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Citation and commencement
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These Regulations may be cited as the Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (Satellite Operator Licences) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 21st July 2000.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations —
“the 1984 Act ” means the Telecommunications Act 1984 ;
“the former licences” means the relevant licences in the form they were in immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations;
“the modified licences” means the relevant licences as amended by these Regulations; and
“the relevant licences” means the licences granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to the persons specified in column 1 of Parts A and B of Schedule 1 hereto on the date specified against each person in column 2 thereof.
Modification of the relevant licences
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The relevant licences are hereby modified as follows: —
a
for the Table of Contents there shall be substituted the Table of Contents set out in Schedule 2 hereto;
b
in paragraph 2, after the word “signature” to the end there shall be substituted the words “and shall be of twenty five years' duration in the first instance but, without prejudice to Schedule 2 to this Licence, shall be subject to revocation thereafter on ten years' notice in writing of such revocation and such notice shall accordingly not be given before the end of the fifteenth year after the granting of this Licence.”;
c
for paragraph 6 there shall be substituted the following paragraph —
6
Where this Licence provides for any power of the Secretary of State or the Director to give any direction, notice or consent or make any specification, or of the Director to make any designation or determination, it implies, unless a contrary intention appears, a power, exercisable in the same manner and subject to the same conditions or limitations, to revoke, amend or give or make again any such direction, notice, consent, specification, designation or determination; and any reference however expressed to the Director making any determination or giving any direction or consent about any matter shall be construed as making such determination or giving such direction or consent after consultation with the Licensee and where appropriate with any other person who may have a relevant interest in the matter to which the determination, direction or consent relates.
;
d
for Schedule 1 there shall be substituted Schedule 1 as set out in Schedule 3 hereto;
e
for Schedule 2 there shall be substituted Schedule 2 as set out in Schedule 4 hereto;
f
for Schedule 3 there shall be substituted Schedule 3 as set out in Schedule 5 hereto, subject to the modification that, in the case of the licences specified in Part B of Schedule 1 hereto after sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 3 there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph —
b
the conveyance of Messages which have been or are to be conveyed under sub-paragraph 3(a) above by means of the Applicable Systems to or from any telecommunication system not run under a Licence issued to a particular person.
;
g
for Annex A:
i
in the case of the licences specified in Part A of Schedule 1 hereto there shall be substituted Annex A as set out in Part 1 of Schedule 6 hereto; and
ii
in the case of the licences specified in Part B of Schedule 1 hereto there shall be substituted Annex A as set out in Part 2 of Schedule 6 hereto; and
h
after Annex A there shall be inserted Annex B as set out in Schedule 7 hereto.
Transitional provisions
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1
So far as anything done or treated as done under or for the purposes of any provision of the former licences could have been done under or for the purposes of the corresponding provision of the modified licences, it shall have effect as if done under or for the purposes of the corresponding provision; and any direction, notice, consent, specification, designation or determination or other decision made or having effect under any provision of the former licences shall be treated for all purposes as made and having effect under the corresponding provision.
2
Where any period of time specified in a provision of the former licences is current immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations, the corresponding provision of the modified licences shall have effect as if that period of time —
a
ran from the date or event from which it was running immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations, and
b
expired whenever it would have expired if the former licences had not been modified;
and any rights, liabilities, obligations or requirements dependent on the beginning, duration or end of such a period as mentioned above shall be under the modified licences as they were or would have been under the former licences.
Revocation of licences
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The licences granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 8 hereto on the dates specified against each person in column 2 thereof are revoked.
Patricia Hewitt,
Minister of State for Small Business and E Commerce,
Department of Trade and Industry
28th June 2000


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jurisdiction: UK

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This Order may be cited as the Inheritance Tax (Indexation) Order 2000.
2
The amounts which, unless Parliament otherwise determines, will be treated by virtue of section 8 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 as specified in the Table in Schedule 1 to that Act in relation to chargeable transfers on or after 6th April 2000 are as follows —
TABLE OF RATES OF TAX
Portion of value Rate of tax Lower Limit Upper Limit Per cent. £ £
0 234,000 NIL 234,000 — 40
David Jamieson
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
21st March 2000


