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Citation, commencement and effect
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Exchange Gains and Losses (Alternative Method of Calculation of Gain or Loss) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 30th June 1996.
2
Regulation 4 shall have effect as respects accrual periods ending on or after 30th June 1996.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Exchange Gains and Losses (Alternative Method of Calculation of Gain or Loss) Regulations 1994 , and “regulation” means a regulation of those Regulations.
Amendments to the principal Regulations
3
In regulation 4(2) the following definition shall be added at the end —
“qualifying asset” shall be construed in accordance with subsection (1) of section 153 of the 1993 Act, read with subsections (3) and (4) of that section .
4
1
Regulation 5 shall be amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (2) for the words “paragraph (3)” there shall be substituted “paragraphs (3) and (3A)”.
3
In paragraph (3) after the word “then” there shall be inserted “, subject to paragraph (3A) below,”.
4
After paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph —
3A
If in a case where this regulation applies —
a
only a proportion of a liability owed by the company is matched with an asset, not being an asset that is a ship or an aircraft, or
b
another liability owed by the company is eligible to be matched with that asset at the time the election is made, but is not matched, and
c
an exchange loss in relation to —
i
the whole of the liability referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b), or
ii
a proportion of that liability, being in the case of the liability referred to in sub-paragraph (a), a greater proportion than the proportion matched,
is shown in the company’s accounts for the period which is or includes the current period, in the reserves,
the amount of the initial exchange loss as respects that liability for the current period, calculated in accordance with this regulation, shall be reduced by the amount by which the exchange loss shown in the reserves and relating to that liability exceeds the exchange loss relating to the proportion (if any) of the liability that was matched.
5
In paragraph (6)(c) after the words “sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above” there shall be added “and which is not a qualifying asset”.
6
In paragraph (7) —
a
the word “and” immediately following sub-paragraph (a) shall be omitted;
b
after sub-paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraphs —
aa
all shares in the same company shall constitute a single asset,
ab
all debts on a security issued by the same company shall constitute a single asset, and
.
5
In regulation 10 —
a
in paragraph (2) —
i
sub-paragraphs (a) and (d) shall be omitted;
ii
in sub-paragraph (c) after the word “liability” there shall be inserted “to be matched by the election”;
b
in paragraph (5) —
i
for the words “specified in”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “matched by”;
ii
for the words from “the liability ceases” to “any other liability” there shall be substituted “in any such case at any time after the election is made or, in the case of an election to which regulation 11(2) applies, has effect, the company is subject to another eligible liability”;
c
in paragraph (6) for the words “specified in”, where those words first occur, there shall be substituted “matched by”.
6
In regulation 11 —
a
in paragraph (5)(a) after the words “that company” there shall be inserted “or, where the direction is given on or after 1st April 1996, no earlier accounting period of that company is an ADP exempt period”;
b
after paragraph (5) there shall be added the following paragraph —
6
In paragraph (5) above “ADP exempt period” means an accounting period of the company —
a
which begins on or after 28th November 1995, and
b
in respect of which the company has pursued, within the meaning of Part I of Schedule 25 to the Taxes Act, an acceptable distribution policy.
Simon Burns
Michael Bates
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
21st May 1996


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jurisdiction: UK

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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Personal Pension Schemes (Deferred Annuity Purchase) (Acceptance of Contributions) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 6th April 1996.
2
1
In these Regulations —
“member” and “personal pension scheme” have the meanings given by section 630(1) ;
“pension date” means the date determined in accordance with arrangements made by a member in accordance with a personal pension scheme on which the member elects —
to defer the purchase of an annuity such as is mentioned in section 634, and
to make income withdrawals in accordance with section 634A .
2
Any reference in these Regulations to a particular section is a reference to that section of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988.
3
1
Paragraph (2) prescribes a case for the purpose of section 638(7A) (restriction on approval of personal pension scheme).
2
The case prescribed is the acceptance by a personal pension scheme after a member’s pension date of minimum contributions paid as mentioned in section 638(6)(c) in respect of that member.
S. C. T. Matheson
G. H. Bush
Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue
13th March 1996


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
This Order may be cited as the Tyne Riverside Enterprise Zones (North Tyneside) (Designation) (No. 1) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 19th February 1996.
2
1
Any reference in this Order to the Zone area is a reference to the area —
a
the boundary of which is represented by the outside edge of a black line edged internally with a stippled band on the map; and
b
to which the Tyne Riverside Enterprise Zone No. 1 (Hadrian Business Park South) Scheme relates.
2
In this Order:
“the council” means North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council; and
“the map” means the map prepared in duplicate, marked “Map referred to in the Tyne Riverside Enterprise Zones (North Tyneside) (Designation) (No. 1) Order 1996”, and signed by an Under Secretary in the Department of the Environment, one duplicate of which has been deposited and is available for inspection at the principal offices of the council and the other at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment.
Enterprise zone in North Tyneside
3
— The Zone area is hereby designated as an enterprise zone, and the council is hereby designated as the enterprise zone authority for that zone.
Period of designation
4
Designation under this Order shall take effect on 19th February 1996, and the designated area shall remain an enterprise zone for a period of ten years from that date.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Paul Beresford
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment
16th January 1996
We consent,
Bowen Wells
Michael Bates
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
18th January 1996


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1
This Order may be cited as the Free Zone (Southampton) Designation (Variation of Area) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 21 October 1996.
2
The area designated a free zone by the Free Zone (Southampton) Designation Order 1991 and varied by the Free Zone (Southampton) Designation (Variation) Order 1994 shall be further varied by substituting the area referred to in article 2 of the Free Zone (Southampton) Designation (Variation) Order 1994 for an area consisting of 3.2436 hectares in the City of Southampton, Hampshire shown enclosed by a blue line on a map (being of a scale of 1:2500), marked “Map referred to in article 2 of the Free Zone (Southampton) Designation (Variation of Area) Order 1996” signed by a Collector of Customs and Excise and dated 19th March 1996.
3
The map referred to in article 2 above shall be kept by the Commissioners at their Headquarters, New King’s Beam House, 22 Upper Ground, London SE1 9PJ (and a copy thereof at the registered office of Southampton Free Trade Zone Limited) in substitution for the map referred to in article 2 of the Free Zone (Southampton) Designation (Variation) Order 1994.
Michael Bates
Patrick McLoughlin
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
14th October 1996


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1
This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 18th March 1996.
2
This Order extends to England and Wales only.
3
In this Order “ the Act ” means the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and “the principal Order ” means the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Designated Countries and Territories) Order 1991 .
2
There shall be inserted in Schedule 1 to the principal Order, at the appropriate places in alphabetical order, the entries for those countries specified in the Schedule to this Order.
3
The Appendix set out at the end of paragraph 21(f) of Schedule 2 to the principal Order (institution of proceedings) shall be amended as follows —
a
after the entry for Netherlands, there shall be inserted the following entry —
Romania
a
when the start of a penal pursuit is ordered;
b
when penal proceedings start in respect of an offender.
;
b
after the entry for Switzerland, there shall be inserted the following entries —
Thailand when a court or the Asset Examination Committee issues a restraint order. United Mexican States when the Ministerio Publico has established that there is probable cause to suspect that a person has committed an offence.
.
c
the like amendments to those in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) above shall be made to the Appendix to section 102 of the Act as set out in Schedule 3 to the principal Order.
N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Lloyd’s Underwriters (Tax) (1992-93 to 1996-97) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 5th April 1996.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Lloyd’s Underwriters (Tax) (1992-93 to 1996-97) Regulations 1995 and “regulation” means a regulation of those Regulations.
Amendments to the principal Regulations
3
In regulation 2 —
a
after the definition of “syndicate gains” there shall be inserted the following definition —
“the Taxes Act ” means the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 ;
;
b
after the definition of “the Taxes Acts” there shall be added the following definition —
“tax credit” means a tax credit under section 231 of the Taxes Act .
4
After regulation 10 there shall be inserted the following regulation —
Repayment of tax — taxed income and tax credits
10A
1
The like provisions as are contained in section 824 of the Taxes Act (as that section has effect for the year of assessment 1995-96) shall have effect in relation to —
a
any repayment of tax which was paid by way of deduction at source in respect of income charged to tax in accordance with section 171, and falling within section 172(1)(c), of the Finance Act 1993 , and
b
any payment of the whole or part of a tax credit (to which section 824 of the Taxes Act applies by virtue of subsection (2) of that section) in respect of such income,
as if “the relevant time” for the purposes of subsection (1) of that section was the end of the period of 12 months following the year of assessment for which the tax was assessed on the member concerned.
2
This regulation shall have effect for the year of assessment 1995-96 only.
S C T Matheson
G H Bush
Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue
13th March 1996


