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Citation and commencement
1
This order may be cited as the Merseyside Traffic Control System(Revocation) Order 1991 and shall come into force on the 1st of April1991.
Revocations and interpretation
2
1
The Merseyside Traffic Control System (Transfer) Order 1986 and theMerseyside Traffic Control System (Transfer) Order 1988 are hereby revoked.
2
In this Order —
“revocation date” means the date on which this Order comes into force;
“Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for Transport;
“traffic sign” has the meaning given by section 64 of the Road Traffic RegulationAct 1984.
Transfer of property, rights and liabilities
3
1
On revocation date, the interest of the Secretary of State in theland specified in Schedule 1 to this Order shall be transferred asfollows–
a
his interest in the land specified in Part I of that Schedule shallbe transferred to Liverpool City Council,
b
his interest in the land specified in Part II of that Schedule shallbe transferred to the Metropolitan Borough Council of St Helens,
c
his interest in the land specified in Part III of that Scheduleshall be transferred to the Metropolitan Borough Council of Sefton.
2
On revocation date, there shall be transferred to Liverpool CityCouncil, the Metropolitan Borough Council of St Helens, the MetropolitanBorough Council of Sefton, the Metropolitan Borough Council of Wirraland the Metropolitan Borough Council of Knowsley respectively, therelevant property in so far as it is situated in their respective areas.
3
Where any property is transferred to a local authority by virtue ofthis article, there shall also be transferred to the authority allrights and liabilities relating to that property which belonged to orare incumbent upon the Secretary of State immediately before revocationdate.
4
There shall not be transferred to any local authority by virtue ofthis article any right or liability in respect of–
a
work done, services rendered, goods delivered, or money due forpayment, before the operative date, or
b
damages or compensation for any act or omission before that date, or
c
the price of, or compensation for, any land purchased, or for whicha contract to purchase has been concluded, before that date.
5
In this article,“relevant property” means all property which is, immediately before revocation date, ofa description specified in Part I of Schedule 2, but excluding–
a
any property specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, and
b
any traffic sign on a trunk road or any equipment which is ancillaryto such a sign,
and Part II of Schedule 2 to this Order shall have effect for the purpose of interpretingPart I of that Schedule.
6
In this article, a reference to the interest of the Secretary ofState, in relation to any property, is a reference to the interest ofthe Secretary of State immediately before revocation date.
7
Where any rights or liabilities transferred by the foregoingprovisions of this article are rights or liabilities under an agreementto which the Secretary of State was a party immediately beforerevocation date, whether in writing or not, and whether or not of such anature that rights and liabilities thereunder could be assigned by theSecretary of State, that agreement shall have effect on and after thatdate, so far as is required for giving effect to those provisions, asif–
a
the local authority to which the rights or liabilities had beentransferred had been a party to the agreement; and
b
for any reference (however worded and whether expressed or impliedand including a reference which is treated by any enactment as being areference to the Secretary of State) to the Secretary of State therewere substituted, in relation to anything to be done after the transfer,a reference to that local authority.
8
Paragraph (6) above shall apply to a provision of any document otherthan an agreement, if and in so far as the provision in question relatesto any rights or liabilities transferred by the foregoing provisions ofthis article as it applies in relation to an agreement to which theSecretary of State was a party.
Supplementary provisions
4
–
1
Anything which at revocation date is in the process of being done byor in relation to the Secretary of State in the exercise of or inconnection with any such statutory functions which by virtue of thisOrder become the functions of a local authority, or local authorities inrespect of their respective areas, may be continued by or in relation tothe local authority (“the successor authority”) by which those functions become exercisable or, as the case maybe, become exercisable in respect of the area in question.
2
Anything done by or in relation to the Secretary of State in theexercise of or in connection with any functions to which paragraph (1)of the above applies shall, so far as is required for continuing itseffect on and after that date, have effect as if done by or in relationto the successor authority.
5
Any action or proceeding, or any cause of action or proceeding,pending or existing immediately before revocation date by or against theSecretary of State and relating to anything transferred by this Ordershall not be prejudicially affected by this Order and–
a
in the case of any action or proceeding, relating to functionstransferred to a local authority may be continued, prosecuted orenforced by or (as the case may be) against the local authority; and
b
in the case of any action or proceeding, or cause of action orproceeding, relating to matters transferred to a local authority may becontinued, prosecuted, or enforced by or (as the case may be) againstthe local authority.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Christopher Chope
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
7th March 1991


type: legislation

jurisdiction: UK

text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Airedale National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st November 1991.
2
In this Order unless the context otherwise requires —
“ the Act ” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;
“community health services” means any services which the Secretary of State may provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of or Schedule 1 to the National Health Service Act 1977 and any service which he has a duty to provide under section 5(1) or (1A) of that Act ;
“establishment date” means 1st November 1991;
“operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;
“the trust” means the Airedale 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 Airedale National Health Service Trust.
Nature and functions of the trust
3
1
The trust is established for the purpose specified in section 5(1)(a) of the Act.
2
The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more health authorities) shall be —
a
to own and manage hospital accommodation and services provided at Airedale General Hospital, Skipton Road, Steeton, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 6TD and associated hospitals;
b
to manage community health services provided from Airedale General Hospital, Skipton Road, Steeton, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 6TD and to own the associated premises.
Directors of the trust
4
The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman 5 non-executive directors and5 executive directors.
Operational date and accounting date of the trust
5
1
The operational date of the trust shall be 1 April 1992.
2
The accounting date of the trust shall be 31 March.
Limited functions before operational date
6
Between its establishment date and its operational date the trust shall have the functions —
a
of entering into NHS contracts;
b
of entering into other contracts including contracts of employment; and
c
of doing such other things as are reasonably necessary to enable it to begin to operate satisfactorily with effect from its operational date.
Assistance by health authorities before operational date
7
1
The Airedale Health Authority shall —
a
until the operational date make such staff and facilities available to the trust as are required to enable the trust to carry out its limited functions pending the transfer or appointment of staff to or by the trust and the transfer of facilities to the trust;
b
make available such premises as are required to enable the trust to carry out its limited functions pending the transfer of those premises to the trust.
2
The Airedale Health Authority shall discharge the liabilities of the trust, incurred between the establishment date and the operational date, that are of a description specified in paragraph (3) of this article.
3
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.
4
The health authority specified for the purposes of paragraph 3(1)(f) of Schedule 2 to the Act (authority which is to make the scheme under section 6 of the Act for the transfer of staff ) in relation to the trust shall be the Airedale Health Authority.
Restriction on disposal of assets
8
The sum specified for the purposes of paragraph 6(2)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act (maximum value of freely disposable assets) in relation to the trust shall be £1,000,000.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Stephen Dorrell
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
21st October 1991


