text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Teachers’ Superannuation (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997 but regulation 17 and Schedule 2 ( NHS transferees) shall have effect from 1st April 1991.
2
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Teachers’ Superannuation (Consolidation) Regulations 1988 .
Amendment of Principal Regulations
2
The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
Exclusion from pensionable employment
3
In regulation B5 (exclusion from pensionable employment) there shall be added at the end a new paragraph —
6
A person is not in pensionable employment in respect of any employment which commenced on or after 1st April 1997 while he is entitled to be paid a teacher’s pension, including cases where the annual rate of the pension has been reduced to zero in accordance with regulation E14 (abatement of retirement pension during further employment).
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Age and ill health retirement
4
1
In regulation E4(2)(c) (Case A: age retirement) for “or D” there shall be substituted “, D, E or F”.
2
For regulation E4(6) (Case E: ill health retirement) there shall be substituted the following paragraph —
6
In case E the person —
a
has ceased after 31st March 1972 and before attaining the age of 60 to be in pensionable employment,
b
is incapacitated and became so before attaining the age of 60, and
c
is not within Case F,
and, in cases where the pensionable employment ceased on or after 1st April 1997 the Secretary of State has notified him in writing that he has not exercised, or is not considering the exercise of, his powers under regulation 10(2) or (10) of the Education (Teachers) Regulations 1993 to direct on grounds of that person’s misconduct that he be not appointed to or employed in relevant employment as defined in regulation 7 of those Regulations.
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Date on which entitlement under Case E takes effect
5
In regulation E4(9) for sub-paragraph (b)(i) there shall be substituted —
i
as soon as the person falls within the Case or as soon as the person would have fallen within the Case had there not been a requirement that the Secretary of State notify that person that he has not exercised, or is not considering the exercise of, his powers of direction under regulation 10(2) or (10) of the Education (Teachers) Regulations 1993, or
.
Early retirement generally
6
1
For regulation E4(7) there shall be substituted the following paragraph —
7
In Case F the person —
a
has attained the age of 50,
b
has ceased after attaining that age but before attaining the age of 60 to be —
i
in pensionable employment;
ii
in excluded employment; or
iii
in employment which would be pensionable employment but for the fact that the person has not made an election under regulation B1(4),
c
is not within Case E, and
d
has not received and is not to receive compensation under Part III of the Teachers (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) Regulations 1997 (discretionary compensation for termination), and his employer has notified the Secretary of State in writing —
i
that his employment was terminated by reason of his redundancy or in the interests of the efficient discharge of the employer’s functions; and
ii
that the employer has agreed that he should become entitled to retirement benefits under this Case.
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2
In regulation E4(7A) for “regulation 4(5) of the Teachers (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) Regulations 1989” there shall be substituted “regulation 4(8) of the Teachers (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) Regulations 1997 ”.
Actuarial reduction of pension on early retirement
7
In regulation E5 (amount of retirement pension) —
a
in paragraph (1) for “(4)” there shall be substituted “(5)”;
b
at the end of the definition of “B” in paragraph (3) there shall be added “and, where applicable, paragraph (5)”; and
c
there shall be added at the end new paragraphs as follows —
5
Where this paragraph applies the annual rate of a person’s retirement pension shall be the annual rate calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this regulation of the retirement pension to which he would be entitled apart from this paragraph and ignoring the effect of regulation E10 (national insurance modification of pensions) multiplied by the appropriate factor.
6
a
Subject to sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), paragraph (5) applies in Case F, as described in regulation E4(7), where a person has ceased to be in employment as there described on or after 1st September 1997.
b
Paragraph (5) shall not apply where notice to terminate the person’s employment was given or his resignation was tendered on or before 22nd October 1996 .
c
Paragraph (5) shall not apply so as to reduce the annual equivalent of a person’s guaranteed minimum pension together with that of any equivalent pension benefits where that is the annual rate of his retirement pension in accordance with paragraph (3).
7
For the avoidance of doubt, in regulations E7 to E9 references to “retirement benefits” and “retirement pension” are references to such benefits as calculated before any actuarial reduction required by paragraph (5).
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Actuarial reduction of lump sum on early retirement
8
In regulation E6 (amount of retirement lump sum) —
a
in paragraph (1) for “paragraph (2)” there shall be substituted “paragraphs (2) and (3)”; and
b
there shall be added at the end new paragraphs as follows —
3
Where this paragraph applies the amount of a person’s retirement lump sum shall be the amount calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this regulation of the lump sum to which he would be entitled apart from this paragraph multiplied by the appropriate factor.
4
a
Subject to sub-paragraph (b), paragraph (3) applies in Case F, as described in regulation E4(7), where a person has ceased to be in employment as there described on or after 1st September 1997.
b
Paragraph (3) shall not apply where notice to terminate the person’s employment was given or his resignation was tendered on or before 22nd October 1996 .
5
For the avoidance of doubt, in regulations E7 and E8 references to “retirement benefits” and “retirement lump sum” are references to such benefits as calculated before any actuarial reduction required by paragraph (3).
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Duplicate pensions
9
In regulation E9(2) (avoidance of duplicate pensions) there shall be added at the end “or where the other pension is payable under regulation 7 of the Teachers (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) Regulations 1997”.
National Insurance modification of pensions
10
In regulation E10 there shall be added at the end “including retirement pensions that have been actuarially reduced under regulation E5(5)”.
Actuarial reduction of abatement
11
In regulation E14 (abatement of retirement pension during further employment) —
a
in paragraph 1(a) there shall be inserted after “70” the words “or but for regulation B5(6)”;
b
in paragraph (3)(b) there shall be inserted after “case” the words “and subject to paragraph (4)”;
c
in paragraph (3) in the definition of “B” after “pension” there shall be inserted “disregarding any actuarial reduction required by regulation E5(5) (actuarial reduction of pension on early retirement)”; and
d
there shall be added at the end the following paragraph —
4
Where regulation E5(5) applies (actuarial reduction of pension on early retirement) the amount (if any) by which the annual rate of the pension is to be reduced under paragraph (3)(b) shall be the amount (if any) referred to in that sub-paragraph multiplied by the appropriate factor.
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Actuarial reduction of retirement benefits on cessation of further employment
12
In regulation E15 (retirement benefits on cessation of further employment) at the end there shall be added the following paragraph —
9
Where a person ceases to be in further employment on or after 1st September 1997 and qualifies for retirement benefits under Case F as described in regulation E4(7) —
a
regulation E5(5) shall also apply to that person and to his retirement pension under paragraph (2)(b) or 3(b) or his additional retirement pension under paragraph (4); and
b
regulation E6(3) shall also apply to that person and to his retirement lump sum under paragraph (2)(b) or 3(b) or his additional retirement lump sum under paragraph (4).
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Increase in death grant
13
In regulation E19(2)(b) (death grant) there shall be added at the end “or, in the case of a death occurring on or after 1st April 1998, twice his average salary”.
Actuarial reduction of supplementary death grant
14
In regulation E20 (supplementary death grant) —
a
in paragraphs (2) and (3) before the word “a” there shall be inserted the words “subject to paragraph (4A)”;
b
in paragraph (4) —
i
in sub-paragraph (a) after “under” there shall be inserted “regulation E5(5) (actuarial reduction of pension on early retirement),”, and
ii
in sub-paragraph (b) after “Regulations” there shall be added “(including any actuarial reduction under regulation E6(3) (actuarial reduction of lump sum on early retirement))”; and
c
there shall be added after paragraph (4) a new paragraph —
4A
Where regulation E5(5) applies a supplementary death grant may be paid equal only to the deficiency referred to in paragraph (2) or (3), as the case may be, multiplied by the appropriate factor.
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Actuarial reduction of short-term family benefits
15
In regulation E24 (amount and duration of short-term family benefits) —
a
in paragraph (1) for “paragraph (2)” there shall be substituted “paragraphs (2) and (4)”;
b
in paragraph (3) “Subject to paragraph (4)” shall be omitted; and
c
there shall be added at the end the following paragraph —
4
Where regulation E5(5) applies (actuarial reduction of pension on early retirement) the annual rate of a short-term pension payable under regulation E23 shall be the annual rate calculated in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) multiplied by the appropriate factor.
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Scheme finance
16
For Part G there shall be substituted the Part G set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
Modified application in respect of certain NHS transferees
17
1
There shall be added at the end of regulation H2 the following paragraph —
5
In relation to certain persons who were formerly members of the National Health Service Pension Scheme these Regulations have effect with the modifications set out in Part VII of Schedule 10.
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2
There shall be inserted at the end of Schedule 10 the new Part set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
New definitions
18
1
In Schedule 1 (glossary of expressions) —
a
after the entry relating to the expression “Admitted service” there shall be inserted the following entry —
“The Appropriate factor”
The factor being —
in relation to a retirement pension and to the retirement benefits referred to in regulations E20 and E24, the factor set out in Table I in Schedule 9A or, in the case of a person to whom paragraph 40 of Part VII of Schedule 10 applies (certain nurses, physiotherapists, midwives, health visitors and mental health officers), set out in Table III in that Schedule, and
in relation to a retirement lump sum, the factor set out in Table II in Schedule 9A or, in the case of a person to whom paragraph 40 of Part VII of Schedule 10 applies (certain nurses, physiotherapists, midwives, health visitors and mental health officers), set out in Table IV in that Schedule,
corresponding to the age of that person in complete years and months when he became entitled to payment of that retirement pension and retirement lump sum.
; and
b
for paragraph (a) of the definition of “incapacitated” there shall be substituted the following —
a
in the case of a teacher, an organiser or a supervisor, while he is unfit by reason of illness or injury and despite appropriate medical treatment to serve as such and is likely permanently to be so, and
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c
after the entry relating to the expression “Member” there shall be inserted the following entry —
“The Amending Regulations” The Teachers’ Superannuation (Amendment) Regulations 1997.
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2
The amendment to the definition of “incapacitated” shall not apply for the purpose of determining whether a person has become incapacitated where the written application for payment of benefit in accordance with regulation E31(2) of the principal Regulations has been received by the Secretary of State before 1st April 1997.
Actuarial tables for early retirement
19
There shall be inserted after Schedule 9 the Schedule set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.
Actuarial reduction of admitted service benefits
20
Part IV of Schedule 10 (admitted service) shall be amended by the insertion of a new paragraph as follows —
29A
1
Where regulation E5(5) applies to a person who is also entitled to an annual pension in respect of admitted service then the rate of that annual pension is the rate calculated in accordance with paragraph 29(1) multiplied by the factor set out in Table I in Schedule 9A corresponding to the age of that person in complete years and months when he became entitled to payment of that pension.
2
Where regulation E6(3) applies to a person who is also entitled to a lump sum in respect of admitted service then the amount of the lump sum is the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 29(2) multiplied by the factor set out in Table II in Schedule 9A corresponding to the age of that person in complete years and months when he became entitled to payment of that lump sum.
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Part of retirement pension that may be allocated
21
In Schedule 11 (allocation of part of retirement pension) —
a
in paragraph 1(2)(a) after “disregarding” there shall be inserted “any actuarial reduction required by regulation E5(5) (actuarial reduction of pension on early retirement) and”;
b
in paragraph 5(1) after sub-sub-paragraph (a) there shall be inserted —
aa
if paragraph (5) of regulation E5 (actuarial reduction of pension on early retirement) applies, the amount or estimated amount of the retirement pension to which he would be entitled if that paragraph did not apply
; and
c
in paragraph 9(1) after “retirement pension” there shall be inserted “disregarding any actuarial reduction required by regulation E5(5) (actuarial reduction of pension on early retirement)”.
Form of account
22
1
Part I of Schedule 13 shall be revoked.
2
For Part II of Schedule 13 there shall be substituted the Part II set out in Schedule 4 to these Regulations.
3
The revocation and substitution referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) are subject to the savings set out in regulation G1 of the principal Regulations as substituted by these Regulations.
Elections in respect of protected benefits
23
1
This regulation applies to a person —
a
to whom a protected benefit is being paid or may become payable, and
b
who is placed in a worse position that he would have been in if a provision made by these Regulations (“the relevant provision”) had not applied in relation to the protected benefit.
2
A protected benefit is one which is being paid or may become payable, under the principal Regulations, to or in respect of a person who was employed in pensionable employment but ceased to be employed, or died, before 1st April 1997.
3
A person to whom this regulation applies may, by giving written notice to the Secretary of State before 1st August 1997, elect that the relevant provision shall not apply in relation to the protected benefit.
4
If an election under paragraph (3) is made in relation to a benefit of a person who is in pensionable employment or who subsequently becomes re-employed in pensionable employment —
a
the election shall have effect in relation to the benefit only to the extent that it accrues or has accrued by virtue —
i
of periods of reckonable service before the cessation referred to in paragraph (2) (or, if there had been more than one cessation, the last of them before 1st April 1997); or
ii
of contributions paid in respect of such periods of reckonable service; and
b
in determining entitlement to, or to the amount of, the benefit to that extent he shall be treated as if he had never re-entered pensionable employment again at any time after the cessation referred to in paragraph (2) (but without prejudice to the application of this paragraph),
and the principal Regulations shall apply accordingly.
Gilliant Shephard
Secretary of State for Education and Employment
18th February 1997
We consent,
Patrick McLoughlin
Roger Knapman
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
19th February 1997