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PART I
GENERAL
Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Financial Markets and Insolvency Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 15th July 1996.
Interpretation
2
1
In these Regulations —
“ the Act ” means the Companies Act 1989;
“business day” means any day which is not a Saturday or Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday in any part of the United Kingdom under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 ;
“issue”, in relation to an uncertificated unit of a security, means to confer on a person title to a new unit;
“register of securities” —
in relation to shares, means a register of members; and
in relation to units of a security other than shares, means a register maintained by the issuer, whether by virtue of the 1995 Regulations or otherwise, of persons holding the units;
“the 1995 Regulations” means the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 1995 ;
“relevant nominee” means a system-member who is a subsidiary undertaking of the Operator designated by him as such in accordance with such rules and practices as are mentioned in paragraph 19(d) of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Regulations;
“settlement bank” means a person who has contracted with an Operator to make payments in connection with transfers, by means of a relevant system, of title to uncertificated units of a security and of interests of system-beneficiaries in relation to such units;
“system-beneficiary” means a person on whose behalf a system-member or former system-member holds or held uncertificated units of a security;
“system-charge” means a charge of a kind to which regulation 3(2) applies;
“system-member” means a person who is permitted by an Operator to transfer by means of a relevant system title to uncertificated units of a security held by him; and “former system-member” means a person whose participation in the relevant system is terminated or suspended;
“transfer”, in relation to title to uncertificated units of a security, means the generation of an Operator-instruction requiring a participating issuer to register a system-member on the relevant register of securities as the holder of those units; and in relation to an interest of a system-beneficiary in relation to uncertificated units of a security, means the transfer of the interest to another system-beneficiary by means of a relevant system; and
other expressions used in these Regulations which are also used in the 1995 Regulations have the same meanings as in those Regulations.
2
For the purposes of these Regulations, a person holds a unit of a security if —
a
in the case of an uncertificated unit, he is entered on a register of securities in relation to the unit in accordance with regulation 19 of the 1995 Regulations; and
b
in the case of a certificated unit, he has title to the unit.
3
A reference in any of these Regulations to a numbered regulation shall be construed as a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations.
4
A reference in any of these Regulations to a numbered paragraph shall, unless the reference is to a paragraph of a specified regulation, be construed as a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in the regulation in which the reference is made.
PART II
SYSTEM-CHARGES
Application of Part VII of the Act in relation to system-charges
3
1
Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, Part VII of the Act shall apply in relation to —
a
a charge to which paragraph (2) applies (“a system-charge”) and any action taken to enforce such a charge; and
b
any property subject to a system-charge,
in the same way as it applies in relation to a market charge, any action taken to enforce a market charge and any property subject to a market charge.
2
This paragraph applies in relation to a charge granted in favour of a settlement bank for the purpose of securing debts or liabilities arising in connection with any of the following —
a
a transfer of uncertificated units of a security to a system-member by means of a relevant system whether the system-member is acting for himself or on behalf of a system-beneficiary;
b
a transfer, by one system-beneficiary to another and by means of a relevant system, of his interests in relation to uncertificated units of a security held by a relevant nominee where the relevant nominee will continue to hold the units;
c
an agreement to make a transfer of the kind specified in paragraph (a);
d
an agreement to make a transfer of the kind specified in paragraph (b); and
e
an issue of uncertificated units of a security to a system-member by means of a relevant system whether the system-member is acting for himself or on behalf of a system-beneficiary.
3
In its application, by virtue of these Regulations, in relation to a system-charge, section 173(2) of the Act shall have effect as if the references to “purposes specified” and “specified purposes” were references to any one or more of the purposes specified in paragraph (2).
Circumstances in which Part VII applies in relation to system-charge
4
1
Part VII of the Act shall apply in relation to a system-charge granted by a system-member and in relation to property subject to such a charge only if —
a
it is granted to a settlement bank by a system-member for the purpose of securing debts or liabilities arising in connection with any of the transactions specified in regulation 3(2), being debts or liabilities incurred by that system-member or by a system-beneficiary on whose behalf he holds uncertificated units of a security; and
b
it contains provisions which refer expressly to the relevant system in relation to which the grantor is a system-member.
2
Part VII of the Act shall apply in relation to a system-charge granted by a system-beneficiary and in relation to property subject to such a charge only if —
a
it is granted to a settlement bank by a system-beneficiary for the purpose of securing debts or liabilities arising in connection with any of the transactions specified in regulation 3(2), incurred by that system-beneficiary or by a system-member who holds uncertificated units of a security on his behalf; and
b
it contains provisions which refer expressly to the relevant system in relation to which the system-member who holds the uncertificated units of a security in relation to which the system-beneficiary has the interest is a system-member.
Extent to which Part VII applies to a system-charge
5
Part VII of the Act shall apply in relation to a system-charge only to the extent that —
a
it is a charge over any one or more of the following —
i
uncertificated units of a security held by a system-member or a former system-member;
ii
interests of a kind specified in regulation 25(1)(a) or 25(2)(a) of the 1995 Regulations in uncertificated units of a security in favour of a system-member of a former system-member;
iii
interests of a system-beneficiary in relation to uncertificated units of a security;
iv
units of a security which are no longer in uncertificated form because the person holding the units has become a former system-member;
v
sums or other benefits receivable by a system-member or former system-member by reason of his holding uncertificated units of a security, or units which are no longer in uncertificated form because the person holding the units has become a former system-member;
vi
sums or other benefits receivable by a system-beneficiary by reason of his having an interest in relation to uncertificated units of a security or in relation to units which are no longer in uncertificated form because the person holding the units has become a former system-member;
vii
sums or other benefits receivable by a system-member or former system-member by way of repayment, bonus, preference, redemption, conversion or accruing or offered in respect of uncertificated units of a security, or units which are no longer in uncertificated form because the person holding the units has become a former system-member;
viii
sums or other benefits receivable by a system-beneficiary by way of repayment, bonus, preference, redemption, conversion or accruing or offered in respect of uncertificated units of a security in relation to which he has an interest or in respect of units in relation to which the system-beneficiary has an interest and which are no longer in uncertificated form because the person holding the units has become a former system-member;
ix
sums or other benefits receivable by a system-member or former system-member in respect of the transfer of uncertificated units of a security by or to him by means of a relevant system;
x
sums or other benefits receivable by a system-member or former system-member in respect of an agreement to transfer uncertificated units of a security by or to him by means of a relevant system;
xi
sums or other benefits receivable by a system-beneficiary in respect of the transfer of the interest of a system-beneficiary in relation to uncertificated units of a security by or to him by means of a relevant system or in respect of the transfer of uncertificated units of a security by or to a system-member acting on his behalf by means of a relevant system;
xii
sums or other benefits receivable by a system-beneficiary in respect of an agreement to transfer the interest of a system-beneficiary in relation to uncertificated units of a security by or to him by means of a relevant system, or in respect of an agreement to transfer uncertificated units of a security by or to a system-member acting on his behalf by means of a relevant system; and
b
it secures —
i
the obligation of a system-member or former system-member to reimburse a settlement bank, being an obligation which arises in connection with any of the transactions specified in regulation 3(2) and whether the obligation was incurred by the system-member when acting for himself or when acting on behalf of a system-beneficiary; or
ii
the obligation of a system-beneficiary to reimburse a settlement bank, being an obligation which arises in connection with any of the transactions specified in regulation 3(2) and whether the obligation was incurred by the system-beneficiary when acting for himself or by reason of a system-member acting on his behalf.
Limitation on disapplication of sections 10(1)(b) and 11(3)(c) of Insolvency Act 1986 in relation to system-charges
6
1
This regulation applies where an administration order is made in relation to a system-member or former system-member.
2
The disapplication of sections 10(1)(b) and 11(3)(c) of the Insolvency Act 1986 by section 175(1)(a) of the Act shall have effect, in relation to a system-charge granted by a system-member or former system-member, only to the extent necessary to enable there to be realised, whether through the sale of uncertificated units of a security or otherwise, the lesser of the two sums specified in paragraphs (3) and (4).
3
The first sum of the two sums referred to in paragraph (2) is the net sum of —
a
all payment obligations discharged by the settlement bank in connection with —
i
transfers of uncertificated units of a security by means of a relevant system made during the qualifying period to or by the relevant system-member or former system-member, whether acting for himself or on behalf of a system-beneficiary;
ii
agreements made during the qualifying period to transfer uncertificated units of a security by means of a relevant system to or from the relevant system-member or former system-member, whether acting for himself or on behalf of a system-beneficiary; and
iii
issues of uncertificated units of a security by means of a relevant system made during the qualifying period to the relevant system-member or former system-member, whether acting for himself or on behalf of a system-beneficiary; less
b
all payment obligations discharged to the settlement bank in connection with transactions of any kind described in paragraph (3)(a)(i) and (ii).
4
The second of the two sums referred to in paragraph (2) is the sum (if any) due to the settlement bank from the relevant system-member or former system-member by reason of an obligation of the kind described in regulation 5(b)(i).
5
In this regulation and regulation 7, “qualifying period” means the period —
a
beginning with the fifth business day before the day on which the petition for the making of the administration order was presented; and
b
ending with the second business day after the day on which the administration order is made.
Limitation on disapplication of sections 10(1)(b) and 11(3)(c) of Insolvency Act 1986 in relation to system-charges granted by a system-beneficiary
7
1
This regulation applies where an administration order is made in relation to a system-beneficiary.
2
The disapplication of sections 10(1)(b) and 11(3)(c) of the Insolvency Act 1986 by section 175(1)(a) of the Act shall have effect, in relation to a system-charge granted by a system-beneficiary, only to the extent necessary to enable there to be realised, whether through the sale of interests of a system-beneficiary in relation to uncertificated units of a security or otherwise, the lesser of the two sums specified in paragraphs (3) and (4).
3
The first of the two sums referred to in paragraph (2) is the net sum of —
a
all payment obligations discharged by the settlement bank in connection with —
i
transfers, to or by the relevant system-beneficiary by means of a relevant system made during the qualifying period, of interests of the system-beneficiary in relation to uncertificated units of a security held by a relevant nominee, where the relevant nominee has continued to hold the units;
ii
agreements made during the qualifying period to transfer, to or from the relevant system-beneficiary by means of a relevant system, interests of the system-beneficiary in relation to uncertificated units of a security held by a relevant nominee, where the relevant nominee will continue to hold the units;
iii
transfers, during the qualifying period and by means of a relevant system, of uncertificated units of a security, being transfers made to or by a system-member acting on behalf of the relevant system-beneficiary;
iv
agreements made during the qualifying period to transfer uncertificated units of a security by means of a relevant system to or from a system-member acting on behalf of the relevant system-beneficiary; and
v
issues of uncertificated units of a security made during the qualifying period and by means of a relevant system, being issues to a system-member acting on behalf of the relevant system-beneficiary; less
b
all payment obligations discharged to the settlement bank in connection with transactions of any kind described in paragraph (3)(a)(i) to (iv).
4
The second of the two sums referred to in paragraph (2) is the sum (if any) due to the settlement bank from the relevant system-beneficiary by reason of an obligation of the kind described in regulation 5(b)(ii).
Ability of administrator or receiver to recover assets in case of property subject to system-charge
8
1
This regulation applies where an administration order is made or an administrator or an administrative receiver or a receiver is appointed, in relation to a system-member, former system-member or system-beneficiary.
2
The disapplication, by section 175(1)(b) and (3) of the Act, of sections 15(1) and (2), 43 and 61 of the Insolvency Act 1986 shall cease to have effect after the end of the relevant day in respect of any property which is subject to a system-charge granted by the system-member, former system-member or system-beneficiary if on the basis of a valuation in accordance with paragraph (3), the charge is not required for the realisation of the sum specified in paragraph (4) or (5).
3
For the purposes of paragraph (2), the value of property shall, except in a case falling within paragraph (6), be such as may be agreed between the administrator, administrative receiver or receiver on the one hand and the settlement bank on the other.
4
Where the system-charge has been granted by a system-member or former system-mem ber, the sum referred to in paragraph (2) is whichever is the lesser of —
a
the sum referred to in regulation 6(3);
b
the sum referred to in regulation 6(4) due to the settlement bank at the close of business on the relevant day.
5
Where the system-charge has been granted by a system-beneficiary, the sum referred to in paragraph (2) is whichever is the lesser of —
a
the sum referred to in regulation 7(3);
b
the sum referred to in regulation 7(4) due to the settlement bank at the close of business on the relevant day.
6
For the purposes of paragraph (2), the value of any property for which a price for the relevant day is quoted in the Daily Official List of The London Stock Exchange Limited shall —
a
in a case in which two prices are so quoted, be an amount equal to the average of those two prices, adjusted where appropriate to take account of any accrued dividend or interest; and
b
in a case in which one price is so quoted, be an amount equal to that price, adjusted where appropriate to take account of any accrued dividend or interest.
7
In this regulation “the relevant day” means the second business day after the day on which the administration order is made, or the administrative receiver or receiver is appointed.
PART III
MARKET CONTRACTS
Amendments to section 156 of the Act
9
After sub-section (3) of section 156 of the Act there shall be inserted the following —
3A
Nothing in subsection (2)(a) or (b) shall be taken as requiring a UK investment exchange or a UK clearing house which does not enter into such contracts as are mentioned in section 155(2)(b) or (3) to have default rules relating to such contracts.
Derek Conway
Bowen Wells
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Date: 4th June 1996
Phillip Oppenheim
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Trade and Industry
Date: 5th June 1996