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Human Organ Transplants and the United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st September 1991.
Amendment of 1989 Regulations
2
–
1
The Human Organ Transplants (Supply of Information) Regulation 1989 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.
2
In regulation 1(2) there shall be inserted after the definition of “health service hospital” the following definition–
“ NHS trust” means a National Health Service trust, in relation to England and Wales, established in pursuance of section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and, in relation to Scotland, established in pursuance of section 12A of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 ;
3
The following sub-paragraph shall be substituted for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of regulation 2(1)–
a
Where the removal of the relevant organ was carried out in England or Wales–
i
except where the removal was carried out in a hospital managed by a special health authority or an NHS trust, to the District Health Authority for the district in which the removal of the relevant organ was carried out,
ii
where the removal was carried out in a hospital managed by a special health authority or an NHS trust, to that authority or trust;
b
where the removal of the relevant organ was carried out in Scotland–
i
except where the removal was carried out in a hospital managed by an NHS trust, to the Health Board for the area in which the removal of the relevant organ was carried out, or
ii
where the removal was carried out in a hospital managed by an NHS trust, to that trust.
4
The following sub-paragraph shall be substituted for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of regulation 2(2)–
a
where the relevant organ was received in England or Wales–
i
except where the organ was received in a hospital managed by a special health authority or an NHS trust, to the District Health Authority for the district in which the relevant organ was received, or
ii
where the organ was received in a hospital managed by a special health authority or an NHS trust, to that authority or trust;
b
where the relevant organ was received in Scotland–
i
except where the organ was received in a hospital managed by an NHS trust, to the Health Board for the area in which the organ was received, or
ii
where the organ was received in a hospital managed by an NHS trust, to that trust.
5
In paragraph 1 of Part I and of Part II to the Schedule there shall be inserted in each case–
a
after the word “authority” the words “or NHS trust”;
b
after the word “or”, in the second place where it appears, the words “the name of the authority”.
6
In paragraph 5(c) of Part I of the Schedule after the word “number” insert “, if any,”.
7
In Part I of the Schedule there shall be added after paragraph 7:
8
The date and time of the removal of the organ.
8
For paragraph 5 of Part II of the Schedule there shall be substituted the following paragraph:
5
The full names and the hospital case note number of the recipient, and the date and time of carrying out the transplant.
.
9
In paragraph 6(c) of Part II of the Schedule after the word “number” insert “, if any,”.
Amendment of 1991 Regulations
3
In regulation 2(1) of the United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority Regulations 1991 for the words “the provisions of the Act” there shall be substituted “the enactments”.
Revocation of regulation 10(2)(b) of the 1991 Regulations
4
Regulation 10(2)(b) of the United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority Regulations 1991 is hereby revoked.
William Waldegrave
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
18th July 1991


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1
This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunications System Designation (East London Telecommunications Limited) (Waltham Forest) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 18th February 1991.
2
Each of the Applicable Cabled Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system.
John Redwood
Minister of State,
Department of Trade and Industry
13th January 1991


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Title and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Cod and Sole (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) (Variation) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 19th November 1991.
Variation of the Cod and Sole (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1991
2
The Cod and Sole (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1991 shall be varied by substituting in article 2(1) thereof (prohibition on fishing for cod ( Gadus morhua ) for the date “1st January 1992” the date “19th November 1991”.
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on
John Selwyn Gummer
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
11th November 1991.
Strathclyde
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
12th November 1991
David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
11th November 1991
Peter Brooke
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
15th November 1991


text:
Title and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Amendment) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 18th March 1991.
Amendment
2
The Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) Order 1978 shall be amended as follows: —
a
for the provisions of Schedule 1 to that Order (which lists disinfectants approved by the Minister) there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to this Order;
b
for the provisions of Schedule 2 to that Order (which lists disinfectants subject to transitional provisions) there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to this Order; and
c
in article 6(2) of that Order (which specifies the date until which disinfectants subject to transitional provisions remain approved) for the words “30 June 1990” there shall be substituted the words “30 June 1991”.
Revocation
3
The Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Amendment) Order 1990 and the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Amendment) ( No. 2) Order 1990 are revoked.
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 20th February 1991.
John Selwyn Gummer
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Strathclyde
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
26th February 1991
David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
18th March 1991


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1
This Order may be cited as the Litter (Fixed Penalty Notices) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 13th February 1991.
2
A notice offering the opportunity of discharging any liability to conviction for an offence committed under section 87 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 by payment of a fixed penalty shall be in the form prescribed in the Schedule to this Order.
Michael Heseltine
Secretary of State for the Environment
23rd January 1991
David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
23rd January 1991
James Douglas-Hamilton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
24th January 1991


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Building Societies (Accounts and Related Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 15th November 1991.
Amendment of previous Regulations
2
1
The Building Societies (Accounts and Related Provisions) Regulations 1987 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
2
In Part I of Schedule 2 the word “Reserves” and the words and figures following it to the end of that part shall be deleted and replaced by the following:
14
REVALUATION RESERVE
15
RESERVES
a
General reserves
b
Other reserves
16
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
.
3
In Part II of Schedule 2 the word “Reserves” and the words and figures following it to the end of that part shall be deleted and replaced by the following:
15
REVALUATION RESERVE
16
RESERVES
a
General reserves
b
Other reserves
17
MINORITY INTERESTS
18
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
.
4
In Schedule 4, paragraph 3 shall be deleted.
5
At the end of paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 there shall be added the following subparagraph:
19
Where the Chief Executive of the society is not also a director of the society, he shall be deemed, for the purposes of this paragraph, to be a director of the society. In such circumstances there shall be a note to the accounts specifying that the Chief Executive has been so deemed to be a director.
6
In paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 4, the words following the word “separately” shall be deleted.
7
In paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 4 the words “and United Kingdom income tax” shall be deleted and the word “and” shall be inserted between the words “tax” and “deferred”.
8
The following subparagraph shall be added to paragraph 17 of Schedule 4:
4
for the purposes of this paragraph the revaluation reserve in the society’s balance sheet shall be considered as being “reserves”.
9
In paragraph 2(5)(e) of Schedule 7 the word “total” shall be deleted and the words “and the revaluation reserve” shall be added after the word “reserves” where it appears for the second time.
10
In paragraph 5(i) of Part II of Schedule 8 there shall be added:
a
after the figure “12” the figures and word “14 and 15”; and
b
after the figure “13” the figures and word “15 and 16”
and the words and figures “and 17” and “and 18” shall be deleted.
11
In paragraph 8(b) of Schedule 8 there shall be added:
a
after the figure “12” the figures and word “14 and 15”; and
b
after the figure “13” the figures and word “15 and 16”
and the words and figures “and 17” and “and 18” shall be deleted.
12
Paragraph 11(1) of Schedule 9 shall be deleted and replaced by the following:
1
“Gross capital” means the aggregate of reserves, the revaluation reserve and subordinated liabilities, as shown in the balance sheet.
In witness whereof the common seal of the Building Societies Commission is hereto fixed and is authenticated by me, a person authorised under paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to the Building Societies Act 1986, on 27th August 1991.
Norman Digance
Secretary to the Commission
We consent to this order.
Sydney Chapman
Irvine Patnick
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
9th September 1991