type: legislation

jurisdiction: UK

text:
1
This Order may be cited as The A1 Trunk Road (Islington) (Temporary Prohibition of Traffic) Order 1997 and shall come into force on the 22nd September 1997.
2
This Order is made because the Traffic Director for London is satisfied that traffic in Islington High Street should be prohibited from stopping on the west side of Islington High Street between White Lion Street and Liverpool Road because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near the Liverpool Road/Islington High Street junction.
3
During the period starting at 00.01 hours on 22nd September 1997 and ending at 23.59 hours on 1st December 1997 or when those works have been completed, whichever is the sooner, subject to the provisions of article 4 below, no person shall cause or permit any vehicle to stop on the west side of Islington High Street between White Lion Street and Liverpool Road.
4
1
The provisions of article 3 above shall apply only during such times and to such extent as may from time to time be indicated by traffic signs.
2
The provisions specified in article 3 above shall not apply in respect of —
i
any vehicle being used for the purpose of those works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purpose, or
ii
anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden.
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
20th September 1997


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1
1
This Order may be cited as the Nottinghamshire (Police Area and Authority) Order 1997.
2
In this Order “ 1996 Act ” means the Police Act 1996 .
3
This Order, except article 3, shall come into force on 1st October 1997 and article 3 shall come into force on 1st April 1998.
2
1
The functions to which this article applies are —
a
all functions of the Nottinghamshire police authority on or after 1st April 1998; and
b
before that date (but on or after 1st October 1997), the functions of that police authority in respect of the financial year beginning on 1st April 1998 under —
i
Chapter IV of Part I of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (precepts) , and
ii
sections 7 (local policing objectives) and 8 (local policing plans) of the 1996 Act.
2
For the purposes of the functions to which this article applies —
a
paragraph 26(1) of Schedule 2 to the 1996 Act (meaning of “relevant council”) shall have effect from 1st October 1997 as if the City of Nottingham had ceased to form part of the County of Nottinghamshire on that date; and
b
accordingly, the appointments which are required to be made to the Nottinghamshire police authority by paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule (appointments of members of police authority by joint committee appointed by relevant councils) shall be made, as soon as practicable after that date, by a joint committee appointed by Nottinghamshire County Council and the City of Nottingham Council (as relevant councils) in accordance with that provision.
3
For the purposes of the functions referred to in paragraph (1)(b) above —
a
section 19(2)(b) of the 1996 Act (approval of decisions about precepts) shall have effect as though the reference to the members of the police authority appointed under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to that Act was a reference to the members so appointed by virtue of paragraph (2) above; and
b
the members of the Nottinghamshire police authority appointed under paragraph 2 of that Schedule otherwise than under paragraph (2) above shall not participate in the discharge of those functions.
4
In the exercise of its powers, the joint committee referred to in paragraph (2)(b) above —
a
shall, for the purposes of paragraph 4(1)(b) of Schedule 2 to the 1996 Act, ignore any member of Nottinghamshire County Council elected for an electoral division in the City of Nottingham, and
b
shall not appoint any such member to the Nottinghamshire police authority under paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule.
5
A member of the Nottinghamshire police authority who was appointed under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 1996 Act otherwise than by virtue of paragraph (2) above and who is not subsequently so appointed shall cease to hold office as a member of that Authority on 1st April 1998.
6
In determining the period of a term of years for the purpose of paragraph 16 of Schedule 2 to the 1996 Act (term of appointment of members of a police authority), any period as a member of the Nottinghamshire police authority prior to 1st April 1998 under an appointment made by virtue of paragraph (2) above shall be disregarded except where the person in question had been a member of that authority by virtue of an appointment under paragraph 2 of that Schedule prior to his appointment by virtue of paragraph (2) above.
3
Schedule 1 to the 1996 Act (police areas) shall be amended by inserting after the word “Nottinghamshire” in the right-hand column opposite the name of the Nottinghamshire police area the words “and the non-metropolitan district of Nottingham”.
Alun Michael
Minister of State
Home Office
28th July 1997