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Title and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as The Bovine Animals (Enforcement of Community Purchase Scheme) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st May 1996.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations —
“approved operator” means the operator of an incinerator or rendering plant, as the case may be, approved under the Specified Bovine Material ( No. 2) Order 1996 ;
“the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation ( EC ) No. 716/96 , adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom;
“licensed operator” means the owner or occupier of a slaughterhouse licensed under the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 ;
“the scheme” means the scheme, introduced by the Commission Regulation, for the purchase of bovine animals aged more than 30 months which do not show clinical signs of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and which were, during a period of three months prior to their sale, present on a holding on United Kingdom territory; and
“specified Community provision” means a provision of the Commission Regulation specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Offences
3
1
Where there is, in a slaughterhouse, a contravention of, or failure to comply with, any specified Community provision referred to in Part I of the Table in the Schedule to these Regulations, the licensed operator of that slaughterhouse shall be guilty of an offence.
2
Where there is, at premises housing an incinerator or at a rendering plant, a contravention of, or failure to comply with, any specified Community provision referred to in Part II of the Table in the Schedule to these Regulations, the approved operator of that incinerator or plant shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalties
4
A person guilty of an offence under regulation 3 of these Regulations shall be liable on conviction on indictment to a fine, and on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
Offences by bodies corporate
5
1
Where an offence under regulation 3 of these Regulations committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or approval of any director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
2
In paragraph (1) above a reference to a body corporate includes a Scottish partnership and a reference to a director includes a partner in a Scottish partnership.
Tony Baldry
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
30th April 1996
Lindsay
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
30th April 1996