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1
This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Clyde Cablevision) (Greater Glasgow) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 11th July 1991.
2
Each of the Applicable Cabled Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system.
John Redwood
Minister of State,
Department of Trade and Industry
5th June 1991


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Extent, citation and commencement
1
These Regulations, which extend to Great Britain, may be cited as the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1984 .
Further amendment of the principal Regulations
3
The principal Regulations shall be further amended in accordance with regulation 4 below.
4
In regulation 3 (compensatory allowances):
a
in paragraph (2)(a) and (b)(i), for “£54.50 or 101 ECU ” each time it appears there shall be substituted “£63.30 or 102 ECU”;
b
in paragraph (2)(b)(i), for “£62.48 or 101 ECU” there shall be substituted “£62.48 or 102 ECU”, and for “£2.25 or 15.15” ECU there shall be substituted “£2.45 or 15.30 ECU”;
c
in paragraph (2)(b)(ii) and (c), for “£27.25 or 101 ECU” each time it appears there shall be substituted “£31.65 or 102 ECU”;
d
in paragraph (3)(a), for “£7.50 or 15.15 ECU” there shall be substituted “£8.75 or 15.30 ECU”;
e
in paragraph (3)(b)(i) and (ii), for “£4.50 or 15.15 ECU” each time it appears there shall be substituted “£4.90 or 15.30 ECU”;
f
in paragraph (3)(b)(ii) and (iii), for “£2.25 or 15.15 ECU” each time it appears there shall be substituted “£2.45 or 15.30 ECU”; and
g
in paragraph (4)(a) and (b), for the words “or 101 ECU” each time they appear there shall be substituted “or 102 ECU”.
5
The Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 are hereby revoked.
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 1st March 1991.
Trumpington
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Strathclyde
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
1st March 1991


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Citation and commencement
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Whitehaven Harbour Revision Order 1991 and shall come into force on 8th February 1991.
2
The Whitehaven Town and Harbour Acts and Order 1708 to 1981 and this Order may be cited together as the Whitehaven Town and Harbour Acts and Orders 1708 to 1991.
Amendment of article 13 of Scheme of 1894
2
Paragraph (a) of article 13 of the Borough and Harbour of Whitehaven Scheme 1894 (which precludes any woman being appointed or elected as a Harbour Commissioner) shall cease to have effect.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
H. B. Wenban-Smith
An Under Secretary in the
Department of Transport
7th February 1991


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1
This Order may be cited as the Export of Goods (Control) (Amendment No. 7) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 10th July 1991.
2
The Export of Goods (Control) Order 1989 shall be further amended as follows:
a
in article 1(2) the following definitions shall be inserted:
i
after the definition of “aircraft”:
“bovine offal” means the brain, spinal cord, spleen, thymus, tonsils and intestines of a bovine animal over six months of age which has died or has been slaughtered, as the case may be, in the United Kingdom;
;
ii
after the definition of “importation” and “exportation”:
“intestines” in the definition of “bovine offal” means that part of the digestive tract of a bovine animal from the junction of the abomasum and the duodenum to (and including) the rectum;
;
b
in article 2, for sub-paragraph (xv)(a) there shall be substituted the following:
a
if the exporter knows that they are intended or likely to be used in
i
the development, production, handling, detection, identification or storage of chemical or biological weapons or of any chemical, toxin, micro-organism or other biological agent used in the development or production of such weapons;
ii
the disposal of waste arising out of the development or production of chemical or biological weapons, or of any chemical, toxin, micro-organism or other biological agent used in the development or production of such weapons;
iii
the development, production, handling, detection, identification or storage of any vaccine, toxoid, protein or immunoglobulin for protection against, or the treatment of, the harmful effects of any chemical, toxin, micro-organism or other biological agent used in such weapons;
iv
the development, production, handling or storage of nuclear weapons; or
v
the development, production, handling or storage of missiles capable of delivering nuclear, chemical or biological weapons;
;
c
in Group A in Part I of Schedule 1 (Goods specified by reference to Headings and Sub-headings of the Combined Nomenclature (“ CN ”)), there shall be inserted, after CN heading “010410”, the following:
ex 0206 bovine offal E ex 0210 protein derived from bovine offal E ex 0504 bovine offal E ex 0511 bovine offal and protein derived from such offal E ex 2301 protein derived from bovine offal E ex 2309 feeding stuff containing bovine offal or protein derived from such offal E
;
d
in Group 3D in Part II of Schedule 1, for entry IL 1362 there shall be substituted the following entry:
IL 1362 Vibration test equipment the following —
Vibration test equipment using digital control techniques, with a thrust of 100 kN (22,500 lb) or more and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor
C
High intensity acoustic test equipment capable of producing an overall sound pressure level of 140 dB or greater (referenced to 2 × 10 −5 N/m 2 or with a rated output of 4 kW or greater and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor
except analogue equipment.
C
Ground vibration (including model survey) test equipment that uses digital control techniques and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor
C
;
e
in Group 3I in Part II of Schedule 1, for entry PL 7007 there shall be substituted the following entry:
PL 7007 Chemicals, the following —
Ammonium hydrogen fluoride
A
Arsenic trichloride
A
Benzilic acid
A
2-chloroethanol
A
Diethylaminoethanol
A
Diethyl ethylphosphonate
A
Diethyl methylphosphonite
A
Diethyl-N, N-dimethylphosphoramidate
A
Diethyl phosphite
A
Di-isopropylamine
A
Dimethylamine
A
Dimethylamine hydrochloride
A
Dimethyl ethylphosphonate
A
Dimethyl methylphosphonate
A
Dimethylphosphite
A
Ethyl phosphinyl dichloride
A
Ethyl phosphinyl difluoride
A
Ethyl phosphonyl dichloride
A
Ethyl phosphonyl difluoride
A
3-hydroxy-l-methylpiperidine
A
Hydrogen fluoride
A
Methyl benzilate
A
Methyl phosphinyl dichloride
A
Methyl phosphinyl difluoride
A
Methyl phosphonyl dichloride
A
Methyl phosphonyl difluoride
A
N, N-diisopropyl-(Beta)-aminpoethane thiol
A
N, N-diisopropyl-(Beta)-amino ethanol
A
N, N-diisopropyl-(Beta)-aminoethyl chloride
A
O-ethyl-2-di-isopropylaminoethyl methylphosphonite
A
Pinacolone
A
Pinacolyl alcohol
A
Phosphorus oxychloride
A
Phosphorus pentachloride
A
Phosphorus pentasulphide
A
Phosphorus trichloride
A
Potassium bifluoride
A
Potassium cyanide
A
Potassium fluoride
A
3-quinuclidinol
A
3-quinuclidone
A
Sodium bifluoride
A
Sodium cyanide
A
Sodium fluoride
A
Sodium sulphide
A
Thiodiglycol
A
Thionyl chloride
A
Tri-ethanolamine
A
Triethyl phosphite
A
Trimethyl phosphite
A
;
and
f
for Schedule 1A there shall be substituted the following:
SCHEDULE 1A
Article 2(xv)
A Any chemical, toxin, micro-organism or other biological agent; B Any vaccine, toxoid, protein or immunoglobulin capable of being used for protection against, or treatment of, any harmful effects of any chemical, toxin, micro-organism or other biological agent; C Any equipment or software capable of being used in the development, production or storage of any of the substances specified in paragraph A or B above; D Any equipment (including clothing) or software capable of being used in the handling of any of the substances specified in paragraph A or B above or in the disposal of waste arising out of the development or production of such substances; E Any equipment or software capable of being used in the detection or identification of any of the substances specified in paragraph A or B above; F Any equipment (including clothing), software or materials capable of being used in the development, production, handling or storage of nuclear weapons or missiles capable of delivering nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.
.
Mike Coolican
An Assistant Secretary,
Department of Trade and Industry
9th July 1991


