text:
Commencement and citation
1
These regulations may be cited as the Employment Zones Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on the 3rd of April 2000.
Interpretation
2
In these regulations–
“ the Act ” means the Jobseekers Act 1995;
“an action plan” means a plan setting out the action which a claimant will take with a view to securing employment or improving his prospects of securing employment;
“an employment zone” means an area within Great Britain designated by these regulations for the purposes of section 60 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 and “an employment zone programme” means a programme established for such an area or areas designed to assist claimants for a jobseeker’s allowance to obtain sustainable employment;
“an initial interview” means an interview with an employment officer following notice sent to the claimant to attend for the purpose of initiating participation in an employment zone programme.
Areas designated as employment zones
3
The areas within Great Britain designated as employment zones are the 15 areas comprising the wards and electoral divisions set out in the schedule.
Meaning of employment
4
For the purposes of section 60 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 “employment” means employment whether under a contract of service or a contract of apprenticeship, or under a contract for services, or otherwise than under a contract, and includes in particular self employment and the holding of an office.
Eligibility for participation in an employment zone programme
5
A claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance is eligible to participate in an employment zone programme if he is ordinarily resident within an employment zone on the day when notice to attend an initial interview is sent to him pursuant to regulation 23 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 .
The first stage
6
A claimant begins to participate in the first stage of an employment zone programme on the day when he attends an initial interview and ceases to participate on such day as may be specified by an employment officer by notice to the claimant in writing.
Modifications to the provisions of the Act which apply to claimants during the first stage
7
In relation to a claimant participating in the first stage of an employment zone programme the requirements for receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance set out in subsection 1(2) of the Act are modified by the suspension of the requirement for the claimant to have entered into a jobseeker’s agreement which remains in force.
The Second Stage
8
A Claimant begins to participate in the second stage of an employment zone programme on such date as may be specified by an employment officer by notice to the claimant in writing and ceases to participate on such date as may be specified by an employment officer by notice to the claimant in writing.
Modifications to the provisions of the Act which apply to claimants during the second stage
9
In relation to a claimant participating in the second stage of an employment zone programme the requirements for receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance set out in subsection 1(2) of the Act are modified by the suspension of the requirements for the claimant–
a
to be available for employment,
b
to have entered into a jobseeker’s agreement which remains in force, and
c
to be actively seeking employment.
Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996
10
1
The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraph of this regulation.
2
At the end of regulation 75(1)(a) (interpretation) there shall be inserted the word “and” followed by the following sub-paragraph
iii
an employment zone programme, being a programme established for one or more areas designated pursuant to section 60 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 and subject to the Employment Zones Regulations 2000
.
Tessa Jowell
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
10th March 2000


type: legislation

jurisdiction: UK

text:
Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force —
a
for all purposes except those of regulations 4 to 7 on 1st January 2001;
b
for the purposes of regulation 6 on 1st February 2001; and
c
for the purposes of regulations 4, 5 and 7 on 1st January 2002.
Preliminary
2
The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations 1998 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
Amendment to regulation 2 (interpretation)
3
1
In regulation 2, paragraph (1) shall be amended by inserting in the appropriate alphabetical order the following definitions —
“axle-lift device” means a device permanently fitted to the vehicle for the purpose of reducing or increasing the load on the axles, according to the loading conditions of the vehicle either —
by means of raising the wheels clear off the ground or by lowering them to the ground, or
without raising the wheels off the ground,
in order to reduce the wear on the tyres when the vehicle is not fully laden and, or alternatively, to make it easier for the vehicle to move off on slippery ground by increasing the load on the driving axle;
“low pollution engine” means an engine which —
is fuelled solely by gas; or
is fuelled predominantly by gas and has a minimum gas tank capacity of 400 litres; or
being a diesel engine, complies with at least the requirements for the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants specified in paragraphs 6.2.1 of Annex I to Directive 88/77/ EEC as amended by Directive 91/542/EEC , the maximum masses of which as shown on line B in the table to that paragraph are —
Mass of carbon monoxide ( CO ) g/kWh Mass of hydrocarbons ( HC ) g/kWh Mass of nitrogen oxides ( Nox ) g/kWh Mass of particulates ( PT ) g/kWh
4.0 1.1 7.0 0.15
“loadable axle” means an axle the load on which can be varied without the axle being raised by the use of an axle-lift device; and
“retractable axle” means an axle which is raised or lowered by an axle-lift device, either by raising the wheels of the vehicle clear off the ground or by lowering them to the ground.
2
The expressions listed below shall be construed in accordance with the provisions indicated —
first used regulation 3(3) of the 1986 Regulations complies with regulation 6 of the 1986 Regulations diesel engine paragraph 2.2 Directive 88/77/EEC as amended by Directive 91/542/EEC , Annex 1 gas regulation 3(2) of the 1986 Regulations trailer regulation 3(2) of the 1986 Regulations wheel regulation 3(2) of the 1986 Regulations
Amendments to regulation 4 (maximum authorised weights)
4
Regulation 4 shall be amended as follows —
a
in paragraph (1)(c) there shall be inserted after the words “Schedule 3” the words “or if any of the other requirements of that Schedule are not complied with.”; and
b
in paragraph (2) there shall be added at the end “except, in the case of a vehicle fitted with one or more retractable or loadable axles, for the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 3.”.
Amendments to regulation 5 (saving for regulation 80 of the 1986 Regulations (over-riding weight restrictions)
5
Regulation 5 shall be amended as follows —
a
in the heading, by substituting for the words “Saving for” the words “Compliance with”;
a
by re-numbering regulation 5 as paragraph (1) of that regulation and at the beginning of that provision as so re-numbered inserting the words “Subject to paragraph (2),”; and
b
by adding at the end the following paragraph —
2
Regulation 80 of the 1986 Regulations shall not be contravened when a vehicle to which paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 applies is operated in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) of that paragraph.
Amendments to Schedule 2 (maximum authorised weights for vehicle combinations)
6
Schedule 2 shall be amended by adding —
a
to Table 3, the following new items —
13 Articulated vehicles satisfying each of the conditions specified in sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) 6 or more 44,000 14 Rigid motor vehicles towing a trailer satisfying each of the conditions specified in sub-paragraphs (2), (4) and (5) 6 or more 44,000
and
b
at the end, the following sub-paragraph —
5
The condition referred to in items 13 and 14 of Table 3 is that the vehicle is fitted with a low pollution engine;
.
Amendments to Schedule 3 (maximum authorised axle weights)
7
Schedule 3 shall be amended as follows —
a
in paragraph 1(1), by substituting for the words “paragraph 2” the words “paragraphs 2 to 4”;
b
by adding at the end the following paragraphs —
Requirements relating to retractable and loadable axles
3
1
This paragraph applies to a vehicle which —
a
is fitted with one or more retractable axles or with one or more loadable axles; and
b
is first used on or after 1 January 2002.
2
Subject to sub-paragraph (3), under all driving conditions other than those described in sub-paragraph (3), the maximum authorised weight on any axle shall be the weight specified in column (3) of Table 5 or in column (5) of Table 6 (as may be appropriate) and the retractable axle or the loadable axle shall lower to the ground automatically if —
a
the front axle on the vehicle is laden to that maximum authorised weight, or
b
in the case of a vehicle having a group of axles, the nearest axle or axles is or are laden to that maximum authorised weight;
and in paragraph (a) above “axle” is a reference to an axle described in column (2) of items 1 or 2 of Table 5 in Schedule 3 and in paragraph (b) above “group of axles” is a reference to an axle described in column (2) of items 3 to 6 of that Table.
3
The driving conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (2) exist where a vehicle is on a slippery surface and, accordingly in order to help vehicles or vehicle combinations to move off on slippery ground, and to increase the traction of their tyres on slippery surfaces, the axle-lift device may also actuate the retractable axle or the loadable axle of the vehicle of semi-trailer to increase the weight on the driving axle of the vehicle, subject as follows: —
a
the weight corresponding to the load on each axle of the vehicle may exceed the relevant maximum authorised weight by up to 30 per cent. so long as it does not exceed the value stated by the manufacturer for this special purpose;
b
the weight corresponding to the remaining load on the front axle shall remain above zero;
c
the retractable axle or the loadable axle shall be actuated only by a special control device; and
d
after the vehicle has moved off and reached a speed of 30 kms per hour, the axle shall automatically lower again to the ground or be reloaded.