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Title, Commencement and Extent
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (Designated Countries and Territories) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st January 1997.
2
This Order extends to England and Wales only.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
“ the Act ” means the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 and “the relevant provisions of the Act” are Part I, except sections 10 and 16, and Part IV of that Act;
“designated country” means a country or territory designated under article 3(1) of this Order;
“appropriate authority” of a designated country means —
the authority specified opposite that country in Schedule 1 to this Order;
where no authority is so specified, the authority appearing to the court to be the appropriate authority of that country for the purposes of sections 39 and 40 of the Act, and of the other relevant provisions of the Act as applied under article 3(2) of this Order;
“a court of a designated country” includes a court of any state or territory of a designated country.
Designation of and application of the Act to countries and territories
3
1
Each of the countries and territories specified in Schedule 1 to this Order is hereby designated for the purposes of sections 39 and 40 of the Act.
2
In relation to a designated country, the relevant provisions of the Act shall apply, subject to the modifications specified in Schedule 2 to this Order, to external confiscation orders and to proceedings which have been or are to be instituted in the designated country and may result in an external confiscation order being made there, and, accordingly, in relation to such orders and such proceedings, the relevant provisions of the Act shall have effect as set out in Schedule 3 to this Order.
Proof of orders and judgments of court in a designated country
4
1
For the purposes of sections 39 and 40 of the Act, and of the other relevant provisions of the Act, as applied under article 3(2) of this Order —
a
any order made or judgment given by a court in a designated country purporting to bear the seal of that court or to be signed by any person in his capacity as a judge, magistrate or officer of the court, shall be deemed without further proof to have been duly sealed or, as the case may be, to have been signed by that person; and
b
a document, duly authenticated, which purports to be a copy of any order made or judgment given by a court in a designated country shall be deemed without further proof to be a true copy.
2
A document purporting to be a copy of any order made or judgment given by a court in a designated country is duly authenticated for the purpose of paragraph 1(b) above if it purports to be certified by any person in his capacity as a judge, magistrate or officer of the court in question or by or on behalf of the appropriate authority of the designated country.
Evidence in relation to proceedings and orders in a designated country
5
1
For the purposes of sections 39 and 40 of the Act, and of the other relevant provisions of the Act as applied under article 3(2) of this Order, a certificate purporting to be issued by or on behalf of the appropriate authority of a designated country, stating —
a
that proceedings have been instituted and have not been concluded, or that proceedings are to be instituted, there;
b
in a case to which section 41(2) of the Act, as modified by Schedule 2 to this Order applies, that the defendant has been notified as specified in that paragraph;
c
that an external confiscation order is in force and is not subject to appeal;
d
that all or a certain amount of the sum payable under an external confiscation order remains unpaid in the designated country, or that other property recoverable under an external confiscation order remains unrecovered there;
e
that any person has been notified of any proceedings in accordance with the law of the designated country; or
f
that an order (however described) made or to be made by a court of the designated country has the purpose, or, as the case may be, will have the purpose, of recovering payments or other rewards received in connection with drug trafficking or their value;
shall, in any proceedings in the High Court, be admissible as evidence of the facts so stated.
2
In any such proceedings a statement contained in a document, duly authenticated, which purports to have been received in evidence or to be a copy of a document so received, or to set out or summarise evidence given in proceedings in a court in a designated country, shall be admissible as evidence of any fact stated therein.
3
A document is duly authenticated for the purposes of paragraph (2) above if it purports to be certified by any person in his capacity as a judge, magistrate or officer of the court in a designated country, or by or on behalf of the appropriate authority of the designated country, to have been received in evidence or to be a copy of a document so received, or, as the case may be, to be the original document containing or summarising the evidence or a true copy of that document.
4
Nothing in this article shall prejudice the admission of any evidence, whether contained in any document or otherwise, which is admissible apart from this article.
Certificate as to appropriate authority of a designated country
6
Where in relation to any designated country no authority is specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, a certificate made by the Secretary of State to the effect that the authority specified therein is the appropriate authority for the purposes of sections 39 and 40 of the Act, and of the other relevant provisions of the Act as applied by article 3(2) of this Order shall be sufficient evidence of that fact.
Representation of government of a designated country
7
A request for assistance sent to the Secretary of State by the appropriate authority of a designated country shall, unless the contrary is shown, be deemed to constitute the authority of that country for the Crown Prosecution Service or the Commissioners of Customs and Excise to act on its behalf in any proceedings in the High Court under section 40 of the Act or any other provision of the Act as applied by article 3(2) of this Order.
Satisfaction of confiscation order in a designated country
8
1
Where —
a
a confiscation order has been made under section 2 of the Act; and
b
a request has been sent by the Secretary of State to the appropriate authority of a designated country for assistance in enforcing that order; and
c
in execution of that request property is recovered in that country, the amount payable under the confiscation order shall be treated as reduced by the value of the property so recovered.
2
For the purposes of this article, and without prejudice to the admissibility of any evidence which may be admissible apart from this paragraph, a certificate purporting to be issued by or on behalf of the appropriate authority of a designated country stating that property has been recovered there in execution of a request by the Secretary of State, stating the value of the property so recovered and the date on which it was recovered shall, in any proceedings in a court in England and Wales, be admissible as evidence of the facts so stated.
Currency Conversion
9
1
Where the value of property recovered as described in article 8(1) of this Order is expressed in a currency other than that of the United Kingdom, the extent to which the amount payable under the confiscation order is to be reduced under that paragraph shall be calculated on the basis of the exchange rate prevailing on the date on which the property was recovered in the designated country concerned.
2
Where an amount of money payable or remaining to be paid under an external confiscation order registered in the High Court under section 40 of the Act is expressed in a currency other than that of the United Kingdom, for the purpose of any action taken in relation to that order under the Act as applied under article 3(2) of this Order the amount shall be converted into the currency of the United Kingdom on the basis of the exchange rate prevailing on the date of registration of the order.
3
For the purposes of this article a written certificate purporting to be signed by any person acting in his capacity as an officer of any bank in the United Kingdom and stating the exchange rate prevailing on a specified date shall be admissible as evidence of the facts so stated.
Revocation
10
The Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (Designated Countries and Territories) Order 1990 is hereby revoked.
N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council


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Title and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as The Specified Bovine Material (No. 3) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 24th January 1997.
Amendment of the Specified Bovine Material (No. 3) Order 1996
2
1
In Article 3(2) of the Specified Bovine Material (No. 3) Order 1996 , after the words “granted under this Order” there shall be inserted the words “(including a consent given under Article 18(6A) below)”.
2
Article 18(6) of the Specified Bovine Material (No. 3) Order 1996 shall be replaced by the following–
6
The operator of an approved rendering plant shall ensure (except as provided by paragraph (6A) below) that any equipment used for processing specified bovine material is used only for that purpose.
6A
Subject to paragraph (6B) below, the appropriate Minister may, on application by the operator of an approved rendering plant, consent to the use for other purposes of equipment previously used for processing specified bovine material.
6B
No consent given pursuant to paragraph (6A) above shall be effective until the appropriate Minister has indicated in writing that he is satisfied that the equipment concerned has been cleaned in accordance with any conditions specified in that consent.
.
Tony Baldry
Minister of State Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
23rd December 1996
Lindsay
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Scottish Office
31st December 1996
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Jonathan Evans
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
23rd December 1996


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1
This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Fiscal Warehousing) (Treatment of Transactions) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st June 1996.
2
1
In this Order —
“eligible goods” has the meaning given by section 18B(6) of the Act ;
“material time” has the meaning given by section 18F(1) of the Act ;
“supply” means a supply for the purposes of section 5(2)(a) of the Act; and,
“the Act” means the Value Added Tax Act 1994.
2
In construing article 3(2) below any supply referred to in that article must be treated as taking place at the material time for that supply.
3
1
A transaction fulfilling the description set out in paragraph (2) below shall be treated as a supply of goods and not as a supply of services.
2
The description referred to in paragraph (1) above is that there is a supply (which is not a retail transaction) involving the transfer of any undivided share of property in eligible goods and either —
a
that supply takes place while the goods in question are subject to a fiscal warehousing regime, or
b
the transferee causes the goods in question to be placed in a fiscal warehousing regime after receiving that supply but before the supply, if any, which next occurs involving the transfer of any property in those goods.
Derek Conway
Simon Burns
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
9th May 1996


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1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the British Nationality (Fees) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
2
The British Nationality (Fees) Regulations 1984 and the British Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 are hereby revoked; but nothing in these Regulations shall affect the amount of any fee payable under the said Regulations of 1984 in respect of anything done in pursuance of an application or declaration of renunciation made before the coming into force of these Regulations.
3
In these Regulations “ the Act ” means the British Nationality Act 1981; and, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a section shall be construed as a reference to a section contained in that Act.
2
1
Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5) below, the fees specified in the Schedule to these Regulations may be taken in respect of any application made to the Secretary of State under the Act.
2
Subject to paragraph (6) below, the fees specified in the Schedule to these Regulations may be taken in respect of things done in Great Britain and Northern Ireland:
Provided that no fee shall be taken under this regulation for administering the oath of allegiance in a case where the oath is administered by a justice of the peace.
3
a
The fee payable in respect of —
i
an application for the registration of a person as a British citizen, British Dependent Territories citizen, British Overseas citizen or British subject; or
ii
an application for naturalisation as a British citizen or British Dependent Territories citizen,
shall be payable on the submission of the application.
b
The fee payable in respect of the registration of a declaration of renunciation of British citizenship, British Dependent Territories citizenship, British Overseas citizenship or British subject status shall be payable on the submission of the declaration of renunciation.
4
Where a husband and wife apply at the same time for naturalisation as British citizens or British Dependent Territories citizens and are residing together at the time of the applications, the total fee payable in respect of the applications shall be the same as that for a single application.
5
Where an application for the registration of a minor as a British citizen, British Dependent Territories citizen, British Overseas citizen or British subject is made at the same time as an application or applications under the same or any other provision of the Act for the registration of some other minor or minors having the same parent, the total fee payable in respect of the applications shall be the same as that for a single application. In this paragraph, “parent” includes a step-parent and an adoptive parent.
6
Where a declaration of renunciation of British citizenship, British Dependent Territories citizenship, British Overseas citizenship or British subject status is made by a person at the same time as a declaration of renunciation by him of another such citizenship or status, the total fee payable in respect of the registration of the declarations shall be the same as that for the registration of a single declaration.
3
1
Except as provided by paragraph (2) below, fees paid under these Regulations shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund in accordance with Treasury directions.
2
Fees paid in respect of the administration of the oath of allegiance for the purposes of the Act (Item 6 in the Schedule to these Regulations) shall be paid —
a
in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, if the oath is administered by a commissioner for oaths or notary public, to the commissioner or notary public;
b
in Scotland, if the oath is administered by a sheriff principal or sheriff, to the sheriff clerk or to any of his deputes, and, if by a notary public, to the notary public.
Timothy Kirkhope
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
7th February 1996
We consent to these Regulations
Bowen Wells
Simon Burns
Two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
15th February 1996