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


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Citation and commencement
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These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Contributions (Notional Payment of Primary Class 1 Contribution) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 6th April 2000.
Interpretation
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In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires–
“the Contributions and Benefits Act ” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;
“the principal Regulations ” means the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979 ;
“section 6A(2)” means section 6A(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Act.
Introductory
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Section 6A(2) (notional payment of primary Class 1 contribution where in any tax week payment of earnings is not less than the current lower earnings limit but does not exceed the current primary threshold) has effect subject to the modifications and exceptions prescribed by regulations 4 to 6 of these Regulations.
Prescribed modifications and exceptions
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The modification prescribed by this regulation is that section 6A(2) has effect to the extent only that, if the amount of earnings paid in the tax week concerned had exceeded the current primary threshold, the earner would have been liable or entitled under the Contributions and Benefits Act and the principal Regulations to pay a primary Class 1 contribution in respect of those earnings.
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The exception prescribed by this regulation is that section 6A(2) does not have effect for the purposes of regulation 32 of the principal Regulations (return of contributions) .
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The modification prescribed by this regulation is that, where the earner is a woman who has made an election under regulation 100 of the principal Regulations (elections by married women and widows for liability to pay primary Class 1 contributions at the reduced rate) and that election has not ceased to have effect, section 6A(2) has effect as if the primary Class 1 contribution there referred to had been paid at the reduced rate.
Consequential amendments to the principal Regulations
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In regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (earnings periods) after the word “payable” there shall be inserted the words “ or, where section 6A of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 applies, treated as having been paid,”.
8
In regulation 123B of the principal Regulations (certain volunteer development workers to be self-employed earners) after the word “ payable” there shall be inserted the words “or, where section 6A of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 applies, are treated as having been paid”.
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1
Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (application of the Income Tax (Employments) Regulations 1973 to earnings-related contributions and Class 1A contributions) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
2
In regulation 13(6)(b) (calculation of deduction)–
a
for heads (ii) and (iii) there shall be substituted the following heads–
ii
earnings which exceed the current lower earnings limit but do not exceed the current primary threshold,
iii
earnings which exceed the current primary threshold but do not exceed the current secondary threshold,
iiia
earnings which exceed the current secondary threshold but do not exceed the current upper earnings limit,
;
b
in head (iv) for “(iii)” there shall be substituted “(iiia)”.
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In regulation 25(a) (certificate of contributions paid)–
a
for head (i) there shall be substituted the following heads–
i
the amount of any earnings up to and including the current lower earnings limit where earnings equal or exceed that figure;
ia
the amount of any earnings in respect of which primary Class 1 contributions were, by virtue of section 6A of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, treated as having been paid, which exceed the current lower earnings limit but do not exceed the current primary threshold, other than earnings from non-contracted-out employment in respect of which primary Class 1 contributions were, by virtue of that section and regulation 100 of the Main Regulations, treated as having been paid at the reduced rate;
ib
the amount of any earnings in respect of which primary Class 1 contributions were payable which exceed the current primary threshold but do not exceed the current secondary threshold, other than earnings from non-contracted-out employment in respect of which Class 1 contributions were payable at the reduced rate;
ic
the amount of any earnings in respect of which primary Class 1 contributions were payable which exceed the current secondary threshold but do not exceed the current upper earnings limit, other than earnings from non-contracted-out employment in respect of which primary Class 1 contributions were payable at the reduced rate;
;
b
for head (iii) there shall be substituted the following head–
iii
the amount of the earnings, if any, recorded under heads (ia) to (ic) of this paragraph, above the current lower earnings limit, in respect of which primary Class 1 contributions were payable or, where section 6A of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and regulation 100 of the Main Regulations applies, were treated as having been paid, at the reduced rate;
;
c
in heads (v) and (vi) before the words “lower earnings limit”, in each place where they occur, there shall be inserted the word “current”.
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In regulation 30(1)(c)(i) (return by employer at end of year) for the words “heads (i) to (iii)” there shall be substituted the words “heads (i) to (iiia)”.
Bob Ainsworth
Greg Pope
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
9th March 2000
Alistair Darling
The Secretary of State for Social Security hereby concurs
11th March 2000
Steve Matheson
Tim Flesher
Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue
13th March 2000


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This Order may be cited as the Transport for London (Transitional Provisions) (Croydon Tramlink) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 3rd July 2000.
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In this Order “Tramlink” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Croydon Tramlink Act 1994 and the “Concession Agreement” means the agreement concerning Tramlink dated 21st November 1996 and made between London Regional Transport and Tramtrack Croydon Limited.
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Any reference to section 3(2A)(a) of the London Regional Transport Act 1984 in clauses 5, 23, 25 and 48 of the Concession Agreement shall be construed as a reference to section 169(3)(a) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 nothwithstanding that the repeal of section 3(2A)(a) of the London Regional Transport Act 1984 has not come into force.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Keith Hill
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
2nd June 2000