4
Every retractable axle or loadable axle fitted to a vehicle to which these Regulations apply, and any system for its operation, shall be designed and installed in such a manner as to protect it against improper use or tampering.
.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
Larry Whitty
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
7th December 2000


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Commencement and citation
1
This Order may be cited as The A10 Trunk Road (Haringey) Red Route Traffic Order 2000, and shall come into force on 13th March 2000.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
a
a reference to an article or a schedule followed by a number is a reference to the article of, or the schedule to, this Order so numbered;
b
“carriageway” has the same meaning as in section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980 ;
c
causing includes permitting;
d
“disabled person”, “disabled person’s badge” and “disabled person’s vehicle” have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Exemptions for Disabled Persons) (England and Wales) Regulations 1986 , and “relevant position” in relation to a disabled person’s badge has the same meaning as in regulation 2A of those regulations;
e
“the trunk road red route” means the lengths of road specified in column (2) of the table in schedule 1;
f
“vehicle” includes part of a vehicle;
g
an entry in column (3), (4) or (5) of an item in a schedule to this order applies to that column in subsequent items in that schedule;
h
“bus” has the meaning given by regulation 22(2) of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 ;
i
“bus stop” means an area bounded by a traffic sign shown in diagram 1025.1 or 1025.3 in schedule 6 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 which includes the words “bus stop”;
j
“bus stand” means an area bounded by a traffic sign shown in diagram 1025.1 or 1025.3 in schedule 6 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 which includes the words “bus stand”;
k
“London Regional Transport” has the meaning given by the London Regional Transport Act 1984 ; and
l
“pedal cycle” has the same meaning as in regulation 4 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994.
General prohibition of stopping
3
1
Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of this article, and of articles 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, no person shall cause any vehicle to stop in the trunk road red route during the restricted hours.
2
Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this article, and of articles 5(1), 8 and 9, no person shall cause any vehicle to stop at any time in any lengths of the trunk road red route specified in schedule 4.
3
The controls specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this article do not apply in respect of any area of the trunk road red route specified in schedule 2A.
4
In this article “the restricted hours” means, in relation to a length of the trunk road red route specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 1, the hours specified in that item in column (3) of that table.
Exemptions for parking
4
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2B during the hours specified in column (3) in that item for a period not exceeding the period specified in column (4) in that item, provided that not less than the period specified in column (5) in that item has elapsed since the vehicle was last parked on any part of the same length of road.
Miscellaneous exemptions for parking
5
1
Licensed taxi cabs: The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle being used under a licence under section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in schedule 2D.
2
Buses: The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a bus to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2E during the hours specified in column (3) in that item for a period not exceeding the period specified in column (4) in that item, provided that not less than the period specified in column (5) in that item has elapsed since the vehicle was last parked on any part of the same length of road.
3
Doctors' vehicles: The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2F during the hours specified in column (3) in that item, provided that —
a
there is displayed in the windscreen of the vehicle a badge issued by, or with the authority of, the Traffic Director for London to a medical practitioner, and which specifies —
i
the name of the person to whom it was issued, and
ii
the premises in relation to which it applies; and
b
the vehicle was parked by, or with the permission of, the person whose name is specified on the badge and for so long only as the person who parked the vehicle is engaged in work at the premises specified on the badge.
4
Solo motor bicycles: The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a motor bicycle without a side-car to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2G during the hours specified in column (3) in that item.
Exemptions for loading and unloading
6
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle which is being loaded or unloaded to stop at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the tables in schedules 3A and 3B during the hours specified in column (3) in that item for as long as is needed to load or unload the vehicle or 20 minutes, whichever is the less, provided that not less than 20 minutes has elapsed since the vehicle was last parked on any part of the same length of road.
Exemptions for disabled persons
7
1
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a disabled person’s vehicle which displays a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position to park at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2B during the hours specified in column (3) in that item.
2
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a disabled person’s vehicle which displays a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position to park at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2C during the hours specified in column (3) in that item.
3
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a disabled person’s vehicle which displays a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position, and a parking disc on which is shown the time at which the period of parking began, to park at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 3A during the hours specified in column (3) in that item, for a period of up to 3 hours not being a period separated by an interval of less than 1 hour from a previous period when that vehicle was parked in that length of road.
Exemptions at bus stops and stands
8
1
The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing:
a
a bus to stop at a bus stop for as long as may be required to enable passengers to board or alight; or
b
a bus to stop at a bus stop or a bus stand and being used for operational reasons in the course of providing a London bus service (as defined in section 34 of the Transport Act 1985 under an agreement with London Regional Transport or training drivers to allow such a service to be provided.
2
In this article “operational reasons” means:
i
to enable passengers to board and alight;
ii
to enable crew changes to take place;
iii
to maintain the scheduled timetable subject, in the case of a bus stop, to a maximum wait of two minutes.
Other exemptions
9
1
The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle to stop if that person is —
a
required by law to cause the vehicle to stop or not to proceed;
b
obliged to stop the vehicle so as to avoid an accident;
c
prevented from proceeding in the vehicle by circumstances beyond the person’s control;
d
getting or giving help in consequence of an accident or an emergency, or otherwise taking action for public safety;
e
opening or closing a gate or other barrier at the entrance to premises to which the vehicle is being driven or from which it has emerged if it is not reasonably practicable to cause the vehicle to stop elsewhere for the purpose;
f
using the vehicle for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;
g
using the vehicle in connection with the removal of any obstruction to traffic;
h
using the vehicle in connection with the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of any length of road specified in schedule 1;
i
using the vehicle under a licence under section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 to stop for so long only as may be required to enable a passenger to get on or off the vehicle; or
j
using a disabled person’s vehicle which displays a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position to stop for so long only as may be required to enable a disabled person to get on or off the vehicle.
2
The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a vehicle which bears the Royal Mail livery which is waiting at the edge of a carriageway for as long as may be necessary for the purpose of collecting or delivering letters in pursuance of any statutory duty of the Post Office to collect or deliver letters.
3
The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden.
4
The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing a pedal cycle to be parked at a facility specifically provided for the purpose of pedal cycle parking by, or with the consent of, the highway authority.
Revocation or variation of existing Orders
10
The A10 Trunk Road (Haringey) Red Route Experimental Traffic Order 1998 and Haringey (Waiting and Loading Restriction) (Special Parking Area) (No.1) Order 1994 are hereby revoked, in so far as their provisions relate to any part of the trunk road red route.
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State.
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
18th February 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Ashworth, Broadmoor and Rampton Hospital Authorities (Functions and Membership) Amendment Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st October 2000.
Amendment of Regulations
2
In the Ashworth, Broadmoor and Rampton Hospital Authorities (Functions and Membership) Regulations 1996 , in regulation 8 (disqualification for appointment), after paragraph (3) add the following paragraph —
4
A person shall not be disqualified by paragraph (1)(f) from being a non-officer member by virtue of being the chairman or a non-executive director of an NHS trust during the period between the date on which the trust is established and its operational date.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Yvette Cooper
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health,
Department of Health
11th September 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of Kent) (Borough of Tonbridge and Malling) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st September 2000.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
“the 1984 Act ” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 ;
“the 1991 Act ” means the Road Traffic Act 1991; and
“the parking area” means the area designated as a permitted parking area and as a special parking area by article 4 of this Order.
Application
3
This Order applies to the Borough of Tonbridge and Malling with the exception of the following roads:
a
the M2 Motorway for its whole length in the Borough including all its on and off slip roads;
b
the M20 Motorway for its whole length in the Borough including all its on and off slip roads;
c
the M26 Motorway for its whole length in the Borough including all its on and off slip roads;
d
the A21 trunk road for its whole length in the Borough including all its on and off slip roads.
Designation of permitted parking area and special parking area
4
The Secretary of State hereby designates the area to which this Order applies as —
a
a permitted parking area; and
b
a special parking area.
Modification and application of Part II of the 1991 Act
5
Sections 66, 69 to 74, 78, 79 and 82 of, and Schedule 6 to, the 1991 Act shall apply in relation to the parking area and as so applied shall have effect subject to the modfications specified in Schedule 1 to this Order.