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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st January 1992.
2
–
1
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
2
The Secretary of State is satisfied that–
a
it is requisite that the provisions of regulations 3 and 4 of these Regulations shall apply as from 1st January 1992 to vehicles registered under the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 before the expiration of one year from the making of these Regulations; and
b
notwithstanding that the said provisions will then apply to those vehicles, no undue hardship or inconvenience will be caused thereby.
3
–
1
Regulation 25 shall be amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (1), for the words “paragraphs (3) and (4)” there shall be substituted the words “paragraphs (3), (4), and (7A)”.
3
For Table I there shall be substituted–
TABLE I
(regulation 25(1))
1 2 3 4 Item Class of vehicle Date of first use Requirements
1
Vehicles which are of one ormore of the following descriptions, namely–
goods vehicles,
trailers,
buses,
vehicles of a class mentioned in column 2 in Table III
Before 1st April 1991 The requirements of paragraphs (5) and (6) 2
Vehicles which are of one ormore of the following descriptions–
goods vehicles,
trailers,
buses,
vehicles of a class mentioned in column 2 in Table III,
and do not fall within item 3 below
On or after1st April 1991 The requirements of paragraphs (5), (6) and (7) 3
Vehicles of a class mentioned in paragraph (2)
On or after1st April 1991 The requirements of paragraph (5)
.
4
For paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–
2
The classes of vehicle referred to in item 3 in column 2 of Table I are–
a
engineering plant;
b
track-laying vehicles;
c
vehicles equipped with tyres of speed category Q;
d
works trucks; and
e
motor vehicles with a maximum speed not exceeding 30 mph, not being vehicles of a class specified in–
i
items 2 and 3 of Table II; or
ii
paragraph (7A) or sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) of this paragraph;
or trailers while being drawn by such vehicles.
5
In paragraph (4), for the words “that tyre shall” onwards there shall be substituted the words “paragraph (7) shall not apply to that tyre while it is being used for those purposes.”
6
In paragraph (6) for the word “maintained” there shall be substituted “manufactured”.
7
In Table II —
a
in column 4 for “load capacity index” there shall be substituted “load-capacity index” and for “Tyres marked in accordance with ECE Regulation 30.02” there shall be substituted “Tyres marked in accordance with ECE Regulation 30, 30.01 or 30.02”;
b
in item 1 in column 2 there shall be added at the end “other than an agricultural motor vehicle”;
c
in item 2 in column 3 for “25” there shall be substituted “The maximum speed of the vehicle”;
d
in item 3 in column 3 for “40” there shall be substituted “The maximum speed of the vehicle”;
e
in item 4 in column 3 for “50” there shall be substituted “The maximum speed of the vehicle”; and
f
in item 7 in column 2 there shall be added “, an agricultural motor vehicle, an agricultural trailer, an agricultural trailed appliance or an agricultural trailed appliance conveyor”.
8
In paragraph (7), for “ECE Regulation 30.02” there shall be substituted “ECE Regulation 30, 30.01, 30.02”.
9
After paragraph (7) there shall be inserted the following paragraph–
7A
The requirements of paragraphs (6) and (7) shall not apply to a vehicle of a class specified in an item in column 2 of Table III while it is being driven or drawn at a speed not exceeding that specified in that item in column 3 of that Table.
TABLE III
(regulation 25(7A))
1 2 3 Item Class of vehicle Speed (mph)
1 Agricultural motor vehicles 20 2 Agricultural trailers 20 3 Agricultural trailed appliances 20 4 Agricultural trailed appliance conveyors 20 5 Works trailers 18
.
10
In paragraph 8 for “load capacity index” wherever it occurs there shall be substituted “load-capacity index”.
11
In paragraph (9)–
a
in the definition of “load-capacity index” for “paragraph 2.26” there shall be substituted “paragraph 2.27”; and
b
in the definition of “speed category” for “paragraph 2.27” there shall be substituted “paragraph 2.28”.
4
In regulation 27(4)–
a
in paragraph (e)(ii) for “do” there shall be substituted “does”; and
b
in paragraph (f) for “situated in” there shall be substituted “comprising”.
5
In Schedule 2 in Table II–
a
after item 13 there shall be inserted the following items —
13A 30 30 1.4.75 Pneumatic tyres for motor vehicles and their trailers — 17,17A — 13B 30 30.01 1.4.75 Pneumatic tyres for motor vehicles and their trailers 25.9.77 17,17A —
; and
b
item 13A shall be renumbered as item 13C.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Christopher Chope
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
3rd December 1991


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Ealing Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st November 1991.
2
In this Order unless the context otherwise requires —
“ the Act ” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;
“establishment date” means 1st November 1991;
“operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;
“the trust” means the Ealing Hospital National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.
Establishment of the trust
2
There is hereby established an NHS trust which shall be called the Ealing Hospital National Health Service Trust.
Nature and functions of the trust
3
1
The trust is established for the purpose specified in section 5(1)(a) of the Act.
2
The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more health authorities) shall be —
to own and manage hospital accommodation and services provided at Ealing Hospital, Uxbridge Road, Southall, Middlesex, UB1 3EU and associated hospitals.
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 1992.
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 the trust shall have the functions —
a
of entering into NHS contracts;
b
of entering into other contracts including contracts of employment; and
c
of doing such other things as are reasonably necessary to enable it to begin to operate satisfactorily with effect from its operational date.
Assistance by health authorities before operational date
7
1
The Ealing Health Authority shall —
a
until the operational date make such staff and facilities available to the trust as are required to enable the trust to carry out its limited functions pending the transfer or appointment of staff to or by the trust and the transfer of facilities to the trust;
b
make available such premises as are required to enable the trust to carry out its limited functions pending the transfer of those premises to the trust.
2
The Ealing Health Authority shall discharge the liabilities of the trust, incurred between the establishment date and the operational date, that are of a description specified in paragraph (3) of this article.
3
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.
4
The health authority specified for the purposes of paragraph 3(1)(f) of Schedule 2 to the Act (authority which is to make the scheme under section 6 of the Act for the transfer of staff) in relation to the trust shall be the Ealing Health Authority.
Restriction on disposal of assets
8
The sum specified for the purposes of paragraph 6(2)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act (maximum value of freely disposable assets) in relation to the trust shall be £1,000,000.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Virginia Bottomley
Minister of State,
Department of Health
21st October 1991