text:
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as The A312 Trunk Road (The Parkway, Hounslow) Red Route (Prescribed Route) Traffic Order 1997, and shall come into force on 24th June 1997.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
a
cause includes permit;
b
a reference to an article followed by a number is a reference to the article of this Order so numbered;
c
“the trunk road” means the length of the A312 Trunk Road in the London Borough of Hounslow, known as The Parkway;
d
“the traffic island” means the triangular island site situated adjacent to the junction of the southbound carriageway of the trunk road and the north-eastern arm of Cranford High Street.
Prescribed Routes and Prohibitive Turns
3
Subject to the provisions of article 4 —
a
any person causing a vehicle to proceed on the north side of the traffic island shall not cause that vehicle to proceed in any direction other than eastwards towards the north-eastern arm of Cranford High Street and on reaching the junction with the north-eastern arm of Cranford High Street shall not cause that vehicle to continue in any direction other than left; and
b
any person causing a vehicle to proceed southward in the trunk road on the south-west side of the traffic island, shall not cause that vehicle to continue in any direction other than ahead.
Exemptions
4
Nothing in article 3 shall apply —
a
to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable or a traffic warden in uniform.
b
to a vehicle being used for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes.
Revocation
5
The Trunk Road (The Parkway, Hounslow) (Prescribed Route) Order 1975 is hereby revoked.
TRO253
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State for Transport.
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
12th June 1997


text:
1
This Order may be cited as the Education Act 1997 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1997.
2
The following provisions of the Education Act 1997 shall come into force on 4th April 1997: —
section 1; and
in Schedule 8 the repeal in section 479(2) of the Education Act 1996 of the words “providing secondary education”, and section 57(4) insofar as it relates thereto.
Cheryl Gillan,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
3rd April 1997


text:
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 28th February 1997.
2
1
Schedule 1 to the Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1992 shall be amended as follows.
2
For item 1 there shall be substituted the following item —
1 70/157/ EEC L42, 23.2.70, p.16 Noise 73/350/EEC* L321, 22.11.73, p.33 77/212/EEC L66, 12.3.77, p.33 81/334/EEC* L131, 18.5.81, p.6 84/372/EEC* L196, 26.7.84, p.47 84/424/EEC L238, 6.9.84, p.31 89/491/EEC* L238, 15.8.89, p.43 92/97/EEC L371, 19.12.92, p.1 96/20/EC* L92, 13.4.96, p.23
.
3
For item 2 there shall be substituted the following item —
2 70/220/EEC L76, 6.4.70, p.1 Emissions 74/290/EEC L159, 15.6.74, p.61 77/102/EEC* L32, 3.2.77, p.32 78/665/EEC* L223, 14.8.78, p.48 83/351/EEC L197, 20.7.83, p.1 88/76/EEC L36, 9.2.88, p.1 88/436/EEC L214, 6.8.88, p.1 89/458/EEC L226, 3.8.89, p.43 89/491/EEC* L238, 15.8.89, p.43 91/441/EEC L242, 30.8.91, p.1 93/59/EEC L186, 28.7.93, p.21 94/12/EC† L100, 19.4.94, p.42 96/44/EC* L210, 20.8.96, p.25 96/69/EC† L282, 1.11.96, p.64
.
4
For item 10 there shall be substituted the following item —
10 72/245/EEC L152, 6.7.72, p.15 Suppression (radio) 89/491/EEC* L238, 15.8.89, p.43 95/54/EC* L266, 8.11.95, p.1
.
5
For item 11 there shall be substituted the following item —
11 72/306/EEC L190, 20.8.72, p.1 Diesel smoke 89/491/EEC* L238, 15.8.89, p.43
.
6
For item 13 there shall be substituted the following item —
13 74/61/EEC L38, 11.2.74, p.22 Anti-theft devices 95/56/EC* L286, 29.11.85, p.1
.
7
For item 15 there shall be substituted the following item —
15 74/408/EEC L221, 12.8.74, p.1 Seat strength 81/577/EEC L209, 29.7.81, p.34 96/37/EC* L186, 25.7.96, p.28
8
For item 19 there shall be substituted the following item —
19 76/115/EEC L24, 30.1.76, p.6 Seat belt anchorages 81/575/EEC* L209, 29.7.81, p.30 82/318/EEC* L139, 19.5.82, p.9 90/629/EEC* L341, 6.12.90, p.14 96/38/EC* L187, 26.7.96, p.95
.
9
For item 27 there shall be substituted the following item —
27 77/389/EEC L154, 13.6.77, p.41 Towing hooks 96/64/EC L258, 11.10.96, p.26
.
10
For item 31 there shall be substituted the following item —
31 77/541/EEC L220, 29.8.77, p.95 Seat belts 81/576/EEC L209, 29.7.81, p.32 82/319/EEC* L139, 19.5.82, p.17 90/628/EEC* L341, 6.12.90, p.1 96/36/EC* L178, 17.7.96, p.15
.
11
For item 39 there shall be substituted the following item —
39 80/1268/EEC L375, 31.12.80, p.36 Fuel consumption 89/491/EEC* L238, 15.8.89, p.43 93/116/EC* L329, 30.12.93, p.39
.
12
For item 40 there shall be substituted the following item —
40 80/1269/EEC L375, 31.12.80, p.46 Engine power 88/195/EEC L92, 9.4.88, p.50 89/491/EEC* L238, 15.8.89, p.43
.
13
For item 41 there shall be substituted the following item —
41 88/77/EEC L36, 9.2.88, p.33 Diesel emissions 91/542/EEC L295, 25.10.91, p.1 96/1/EC L40, 17.2.96, p.1
.
14
For item 44 there shall be substituted the following item —
44 92/21/EEC L129, 14.5.92, p.1 Masses and dimensions 95/48/EC* L233, 30.9.95, p.73 (cars)
.
15
After item 47 there shall be substituted the following item —
49 95/28/EC L281, 23.11.95, p.1 Flammability
.
16
After item 51 there shall be substituted the following item —
54 96/27/EC L169, 8.7.96, p.1 Side impact resistance
.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
John Bowis
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
28th January 1997


text:
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Local Government Changes for England (Direct Labour Organisations) (County of Leicestershire and District of Rutland) Order 1997 and shall commence on 12th November 1997.
Exemption from Part III Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980
2
A contract for the carrying out by Leicestershire County Council of works in the district of Rutland before 30th September 1998 shall not be treated as a works contract for the purposes of Part III of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (Direct Labour Organisations).
Exemption from Part I Local Government Act 1988
3
Catering for the purposes of schools and welfare shall not be treated as a defined activity for the purposes of Part I of the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) so long as it is carried out by Leicestershire County Council in the district of Rutland 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
12th October 1997