Modification of other provisions
6
The 1984 Act shall be modified in relation to the parking area as specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Keith Hill
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
2nd August 2000


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These rules may be cited as the Land Registration (No. 3) Rules 2000.
2
The transitional provisions contained in rule 5 of these rules shall come into force on 25 May 2001 and the remaining rules shall come into force on 28 May 2001.
3
In these rules —
a
“the principal rules” means the Land Registration Rules 1925 ,
b
“the official searches rules” means the Land Registration (Official Searches) Rules 1993
c
“the matrimonial home rights rules” means the Land Registration (Matrimonial Home Rights) Rules 1997 , and
d
a rule referred to by number means the rule so numbered in the principal rules the official searches rules or the matrimonial home rights rules as the case may be.
Amendments to the principal rules
2
1
The principal rules have effect subject to the amendments in Schedule 1 to these rules.
2
Forms AP1, CN1, CT2, DS2, and WCT set out in Schedule 2 to these rules are substituted for the forms so numbered in Schedule 1 to the principal rules.
Amendments to the official searches rules
3
1
The official searches rules have effect subject to the amendments in Schedule 3 to these rules.
2
Forms 94A, 94B and 94C set out in Schedule 4 to these rules are substituted for the forms so numbered in Schedule 1 to the official searches rules.
Amendments to the matrimonial home rights rules
4
1
The matrimonial home rights rules have effect subject to the amendments in Schedule 5 to these rules.
2
Forms MH1, MH2 and MH3 set out in Schedule 6 to these rules are substituted for the forms so numbered in Schedule 1 to the matrimonial home rights rules.
Transitional provisions
5
1
The deemed delivery time and date of:
a
any application for an official search with priority delivered in accordance with the official searches rules after 0930 hours on the day that this rule comes into force; and
b
any application for first registration or for making, modifying, rectifying or cancelling any entry in the register of a registered title delivered to the proper office after 0930 hours on that day
shall be determined in accordance with the principal rules or official searches rules as amended by rules 1 to 4 of these rules.
2
The priority period for any application for an official search with priority lodged before rules 1 to 4 of these rules come into force but which expires on or after that day shall be extended to expire at midnight on the thirtieth day.
3
For the purpose of this rule, “midnight” means the moment before a new day begins.
Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor
Jane Kennedy
Parliamentary Secretary
Lord Chancellor’s Department
6th December 2000


text:
Citation and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (Commencement No. 7, Transitional Provisions and Amendment) Order 2000.
2
In this Order “ the Act ” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999; and “the Receiver” means the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.
Commencement
2
The provisions of the Act specified in the first column of the Schedule shall come into force on 3rd July 2000, where applicable, to the extent specified or subject to the transitional provision made in the second column.
Amendment of earlier commencement order
3
1
The Greater London Authority Act 1999 (Commencement No. 4 and Adaptation) Order 2000 shall be amended as follows.
2
In the second column of Part 3 of the Schedule, opposite the entry for Part IV Chapter XIV , before “in so far as not already in force”, there shall be inserted “with the exception of section 287(2)”.
Lord Steve Bassam
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
21st June 2000


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Citation, commencement and extent
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Amendment (England) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st October 2000.
2
These Regulations extend to England only.
Amendment of Regulations
2
1
The National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1990 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.
2
In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) —
a
after the definition of “the Act” insert —
“approved mental health NHS trust” means an NHS trust whose functions include the provision of high security psychiatric services and other services for mentally ill patients and which is approved for the former purpose by the Secretary of State
; and
b
in the definition of “health service body” , in paragraph (a) after “Special Health Authority” insert “, a Primary Care Trust”.
3
In regulation 2 (maximum number of directors) —
a
at the beginning of paragraphs (1) and (2) insert “Subject to paragraph (3),” and
b
after paragraph (2) insert —
3
In the case of an approved mental health NHS trust —
a
the maximum number of directors of the NHS trust shall be fourteen, excluding the chairman, and
b
the NHS trust shall have no more than seven non-executive directors (excluding the chairman) and no more than seven executive directors.
.
4
In regulation 4 (qualifications for appointments), after paragraph (2) add —
3
The executive directors of an approved mental health NHS trust shall include, in addition to those directors specified in paragraph (1), a chief officer with responsibility for high security psychiatric services.
.
5
In regulation 11 (disqualification for appointment of chairman and non-executive directors) —
a
in paragraph (5) , for the words from “the National Blood Authority” to the end substitute the following —
the National Blood Authority,
the National Health Service Information Authority,
the National Health Service Litigation Authority,
the National Health Service Logistics Authority ,
the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, or
United Kingdom Transplant .
;
b
in paragraph (6) , for “the chairman or a non-executive director of another NHS trust” substitute the following —
the chairman or a non-executive director of another NHS trust; or
the chairman or a non-officer member of the Ashworth Hospital Authority, the Broadmoor Hospital Authority or the Rampton Hospital Authority
;
c
after paragraph (6) insert —
7
A person shall not be disqualified by paragraph (1)(e) from being the chairman or a non-executive director of an NHS trust by virtue of being the chairman or a non-officer member of a Primary Care Trust during the Primary Care Trust’s preparatory period ; and in this paragraph “non-officer member” has the same meaning as in regulation 1(2) of the Primary Care Trusts (Membership, Procedure and Administration Arrangements) Regulations 2000 .
.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Yvette Cooper
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health,
Department of Health
11th September 2000


text:
Citation, commencement and extent
1
These Regulations, which extend to England only, may be cited as the Valuation Tribunals (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 17th March 2000.
Amendment of Regulations
2
The Valuation and Community Charge Tribunals Regulations 1989 are amended as provided in regulations 3 to 6(1).
Interpretation
3
In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)–
a
the definition of “appointing body” is omitted;
b
after the definition of “president” there is inserted–
“relevant authority”, in relation to a vacancy in the membership of a tribunal, means–
in the case of an area in relation to which any of the area changes provisions applies, the authority which, in accordance with the provision in question, would have the power to appoint a member; and
in any other case, the authority which had the power to appoint or to participate in the appointment of the member whose membership has ceased, and for the purposes of this definition–
“the area changes provisions” means —
regulation 3 of the Local Government Changes for England (Valuation and Community Charge Tribunals) Regulations 1996 ;
regulation 4 of the Local Government Changes for England (Valuation and Community Charge Tribunals) Regulations 1997 ; and
regulation 3 of the Local Government Changes for England (Valuation Tribunals) Regulations 1997 ;
.
Membership of tribunals
4
For regulations 4 and 5 there is substituted–
Membership
4
1
The Secretary of State shall determine the number of members of each tribunal.
2
The number of members so determined in relation to a tribunal shall be a multiple of–
a
the sum of any numbers specified in relation to that tribunal in column 4 of Schedule 1 , or,
b
where no number is so specified, the number of authorities specified or described in relation to that tribunal in column 3.
3
An appointment to fill any vacancy in the membership of a tribunal shall be made by the relevant authority and the president of the tribunal.
Appointments: supplementary
5
1
Where at the expiry of 28 days beginning on the day when a vacancy occurs or is created in the membership of a tribunal there has been no appointment made under regulation 4(3), the vacancy may be filled by the Secretary of State after consultation with the president of the tribunal concerned.
2
No appointment under regulation 4(3) shall be valid if its effect would be that the aggregate number of members who–
a
are members of a principal council, and
b
have been appointed by, or (as the case may be) with the participation of, the relevant authority
exceeded the number equal to one third of the total of the number of members the authority concerned is entitled to participate in appointing in pursuance of regulation 4(3).
3
Nothing in paragraph (2) shall be construed as affecting the validity of the appointment of a member who becomes a member of a principal council after his appointment takes effect.
4
In this regulation “principal council” means the council of a district, county or London borough, the Common Council of the City of London and the Council of the Isles of Scilly.
Minor and consequential amendments
5
1
Regulation 6 (duration of membership) is amended as follows:
a
for paragraph (1) there is substituted–
1
Each appointment of a member shall have effect for such period not exceeding six years as the persons making the appointment may specify on making the appointment.