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Employment Action (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st October 1991.
Treatment of persons and payments for purposes of the subordinate legislation specified in the Schedule
2
For the purposes of the subordinate legislation specified in the Schedule to this Order a person using facilities provided under the Scheme shall be treated as not being employed but as participating in arrangements for training under section 2 of the 1973 Act and, accordingly, any payment made to such a person in connection with his use of those facilities shall be treated in the same manner as a payment made in respect of such training.
Treatment of payments for purposes of the Social Security Act 1975
3
A payment made to a person in connection with his use of facilities provided under the Scheme shall not be treated as earnings for the purposes of Part I of the Social Security Act 1975 .
Signed by order of the Secretary of State.
Ullswater
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Employment
4th September 1991


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1
This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Jones Cable Group of Aylesbury and Chiltern Limited) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 17th April 1991.
2
Each of the Applicable Cabled Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system.
John Redwood
Minister of State,
Department of Trade and Industry
14th March 1991


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the London Residuary Body (Transfer of Compensation Functions) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 2nd April 1991.
2
In this Order–
“the 1985 Act ” means the Local Government Act 1985;
“the 1988 Act ” means the Education Reform Act 1988;
“the LPFA ” means the London Pensions Fund Authority; and
“the Residuary Body ” means the London Residuary Body.
Transfer of compensation functions etc
2
1
Subject to article 3, there shall on 2nd April 1991 vest in the LPFA all functions, rights and liabilities of the Residuary Body in connection with any of the matters specified in paragraph (2) so far as they relate to any contract of employment with the Residuary Body or with the former Greater London Council which terminated on or before 31st March 1990.
2
The matters specified in this paragraph are–
a
compensation under regulations made under section 24 of the Superannuation Act 1972 ;
b
such compensation as is mentioned in section 8(1)(b) of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 ;
c
gratuities or benefits payable by the Residuary Body under Parts K or L of the Local Government Superannuation Regulations 1986 arising in relation to an employment with the Residuary Body;
d
the making of payments under a scheme made pursuant to section 59(3) of the 1985 Act;
e
any redundancy payment payable under Part VI of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 ;
f
increases payable under the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 where the payment of the relevant pension falls within sub-paragraphs (a) to (d); and
g
any proceedings or cause of action in respect of a claim for compensation for personal injury or damage to property by an employee or former employee.
3
On 2nd April 1991 all records, monies and other personal property held or used by the Residuary Body exclusively for or in connection with any of the matters specified in paragraph (2) shall vest in the LPFA.
Compensation functions retained by the Residuary Body
3
The functions, rights and liabilities of the Residuary Body in relation to the following shall not transfer under article 2–
a
compensation payable under the London Government Reorganisation (Staff Compensation) Order 1988 ;
b
compensation payable under section 173 of the 1988 Act or under regulations made for the purposes of that section under section 24 of the Superannuation Act 1972;
c
pensions which became liabilities of the Residuary Body by virtue of section 179 of the 1988 Act;
d
compensation payable under section 181 of the 1988 Act; and
e
any obligation relating to the Residuary Body’s members arising under paragraph 3 of Schedule 13 to the 1985 Act.
Transfer of money
4
1
On 2nd April 1991 the Residuary Body shall pay £5 million to the LPFA.
2
The sum paid in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be applied only for defraying expenditure incurred on, or in connection with, those functions, rights and liabilities vested in the LPFA by article 2 of this Order.
Continuity of the exercise of functions
5
1
Anything done by or in relation to (or having effect as if done by or in relation to) the Residuary Body in connection with any functions, rights or liabilities vested in the LPFA by virtue of article 2 of this Order shall, so far as is required for continuing its effect on or after 2nd April 1991, have effect as if done by or in relation to the LPFA.
2
Any pending action or proceeding may be amended in such manner as may be necessary or appropriate in consequence of this Order.
Michael Heseltine
Secretary of State for the Environment
5th March 1991


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Croydon Community National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st December 1991.
2
In this Order —
“the Agreement” means an agreement made between the Authority and the Trust dated 2nd October 1991;
“the Authority” means the Croydon Health Authority;
“overall percentage change” means the difference between the value of the total investments at the beginning of the relevant period and the value of those investments at the end of that period, expressed as a percentage (plus or minus) of the value of those investments at the beginning of that period;
“the relevant period” means the period which begins on 1st April 1991 and ends immediately before the transfer date;
“specific percentage change” means the difference between the value of the specified investments at the beginning of the relevant period and the value of those investments at the end of that period, expressed as a percentage (plus or minus) of the value of those investments at the beginning of that period;
“the specified investments” means the investments specified in Appendix 2 to the Agreement;
“the total investments” means all the trust investments of the Authority including the specified investments;
“the transfer date” means 1st December 1991;
“the Trust” means the Croydon Community National Health Service Trust;
“trust fund balances” means the balances at the transfer date held in the trust funds specified in Appendix 1 to the Agreement.
Transfer of Trust Property
2
1
On the transfer date there shall be transferred to the Trust from the Authority —
a
subject to paragraphs (2) to (6) of this article, the balances held in the trust funds specified in Appendix 1 to the Agreement;
b
the investments specified in Appendix 2 to the Agreement.
2
Where the overall percentage change differs from the specific percentage change, the trust fund balances shall be altered in accordance with paragraphs (3) to (6) of this article.
3
There shall be taken the difference between —
a
the value of the specified investments at the end of the relevant period “the actual value”; and
b
the value of the specified investments at the beginning of the relevant period adjusted by the overall percentage change “the notional value”.
4
Where the notional value exceeds the actual value, the aggregate value of the trust fund balances shall be increased by the amount of the excess.
5
Where the notional value falls short of the actual value, the aggregate of the trust fund balances shall be reduced by the amount of the shortfall.
6
The amount of any increase or reduction shall be allocated to each of the trust fund balances in the same proportion as that balance bears to the aggregate of the trust fund balances.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Stephen Dorrell
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Health
6th November 1991


