A”)” shall be omitted.
5
Paragraphs (2), (2AB) and (4)(c) shall be omitted.
Persons ceasing to receive specified benefits
3
1
Where a lone parent —
a
is, on 5th July 1998, in receipt of any of the specified benefits to which regulation 2(5) of the principal Regulations refers and in consequence is entitled to child benefit only at the rate specified in regulation 2(1)(a)(i) of those Regulations;
b
ceases on or after 6th July 1998 to receive the specified benefit; and
c
applies for the higher rate of child benefit within one month of ceasing to receive the specified benefit,
regulation 2 of the principal Regulations shall continue to have effect in his case as though regulation 2 above had not been made, but only for so long as the lone parent continuously satisfies the conditions for the higher rate of child benefit and the higher rate continues to exceed the rate for the time being specified in regulation 2(1)(a)(i) of the principal Regulations .
2
In this regulation and regulation 4 below “the higher rate of child benefit” means the rate of child benefit specified in paragraph (1)(a)(ii) of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations, as in force on 5th July 1998.
Transitional provisions and savings
4
1
Where —
a
on 5th July 1998, a lone parent is in receipt of the higher rate of child benefit;
b
on or before 5th July 1998, a lone parent has made a claim for child benefit or has applied for a review of an award to secure that the higher rate of child benefit is paid in his case and that higher rate is payable for the week which includes 5th July 1998;
c
on or after 6th July 1998, a lone parent claims child benefit and —
i
satisfies the entitlement conditions for the higher rate of child benefit;
ii
the claim is made within three months of entitlement to the higher rate first arising on that claim; and
iii
that rate of child benefit is payable for the week which includes 5th July 1998; or
d
child benefit is already in payment to a lone parent on 5th July 1998 but at the rate specified in regulation 2(1)(a)(i) of the principal Regulations and on or after 6th July 1998 —
i
that parent applies for a review of that award and satisfies the entitlement conditions in regulation 2 of the principal Regulations for the higher rate of child benefit;
ii
the application is received within one month of entitlement to the higher rate first arising; and
iii
that rate of child benefit is payable for the week which includes 5th July 1998,
regulation 2 of the principal Regulations shall continue to have effect in his case as though regulation 2 above had not been made, but only for so long as the lone parent continuously satisfies the conditions for entitlement to the higher rate of child benefit and the higher rate continues to exceed the rate for the time being specified in regulation 2(1)(a)(i) of the principal Regulations.
2
Subject to paragraph (3) below, paragraph (4) below applies to a lone parent who is in receipt of income support or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance (“the relevant benefit”) and his applicable amount includes —
a
a family premium under either —
i
paragraph 3(1)(a) of Schedule 2 to the 1987 Regulations; or
ii
paragraph 4(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Regulations;
b
a pensioner premium under either —
i
paragraph 9, 9A or 10 of Schedule 2 to the 1987 Regulations; or
ii
paragraph 10 or 12 of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Regulations; or
c
a disability premium under either —
i
paragraph 11 of Schedule 2 to the 1987 Regulations; or
ii
paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Regulations,
on the date he ceases to be in receipt of the relevant benefit.
3
Where a person’s applicable amount includes either a pensioner premium or a disability premium in accordance with the provisions specified in paragraph (2)(b) or (c) above on the date he ceases to be in receipt of a relevant benefit, paragraph (4) below shall only apply where —
a
that person was a lone parent on 5th April 1998; and
b
his applicable amount on 5th April 1998 included any of the premiums referred to in paragraph (2) above.
4
In the case of a lone parent to whom this paragraph applies and who —
a
was on 5th July 1998 in receipt of child benefit at the rate specified in regulation 2(1)(a)(i) of the principal Regulations;
b
ceases to receive the relevant benefit upon entering paid employment; and
c
applies for a review of the award of child benefit within one month of his ceasing to receive the relevant benefit,
regulation 2 of the principal Regulations shall continue to have effect with respect to his first application for a review of the award of child benefit made on or after 6th July 1998, as though regulation 2 above had not been made and where the higher rate of child benefit is payable in consequence of that review, it shall be so payable from Monday in the week the lone parent enters paid employment, but only for so long as the lone parent continuously satisfies the conditions for entitlement to the higher rate of child benefit and the higher rate continues to exceed the rate for the time being specified in regulation 2(1)(a)(i) of the principal Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Patricia Hollis
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
30th June 1998


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1
This Order may be cited as the Amusement Machine Licence Duty (Small-prize Machines) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st October 1998.
2
The Amusement Machine Licence Duty (Small-prize Machines) Order 1996 is hereby revoked.
3
In section 22(2) of the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 for “£10” there shall be substituted “£15”.
D.J. Howard
Commissioner of Customs and Excise
New King’s Beam House,
7th September 1998


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Relocation Grants (Form of Application) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 13th April 1998.
Amendments
2
The form set out in the Schedule to the Relocation Grants (Form of Application) Regulations 1997 is amended in accordance with the provisions of the Schedule to these Regulations.
Application
3
These Regulations shall not have effect in relation to applications for a relocation grant made before the 13th April 1998.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Nick Raynsford
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
18th March 1998


