text:
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Building Societies (Prescribed Equitable Interests) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 5th December 1997.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
“ the Act ” means the Building Societies Act 1986;
“the first type of equitable interest” means an equitable interest of the type described in article 4 below;
“registered land” in the case of land in England and Wales has the meaning which it has in section 3 of the Land Registration Act 1925 and in the case of land in Northern Ireland means land the title to which is registered under Part III of the Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 ;
“the second type of equitable interest” means an equitable interest of the type described in article 5 below; and
“the third type of equitable interest” means an equitable interest of the type described in article 6 below.
Prescribed equitable interests
3
1
The first and second types of equitable interests and, subject to article 7 below, the third type of equitable interest, are hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 6A(2) of the Act (which provides that for the purposes of the Act a loan is secured on land if it is secured by a mortgage of a prescribed equitable interest in land in England and Wales or Northern Ireland).
2
This Order applies to securities for loans comprising equitable interests in land of the types described in paragraph (1) above and held by or on behalf of building societies or their subsidiary undertakings.
Rights to acquire freehold or greater leasehold interest
4
The first type of equitable interest is an equitable interest in land, in which a legal leasehold estate is security for the loan, where the lease or a related instrument includes provision entitling the leaseholder to acquire a beneficial interest of any extent in the freehold or a greater leasehold interest and the right to acquire that interest is assigned as additional security.
Interests appurtenant to land
5
The second type of equitable interest is any easement, profit or like right, being merely an equitable interest and which is appurtenant to the land the legal estate in which is security for the loan.
Contracts for the development of land
6
The third type of equitable interest is an equitable interest in land arising under a contract for the development of that land which contract fulfils the following requirements —
a
the borrower is a body corporate having the provision of housing as its object or one of its objects;
b
the borrower agrees to develop the land primarily for residential purposes; and
c
it is a term that either —
i
the borrower may upon payment of the purchase price under the contract require the vendor to convey his legal estate in the land, or grant a leasehold interest derived therefrom, to the borrower, or
ii
the borrower may upon fulfilment of his obligation to develop the land or any part thereof require the vendor to convey his legal estate in the land or that part, or grant a leasehold interest derived therefrom, to the borrower or a third party.
Protection of contracts
7
1
In relation to the third type of equitable interest, the building society or the subsidiary undertaking must be satisfied when accepting it as security for a loan that, where the contract is a contract for the development of —
a
land in England and Wales, the requirements of paragraph (2) below, and
b
land in Northern Ireland, the requirements of paragraph (3) below,
will be satisfied in respect of that contract.
2
The requirements of this paragraph are satisfied in respect of a contract for the development of land if —
a
where the land is not registered land, the contract is protected by being registered as an estate contract under the Land Charges Act 1972 , and
b
where the land is registered land, the contract is protected by registration of a notice or entry of a restriction under Part IV of the Land Registration Act 1925 .
3
The requirements of this paragraph are satisfied in respect of a contract for the development of land if —
a
where the land is not registered land, the contract is protected by being registered in the Registry of Deeds maintained in Northern Ireland under the Registration of Deeds Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 , and
b
where the land is registered land, the contract is protected by entry of a burden under Part IV or lodgement of a caution or entry of an inhibition under Part VII of the Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 .
In witness whereof the common seal of the Building Societies Commission is hereunto fixed, and is authenticated by me, a person authorised under paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to the Building Societies Act 1986, on
G. S. Johnson
Secretary to the Commission
7th November 1997.
We consent to this Order
John McFall
Jon Owen Jones
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
11th November 1997


type: legislation

jurisdiction: UK

text:
1
This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Vodafone Ltd) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 17th April 1997.
2
Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system.
Ian Taylor,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science and Technology,
Department of Trade and Industry
17th March 1997


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Birmingham Health Authority (Transfers of Trust Property) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 22nd August 1997.
2
In this Order —
“the Schedule” means the Schedule to this Order;
“the trust property” means, in the case of each body specified in column (1) of the Schedule, the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared, agreed upon and signed on behalf of that body and the Health Authority specified in relation to that body in column (2) of the Schedule on the date specified in relation to that body in column (3) of the Schedule.
Transfers of trust property
2
On 22nd August 1997 the trust property which is trust property in relation to a body specified in column 1 of the Schedule shall be transferred from the Birmingham Health Authority to that body.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Alan Milburn
Minister of State,
Department of Health
24th July 1997