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the New Towns (Transfer of HousingStock) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 27thJune 1991.
Amendment of the New Towns (Transfer of Housing Stock) Regulations 1990
2
The New Towns (Transfer of Housing Stock) Regulations 1990 shall be amended —
a
by inserting the following regulation after regulation 7 —
Purposes for which transferred land held
7A
— Where a new town corporation transfer any housing stockunder these Regulations to a district council, that housing stock shallbe treated as having been acquired by the council under Part II of theHousing Act 1985 , except insofar as the instrument by which the transferis effected provides that it is acquired for some other statutorypurpose for which the council may acquire land.
;
b
by inserting the following paragraph after regulation 13(6) —
7
Where the corporation are of the opinion that a statementsubmitted to them under paragraph (2)(c) is misleading or inaccurate inany particular they may, instead of requiring a new statement to beprepared, approve the statement save for that particular, and direct theteller to send to each tenant being consulted the submitted statementtogether with an additional statement, prepared by the corporation,which they consider corrects the inaccurate or misleading particular.
;
c
in regulation 17(3), by inserting the following after sub-paragraph (c) —
; and
that the rent in respect of a subsisting tenancy mentioned insub-paragraph (a) of any dwelling occupied as such at the date oftransfer —
for the period ending immediately before the first anniversary ofthe relevant date after the transfer will not exceed that charged by thecorporation at the date of transfer; and
thereafter would increase (if at all) on each anniversary of therelevant date by an amount not exceeding the aggregate of 4% and theamount (if any) by which the valuers estimate that the retail pricesindex for the month in which the anniversary occurs will be greater thanthat for the month in which the previous anniversary of the relevantdate occurred, expressed as a percentage of the estimated retail pricesindex for the last-mentioned month.
;
d
by inserting after regulation 17(3) the following paragraphs —
4
For the purposes of the valuation assumption in paragraph (3)(d)any estimation of the duration of a subsisting tenancy of a dwellingshall be made on the basis that the tenancy is treated as in effectduring any period when a subsequent tenancy of the dwelling is in effectwhich was granted to a person who was a tenant of another dwelling,which was occupied as such, at the date of transfer.
5
In paragraph (3)(d)“the relevant date” means the date on which the corporation last increased the rentunder the tenancy prior to the date of transfer.
.
Michael Heseltine
Secretary of State for the Environment
28th May 1991


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Statutory Sick Pay (Rate of Payment) (No. 2) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 6th April 1992 immediately after the coming into force of article 9 of the Social Security Benefits Up-rating (No. 2) Order 1991 .
2
In this Order “the 1982 Act ” means the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982.
Substitution of provisions in section 7(1) of the 1982 Act
2
For paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of section 7 of the 1982 Act , there shall be substituted the following paragraphs —
a
£52.50, in a case where the employee’s normal weekly earnings under his contract of service with that employer are not less than £190.00; or
b
£45.30, in any other case.
.
Transitional Provisions
3
Where in relation to statutory sick pay a period of entitlement as between an employer and an employee is running at 6th April 1992 and the employee’s normal weekly earnings under the contract of service with that employer are not less than, or are treated for the purposes of section 7(1) of the 1982 Act as not less than £185.00, they shall be treated for the purposes of that section as not less than £190.00 for the remainder of that period.
Revocation
4
Article 2 of the Statutory Sick Pay (Rate of Payment) Order 1991 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Nicholas Scott
Minister of State,
Department of Social Security
18th December 1991


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Rates and Precepts (Final Adjustments) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 7th February 1991.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
“the 1967 Act ” means the General Rate Act 1967 ;
“late rating adjustments”, in relation to —
a relevant year and a rating authority other than the Common Council, means the amount ascertained in accordance with the formula —
A - ( B + C )
where —
A is an amount equal to the total of amounts by way of rates for the financial year beginning in 1989 or any earlier financial year found during the relevant year to be recoverable in respect of hereditaments or former hereditaments in the authority’s area under sections 6 or 79 of the 1967 Act, or in respect of rates previously written off as irrecoverable;
B is an amount equal to the loss on collection in that relevant year, that is to say, the total recorded in the authority’s accounts for that year of amounts by way of rates for the financial year beginning in 1989 or any earlier financial year refunded in that relevant year under section 9 of the 1967 Act or written off in that year; and
C is an amount equal to the cost of collection, recovery, refunding and writing off in that relevant year, that is to say, the net cost, determined in accordance with proper accounting practice, incurred by the authority in that year in connection with —
the collection or recovery of such amounts by way of rates as are referred to in the definition of A; and
the refunding or writing off of amounts as mentioned in the definition of B;
a relevant year and the Common Council, means such part of the amount ascertained in accordance with the formula set out in paragraph (a) above, substituting for references in the definitions of A, B and C to an authority, its area and its accounts references to the Common Council, the City of London and the accounts of the Common Council, as does not relate to, or is not connected with, the rating of empty, untenanted or unoccupied property
“precepting body” —
means an authority referred to in section 12(1) of the 1967 Act which issued a precept in respect of the financial year beginning in 1989; and
in relation to the precept issued by the Inner London Education Authority in respect of that year, shall be treated as including the London Residuary Body;
“precept poundage” means —
where the whole of a precepting body’s precept for the financial year beginning in 1989 relates to part only of a rating authority’s area, the amount ascertained by the application of the formula —
D x E F
where —
D is the number of pence in the pound of the precept;
E is the rateable value on 1st April 1989 of the part of the area to which the precept relates; and
F is the rateable value on that date of the whole of the rating authority’s area;
where part of a precepting body’s precept for that year does not relate to the whole of a rating authority’s area, the amount ascertained by the application of the formula —
G + H
where —
G is the number of pence in the pound of such part of that precept as relates to the whole of the rating authority’s area; and
H is the amount determined in accordance with the formula specified below in relation to such part of that precept as does not so relate or, where there is more than one such part, the aggregate of the amounts determined in accordance with that formula in relation to each of those parts; and the formula is —
I x J F
I is the number of pence in the pound of such part of the precept as relates to the part of the area of the rating authority;
J is the rateable value on 1st April 1989 of the part of the rating authority’s area to which the part of the precept relates; and
F has the same meaning as in sub-paragraph (a);
in any other case, the number of pence in the pound of the precepting body’s precept for that year;
“rate poundage” means —
in relation to the area of a rating authority in England other than the sub-treasurer of the Inner Temple and the under-treasurer of the Middle Temple, the aggregate of —
an amount equal to the amount specified as the assumed rate poundage for the charging authority for that area in column 2 of the Annex to the Community Charge Transitional Relief Report (England) ; and
an amount equal to the appropriate domestic rate relief poundage for that authority for the financial year ended in 1990 as specified in paragraph 2.3 of that Report;
in relation to a rating authority in Wales, the amount specified in relation to that authority in column (2) of the Schedule hereto;
in relation to the sub-treasurer of the Inner Temple, 122.82 pence;
in relation to the under-treasurer of the Middle Temple, 113.66 pence;
“rating authority” means each of the following —
a district council,
a London borough council,
the Common Council,
the sub-treasurer of the Inner Temple,
the under-treasurer of the Middle Temple; and
“relevant year” means the financial year beginning in 1990 and each subsequent financial year.
Late rating adjustments — calculations and payments
3
1
As soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each relevant year each rating authority shall calculate —
a
where a precepting body other than the Inner London Education Authority issued to it a precept for the financial year beginning in 1989, in relation to that precepting body,
b
where the Inner London Education Authority issued to it a precept for that financial year, in relation to the London Residuary Body,
the amount ascertained by the application of the formula —
K x M L
where —
K is the amount of the late rating adjustments for the relevant year then ended;
L is the rate poundage for the rating authority’s area; and
M is the precept poundage.
2
Each rating authority shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after it has made a calculation as mentioned in paragraph (1), notify —
a
where it has calculated an amount in relation to the London Residuary Body, that Residuary Body,
b
where it has calculated an amount in relation to any other precepting body, that precepting body,
of the amount calculated in relation to it.
3
Subject to paragraph (4), each rating authority shall, within 28 days of the day on which it notifies a precepting body as mentioned in paragraph (2) or such longer period as may be agreed between the authority and the precepting body, pay to the precepting body the amount so notified.
4
Where the amount calculated as mentioned in paragraph (1) is a negative amount, the rating authority may recover that amount from the precepting body in question; but it shall not be entitled to do so until at least 28 days have elapsed since the date on which it notified the precepting body in accordance with paragraph (2).
Notification of estimates
4
On or before 15th February 1991 and on or before 31st December in each relevant year commencing with the relevant year beginning in 1991, each rating authority shall notify —
a
each precepting body other than the Inner London Education Authority from which it received a precept for the financial year beginning in 1989,
b
where it received a precept for that year from the Inner London Education Authority, the London Residuary Body,
of its estimate of the amount to be paid to, or recovered from, the precepting body in accordance with article 3.
Audit
5
Paragraph 10 of the Schedule to the Rate Product Rules 1981 shall apply for the audit of the calculations required by article 3 of this Order as it applies for the audit of the calculations required by that Schedule as if the reference in that paragraph to the precepting authority were a reference to a precepting body within the meaning of this Order.
Michael Heseltine
Secretary of State for the Environment
5th February 1991
Signed by authority of The Secretary of State for Wales
Wyn Roberts
Minister of State, Welsh Office
5th February 1991