text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Nursery Education (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997 and, save in respect of regulation 2(1), shall come into force on 1st September 1997.
2
Regulation 2(1) shall come into force on 21st August 1997.
3
In these Regulations —
“the 1997 Regulations (England) ” means the Nursery Education (Amendment) Regulations 1997 made on 8th August 1997 in respect of nursery education in England ;
“the amending Regulations ” means the Nursery Education (Amendment) Regulations 1996 ;
“the principal Regulations ” means the Nursery Education Regulations 1996 .
Revocation of 1997 Regulations (England), amendment of the principal Regulations and transitional provisions
2
1
The 1997 Regulations (England) are revoked.
2
Subject to paragraph (3), the principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following regulations.
3
The amendments to the principal Regulations made by these regulations shall not have effect in any case affecting the determination of grant in so far as it relates to the provision of nursery education in England at any time before 1st September 1997.
Amount of grant
3
1
Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations shall cease to have effect in England.
2
After regulation 4A of the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following:
4B
1
Paragraphs (2) to (7) apply in England for the purposes of regulation 4C.
2
The following expressions have the following meanings —
“allowable unit cost” means the average cost per child to the provider of the nursery education of making that provision during the grant period in relation to the children to whom the nursery education is provided during that period;
“grant period” means a period referred to in paragraph (3) or paragraph (4) (as the case may be);
“session” means any period during which nursery education is provided on any one day disregarding any break of less than one hour; and
“unit amount” means an amount specified by the Secretary of State for the purpose of determining grants.
3
Subject to paragraph (5), where the nursery education in respect of which a grant is made is provided at a school, the amount of the grant shall be determined in respect of a period comprising a term.
4
Subject to paragraph (5), where the nursery education in respect of which a grant is made is provided otherwise than at a school, the amount of the grant shall be determined in respect of a period which is equivalent, or approximates, to a school term.
5
Where, in the case of any child, the nursery education in respect of which a grant is made either —
a
commences to be provided after the beginning, or
b
ceases to be provided before the end,
of, in a case to which paragraph (3) applies, the school half term, or, in a case to which paragraph (4) applies, that period which is equivalent, or approximates, to the school half term, paragraph (3) or, as the case may be, paragraph (4) shall in that case be read as if for the words “a term” or, as the case may be, “a school term” there were substituted “half a term” or, as the case may be, “half a school term”.
6
Subject to paragraph (5), where a nursery education place begins to be provided for a child after the beginning of a grant period or ceases to be so provided before the end of such a period, the preceding paragraphs of this regulation shall apply as if the place had begun to be provided at the beginning of the period or (as the case may be) had continued to be provided until the end of the period.
7
Where the nursery education place provided for any child for a grant period is provided for fewer than five sessions per week, for the purposes of determining the number of children to whom nursery education places are provided (other than in the case of regulation 4C(4)(a)) that child shall count towards that number to the extent obtained by applying the following formula —
A × S 5
where
A is the child and S is the number of sessions per week for which a nursery education place is provided for the child (or, if, during the grant period, a different number of sessions is provided in different weeks, the highest such number).
4C
1
This regulation applies for the purpose of determining the amount of grant to be made in respect of the provision of nursery education in England.
2
The amount of a grant made to a local education authority for any grant period in respect of nursery education provided at schools maintained by them shall be the amount obtained by multiplying the unit amount by the number of children for whom nursery education places are provided at such schools for that period.
3
The amount of a grant made to an authority for any grant period in respect of nursery education provided by them (other than provision in respect of which grant is made under paragraph (2)) shall be the amount obtained by multiplying the unit amount by the number of children for whom nursery education places are so provided for that period.
4
The amount of a grant made to a person (other than an authority or a local education authority) for any grant period in respect of nursery education provided by that person in respect of those children referred to in paragraph (6) shall be the lesser of
a
the amount obtained by multiplying the allowable unit cost by the number of those children for whom nursery education places are so provided by that person for that period; and
b
the amount obtained by multiplying the unit amount by the number of those children for whom nursery education places are so provided by that person for that period.
5
Subject to paragraph (7), the amount of a grant made to a person (other than an authority or a local education authority) for any grant period in respect of nursery education provided by that person to children not being children referred to in paragraph (6) shall be the amount obtained by multiplying the unit amount by the number of those children for whom nursery education places are so provided by that person for that period.
6
The children to which this paragraph refers are children resident during the grant period in one of the areas listed in the Schedule to these Regulations.
7
For the purposes of determining the amount of grant under paragraph (5) there shall be left out of account any child in respect of whom the person claiming grant fails to produce an instrument.
Removal of relevant condition of provision of nursery education at maintained schools
4
Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations shall cease to have effect in respect of the provision of nursery education in England.
Inspection reports
5
In paragraph (1) of regulation 7 of the principal Regulations (as amended by regulation 5(1) of the amending Regulations), as it applies to the making of reports on inspections of nursery education provided at premises in England, for “15 days” there shall be substituted “25 days”.
Areas referred to in regulation 4 of the principal Regulations
6
The Schedule to these regulations shall have effect as a Schedule to the principal Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Alan Howarth
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
18th August 1997


text:
1
This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Convergence Ventures 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


text:
Citation and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1997.
2
In this Order, “ the Act ” means the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997.
Appointed days
2
1
15th August 1997 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order (the subject matter of each provision being mentioned in column (2)).
2
22nd August 1997 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 4 of the Act (proposals for pilot schemes), in so far as it relates to pilot schemes under which personal medical services are provided.
3
1st September 1997 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 31 of the Act (provision of certain services under NHS contracts).
Frank Dobson
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State,
Department of Health
23rd July 1997


text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 28th August 1997.
2
In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Housing (Prescribed Forms) (No. 2) Regulations 1990 and a reference to a numbered form in the Schedule to these Regulations is a reference to the form bearing that number in the Schedule to the principal Regulations.
Amendment of Principal Regulations
2
The forms set out in the Schedule to the principal Regulations shall be amended as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Nick Raynsford
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment
24th July 1997
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Win Griffiths
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
30th July 1997


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1
This Order may be cited as The A41 Trunk Road (Camden) (Temporary Prohibition of Traffic) (No. 3) Order 1997, and shall come into force on 24th November 1997.
2
This Order is made because the Traffic Director for London is satisfied that traffic on the roads, or lengths of road, mentioned in the schedule to this Order should be prohibited because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near those roads or lengths of road.
3
During the period starting at 00.01 hours on 25th November 1997 for a period of three months, or when those works have been completed, whichever is the sooner, no person shall cause or permit any vehicle to stop at any time in the roads, or lengths of roads, specified in the schedule to this Order.
4
1
The prohibitions specified in article 3 above shall apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by traffic signs specified by regulations or authorised under section 64 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
2
The prohibitions specified in article 3 above shall not apply in respect of —
i
any vehicle being used for the purpose of those works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes, or
ii
anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden.
5
In so far as, and during such time as, the prohibition specified in article 3 above is in force, the provisions of the A41 Trunk Road (Camden) Red Route Experimental (No. 2) Traffic Order 1997 are hereby suspended so far as they relate to the roads or lengths of roads specified in the schedule to this Order.
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State.
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
21st November 1997


text:
Citation and commencement
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Rent Officers (Additional Functions) (Amendment) Order 1997.
2
Articles 2(a) and 3(1) shall come into force on 6th October 1997 and the remainder of this Order shall come into force on 14th April 1997.
Amendments
2
The Rent Officers (Additional Functions) Order 1995 shall be amended as follows —
a
for article 5(4) of the Rent Officers (Additional Functions) Order 1995 (exceptions) substitute —
4
No determination shall be made under paragraph 4A of Part I of Schedule 1 (single room rents) unless the local authority states in the application that the claimant is, or may be, —
a
a young individual (which has the same meaning as in the 1987 Regulations ), or
b
a single claimant (which has the same meaning as in the 1987 Regulations ) to whom paragraph (3C) of regulation 11 of the 1987 Regulations applies.
; and
b
at the beginning of paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 (redeterminations) insert “Article 3(2) and”.
Application
3
1
The amendment made by article 2(a) does not have effect in a case where an application for a determination is made before the date that amendment comes into force.
2
The amendment made by article 2(b) does not have effect in a case where an application for a determination is made before the date that amendment comes into force.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
David Curry
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment
20th March 1997
William Hague
Secretary of State for Wales
20th March 1997


text:
Title and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Avon Valley) Designation (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997.
Interpretation
2
In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Avon Valley) Designation Order 1993 .
Amendment of the principal Order
3
The principal Order shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.
Rates of payment under agreement
4
In article 6 of the principal Order —
a
in paragraph (1) for the amount “£105” there shall be substituted the amount “£130”.
b
in paragraph (2), for amount “£260” there shall be substituted the amount “£265”.
Amendment to Schedule
5
In Schedule 4 (conservation plan operations) to the principal Order —
a
for paragraph 3, there shall be substituted the following two paragraphs:
3
The creation or restoration of ponds.
3A
The restoration of ditches.
;
b
after paragraph 7, there shall be inserted the following paragraph:
8
The reintroduction of pollarding management for neglect trees.
.
Saving
6
The amendments made to the principal Order by article 4 of this Order shall not apply in respect of any annual payment to a farmer which relates wholly or in part to any period before 1st April 1997.
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


text:
Title and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st May 1997.
Amendment of the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993
2
1
The Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) below.
2
In Schedule 3, Part A, item 12, there shall be inserted in the second column after the words “third countries other than” the word “Algeria,”.
3
In Schedule 16 there shall be inserted at the end the following —
Commission Directive 97/14/ EC
.
Tim Boswell
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
27th March 1997
Lindsay
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
2nd April 1997
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Jonathan Evans
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
2nd April 1997