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Title and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Quota Measures) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 9th April 1997.
Interpretation
2
1
In this Order —
“British fishing boat” means a boat which is registered in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands;
“the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation ( EC ) No. 390/97 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1997 and certain conditions under which they may be fished ;
“specified Community provision” means a provision of the Council Regulation specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order as read with the qualifying words relating to that provision in that column.
2
In this Order any reference to a document includes, in addition to a document in writing —
a
any map, plan, graph or drawing;
b
any photograph;
c
any disk, tape, sound track or other device in which sounds or other data (not being visual images) are recorded so as to be capable (with or without the aid of some other equipment) of being reproduced therefrom; and
d
any film (including microfilm), negative, tape, disk or other device in which one or more visual images are recorded so as to be capable (as aforesaid) of being reproduced therefrom.
3
For the purpose of the prohibition contained in Article 10 of the Council Regulation the harbours at which a fishing boat to which this Order applies may land catches of fish containing unsorted herring are —
a
Aberdeen;
b
Lerwick;
c
any other harbour within British fishery limits whose sampling systems a British sea-fishery officer at that harbour decides, having regard to the overall size and characteristics of the catch, to be adequate for the purpose following application by the master of the boat to a British sea-fishery officer at that harbour before the landing of the catch,
and where a British sea-fishery officer has made a decision as to the adequacy of a harbour in accordance with sub-paragraph (c) above he shall notify the master of the boat accordingly.
Offences
3
Where there is, in respect of —
a
any British fishing boat wherever it may be; or
b
any other fishing boat which is within British fishery limits,
a contravention of, or failure to comply with, any specified Community provision, the master, the owner and the charterer (if any) shall each be guilty of an offence.
Penalties
4
1
A person guilty of an offence under article 3 of this Order shall be liable on summary conviction —
a
to a fine not exceeding the amount specified in column 3 of the Schedule to this Order in relation to the specified Community provision, the contravention of, or failure to comply with which, founded the offence; and
b
either —
i
to a fine not exceeding the value of any fish in respect of which the offence was committed; or
ii
to the forfeiture of any fish in respect of which the offence was committed; and
c
to the forfeiture of any net or other fishing gear which was used in the course of the commission of the offence.
2
A person guilty of an offence under article 3 of this Order shall be liable on conviction on indictment —
a
to a fine; and
b
to the forfeiture of any fish in respect of which the offence was committed; and
c
to the forfeiture of any net or other fishing gear which was used in the course of the commission of the offence.
Recovery of fines
5
1
Where a fine is imposed by a magistrates’ court in England and Wales or Northern Ireland on the master, owner or charterer of a fishing boat who is convicted by the court of an offence under article 3 of this Order, the court may —
a
issue a warrant of distress against the boat and its gear and catch and any property of the person convicted for the purpose of levying the amount of the fine; and
b
order the boat to be detained for a period not exceeding three months from the date of the conviction or until the fine is paid or the amount of the fine is levied in pursuance of any such warrant, whichever occurs first.
2
Where a fine is imposed by a sheriff in Scotland on the master, owner or charterer of a fishing boat who is convicted by the sheriff of an offence under article 3 of this Order, the sheriff may —
a
issue a warrant for the arrestment and sale of the boat and its gear and catch and any property of the person convicted; and
b
order the boat to be detained for a period not exceeding three months from the date of the conviction or until the fine is paid, whichever occurs first.
3
Sections 77(1) and 78 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (postponement of issue of, and defects in, warrants of distress) shall apply to a warrant of distress issued under this article in England and Wales as they apply to a warrant of distress issued under Part III of that Act.
4
Articles 114(2) and 154 of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (postponement of issue of certain warrants and objections as to want of form or variance between complaint etc. and evidence adduced) shall apply to a warrant of distress issued under this article in Northern Ireland as it applies to a warrant referred to in those articles.
Powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats
6
1
For the purpose of enforcing article 3 of this Order a British sea-fishery officer may exercise in relation to —
a
any British fishing boat wherever it may be; or
b
any other fishing boat which is within British fishery limits,
the powers conferred by paragraphs (2) to (4) of this article.
2
He may go on board the boat, with or without persons assigned to assist him in his duties, and may require the boat to stop and do anything else which will facilitate either the boarding of, or the disembarkation from, the boat.
3
He may require the attendance of the master and other persons on board the boat and may make any examination and inquiry which appears to him to be necessary for the purpose mentioned in paragraph (1) of this article and, in particular —
a
may search for fish or fishing gear on the boat and may examine any fish on the boat and the equipment of the boat, including the fishing gear, and require persons on board the boat to do anything which appears to him to be necessary for facilitating the examination;
b
may require any person on board the boat to produce any document relating to the boat, to any fishing operations or other operations ancillary thereto or to the persons on board which is in his custody or possession;
c
for the purpose of ascertaining whether an offence has been committed under article 3 of this Order, may search the boat for any such document and may require any person on board the boat to do anything which appears to him to be necessary for facilitating the search including rendering all documents on the boat’s computer systems into a visible and legible form;
d
inspect and take copies of any such document produced to him or found on board and, where any such document is kept by means of a computer, require it to be produced in a form in which it may be taken away; and
e
where the boat is one in relation to which he has reason to suspect that such an offence has been committed, may seize and detain any such document produced to him or found on board for the purpose of enabling the document to be used as evidence in proceedings for the offence;
but nothing in sub-paragraph (e) above shall permit any document required by law to be carried on board the boat to be seized and detained except while the boat is detained in a port.
4
Where it appears to a British sea-fishery officer that an offence under article 3 of this Order has at any time been committed, he may —
a
require the master of the boat in relation to which the offence took place to take, or may himself take, the boat and its crew to the port which appears to him to be the nearest convenient port; and
b
detain or require the master to detain the boat in the port;
and where such an officer detains or requires the detention of a boat he shall serve on the master a notice in writing stating that the boat will be or is required to be detained until the notice is withdrawn by the service on the master of a further notice in writing signed by a British sea-fishery officer.
Powers of British sea-fishery officers on land
7
1
For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of article 3 of this Order, any British sea-fishery officer may —
a
enter and inspect at any reasonable time any premises used for carrying on any business in connection with the operation of fishing boats or activities connected therewith or ancillary thereto or with the treatment, storage or sale of sea fish;
b
take with him such other persons as appear to him to be necessary and any equipment or materials;
c
examine any fish on the premises and require persons on the premises to do anything which appears to him to be necessary for facilitating the examination;
d
carry out at such premises such other inspections or tests as may reasonably be necessary;
e
require any person not to remove or cause to be removed any fish from such premises for such a period as may be reasonably necessary for the purposes of establishing whether an offence under article 3 of this Order has at any time been committed;
f
require any person on the premises to produce any documents which are in his custody or possession relating to the catching, landing, transportation, trans-shipment, sale or disposal of any sea fish;
g
for the purpose of ascertaining whether any person on the premises has committed an offence under article 3 of this Order, search the premises for any such document and may require any person on the premises to do anything which appears to him to be necessary for facilitating the search including rendering all documents on the boat’s computer systems into a visible and legible form;
h
inspect and take copies of any such document produced to him or found on the premises and, where any such document is kept by means of a computer, require it to be produced in a form in which it may be taken away; and
i
if he has a reason to suspect that such an offence has been committed, seize and detain any such document produced to him or found on the premises for the purpose of enabling the document to be used as evidence in proceedings for the offence.
2
The provisions of paragraph (1) above shall apply mutatis mutandis in relation to any land used in connection with any of the activities described in paragraph (1) above, or in respect of any vehicle which a British sea-fishery officer has reasonable cause to believe is being used to transport fisheries products, as they apply in relation to premises and, in the case of a vehicle, shall include power to require the vehicle to stop at any time and, if necessary, direct the vehicle to some other place to facilitate the inspection.
Powers of British sea-fishery officers to seize fish and fishing gear
8
A British sea-fishery officer may seize —
a
any fish (including any receptacle which contains the fish) in respect of which he has reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence under article 3 of this Order has been committed; and
b
any net or other fishing gear which he has reasonable grounds to suspect has been used in the course of the commission of such an offence.
Protection of officers
9
An officer or a person assisting him by virtue of article 6(2) or 7(1)(b) of this Order shall not be liable in any civil or criminal proceedings for anything done in the purported exercise of the powers conferred on him by articles 6 to 8 of this Order if the court is satisfied that the act was done in good faith, that there were reasonable grounds for doing it and that it was done with reasonable skill and care.
Obstruction of officers
10
Any person who —
a
fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement imposed by a British sea-fishery officer under the powers conferred on him by articles 6 and 7 of this Order;
b
without reasonable excuse prevents any other person from complying with any such requirement; or
c
assaults an officer who is exercising any of the powers conferred on him by articles 6 to 8 of this Order or obstructs any such officer in the exercise of any of those powers,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable —
i
on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or
ii
on conviction on indictment to a fine.
Provisions as to offences and proceedings
11
1
Where any offence under article 3 of this Order committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or a person purporting to act in any such capacity, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
2
Where any offence under article 3 of this Order committed by a 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 shall be guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
3
Where any offence under article 3 of this Order committed by an unincorporated association (other than a partnership) is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any officer of the association or any member of its governing body, he as well as the association shall be guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
4
Proceedings for an offence under the provisions of this Order may be taken, and the offence may for all incidental purposes be treated as having been committed, in any place in the United Kingdom.
Admissibility in evidence of logbooks and other documents
12
Any document kept or held on board under Article 5 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No. 2241/87 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities as amended or Article 6 or 17.2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy as amended , any declaration submitted under Article 8.1, 12 or 17.2 of Council Regulation 2847/93 and any document drawn up under Article 9 or 13 of Council Regulation 2847/93 shall, in any proceedings for an offence under this Order —
a
in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, be evidence of the matters stated therein; and
b
in Scotland, be received in evidence without being produced or sworn to by any witness and shall be sufficient evidence of the matters stated therein.
Revocation and saving
13
The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Quota Measures) Order 1996 and the Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Quota Measures) (Amendment) Order 1996 are hereby revoked, but without prejudice to the application of articles 6 to 10 of the Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Quota Measures) Order 1996 in relation to the enforcement of article 3 of that Order.
Tony Baldry
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
10th March 1997
Raymond Robertson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
10th March 1997
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Jonathan Evans
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
10th March 1997
Sir Patrick Mayhew
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
17th March 1997