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Priority of Charges) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 17th October 1996.
Specified Body
2
Leek United Home Loans Limited is hereby specified as an approved lending institution for the purposes of section 156 of the Housing Act 1985 (priority of charges).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Ferrers
Minister of State,
Department of Environment
24th September 1996
We consent,
Patrick McLoughlin
Bowen Wells
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
26th September 1996


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Pathfinder National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1996, and shall come into force on 1st August 1996.
2
In this Order —
“the Authority” means the Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority established on 1st April 1996 ;
“the old Authority” means the Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority established on 1st April 1994 and abolished on 1st April 1996 );
“the Trust” means the Pathfinder National Health Service Trust;
“the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by and agreed upon by the old Authority and the Trust on 29th February 1996, which schedule has been signed on behalf of both the old Authority and the Trust.
Transfer of trust property
2
On 1st August 1996 the trust property shall be transferred from the Authority to the Trust.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Horam
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
4th July 1996


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Title and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Medicines (Phenacetin Prohibition) (Revocation) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 21st January 1997.
Revocation of the Medicines (Phenacetin Prohibition) Order 1979
2
The Medicines (Phenacetin Prohibition) Order 1979 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Horam
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
30th December 1996
Lindsay
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Scottish Office
9th December 1996
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Jonathan Evans
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Welsh Office
11th December 1996
Angela Browning
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
9th December 1996
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this 3rd day of December 1996.
F.A. Elliott
Permanent Secretary
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland this 3rd day of December 1996.
P.J.Small
Permanent Secretary


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Weymouth Harbour Revision Order 1996 and shall come into force on 15th January 1996.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
“marina” means a facility for yachts and other vessels used wholly or mainly for recreational purposes;
“the Inner Harbour (North)” means that part of the harbour of Weymouth which is described in the Schedule to this Order and which, for the purposes of identification only, is shown edged red on the signed plan;
“the Authority” means the Weymouth and Portland Borough Council;
“the signed plan” means the plan prepared in duplicate, signed by an Under Secretary in the Department of Transport and marked “Signed plan referred to in the Weymouth Harbour Revision Order 1996”, one copy of which is deposited at the offices of the Department of Transport and the other at the principal office of the Authority.
Power to grant leases
3
1
Nothwithstanding section 33 of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 (incorporated with the Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Corporation Act 1887 , the Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Corporation Act 1914 , and the Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Harbour Order 1925) the Authority may (subject to the Inner Harbour (North)’s belonging to the Authority) lease the Inner Harbour (North) in whole or in part for the purpose of the construction and operation by the tenant of a marina.
2
No lease granted by the Authority in pursuance of paragraph (1) above may be granted for a period of more than 125 years but, subject to that, any such lease may be granted upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration as the Authority think fit.
3
For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that the powers conferred by this article shall not diminish the Authority’s existing duties and liabilities respecting the maintenance of the Inner Harbour (North) including the walls thereof.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Goschen
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
3rd January 1996


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Citation and commencement and extent
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Act 1991 (Amendment of Schedule 3) (England and Wales) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
2
This Order shall have effect as respects England and Wales only.
Amendment of the Road Traffic Act 1991
2
1
Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic Act 1991 (permitted and special parking areas outside London) shall be amended as follows.
2
In paragraph 1(4) (provisions creating offences ceasing to apply in permitted parking areas) —
a
after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraph —
ab
section 35A(1) of the Act of 1984 (offences), so far as it relates to the contravention of, or non-compliance with any other provision of any order made under section 35 of that Act (use of parking places) applying in relation to a stationary vehicle.
b
the word “and” immediately after paragraph (a) shall be omitted;
c
at the end of paragraph (b) there shall be inserted —
; and
c
subsections (5) and (6) of section 53 of the Act of 1984 so far as those subsections apply in relation to stationary vehicles.
3
In paragraph 2(4) (provisions creating offences ceasing to apply in special parking areas) the following paragraphs shall be inserted after paragraph (b) —
ba
section 16(1) of the Act of 1984 (contravention of temporary orders under section 14 of that Act to be an offence) so far as it relates to the contravention of any provision of an order or notice under section 14 of that Act prohibiting or restricting the waiting, or the loading and unloading, of vehicles;
bb
section 61(5) of the Act of 1984 (prohibition of vehicles in loading areas) so far as it applies in relation to stationary vehicles;.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Steven Norris
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
28th February 1996
William Hague
Secretary of State for Wales
29th February 1996


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1
This Order may be cited as the A2 Trunk Road (West of Rochester) Detrunking Order 1996 and shall come into force on 9th April 1996.
2
In this Order
1
each measurement of distance is 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 classed 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; and
ii
“the trunk road” means the London-Dover Trunk Road (A2).
3
The lengths of the trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order shall cease to be trunk roads and shall be classified as classified roads from the date on which this Order comes into force.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
E Al-Uzaizi
Assistant Director, Southern Network, Management Division, Highways Agency,
Department of Transport
14th March 1996


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Citation and Commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Protection of Wrecks (Designation No. 1) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the 6th July 1996.
Identification of site and designation of restricted area
2
1
The site where the vessel lies or is supposed to lie and in respect of which this Order is made is in position Latitude 53° 23.78" North, Longitude 03° 33.18" West.
2
The area within a distance of 300 metres of that position shall be a restricted area for the purposes of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Gwilym Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
4th July 1996


text:
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Personal Pension Schemes (Tables of Rates of Annuities) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 5th June 1996.
2
In these Regulations —
“member” and “personal pension scheme” have the meanings given by section 630(1) of the Taxes Act ;
“protected rights” has the meaning given by section 10 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 ;
“the Taxes Act” means the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 .
3
The tables of rates of annuities mentioned in section 630(2)(b) of the Taxes Act, being tables prepared by the Government Actuary for the purposes of Chapter IV of Part XIV of that Act (personal pension schemes), shall be prepared with respect to rights of a member, or of a widow or widower of a member or of a dependant of a deceased member, under a personal pension scheme —
a
where the rights are protected rights, in accordance with the provisions of regulation 5B(2) and (3) of the Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Protected Rights) Regulations 1987 ;
b
where the rights are other than protected rights, in accordance with the basis specified in regulation 4.
4
The basis specified in this regulation is that —
a
separate tables are prepared for men and for women;
b
no distinction is made by reference to the marital status of a member, or the marital status of a widow or widower of a member or of a dependant of a deceased member;
c
no provision is made for annuity payments to continue after death;
d
the annuity is payable monthly in arrears with no guaranteed period of payment;
e
no increases to the annuity are payable.
S C T Matheson
C W Corlett
Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue
14th May 1996


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Educational Endowments (Strathclyde Region) Transfer Scheme Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
Making of Scheme
2
The Scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order shall have effect.
Raymond S Robertson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
3rd March 1996


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 8th November 1996.
Amendment of regulation 21 of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987
2
In paragraph (3A) of regulation 21 of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (applicable amounts for persons in residential accommodation), the words from “and the local authority” to the end of the paragraph shall be omitted.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Roger Evans
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
14th October 1996


text:
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 6th April 1996.
2
In regulations 2(2)(c), 3 and 4(2) of the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (General) Regulations 1970 for the word “standard” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “lower or basic”.
S C T Matheson
G H Bush
Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue
13th March 1996