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The length of the Trunk Road described in the Schedule to this Order and shown by broad striped hatching on the deposited plan shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a classified road from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies the Lancashire County Council that the new trunk road is open for through traffic.
2
In this Order —
1
all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;
(2)
i
“classified road”
as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is not a principal road for the purposes of enactments or instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads but is a classified road for the purpose of every enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State and which does not specifically refer to their classification as principal roads ;
ii
“the deposited plan”
means the plan numbered HA10/1 CNW 299 marked “The A585 Trunk Road (Fleetwood Diversion) (Detrunking) Order 1991”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY ;
iii
“the new trunk road”
means the new trunk road to be provided by the Secretary of State in pursuance of the A585 Trunk Road (Fleetwood Diversion) Order 1991 ;
iv
“the Trunk Road”
means the M55 Motorway to Dock Street, Fleetwood Trunk Road (A585).
3
This Order shall come into force on 23rd May 1991 and may be cited as the A585 Trunk Road (Fleetwood Diversion) (Detrunking) Order 1991.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport,
D.C. Renshaw
Regional Director, North West Region,
Department of Transport
3rd May 1991


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st August 1991 but have effect as from 6th April 1988.
2
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 and “the 1990 Regulations ” means the Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 1990 .
Amendment of principal Regulations
2
Section 2 of Part IV of Schedule F to the principal Regulations (calculation of reckonable service by reference to accrued rights) is amended by substituting for paragraph 4 —
4
In paragraph 3 “the material date” means —
a
the date on which the regular policeman concerned last became a regular policeman, or
b
if more than 12 months later, the date on which the transfer value was received.
.
Amendment of transitional provisions in 1990 Regulations
3
1
Regulation 3(6) of the 1990 Regulations is amended —
a
by inserting after the words “pensionable service,” the words “unless the superannuation arrangements applicable to his new service fall within regulation F9(3)(a), (b) or (e) of the principal Regulations”; and
b
in sub-paragraph (b) by substituting for the words “paragraph (3)” the words “paragraph (4)”.
2
Regulation 3(7) of the 1990 Regulations is amended —
a
by inserting after the words “before that date,” the words “unless the superannuation arrangements applicable to his new service fall within regulation F9(3)(a), (b) or (e) of the principal Regulations”; and
b
by substituting for the words “paragraph (3)”, wherever occurring, the words “paragraph (4)”.
3
Regulation 3(8) of the 1990 Regulations is amended by substituting for the words “paragraph (3)” the words “paragraph (4)”.
Elections in respect of protected benefits
4
1
This regulation applies to a person —
a
to whom a protected benefit is being paid or may become payable, and
b
who is placed in a worse position than he would have been in if an amendment made to the principal Regulations by regulation 3 of the 1990 Regulations or regulation 2 above (“the relevant amendment”) had not applied in relation to the protected benefit.
2
A protected benefit is one which is being paid or may become payable by a police authority, under the principal Regulations, to or in respect of a person who, having served as a regular policeman within the meaning of those Regulations, ceased to serve as one, or died, before the material date.
3
The material date —
a
in relation to an amendment made by regulation 3 of the 1990 Regulations, is 1st May 1990, and
b
in relation to the amendment made by regulation 2 above, is 1st August 1991.
4
A person to whom this regulation applies may, by giving written notice to the police authority within 3 months after 1st August 1991, elect that the relevant amendment is not to apply in relation to the protected benefit.
Kenneth Baker
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
7th June 1991
We consent
Irvine Patnick
Thomas Sackville
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
1st July 1991


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1
This Order may be cited as the Consular Fees (Amendment) (No.2) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st November 1991.
2
In Part II of the table of consular fees in the Schedule annexed to the Consular Fees Order 1989 Fee 22(2) is increased from £12.50 to £18.
G. I. de Deney
Clerk of the Privy Council


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1
The County Council of Humberside (Old River Ancholme Bridge) Scheme1990 is hereby confirmed without modifications.
2
The said Scheme as confirmed (hereinafter referred to as“the Scheme”) is set out in the Schedule hereto and copies of the Scheme withits accompanying plan are deposited at the offices of the Department ofTransport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY, and at theoffices of the County Solicitor, Humberside County Council, County Hall,Beverley, North Humberside HU17 9BA.
3
The Scheme will become operative on the date on which notice that ithas been confirmed is first published in accordance with paragraph 1 ofSchedule 2 to the Highways Act 1980.
4
This Instrument may be cited as The County Council of Humberside(Old River Ancholme Bridge) Scheme 1990 Confirmation Instrument 1991.
Signed by authority of theSecretary of State for Transport
J. A. Owen
Regional Director Northern Region
Department of Transport
12th April 1991


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Citation
1
This Order may be cited as the Companies Act 1989 (Commencement No. 11) Order 1991.
Provisions brought into force by the Order
2
Sections 35 and 36 of the Companies Act 1989 shall come into force on 26th June 1991.
John Redwood
Minister of State,
Department of Trade and Industry
24th June 1991


text:
1
This Order may be cited as the Representation of the People Act 1990 (Commencement No.2) Order 1991.
2
The Representation of the People Act 1990 shall come into force in Northern Ireland on 7th August 1991.
P. L. Brooke
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Northern Ireland Office
23rd July 1991