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1
This Order may be cited as the Firemen’s Pension Scheme (Amendment No. 2) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 29th December 1997.
2
1
The Schedule to this Order has effect for varying the Scheme set out in Schedule 2 to the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992 .
2
A reference in the Schedule to this Order to a numbered rule or Schedule is a reference to the rule or Schedule identified by that number in that Scheme.
George Howarth
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
27th November 1997
We approve
Graham Allen
Bob Ainsworth
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
1st December 1997


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1
This Order may be cited as the Buckinghamshire (Coroners) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.
2
The North Buckinghamshire Coroner’s District and the South Buckinghamshire Coroner’s District shall be abolished.
3
1
On 1st April 1997, any process issued, order made, direction given, inquest begun or other thing done by or to the coroner for the existing North Buckinghamshire Coroner’s District or the coroner for the existing South Buckinghamshire Coroner’s District shall be deemed to have been issued, made, given, begun or done by or to the coroner for the County of Buckinghamshire.
2
All documents, exhibits, registers and other things in the custody of the coroner for the existing North Buckinghamshire Coroner’s District or the coroner for the existing South Buckinghamshire Coroner’s District in connection with inquests or post-mortem investigations shall be transferred to the coroner for the County of Buckinghamshire.
3
In this article “coroner” includes any deputy coroner or assistant deputy coroner.
Tom Sackville
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
21st February 1997


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Reigate and Banstead Borough Council, Vale of White Horse District Council and Aylesbury Vale District Council) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 18th November 1997.
Exemption of catering services
2
1
The provision of catering for purposes of schools and welfare by Reigate and Banstead Borough Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out before 31st March 1998.
2
The provision of catering other than for the purposes of schools and welfare by Reigate and Banstead Borough Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out at the Donyngs Recreation Centre, the Banstead Sports Centre and the Horley Anderson Centre during the period beginning with 1st January 1998 and ending with 30th June 1998.
Exemption of sports and leisure management
3
The management of sports and leisure facilities by the Vale of White Horse District Council and the Aylesbury Vale District Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is undertaken —
a
in the case of the Vale of White Horse District Council, at the Tilsley Park Sports Complex, Abingdon before 31st December 1997,
b
in the case of the Aylesbury Vale District Council, at the Reg Maxwell and Vale swimming pools before 30th September 1998.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
21st October 1997


