text:
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Camborne, Pool and Redruth Success Zone Education Action Zone Order 1999 and shall come into force on 10th January 2000.
Interpretation
2
In this Order–
“partners” means those persons listed in Schedule 1 to this Order; and
“zone school” means a school listed in Schedule 2 to this Order.
Constitution of education action zone
3
The schools listed in Schedule 2 to this Order shall constitute collectively an education action zone under the name of the Camborne, Pool and Redruth Success Zone (“the zone”) for the purposes of Chapter III of Part I of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
Education Action Forum
4
There shall be an Education Action Forum for the zone to be known as the Camborne, Pool and Redruth Success Forum (“the Forum”), the membership of which shall include–
a
one person appointed by the governing body of each zone school, unless any such governing body choose not to make such an appointment;
b
either one or two persons appointed by the Secretary of State;
c
one person appointed by each partner, unless any partner chooses not to make such an appointment;
d
the Project Director of the Camborne, Pool and Redruth Success Zone;
e
up to four persons appointed by Cornwall County Council in relation to the interests of education, the Youth Service, business and social services in the county.
5
The Forum may at any time appoint additional members as follows–
a
up to two parents of registered pupils attending zone schools;
b
up to five persons representing the interests of the business community;
c
one person representing the interests of professional teachers associations operating in the area served by the zone schools;
d
one person representing the interests of the further and higher education sectors serving the area of the zone; and
e
one person representing the interests of both the Diocese of Truro Board of Education and the Diocese of Plymouth Board of Education.
Disqualification for membership of the Forum
6
Articles 7 to 9 shall have effect for the purpose of prescribing the circumstances and cases in which a person is to be disqualified for holding, or continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum.
Disqualification for membership of the Forum — bankruptcy etc.
7
1
Subject to the provisions of this article, a person shall be disqualified for holding, or for continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum if he has been adjudged bankrupt or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors; and a member, on becoming so disqualified, shall give written notice of the fact to the secretary to the Forum.
2
Where a person is disqualified by reason of his having been adjudged bankrupt, that disqualification shall cease–
a
unless the bankruptcy order made against that person is previously annulled, on his discharge from bankruptcy; and
b
if the bankruptcy order is so annulled, on the date of the annulment.
3
Where a person is disqualified by reason of his having made a composition or arrangement with his creditors and he pays his debts in full, the disqualification shall cease on the date on which the payment is completed and in any other case it shall cease on the expiration of three years from the date on which the terms of the deed of composition or arrangement are fulfilled.
Disqualification for membership of the Forum — criminal convictions
8
1
Subject to paragraph (2) a person shall be disqualified for holding, or for continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum if–
a
within five years before his appointment would otherwise have taken effect or since his appointment, he has been convicted, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, of any offence and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months without the option of a fine;
b
within twenty years before his appointment would otherwise have taken effect, he has been convicted as aforesaid and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment for a period of more than two and a half years; or
c
he has at any time been convicted as aforesaid and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment of not less than five years.
2
For the purposes of this article there shall be disregarded any conviction by or before a court outside the United Kingdom of an offence in respect of conduct which, if it had taken place in any part of the United Kingdom, would not have constituted an offence under the law in force in that part of the United Kingdom.
Disqualification — absence from meetings
9
Any member of the Forum who, without the consent of the Forum, has failed to attend the meetings thereof for a continuous period of six months beginning with the date of a meeting shall, on the expiry of that period, be disqualified for continuing to be a member of the Forum without prejudice however, to his re-appointment.
Chairman’s tenure of office
10
The chairman of the Forum elected in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, shall hold office for one year from the date of his election (unless he resigns his office earlier), without prejudice to his eligibility to be re-elected for a further such period.
Estelle Morris
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
15th December 1999