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Commencement and citation
1
This Order may be cited as The A406 Trunk Road (Hanger Lane, Ealing) Red Route (Prohibited Turns) Experimental Traffic Order 1997 and shall come into force on 25th June 1997.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
a
causing includes permitting;
b
“local bus” has the same meaning as in regulation 4 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 ;
c
“A406 Hanger Lane” means the Trunk Road of that name in the London Borough of Ealing;
d
“A4020 Uxbridge Road” means the Local Road of that name in the London Borough of Ealing.
Prohibited Turns
3
Subject to the provisions of article 4 below no person shall cause a vehicle proceeding in the A406 Hanger Lane to turn into the unnamed service road located at the north-west corner of the Hanger Lane/Uxbridge Road junction and running between the A406 Hanger Lane and the A4020 Uxbridge Road.
Exemptions
4
Nothing in article 3 of this Order shall apply to —
a
a local bus;
b
a vehicle being used for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;
c
anything done with the permission of or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden.
Power to modify or suspend this Order
5
If it appears to the Traffic Director for London, or some person authorised by him, essential in the interests of the expeditious, convenient and safe movement of traffic, or of the provision of suitable and adequate parking facilities on the highway, or for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which any road affected by this Order runs, and after consulting with the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, he may modify or suspend any provision of this Order, save that no modification shall make an addition.
TRO 106
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State.
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
16th June 1997


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1
1
This Order may be cited as the Cambridgeshire (Police Area and Authority) Order 1997.
2
In this Order “ 1996 Act ” means the Police Act 1996 .
3
This Order, except article 3, shall come into force on 1st October 1997 and article 3 shall come into force on 1st April 1998.
2
1
The functions to which this article applies are —
a
all functions of the Cambridgeshire police authority on or after 1st April 1998; and
b
before that date (but on or after 1st October 1997), the functions of that police authority in respect of the financial year beginning on 1st April 1998 under —
i
Chapter IV of Part I of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (precepts) , and
ii
sections 7 (local policing objectives) and 8 (local policing plans) of the 1996 Act.
2
For the purposes of the functions to which this article applies —
a
paragraph 26(1) of Schedule 2 to the 1996 Act (meaning of “relevant council”) shall have effect from 1st October 1997 as if the City of Peterborough had ceased to form part of the County of Cambridgeshire on that date; and
b
accordingly, the appointments which are required to be made to the Cambridgeshire police authority by paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule (appointments of members of police authority by joint committee appointed by relevant councils) shall be made, as soon as practicable after that date, by a joint committee appointed by Cambridgeshire County Council and the City of Peterborough Council (as relevant councils) in accordance with that provision.
3
For the purposes of the functions referred to in paragraph (1)(b) above —
a
section 19(2)(b) of the 1996 Act (approval of decisions about precepts) shall have effect as though the reference to the members of the police authority appointed under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to that Act was a reference to the members so appointed by virtue of paragraph (2) above; and
b
the members of the Cambridgeshire police authority appointed under paragraph 2 of that Schedule otherwise than under paragraph (2) above shall not participate in the discharge of those functions.
4
In the exercise of its powers, the joint committee referred to in paragraph (2)(b) above —
a
shall, for the purposes of paragraph 4(1)(b) of Schedule 2 to the 1996 Act, ignore any member of Cambridgeshire County Council elected for an electoral division in the City of Peterborough, and
b
shall not appoint any such member to the Cambridgeshire police authority under paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule.
5
A member of the Cambridgeshire police authority who was appointed under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 1996 Act otherwise than by virtue of paragraph (2) above and who is not subsequently so appointed shall cease to hold office as a member of that Authority on 1st April 1998.
6
In determining the period of a term of years for the purpose of paragraph 16 of Schedule 2 to the 1996 Act (term of appointment of members of a police authority), any period as a member of the Cambridgeshire police authority prior to 1st April 1998 under an appointment made by virtue of paragraph (2) above shall be disregarded except where the person in question had been a member of that authority by virtue of an appointment under paragraph 2 of that Schedule prior to his appointment by virtue of paragraph (2) above.
3
Schedule 1 to the 1996 Act (police areas) shall be amended by inserting after the word “Cambridgeshire” in the right-hand column opposite the name of the Cambridgeshire police area the words “and the non-metropolitan district of Peterborough”.
Home Office
Alun Michael
Minister of State
28th July 1997


text:
1
This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (WORLDxCHANGE Communications Limited) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 23rd December 1997.
2
Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system.
Barbara Roche,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Firms, Trade and Industry
Department of Trade and Industry
20th November 1997


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1
This Order may be cited as the Number of Members of Thames Valley Police Authority Order 1997.
2
1
Subject to paragraph (2) below, this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1998.
2
For the purposes of —
a
the functions to which the Thames Valley (Police Authority) Order 1997 applies, and
b
the requirement to comply with procedures set out in Schedule 3 to the Police Act 1996 (police authorities: selection of independent members) in respect of the additional member to be appointed under paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to that Act as a result of the increase in numbers made by this Order,
this Order shall come into force on 1st October 1997.
3
The number of members of the Thames Valley Police Authority shall be nineteen, of which six members shall be persons appointed under paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Police Act 1996 (and, accordingly, by virtue of paragraph 1(2)(a) and (c) of that Schedule, ten members shall be members of relevant councils appointed under paragraph 2 of it and the remainder shall be magistrates appointed under paragraph 8 of it).
Alun Michael
Minister of State
Home Office
23rd September 1997


text:
1
This Order may be cited as the Armed Forces Act 1996 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1997.
2
Subject to article 3 of this Order, the following provisions of the Armed Forces Act 1996 (“ the Act ”) shall come into force on 1st April 1997 —
section 5 and Schedule 1;
sections 9 and 10 and Schedule 3;
sections 15 to 17 and Schedule 5;
sections 28 and 29;
section 35 so far as is necessary to bring into force Schedules 6 and 7 to the extent specified below;
in Schedule 6, paragraphs 4, 7 to 9, 14 and 15;
in Schedule 7, Parts I and II , and Part III so far as it relates to the provisions specified in Schedule 1 to this Order.
3
1
Nothing in article 2 of this Order insofar as it relates to section 5 of and Schedule 1 to the Act shall have effect in relation to —
a
any summary dealing or summary trial,
b
any trial by a court-martial or a standing civilian court, or
c
the hearing of any appeal by the Courts-Martial Appeal Court,
which commenced before 1st April 1997.
2
Nothing in article 2 of this Order insofar as it relates to sections 15 to 17 of and Schedule 5 to the Act shall have effect in relation to any finding made, sentence passed or punishment awarded before 1st April 1997.
3
Nothing in article 2 insofar as it relates to provisions which repeal, amend or substitute provisions in enactments shall affect the validity of anything done before 1st April 1997 under the authority of the provisions which have been repealed, amended or substituted.
4
The transitional provisions contained in Schedule 2 to this Order shall have effect.
Nicholas Soames
Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
12th February 1997


text:
Commencement and citation
1
This Order may be cited as the Courses for Drink-Drive Offenders (Designation of Areas) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 31st December 1997.
Revocation
2
The Courses for Drink-Drive Offenders (Designation of Areas) Order 1992 is hereby revoked.
Interpretation
3
In this Order “experimental period” has the meaning given in section 31 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 .
Designation of areas and districts
4
The following areas and districts are hereby designated for the purposes of section 31 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 —
a
the petty sessions areas specified in Schedule 1 to this Order;
b
the districts and the commission area in Scotland specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.
Period of designation
5
Those areas and districts are designated until the end of the experimental period.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Helene Hayman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
8th December 1997


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Title and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Protection Products (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 8th April 1997.
Amendment of the Plant Protection Products (Fees) Regulations
2
For the Schedule to the Plant Protection Products (Fees) Regulations 1995 there shall be substituted the Schedule to these Regulations.
Angela Browning
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
14th March 1997
We consent to the making of these Regulations,
Roger Knapman
Patrick McLoughlin
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
17th March 1997