;
b
for paragraph (3) there is substituted–
3
The persons by whom any member was, or fell to be, appointed shall, if so directed by the Secretary of State after consultation with those persons, by notice in writing give that member such period of notice of termination of office under this paragraph as may be so directed.
;
c
in paragraph (3A) for the words from the beginning to “ ceased to exist” there is substituted “Where a member was appointed by a body which has ceased to exist,”;
d
in paragraph (4) for the words “by the appointing body or bodies” there is substituted “by the president, after consultation with the relevant authority”.
2
In paragraph (1) of regulation 9 (disqualification from membership), there is added at the end–
or
f
is an employee or his spouse is an employee of that tribunal
.
3
In Schedule 1 (tribunal membership), for the heading to column 3 there is substituted “relevant authority or authorities”.
Jurisdiction
6
1
Regulation 35 (council tax appeals: jurisdiction) is amended by–
a
the substitution, in paragraph (2) for the words, “subject to paragraph (3)”, of the words “subject to paragraphs (2A) and (3)”; and
b
the insertion, after paragraph (2), of the following–
2A
Where it appears to the president of a tribunal which, but for this paragraph, would deal with an appeal, that by reason of a conflict of interests, or the appearance of such a conflict, it would be inappropriate for an appeal to be dealt with by that tribunal, the Secretary of State shall, on being so notified by the president, appoint another tribunal to deal with that appeal.
.
2
Regulation 17 (jurisdiction: exception) of the Council Tax (Alteration of Lists and Appeals) Regulations 1993 shall be amended by the insertion after paragraph (1) of the following–
1A
Where it appears to the president of the relevant valuation tribunal that by reason of a conflict of interests, or the appearance of such a conflict, it would be inappropriate for an appeal to be dealt with by that tribunal, the Secretary of State shall, on being so notified by the president, appoint another tribunal to deal with that appeal.
.
3
Regulation 32 (jurisdiction: exceptional cases) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Alteration of Lists and Appeals) Regulations 1993 is amended by the insertion after paragraph (1) of the following–
1A
Where it appears to the president of the relevant valuation tribunal that by reason of a conflict of interests, or the appearance of such a conflict, it would be inappropriate for an appeal to be dealt with by that tribunal, the Secretary of State shall, on being so notified by the president, appoint another tribunal to deal with that appeal.
.
Saving
7
Nothing in these Regulations affects an appointment to fill a vacancy in the membership of a valuation tribunal which arises before 1st April 2000.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
18th February 2000


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Citation, commencement, application and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Temporary Exceptions for Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 25th August 2000.
2
These Regulations apply only in relation to England.
3
In these Regulations —
“the 1996 Act ” means the Education Act 1996;
“general direction” and “special direction” means directions given in the circumstances specified in regulation 3(1)(b)(i) or (ii) respectively, and `direction', where used without qualification, means either a general or a special direction or both as the context may require;
“local education authority” means the local education authority by whom the school is maintained;
“maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school which is not established in a hospital;
“operative date” means the date on which a direction comes into force, and “operative period” means the period specified in the direction during which it is to have effect;
“responsible authority” in relation to a pupil, means the local education authority responsible for him for the purposes of Part IV of the 1996 Act (special educational needs); and
references to a head teacher include references to his predecessor in office.
Revocation
2
1
The Education (National Curriculum) (Temporary Exceptions for Individual Pupils) Regulations 1989 (“the 1989 Regulations ”) and regulation 7 of the Education (Transition to New Framework) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1999 , are hereby revoked.
2
Notwithstanding paragraph (1) above, anything done on a date prior to the day before the day on which these Regulations come into force by or in relation to a head teacher under any provision contained in the 1989 Regulations revoked by that paragraph, shall have effect as if done (on that date) under the corresponding provision of these Regulations.
Cases and circumstances in which directions may be given
3
1
Subject to paragraph (2), where the head teacher of a maintained school is of the opinion in the case of any registered pupil at the school that, because of his inability to follow the National Curriculum, it is not for the time being appropriate to offer him the National Curriculum as it would otherwise apply to him, he may give a direction of the kind referred to in regulation 4.
2
A head teacher shall not give a direction if circumstances that give rise to that opinion are indicative of a need for the pupil to be assessed under section 323 of the 1996 Act, with a view to the making or amending of a statement of special education needs in respect of him, unless he has first consulted the local education authority and the responsible authority (if different).
General and special directions
4
1
Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4) below, a direction may direct as respects any registered pupil that the provisions of the National Curriculum —
a
shall not apply; or
b
shall apply with such modifications as may be specified in the direction;
from such operative date and for such operative period as may be so specified.
2
No operative date which is less than one month after the date on which the direction is given may be so specified unless the head teacher is satisfied that it is essential in the interests of the pupil or for other educational reasons that the direction should come into force earlier and he has set out his reasons for forming this opinion in the direction.
3
Subject to paragraph (4) below, the maximum operative period that may be specified in a direction shall be —
a
in the case of a general direction either —
i
a fixed period not exceeding six months; or
ii
a period determinable when the head teacher is satisfied that the circumstances giving rise to the direction no longer apply; and
b
in the case of a special direction either —
i
a period ending when a statement of special educational needs is made in respect of the pupil under section 324 of the 1996 Act or, as the case may be, where such an existing statement is amended under paragraph 9 of Schedule 27 to that Act; or
ii
a period ending not later than one month after the responsible authority give notice to the head teacher that they have determined not to make or, as the case may be, to amend, such a statement in respect of the pupil.
4
In no case shall the operative period of a direction exceed six months, and in the case of any direction falling within paragraph (3)(a)(ii) or (3)(b) above, the direction shall cease to have effect six months from its operative date if it has not already done so but without prejudice to the making of a further direction under regulations 9 to 11.
Form and contents of directions
5
A direction shall be in writing, and shall include brief particulars of —
a
those provisions of the National Curriculum which are to be modified or disapplied;
b
the operative date of the direction and, if that date is less than one month after the date on which the direction is given, the reasons therefor;
c
the operative period of the direction;
d
the reasons for the direction, indicating whether it is general or special;
e
the provision which it is intended should be made for the pupil’s education during the operative period of the direction insofar as it differs from that which would otherwise apply to him;
f
either —
i
in the case of a general direction, the manner in which the head teacher proposes to secure the full implementation in relation to the pupil, after the end of the operative period, of the provisions of the National Curriculum; or
ii
in the case of a special direction, his opinion that the pupil has or probably has special educational needs by virtue of which the responsible authority would be required to determine the special educational provision that should be made for the pupil, and of his reasons therefor; and
g
the right of the parent of the pupil to appeal to the governing body against the direction under section 367 of the 1996 Act.
Information
6
1
The head teacher shall —
a
keep a copy of the direction at the school with any other records relating to the pupil; and
b
send a copy of the direction as soon as possible, and in any event within three days from the date on which it was given, by first-class post to —
i
the chairman of the governing body of the school;
ii
the local education authority;
iii
at least one parent of the pupil as registered at the school, at the address so registered; and
iv
in the case of a special direction, the responsible authority, if that authority is not the authority by whom the school is maintained.
2
In calculating the period of three days referred to in paragraph (1)(b) above, no account shall be taken of Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays or other days on which the school is closed.
3
Where the head teacher has reason to believe that the parent to whom a copy of the direction is to be sent under paragraph (1)(b)(iii) may have difficulty in understanding the direction, he shall take such steps as he considers appropriate, whether by providing a translation of the direction or otherwise, to assist the parent.
Variation and revocation of directions
7
1
A head teacher may vary any direction given by him except so as to extend its operative period if he considers that any provision contained therein by virtue of paragraph (a), (e) or (f)(i) of regulation 5 is no longer appropriate for that pupil.
2
Any such variation shall be by notice in writing, setting out those provisions of the direction which are to be varied and giving brief particulars of the variations and the reasons therefor.
3
A variation to a direction shall not come into force until at least one month after the date on which notice of variation is given unless the head teacher is satisfied that it is essential in the interests of the pupil or for other educational reasons for it to be brought into force earlier and he has set out his reasons for forming this opinion in the notice of variation.
4
Regulation 6 shall apply to a variation of a direction as it applies to a direction.