type: legislation

jurisdiction: UK

text:
Citation, commencement and revocations
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Personal Protective Equipment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 25th October 1999.
2
The Merchant Shipping (Protective Clothing and Equipment) Regulations 1985 are hereby revoked.
Interpretation
2
1
In these Regulations, except where the context otherwise requires, any reference to–
a
a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations; and
b
a numbered paragraph or sub-paragraph is a reference to the paragraph or, as the case may be, sub-paragraph bearing that number in the regulation in which the reference appears.
2
In these Regulations–
“ the Act ” means the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;
“the Code” means the Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen ;
“contract of employment” means a contract of employment, whether express or implied, and if express, whether oral or in writing;
“employer” means a person by whom a worker is employed, under a contract of employment;
“health and safety” includes the occupational health and safety of persons whilst on board the ship and whilst boarding or leaving the ship;
“master” includes the skipper of a fishing vessel;
“Merchant Shipping Notice” means a Notice described as such, issued by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, an executive agency of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, and reference to Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1731 (M + F) includes reference to any Merchant Shipping Notice amending or replacing that Notice which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time;
“personal protective equipment” means all clothing and equipment designed to be worn or held by the worker for protection against one or more hazards likely to endanger his health or safety at work, and any addition or accessory designed for this purpose, with the exception of–
ordinary working clothes and uniforms which are not specifically designed to protect the health and safety of the worker,
equipment provided for the purposes of fire-fighting or lifesaving,
personal protective equipment worn or used by the military, the police and other public order agencies,
personal protective equipment required for road transport,
sports equipment,
self-defence or deterrent equipment, or
portable devices for detecting and signalling risk and nuisances;
“public service vessel” means any vessel operated by and on behalf of a public body while it is carrying out the authorised functions of that body;
“relevant inspector” means a person mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of section 258(1) of the Act;
“sail training vessel” means a sailing vessel which is being used either–
to provide instruction in the principles of responsibility, resourcefulness, loyalty and team endeavour and to advance education in the art of seamanship; or
to provide instruction in navigation and seamanship for yachtsmen;
and is operating under a statutory code;
“statutory code” means–
The Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Commercial Sailing Vessels ;
The Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Commercial Motor Vessels ; or
The Code of Practice for Safety of Large Commercial Sailing and Motor Vessels ;
“trainees and apprentices” does not include persons who are training in a sail training vessel;
“United Kingdom ship” means a ship which–
is a United Kingdom ship within the meaning of section 85(2) of the Act;
is a Government ship within the meaning of section 308(4) of the Act; or
is a hovercraft registered under the Hovercraft Act 1968 ;
“worker” means any person employed by an employer under a contract of employment, including trainees or apprentices.
Application and exemption
3
1
These Regulations shall apply to all activities of workers on United Kingdom ships except when the activity of a worker–
a
is on a public service vessel or a vessel engaged in search and rescue; and
b
characteristics of that activity inevitably conflict with a provision of these Regulations, and in such a case there shall be a duty on the employer so far as is reasonably practicable to ensure the health and safety of the worker when performing that activity.
2
Regulations 2, 3(1) and (3), 15, 16 and 17 apply to ships other than United Kingdom ships which are in United Kingdom waters.
3
These Regulations shall not apply to or in relation to the activities of a worker which are covered by the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 or the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 .
Persons on whom duties are imposed
4
Where a person on whom a duty is imposed by any provision of these Regulations does not have control of the matter to which the regulation relates because he does not have responsibility for the operation of the ship, then any duty imposed by that regulation shall also extend to any person who has control of that matter.
General rule
5
Personal protective equipment shall be used when risks cannot be avoided or reduced to an acceptable level by means of systems of work that are safe and without risk to health or by means of collective protection or by other means which are in use equally or more effective.
Duties of employers
6
1
The employer shall ensure that the personal protective equipment required to be used under regulation 5 is provided, and such personal protective equipment shall be suitable.
2
For the purpose of paragraph (1), “suitable” means–
a
in relation to any work activity described in Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1731 (M + F) of the kind and to the standard specified in that Merchant Shipping Notice, in relation to that work activity;
b
appropriate for the risks to which the worker is exposed, to the task which he is performing and to the existing conditions at the work place, without itself leading to any increased risk;
c
correctly fitting the worker, or capable of being adjusted to fit;
d
taking into account ergonomic requirements and the worker’s state of health; and
e
compatible with any other equipment the worker has to use at the same time, so that it continues to be effective against the risk.
3
Personal protective equipment shall be provided free of charge to the worker except that where use of the equipment is not exclusive to the work place, workers may be required to contribute towards the cost of personal protective equipment.
Assessment of personal protective equipment
7
1
Before personal protective equipment is provided under these Regulations, the employer shall ensure that an assessment is made to identify–
a
those circumstances where risk to the health and safety of individual workers at work cannot be avoided or reduced by other means;
b
the characteristics required of personal protective equipment in order to provide protection to workers from that risk; and, in accordance with the findings of such an assessment, personal protective equipment which complies with the characteristics identified in sub-paragraph (b) and which meets the standards specified as suitable under regulation 6(2) shall be provided.
2
The assessment in paragraph (1) shall be reviewed to take account of any changes to the factors on which it was based.
Storage, issue and maintenance
8
1
Subject to paragraph (2), the employer shall ensure that personal protective equipment is provided under regulation 6(1) to a worker for his individual use.
2
Equipment may be provided for the use of more than one person if it is–
i
adjustable to fit all sizes,
ii
easily accessible and kept in clearly marked places, and
iii
maintained in a hygienic condition and repaired, decontaminated and replaced as necessary, so that it will not create any health or hygiene problems.
3
The employer shall ensure that appropriate instructions for the proper use and maintenance of any personal protective equipment provided under regulation 6 shall be readily available to any worker required to use that equipment, and shall be comprehensible to him.
4
The employer shall ensure that personal protective equipment provided under regulation 6(1) is–
a
properly stored and maintained, having due regard to any recommendations made by the manufacturers, so that it can immediately be used when required to be used under regulation 5;
b
i
in the case of respiratory protective equipment, which provides protection against dust (either nuisance or toxic), toxic gases or atmospheres or lack of oxygen, inspected and checked that it is in satisfactory working order before and after use, or
ii
in other cases regularly inspected in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions or the guidance in the Code, and, where appropriate, checked that it is in satisfactory working order.
Training and Instruction
9
1
The employer shall ensure that workers are provided with adequate and appropriate information, training and instruction, which may include the organisation of demonstrations in the wearing of personal protective equipment, in respect of–
a
the risks against which the personal protective equipment is designed to provide protection;
b
the circumstances in which it shall be used; and
c
the correct use, maintenance and storage of the equipment.
2
The information, training and instruction provided in accordance with paragraph (1) is not adequate and appropriate unless it is comprehensible to the persons to whom it is provided.
Use of personal protective equipment
10
1
The employer shall take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that any personal protective equipment provided to workers under regulation 6(1) is used as instructed.
2
Every worker shall–
a
use any personal protective equipment provided to him under regulation 6(1); and
b
shall follow any training in the use of the personal protective equipment which has been received by him and the instructions respecting that use, which have been provided under regulation 9.
Penalties
11
1
Any contravention of regulations 6, 7, 8 or 9 shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
2
Any contravention of regulation 10 shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
Offences by body corporate
12
1
Where a body corporate is guilty of an offence under any of these Regulations and that offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or a person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
2
Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, the preceding paragraph shall apply in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate.
3
Where an offence under any of these Regulations committed by a Scottish partnership is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a partner, he as well as the partnership is guilty of an offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
Onus of proving what is reasonably practicable
13
In any proceedings for an offence under any of these Regulations consisting of a failure to comply with a duty or requirement to do something so far as is reasonably practicable, it shall be for the defendant to prove that it was not reasonably practicable to do more than was in fact done to satisfy the duty or requirement.
Inspection and Detention of a United Kingdom Ship
14
A relevant inspector may inspect any United Kingdom ship and if he is satisfied that there has been a failure to comply in relation to that ship with the requirements of these Regulations may detain the ship until the health and safety of all workers and other persons aboard ship is secured, but shall not in the exercise of these powers detain or delay the ship unreasonably.
Inspection detention and other measures in respect of ships registered outside the United Kingdom
15
1
A relevant inspector may inspect any ship which is not a United Kingdom ship when the ship is in a United Kingdom port, and if satisfied that the ship does not conform to the standards required of United Kingdom ships by these Regulations, may–
a
send a report to the government of the country in which the ship is registered, and a copy thereof to the Director General of the International Labour Office; and
b
where conditions on board are clearly hazardous to health and safety–
i
take such measures as are necessary to rectify those conditions, or
ii
detain the ship, provided that the measures specified in sub-paragraph (a) and (b) may be taken only when the ship has called at a United Kingdom port in the normal course of business for operational reasons.
2
If either of the measures specified in paragraphs (1)(b) are taken, the relevant inspector shall forthwith notify the nearest maritime, consular or diplomatic representative of the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly.
3
The relevant inspector shall not in exercise of his power under this regulation detain or delay the ship unreasonably.
Enforcement of Detention
16
Where a ship is liable to be detained under these Regulations, section 284(1) to (5) and (8) of the Act (which relates to the detention of the ship) shall apply as if for the words “this Act”, wherever they appear, there were substituted “the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Personal Protective Equipment) Regulations 1999”.
Compensation
17
Sections 96 and 97 of the Act (Arbitration and Compensation) shall apply in relation to a detention notice or order under these Regulations as they apply to a detention notice under section 95(3) of the Act, and in such application, “relevant inspector” means a person making an inspection under these Regulations.
Miscellaneous amendments
18
The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Manual Handling Operations) Regulations 1998 shall be amended as follows–
a
regulation 1(2)(a) shall be deleted;
b
in regulation 13 the words “or order” shall be deleted.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Keith Hill
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
3rd August 1999


text:
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Scunthorpe Community Health Care National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st October 1999.
Dissolution of NHS trust
2
The Scunthorpe Community Health Care National Health Service Trust established by the Scunthorpe Community Health Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 is hereby dissolved, and accordingly that Order is hereby revoked.
Tessa Jowell
Minister of State for Public Health
Department of Health
21st September 1999


text:
1
This Order may be cited as the State Immunity (Merchant Shipping) (Revocation) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 29th April 1999.
2
The State Immunity (Merchant Shipping) Order 1997 is hereby revoked.
A.K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council


text:
Citation, retrospective effect and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the New Northern Ireland Assembly (Salaries and Allowances) Order 1999.
2
The salaries and allowances specified in this Order apply from the date on which members took their seats in the manner prescribed by standing orders, and in the case of office-holders from the date of their election to or nomination for office; and accordingly, this Order shall have retrospective effect.
3
In this Order, “member” means a member of the New Northern Ireland Assembly who has taken his seat in the manner prescribed by standing orders.
Provision of salaries and allowances
2
1
The amount of any salary or allowance payable to a member by virtue of this Order —
a
shall be reduced by the amount of any salary or allowance paid by the Secretary of State to the member before the making of this Order;
b
shall be paid from the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland.
Salaries
3
1
The salary payable to members for any period is calculated by reference to the following yearly rates:
First Minister £60,164 Deputy First Minister £54,876 Presiding Officer £45,069 Other members £29,292.
2
In the case of a period for which a member receives a salary as a Member of the House of Commons or a Member of the European Parliament, the yearly rate is reduced by £19,528.
Deputy Presiding Officer
4
An allowance of £78.88 is payable, in addition to his member’s salary, to a Deputy Presiding Officer for each day during which (for any length of time) he acts as Presiding Officer.
Travel
5
1
A motor mileage allowance is payable to members.
2
The allowance is calculated by reference to the number of miles travelled, by private motor vehicle belonging to or leased by the member, on Assembly or constituency business.
3
The rate for the allowance is 50.1 pence per mile for the first 20,000 miles travelled annually, and 23.1p per mile thereafter.
4
A travel costs allowance is payable to a member who travels by public transport on Assembly or constituency business.
5
The allowance is equal to the actual cost incurred by the member in purchasing a ticket, whether first or other class, for the journey.
Accommodation and subsistence
6
1
For each night that it is necessary for a member to stay away from his place of residence on Assembly business, one of the following accommodation allowances is payable:
a
for central London, £100 or the actual cost incurred by him for bed and breakfast, whichever is the lower;
b
elsewhere, £80 or the actual cost incurred by him for bed and breakfast, whichever is the lower;
c
where he incurs no cost for bed and breakfast, £25.
2
In each case, a subsistence allowance of £18.30 is also payable.
Office costs
7
1
An office costs allowance is payable to members.
2
The allowance is equal to the actual cost incurred by a member in paying salaries to staff, or in purchasing or hiring office equipment or office services.
3
For the period ending on 31st December 1998, the maximum amount of the allowance payable to any member is £15,000.
4
For each month thereafter, the maximum amount of the allowance payable to any member is £2,500.
Marjorie Mowlam
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Northern Ireland Office
10th July 1999