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Newcastle Education Action Zone (No. 2) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 31st August 1998.
Interpretation
2
In this order–
“partners” means those persons listed in Schedule 1 to this Order; and
“zone school” means a school listed in Schedule 2 of this Order.
Revocation
3
The Newcastle Education Action Zone Order 1998 is hereby revoked.
Constitution of education action zone
4
The schools listed in Schedule 2 to this Order shall constitute collectively an education action zone under the name of the Newcastle Education Action Zone (“the zone”) for the purposes of Chapter III of Part I of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
5
There shall be an Education Action Forum for the zone, the membership of which shall include–
a
one person appointed by the governing body of each zone school, unless any such governing body chooses not to make such an appointment;
b
either one or two persons appointed by the Secretary of State; and
c
two persons appointed by Newcastle City Council and one person appointed by each of the other partners, unless any partner chooses not to make such an appointment.
6
The Forum may, at any time, appoint not more than 10 additional members from persons appearing to them to represent the interests of–
a
businesses;
b
parents of children of compulsory school age; and
c
the voluntary sector
in the area served by the zone schools provided that the number of persons appointed under sub-paragraph (b) shall not exceed 2.
Disqualification from membership of the Forum
7
Articles 8 to 10 shall have effect for the purpose of prescribing the circumstances and cases in which a person is to be disqualified for holding, or continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum.
Disqualification from membership of Forum — bankruptcy etc
8
1
Subject to the provisions of this regulation, a person shall be disqualified for holding, or for continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum if he has been adjudged bankrupt or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors; and a member, on becoming so disqualified, shall give written notice of the fact to the secretary to the Forum.
2
Where a person is disqualified by reason of his having been adjudged bankrupt, that disqualification shall cease–
a
unless the bankruptcy order made against that person is previously annulled, on his discharge from bankruptcy; and
b
if the bankruptcy order is so annulled, on the date of the annulment.
3
Where a person is disqualified by reason of his having made a composition or arrangement with his creditors and he pays his debts in full, the disqualification shall cease on the date on which the payment is completed and in any other case it shall cease on the expiration of three years from the date on which the terms of the deed of composition or arrangement are fulfilled.
Disqualification from membership of Forum — criminal convictions
9
1
Subject to paragraph (2) a person shall be disqualified for holding, or for continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum if–
a
within five years before his appointment would otherwise have taken effect or since his appointment, he has been convicted, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, of any offence and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months without the option of a fine;
b
within twenty years before his appointment would otherwise have taken effect, he has been convicted as aforesaid and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment for a period of more than two and a half years; or
c
he has at any time been convicted as aforesaid and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment of not less than five years.
2
For the purposes of this regulation there shall be disregarded any conviction by or before a court outside the United Kingdom of an offence in respect of conduct which, if it had taken place in any part of the United Kingdom, would not have constituted an offence under the law in force in that part of the United Kingdom.
Disqualification — absence from meetings
10
Any member of the Forum who, without the consent of the Forum has failed to attend the meetings thereof for a continuous period of six months beginning with the date of a meeting shall, on the expiry of that period, be disqualified for continuing to be a member of the Forum without prejudice however, to his re-appointment.
Chairman’s tenure of office
11
The chairman of the Forum elected in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act, shall hold office for one year from the date of his election (unless he resigns his office earlier), without prejudice to his eligibility to be re-elected for a further such period.