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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Dual-Use and Related Goods (Export Control) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 29th April 1997.
2
At the end of the definition of “the Decision” in regulation 2 of the Dual-Use and Related Goods (Export Control) Regulations 1996 there shall be added the words —
which was itself amended by Council Decision No. 97/100/ CFSP of 20th January 1997
Anthony Nelson,
Minister for Trade,
Department of Trade and Industry
22nd March 1997


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Title, commencement and extent
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Agriculture Act 1986 (Amendment) Regulations 1997, shall come into force on 1st July 1997 and shall extend to Great Britain.
Amendment of section 18 of the Agriculture Act 1986
2
In section 18 of the Agriculture Act 1986 (designation and management of environmentally sensitive areas), after subsection (4) there shall be inserted–
4A
Where the Minister considers it necessary for the purposes of Article 10 or 20 of Commission Regulation ( EC ) No. 746/96 (aid for agricultural production methods compatible with protection of the environment: combination of aids, and penalties), an agreement under subsection (3) may contain–
a
provision requiring the payment of penalties to the Minister in the case of breach of the agreement, and
b
provision for payments by the Minister to be withheld in specified circumstances.
.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
4th June 1997
Sewel
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
4th June 1997


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Title, extent and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1997, shall apply to Great Britain and shall come into force on 1st July 1997.
Amendment of the Oil and Fibre Plant Seeds Regulations 1993
2
1
The Oil and Fibre Plant Seeds Regulations 1993 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
2
In regulation 5, paragraph (12), for the words “Schedule 6 Part IG” there shall be substituted the words “Schedule 6 Part IE”.
3
In regulation 9, after paragraph (4) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:
4A
Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3) above, a package (other than a small package) of Basic Seed, Certified Seed, Certified Seed of the First Generation, Certified Seed of the Second Generation or Certified Seed of the Third Generation may be marketed if —
a
the appropriate particulars of the matters specified in Part I of Schedule 6 are printed or stamped indelibly on the package in a panel of at least the size and of the colour so specified, and
b
the requirements of Part IV of that Schedule are satisfied.
.
4
In Schedule 6, after Part III there shall be inserted the following Part:
PART IV
PRINTING OF SPECIFIED MATTERS ON PACKAGES
(whole-bag labelling)
A. Seeds which have not been imported
1
The printing or stamping of the packages shall be under the supervision, and in accordance with the instructions, of the Minister.
2
Each package shall have printed or stamped on it, or be perforated with, an individual serial number allocated by the Minister, which shall appear in the same panel as the particulars of the matters specified in Part I of this Schedule.
3
Arrangements shall be made with the printer for returns to be made to the Minister of the number of packages printed or stamped pursuant to regulation 9(4A) and of the individual serial numbers of such packages.
4
The reference number of the seed lot and the month and year in which the package was officially sealed shall be printed or stamped under the supervision of the Minister at the time of sampling for official examination.
5
Each package of seed marketed in accordance with regulation 5(5) shall be capable of having affixed to it a supplier’s label containing a statement pursuant to regulation 9(3).
B. Seeds imported from another Member State
Such requirements of the Member State from which the seeds have been imported as correspond to the requirements specified in this Part for seeds which have not been imported shall have been satisfied.
A. Seeds which have not been imported
1
The printing or stamping of the packages shall be under the supervision, and in accordance with the instructions, of the Minister.
2
Each package shall have printed or stamped on it, or be perforated with, an individual serial number allocated by the Minister, which shall appear in the same panel as the particulars of the matters specified in Part I of this Schedule.
3
Arrangements shall be made with the printer for returns to be made to the Minister of the number of packages printed or stamped pursuant to regulation 9(4A) and of the individual serial numbers of such packages.
4
The reference number of the seed lot and the month and year in which the package was officially sealed shall be printed or stamped under the supervision of the Minister at the time of sampling for official examination.
5
Each package of seed marketed in accordance with regulation 5(5) shall be capable of having affixed to it a supplier’s label containing a statement pursuant to regulation 9(3).
B. Seeds imported from another Member State
Such requirements of the Member State from which the seeds have been imported as correspond to the requirements specified in this Part for seeds which have not been imported shall have been satisfied.
.
Amendment of the Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations 1993
3
1
The Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations 1993 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
2
In regulation 9, paragraph (6), the words “of field beans or field peas” shall be omitted.
3
In Schedule 6 Part IV, paragraph A2, for the words “Part II” there shall be substituted the words “Part I”.
Miscellaneous amendments
4
1
The Regulations referred to in paragraph (2) below shall be amended in accordance with that paragraph.
2
For the letters “ EEC ”, in each place where they occur in the undernoted provisions, there shall be substituted the letters “ EC ” —
the Cereal Seeds Regulations 1993 , Schedule 6;
the Beet Seeds Regulations 1993 , regulations 3, 5, 8 and 9 and Schedule 6;
the Oil and Fibre Plant Seeds Regulations 1993, regulation 5 and Schedule 6;
the Vegetable Seeds Regulations 1993 , Schedule 6; and
the Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations 1993, regulations 3, 5, 8 and 9 and Schedule 6.
3
Labels printed prior to the coming into force of these Regulations which contain particulars which have been amended by this regulation may continue to be used until 31st December 2001.
Tim Boswell
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
4th March 1997
Lindsay
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
4th March 1997
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Jonathan Evans
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
4th March 1997