text:
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as The Bethlem and Maudsley, the Lambeth Healthcare, the Lewisham and Guy’s Mental Health and the Optimum Health Services National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
Dissolution of NHS trusts
2
1
The Bethlem and Maudsley National Health Service Trust established by The Bethlem and Maudsley National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1994 shall be dissolved on 1st April 1999, and accordingly that Order revoked on that date.
2
The Lambeth Healthcare National Health Service Trust established by The West Lambeth Community Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991 shall be dissolved on 1st April 1999, and accordingly that Order revoked on that date.
3
The Lewisham and Guy’s Mental Health National Health Service Trust established by The South East London Mental Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 shall be dissolved on 1st April 1999, and accordingly that Order revoked on that date.
4
The Optimum Health Services National Health Service Trust established by The Optimum Health Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991 shall be dissolved on 1st April 1999, and accordingly that Order revoked on that date.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Denham
Minister of State,
Department of Health
18th March 1999


text:
Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) Amendment Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 31st January 1999.
Revocation
2
Regulation 5 of the Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) Amendment Regulations 1998 (expiry of Regulations) , is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Angela Eagle
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,Department of Social Security
16th January 1999


text:
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Capital Finance) (Rate of Discount for 1999/2000) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
2
The percentage rate of discount prescribed for the financial year beginning on 1st April 1999 for the purposes of defining “r” in section 49(2) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 shall be 8.4 per cent.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
23rd February 1999
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Jon Owen Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office
24th February 1999


text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Borough of Surrey Heath (Electoral Changes) Order 1999.
2
This Order shall come into force–
a
for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002;
b
for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
3
In this Order–
“the borough” means the borough of Surrey Heath;
“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and
any reference to the map is a reference to the map prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the Borough of Surrey Heath (Electoral Changes) Order 1999”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 .
Wards of Surrey Heath
2
1
The existing wards of the borough shall be abolished.
2
The borough shall be divided into sixteen wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.
3
The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to parishes or, where no area is so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be the number specified in respect of the ward in column (3) of the Schedule.
4
Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, waterway or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
Wards of the parish of Windlesham
3
1
The existing wards of the parish of Windlesham shall be abolished.
2
The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Bagshott, Lightwater and Windlesham and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the ward of the borough bearing the same name.
3
The number of parish councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be six.
Revocation
4
The Borough of Surrey Heath (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Beverley Hughes
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
6th September 1999


text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Acquire or Enfranchise) (Designated Rural Areas) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 3rd June 1999.
Designation of rural areas
2
There are designated as rural areas for the purposes of section 1AA(3)(a) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (additional right to enfranchise) and section 17 of the Housing Act 1996 (the right to acquire)–
a
the parishes named in the second column of Part I of the Schedule in the counties named in the first column, and
b
the areas described in Part II of the Schedule and more particularly shown bounded by a black line and cross hatched on one of the maps entitled “Map referred to in the Housing (Right to Acquire or Enfranchise) (Designated Rural Areas) Order 1999” of which prints, signed by a member of the Senior Civil Service in the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, are deposited and available for inspection at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
Revocation of designation for certain areas
3
The references to the following parishes are deleted–
a
in Schedule 1 to the Housing (Right to Acquire or Enfranchise) (Designated Rural Areas in the East) Order 1997 , in Part III (Derbyshire) “Dronfield” and in Schedule 2 to that Order, in Part VI (Leicestershire) “Ashby Woulds” and “Oakethorpe and Donisthorpe”;
b
in Schedule 1 to the Housing (Right to Acquire or Enfranchise) (Designated Rural Areas in the North East) Order 1997 , in Part IX (Northumberland) “Tosson” and in Schedule 2 to that Order, in Part VI (Northumberland) “Broomley and Stocksfield”;
c
in Schedule 2 to the Housing (Right to Acquire or Enfranchise) (Designated Rural Areas in the South West) Order 1997 , in Part V (Devon) “Buckland Monachorum”,
and any parish or other area which ceases accordingly to be specified in any of those Orders ceases to be designated for the purposes specified in article 2 of this Order so far as it is not otherwise designated by that article.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
6th May 1999


text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Teddington Memorial Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
2
In this Order–
“ the Order ” means the Teddington Memorial Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 ;
“the trust” means the National Health Service trust established by the Order.
Change of name of NHS trust
2
The trust shall be called the Teddington Memorial Hospital and Community National Health Service Trust instead of the Teddington Memorial Hospital National Health Service Trust, and accordingly in article 1 of the Order in the definition of “the trust”, and in article 2 of the Order, after the words “Teddington Memorial Hospital” there are inserted the words “and Community”.
Transitional provisions
3
The change of name under this Order shall not–
a
affect any right or obligation of any person; or
b
be taken as invalidating any instrument (whether made before, on or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the trust by its previous name; and all instruments and other documents which refer to the trust under its previous name shall be construed as referring to it under its new name.
Change of functions of NHS trust
4
1
In article 1(2) of the Order (interpretation), the following definition is inserted at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order:
“community health services” means any services which the Secretary of State may provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of, or Schedule 1 to, the National Health Service Act 1977 and any service which he has a duty to provide under section 5(1) or (1A) of that Act .
2
For article 3 of the Order, there shall be substituted the following article:–
Nature and functions of the trust
3
1
The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1)(a) of the Act.
2
The trust’s functions shall be to own and manage Teddington Memorial Hospital, Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0JL and associated hospitals, establishments and facilities, and there to provide hospital accommodation and services, and there and from there to provide community health services
.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Denham
Minister of State,
Department of Health
15th March 1999


text:
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Wednesbury Education Action Zone Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st December 1999.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
“partners” means those persons listed in Schedule 1 to this Order; and
“zone school” means a school listed in Schedule 2 to this Order.
Constitution of education action zone
3
The schools listed in Schedule 2 to this Order shall constitute collectively an education action zone under the name of the Wednesbury Education Action Zone (“the zone”) for the purposes of Chapter III of Part I of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
Education Action Forum
4
There shall be an Education Action Forum for the zone to be known as the Wednesbury Education Action Forum (“the Forum”), the membership of which shall include —
a
one person appointed by the governing body of each zone school, unless any such governing body choose not to make such an appointment;
b
either one or two persons appointed by the Secretary of State; and
c
one person appointed by each partner, unless any partner chooses not to make such an appointment.
5
The Forum may at any time appoint additional members as follows —
a
up to five persons representing the interests of business in the area served by the zone schools;
b
up to five parents of registered pupils attending zone schools;
c
one person nominated by the senior police officer responsible for policing in Wednesbury;
d
up to eight persons who are members of trade unions representing either teaching staff or non-teaching staff working at zone schools; and
e
one person nominated by each of the organisations listed in Schedule 3.
Disqualification for membership of the Forum
6
Articles 7 to 9 shall have effect for the purpose of prescribing the circumstances and cases in which a person is to be disqualified for holding, or continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum.
Disqualification for membership of the Forum — bankruptcy etc
7
1
Subject to the provisions of this article, a person shall be disqualified for holding, or for continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum if he has been adjudged bankrupt or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors; and a member, on becoming so disqualified, shall give written notice of the fact to the secretary to the Forum.
2
Where a person is disqualified by reason of his having been adjudged bankrupt, that disqualification shall cease —
a
unless the bankruptcy order made against that person is previously annulled, on his discharge from bankruptcy; and
b
if the bankruptcy order is so annulled, on the date of the annulment.
3
Where a person is disqualified by reason of his having made a composition or arrangement with his creditors and he pays his debts in full, the disqualification shall cease on the date on which the payment is completed and in any other case it shall cease on the expiration of three years from the date on which the terms of the deed of composition or arrangement are fulfilled.
Disqualification for membership of the Forum — criminal convictions
8
1
Subject to paragraph (2) a person shall be disqualified for holding, or for continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum if —
a
within five years before his appointment would otherwise have taken effect or since his appointment, he has been convicted, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, of any offence and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months without the option of a fine;
b
within twenty years before his appointment would otherwise have taken effect, he has been convicted as aforesaid and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment for a period of more than two and a half years; or
c
he has at any time been convicted as aforesaid and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment of not less than five years.
2
For the purposes of this article there shall be disregarded any conviction by or before a court outside the United Kingdom of an offence in respect of conduct which, if it had taken place in any part of the United Kingdom, would not have constituted an offence under the law in force in that part of the United Kingdom.
Disqualification — absence from meetings
9
Any member of the Forum who, without the consent of the Forum, has failed to attend the meetings thereof for a continuous period of six months beginning with the date of a meeting shall, on the expiry of that period, be disqualified for continuing to be a member of the Forum without prejudice however, to his re-appointment.
Chairman’s tenure of office
10
The chairman of the Forum elected in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, shall hold office for one year from the date of his election (unless he resigns his office earlier), without prejudice to his eligibility to be re-elected for a further such period.
Estelle Morris
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
4th November 1999