8
1
Where a head teacher considers that a direction given by him is no longer appropriate for the pupil he may revoke that direction by notice in writing giving brief particulars of —
a
the reasons for the revocation;
b
the date on which the revocation is to take effect; and
c
a description of the manner in which he proposes to secure the full implementation in relation to the pupil of the provisions of the National Curriculum after the direction has ceased to have effect, unless those particulars are unchanged from those contained in the initial direction (if any) except in their timing.
2
Regulation 6 shall apply to a notice revoking a direction as it applies to a direction.
Further directions
9
1
A head teacher who has given a general direction in respect of a pupil may, if he is still of the same opinion for which he gave the original direction, give a further such direction in respect of him for an operative period of not more than six months beginning, as the case may be —
a
immediately after the end of the operative period of the first direction; and
b
immediately after the expiry of a further direction given under sub-paragraph (a) above.
2
Regulation 6 shall apply to a further direction as it applies to a direction.
10
1
Subject to paragraph (3), a head teacher who has given a special direction in respect of a pupil may, if he is still of the same opinion for which he gave the original direction, give a further such direction in respect of him —
a
if a statement of special educational needs has not been made or, as the case may be, amended in respect of the pupil before the end of the operative period of the first direction and the responsible authority have not given notice to the head teacher that they have determined not to make or amend such a statement;
b
if the responsible authority’s decision not to make a statement of special educational needs in respect of the pupil is subject to appeal under section 325 of the 1996 Act at the time that the operative period of the first special direction expires; or
c
if a statement of special educational needs has been made in respect of the pupil but is subject to appeal under section 326 of the 1996 Act at the time that the operative period of the first special direction expires.
2
Any further special direction given under paragraph (1) shall be for an operative period beginning immediately after the expiry of the operative period of the first direction and shall be for an operative period ending not later than one month after the statement of special educational needs has been made or amended, or the appeal disposed of, as the case may be, and in any event that period shall not exceed six months.
3
A further special direction may be given —
a
once, while paragraph (1)(a) applies;
b
once, while paragraph (1)(b) applies; and
c
any number of times while paragraph (1)(c) applies.
4
Regulation 6 shall apply to a further special direction as it applies to a direction.
11
1
A head teacher shall not give a further direction in respect of a pupil which is based on the same reasons as an earlier direction unless it falls within regulation 9 or 10, but may give a further direction based on different reasons.
2
Regulation 6 shall apply to a further direction based on different reasons as it applies to a direction.
Parental requests
12
1
Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a parent of a registered pupil may at any time request the head teacher to give a direction (or a further direction), or to revoke or vary a direction currently in force.
2
Such a request may be made orally or in writing and shall include the reasons for which it is made.
3
The head teacher shall not be obliged to entertain a request to revoke or vary a direction currently in force more than once during each of —
a
the operative period of that direction; and
b
the operative period of any further direction or directions given under regulation 9 or 10.
13
1
The head teacher shall, within two weeks of receiving any such request as is referred to in regulation 12 give, vary or revoke the direction as the case may be or give notice of his decision to refuse to do so in the manner set out in paragraph (2).
2
Where the head teacher’s decision is to refuse to give, vary or revoke the direction, as the case may be, he shall give his reasons therefore, and details of the right of appeal provided by regulation 14, in writing to —
a
the parent who has made the request;
b
the governing body;
c
the local education authority; and
d
in the case of a special direction, the responsible authority (if they are not the local education authority).
3
Regulation 6(3) shall apply to the reasons and details referred to in paragraph (2) as it does to a direction.
14
If the head teacher —
a
fails to give notice of his decision within two weeks of receiving any such request as is referred to in regulation 12; or
b
refuses to give, vary or revoke the direction as the case may be in response to such a request
the parent may appeal to the governing body under section 367 of the 1996 Act.
Jacqui Smith
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
2nd August 2000


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1
These Rules may be cited as the Indictments (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2000 and shall come into force on 15th January 2001.
2
1
The Indictments (Procedure) Rules 1971 shall be amended as follows.
2
In rule 2 —
a
after the entry in respect of “committal proceedings”, there shall be inserted —
“sending for trial” means the sending of a person by a magistrates' court to the Crown Court for trial under section 51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998;
;
b
after the entry in respect of “committal documents” (but before the proviso), after the words “tendered at any committal proceedings”, there shall be inserted:
;
“given documents” means documents given to the Crown Court under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 where a person is sent for trial under section 51 of that Act
; and
c
in the proviso —
i
after the words “committal documents”, there shall be inserted the words “or given documents”; and
ii
after the words “Magistrates' Courts Act 1980”, there shall be inserted “or paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998”.
3
In rule 5(1), after sub-paragraph (c), there shall be inserted the following —
;
where a person is sent for trial under section 51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, within a period of 28 days commencing with the date on which copies of the documents containing the evidence on which the charge or charges are based are served under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to that Act
.
4
In rule 8 —
a
at the end of sub-paragraph (a), the word “and” shall be omitted; and
b
after sub-paragraph (b), there shall be inserted the following:
; and
shall state whether there has been any sending for trial and any application for dismissal under paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, and the result of any such application
.
5
In rule 9 —
a
in paragraph (1), after the words “committal proceedings”, there shall be inserted the words “and no sending for trial”;
b
in paragraph (2) —
i
after the words “accused for trial,”, there shall be inserted “or there has been a sending for trial, and the charge or charges have been withdrawn or dismissed,”;
ii
after the words “committal documents” (on each occasion where they appear), there shall be inserted the words “or given documents”; and
c
in paragraph (3) —
i
after the word “committed”, there shall be inserted the words “or sent”; and
ii
after the words “committal documents” (on each occasion where they appear), there shall be inserted the words “or given documents”.
3
The Indictments (Procedure) (Modification) Rules 1998 are hereby revoked.
Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 20th December 2000


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Teachers' Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2000.
2
Regulations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8(a) and (b), 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 27(b), 28, 29, 30, 34(b) and (c), and 36 shall come into force on 30th March 2000.
3
The remaining provisions of these Regulations shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
4
In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations ” means the Teachers' Pensions Regulations 1997 .
Amendment of Principal Regulations
2
The Principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 36.
3
In regulation A3(1) at the end of sub-paragraph (b) there shall be added the word “or” and after that sub-paragraph there shall be added the following sub-paragraph–
c
is employed by an accepted function provider, within the meaning of regulation B3A(1), in the performance of the functions which it performs on behalf of the local education authority.
.
4
For regulation B1(1) there shall be substituted the following–
1
Subject to paragraphs (2) to (5), regulations B3 and B3A and regulations B4 to B7, a person is in pensionable employment while he is in employment–
a
i
in a capacity described in Schedule 2,
ii
which satisfies every condition and is not within any exception specified in that Schedule in relation to employment in that capacity, and
iii
which is not employment by a function provider, or
b
as a teacher in an accepted school, or
c
as a teacher employed by an accepted function provider in the performance of the functions which it performs on behalf of the local education authority.
.
5
After regulation B3 there shall be inserted the following regulation–
B3A
1
Subject to paragraph (6), a function provider is accepted if the Secretary of State has accepted it for the purposes of this regulation.
2
A function provider may only be accepted if it has made a written application to the Secretary of State.
3
A function provider may only be accepted where there is in force a guarantee, indemnity or bond in a form and amount and provided by a person approved by the Secretary of State which provides for payment to the Secretary of State of all liabilities of the function provider under these Regulations or under the Teachers' Superannuation (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 1994 should the function provider fail to meet them.
4
No function provider need be accepted, but if it is accepted its acceptance takes effect as from such date as may be agreed between the function provider and the Secretary of State.
5
A function provider which has been accepted will cease to be so from such date as the Secretary of State may specify in a written notice given to it by him.