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.
Amendment of the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992
2
1
The Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.
2
In regulation 2 (interpretation) the following definition shall be inserted in the appropriate place —
“valuation band” shall be construed in England and Wales in accordance with section 5(6) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and in Scotland in accordance with section 74(5) of that Act;
.
3
In regulation 51 (maximum council tax benefit) after paragraph (2) the following new paragraphs shall be inserted —
2A
Except in a case to which paragraph (2B) applies, in calculating the amount of a person’s maximum council tax benefit under this regulation where the dwelling concerned for the purposes of section 5(2) or (3) or 74(2) of the 1992 Act —
a
is in valuation band F, the maximum council tax benefit shall be 11/13ths of the amount A/B above;
b
is in valuation band G, the maximum council tax benefit shall be 11/15ths of the amount A/B above;
c
is in valuation band H, the maximum council tax benefit shall be 11/18ths of the amount A/B above;
less any deductions in respect of non-dependants to which paragraph (1) refers.
2B
Where the amount of a person’s council tax is reduced in accordance with the provisions of the Council Tax (Reductions for Disabilities) Regulations 1992 or the Council Tax (Reductions for Disabilities)(Scotland) Regulations 1992 , in calculating the amount of a person’s maximum council tax benefit where the alternative valuation band attributed to the dwelling concerned for the purposes of those Regulations —
a
is valuation band F, the maximum council tax benefit shall be 11/13ths of the amount A/B above;
b
is valuation band G, the maximum council tax benefit shall be 11/15ths of the amount A/B above;
less any deductions in respect of non-dependants to which paragraph (1) refers.
.
4
In Schedule 2 (amount of alternative maximum council tax benefit) —
a
in paragraph 1(1) after the words “Subject to” there shall be inserted the words “sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) and”;
b
after the Table, the following sub-paragraphs shall be inserted —
3
Except in a case to which sub-paragraph (4) applies, in calculating the amount of a person’s alternative maximum council tax benefit where the dwelling concerned for the purposes of section 5(2) or (3) or 74(2) of the 1992 Act —
a
is in valuation band F, the alternative maximum council tax benefit shall be 11/13ths of the relevant amount in column (2) of the Table above;
b
is in valuation band G, the alternative maximum council tax benefit shall be 11/15ths of the relevant amount in column (2) of the Table above;
c
is in valuation band H, the alternative maximum council tax benefit shall be 11/18ths of the relevant amount in column (2) of the Table above.
4
Where the amount of a person’s council tax is reduced in accordance with the provisions of the Council Tax (Reductions for Disabilities) Regulations 1992 or the Council Tax (Reductions for Disabilities)(Scotland) Regulations 1992, in calculating the amount of a person’s alternative maximum council tax benefit where the alternative valuation band attributed to the dwelling concerned for the purposes of those Regulations —
a
is valuation band F, the alternative maximum council tax benefit shall be 11/13ths of the relevant amount in column (2) of the Table above;
b
is valuation band G, the alternative maximum council tax benefit shall be 11/15ths of the relevant amount in column (2) of the Table above.
.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Keith Bradley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
28th July 1997


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Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Provision of School Action Plans) Order 1997 and shall come into force fourteen days after the day on which it is made.
2
This Order does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.
3
In this Order “ the Act ” means the School Inspections Act 1996.
Provision of school action plans
2
In section 17 of the Act (duty of appropriate authority for county, voluntary, maintained special, grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school to provide copies of statement of action following school inspection), after subsection (6) there shall be inserted —
6A
The duty under subsection (6)(c) shall be taken to be satisfied by the appropriate authority if they —
a
take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that every registered parent of a registered pupil at the school receives, as soon as is reasonably practicable, a copy of a document prepared by them which —
i
summarises the statement, and
ii
contains a statement of the right to request a copy of it under paragraph (b) below, and
b
provide a copy of the statement to every registered parent of a registered pupil at the school who asks for one.
3
In section 21 of the Act (corresponding duty in relation to other schools), at the end there shall be inserted —
6
The duty under subsection (5)(c) shall be taken to be satisfied by the appropriate authority if they —
a
take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that every registered parent of a registered pupil at the school receives, as soon as is reasonably practicable, a copy of a document prepared by them which —
i
summarises the statement, and
ii
contains a statement of the right to request a copy of it under paragraph (b) below, and
b
provide a copy of the statement to every registered parent of a registered pupil at the school who asks for one.
.
Robin Squire,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
18th March 1997
William Hague,
Secretary of State for Wales
21st March 1997


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1
This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Esprit Telecom UK Ltd) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 17th April 1997.
2
Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system.
Ian Taylor,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science and Technology,
Department of Trade and Industry
17th March 1997


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Wolverhampton Health Care National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 3rd March 1997.
2
In this Order —
“the Authority” means Wolverhampton Health Authority;
“the old Authority” means the former Wolverhampton Health Authority, established on 1st April 1994 and abolished on 1st April 1996 ;
“the trust” means the Wolverhampton Health Care National Health Service Trust;
“the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by and agreed upon by the old Authority and the trust on 7th December 1995 which schedule has been signed on behalf of the old Authority and the trust.
Transfer of trust property
2
On 3rd March 1997 the trust property shall be transferred from the Authority to the trust.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
John Horam
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
31st January 1997