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Title, commencement, application and extent
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Pet Travel Scheme (Pilot Arrangements) (England) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 17th January 2000.
2
This Order shall apply in relation to pet cats and pet dogs.
3
This Order extends to England only.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
“airport” means the aggregate of the land, buildings and works comprised in an aerodrome within the meaning of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 ;
“carrier” means any undertaking carrying goods or passengers for hire by land, sea or air;
“cat” means a domestic cat ( Felis catus );
“Directive 92/65/ EEC ” means Council Directive 92/65/EEC laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Council Directive 90/425/EEC ;
“dog” means a domestic dog ( Canis familiaris );
“microchip” means an electronic transponder;
“official health certificate” means a certificate prepared and distributed by the competent authority for completion and signature by an official veterinary surgeon in relation to rabies, and by a veterinary surgeon entitled to practise veterinary medicine in the country in which the treatment is administered in the case of Echinococcus multicularis and ticks;
“official veterinary surgeon” means in England and Wales a veterinary surgeon authorised by the Minister for the purposes of this Order, and outside England and Wales means a veterinary surgeon authorised by the competent authority to grant certification for the purposes of export of dogs and cats;
“pet cats” and “pet dogs” means cats and dogs which are not traded commercially under the provisions of article 4A of the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974 ;
“recognised laboratory” means a laboratory recognised in writing by the Minister as being competent to carry out blood tests for the purposes of this Order.
Exemption from quarantine for pet cats and pet dogs
3
1
A person may bring a pet cat or pet dog into England on or after 28th February 2000 without complying with the provisions of the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974 if all the conditions relating to the importation of the animal in this Order are complied with.
2
Nothing in this Order shall apply in relation to an animal brought into England directly from other parts of the British Islands or the Republic of Ireland.
Means of transport
4
1
The animal shall be brought into England using a carrier approved under article 8 below, travelling on a route specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, without leaving the vessel, aircraft or train in which it is travelling between departure and arrival.
2
In the event of a ship or aircraft on a scheduled service being diverted from a route specified in Schedule 1 to this Order to another place of landing in England, the animal shall be deemed to have been brought into England at the intended place of landing but, in the case of an aircraft, the carrier shall, at its own expense, transport the animal to Heathrow Airport for checking before releasing the animal into the custody of the person importing the animal.
Identification of the animal
5
1
The animal shall be identified by means of a microchip implanted into its body.
2
If the carrier does not have a reader capable of reading the microchip, the person bringing the animal into England shall provide a reader for the microchip at the time the carrier checks the identity of the animal.
Health status of the animal
6
1
After it has been microchipped, the animal shall —
a
have been vaccinated against rabies in a country or part of a country specified in Schedule 2 to this Order or in the British Islands or the Republic of Ireland after the age of three months by injection of an inactivated vaccine approved by the competent authority of the country in which the vaccination takes place; and
b
have had any necessary booster injections in a country or part of a country specified in Schedule 2 to this Order or in the British Islands or the Republic of Ireland at intervals specified by the manufacturer of the vaccine.
2
After it has been vaccinated against rabies, and at least six months before it is brought into England, a blood sample must have been taken from the animal and tested for rabies antibodies using a virus neutralisation test at a recognised laboratory, with the result of that test demonstrating a protective antibody titre of at least 0.5 international units per millilitre. The six month period shall begin on the date that the sample was taken from the animal.
3
The requirement in the preceding paragraph for a delay of six months between taking the blood sample for testing and the animal being brought into England shall not apply in the case of an animal which was microchipped, vaccinated and blood sampled before 28th February 2000, and which, at the time the blood sample is taken, either —
a
has never left the British Islands or The Republic of Ireland;
b
has spent six months in quarantine in either the British Islands or The Republic of Ireland and has not subsequently left those countries; or
c
has been brought into the British Islands or The Republic of Ireland under the provisions of Directive 92/65/EEC and has not subsequently left those countries.
4
Not less than 24 hours and not more than 48 hours before embarkation for England the animal must have been treated by a veterinary surgeon entitled to practise veterinary medicine in the country in which the treatment is administered against Echinococcus multicularis and ticks, using a veterinary medicine with a marketing authorisation in the country in which the medicine is administered and at an appropriate dosage; and in the case of treatment against Echinococcus multicularis the medicine must contain praziquantel as the active ingredient.
5
The animal must not have been outside the British Islands, the Republic of Ireland or the countries or territories in Part I of Schedule 2 to this Order (or, in the case of dogs assisting persons suffering from sensory impairment, those territories plus the countries in Part II of that Schedule) for the six month period immediately preceding the date it is brought into England.
6
The Minister shall recognise laboratories under this article to carry out tests under this article if he is satisfied that they are capable of carrying out the test correctly.
7
The Minister shall publish a list of recognised laboratories in such manner as he thinks fit.
Documentation
7
1
The animal shall be accompanied by two official health certificates, one relating to rabies vaccination and one relating to treatment for Echinococcus multicularis and ticks.
2
The official health certificates —
a
shall be signed in relation to rabies by an official veterinary surgeon of a country specified in Schedule 2 to this Order, the British Islands or the Republic of Ireland certifying that the certificate is accurate, and stamped by him with an official stamp indicating that he is an official veterinary surgeon;
b
shall be signed in relation to Echinococcus multicularis and ticks by a veterinary surgeon entitled to practise veterinary medicine in the country in which the treatment is administered.
3
The official health certificate relating to rabies vaccination shall contain the information specified in Schedule 3 to this Order.
4
The official health certificate relating to Echinococcus multicularis and ticks shall state —
a
the date and time of the treatment; and
b
the treatment used.
5
In addition to the official health certificates, any person bringing in an animal in accordance with this Order shall, at the time the animal is brought in, carry a written, signed declaration in English in the form set out in Schedule 4 to this Order that the animal has not been outside the territories set out in that Schedule in the six months preceding the animal being brought into England.
6
All certificates required under this article shall be in English but may, in addition to the English text, contain a translation in a language of any of the countries listed in Schedule 2.
Carriers
8
1
The Minister may approve a carrier under this article to transport pets under the provisions of this Order if he is satisfied that —
a
the carrier complies with the requirements in Schedule 5 to this Order;
b
the written procedures and contingency plans required in that Schedule are adequate; and
c
the carrier will comply with this Order, the written procedures required in Schedule 5 and any conditions of the approval.
2
The approval shall specify —
a
where checks must be carried out;
b
the routes to be used by the approved carrier to bring an animal into England; and
c
any other conditions the Minister considers appropriate.
3
The carrier shall provide such information to the Minister as he shall reasonably require.
Duties of approved carriers
9
1
Before bringing an animal into England a carrier approved under article 8 above shall have checked, for each animal that it carries under the provisions of this Order, all three certificates required under the provisions of this Order and shall satisfy itself that —
a
the animal has been implanted with a microchip;
b
the number of the microchip corresponds with the number of the microchip recorded in all three certificates;
c
the certificates relating to rabies, Echinococcus multicularis and ticks show that —
i
they are current;
ii
they have been signed by an official veterinary surgeon in relation to rabies and by a veterinary surgeon entitled to practise veterinary medicine in the country in which the treatment is administered in relation to Echinococcus multicularis and ticks;
iii
the animal has been vaccinated against rabies, has been blood tested and has been treated against Echinococcus multicularis and ticks in accordance with this Order; and
d
the certificate relating to the animal’s place of residence in the previous six months has been signed by the person accompanying the animal.
2
The checks shall be carried out in the place and in the manner specified in the approval.
3
If the checks are carried out before the animal is taken on to the means of transport, it shall be an offence for the approved carrier to bring an animal into England in accordance with this Order unless it has carried out the checks in paragraph (1) above and is satisfied that the animal complies with the provisions of that paragraph.
4
If the checks are carried out during transport or after an animal has landed in England —
a
the approved carrier shall keep possession of the animal at the place of arrival until it has carried out the checks required under this Order and it is satisfied that the animal has been treated in accordance with this Order; and
b
if the carrier is not satisfied that the animal has been identified, vaccinated and blood-tested in accordance with this Order, it shall ensure that the animal is transferred immediately to quarantine facilities in accordance with the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974 or is otherwise dealt with under the provisions of that Order.
5
If, after carrying out the check under paragraph (1) above, whether the check is carried out before the animal is taken on to the means of transport, during transport or after landing, the carrier is satisfied that an animal may be brought into England in accordance with this Order, it shall —
a
in the case of an animal being brought in by a foot passenger or a passenger of an aircraft, issue a certificate to the person accompanying the animal, signed and dated by a representative of the carrier, certifying that the animal complies with this Order, and attach a label to the collar of the animal or to its carrying cage if there is one, showing the date of importation and stating that the animal complies with the provisions of this Order; or
b
in the case of an animal being brought in by car or other motor vehicle, give the person a sticker or hanger suitable for displaying on the windscreen and indicating that the vehicle is carrying an animal which has been checked and found to comply with the provisions of this Order.
Duties at the port of arrival
10
1
A person bringing an animal into England in a vehicle in accordance with this Order shall display the sticker or hanger given by the carrier in a prominent position in the windscreen until the vehicle leaves the confines of the port of arrival in the case of a ferry crossing or, in the case of the Channel Tunnel, the Folkstone Terminal at Cheriton.
2
A foot passenger on a ferry or a passenger on an aircraft bringing an animal into England in accordance with this Order shall not remove the label attached by the carrier to the collar or carrying cage until he leaves the confines of the port or airport of arrival.
3
A person bringing an animal into England in accordance with this Order shall produce on demand by an officer of the Minister or the local authority —
a
in the case of transport by ferry, in the port area;
b
in the case of transport through the Channel Tunnel, in the Tunnel System as defined in section 1(7) of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987 or the Folkstone Terminal at Cheriton, except that an officer of a local authority shall only have powers in England;
c
in the case of air transport, in the airport,
all health certificates required under this Order and, in the case of a foot passenger, the certificate of entry given by the carrier under the preceding article and shall make the animal available for checking.
Powers of officers of the Minister and local authorities
11
An officer of the Minister or a local authority shall have powers to stop any vehicle displaying a windscreen sticker or hanger indicating that an animal is being carried, or any other vehicle in which he reasonably suspects that a cat or dog is being carried, or any person in possession of an animal or whom he suspects to be in possession of an animal, at any place —
a
in the case of transport by ferry, in the port area;
b
in the case of transport through the Channel Tunnel, in the Tunnel System as defined in section 1(7) of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987 or the Folkestone Terminal at Cheriton, except that an officer of a local authority shall only have powers in England;
c
in the case of air transport, in the airport,
and may carry out any checks and searches which may be necessary to ensure that this Order is being complied with.
Approvals
12
Approvals under this Order shall be in writing, may be made subject to conditions and may be amended, suspended or revoked by notice in writing at any time, and in particular may be suspended or revoked if the Minister is reasonably of the opinion that the provisions of this Order are not being complied with or that the written procedures and contingency plans produced under Schedule 5 to this Order have not been complied with.
Amendment to the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974
13
1
The Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974 is amended by adding the following provisions.
2
After paragraph (4A) of article 4 there shall be added —
4B
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (4) above and Schedule 2 to this Order, animals may also be brought into England at Cheriton through the Channel Tunnel.
.
3
After article 4A there shall be added —
The Pet Travel Scheme (Pilot Arrangements) (England) Order 1999
4B
The provisions of this Order shall not apply in relation to pet cats or pet dogs brought into England in accordance with the provisions of the Pet Travel Scheme (Pilot Arrangements) (England) Order 1999.
.
4
After article 5 there shall be added —
Release from quarantine
5A
1
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding article, if a cat or a dog is in quarantine at the date of the coming into force of the Pet Travel Scheme (Pilot Arrangements) (England) Order 1999, and the Minister is satisfied that it has been microchipped, vaccinated against rabies and has had a blood sample taken and tested as required under that Order, the Minister may grant a licence releasing that animal from quarantine six months after the date the blood sample was taken instead of six months after the animal was taken into quarantine, provided that he is satisfied that the animal has not been out of the British Islands, the Republic of Ireland or the countries or territories in Part I of Schedule 2 to this Order (or, in the case of dogs assisting persons suffering from sensory impairment, those territories plus the countries in Part II of that Schedule) in the six months prior to the release date and provided also that the animal has been treated by a veterinary surgeon against Echinococcus multicularis and ticks, using a veterinary medicine with a marketing authorisation at an appropriate dosage (in the case of treatment against Echinococcus multicularis the medicine must contain praziquantel as the active ingredient) at least twenty four hours before release.
2
If a cat or a dog is brought into England on or after the coming into force of the Pet Travel Scheme (Pilot Arrangements) (England) Order 1999 and is taken into quarantine, whether or not because it failed to meet some or all of the conditions for the importation of cats and dogs under that Order, the Minister may grant a licence releasing that animal from quarantine if he is satisfied —
a
that the animal has been microchipped, vaccinated and blood tested in accordance with that Order and at the times specified in that Order, and that the animal has been treated by a veterinary surgeon against Echinococcus multicularis and ticks, using a veterinary medicine with a marketing authorisation at an appropriate dosage (in the case of treatment against Echinococcus multicularis the medicine must contain praziquantel as the active ingredient) at least twenty four hours before release; and
b
that the animal has not been out of the British Islands, the Republic of Ireland or the countries or territories in Part I of Schedule 2 to this Order (or, in the case of dogs assisting persons suffering from sensory impairment, those territories plus the countries in Part II of that Schedule) in the six months prior to the release date.
.
5
After paragraph (2) of article 6 there shall be added —
3
The requirement to vaccinate against rabies in paragraph (1) above shall not apply in any case where the Minister is satisfied that —
a
the animal has been resident for the six months preceding entry into quarantine in the British Islands, the Republic of Ireland or the territories set out in Schedule 2 to the Pet Travel Scheme (Pilot Arrangements) (England) Order 1999; and
b
the animal has been vaccinated and blood tested in accordance with the requirements of that Order, and the period of cover of the vaccination has not expired.
.
Enforcement
14
This Order shall, except where otherwise provided, be executed and enforced by the local authority.
Transitional provisions
15
The provisions of this Order requiring a blood test to be carried out at a recognised laboratory may be complied with if, before the coming into force of this Order, the blood sample was sent to a laboratory to which the Minister has written confirming that he is satisfied that it is capable of correctly carrying out tests required by this Order and included in a list published by the Minister, and the test was carried out after the laboratory was included in the list.
Hayman
Minister of State Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
22nd December 1999
John Reid
Secretary of State Scottish Office
22nd December 1999
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
David Hanson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
22nd December 1999