6
Such notice may be given if–
a
the guarantee, indemnity or bond referred to in paragraph (3) ceases to be in force,
b
in respect of the function provider–
i
a proposal for a voluntary arrangement has been made or approved under Part 1 of the 1986 Act ,
ii
a petition for an administration order has been presented, or an administration order made under Part II of the 1986 Act,
iii
a receiver, manager, or administrative receiver has been appointed under Part III of the 1986 Act,
iv
a winding-up petition has been presented, a winding-up order has been made or a resolution for voluntary winding-up has been passed under Part IV or Part V of the 1986 Act, or
v
notice has been received by it that it may be struck off the register of companies or an application to strike it off has been made under Part XX of the 1985 Act , or
c
the function provider has–
i
made a written application to the Secretary of State for it to cease to be accepted,
ii
failed to pay or remit contributions (whether under these Regulations or under the Teachers' Superannuation (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 1994 ) to the Secretary of State, or
iii
failed to comply with regulation H3 (records and information) or any other provision of these Regulations relating to pensionable employment.
7
The function provider shall inform the Secretary of State immediately upon the occurrence of any of the events referred to in paragraph (6)(b).
8
A function provider which performs functions on behalf of more than one local education authority or on behalf of the same authority under separate contracts may only be accepted by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this regulation in relation to each such authority and contract separately and the foregoing provisions of this regulation shall apply accordingly.
.
6
In regulation B4 at the beginning of paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the words “Subject to regulation B7,”.
7
After regulation B6 there shall be inserted the following regulation–
Further employment — election made on or after 1st April 2000
B7
1
A person who is entitled to be paid a teacher’s pension, including cases where the annual rate of pension has been reduced to zero in accordance with regulation E14 (abatement of retirement pension during further employment) and is in employment of a kind referred to in regulation B1(1), is in pensionable employment if subject to paragraphs (2) to (7) he has made an election under this regulation on or after 1st April 2000.
2
An election under this regulation–
a
may be made at any time by giving written notice to the Secretary of State,
b
may not be made without the consent of the employer in the case of employment in a capacity described in Part II of Schedule 2 other than employment described in paragraphs 16, 21, 22 or 24, and
c
has effect as from the first day of the month after that in which notice was given or, provided that the payment of contributions payable under regulations C3B and G8(9) are paid, such earlier date as the employer agrees.
3
The earlier date referred to in paragraph (2)(c) may not be a date before 1st April 2000 or the date on which the further employment commenced, if after 1st April 2000.
4
Subject to paragraph (5), a person who is entitled to payment of retirement benefits by virtue of regulation E4(3) or (4) otherwise than in respect of further employment which is pensionable by virtue of this regulation, who ceases to be incapacitated and who is in employment of a kind referred to in B1(1) shall be in pensionable employment without an election under this regulation, regulation B1 or regulation B6.
5
a
any previous election made by the person under regulations B1(2), B1(4), B5(1) or B6(1) in relation to employment of a kind mentioned in those regulations shall continue to have effect in relation to such further employment and any subsequent such further employment, but
b
if he has not previously made any such election, further employment of a kind mentioned in regulations B1(2), B1(4) or B6(1) shall not be pensionable unless he makes an election under the appropriate regulation.
6
Subject to paragraph (7) an election under this regulation has effect in relation to any subsequent employment.
7
When regulation E4(2), (3), (4), (5) or (5A) applies, an election under this regulation shall cease to have effect–
a
on the day after the end of the person’s employment where he is in pensionable or excluded employment at the time of the application for benefits under regulation E33, or
b
on the date of the application for benefits under regulation E33 where the person is not in employment at the time of the application,
and any subsequent period of further employment is not pensionable unless the person makes a fresh election under this regulation.
.
8
In regulation C2–
a
there shall be inserted at the beginning of paragraph (1) the words “ Subject to paragraph (12)”, and
b
in paragraph (4) for the words–
RE is the retail prices index for the month in which the election was made.
there shall be substituted–
RE is the retail prices index for the month in which the salary was reduced.
, and
c
after paragraph (11) there shall be inserted the following paragraph–
12
Paragraph (1) shall not apply where a person is in pensionable employment by virtue of regulation B7.
.
9
After regulation C3A there shall be inserted the following regulation–
Contributions where an election under regulation B7 is to take effect from an earlier date
C3B
1
This regulation applies where–
a
a person has elected under regulation B7 that his further employment should be pensionable, and
b
his employer has agreed under regulation B7(2)(c) that the election should have effect from a date earlier than the first day of the month after that in which the notice was given.
2
Where this regulation applies the person shall–
a
pay the contributions calculated in accordance with regulation C3(1) and treated as due on the last day of each month for the period starting with such earlier date and ending immediately before the first day of the month after that in which the notice was given, and
b
pay interest on each such contribution at 7% per annum, compounded with monthly rests from the 8th day after the end of the month in which that contribution was due to the date of its payment.
.
10
In regulation C4(1)(a) after “pensionable employment” there shall be inserted the words “otherwise than by virtue of regulation B7”.
11
In regulation C5(1)(a) after “pensionable employment” there shall be inserted the words “otherwise than by virtue of regulation B7”.
12
In regulation C9(1) for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph–
a
before attaining the age of 60 has ceased, otherwise than by virtue of an election under regulation B5, to be in employment which is pensionable otherwise than by virtue of regulation B7.
.
13
In regulation C16(1)(a) after “pensionable employment” there shall be inserted the words “otherwise than by virtue of regulation B7”.
14
In regulation C18 there shall be inserted after paragraph (1) the following paragraph–
1A
The employer of a person in pensionable employment by virtue of an election made under regulation B7 who has agreed under regulation B7(2)(c) that the election should have effect from a date earlier than the first day of the month after that in which the notice was given, shall collect the contributions and interest payable under regulation C3B no later than 6 weeks after the date on which such agreement was given; and the remaining paragraphs of this regulation do not apply to the sums collected under this paragraph.
.
15
After regulation E1 there shall be inserted the following regulation–
Residual liability for guaranteed minimum pensions and for section 9(2B) rights
E1A
1
This regulation applies where–
a
a person has exercised his right to a cash equivalent,
b
the other occupational pension scheme or personal pension scheme into which he has transferred or is in the course of transferring his cash equivalent is not willing or able to accept the cash equivalent of his guaranteed minimum pension or section 9(2B) rights, and
c
he has not transferred the cash equivalent of his guaranteed minimum pension or section 9(2B) rights into a policy described in section 19(4)(a) of the 1993 Act or a separate personal pension scheme.
2
Where this regulation applies the person is entitled–
a
to a pension at a weekly rate equal to his guaranteed minimum from the date on which he attains state pensionable age,
b
to a lump sum and a pension in respect of his section 9(2B) rights from the date on which he attains the age of 60,
or to both.
.
16
In regulation E3 after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph–
2A
If the person was in pensionable employment by virtue of regulation B7, any period of 1 year in such employment is an appropriate qualifying period.
.
17
In regulation E4–
a
after paragraph (5) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs–
5A
In case E the person–
a
has attained the age of 55,
b
has ceased on or after 30th March 2000 and before attaining the age of 60 to be in pensionable employment or excluded employment, and
c
is not within Case C or Case D,
and the conditions specified in paragraph (5B) are satisfied.
5B
Those conditions are–
a
where the person has a guaranteed minimum pension in respect of employment before 6th April 1997, or an equivalent pension benefit relating to employment undertaken during the period starting on 3rd April 1961 and ending on 5th April 1975 (or both) that the annual rate of the person’s retirement benefits in the opinion of the Government Actuary is equal to or exceeds the equivalent pension benefit or the value of the guaranteed minimum pension (or if both the aggregate), and
b
where, at the time of the application for payment of benefits under regulation E33, the person was in pensionable employment (otherwise than by virtue of regulation B7) or excluded employment that–
i
the person’s employer has consented to the application, or
ii
6 months have elapsed since the date on which the person requested his employer to give consent and such consent has not been given.
.
b
after paragraph (9) there shall be inserted the following paragraph–
9A
In Case E the entitlement takes effect–
a
where, at the time of the application for benefits under regulation E33, the person was in pensionable employment or excluded employment, as from the day after the end of the employment, and
b
in any other case on a date determined by the person making the application for benefits under regulation E33 being a date no earlier than 6 weeks after the date of such application.
.
18
In regulation E5–
a
for paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–
3
Subject to paragraphs (4) to (6), where–
a
a person who has become entitled to payment of retirement benefits by virtue of regulation E4(5) has ceased to be in pensionable employment or excluded employment on or after 1st September 1997, or
b
a person has become entitled to payment of retirement benefits by virtue of regulation E4(5A),
the annual rate of the person’s retirement pension shall be the annual rate of such pension calculated in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) and, where appropriate, regulation E7 or E9 (but disregarding the effect of regulation E10) multiplied by the appropriate factor.