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations shall be cited as the Control of Lead at Work Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.
Interpretation
2
1
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“action level” means a blood-lead concentration of —
in respect of a woman of reproductive capacity, 25 μg/dl;
in respect of a young person, 40 μg/dl;
in respect of any other employee, 50 μg/dl;
“appointed doctor” means a registered medical practitioner appointed for the time being in writing by the Executive for the purpose of these Regulations;
“biological monitoring” includes the measuring of a person’s blood-lead concentration or urinary lead concentration in accordance in either case with the method known as atomic absorption spectroscopy;
“control measure” means a measure taken to prevent or reduce exposure to lead (including the provision of systems of work and supervision, the cleaning of workplaces, premises, plant and equipment, the use of engineering controls and the provision of personal protective equipment);
“employment medical adviser” means an employment medical adviser appointed under section 56 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974;
“the Executive” means the Health and Safety Executive;
“glaze” does not include engobe or slip;
“lead” means lead (including lead alkyls, lead alloys, any compounds of lead and lead as a constituent of any substance or material) which is liable to be inhaled, ingested or otherwise absorbed by persons except where it is given off from the exhaust system of a vehicle on a road within the meaning of section 192 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 ;
“lead alkyls” means tetraethyl lead or tetramethyl lead;
“leadless glaze” means a glaze which contains less than 0.5 per cent lead by weight of the element lead calculated with reference to the total weight of the preparation;
“low solubility glaze” means a glaze which does not yield to dilute hydrochloric acid more than 5 per cent of its dry weight of a soluble lead compound when determined in accordance with a method approved in writing for the time being by the Health and Safety Commission;
“medical surveillance” includes clinical assessment and biological monitoring;
“occupational exposure limit for lead” means —
in relation to lead other than lead alkyls, a concentration of lead in the atmosphere to which any employee is exposed of 0.15 mg/m 3 ; and
in relation to lead alkyls, a concentration of lead contained in lead alkyls in the atmosphere to which any employee is exposed of 0.10 mg/m 3 ,
in either case —
assessed by reference to the content of the element lead in the concentration; and
assessed in relation to an 8 hour time weighted average reference period when calculated by a method approved by the Health and Safety Commission;
“personal protective equipment” means all equipment which is intended to be worn or held by a person at work and which protects that person against one or more risks to his health or safety, and any addition or accessory designed to meet that objective;
“relevant doctor” means an appointed doctor or an employment medical adviser;
“significant” in relation to exposure to lead means exposure in the following circumstances —
where any employee is or is liable to be exposed to a concentration of lead in the atmosphere exceeding half the occupational exposure limit for lead; or
where there is a substantial risk of any employee ingesting lead; or
where there is a risk of contact between the skin and lead alkyls or other substances containing lead which can be absorbed through the skin;
“suspension level” means —
a blood-lead concentration of —
in respect of a woman of reproductive capacity, 30 μg/dl;
in respect of a young person, 50 μg/dl;
in respect of any other employee, 60 μg/dl; or
a urinary lead concentration of —
in respect of a woman of reproductive capacity, 25 μg Pb/g creatinine;
in respect of any other employee, 110 μg Pb/g creatinine;
“woman of reproductive capacity” means an employee in respect of whom an entry has been made to that effect in that employee’s health record pursuant to regulation 10(9) by a relevant doctor;
“young person” means a person who has not attained the age of 18 and who is not a woman of reproductive capacity.
2
Any reference in these Regulations to either —
a
an employee being exposed to lead; or
b
any place being contaminated by lead,
is a reference to exposure to or, as the case may be, contamination by lead arising out of or in connection with work which is under the control of the employer of such employees as may be affected by such exposure or contamination.
3
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
a
a reference to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule in these Regulations so numbered; and
b
a reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the regulation or Schedule in which that reference appears.
Duties under these Regulations
3
1
Where any duty is placed by these Regulations on an employer in respect of his employees, he shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, be under a like duty in respect of any other person, whether at work or not, who may be affected by the work carried on by the employer except that the duties of the employer —
a
under regulation 10 (medical surveillance) shall not extend to persons who are not his employees other than employees of another employer who are working under the direction of the first-mentioned employer; and
b
under regulations 9 (air monitoring) and 11 (information, instruction and training) shall not extend to persons who are not his employees, unless those persons are on the premises where the work is being carried on.
2
These Regulations shall apply to a self-employed person as they apply to an employer and an employee and as if that self-employed person were both an employer and an employee, except that regulation 9 (air monitoring) shall not apply to a self-employed person.
3
The duties imposed by these Regulations shall not extend to the master or crew of a sea-going ship or to the employer of such persons in relation to the normal shipboard activities of a ship’s crew under the direction of the master.
Prohibitions
4
1
No employer shall use any glaze other than a leadless glaze or a low solubility glaze in the manufacture of pottery.
2
No employer shall employ a young person or a woman of reproductive capacity in any activity specified in Schedule 1.
Assessment of health risks created by work involving exposure to lead
5
Without prejudice to regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992 , an employer shall not carry on any work which is liable to expose any employees to lead at work unless he has made a suitable and sufficient assessment of whether the exposure of any employees to lead is liable to be significant.
Prevention or control of exposure to lead
6
1
Every employer shall ensure that the exposure of his employees to lead is either prevented or, where this is not reasonably practicable, adequately controlled by means of appropriate control measures.
2
So far as is reasonably practicable, the prevention or adequate control of exposure of employees to lead shall be secured by control measures other than the provision of personal protective equipment.
3
Where, notwithstanding the control measures taken in accordance with paragraph (2), the exposure of any employee to lead is, or is liable to be, significant, the employer shall provide such employee with suitable and sufficient protective clothing.
4
Where the control measures taken in accordance with paragraph (2) do not prevent, or provide adequate control of, exposure to airborne lead, then, in addition to taking those measures, the employer shall provide those employees with such suitable respiratory protective equipment as will adequately control such exposure.
5
Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), in this regulation control of exposure shall, so far as the inhalation of lead is concerned, only be treated as being adequate if the occupational exposure limit for lead is not exceeded.
6
Any personal protective equipment provided by an employer in pursuance of this regulation shall —
a
comply with any provision in the Personal Protective Equipment ( EC Directive) Regulations 1992 which is applicable to that item of personal protective equipment; or
b
where no provision referred to in paragraph (a) above applies, be of a type approved or conform to a standard approved, in either case, by the Executive.
7
Every employer who provides any control measure, personal protective equipment or other thing or facility pursuant to this regulation shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that it is properly used or applied as the case may be.
8
Every employee shall make full and proper use of any control measure, personal protective equipment or other thing or facility provided pursuant to this regulation and shall take all reasonable steps to ensure it is returned after use to any accommodation provided for it and, if he discovers any defect therein, shall report it forthwith to his employer.
9
In the event of the failure of a control measure or an unforeseen event which, in either case, is likely to lead to a significant increase in exposure to lead, the employer shall ensure that only those persons who are responsible for the carrying out of repairs and other necessary work are permitted in the affected area and they are provided with suitable personal protective equipment.
10
In this regulation, “adequate” means adequate having regard only to the nature and degree of exposure to lead and “adequately” shall be construed accordingly.
Eating, drinking and smoking
7
1
Every employer shall take such steps as are adequate to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that his employees do not eat, drink or smoke in any place which is, or is liable to be, contaminated by lead.
2
An employee shall not eat, drink or smoke in any place which he has reason to believe to be contaminated by lead.