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PART I
GENERAL
Citation, commencement and duration
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 29th November 1999 immediately following the expiry of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 .
2
These Regulations shall cease to have effect on 28th November 2000, unless revoked with effect from an earlier date.
Interpretation
2
1
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“ the Act ” means the Jobseekers Act 1995;
“appropriate office” means an office, by whatever name it is from time to time known, of the Department for Education and Employment which is identified by reference to its name as at the date these Regulations come into force in one or more of the Schedules to these Regulations, and where such an office closes, the references in the Schedules to that office in relation to a person shall be construed as references to the office which that person is required to attend instead of that office;
“benefit” means jobseeker’s allowance or any earnings credited to a person in accordance with regulation 8A of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975 ;
“the Council Tax Benefit Regulations ” means the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 ;
“the Disability Working Allowance Regulations ” means the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 ;
“employment officer” means a person who is at any time an employment officer for the purposes of section 19 of the Act;
“employment-related course” has the same meaning as in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations ;
“the Family Credit Regulations ” means the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 ;
“full-time student” has the same meaning as in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations;
“gateway interview” means an interview with an employment officer to identify and discuss matters that could help a person find work and matters that are preventing him from finding work;
“the Housing Benefit Regulations ” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 ;
“the Income Support Regulations ” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 ;
“the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus” means the programme provided in pursuance of arrangements made by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 for which only persons who are aged 25 years or over may be eligible, known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus, and which includes for any individual, jobsearch activity and one or more of the following, namely training, study, assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment and work experience;
“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 ;
“part-time student” has the same meaning as in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations;
“week” means any period of 7 days.
2
In regulations 3 to 5, the references to receiving benefit for not less than the periods or, as the case may be, for less than the period, referred to in those regulations means receiving benefit —
a
without any period of interruption, or
b
with a period of interruption which did not exceed 28 days, or
c
with a number of periods of interruption, none of which exceeded 28 days,
and any period of interruption which did not exceed 28 days shall be taken into account in calculating the periods referred to in regulations 3 to 5.
3
In these Regulations a reference —
a
to a numbered regulation is to the regulation in these Regulations bearing that number;
b
in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in that regulation bearing that number; and
c
to a numbered Schedule is to the Schedule to these Regulations bearing that number.
PART II
THE INTENSIVE ACTIVITY PERIOD OF THE NEW DEAL PILOTS FOR 25 PLUS
Application: persons aged 25 and over in receipt of benefit for 12 months
3
This regulation shall apply to any person who —
a
on or after the date these Regulations come into force attends an appropriate office listed in Schedule 1 pursuant to a notice under regulation 23 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, and
b
on any day when he so attends is aged 25 or over but under pensionable age and has been receiving benefit for a period of not less than 12 months.
Application: persons aged 25 and over in receipt of benefit for 18 months
4
This regulation shall apply to any person who —
a
on or after the date these Regulations come into force attends an appropriate office listed in Schedule 2 pursuant to a notice under regulation 23 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, and
b
on any day when he so attends is aged 25 or over but under pensionable age and has been receiving benefit for a period of not less than 18 months.
Application: volunteers
5
This regulation shall apply to any person who —
a
on or after the date these Regulations come into force, attends an appropriate office listed in Schedule 3 pursuant to a notice under regulation 23 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations and when he so attends volunteers to attend a gateway interview,
b
on the day he so attends, is aged 25 or over but under pensionable age and has been receiving benefit for a period of less than 18 months, and
c
in respect of whom an employment officer agrees that he may be given a gateway interview.
Sanction
6
1
In relation to a person to whom paragraph (2) applies, “employment programme” in section 19 of the Act means, in addition to the programmes listed in regulation 75(1) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus.
2
This paragraph applies to any person to whom regulation 3, 4, or 5 applies and who has been given or sent a notice in writing by an employment officer advising him that if he fails to participate in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus his jobseeker’s allowance could cease to be payable or could be payable at a lower rate.
3
In relation to a person to whom paragraph (2) applies, the prescribed period for the purposes of section 19(2) of the Act shall begin on the first day of the week following the date on which a jobseeker’s allowance is determined not to be payable to the person and shall be —
a
two weeks in any case which does not fall within sub-paragraph (b) below;
b
four weeks in any case in which on a previous occasion a jobseeker’s allowance was determined not to be payable to him in circumstances falling within section 19(5) of the Act that relate to the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus and the first date on which a jobseeker’s allowance was not payable to him as a result of that determination falls within the period of 12 months preceding the date of the determination mentioned in (3) above.
4
In this regulation, “week” has the same meaning as “benefit week” in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations.
Interpretation of section 19 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and Part V of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations
7
In relation to a person to whom regulation 3, 4 or 5 applies, “employment” in section 19 of the Act, except subsection (9), and in Part V of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations means employed earner’s employment other than employed earner’s employment in which a person is employed whilst participating in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus; and “employed earner” shall be construed accordingly.
Availability for employment
8
1
In relation to a person to whom regulation 3, 4 or 5 applies —
a
regulation 15(a) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations shall be modified in its application to him as if the following words were added after the words “full-time student” where those words appear for the first time —
, other than where he is a full-time student by virtue of undertaking an employment-related course as part of the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus,
; and
b
if in any week in which he is participating in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus he is as part of that programme undertaking as a full-time student or a part-time student an employment-related course for not less than three days in that week, he shall be treated as available for employment for that week.
2
In this regulation, “week” has the same meaning as “benefit week” in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations.
Good Cause
9
Without prejudice to any other circumstances in which a person may be regarded as having good cause for any act or omission for the purposes of section 19(5)(b) of the Act, and in addition to the circumstances listed in regulation 73 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, a person to whom regulation 3, 4 or 5 applies is to be regarded as having good cause for an act or omission in relation to the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus for the purposes of section 19(5)(b) where he has already participated in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus for one continuous period of 13 weeks or two or more periods amounting in total to 13 weeks.
Payability of allowance
10
An income-based jobseeker’s allowance shall be payable to a person to whom regulation 3, 4 or 5 applies even though section 19 of the Act prevents payment of a jobseeker’s allowance to him if —
a
an allowance would not otherwise be payable because the circumstances in section 19(5)(c) of the Act apply in relation to the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus, and
b
he has already participated in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus for one continuous period of 13 weeks or two or more periods amounting in total to 13 weeks;
and the applicable amount of a person to whom this regulation applies shall be the amount determined in accordance with regulation 83, 84, 85, 86, 145 or 148 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, as appropriate.
PART III
CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS
Scope of Part III
11
1
Regulations 12 and 14 to 18 shall only apply in relation to a person to whom regulation 3, 4 or 5 applies in so far as those regulations relate to that person’s participation in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus.
2
Regulation 13 shall only apply in any week in which a person to whom regulation 3, 4 or 5 applies is participating in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus.
Definition of “training allowance”
12
1
The definition of “training allowance” in each of the regulations specified in paragraph (2) below (which are interpretation provisions) shall be modified in its application to persons to whom this Part applies as if at the end there were added the words —
nor does it include any top-up payment made to a person (“the participant”) pursuant to
section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations (“the intensive activity period”); or
a written arrangement entered into between the Secretary of State and the person who has arranged for the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period and which is made in respect of the participant’s participation in that period.
2
The regulations to which paragraph (1) refers are —
a
regulation 2(1) of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations;
b
regulation 2(1) of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations ;
c
regulation 2(1) of the Family Credit Regulations ;
d
regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations ;
e
regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations ;
f
regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations .
Remunerative work
13
1
Regulation 53 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (persons treated as not engaged in remunerative work) shall be modified in its application to persons to whom this Part applies as if at the end there was added the following paragraph —
j
he is participating in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations
.
2
Regulation 6(1), of the Income Support Regulations (persons treated as not engaged in remunerative work) shall be modified in its application to persons to whom this Part applies as if at the end there was added the following sub-paragraph —
l
he is participating in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations
.
3
Both regulation 4 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations and regulation 4 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (remunerative work) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if after paragraph (5) there was inserted the following paragraph —
5A
A person shall not, for the purposes of these Regulations, be treated as engaged in remunerative work in any benefit week in which he is participating in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.
.
4
Both regulation 4 of the Family Credit Regulations and regulation 6 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (remunerative work) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if after paragraph (3)(c) there was added the following sub-paragraph —
d
he is participating in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.
.
Notional income
14
1
Regulation 105 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (notional income) shall be modified in its application to persons to whom this Part applies as if —
a
in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (10A) , after head (iii), there was added the following head —
iv
in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but only to the extent that it is not used for a purpose specified in paragraph (10)(a)(ii)
;
b
in paragraph (13) —
i
at the beginning, there were inserted the words “Subject to paragraph (13A),”;
ii
the words from “; but this paragraph” to the end of the paragraph were omitted;
c
after paragraph (13) there were inserted the following paragraph —
13A
Paragraph (13) shall not apply —
a
to a claimant who is engaged by a charitable or voluntary organisation or who is a volunteer if the Secretary of State is satisfied in any of those cases that it is reasonable for him to provide those services free of charge; or
b
in a case where the service is performed in connection with the claimant’s participation in —
i
an employment or training programme in accordance with regulation 19(1)(q); or