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Citation, commencement and application
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Individual Performance Information) (Prescribed Bodies and Persons) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 31st October 1997.
2
These Regulations apply to individual performance information relating to pupils at schools (other than nursery schools) in England only.
Interpretation
2
1
In these Regulations —
“ the Act ” means the Education Act 1996;
“individual performance information” means information within the meaning of section 537A(2) of the Act, namely, information about the performance in any of the assessments, examinations and qualifications referred to in that section of individual pupils identified in the prescribed manner ;
“key stage” means any of the periods set out in paragraphs (a) to (d) respectively of section 355(1) of the Act and a reference to the first, second or third key stage is a reference to the periods set out respectively in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of the said section 355(1); and
“the relevant local education authority” means the local education authority for the area in which the school, at which the pupil (in respect of whom any individual performance information provided relates) is or was registered, is situated.
2
The reference in regulation 3(2) to “any body collating or checking performance information” is a reference to any body to which section 537A(4) of the Act applies, namely, any body which, for the purposes of or in connection with the functions of the Secretary of State relating to education, is responsible for collating or checking information relating to the performance of pupils in any assessment or examination falling within subsection (2)(a), (b) or (d) of that section, or in connection with the attainment of any qualification falling within subsection (2)(c) or (d) of that section.
3
1
For the purposes of section 537A(3) of the Act, the Secretary of State hereby prescribes as a body or person to whom he may provide individual performance information received by him by virtue of subsection (1) of that section —
a
any body referred to in paragraph (3) below; and
b
any body or person, as the case may be, falling within the category referred to in paragraph (4) below.
2
For the purposes of section 537A(4)(b) of the Act, the Secretary of State hereby prescribes that —
a
a body to which a body collating or checking performance information may provide individual performance information is any of the bodies referred to in paragraph (3) below; and
b
the individual performance information which a body collating or checking performance information may so provide, at such times as the Secretary of State may determine, is any such information received by it under section 537A(4) relating to the performance of individual pupils in any National Curriculum assessments of pupils at or near the end of the final year of the first, second or third key stage.
3
The bodies referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) and (2)(a) above are —
a
the relevant local education authority;
b
the Office for Standards in Education ;
c
the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority ;
d
the Funding Agency for Schools ;
e
the Teacher Training Agency ;
4
The category referred to in paragraph (1)(b) above is the category of bodies and persons conducting research into the educational achievements of pupils and who require individual performance information for that purpose.
Andrew Smith
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
10th October 1997


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1
1
This Order may be cited as the Staffordshire (Coroners) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.
2
In this Order “the 1988 Act ” means the Coroners Act 1988 .
2
1
There shall be a single coroner’s district, called the Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Coroner’s District, for the County of Stoke-on-Trent (which county comes into existence on 1st April 1997 by virtue of article 3(2) of the Staffordshire (City of Stoke-on-Trent) (Structural and Boundary Changes) Order 1995 ) and for so much of the County of Staffordshire as is not included in the South Staffordshire Coroner’s District.
2
The Council of the City of Stoke-on-Trent shall be the relevant council within the meaning of section 1(1A) of the 1988 Act for the coroner’s district constituted by paragraph (1) above.
3
The person who, at 31st March 1997, is the coroner for the existing North Staffordshire Coroner’s District shall be deemed on 1st April 1997 to be appointed coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by paragraph (1) above.
4
Any agreement between the person to whom paragraph (3) applies and Staffordshire County Council (as the relevant council for the purposes of section 1 of the 1988 Act prior to 1st April 1997) as to his salary and pension as a coroner shall be deemed on and after 1st April 1997 to have effect as if originally made between him and the Stoke-on-Trent City Council.
5
Any person who, at 31st March 1997, is a deputy or assistant deputy coroner for the existing North Staffordshire Coroner’s District shall be deemed on 1st April 1997 to be appointed deputy or, as the case may be, assistant deputy coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by paragraph (1) above.
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 Staffordshire Coroner’s District shall be deemed to have been issued, made, given, begun or done by or to the coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by article 2(1) above.
2
All documents, exhibits, registers and other things in the custody of the coroner for the existing North Staffordshire Coroner’s District in connection with inquests or post-mortem investigations shall be transferred to the coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by article 2(1) above.
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


text:
1
This Order may be cited as the International Organisations (Miscellaneous Exemptions) Order 1997.
2
The following international organisations are designated for the purposes of subsections (2) and (4) to (6) of section 582A and subsection (4) of section 118B of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 —
Asian Development Bank
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
International Development Association
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency.
3
The following international organisations are designated for the purposes of subsection (5) of section 582A and subsection (4) of section 118B of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 —
African Development Bank
European Investment Bank
Inter-American Development Bank.
4
The International Organisations (Miscellaneous Exemptions) Order 1991 and the International Organisations (Miscellaneous Exemptions) Order 1992 are hereby revoked.
Patrick McLoughlin
Richard Ottawy
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
27th January 1997