3
Nothing in this regulation shall prevent the provision and use of drinking facilities in a place which is liable to be contaminated by lead provided such facilities are not liable to be contaminated by lead and where they are required for the welfare of employees who are exposed to lead.
Maintenance, examination and testing of control measures
8
1
Every employer who provides any control measure to meet the requirements of regulation 6 shall ensure that it is, where appropriate, maintained in a clean condition, in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair.
2
Where engineering controls are provided to meet the requirements of regulation 6, the employer shall ensure that thorough examinations and tests of those controls are carried out —
a
in the case of local exhaust ventilation plant, at least once every 14 months; and
b
in any other case, at suitable intervals.
3
Where respiratory protective equipment (other than disposable respiratory protective equipment) is provided to meet the requirements of regulation 6, the employer shall ensure that at suitable intervals thorough examinations and, where appropriate, tests of that equipment are carried out.
4
Every employer shall keep a suitable record of the examinations and tests carried out in pursuance of paragraphs (2) or (3) and of any repairs carried out as a result of those examinations and tests, and that record or a suitable summary thereof shall be kept available for at least 5 years from the date on which it was made.
5
Except where protective clothing is cleaned in accordance with paragraph (6), every employer shall ensure that protective clothing which may be contaminated by lead remains within the premises.
6
Where an undertaking does not carry out cleaning of protective clothing on the premises, the employer shall ensure that —
a
the cleaning is carried out only by a suitably equipped laundry; and
b
contaminated clothing is transported in closed containers.
Air monitoring
9
1
Where any employees are liable to receive significant exposure to lead, the employer shall ensure that the concentration of lead in air to which his employees are exposed is measured in accordance with a suitable procedure.
2
Where the exposure referred to in paragraph (1) is to lead other than lead alkyls, the procedure required by that paragraph shall accord with Articles 3 and 7 of, and Annex II to, Council Directive 82/605/ EEC (on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to metallic lead and its ionic compounds at work) and with any specification established in accordance with the requirements of Article 4.4(b) of, and paragraph 4 of Part B of Annex IIa to, Council Directive 80/1107/EEC (on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to chemical, physical and biological agents at work).
3
Subject to paragraph (4), the monitoring referred to in paragraph (1) shall be carried out at least every 3 months.
4
Except where the exposure referred to in paragraph (1) arises wholly or in part from exposure to lead alkyls, the interval between each occasion of monitoring may be increased to a maximum of 12 months where —
a
there has been no material change in the work or the conditions of exposure since the last occasion of monitoring; and
b
the lead in air concentration for each group of employees or work area has not exceeded 0.10 mg/m 3 on the two previous consecutive occasions on which monitoring was carried out.
5
The employer shall keep a suitable record of any monitoring carried out for the purpose of this regulation and that record or a suitable summary of it shall be kept available for at least 5 years.
Medical surveillance
10
1
Every employer shall ensure that each of his employees who is or is liable to be exposed to lead is under suitable medical surveillance by a relevant doctor where —
a
the exposure of the employee to lead is, or is liable to be, significant; or
b
a relevant doctor certifies that the employee should be under such medical surveillance.
2
Medical surveillance required by paragraph (1) shall be carried out at such intervals and in accordance with such provisions as are set out in Schedule 2.
3
The employer shall ensure that an adequate health record in respect of each of his employees to whom paragraph (1) applies is made and maintained and that the record or a copy thereof is kept in a suitable form for at least 40 years from the date of the last entry made in it.
4
Where the blood-lead concentration for any employee equals or exceeds the appropriate action level, the employer shall take steps to determine the reason or reasons for the high level of lead in blood and shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, give effect to measures designed to reduce the blood-lead concentration of that employee to a level below the appropriate action level.
5
Where a relevant doctor has certified by an entry in the health record of any employee that in his professional opinion that employee should not be engaged in work which exposes the employee to lead or that the employee should only be so engaged under conditions specified in the record, the employer shall not permit the employee to be engaged in work which exposes that employee to lead except in accordance with the conditions, if any, specified in the health record, unless that entry has been cancelled by a relevant doctor.
6
Where medical surveillance is carried out on the premises of the employer, the employer shall ensure that suitable facilities are made available for the purpose.
7
An employee to whom this regulation applies shall, when required by his employer and at the cost of the employer, present himself during his working hours for such medical surveillance procedures as may be required for the purposes of paragraph (1) and shall furnish the relevant doctor with such information concerning his health as the relevant doctor may reasonably require.
8
Where for the purpose of carrying out his functions under these Regulations a relevant doctor requires to inspect any workplace or any record kept for the purposes of these Regulations, the employer shall permit that doctor to do so.
9
The employer shall ensure that in respect of each female employee whose exposure to lead is or is liable to be significant an entry is made in the health record of that employee by a relevant doctor as to whether or not that employee is of reproductive capacity.
10
Where an employee or an employer is aggrieved by a decision recorded in the health record by a relevant doctor —
a
under paragraph (5) that an employee should not be engaged in work which exposes that employee to lead (or which imposes conditions on such work); or
b
under paragraph (9) that a female employee is of reproductive capacity,
the employee or employer may, by an application in writing to the Executive within 28 days of the date upon which the decision was notified to the employee or employer as the case may be, apply for that decision to be reviewed in accordance with a procedure approved by the Health and Safety Commission, and the result of that review shall be notified to the employee and employer and entered in the health record in accordance with the approved procedure.
Information, instruction and training
11
1
Every employer who undertakes work which is liable to expose any of his employees to lead shall provide that employee with such information, instruction and training as is suitable and sufficient for him to know —
a
the risks to health created by such exposure; and
b
the precautions which should be taken.
2
Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the information provided under that paragraph shall include —
a
information on the results of any monitoring of exposure to lead carried out in accordance with regulation 9; and
b
information on the collective results of any medical surveillance undertaken in accordance with regulation 10 in a form calculated to prevent it from being identified as relating to any particular person; and
c
an explanation as to the significance of the information given pursuant to sub-paragraphs (a) or (b) above.
3
Every employer shall ensure that any person (whether or not his employee) who carries out any work in connection with the employer’s duties under these Regulations has the necessary information, instruction and training.
Exemption certificates
12
1
Subject to paragraph (2) and to any of the provisions imposed by the Communities in respect of the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to lead and its compounds, the Executive may, by a certificate in writing, exempt any person or class of persons from all or any of the requirements or prohibitions imposed by these Regulations and any such exemption may be granted subject to conditions and to a limit of time and may be revoked by a certificate in writing at any time.
2
The Executive shall not grant any such exemption unless having regard to the circumstances of the case and, in particular, to —
a
the conditions, if any, which it proposes to attach to the exemption; and
b
any other requirements or prohibitions imposed by or under any enactments which apply to the case,
it is satisfied that the health and safety of persons who are likely to be affected by the exemption will not be prejudiced in consequence of it.
Extension outside Great Britain
13
These Regulations shall apply to and in relation to any activity outside Great Britain to which sections 1 to 59 and 80 to 82 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 apply by virtue of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 1995 as those provisions apply within Great Britain.
Repeals and revocations
14
1
Sections 74, 128, 131 and 132 of the Factories Act 1961 are hereby repealed.
2
The instruments specified in column 1 of Schedule 3 are revoked to the extent specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of that Schedule.
Signed by order of the Secretary of State.
Angela Eagle
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
3rd March 1998