ii
the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.
.
2
Regulation 42 of the Income Support Regulations (notional income) shall be modified in its application to persons to whom this Part applies as if —
a
in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (4ZA) , after head (iii), there was added the following head —
iv
in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but only to the extent that it is not used for a purpose specified in paragraph (4)(a)(ii);
;
b
for paragraph (6A)(b) there was substituted the following sub-paragraph —
b
in a case where the service is performed in connection with the claimant’s participation in —
i
an employment and training programme in accordance with regulation 19(1)(q) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996; or
ii
the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.
.
3
Both regulation 26 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations and regulation 35 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (which relate to notional income) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if —
a
in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (3A), after head (iii), there was added the following head —
iv
in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but only to the extent that it is not used for a purpose specified in paragraph (3)(a);
;
b
in paragraph (5) —
i
at the beginning, there were inserted the words “Subject to paragraph (5A),”;
ii
the words from “; but this paragraph” to the end of the paragraph were omitted;
c
after paragraph (5) there were inserted the following paragraph —
5A
Paragraph (5) shall not apply —
a
to a claimant who is engaged by a charitable or voluntary organisation or who is a volunteer if the appropriate authority is satisfied in any of those cases that it is reasonable for him to provide those services free of charge; or
b
in a case where the service is performed in connection with the claimant’s participation in —
i
an employment or training programme in accordance with regulation 19(1)(q) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996; or
ii
the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.
.
4
Both regulation 29 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and regulation 26 of the Family Credit Regulations (which relate to notional income) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if —
a
in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (3A), after head (iii), there was added the following head —
iv
in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but only to the extent that it is not used for a purpose specified in paragraph (3)(a);
;
b
in paragraph (4) —
i
at the beginning, there were inserted the words “Subject to paragraph (4A),”;
ii
the words from “; but this paragraph” to the end of the paragraph were omitted;
c
after paragraph (4) there were inserted the following paragraph —
4A
Paragraph (4) shall not apply —
a
to a claimant who is engaged by a charitable or voluntary organisation or who is a volunteer if the Board is satisfied in any of those cases that it is reasonable for him to provide those services free of charge; or
b
in a case where the service is performed in connection with the claimant’s participation in —
i
an employment or training programme in accordance with regulation 19(1)(q) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996; or
ii
the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.
.
Notional capital
15
1
Both regulation 113(3A) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations and regulation 51(3A) of the Income Support Regulations (notional capital) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if in sub-paragraph (b), after head (iii), there was added the following head —
iv
in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but only to the extent that it is not used for a purpose specified in paragraph (3)(a)(ii).
.
2
Paragraph (3A) of each of the regulations specified in paragraph (3) (which relate to notional capital) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if in sub-paragraph (b), after head (iii), there was added the following head —
iv
in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but only to the extent that it is not used for a purpose specified in paragraph (3)(a).
.
3
The regulations to which paragraph (2) refers are —
a
regulation 34 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations ;
b
regulation 37 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations ;
c
regulation 34 of the Family Credit Regulations ;
d
regulation 43 of the Housing Benefit Regulations .
Income to be disregarded
16
1
Each of the Schedules specified in paragraph (2) (which relate to sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if at the end of each of those Schedules there were added the following paragraphs bearing the specified respective paragraph numbers —
Any child care expenses reimbursed to the claimant in respect of his participation in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.
Any top-up payment made to a person (“the participant”) pursuant to —
section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations (“the intensive activity period”); or
a written arrangement entered into between the Secretary of State and the person who has arranged for the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period and which is made in respect of the participant’s participation in that period.
.
2
The respective paragraph numbers and Schedules for the purposes of paragraph (1) are —
a
paragraphs 68 and 69 of Schedule 4 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations ;
b
paragraphs 61 and 62 of Schedule 3 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations ;
c
paragraphs 63 and 64 of Schedule 2 to the Family Credit Regulations ;
d
paragraphs 69 and 70 of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations ;
e
paragraphs 67 and 68 of Schedule 9 to the Income Support Regulations ;
f
paragraphs 65 and 66 of Schedule 7 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations .
Capital to be disregarded
17
1
Each of the Schedules specified in paragraph (2) (which relate to capital to be disregarded), shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if at the end of each of those Schedules, there were added the following paragraphs bearing the respective specified paragraph numbers —
Any child care expenses reimbursed to the claimant in respect of his participation in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations, but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.
Any top-up payment made to a person (“the participant”) pursuant to —
section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations (“the intensive activity period”); or
a written arrangement entered into between the Secretary of State and the person who has arranged for the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period and which is made in respect of the participant’s participation in that period,
but only for the period of 52 weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the payment.
.
2
The respective paragraph numbers and Schedules specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are —
a
paragraphs 57 and 58 of Schedule 5 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations ;
b
paragraphs 55 and 56 of Schedule 4 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations ;
c
paragraphs 56 and 57 of Schedule 3 to the Family Credit Regulations ;
d
paragraphs 57 and 58 of Schedule 5 to the Housing Benefit Regulations paragraphs 54 and 55 of Schedule 10 to the Income Support Regulations ;
f
paragraphs 49 and 50 of Schedule 8 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations .
Self-employment route of the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus
18
1
Both regulation 102A of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations and regulation 39A of the Income Support Regulations (which relate to participants in the self-employment route of the Employment Option of the New Deal) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if —
a
regulation 102A and regulation 39A were renumbered regulation 102A(1) and regulation 39A(1) respectively;
b
for the definition of “self-employment route” in the renumbered paragraph (1) there was substituted the following definition —
“self-employment route” means receiving assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment whilst participating in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations;
;
c
after the renumbered paragraph (1), there was added the following paragraph —
2
For the purposes of this Chapter, the last day upon which assistance is received under the self-employment route shall be the day —
a
upon which there is at least £2,000 in the participant’s special account;
b
which is 26 weeks after the day upon which the participant first received such assistance; or
c
which is the last day upon which the participant received such assistance;
whichever shall first occur.
.
2
The provisions specified in paragraph (3) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if for the references to a person receiving, or having received, assistance under an employment programme specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(ii)(aa)(ii) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations , there were substituted references to a person receiving or, as the case may be, having received, assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment whilst participating in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.
3
The provisions to which paragraph (2) refers are —
a
in the Council Tax Benefit Regulations, regulations 31(7), paragraph 66 of Schedule 4 and paragraphs 7 and 55 of Schedule 5;
b
in the Disability Working Allowance Regulations, regulation 34(7), paragraph 59 of Schedule 3 and paragraphs 6 and 53 of Schedule 4;
c
in the Family Credit Regulations, regulations 31(7), paragraph 61 of Schedule 2 and paragraphs 6 and 54 of Schedule 3;
d
in the Housing Benefit Regulations, regulation 40(7), paragraph 66 of Schedule 4 and paragraphs 7 and 55 of Schedule 5;
e
in the Income Support Regulations, paragraph 64 of Schedule 9 and paragraphs 6 and 52 of Schedule 10;
f
in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, paragraph 62 of Schedule 7 and paragraphs 11 and 47 of Schedule 8.
Transitional provision
19
References in these Regulations to a person to whom regulation 3, 4 or 5 applies shall include a person to whom regulation 3, 4 or 5 of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 applied immediately before those regulations expired.
Signed for the purposes of Part I and II of these Regulations on behalf of the Secretary of State for Education and Employment
Tessa Jowell
Minister of State
Department for Education and Employment
16th November 1999
Signed for the purposes of Part III of these Regulations (other than in relation to provisions relating to disabled person’s tax credit and working families' tax credit) on behalf of the Secretary of State for Social Security
Angela Eagle
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department of Social Security
22nd November 1999
Signed for the purposes of provisions in Part III of these Regulations relating to disabled person’s tax credit and working families' tax credit on behalf of the Treasury
Jim Dowd
Bob Ainsworth
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
25th November 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Exclusion from School) (Prescribed Periods) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999.
Interpretation
2
1
In these Regulations–
“the 1998 Act ” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;
“the relevant person” means–
in relation to a pupil under the age of 18, a parent of his; and
in relation to a pupil who has attained that age, the pupil himself;
“school day”, in relation to a school, means any day on which at that school there is a school session;
“school” means a maintained school within the meaning of section 20(7) of the 1998 Act.
2
Where Regulations under paragraph 4 of Schedule 11 to the 1998 Act require the governing body of a school to establish a discipline committee, references in these Regulations to the governing body shall be construed as references to their discipline committee.
Performance of duties under section 66(2) of the 1998 Act
3
1
This regulation prescribes the period within which the governing body of a school are required by virtue of section 66(2) of the 1998 Act, after having been informed under section 65(4) of that Act of any exclusion or decision to which that provision applies, to take the following steps–
a
to consider the circumstances in which the pupil was excluded;
b
to consider any representations about the exclusion made to the governing body–
i
by the relevant person in pursuance of section 65(1)(c) or (2)(b), or
ii
by the local education authority;
c
to allow each of the following, namely–
i
the relevant person, and
ii
an officer of the local education authority nominated by the authority,
to attend a meeting of the governing body and to make oral representations about the exclusion; and
d
to consider any oral representations so made.
2
Subject to paragraph (3) below, the governing body shall take each of the steps referred to in paragraph (1) above–
a
not earlier than six school days; and
b
not later than 15 school days, in the case of a permanent exclusion or an exclusion for a fixed period of more than 15 school days; or
c
not later than 30 school days, in the case of an exclusion for a fixed period of 15 school days or fewer,
after the date on which they were informed of the matters referred to in section 65(4) of the 1998 Act.
3
Where the pupil concerned has been excluded in circumstances in which he would, as a result of the exclusion, lose an opportunity to take any public examination, the governing body shall (so far as it is practical for them to do so) take each of the steps referred to in paragraph (1) above before the date on which the pupil is due to take the examination and in any event no later than is required by paragraph (2) above.
Charles Clarke
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
22nd June 1999
Jon Owen Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
25th June 1999