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Commencement and citation
1
This Order may be cited as The A13 Trunk Road (Tower Hamlets) Red Route Traffic Order 1996, and shall come into force on 31st July 1996.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
a
a reference to an article or a schedule followed by a number is a reference to the article of, or the schedule to, this Order so numbered;
b
“carriageway” has the same meaning as in section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980 ;
c
causing includes permitting;
d
“disabled person”, “disabled person’s badge” and “disabled person’s vehicle” have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Local Authorities’ Traffic Orders (Exemptions for Disabled Persons) (England and Wales) Regulations 1986 , and “relevant position” in relation to a disabled person’s badge has the same meaning as in regulation 2A of those regulations;
e
“the trunk road red route” means the lengths of road specified in column 2 of the table in schedule 1;
f
“vehicle” includes part of a vehicle; and
g
an entry in column (3), (4) or (5) of an item in a schedule to this order applies to that column in subsequent items in that schedule.
General prohibition of stopping
3
1
Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of this article, and of articles 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, no person shall cause any vehicle to stop in the trunk road red route during the restricted hours.
2
Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this article, and of articles 5(1), 8 and 9, no person shall cause any vehicle to stop at any time in any lengths of the trunk road red route specified in schedule 4.
3
The controls specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this article do not apply in respect of any area of the trunk road red route specified in schedule 2A.
4
In this article “the restricted hours” means, in relation to a length of the trunk road red route specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 1, the hours specified in that item in column (3) of that table.
Exemptions for parking
4
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2B during the hours specified in column (3) in that item for a period not exceeding the period specified in column (4) in that item, provided that not less than the period specified in column (5) in that item has elapsed since the vehicle was last parked on any part of the same length of road.
Miscellaneous exemptions for parking
5
1
Licensed taxi cabs: The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle being used under a licence under section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in schedule 2D.
2
Coaches: The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 8 passengers (exclusive of the driver) or a local bus (as defined in article 8(4)) not so constructed or adapted, to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2E during the hours specified in column (3) in that item for a period not exceeding the period specified in column (4) in that item, provided that not less than the period specified in column (5) in that item has elapsed since the vehicle was last parked on any part of the same length of road.
3
Doctors’ vehicles: The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2F during the hours specified in column (3) in that item, provided that —
a
there is displayed in the windscreen of the vehicle a badge issued by, or with the authority of, the Traffic Director for London to a medical practitioner, and which specifies —
i
the name of the person to whom it was issued, and
ii
the premises in relation to which it applies; and
b
the vehicle was parked by, or with the permission of, the person whose name is specified on the badge and for so long only as the person who parked the vehicle is engaged in work at the premises specified on the badge.
4
Solo motor bicycles: The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a motor bicycle without a side-car to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2G during the hours specified in column (3) in that item.
Exemptions for loading and unloading
6
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle which is being loaded or unloaded to stop at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the tables in schedules 3A and 3B during the hours specified in column (3) in that item for as long as is needed to load or unload the vehicle or 20 minutes, whichever is the less, provided that not less than 20 minutes has elapsed since the vehicle was last parked on any part of the same length of road.
Exemptions for disabled persons
7
1
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle which displays a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position to park at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2B during the hours specified in column (3) in that item.
2
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle which displays a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position to park at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2C during the hours specified in column (3) in that item.
3
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle which displays a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position, and a parking disc on which is shown the time at which the period of parking began, to park at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 3A during the hours specified in column (3) in that item, for a period of up to 3 hours not being a period separated by an interval of less than 1 hour from a previous period when that vehicle was parked in that length of road.
Exemptions at bus stops and stands
8
1
The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle to which this article applies to stop at a bus stop (being an area of road bounded by a traffic sign which includes the words “bus stop”) for so long only as may be required to enable passengers to get on or off the vehicle or, in the case of a vehicle being used to provide a local service, for so long only as may be required for a change of crew.
2
The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle being used to provide a local service to stop at a bus stand (being an area of road bounded by a traffic sign which includes the words “bus stand”) for so long only as may be required for timetabling reasons.
3
This article applies —
a
before 1 January 1997 to
i
a public service vehicle used for the provision of a local service or a scheduled express service,
ii
a school bus, and
iii
a works bus; and
b
after 31 December 1996 to
i
a motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 8 passengers (exclusive of the driver), and
ii
a local bus not so constructed or adapted.
4
In this article “local bus”, “local service”, “scheduled express service”, “school bus” and “works bus” have the meanings given to those expressions in regulation 4 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 .
Other exemptions
9
1
The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle to stop if that person is —
a
required by law to cause the vehicle to stop or not to proceed;
b
obliged to stop the vehicle so as to avoid an accident;
c
prevented from proceeding in the vehicle by circumstances beyond the person’s control;
d
getting or giving help in consequence of an accident or an emergency, or otherwise taking action for public safety;
e
opening or closing a gate or other barrier at the entrance to premises to which the vehicle is being driven or from which it has emerged if it is not reasonably practicable to cause the vehicle to stop elsewhere for the purpose;
f
using the vehicle for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;
g
using the vehicle in connection with the removal of any obstruction to traffic;
h
using the vehicle in connection with the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of any length of road specified in schedule 1;
i
using the vehicle under a licence under section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 to stop for so long only as may be required to enable a passenger to get on or off the vehicle; or
j
using a disabled person’s vehicle which displays a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position to stop for so long only as may be required to enable a disabled person to get on or off the vehicle.
2
The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a vehicle which bears the Royal Mail livery which is waiting at the edge of a carriageway for as long as may be necessary for the purpose of collecting or delivering letters in pursuance of any statutory duty of the Post Office to collect or deliver letters.
3
The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden.
Revocation or variation of existing Orders
10
1
The A13 Trunk Road (Tower Hamlets) Red Route Experimental Traffic Order 1995 and The London Borough of Tower Hamlets Waiting and Loading Order 1976 No. 394 are hereby revoked, in so far as their provisions relate to any part of the trunk road red route.
TRO 183
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State for Transport.
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
16th July 1996