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 1998 and shall come into force on 6th April 1998.
Increase of guaranteed minimum pensions
2
For the purposes of section 109(2) and (3) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 the percentage by which there is to be an increase in the rate of that part of any guaranteed minimum pension which is attributable to earnings factors for the tax years in the relevant period shall be 3 per cent.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Frank Field
Minister of State,
Department of Social Security
25th February 1998


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Commencement and Citation
1
This Order may be cited as The A1 Trunk Road (Haringey) Red Route Traffic Order 1993 Variation (No. 2) Order 1998, and shall come into force on 30th January 1998.
Variations
2
The A1 Trunk Road (Haringey) Red Route Traffic Order 1993 is varied as provided by the provisions of this Order.
3
In Schedule 2 after paragraph 6 the following item is deleted —
PART IV
10 AM–4 PM MONDAYS
4
In Schedule 2 after paragraph 7 the following item is added —
PART IV
— Not Used.
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State.
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
15th January 1998


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1
This Order may be cited as the A3 Trunk Road (Wandsworth High Street) (Bus Bay Clearway) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 26th October 1998.
2
In this Order–
“bus bay clearway” is the length of the westbound carriageway of the trunk road that is between a point 32 metres south east of the south eastern kerbline of Buckhold Road to a point 9 metres north west of the western kerb-line of Garratt Lane (at its junction with the trunk road) and is bounded by road markings of a type shown in diagram 1025.3 of Schedule 6 to the Traffic Signs Regulations 1994 ;
“Garratt Lane” and “Buckhold Road” mean the roads of those names in the London Borough of Wandsworth;
“London bus service” and “London local service licence” have the same meaning as in Part II of the Transport Act 1985 ;
“the trunk road” means that part of the A3 Trunk Road in the London Borough of Wandsworth known as the Wandsworth High Street.
3
No person shall cause or permit any vehicle to stop or remain at rest at any time in the bus bay clearway.
4
Nothing in this Order applies to a vehicle being used for the provision of a London bus service–
a
under a London local service licence; or
b
for which such a licence is not required by virtue of section 35(2) of 36(1) of the Transport Act 1985 .
5
Nothing in this Order applies to–
a
a vehicle being used–
i
for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;
ii
for the removal of any obstruction to traffic; or
iii
in connection with the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of any road.
6
Nothing in this Order applies to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a constable in uniform or a traffic warden.
7
In the Wandsworth (Waiting and Loading Restriction) Order 1976 item 142(b)(ii) and item 143(b)(i) of Schedule 2 to that Order shall be deleted in so far as they relate to the bus bay clearway.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Richard Thorndike
Director, Highways Agency, London Network & Customer Services
16th October 1998