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Borough of Runnymede (Electoral Changes) Order 1999.
2
This Order shall come into force —
a
for the purposes of all proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 4th May 2000, on 10th October 1999;
b
for all other purposes, on 4th May 2000.
3
In this Order —
“the borough” means the borough of Runnymede;
“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and
any reference to the map is a reference to the map prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the Borough of Runnymede (Electoral Changes) Order 1999”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 .
Wards of Runnymede
2
1
The existing wards of the borough shall be abolished.
2
The borough shall be divided into fourteen wards which shall bear the names:
Addlestone Bourneside
Addlestone North
Chertsey Meads
Chertsey St Ann's
Chertsey South and Row Town
Egham Hythe
Egham Town
Englefield Green East
Englefield Green West
Foxhills
New Haw
Thorpe
Virginia Water
Woodham.
3
Each ward shall comprise the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be three.
4
Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, waterway or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
Elections of the council of Runnymede
3
1
Subject to the following provisions of this article, elections of councillors for wards of the borough shall be by thirds.
2
Elections of all councillors for all wards of the borough shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2000 .
3
The councillors holding office for any ward of the borough immediately before 8th May 2000 shall retire on that date and the newly elected councillors for those wards shall come into office on that date.
4
Of the councillors elected in 2000 for any ward:
a
the first to retire shall, subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), be the councillor elected by the smallest number of votes; and he shall retire in 2002;
b
the second to retire shall, subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), be the councillor elected by the next smallest number of votes; and he shall retire in 2003;
c
the third councillor shall retire in 2004.
5
In the case of an equality of votes between any persons elected which makes it uncertain which of them is to retire in any such year, the person to retire in that year shall be determined by lot.
6
If an election of councillors for any ward is not contested, the person to retire in each such year shall be determined by lot.
7
Where under this article any question is to be determined by lot, the lot shall be drawn at the next practicable meeting of the council after the question has arisen and the drawing shall be conducted under the direction of the person presiding at the meeting.
8
Except as otherwise provided in the foregoing paragraphs of this article, the term of office of councillors shall be four years; and all councillors shall retire on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in the year of retirement and the newly elected councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire.
Revocation
4
The District of Runnymede (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Beverley Hughes
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
6th September 1999