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Title and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Specified Bovine Material (No. 2) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st May 1996.
Interpretation
2
1
In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —
“approved” means approved by the appropriate Minister;
“enforcement authority” means the appropriate body specified in article 26 below;
“feedingstuff” includes petfood;
“food” has the same meaning as in the Food Safety Act 1990 ;
“intestines” 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;
“scheme animal” means a bovine animal which has been slaughtered pursuant to the purchase scheme introduced under Commission Regulation ( EC ) No. 716/96 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom;
“sell” includes have in possession for sale or offer or expose for sale;
“slaughterhouse” means any building, premises or place licensed for slaughtering animals the flesh of which is intended for sale for human consumption;
“specified bovine material” means —
subject to (d) below, the head (including the brain but excluding the tongue), spinal cord, spleen, thymus, tonsils and intestines of a bovine animal six months old or over which has died in the United Kingdom or has been slaughtered there;
the thymus and intestines of a bovine animal two months old or over but less than six months old which has died in the United Kingdom or has been slaughtered there;
the thymus and intestines of a bovine animal under two months old which has been slaughtered in the United Kingdom for human consumption; and
subject to paragraph (4) below, the head (including the brain and the tongue), spinal cord, spleen, thymus, tonsils and intestines of a scheme animal,
and includes anything left attached to such material after dissection of the carcase and any animal matter which comes into contact with the material after it has been removed from the carcase, but does not include a whole carcase;
“tallow” means fat derived from animal tissues by a process of cooking;
“vertebral column” means the whole or any part thereof and includes the sacrum but does not include the coccygeal vertebrae.
2
For the purposes of this Order the supply of specified bovine material, food or feedingstuffs otherwise than by sale at, in or from any place where food or feedingstuffs are supplied in the course of a business, shall be deemed to be a sale.
3
In this Order the expression “mechanical means” does not include the use of hand held powered knives which do not use powered pressure or suction.
4
The provisions of this Order shall apply to specified bovine material from scheme animals, save that the provisions appearing in Column 1 of the Table in Schedule 2 to this Order shall apply only to the extent, and subject to the modifications, specified in Column 2.
Approvals
3
1
The appropriate Minister may, on application, approve any premises for the purpose of this Order if he is satisfied that such premises are properly equipped to carry out the functions to which the approval relates and comply with the requirements of this Order.
2
Any approval granted under this Order shall be in writing and may be made subject to conditions and be amended, suspended or revoked at any time by notice in writing served on the person to whom the approval was granted if the appropriate Minister is satisfied that the conditions of this Order, or any additional conditions in the approval, are not being complied with.
Specified bovine material for human consumption
4
1
No person shall sell any specified bovine material, or any food containing specified bovine material, for human consumption.
2
No person shall use any specified bovine material in the preparation of food for sale for human consumption.
3
No person shall sell any specified bovine material for use in the preparation of food for human consumption.
4
For the purposes of this article “specified bovine material” includes anything derived from it.
Prohibitions applying to the vertebral column
5
1
No person shall use the vertebral column of a bovine animal in the recovery of meat by mechanical means.
2
No person shall use, in the preparation of food for sale for human consumption, any meat which has been recovered by mechanical means from the vertebral column of a bovine animal.
3
No person shall use the vertebral column of a bovine animal from which meat has been cut, to produce food other than fat or gelatin for sale for human consumption.
Registration of premises on which meat is recovered by mechanical means from bovine animals
6
1
No person shall on any premises recover meat by mechanical means from the carcase of a bovine animal unless his name and the address of those premises are registered with the appropriate Minister.
2
The appropriate Minister shall keep a register for the purposes of paragraph (1) above.
3
An application for registration shall be in writing and in such form and manner as the appropriate Minister may require.
4
The appropriate Minister shall refuse to register the name of any person in respect of any premises unless the following particulars are notified to him in writing:
a
the business name, if any;
b
the name and address of the person who carries on the business;
c
the address and telephone number of the business;
d
the address of each premises at which meat is recovered by mechanical means from a bovine animal in the course of the business.
5
Any person whose name is registered shall notify the appropriate Minister in writing of any change in the particulars previously notified to him within 14 days of any such change.
Specified bovine material for animal consumption
7
1
No person shall sell any specified bovine material, or any feedingstuff containing specified bovine material, for feeding to animals.
2
No person shall use any specified bovine material in the preparation of any feedingstuff for animals.
3
No person shall sell any specified bovine material for use in the preparation of any feedingstuff for animals.
4
No person shall feed to an animal any specified bovine material or any feedingstuff containing specified bovine material.
5
For the purposes of this article “specified bovine material” includes anything derived from it other than fatty acids which have been extracted from tallow subjected to thermal hydrolysis at hyperbaric pressure.
Initial treatment of bovine carcases in a slaughterhouse
8
1
When a bovine animal is slaughtered in a slaughterhouse, or slaughtered elsewhere than in a slaughterhouse but brought immediately to a slaughterhouse to be dressed for human consumption, the occupier of the slaughterhouse shall ensure that all specified bovine material is removed from the rest of the carcase.
2
Subject to the following provisions of this article, the occupier shall ensure that the specified bovine material which has been removed (other than the head) is stained immediately, and in any event before it is frozen, by being treated (whether by immersion, spraying or other application) with a 0.5% weight/volume solution of the colouring agent Patent Blue V (E131, 1971 Colour Index No. 42051) in such way that the colouring is clearly visible over the whole surface of the material.
3
The occupier shall ensure that the head is stained immediately after slaughter by being treated (whether by immersion, spraying or other application) with a 0.5% weight/volume solution of the colouring agent Patent Blue V (E131, 1971 Colour Index No. 42051) in such a way that the colouring is clearly visible over its whole surface; except that, if the tongue is to be removed, this shall be done immediately after slaughter and the head shall be stained immediately after the removal of the tongue.
4
The occupier shall ensure that the specified bovine material does not come into contact with any other animal material while in the slaughterhouse and that it is disposed of in accordance with this Order.
5
Material which is not specified bovine material may be separated from intestines which have been removed from the carcase before the intestines are stained.
6
In the case of specified bovine material which is intended to be examined by or on behalf of an officer of the appropriate Minister or a veterinary surgeon, the specified bovine material shall not be stained until after the completion of such examination.
7
The requirement to stain specified bovine material shall not apply in the case of specified bovine material which is intended to be used for non-food or non-feedingstuff purposes in accordance with article 19 below.
8
In the case of scheme animals, the occupier shall ensure that, once the specified bovine material has been removed, the remainder of the carcase (excluding the hide), is stained immediately with a 0.5% weight/volume solution of the colouring agent Tartrazine E102, Colour Index No. 19140, in such a way that the colouring is clearly visible over the whole surface.
Initial treatment of specified bovine material elsewhere than in a slaughterhouse
9
1
Subject to the following provisions of this article, when specified bovine material is removed from the carcase of a bovine animal elsewhere than in a slaughterhouse, the occupier of the premises at which the specified bovine material is removed shall ensure that it is stained immediately, and in any event before it is frozen, by being treated (whether by immersion, spraying or other application) with a 0.5% weight/volume solution of the colouring agent Patent Blue V (E131, 1971 Colour Index No. 42051) in such a way that the colouring is clearly visible over the whole surface of the material.
2
The occupier shall ensure that the specified bovine material does not come into contact with any other animal material while on the premises and that it is disposed of in accordance with this Order.
3
In the case of specified bovine material which is intended to be examined by or on behalf of an officer of the appropriate Minister or a veterinary surgeon, the specified bovine material shall not be stained until after the completion of the examination.
4
The requirement to stain specified bovine material shall not apply in the case of specified bovine material which is intended to be used for non-food or non-feedingstuff purposes in accordance with article 19 below.
5
The provisions of this article shall not apply in the case of a post-mortem examination carried out by a veterinary surgeon or a veterinary practitioner provided that he makes arrangements for the disposal of the whole of the carcase by burial.
Rendering whole carcases
10
Any person rendering a whole bovine carcase shall do so in accordance with article 18 below in the same way as if the carcase were specified bovine material.
Exceptions from the requirement to stain specified bovine material
11
The requirement in articles 8 and 9 above to stain specified bovine material shall not apply if the specified bovine material is to be sent to a veterinary or medical school, laboratory, hospital or similar institution for instructional, diagnostic or research purposes, provided that the specified bovine material is stored separately from all other animal materials and is clearly identified as specified bovine material.
Prohibition on the removal of the brain and eyes of a bovine animal
12
No person shall remove the brain or eyes from the carcase of a bovine animal aged over six months except —
a
for the purposes of veterinary or scientific examination; and
b
in a part of the premises kept free at all times from food intended for human consumption.
Prohibition on the removal of the spinal cord of a bovine animal
13
1
No person shall remove the spinal cord from the vertebral column of a bovine animal aged six months or over except in a slaughterhouse or for the purposes of veterinary or scientific examination.
2
If the spinal cord is removed in a slaughterhouse, it shall be disposed of as specified bovine material in accordance with this Order.
3
If the spinal cord is removed at any premises other than a slaughterhouse for the purposes of veterinary or scientific examination, after that examination both the spinal cord and the vertebral column shall be disposed of as specified bovine material in accordance with this Order.
Prohibition on bringing in specified bovine material from Northern Ireland
14
1
No person shall bring any specified bovine material into Great Britain from Northern Ireland unless it has been stained in the same way as it would have been had it been obtained in Great Britain.
2
Any person bringing specified bovine material into Great Britain from Northern Ireland shall immediately transport it to one of the destinations specified in article 15(1) below.
Consignment of specified bovine material
15
1
Once specified bovine material has been removed from the carcase and treated in accordance with this Order, the person responsible for its removal shall, without unreasonable delay, send it directly to —
a
an approved collection centre;
b
an approved rendering plant;
c
premises specified in article 11 above;
d
an approved incinerator;
e
any other premises approved by the appropriate Minister which are not connected with the manufacture or preparation of food or feedingstuffs.
2
Any person consigning specified bovine material from the place where it was removed from the carcase shall keep a record for two years from the date of consignment of the weight consigned, the date it was consigned and the destination of the specified bovine material.
Approved collection centres
16
1
Any person delivering specified bovine material to an approved collection centre shall state in writing to the operator of the collection centre concerned the place from which that specified bovine material was collected for delivery to that collection centre.
2
No person shall take delivery of specified bovine material at a collection centre, or operate a collection centre for specified bovine material, unless it has been approved by the appropriate Minister and has sufficient facilities for storing and handling specified bovine material in a manner which keeps it separate from other animal material.
3
The operator of an approved collection centre shall record on arrival of specified bovine material at the premises —
a
the weight of the specified bovine material delivered;
b
the date of delivery; and
c
the place from which it was consigned,
and shall keep such records for two years from the date of arrival.
4
The operator of an approved collection centre shall ensure that all specified bovine material in the collection centre is kept separate from all other animal material.
5
No person shall remove specified bovine material from an approved collection centre except to an approved renderer or an approved incinerator, and shall keep a record for two years from the date of consignment of the weight of any specified bovine material consigned, the date of such consignment and the point of destination.
Approved incinerators
17
1
Any person delivering specified bovine material to an approved incinerator shall state in writing to the operator of the incinerator concerned the place from which that specified bovine material was collected for delivery to that incinerator.
2
No person shall operate an incinerator incinerating specified bovine material unless the incinerator has been approved by the appropriate Minister as having suitable facilities to incinerate specified bovine material in accordance with paragraph (4) below and dispose of the ash in a way that does not pose a risk to human or animal health. In particular, the incinerator shall be equipped with a refractory lining and be heated by fuel conveyed into the incinerator during incineration by mechanically forced draught.
3
The operator of an approved incinerator shall record on arrival of specified bovine material at the premises —
a
the weight of the specified bovine material delivered;
b
the date of delivery; and
c
the place from which it was consigned,
and shall keep such records for two years from the date of arrival.
4
The operator of an approved incinerator shall incinerate all specified bovine material delivered to him to a standard specified in the approval and in such a way that all moisture is removed, the material is reduced to ash and the ash is disposed of in accordance with the terms of the approval.
5
No person shall remove specified bovine material from an approved incinerator unless it has been completely incinerated.
Approved rendering plants
18
1
Any person delivering specified bovine material to an approved rendering plant shall state in writing to the operator of the rendering plant concerned the place from which that specified bovine material was collected for delivery to that rendering plant.
2
No person shall take delivery of specified bovine material at a rendering plant, or operate a rendering plant for specified bovine material, unless it has been approved by the appropriate Minister as having the facilities specified in Part I of Schedule 1 to this Order sufficient to enable it to separate the specified bovine material into protein and tallow by one of the methods specified in Part II of that Schedule.
3
The operator of an approved rendering plant shall record on arrival of specified bovine material at the premises —
a
the weight of the specified bovine material delivered;
b
the date of delivery; and
c
the place from which it was consigned,
and shall keep such records for two years from the date of arrival.
4
The operator of an approved rendering plant shall ensure that all specified bovine material in the rendering plant is kept and stored separately from all other material, handled separately from other material and rendered separately from other material.
5
The operator of an approved rendering plant shall ensure that specified bovine material is processed without undue delay and in any event within seven days of delivery using one of the methods described in Part II of Schedule 1 to this Order.
6
The operator of an approved rendering plant shall ensure that any equipment used for processing specified bovine material is used only for that purpose.
7
After the specified bovine material has been processed and separated into protein and tallow the operator of the plant shall ensure that —
a
all protein is placed in a container labelled “specified bovine material” and disposed of —
i
by burial at a landfill site for which there exists a current waste management licence granted under section 35 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 ; or
ii
as specified in the approval; or
iii
sent to an approved incinerator for incineration; and
b
all tallow is placed in a container labelled “specified bovine material” and —
i
disposed of by burial at a landfill site for which there exists a current waste management licence granted under section 35 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990; or
ii
sent for purposes not connected with the preparation of food or feedingstuffs; or
iii
sent for treatment by thermal hydrolysis at hyperbaric pressure.
8
Protein and tallow produced from animal material, other than specified bovine material, from scheme animals shall be disposed of by incineration by means which have been licensed under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
9
The operator of an approved rendering plant shall keep a record for two years of the weight of protein consigned and a separate record of the weight of tallow consigned, and in each case the date of such consignment and the point of destination.
10
The operator of an approved rendering plant shall ensure that all containers, receptacles and vehicles which have been used for the transport of specified bovine material are cleaned, washed and disinfected before they leave the premises.
11
No person shall move from the unclean section of an approved rendering plant (as specified by the occupier in accordance with paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 1 to this Order) into the clean section without first changing his working clothes and footwear or disinfecting the latter.
12
No person shall take equipment or utensils from the unclean section into the clean section of an approved rendering plant unless the equipment or utensils are first washed and disinfected.
13
The operator of an approved rendering plant shall ensure that systematic measures are taken to control birds, rodents, insects and other vermin on the premises.
14
The operator of an approved rendering plant shall ensure that the premises and equipment are kept in a good state of repair and that measuring equipment is calibrated at regular intervals.
Approved premises not connected with food and feedingstuffs
19
1
This article shall apply to premises approved by the appropriate Minister as being suitable to process specified bovine material for use in a manufacturing process, provided that such manufacture is not in any way connected with food or feedingstuffs and does not pose a risk to human or animal health.
2
Any person delivering specified bovine material to premises approved under this article shall state in writing to the operator of the premises concerned the place from which that specified bovine material was collected for delivery to those premises.
3
No person shall process specified bovine material at premises approved under this article except in accordance with the conditions of the approval.
4
The operator of such approved premises shall record on arrival of specified bovine material at the premises —
a
the weight of the specified bovine material delivered;
b
the date of delivery; and
c
the place from which it was consigned,
and shall keep such records for two years from the date of arrival.
Veterinary or laboratory premises, etc.
20
1
No person shall transport specified bovine material to premises specified in article 11 above unless the specified bovine material is in a container marked with —
a
the words “specified bovine material”;
b
its place of destination; and
c
the name of the person to whom it is being sent.
2
Any person delivering specified bovine material to such premises shall state in writing to the occupier of the premises the place from which the specified bovine material was collected for delivery.
3
The person to whom the specified bovine material is consigned shall record on arrival of the specified bovine material at the premises —
a
the weight of the specified bovine material delivered;
b
the date of delivery; and
c
the place from which it was consigned,
and shall keep such records for two years from the date of arrival.
4
When the specified bovine material is no longer needed, the person to whom it was consigned shall ensure that any residual specified bovine material is buried or effectively destroyed and shall keep a record for two years of the place and method of burial or destruction.
Power to give directions
21
1
If the appropriate Minister is satisfied that specified bovine material cannot be disposed of under the provisions of this Order, whether for reasons of mechanical breakdown of equipment or otherwise, he may give written directions to the owner or person in control of the specified bovine material for its disposal in a safe manner.
2
In the event of any person not complying with those directions, the appropriate Minister may make arrangements for the disposal of the specified bovine material at the expense of the owner.
3
Any person failing to comply with any direction given under this Order shall be guilty of an offence under the Animal Health Act 1981 .
Consignment
22
No person shall consign from Great Britain to another member State specified bovine material, or protein or tallow derived from specified bovine material, except in accordance with a licence granted by the Minister.
Samples
23
Where an inspector has reasonable grounds for supposing that the provisions of this Order are not being complied with, he may take from any carcase or part of a carcase, tallow, protein, material, food or feedingstuff such samples as he considers necessary to establish whether or not an offence has taken place.
Transport
24
1
The person in control of a vehicle transporting specified bovine material shall ensure that it is conveyed either in an impervious container which contains nothing but specified bovine material or in a part of the vehicle which is impervious and contains nothing but specified bovine material and which in either case is kept covered at all times except when necessary for loading or unloading or examination by an authorised officer of an enforcement authority.
2
Any person transporting specified bovine material shall ensure that the part of the vehicle in which specified bovine material has been conveyed is thoroughly washed and disinfected before any food, feedingstuff or other animal material is subsequently placed in that part of the vehicle.
3
In this article the expression “vehicle” means, in any case in which specified bovine material is conveyed in a bulk container, that container.
Storage
25
1
Subject to paragraph (2) below, no person shall store specified bovine material in the same room as food.
2
The requirement in paragraph (1) above shall not apply where an officer of the enforcement authority has approved the storage of specified bovine material in the same room as food on being satisfied that the arrangements for storage will ensure the adequate separation of the specified bovine material from the food.
Enforcement
26
1
This Order shall be enforced —
a
in relation to premises licensed under the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 by the appropriate Minister; and
b
in any other case by the local authority.
Revocations and saving
27
1
The Specified Bovine Material Order 1996 is hereby revoked.
2
Any approval granted or having effect as if granted under the Specified Bovine Material Order 1996 shall continue to operate as if granted under the equivalent provision of this Order.
Tony Baldry
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
30th April 1996
Lindsay
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
30th April 1996
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Gwilym Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
30th April 1996