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Vehicle Excise Duty (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 15th June 1998.
Amendment of the Vehicle Excise Duty (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) Regulations 1997
2
The Vehicle Excise Duty (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) Regulations 1997 shall be amended in accordance with the Schedule to these Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Helene Hayman
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
14th May 1998


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Title, extent and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as The Fertilisers (Mammalian Meat and Bone Meal) (Conditions of Manufacture) Regulations 1998, shall extend to Great Britain and shall come into force on 30th April 1998.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations —
“the appropriate Minister” means —
in relation to England, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; and
in relation to Scotland or Wales, the Secretary of State;
“authorised officer” means an officer appointed in accordance with regulation 9 below;
“local authority” means —
in England —
as respects —
each local government area in respect of which there is a unitary authority established by an order under section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992 , or
each London borough, metropolitan district or non-metropolitan county,
that authority or as the case may be the council of that London borough, metropolitan district or non-metropolitan county, except to the extent that any part of the local government area or as the case may be London borough, metropolitan district or non-metropolitan county concerned falls within the London Port Health District,
as respects the London Port Health District and the City of London, the Common Council of that City,
as respects the Isles of Scilly, the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
as respects Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ;
as respects Wales, the council of each county or county borough;
“the London Port Health District” has the same meaning as in section 7(1) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 ;
“mammalian meat and bone meal” means mammalian protein derived from the whole or part of any dead mammal by the process of rendering;
“protein” means any proteinaceous material, except —
any milk product;
dicalcium phosphate derived from bones;
dried plasma or any other blood product;
gelatin; or
amino acids produced from hides and skins by a process which involves exposure of the material to acid of a pH lower than 2 followed by alkali of a pH greater than 11 and heat treatment at a minimum of 140°C for 30 minutes at a pressure of 3 bar.
Prohibition in respect of the manufacture of mammalian meat and bone meal for use as or in fertilisers
3
No person shall manufacture mammalian meat and bone meal for use as or in any fertiliser except by a rendering process in which —
a
the particle size of the raw material prior to processing is reduced so that the maximum dimension of no particle exceeds 50 mm; and
b
the material is heated to a core temperature of more than 133°C for at least 20 minutes at a pressure of at least 3 bar.
Powers of authorised officers
4
1
An authorised officer shall, on producing, if so required, a duly authenticated document showing his authority, have the right at all reasonable hours to enter any premises (other than premises used as a dwelling) for the purposes of ascertaining whether there is or has been on the premises any contravention of these Regulations; and in this regulation “premises” includes any place, installation, vehicle, ship, vessel, boat, craft, hovercraft or aircraft.
2
An authorised officer entering any premises in accordance with paragraph (1) above may take with him such other persons acting under his instructions as he considers necessary.
3
An authorised officer shall have powers to carry out all checks and examinations necessary for the enforcement of these Regulations, and in particular may —
a
take such samples (and, if necessary, send the samples for laboratory testing) as are necessary to ascertain whether the provisions of these Regulations have been or are being complied with;
b
examine, seize and retain documentary or other material relevant to the checks carried out under these Regulations;
c
(where any such material is kept in electronic form) require a printout of that material; and
d
take with him a representative of the European Commission acting for the purposes of Council Directive 90/667/ EEC laying down the veterinary rules for the disposal and processing of animal waste, for its placing on the market and for the prevention of pathogens in feedstuffs of animal or fish origin and amending Directive 90/425/EEC , as amended on the date these Regulations are made.
Obstruction
5
No person shall —
a
intentionally obstruct any person acting in the execution of these Regulations;
b
without reasonable cause, fail to give to any person acting in the execution of these Regulations any assistance or information which that person may reasonably require of him for the purposes of his functions under these Regulations; or
c
furnish to any person acting in the execution of these Regulations any information which he knows to be false or misleading.
Offences and Penalties
6
1
It shall be an offence for a person without reasonable excuse to fail to comply with the provisions of regulations 3 and 5 above.
2
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) above consisting of a failure to comply with regulation 5(a) or (b) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.
3
A person guilty of any other offence under these Regulations shall be liable —
a
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or
b
on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
Offences by bodies corporate
7
1
Where a body corporate is guilty of an offence under these Regulations, and that offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of —
a
any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate; or
b
any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity,
he, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of the offence and be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
2
For the purposes of paragraph (1) above, “director” in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members means a member of the body corporate.
3
Where an offence under these Regulations is committed by a Scottish partnership and is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a partner, he as well as the partnership shall be guilty of the offence and be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
Time limit for prosecutions
8
1
Proceedings for an offence under regulation 6(1) above consisting of a failure to comply with regulation 5(b) or (c) above may, subject to paragraph (2) below, be commenced within the period of six months from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecutor to warrant the proceedings came to his knowledge.
2
No such proceedings shall be commenced by virtue of this regulation more than four years after the commission of the offence.
3
For the purposes of this regulation —
a
a certificate signed by or on behalf of the prosecutor and stating the date on which evidence sufficient in his opinion to warrant the proceedings came to his knowledge shall be conclusive evidence of that fact; and
b
a certificate stating that matter and purporting to be so signed shall be deemed to be so signed unless the contrary is proved.
4
In relation to proceedings in Scotland, section 136(3) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (date of commencement of proceedings) shall apply for the purposes of this regulation as it applies for the purposes of that section.
Appointment of authorised officers
9
1
The appropriate Minister and (to act in relation to that authority) the local authority may appoint any person to be an authorised officer for the purpose of these Regulations, and may suspend or revoke such appointment if it appears to the Minister or, in the case of an officer appointed by a local authority, to that local authority, that the person so appointed is unfit or unable to carry out the duties of an authorised officer.
2
Any appointment, suspension or revocation made pursuant to paragraph (1) above shall be in writing.
3
Any person appointed by a body under section 67(3)(a) of the Agriculture Act 1970 shall be deemed to be a person appointed by that body under paragraph (1) above.
Enforcement
10
1
Except as provided in paragraph (2) below, these Regulations shall be enforced and executed by the local authority.
2
The appropriate Minister may direct, in relation to cases of a particular description or any particular case, that the duty imposed on a local authority under this regulation shall be discharged by him and not by the local authority.
Jeff Rooker
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
30th March 1998
Sewel
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
30th March 1998
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Win Griffiths
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
2nd April 1998