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 18th November 1997.
2
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“approval” includes the amendment of an approval, and “amendment of an approval” includes the issue of a new approval replacing the original incorporating an amendment;
“employment medical adviser” means an employment medical adviser appointed under section 56(1) of the 1974 Act;
“the Executive” means the Health and Safety Executive;
“the mines and quarries provisions” means such of the relevant statutory provisions as relate exclusively to —
mines and quarries within the meaning of section 180 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 ;
tips within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969 ;
and includes regulations, rules and orders relating to a particular mine (whether they are continued in force by regulation 7(3) of the Mines and Quarries Acts 1954 to 1971 (Repeals and Modifications) Regulations 1974 or are health and safety regulations);
“original approval” and “original authority” do not include an amendment of an approval or an amendment of an authority;
“renewal of approval” or “renewal of licence” means respectively the granting of an approval or licence to follow a previous approval or licence without any amendment or gap in time; and
“respiratory protective equipment” includes any respirator and any breathing apparatus.
3
Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to —
a
a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule in these Regulations so numbered;
b
a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the regulation in which the reference appears.
Fees payable under the mines and quarries provisions
2
1
A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive on each application for an original approval, an amendment of approval or a renewal of approval under any of the mines and quarries provisions.
2
The fee payable under paragraph (1) on application for such approval as is mentioned in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 1 shall be respectively that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2, 3 or 4 of that Part and shall be payable on making the application for approval, or, where any such entry specifies a fee as the reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out, the fee so costed shall be payable prior to the notification of the result of the application.
3
Where the Executive requires testing to be carried out to decide whether approval can be granted, a fee shall be payable to the Executive by the applicant prior to the notification of the result of the application for the approval as described below.
a
in the case of explosives and detonators, for each test specified in column 1 of Part II of Schedule 1, the fee shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part;
b
in any other case, the fee shall be as set out in Part III of Schedule 1 (that is to say the reasonable cost to the Executive of having the testing carried out).
Fees for applications for approval of respiratory protective equipment
3
1
A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive on each application for approval of respiratory protective equipment —
a
under the Factories Act 1961 , or any regulations made or having effect as if made under that Act;
b
under the Control of Lead at Work Regulations 1980 ;
c
under the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985 ;
d
under the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 1987 ; and
e
under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1994 .
2
The fee payable on application for approval of respiratory protective equipment shall be that specified in column 2 of Schedule 2 (that is to say the reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work, including any testing, carried out).
Fees payable under the Agriculture (Tractor Cabs) Regulations 1974
4
1
A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive on each application for approval of plant and equipment under the Agriculture (Tractor Cabs) Regulations 1974 .
2
The fee payable on application for such an approval or revision of an approval as is described in column 1 of Schedule 3 shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Schedule.
Fee payable under the Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations 1984
5
1
A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive on each application for approval of a scheme or programme for examination of freight containers under the Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations 1984 .
2
The fee payable on application for the approval described in column 1 of Schedule 4 shall be that specified in column 2 of that Schedule.
Fee for application for a licence under the Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations 1983
6
1
A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive on each application for a licence under the Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations 1983 .
2
The fee payable on application for a licence described in column 1 of Schedule 5 shall be that specified in column 2 of that Schedule.
Fees for examination or surveillance by an employment medical adviser
7
1
A fee shall be payable to the Executive by an employer in respect of a medical examination or medical surveillance of each of his employees by an employment medical adviser for the purposes of any provision specified in column 1 of Schedule 6.
2
The fee payable under paragraph (1) shall be a basic fee for each examination or on each occasion when surveillance is carried out together with additional fees for X-rays and laboratory tests where these are taken or carried out in connection with the examination; and for each provision specified in column 1 of Schedule 6 —
a
the basic fee shall be the amount specified in column 3 of that Schedule for that provision;
b
the additional fee for X-rays shall be the amount specified in column 4 of that Schedule for that provision and shall cover all X-rays taken in connection with any one examination;
c
the additional fee for laboratory tests shall be the amount specified in column 5 of that Schedule for that provision and shall cover all such tests carried out in connection with any one examination.
3
Where an employment medical adviser carries out a medical examination of a self-employed person for the purposes of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 1987, that self-employed person shall pay to the Executive fees ascertained in accordance with paragraph (2).
Fees for medical surveillance by an employment medical adviser under the Control of Lead at Work Regulations 1980
8
1
A fee shall be payable to the Executive by an employer in respect of medical surveillance of any of his employees by an employment medical adviser for the purposes of the Control of Lead at Work Regulations 1980 .
2
The fee payable for each item described in column 1 of Schedule 7 shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Schedule.
Fees for applications for approval or reassessment of approval of dosimetry services and for type approval of radiation generators or apparatus containing radioactive substances under the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985
9
1
A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive on each application for an approval of dosimetry services or for the reassessment of an approval of dosimetry services previously granted for the purposes of the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985 .
2
A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive on each application for the type approval of a radiation generator or an apparatus containing a radioactive substance.
3
The fee payable for approval or reassessment or type approval in respect of each matter described in column 1 of Schedule 8 shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Schedule.
4
A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive where the Executive requires any work to be carried out by its nuclear or other specialist inspectors in connection with any application in respect of which a fee is payable by virtue of paragraph (1) and (2) and the fee for work in connection with each such matter described in column 1 of Schedule 8 shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of that Schedule for each hour or part of an hour worked.
5
Where the Executive requires an inspection to be carried out in connection with any application mentioned in this regulation, a fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive of an amount equal to the reasonable cost of travelling and subsistence of any member of the Executive’s staff in connection with the inspection.
6
Any fee payable under paragraph (4) or (5) shall be payable prior to notification of the result of the application.
Fees payable under the Explosives Act 1875 and instruments made thereunder, under the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928, the Petroleum (Transfer of Licences) Act 1936 and the Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations 1983
10
1
Where any application in relation to a provision specified in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 9 is made for a purpose specified in column 2 of that Part, the fee specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of that Part shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive.
2
The fee or maximum fee payable under each provision specified in column 1 of Part II of Schedule 9 for the purpose described in the corresponding entry in column 2 shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of that Part.
3
A fee shall be payable to the Executive where the Executive requires any work to be carried out by its specialist inspectors in connection with any application in respect of which a fee is payable by virtue of paragraph (1) for any purpose specified in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 9 for which there is a corresponding entry in column 4 of that Part, and the fee for work in connection with each such purpose shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 4 of that Part for each hour or part of an hour worked and such fee shall be payable prior to notification of the result of the application.
4
A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive on each application being made for each purpose specified in column 1 of each of Parts III, IV , and V of Schedule 9, and the fee for each such purpose shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 in the respective Part.
5
A fee shall be payable to the Executive where the Executive requires any work to be carried out by its specialist inspectors in connection with any application in respect of which a fee is payable by virtue of paragraph (4) for any purpose specified in column 1 of each of Parts III, IV and V of Schedule 9 for which there is a corresponding entry in column 3 of the respective Part, and the fee for work in connection with each such purpose shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of that Part for each hour or part of an hour worked and such fee shall be payable prior to notification of the result of the application.
6
A fee shall be payable to the Executive where the Executive requires any testing to be carried out in connection with any purpose specified in column 1 of Part VI of Schedule 9, and the fee for testing in connection with each such purpose shall be the reasonable cost to the Executive of having the work carried out and such fee shall be payable prior to notification of the result of the application.
7
Where the Executive requires an inspection of premises to be carried out in connection with an application for —
a
a factory or magazine licence, or any amendment to such a licence, or
b
the original approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept, or any amendment to such an approval, or
c
the original approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed, or any amendment to such an approval
a fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive of an amount equal to the reasonable cost of travelling and subsistence of any member of the Executive’s staff in connection with the inspection.
Date from which fees are payable under the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 and the Petroleum (Transfer of Licences) Act 1936
11
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4 of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 or section 1(4) of the Petroleum (Transfer of Licences) Act 1936 the fees in respect of applications for petroleum licences prescribed by these Regulations shall be payable for any licence first having effect or any transfer or renewal of a licence first taking effect on or after the coming into force of these Regulations irrespective of the date of the application for that licence, transfer or renewal.
Fees for applications for explosives licences under Part IX of the Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987
12
1
A fee shall be payable by the applicant to the Executive on each application for an explosives licence or for any alteration in the terms of an existing licence under Part IX of the Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987 .
2
The fee on an application for each purpose specified in column 1 of Schedule 10 shall be that specified in column 2 of that Schedule and where the fee is determined as an amount per hour, the fee so calculated shall be payable prior to notification of the result of the application.
Vocational training certificates under the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Driver Training) Regulations 1996
13
1
A driver may only be issued with a vocational training certificate in accordance with paragraph (1) of regulation 4 of the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Driver Training) Regulations 1996 where a fee of the sum specified in Schedule 11 has been paid to the Secretary of State.
2
The validity of a vocational training certificate may only be extended in accordance with paragraph (6) of regulation 4 of the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Driver Training) Regulations 1996 where, within the period of 12 months which precede the expiry of the original certificate or any extension of it granted in accordance with that paragraph, a fee of the sum specified in Schedule 11 has been paid to the Secretary of State.
3
Nothing in this regulation shall be construed as making a fee payable by a person in any of the capacities specified in section 43(4) of the 1974 Act.
Estimate of cost of work
14
Where any fee is to be assessed on the reasonable cost to the Executive of carrying out any work or testing, under regulation 2(2), 2(3)(b), 3(2) or 10(6), the Executive shall on receipt of the application first prepare and send to the applicant an estimate of that cost and shall, before carrying out the work, obtain confirmation from the applicant that he wishes the work to be carried out.
Fees for notifications under the Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 1992
15
1
A fee shall be payable by a notifier to the Executive on each notification of the intention to use premises for activities involving genetic modification for the first time and of individual activities involving genetic modification under the Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 1992 .
2
The fee payable for each notification described in column 1 of Schedule 12 shall be that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Schedule.
Fees for notifications under the Notification of New Substances Regulations 1993
16
1
The fee fixed by column 2 of Schedule 13 shall be payable by a notifier to the Executive on each such notification or application under the Notification of New Substances Regulations 1993 as is referred to in the corresponding entry in column 1 of that Schedule.
2
The Executive shall repay to the notifier the amount of any rebate due to the notifier in the circumstances described in Schedule 13.
Revocation
17
The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 1996 are hereby revoked.
Northern Ireland
18
These Regulations shall not apply to Northern Ireland.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Angela Eagle
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions
20th October 1997


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1
This Order may be cited as the Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 1997.
2
The following countries are hereby designated for the purposes of sections 2 to 19 of, and the Schedule to, the Visiting Forces Act 1952: —
Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Sweden.
3
This Order shall not extend to any of the territories specified in section 15(3) of the Visiting Forces Act 1952.
N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council


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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Stock Transfer (Gilt-Edged Securities) (CGO Service) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st September 1997.
2
The Stock Transfer (Gilt-Edged Securities) (CGO Service) Regulations 1985 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
3
Regulation 2 shall be amended —
a
by inserting after the definition of “the CGO” the following —
“the CGO Rules ” means any rules or procedures relating to the operation of the CGO Service which may from time to time be established or amended by the Bank in accordance with the contracts under which persons are entitled to use the CGO Service;
;
b
by inserting after the words “the CGO Service” in the definition of “an exempt transfer” the words “, and includes a transfer effected in accordance with regulation 7 below”; and
c
by inserting after the definition of securities the following —
“strip” means a security representing any amount, being one penny or any multiple thereof, payable under one or more strips, within the meaning of section 47 of the Finance Act 1942 , of any stock or bond, regardless whether that amount corresponds to the total amount payable under any security issued for the purpose of effecting any particular exchange of any stock or bond for strips.
.
4
After regulation 6 there shall be inserted the following new regulation —
Protection of Bank in relation to certain transfers of strips
7
1
This regulation applies where the CGO Rules make relevant provision for cases in which any person’s membership of the CGO Service is suspended or terminated, whether by reason of death, incapacity, bankruptcy, sequestration of his estate, winding-up, dissolution or any other cause, and any such person is referred to in this regulation as “the relevant person”.
2
In this Regulation, “relevant provision” means provision for transfers of strips registered in the name of the relevant person to be effected through the medium of the CGO Service by the Bank acting on the instructions of any person whose instructions the Bank would be entitled to accept as sufficient authority to effect a transfer by instrument in writing of —
a
those strips, or
b
where, by virtue of regulations made under section 47(1) of the Finance Act 1942, strips are not transferable by instrument in writing, any stock held by the relevant person which would be so transferable in accordance with those regulations.
3
The Bank may effect any transfer in accordance with any relevant provision notwithstanding that the suspension or termination of the relevant person’s membership of the CGO Service, or any event occasioning the same, has terminated any contractual authority to the Bank arising from or in connection with that membership, and, as regards the liability of the Bank to any person, any such transfer shall be treated as if such authority had not terminated, but without prejudice to any right which any person may have against any other person, not being the Bank.
.
Bob Ainsworth
Jon Owen Jones
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
19th May 1997