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Title, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force —
a
as respects all regulations except for regulations 4(c), 7 and 8 on 1st July 1996;
b
as respects regulations 4(c) and 7 on 22nd August 1996; and
c
as respects regulation 8 on 31st October 1996.
2
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) Regulations 1994 .
Amendment of the principal Regulations
2
The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 9 of these Regulations.
3
The pesticides stated in column 1 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations shall be inserted in column 1 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations in their appropriate alphabetically ordered positions and, in relation to each such pesticide, there shall be entered in column 2 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations the residues stated in column 2 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations opposite that pesticide.
4
In Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations —
a
the maximum level of 5 milligrammes of Thiabendazole per kilogramme of product specified for the product Ware potatoes,
b
the maximum level of 0.5 milligrammes of Pirimiphos-methyl per kilogramme of product specified for the products Grapefruits, Lemons, Limes, Mandarins (including clementines and similar hybrids), Oranges, Pomelos and Other Citrus Fruits, and
c
the maximum level of 5 milligrammes of Pirimiphos-methyl per kilogramme of product specified for the products Wheat, Rye, Barley, Oats, Triticale, Maize, Rice and Other Cereals,
shall be deleted.
5
In Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations, for the maximum level of 0.02* milligrammes of Lambda-cyhalothrin per kilogramme of product specified for the product Peas (without pods) there shall be substituted the maximum level of 0.2 milligrammes of Lambda-cyhalothrin per kilogramme of product.
6
In Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations there shall be inserted, in the appropriate place to preserve the alphabetical ordering from left to right, references to each pesticide stated at the head of a column in Schedule 2 to these Regulations together with the figures stated below the statement of that pesticide so that those figures will appear opposite such groups of products or such individual products in Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations as they appear opposite those products in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
7
In Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations there shall be inserted, in the appropriate place to preserve the alphabetical ordering from left to right, references to each pesticide stated at the head of a column in Schedule 3 to these Regulations together with the figures stated below the statement of that pesticide so that those figures will appear opposite such groups of products or such individual products in Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations as they appear opposite those products in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.
8
The maximum levels of pesticides per kilogramme of the groups of products or individual products stated in Schedule 4 to these Regulations shall be inserted at the blank entries corresponding to those figures in Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations.
9
In Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations, after item 9 there shall be inserted, in the appropriate columns, the particulars which are specified in Schedule 5 to these Regulations.
Angela Browning
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
4th June 1996
Lindsay
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
23rd May 1996