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Title and Commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Sheep and Goats Spongiform Encephalopathy (Compensation) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 29th July 1998.
Interpretation
2
In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —
“affected animal” means a sheep or goat which is affected with any transmissible spongiform encephalopathy;
“average cull price for sheep” means the price calculated in accordance with article 3(3) below;
“average cull price for goats” means the price which may be calculated in accordance with article 3(4) below;
“cull animal” means an animal at the end of its productive life;
“market value” means the price which might reasonably have been obtained for the animal at the time of its slaughter from a purchaser in the open market if the animal were not an affected or suspected animal; and
“suspected animal” means a sheep or goat which is suspected of being affected with any transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.
Compensation for affected and suspected animals slaughtered for transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
3
1
Where the Minister causes an animal to be slaughtered as a suspected or affected animal under the powers conferred on him by section 32(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981 in its application to any transmissible spongiform encephalopathy and an examination at a veterinary laboratory of the Ministry of tissues taken from the carcase of the animal confirms that it was an affected animal, the compensation payable by him shall be an amount equal to —
a
in the case of a sheep, the average cull price for sheep for the calender month two months prior to the month in which the animal is slaughtered; and
b
in the case of a goat —
i
the average cull price for goats for the calendar month two months prior to the month in which the animal is slaughtered; or
ii
if the Minister has not determined the average cull price for goats for that calendar month, the average cull price for sheep for that calendar month.
2
Where the Minister causes an animal to be slaughtered as a suspected or affected animal under the powers conferred on him by section 32(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981 in its application to any transmissible spongiform encephalopathy and an examination at a veterinary laboratory of the Ministry of tissues taken from the carcase of the animal does not confirm that it was an affected animal, the compensation payable by him shall be whatever is the greater of —
a
the amount which would be payable under paragraph (1) above if the examination had confirmed it was an affected animal; and
b
such sum as appears to him, having regard to any evidence provided by the owner of the animal slaughtered, to reflect the market value of the animal, subject to a maximum sum of £400 for each animal.
3
The Minister shall determine the average cull price for sheep for each calender month on the basis of information available to him in relation to sheep sold in Great Britain for slaughter as cull animals in that calendar month.
4
The Minister may determine the average cull price for goats for a calendar month on the basis of the information available to him in relation to goats sold in Great Britain for slaughter as cull animals in that calendar month, if he considers that the information available to him is sufficiently representative of such sales for that purpose.
5
The Minister shall, in respect of each determination of an average cull price for sheep or goats under this article, take such steps as he considers appropriate for the purpose of bringing —
a
the determination; and
b
the number of animals, and the sale price of the animals, on which the determination was based,
to the attention of such organisations as appear to him to be representative of owners of sheep and goats.
Jeff Rooker
Minister of State Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
7th July 1998
Sewel
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Scottish Office
3rd July 1998
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Win Griffiths
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Welsh Office
6th July 1998
We approve,
Bob Ainsworth
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
6th July 1998


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Monklands and Bellshill Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) (Change of Name and Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.
2
In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Monklands and Bellshill Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 .
Amendment of definition of “the trust”
2
In article 1 of the principal Order in the definition of “the trust” for the words “the Monklands and Bellshill Hospitals National Health Service Trust” there are substituted the words “the Monklands Hospital National Health Service Trust”.
Amendment of article 2 of the principal Order
3
In article 2 of the principal Order for the words “the Monklands and Bellshill Hospitals National Health Service Trust” there are substituted the words “the Monklands Hospital National Health Service Trust”.
Amendment of article 3 of the principal Order
4
In article 3(2) of the principal Order the words “and Bellshill Maternity Hospital, Bellshill,” are omitted.
Sam Galbraith
Minister for Health Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
26th March 1998