,
b
in paragraph (4) after the words “does not apply where” there shall be inserted “in the case of a person who falls within paragraph (3)(a)”, and
c
at the beginning of paragraph (5) for the word “If” there shall be substituted “Where the person falls within paragraph (3)(a) and”.
19
In regulation E6–
a
for paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–
3
Subject to paragraph (4), where–
a
a person who has become entitled to the payment of retirement benefits by virtue of regulation E4(5) has ceased to be in pensionable or excluded employment on or after 1st September 1997, or
b
a person has become entitled to payment of retirement benefits by virtue of regulation E4(5A),
the amount of the person’s retirement lump sum shall be the amount calculated in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) multiplied by the appropriate factor.
, and
b
in paragraph (4) after “does not apply where” there shall be inserted the words “in the case of a person who falls within paragraph (3)(a)”.
20
In regulation E8–
a
for sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph–
a
i
where his pensionable employment terminates before 1st April 2000, he had completed periods of the kinds described in Schedule 8 totalling at least 5 years, excluding any contributions refund period, or
ii
where his pensionable employment terminates on or after 1st April 2000, he had completed periods of the kinds described in Schedule 8 totalling at least 2 years, excluding any contributions refund period, and
, and
b
in paragraph (3)(b) for the words “his 65th birthday” there shall be substituted–
his 65th, or, if he is entitled to retirement benefits by virtue of regulation E4(5A) and subsequently becomes entitled to retirement benefits by virtue of regulation E4(4) with reference to his reckonable service in further employment which is pensionable by virtue of an election under regulation B7, his 60th birthday.
.
21
In regulation E13 for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–
1
This regulation applies where a person’s entitlement to payment of a teacher’s pension by virtue of regulation E4(4) took effect on or after 1st April 1997 under regulation E4(8) of these Regulations or regulation E4(9) of the 1988 Regulations and–
a
he takes up employment on or after 30th March 2000 in a capacity described in Schedule 2 or as a teacher in an accepted school or with an accepted function provider, or
b
otherwise ceases to be incapacitated.
.
22
In regulation E14 –
a
at the beginning of paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the words “ Subject to paragraph (1B)”,
b
at the end of paragraph (1) there shall be added the words “in each case being employment of a kind referred to in regulation B1(1) commencing before 1st April 2000.”,
c
after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs–
1A
Subject to paragraph (1B), this regulation applies while a person who has become entitled to payment of a teacher’s pension is employed in pensionable employment, comparable British service, or employment–
a
which would have been pensionable employment but for his–
i
having attained the age of 70,
ii
not having made any election under regulation B7, and
b
in each case being employment of a kind referred to in regulation B1(1) commencing on or after 1st April 2000.
1B
This regulation shall not apply in respect of a pension (or a part of a pension) to which a person is entitled by virtue of regulation E4(5A).
.
23
In regulation E15–
a
in paragraph (1)(b) after “pensionable employment” there shall be inserted the words “otherwise than by virtue of an election under regulation B7”, and
b
at the end of paragraph (7) there shall be added the following words–
save that where the person ceases to be in further employment on or after 1st April 2000 and is entitled to payment of retirement benefits under sub-paragraph (3)(b), he shall upon attaining the age of 55 become entitled to retirement benefits multiplied by the appropriate factor.
.
24
After regulation E15 there shall be inserted the following regulation–
Retirement benefits on cessation of further employment where an election under regulation B7 has been made
E15A
1
This regulation applies–
a
to a person who has been in further employment which is pensionable by virtue of an election under regulation B7 for the appropriate qualifying period under regulation E3(2A), and
b
where such employment has ceased.
2
Such a person becomes entitled to payment of retirement benefits in accordance with paragraphs (3) to (7) by reference to his reckonable service in the further employment.
3
Where regulation E4(2) or (3) applies, subject to paragraph (7), a person’s entitlement to retirement benefits takes effect–
a
where, at the time of the application for benefits under regulation E33 the person was in pensionable or excluded employment, as from the day after the end of the employment, and
b
in any other case on a date determined by the person making the application for benefits under regulation E33 being a date no earlier than 6 weeks after the date of such application.
4
Where regulation E4(4) applies, subject to paragraph (7), a person’s entitlement to retirement benefits takes effect in accordance with regulation E4(8).
5
Where regulation E4(5) applies, subject to paragraph (7), a person’s entitlement to retirement benefits takes effect in accordance with regulation E4(9).
6
Where regulation E4(5A) applies, subject to paragraph (7), a person’s entitlement to retirement benefits takes effect in accordance with regulation E4(9A).
7
Where a person ceases to be in further employment which is pensionable by virtue of regulation B7 (“the earlier further employment”) and he subsequently enters further employment without making an application for benefits under regulation E33 in respect of the earlier further employment, he cannot make such an application during any period of subsequent further employment.
.
25
In regulation E20–
a
at the end of paragraph (1)(c) there shall be inserted the word “or ”, and
b
after paragraph (1)(c) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph–
d
was on unpaid maternity leave or parental leave,
.
26
In regulation E21–
a
in paragraph (2) for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs–
a
the person became entitled to retirement benefits before 1st April 2000,
b
at least 10 years' reckonable service was taken into account in calculating the person’s retirement benefits, and
c
the total of the amounts paid in respect of them is less than his average salary,
,
b
in paragraph (3) for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs–
a
the person’s entitlement to retirement benefits takes effect under regulation E4(7), (8) or (9) before 1st April 2000,
b
less than 10 years' reckonable service was taken into account in calculating the person’s retirement benefits, and
c
the amount paid in respect of his retirement pension is less than 5 times the annual rate at which it was payable when he died,
and
c
there shall be inserted after paragraph (3) the following paragraph–
3A
If–
a
the person’s entitlement to retirement benefits takes effect under regulation E4(7), (8), (9) or (9A) on or after 1st April 2000, and
b
the amount paid in respect of his retirement pension is less than 5 times the annual rate at which it was payable when he died,
a supplementary death grant equal to that deficiency or, where regulation E5(3) applies for the calculation of retirement benefits, equal to that deficiency multiplied by the appropriate factor, may be paid.
.
27
In regulation E22–
a
after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph–
1A
Where a person has further employment which is pensionable by virtue of regulation B7, in calculating the benefits payable under regulations E24 to E30, that further employment shall not be taken into account but those regulations shall apply to further employment which is pensionable by virtue of regulation B7 as it applies to any other pensionable employment.
, and
b
for sub-paragraph (a) in paragraph (5) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph–
a
his legitimate or illegitimate child born during his lifetime or within 12 months of the date of his death or his adopted child, or
.
28
In regulation E31,
a
in paragraph (3)(c) for “a transfer value has been accepted” there shall be substituted “a transfer value has not been paid”, and
b
in paragraph (11) for “an election is made under regulation G8(3) to pay” there shall be inserted “his employer makes an election under regulation G8(3) and pays”.
29
In regulation F1 for paragraph (4) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–
4
Subject to paragraph (4A) a transfer value shall not be paid in respect of a person who, when the application was received, had become entitled under regulation E4 to payment of retirement benefits or under regulation E16 or E17 respectively to a short-service annuity or incapacity grant and for the purposes of this paragraph, a person who is entitled to payment of such benefits includes a person who has not applied for payment of them.
4A
A transfer value shall be paid if–
a
the employment in which the person has become subject to the receiving scheme is comparable British service, and
b
he entered it–
i
immediately after ceasing to be in pensionable employment, or
ii
on or before his 60th birthday, and
c
he has not applied for payment of any benefit.
.
30
After paragraph F1 there shall be added the following regulation–
Bulk Transfers
F1A
1
This regulation applies where as the result of a transfer of undertakings to a new employer a person or a goup of persons is no longer in pensionable employment of a kind referred to in regulation B1(1), and either has joined or is entitled to join the new employer’s pension scheme (“the receiving scheme”) referred to below as a “bulk transfer”.