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Citation and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Pensions Act 1995 (Commencement No. 9) Order 1997.
2
In this Order “the Act” means the Pensions Act 1995.
Appointed days
2
1
The day appointed for the coming into force of section 80(4) of the Act (review of decisions of the Pensions Compensation Board), paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 to the Act and section 78(8) of the Act insofar as it relates to that paragraph (proceedings of the Pensions Compensation Board) —
a
for the purpose only of authorising the making of regulations, is 4th February 1997, and
b
for all other purposes, is 6th April 1997.
2
The day appointed for the coming into force of section 55 of the Act (end of annual increase in GMP) is 4th February 1997.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Oliver Heald
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
3rd February 1997


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Nursery Education (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 29 August 1997.
Amendment of Regulations
2
1
The Nursery Education Regulations 1996 shall be amended as follows.
2
Regulation 4 shall be amended by the insertion at the end of the definition of “unit amount” in paragraph (1) of the words “(otherwise than under regulation 4A)”, and by the insertion after paragraph (1), of the following paragraph, namely —
1A
In relation to the provision of nursery education by a local authority in Wales, this regulation applies only for the purpose of determining grant in respect of nursery education provided by the authority during the period ending on 31st August 1997.
.
3
There shall be inserted after regulation 4 the following regulation —
4A
1
This regulation applies for the purpose of determining the amount of grant to be made to a local authority in Wales in respect of nursery education provided by them during the period commencing on 1st September 1997 and ending on 31st March 1998.
2
The amount of grant made to a local authority under this regulation shall be obtained by deducting from the amount specified by the Secretary of State, in relation to that authority, for the purpose of determining under this regulation the amount of grant to be made to them, the aggregate amount of grant made to the authority under regulation 4 in relation to that authority.
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Signed under the authority of the Secretary of State
Peter Hain
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Welsh Office
2nd August 1997


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Citation, commencement and retrospective effect
1
These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Injury Benefits) Amendment Regulations 1997 and, save as hereinafter provided , shall have effect from 1st April 1997.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Injury Benefits) Regulations 1995 and other expressions have the same meaning as in those Regulations.
Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations
3
In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations —
a
in the proviso to the definition of “average remuneration” after the words “senior registrar, registrar,” there shall be inserted the words “specialist registrar,”; and
b
after the definition of “practitioner” there shall be inserted the following definition —
“quarter” means a 3 month period ending on the last day of March, June, September or December.
.
Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations
4
1
In regulation 4(1) of the principal Regulations —
a
at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “Subject to paragraph (5),”; and
b
there shall be deleted the words from “, but, in the case of a person to whom paragraph (5) applies,” to the end.
2
For regulation 4(5) of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following —
5
Where, on or after 1st April 1991, a person to whom regulation 3(1) of these Regulations applies or to whom regulation 3(1) of the previous Regulations applied is or was on leave of absence from an employment mentioned in those regulations with reduced emoluments by reason of the injury or disease, there shall be payable by that person’s employing authority on behalf of the Secretary of State, during or in respect of the period of such leave and without regard to any reduction in the person’s earning ability, an annual allowance of the amount, if any, which when added to the aggregate of —
a
the emoluments payable to the person during his leave of absence, and
b
the value, expressed as an annual amount, of any of the pensions and benefits specified in paragraph (6) (including the value of any equivalent benefits payable under the enactments consolidated by the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992), will provide an income of 85 per cent. of his average remuneration.
.
Insertion of regulation 4A into the principal Regulations
5
After regulation 4 of the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following regulation —
Recovery of costs
4A
1
Where, during the period commencing 1st April 1991 and ending 31st March 1997, a lump sum under regulation 4(9) or 11 of these Regulations or regulation 4(9) or 11 of the previous regulations was paid to or in respect of a person to whom regulation 3(1) of these Regulations applies or, as the case may be, to or in respect of a person to whom regulation 3(1) of the previous Regulations applied, that person’s employing authority shall be liable to pay a contribution to the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph (4) representing the total amount of that lump sum together with the cost of providing increases to it under Part I of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971.
2
Subject to paragraph (3), where, on or after 1st April 1997, a claim is made for an allowance or lump sum under paragraph (2), (3), (4) or (9) of regulation 4, or regulation 7, 8, 9 or 11 by or in respect of a person to whom regulation 3(1) of these Regulations applies, that person’s employing authority shall, on the payment by the Secretary of State pursuant to that claim of the allowance or any part of it, or, as the case may be, of the lump sum, be liable to pay a contribution to the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph (5) representing —
a
the total amount of such allowance or such part, or,
b
the total amount of such lump sum,
together with the cost of providing increases to it under Part I of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971.
3
Paragraph (2) shall not apply to any claim made on or after 1st April 1997 where that claim is made in respect of a person who dies on or after that date but who was, before that date, in receipt of an allowance or lump sum under paragraph (2), (3), (4) or (9) of regulation 4 or who would, before that date, have received such an allowance or lump sum under any of those paragraphs but for —
a
the fact that his earning ability was not permanently reduced by more than 10 per cent. in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (1) of regulation 4; or
b
the application of paragraph (4) or (6) of regulation 4 to the calculation of his benefits under that regulation.
4
Contributions payable to the Secretary of State under paragraph (1) shall be paid not later than one month from the end of the quarter in which the lump sum referred to in that paragraph was paid, or, in any case where that period has expired, within such longer period as the Secretary of State may allow.
5
Contributions payable to the Secretary of State under paragraph (2) shall be paid not later than one month from the end of the quarter in which the allowance or any part of it, or, as the case may be, the lump sum, referred to in that paragraph was paid.
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Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Gerald Malone
Minister of State,
Department of Health.
4th March 1997
We consent to the making of these Regulations.
Gyles Brandreth
Roger Knapman
Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
5th March 1997


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1
This Order may be cited as The A205 Trunk Road (Westhorne Avenue, Greenwich) (Temporary Prohibition of Traffic) Order 1997 and shall come into force on the 17th February 1997.
2
This Order is made because the Traffic Director for London is satisfied that traffic on the A205 Westhorne Avenue should be prohibited from turning left because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near Hornpark Lane, Cedarhurst Drive, Knockholt Road, Pinnell Road or Lionel Road.
3
During the period starting at 00.01 hours on 17th February 1997 and ending when those works have been completed, subject to the provisions of article 4 below:
a
no person shall cause or permit any vehicle on reaching A205 Westhorne Avenue from Hornpark Lane, Cedarhurst Drive, Knockholt Road, Pinnell Road or Lionel Road to turn left;
b
no person shall cause or permit any vehicle proceeding in A205 Westhorne Avenue to turn left into Hornpark Lane, Cedarhurst Drive, Knockholt Road, Pinnell Road or Lionel Road.
4
1
The provisions of article 3 above shall apply only during such times and to such extent as may from time to time be indicated by traffic signs.
2
The provisions specified in article 3 above shall not apply in respect of —
i
any vehicle being used for the purpose of those works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purpose, or
ii
anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden.
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State for Transport.
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London, College House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 3LN
14th February 1997


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Citation and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1997.
2
In this Order, references to “the Act” are references to the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997.
Appointed days
2
1
The day appointed for the coming into force of section 11 of the Act (information from landlords and agents) is 8th October 1997.
2
The day appointed for the coming into force of section 16 of the Act (recovery of overpaid housing benefit) —
a
for the purposes only of authorising the making of regulations is 8th October 1997; and
b
for all other purposes is 3rd November 1997.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
John Y. Denham
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
7th October 1997