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1
This Order may be cited as the Turks and Caicos Islands (Territorial Sea) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 9th June 1998.
2
For the Schedule to the Turks and Caicos Islands (Territorial Sea) Order 1989 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out below:
N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Special Trustees for Westminster and Roehampton Hospitals (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 27th March 1998.
2
In this Order —
“the Special Trustees” means the Special Trustees for Westminster and Roehampton Hospitals;
“the Trust” means the Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare National Health Service Trust;
“the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by, agreed upon by and signed on behalf of the Special Trustees and the Trust on 22nd December 1997.
Transfer of trust property
2
On 27th March 1998 the trust property shall be transferred from the Special Trustees to the Trust.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Alan Milburn
Minister of State,
Department of Health
2nd March 1998


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1
This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (The Phone Company) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 27th February 1998.
2
Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system.
Barbara Roche,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Firms, Trade and Industry,
Department of Trade and Industry
27th February 1997


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the District of Purbeck (Electoral Changes) Order 1998.
2
This Order shall come into force for all purposes on 6th May 1999, except that for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to an election to be held on or after 6th May 1999 this Order shall come into force on 10th October 1998.
3
In this Order —
“the district” means the district of Purbeck;
“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;
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 District of Purbeck (Electoral Changes) Order 1998”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 .
Wards of Purbeck
2
1
The existing wards of the district shall be abolished.
2
The district shall be divided into 14 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 parishes and parish wards 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.
Elections of the council of Purbeck
3
1
Subject to the following provisions of this article, the election of councillors for wards of the district shall be by thirds.
2
Elections of all councillors for wards of the district shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 1999 .
3
The councillors holding office for any ward in the district immediately before 10th May 1999 shall retire on that date and the newly elected councillors for any such ward shall come into office on that date.
4
The order of retirement of councillors shall be as set out in Schedule 2.
5
Where the number of councillors elected in 1999 for any ward of the district is two, the first to retire shall, subject to paragraphs (7) and (8) below, be the councillor elected by the smaller number of votes.
6
Where the number of councillors elected in 1999 for any ward of the district is three
a
the first to retire shall, subject to paragraphs (7) and (8) below, be the councillor elected by the smallest number of votes; and
b
the second to retire shall, subject to those paragraphs, be the councillor elected by the next smallest number of votes.
7
In the case of an equality of votes between any persons elected which makes it uncertain which of them is to retire in any such year, the person to retire in that year shall be determined by lot.
8
If an election of councillors for any ward is not contested, the person to retire in each such year shall be determined by lot.
9
Where under this article any question is to be determined by lot, the lot shall be drawn at the next practicable meeting of the council after the question has arisen and the drawing shall be conducted under the direction of the person presiding at the meeting.
10
Except as otherwise provided in the foregoing paragraphs of this article, the term of office of councillors shall be four years and all councillors shall retire on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in the year of retirement and the newly elected councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire.
Numbers of parish councillors
4
The number of councillors to be elected for the Church Knowle parish shall be nine.
Parish elections
5
1
The term of office of any parish councillor elected on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 1999 for the parishes of Arne and East Stoke shall be three years.
2
Elections of all parish councillors for the parishes of Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle, Bere Regis, Chaldon Herring, Church Knowle, East Lulworth, Langton Matravers, Lytchett Matravers, Morden, Moreton, West Lulworth, Winfrith Newburgh and Worth Matravers shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2002 and every fourth year after 2002.
3
Except as otherwise provided in the foregoing paragraphs of this article, the term of office of councillors shall be four years and all councillors shall retire on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in the year of retirement and the newly elected councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire.
Revocation
6
The District of Purbeck (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Nick Raynsford
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment,Transport and the Regions
1st September 1998


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the District of South Northamptonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1998.
2
This Order shall come into force for all purposes on 6th May 1999, except that for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to an election to be held on or after that date this Order shall come into force on 10th October 1998.
3
In this Order–
“the district” means the district of South Northamptonshire;
“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 District of South Northamptonshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1998”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 .
Wards of South Northamptonshire
2
1
The existing wards of the district shall be abolished.
2
The district shall be divided into thirty-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, waterway or other similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
Wards of the parish of Brackley
3
1
The existing wards of the parish of Brackley shall be abolished.
2
The parish shall be divided into three 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 that parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be five.
Wards of the parish of Towcester
4
The parish 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 that parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be eight.
Revocation
5
The District of South Northamptonshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
8th October 1998


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Commencement and citation
1
This Order may be cited as The London Borough of Haringey (Trunk Roads) Red Route Traffic Order 1997 Variation Order 1998, and shall come into force on 3rd April 1998.
Variations
2
The London Borough of Haringey (Trunk Roads) Red Route (Bus Lanes) Traffic Order 1997 ia varied in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.
3
In column 2 of item 2 of the table in the Schedule to the Order the text “opposite the common boundary of No. 154 Archway Road and the electricity sub-station.” is substituted with “1.0 metre south of the party wall of Nos. 154 and 156 Archway Road.”.
4
In column 2 of item 3 of the table in the Schedule to the Order the text “opposite the party wall of Nos. 153 and 155 Archway Road” is substituted with “12.0 metres south of the south-east kerbline of Langdon Park Road”.
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State.
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
20th March 1998