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Citation and commencement
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This Order may be cited as the Naval Medical Compassionate Fund(Amendment) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 8th May 1991.
Amendments to Standing Orders and Regulations
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The Order in Council dated 28th July 1915 , whereby Standing Orders and Regulations for theconstitution and government of the Naval Medical Compassionate Fund wereapproved, shall be further amended as follows.
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In article 1 —
a
for the words“six Directors” there shall be substituted“two Directors (elected in accordance with article 4)”; and
b
the words“or of the Directors mentioned in Article 3 hereof” shall be omitted.
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Article 3 shall be omitted.
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For article 4 there shall be substituted the followingarticle —
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The Members of the Fund shall annually elect from among theirnumbers two Directors at a meeting to be held for that purpose. The timeand place of the meeting shall be fixed by the Court of Directors andannounced in such manner as it shall think fit.
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In article 5, for the word“clause”, there shall be substituted“article”.
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In article 6 —
a
for the words“in the months of January, April, July and October” there shall be substituted“twice in that year on such dates as the Court of Directors shalldetermine”;
b
for the words“31st October” there shall be substituted“31st December”; and
c
for the word“Clause”, there shall be substituted“article”.
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Article 10 shall be omitted.
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In article 11 —
a
for the words“The Honorary Secretary shall” there shall be substituted“The Honorary Treasurer and the Honorary Secretary shall each”;
b
for the words“shall be reimbursed” there shall be substituted“shall each be reimbursed”; and
c
for the words“him in performing the duties of his office” there shall be substituted“each of them respectively in performing the duties of theirrespective offices”.
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In article 12, the words“continue to”,“as at present” and“at the January meeting in” shall each be omitted.
G I de Deney
Clerk of the Privy Council


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The length of the Trunk Road described in the Schedule to this Order and shown by broad striped hatching on the deposited plan shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a principal road as from the date on which this Order comes into force.
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In this Order —
i
“principal road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is a principal road for the purposes of enactments or instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads and is also classified for the purpose of every other enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State;
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“the deposited plan” means the plan numbered MSE A2/6/65/2/1 marked “The A2 Trunk Road (Old Dover Road, Barham) Detrunking Order 1991” signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY; and
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“the Trunk Road” means the London — Dover Trunk Road (A2).
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This Order shall come into force on 31st December 1991 and may be cited as The A2 Trunk Road (Old Dover Road, Barham) Detrunking Order 1991.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
J. W. Fellows
Regional Director South East Region
Department of Transport
29th October 1991


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These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Capital Finance) (Rate of Discount for 1991/92) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.
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The percentage rate of discount prescribed for the financial year beginning on 1st April 1991 for the purposes of section 49 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 shall be 11 per cent.
Michael Heseltine
Secretary of State for the Environment
21st January 1991
David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
21st January 1991


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
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These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Sick Pay (Small Employers' Relief) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 6th April 1991.
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In these Regulations —
“ the Act ” means the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982;
“the day in question” means a day in respect of which an employer is liable to make a payment of statutory sick pay to an employee of his;
“the qualifying tax year” means the tax year preceding the tax year in which falls the day in question;
“the specified day” means, in relation to a particular employee, the first day ofincapacity for work in a period of incapacity for work on which the entitlement threshold is exceeded;
“income tax month” means the period beginning on the 6th day of any calendar month and ending on the 5th day of the following calendar month.
Employer’s Contributions Payments
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Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, an employer is a small employer where the amount of his contributions payments for the qualifying tax year did not exceed £15,000.
2
For the purposes of this regulation, the amount of an employer’s contributions payments shall be determined without regard to any deductions that may be made from them under section 9 of the Act or under any other enactment or any instrument.
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Where in the qualifying tax year an employer has contributions payments in one or more but less than 12 of the income tax months, the amount of his contributions payments for that tax year shall be estimated by adding together all of those payments, dividing the total amount by the number of those months in which he has those payments and multiplying the resulting figure by 12.
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Where in the qualifying tax year an employer has no contributions payments, but does have such payments in one or more income tax months which fall both —
a
in the tax year in which the specified day falls, and
b
before the specified day or, where there is more than one such day in that tax year, before the first of those days,
then the amount of his contributions payments for the qualifying tax year shall be estimated in accordance with paragraph (3) above but as if the amount of the contributions payments falling in those months had fallen instead in the corresponding tax months in the qualifying tax year.
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Paragraph (6) below applies where an employer has made two or more elections under regulation 2A of the Income Tax (Employments) Regulations 1973 to be treated as a different employer in respect of each of the groups of employees specified in the election.
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The different employers covered by each of the elections of the employer first mentioned in paragraph (5) above shall be treated for the purposes of section 9(1B) to (1E) of the Act as one employer.
Number of weeks
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The prescribed number of weeks for the purposes of section 9(1B)(b) of the Act is 6.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Henley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
4th March 1991


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This Order may be cited as the Weybourne Community National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st November 1991.
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In this Order unless the context otherwise requires–
“ the Act ” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;
“community health services” means any services which the Secretary of State may provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of or Schedule 1 to the National Health Service Act 1977 and any service which he has a duty to provide under section 5(1) or (1A) of that Act ;
“establishment date” means 1st November 1991;
“operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;
“the trust” means the Weybourne Community National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.
Establishment of the trust
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There is hereby established an NHS trust which shall be called Weybourne Community National Health Service Trust.
Nature and functions of the trust
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The trust is established for the purpose specified in section 5(1)(a) of the Act.
2
The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more health authorities) shall be–
a
to own and manage hospital accommodation and services provided at Weybourne Community National Health Service Trust Headquarters, First Floor, Goldsworth Park Health Centre, Denton Way, Goldsworth Park, Woking, Surrey, GU21 3LQ and associated hospitals;
b
to manage community health services provided from Weybourne Community National Health Service Trust Headquarters, First Floor, Goldsworth Park Health Centre, Denton Way, Goldsworth Park, Woking, Surrey, GU21 3LQ and to own the associated premises.
Directors of the trust
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The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman 5 non-executive directors and5 executive directors.
Operational date and accounting date of the trust
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The operational date of the trust shall be 1st April 1992.
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The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.
Limited functions before operational date
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Between its establishment date and its operational date the trust shall have the functions–
a
of entering into NHS contracts;
b
of entering into other contracts including contracts of employment; and
c
of doing such other things as are reasonably necessary to enable it to begin to operate satisfactorily with effect from its operational date.
Assistance by health authorities before operational date
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The North West Surrey Health Authority shall–
a
until the operational date make such staff and facilities available to the trust as are required to enable the trust to carry out its limited functions pending the transfer or appointment of staff to or by the trust and the transfer of facilities to the trust;
b
make available such premises as are required to enable the trust to carry out its limited functions pending the transfer of those premises to the trust.
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The North West Surrey Health Authority shall discharge the liabilities of the trust, incurred between the establishment date and the operational date, that are of a description specified in paragraph (3) of this article.
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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.
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The health authority specified for the purposes of paragraph 3(1)(f) of Schedule 2 to the Act (authority which is to make the scheme under section 6 of the Act for the transfer of staff ) in relation to the trust shall be the North West Surrey Health Authority. (913623 — 1S2415)
Restriction on disposal of assets
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The sum specified for the purposes of paragraph 6(2)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act (maximum value of freely disposable assets) in relation to the trust shall be £1,000,000.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Virginia Bottomley
Minister of State,
Department of Health
21st October 1991