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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Change of Landlord) (Payment of Disposal Cost by Instalments) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 12th September 1997.
2
In regulation 3(3) of the Housing (Change of Landlord) (Payment of Disposal Cost by Instalments) Regulations 1990 (payment by instalments) for “7.35 per cent.” substitute “7.78 per cent.”.
3
The Housing (Change of Landlord) (Payment of Disposal Cost by Instalments) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997 are revoked.
4
Regulations 2 and 3 do not apply in respect of any period before the date these Regulations come into force (notwithstanding that interest included in the amount of an instalment is paid on or after that date).
R. Davies
Secretary of State for Wales
15th August 1997


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards of Safety Communications) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 27th March 1997.
Interpretation
2
1
In these Regulations —
“chemical tanker” means a ship constructed and used for the carriage in bulk of any liquid chemical listed in the “Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk” published by the International Maritime Organisation, in force on 22nd November 1994;
“liquefied gas tanker” means a ship constructed and used for the carriage in bulk of any liquefied gas listed in the “Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk” published by the International Maritime Organisation, in force on 22nd November 1994;
“oil tanker” means a ship constructed and used for the carriage of petroleum and petroleum products in bulk;
“passenger ship” means a sea-going ship which carries more than 12 passengers;
“pleasure vessel” has the meaning given by regulation 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) Regulations 1993 ;
“United Kingdom ship” has the meaning given by section 85(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 .
2
Where a ship or hovercraft is managed by a person other than her owner (whether on behalf of the owner or some other person, or on his behalf), a reference in these Regulations to the owner shall be construed as including a reference to that person.
Application
3
1
Subject to paragraph (2) below, these Regulations apply to —
i
United Kingdom ships;
ii
Government ships within the meaning of section 308(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;
iii
hovercraft registered in the United Kingdom; and
iv
other passenger ships, and seagoing hovercraft carrying more than 12 passengers, which start or finish a voyage in the United Kingdom.
2
These Regulations do not apply to —
a
warships, naval auxiliaries or other ships owned or operated by the Crown and engaged only on governmental non-commercial service;
b
fishing vessels; or
c
pleasure vessels.
Implementation of Council Directive 94/58/ EC
4
The purpose of these Regulations is to implement, in part, Council Directive 94/58/EC on the minimum level of training for seafarers.
Duty to ensure safe communication
5
It shall be the duty of the owner and master to ensure —
a
that on every ship and hovercraft —
i
there are at all times means in place for effective oral communication related to safety between all members of the ship’s or hovercraft’s company, particularly with regard to the correct and timely reception and understanding of messages and instructions;
ii
there are adequate means of communication between the ship or hovercraft and the shore based authorities in the English language;
b
that on every passenger ship and hovercraft personnel nominated on muster lists to assist passengers in emergency situations are readily identifiable and have communication skills that are sufficient for that purpose, taking into account an appropriate and adequate combination of any of the following criteria —
i
the language or languages appropriate to the principal nationalities of passengers carried on a particular route;
ii
the likelihood that an ability to use elementary English vocabulary for basic instructions can provide a means of communicating with a passenger in need of assistance whether or not the passenger and crew member share a common language;
iii
the possible need to communicate during an emergency by some other means such as by demonstration, or hand signals, or calling attention to the location of instructions, muster stations, life-saving devices or evacuation routes when verbal communication is impractical;
iv
the extent to which complete safety instructions have been provided to passengers in their native language or languages; and
v
the languages in which emergency announcements may be broadcast during an emergency or drill to convey critical guidance to passengers and to facilitate crew members in assisting passengers;
c
that on board an United Kingdom ship or a Government ship, which is an oil tanker, chemical tanker or liquefied gas tanker —
i
the master, officers and ratings are able to communicate with each other in a common working language;
ii
there are adequate means for communication between the ship and the shore-based authorities in the English language.
Offence and penalties
6
1
Any contravention of any provision of regulation 5 shall be an offence, punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on indictment by imprisonment for not more than six months, or a fine, or both.
2
It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under these Regulations to prove he took all reasonable steps to ensure the Regulations were complied with.
Inspection and detention of ships and hovercraft
7
Any person duly authorised by the Secretary of State may inspect any ship or hovercraft to which these Regulations apply and, if he is satisfied that there is a failure to comply in relation to that ship with any of the requirements of regulation 5, he may detain the ship or hovercraft until such requirements are met.
8
Where a ship or hovercraft is liable to be detained under these Regulations, section 284 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (which relates to the detention of ships) shall have effect in relation to the ship as if for the words “this Act” wherever they appear, there were substituted the words “the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards of Safety Communications) Regulations 1997”, and after “ship”, wherever it appears, there were inserted “or hovercraft”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Goschen
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
27th February 1997


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Allocation of Housing (Procedure) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations —
“allocation decision” means a decision to allocate housing accommodation;
“authority” means a local housing authority in England;
“decision-making body” means an authority or a committee or sub-committee of an authority.
Allocation scheme procedure
3
1
As regards the procedure to be followed, an authority’s allocation scheme shall be framed in accordance with the principle prescribed in this regulation.
2
A member of an authority who has been elected for the electoral division or ward in which —
a
the housing accommodation in relation to which an allocation decision falls to be made is situated, or
b
the person in relation to whom that decision falls to be made has his sole or main residence,
shall not, at the time the allocation decision is made, be included in the persons constituting the decision-making body.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment
David Curry
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment
26th February 1997