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Commencement and citation
1
This Order may be cited as The A205 Trunk Road (Southwark) Red Route (Bus Lanes) Traffic Order 1999, and shall come into force on 29th January 1999.
Interpretation
2
In this Order–
a
a reference to an article followed by a number is a reference to the article of this order so numbered;
b
causing includes permitting;
c
“carriageway” has the same meaning as in section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980 ;
d
“vehicle” includes part of a vehicle;
e
“bus”, “local bus”, “pedal cycle”, “taxi”, “bus lane”, “contra-flow” and “with-flow lane” have the meanings given in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 ;
f
“dial-a-ride bus” means a vehicle–
i
displaying so as to be conspicuous on the outside of the vehicle a logo in a form approved by or with the authority of the Traffic Director for London and containing the words “dial-a-ride”; and
ii
constructed or adapted for the carriage of disabled persons and their companions and which is being used to provide a service for the carriage of such persons;
g
“times of operation” means, in relation to a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in the schedule, the times specified in that item in column (3) of that table;
h
“permitted vehicles” means, in relation to a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in the schedule, the vehicles specified in that item in column (5) of that table;
i
an entry in column (3) , (4) or (5) of an item in the table in the schedule applies to that column in subsequent items in that schedule.
Bus Lane Controls
3
1
No person shall cause a vehicle to be in a bus lane in a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in the schedule to this order during the times specified in column (3) of that item unless that vehicle is proceeding in the direction specified in column (4) of that item and is of a type specified in column (5) of that item.
2
The controls specified in paragraph (1) of this article do not apply so as to prevent a vehicle stopping in a bus lane for as long as may be necessary–
a
to enable a person to get on or off the vehicle; or
b
to enable goods to be loaded on to or unloaded from the vehicle;
if and in so far as the activity is not prohibited by the provisions of any other order.
Exemptions
4
1
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a vehicle which is being used for a purpose which is within the exemption to a restriction or prohibition imposed by any other order made under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or which is permitted by any other order.
2
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a vehicle stopping in a bus lane if the vehicle is being used in–
a
the service of a local authority for the purpose of collecting refuse;
b
the pursuance of any statutory duty of the Post Office for the purpose of collecting or delivering letters provided the vehicle bears the Royal Mail livery;
c
connection with the removal of any obstruction to traffic;
d
connection with the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of any road;
e
connection with the maintenance, improvement or construction of any street furniture including bus stop infrastructure;
f
connection with any building operation or demolition;
g
connection with the laying, erection, alteration or repair in or near the bus lane of any sewer or of any main, pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water or electricity, or of any telecommunications apparatus as defined in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 ;
if the vehicle cannot be used for that purpose without being in the bus lane and in so far as the activity is not prohibited by the provisions of any other order made under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
3
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of–
a
a vehicle entering or stopping in a bus lane so as to avoid an accident;
b
a vehicle entering or stopping in a bus lane to allow a person to get or give help in consequence of an accident or emergency or otherwise take action for public safety;
c
a vehicle crossing a bus lane in order to get to or from any road adjacent to the bus lane or any vehicular access to premises adjacent to the bus lane;
d
a vehicle being in a bus lane to such an extent and for such a time as is needed to comply with any requirement resulting from works or an emergency in any part of the road adjoining the bus lane;
e
a vehicle being used for ambulance, fire brigade or police purposes;
f
a vehicle stopping in a bus lane if it has lawfully entered the bus lane and it has to stop–
i
by law;
ii
to avoid an accident;
iii
in circumstances beyond the driver’s control;
g
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
5
The A205 Trunk Road (Southwark) Red Route (Bus Lanes) Experimental Order 1997 is hereby revoked.
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
12th January 1999