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Citation and commencement
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Forest of Dean (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1997.
2
a
Articles 1 to 4 shall come into force on 1st April 1997 except that for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to any local government election to be held on or after 1st May 1997 those articles shall come into force on the day after the day on which this Order is made.
b
Article 5 shall come into force on 6th May 1999 except that for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to any local government election to be held on or after that date that article shall come into force on 10th October 1998.
Interpretation
2
1
In this Order —
“map” means one of the two maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Forest of Dean (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1997”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 ;
any reference to an electoral division is a reference to an electoral division of the county of Gloucestershire;
any reference to a district ward is a reference to a ward of the district of Forest of Dean; and
any reference to a parish ward is a reference to a ward of the parish of West Dean.
3
For the purposes of any statutory instrument made under Part II of the Local Government Act 1992 (local government changes for England) , 1st April 1997 is specified as the reorganisation date.
Transfers from West Dean to Coleford
3
1
The area marked A1 on each of the maps shall be transferred from the parish of West Dean and the Broadwell district ward to —
a
the parish of Coleford; and
b
the Coleford district ward.
2
The area marked A2 on each of the maps shall be transferred from the parish of West Dean, the Pillowell district ward and the West Dean electoral division to —
a
the parish of Coleford;
b
the Coleford district ward; and
c
the Coleford electoral division.
Changes in electoral areas
4
1
The area marked DW1 on map 1 shall be transferred from the Broadwell district ward, the Broadwell parish ward and the Coleford electoral division to —
a
the Pillowell district ward;
b
the Pillowell parish ward; and
c
the West Dean electoral division.
2
The area marked DW2 on map 2 shall be transferred from the Broadwell district ward, the Broadwell parish ward and the Coleford electoral division to —
a
the Bream district ward;
b
the Bream parish ward; and
c
the West Dean electoral division.
Changes in number of district councillors
5
Column (3) of the Schedule to the District of the Forest of Dean (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 shall be amended as follows —
a
in the entry in respect of the Bream district ward, for “2” substitute “3”;
b
in the entry in respect of the Broadwell district ward, for “3” subsitute “2”; and
c
in the entry in respect of the Coleford district ward, for “3” substitute “5”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Paul Beresford
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment
21st January 1997


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1
For the purpose of connecting the motorway with other highways, the Secretary of State is authorised to provide along the routes described in the Schedule hereto special roads for the use of traffic of Classes I and II of the classes of traffic set out in Schedule 4 to the Highways Act 1980.
2
The centre lines of the special roads are indicated by heavy black lines on the deposited plan.
3
The special roads shall become trunk road on the date when this scheme comes into operation.
4
In this scheme: —
i
“the motorway” means the M6 Motorway (Birmingham to Carlisle).
ii
“the deposited plan” means the plan folio marked “The Lancashire County Council (Proposed Connecting Roads to M6 Motorway at Haighton) Special Roads Scheme 1992 Confirmation Instrument 1993” containing a scheme map, signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Great Minster House, Marsham Street, London, SW1P 3PY.
iii
“the special roads” means the special roads to be provided in pursuance of the Confirmation Instrument mentioned at 4(ii) above.
5
This scheme may be cited as “The M6 Birmingham to Carlisle Motorway (at Haighton) Connecting Roads Scheme 1997” and shall come into force on 8th May 1997.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Jim Boud
Director in the Highways Agency
7th May 1997


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Relocation Grants (Form of Application) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 16th December 1997. Prescribed form
2
An application for a relocation grant shall be made by completion of the form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
1st December 1997


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Title and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Dairy Produce Quotas (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 28th February 1997.
Amendment of the Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1994
2
1
the Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1994 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) below.
2
In paragraph (8) of regulation 13 (transfer of quota without transfer of land) —
a
at the end of sub-paragraph (f) “and” shall be deleted; and
b
at the end of sub-paragraph (g) there shall be added “; and” followed by the following sub-paragraph:
h
the circumstances that the Minister has caused animals forming part of the dairy herd to be slaughtered under the powers conferred on him by section 32(1)(b) of the Animal Health Act 1981 as animals having been exposed to the infection of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
.
3
In regulation 18 (conversion of quota), after paragraph (4), there shall be added the following paragraph:
5
Where under the powers conferred on him by section 32(1)(b) of the Animal Health Act 1981, the Minister has caused animals forming part of a producer’s dairy herd to be slaughtered as having been exposed to the infection of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, paragraph (4) above shall not apply to that producer.
.
Tony Baldry
Minister of State Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
5th February 1997
Lindsay
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
6th February 1997


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1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Police Pensions (Provision of Information) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st September 1997.
2
References in these Regulations to section 8A are to that section of the Police Pensions Act 1976.
2
1
Paragraphs (2) and (3) set out the circumstances prescribed for the purposes of section 8A(1) in which information may be provided by a police authority in connection with the questions specified in section 8A(2).
2
Those circumstances are where a written request for, or a written consent to, the provision of the information has been given by, or on behalf of, the individual to whom the information relates.
3
Where the individual to whom the information relates has died, those circumstances are where a written request for, or a written consent to, the provision of the information has been given by his personal representatives.
3
1
Paragraph (2) sets out the persons prescribed for the purposes of section 8A(1)(a) ( as persons to whom information may be supplied).
2
Those persons are —
a
a person who is or has been an authorised person within the meaning of the Financial Services Act 1986 (“an authorised person”);
b
an appointed representative within the meaning of section 44 of the Financial Services Act 1986 (“an appointed representative”);
c
a recognised self-regulating organisation within the meaning of the Financial Services Act 1986;
d
a recognised professional body within the meaning of the Financial Services Act 1986;
e
the Securities and Investments Board ;
f
the Investors Compensation Scheme Limited ;
g
a professional indemnity insurer of an authorised person or an appointed representative;
h
The Chartered Accountants Compensation Scheme Limited;
i
The Solicitors Indemnity Fund Limited;
j
a person or body arbitrating or adjudicating in, or investigating or considering, a complaint or dispute made or referred to them by such an individual as is mentioned in section 8A(2) and which involves that individual and an authorised person or an appointed representative; and
k
a person or body appointed to act on behalf of any of the above.
4
The persons prescribed for the purposes of section 8A(3) (as persons who may be required by a police authority to pay a reasonable fee in respect of the expenses referred to in that provision) are those listed in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) and (f) to (i) of regulation 3(2) and any person or body appointed to act on behalf of any of those persons.
Home Office
Alun Michael
Minister of State
31st July 1997


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Title and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Pennine Dales) Designation Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997.
Interpretation
2
1
In this Order–
“access route” means a strip of land 10 metres wide which is the subject of an agreement including the requirements referred to in article 5(4);
“agreement” means an agreement under section 18(3) of the Agriculture Act 1986 as respects agricultural land in the area designated by article 3;
“allotment land” means enclosed land below moorland, used exclusively for grazing, the majority of which has not been drained, re-seeded, cultivated on a regular basis or treated with fertiliser, lime, slag, or pesticides on a regular basis;
“conservation plan” has the meaning given to it in article 5(6);
“farmer” means a person who has an interest in agricultural land in the area designated by article 3 and who also has entered into an agreement with the Minister;
“grassland” means land on which the vegetation consists primarily of grass species;
“meadowland” means land primarily used for the production of hay and silage; and
“recognised dairy breed” means one of the following breeds of cattle, namely Ayrshire, British Fresian, British Holstein, Dairy Shorthorn, Guernsey, Jersey and Kerry; and
“woodland” means land used for woodland where that use is ancillary to the farming of land for other agricultural purposes.
2
Any reference in this Order to a numbered article or Schedule (with no corresponding reference to a specific instrument) is a reference to the article or Schedule bearing that number in this Order.
Designation of environmentally sensitive area
3
There is hereby designated as an environmentally sensitive area the area of land in the Pennine Dales in the Counties of Cumbria, Durham, North Yorkshire and Northumberland which is shown coloured yellow on the maps contained in the volume of maps marked “Volume of maps of the Pennine Dales Environmentally Sensitive Area” dated 4th June 1997 signed by the Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and deposited at the offices of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, at Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR.
Requirements and provisions of agreement
4
1
The requirements as to agricultural practices, methods and operations and the installation and use of equipment which must be included in an agreement are those specified in Schedule 1.
2
The provisions relating to additional matters in respect of which the Minister may make payments in accordance with article 5 are specified in Schedules 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
Rates of payment under agreement
5
1
The Minister may make payments under an agreement in consideration of the requirements included pursuant to article 4(1), up to the maximum rate per annum set out in Part I of Schedule 8 for each hectare of land to which the agreement relates.
2
Where an agreement contains the additional provisions set out in one or more of–
a
Schedule 2;
b
the options contained in Schedule 3; and
c
Schedule 4,
the Minister may make payments in consideration of those provisions up to the maximum rate per annum for each hectare of land which under the agreement is subject to those provisions, as set out in relation to that Schedule, or, as the case may be, option, in Part II of Schedule 8.
3
Where an agreement contains the provision relating to drystone walls contained in Schedule 5, the Minister may make payments in consideration of that provision up to the maximum rate per annum set out in Part III of Schedule 8.
4
An agreement may include the requirements as to public access specified in Schedule 6 and, where it does so, the Minister may make payments in consideration of those requirements up to the maximum rate per annum set out in Part IV of Schedule 8 for each hectare of access route.
5
Where an agreement includes a conservation plan, the Minister may make payments in consideration of the operations included in the plan, up to the maximum sum set out in Part V of Schedule 8.
6
For the purposes of paragraph (5) of this article, a conservation plan means a plan which the farmer undertakes or has undertaken as part of an agreement to implement within a period of two years, for the carrying out of one or more of the operations specified in Schedule 7.
7
In this article and Schedule 8 any reference to a payment rate in relation to any unit of measurement includes a proportionate rate for a proportionate part of that unit.
Revocation, saving and amendment
6
1
The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Pennine Dales) Designation Order 1992 is, in so far as it was made under section 18 of the Agriculture Act 1986, hereby revoked except that–
a
the saving set out in article 7 of that Order in respect of the provisions of the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Pennine Dales) Designation Order 1986 shall continue to apply in respect of the agreements referred to in that article, and
b
the other provisions of that Order so made, as amended in accordance with Schedule 9, shall continue to apply to other agreements made before the coming into force of this Order in relation to land within the area designated by that Order.
2
The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Pennine Dales) Designation (Amendment) Order 1992 , the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Pennine Dales) Designation (Amendment) Order 1993 , the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Pennine Dales) Designation (Amendment) ( No. 2) Order 1994 and the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Pennine Dales) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996 are hereby revoked, but not so as to affect the exceptions referred to in paragraph (1) of this article.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
4th June 1997
We consent
Bob Ainsworth
Jon Owen Jones
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
5th June 1997


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the London Priority Route (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 2nd June 1997.
Amendment of the London Priority Route Order 1992
2
The Schedule to the London Priority Route Order 1992 shall be amended in accordance with the Schedule to this Order.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
John Bowis
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
20th March 1997


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1
1
This Order may be cited as the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Appointed Day No. 5) Order 1997.
2
This Order extends to Northern Ireland only.
2
3Oth June 1997 is hereby appointed for the purposes of sections 54 and 61 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996.
Marjorie Mowlam
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Northern Ireland Office
9th June 1997