2
Subject to regulation F1(4) a transfer value may be calculated by the Secretary of State, after taking advice from the Government Actuary, in respect of a person who has made a written application to the Secretary of State for such a transfer within 3 months of the date on which he was notified of the opportunity to take part in the bulk transfer arrangement.
3
Such transfer value may be paid to the receiving scheme on the person’s being subject to that scheme.
.
31
In regulation G5 in paragraph (2) for “next following the date of the first report made under regulation G4, is (A − 6) + B − C” there shall be substituted the words “starting on the 1st April 2000, is ((A − 6) + (B − C) + 0.2”.
32
In regulation G8 there shall be inserted after paragraph (8) the following paragraph–
9
Where regulation C3B applies the employer of the person in pensionable employment shall–
a
pay contributions calculated in accordance with regulation G5 and treated as due on the last day of each month for the period starting with the earlier date agreed under regulation B7(2)(c) and ending immediately before the first day of the month after that in which the notice was given,
b
pay interest on such contributions which have accrued at 7% per annum compounded with monthly rests from the 8th day after the end of the month in which the contributions were due to the date of payment of the contributions, and
c
pay such contributions and interest together with the amounts collected under regulation C18(1A) to the Secretary of State no later than 6 weeks after the date on which the employer gave his agreement under regulation B7(2)(c).
.
33
In regulation H1(1) at the end of sub-paragraph (e) there shall be added the word “and” and after that sub-paragraph there shall be added the following sub-paragraph–
f
where he is not now in pensionable employment by virtue of regulation B7,
.
34
In Schedule 1–
a
for the definition of “Entitled” there shall be substituted the following definition–
“Entitled” Save where expressly provided otherwise in these Regulations any reference to a person entitled to payment of retirement benefits shall be construed:
as a reference to a person who has made an application for payment of those benefits under regulation E33 where the person–
has not yet attained the age of 60, or
regardless of his age has ceased to be in further employment which is pensionable by virtue of an election under regulation B7, and
in all other cases, as including a reference to a person who has not applied for payment of such benefits.
;
b
for the definition of “Full-time” there shall be substituted the following definition–
“Full-time” Employment is “full-time” if the contract so describes it (whether expressly or otherwise) and requires the employee to work for the whole of the working week.
;
c
the following definitions shall be added at the appropriate places in alphabetical order–
i
“the 1985 Act” The Companies Act 1985 .
ii
“the 1986 Act” The Insolvency Act 1986 .
iii
“Function provider” A body corporate (other than another local education authority) performing functions on behalf of a local education authority.
,
iv
“Maternity leave” Leave within the meaning of Part II of the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999
,
v
“Parental leave” Leave within the meaning of Part III of the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999.
,
vi
“Section 9(2B) rights” Rights (other than rights attributable to voluntary contributions within the meaning of section 111 of the 1993 Act) which are attributable to an earner’s service (within the meaning of sections 3, 4 and 112 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ) on or after 6th April 1997 in employment which is contracted-out in accordance with section 9(2B) of the 1993 Act .
,
vii
“Transfer of undertakings” The meaning given by the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 .
35
In Schedule 2–
a
in paragraph 24 there shall be added at the appropriate places in alphabetical order the following–
i
“the Macmillan Institute of Education”,
ii
“a body affiliated to the National Open College Network”,
iii
“the Pestalozzi Children’s Village Trust”,
b
in paragraph 24–
i
for “Associated Examining Board” there shall be substituted “the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance”,
c
in paragraph 26–
i
there shall be added at the appropriate place in alphabetical order “ the International School of Hamburg (Germany)”, and
ii
for “St George’s English School, Rome (Italy)” there shall be substituted “ St George’s British International School, Rome (Italy)”.
36
In Schedule 9 for Tables 1 to 4 (Early Retirement Factors) there shall be substituted the following tables–
TABLE 1
EARLY RETIREMENT FACTORS — PENSIONS
Age Complete months 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Complete years
50 0.580 0.582 0.584 0.587 0.589 0.591 0.593 0.595 0.598 0.600 0.602 0.604 51 0.606 0.609 0.611 0.614 0.616 0.619 0.621 0.623 0.626 0.628 0.631 0.633 52 0.635 0.638 0.641 0.643 0.646 0.649 0.651 0.654 0.657 0.659 0.662 0.665 53 0.667 0.670 0.673 0.676 0.679 0.682 0.685 0.688 0.691 0.694 0.697 0.700 54 0.703 0.706 0.709 0.713 0.716 0.719 0.723 0.726 0.729 0.733 0.736 0.739 55 0.742 0.746 0.750 0.753 0.757 0.761 0.764 0.768 0.771 0.775 0.779 0.782 56 0.786 0.790 0.794 0.798 0.802 0.806 0.810 0.813 0.817 0.821 0.825 0.829 57 0.833 0.837 0.842 0.846 0.850 0.854 0.859 0.863 0.867 0.871 0.876 0.880 58 0.884 0.889 0.893 0.898 0.903 0.907 0.912 0.917 0.921 0.926 0.930 0.935 59 0.940 0.945 0.950 0.955 0.960 0.965 0.970 0.975 0.980 0.985 0.990 0.995
TABLE 2
EARLY RETIREMENT FACTORS — LUMP SUMS
Age Complete months 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Complete years
50 0.712 0.714 0.716 0.718 0.720 0.722 0.724 0.726 0.728 0.730 0.732 0.734 51 0.736 0.738 0.740 0.742 0.744 0.747 0.749 0.751 0.753 0.755 0.757 0.759 52 0.761 0.764 0.766 0.768 0.770 0.772 0.774 0.777 0.779 0.781 0.783 0.785 53 0.788 0.790 0.792 0.794 0.797 0.799 0.801 0.803 0.806 0.808 0.810 0.812 54 0.815 0.817 0.819 0.822 0.824 0.826 0.829 0.831 0.834 0.836 0.838 0.841 55 0.843 0.845 0.848 0.850 0.853 0.855 0.857 0.860 0.862 0.865 0.867 0.870 56 0.872 0.875 0.877 0.880 0.882 0.885 0.887 0.890 0.892 0.895 0.897 0.900 57 0.902 0.905 0.907 0.910 0.913 0.915 0.918 0.921 0.923 0.926 0.928 0.931 58 0.934 0.936 0.939 0.942 0.944 0.947 0.950 0.953 0.955 0.958 0.961 0.963 59 0.966 0.969 0.972 0.975 0.977 0.980 0.983 0.986 0.989 0.992 0.994 0.997
TABLE 3
EARLY RETIREMENT FACTORS — PENSIONS: CERTAIN NHS TRANSFEREES
Age Complete months 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Complete years
50 0.781 0.784 0.787 0.790 0.793 0.796 0.799 0.802 0.805 0.808 0.811 0.814 51 0.817 0.820 0.823 0.827 0.830 0.833 0.836 0.840 0.843 0.846 0.849 0.853 52 0.856 0.859 0.863 0.867 0.870 0.874 0.877 0.881 0.885 0.888 0.892 0.895 53 0.899 0.903 0.907 0.911 0.915 0.919 0.923 0.927 0.931 0.935 0.939 0.943 54 0.947 0.951 0.956 0.960 0.964 0.969 0.973 0.978 0.982 0.987 0.991 0.996
TABLE 4
EARLY RETIREMENT FACTORS––LUMP SUMS: CERTAIN NHS TRANSFEREES
Age Complete months 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Complete years
50 0.843 0.845 0.847 0.850 0.852 0.855 0.857 0.860 0.862 0.864 0.867 0.869 51 0.872 0.874 0.877 0.879 0.882 0.884 0.887 0.889 0.892 0.895 0.897 0.900 52 0.902 0.905 0.907 0.910 0.913 0.915 0.918 0.920 0.923 0.926 0.928 0.931 53 0.934 0.936 0.939 0.942 0.944 0.947 0.950 0.953 0.955 0.958 0.961 0.963 54 0.966 0.969 0.972 0.975 0.977 0.980 0.983 0.986 0.989 0.992 0.994 0.997
Malcolm Wicks
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
6th March 2000
We consent
Bob Ainsworth
Greg Pope
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
8th March 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Community Drivers' Hours (Passenger and Goods Vehicles) (Temporary Exception) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 2nd October 2000.
Amendment of Regulations
2
1
For regulaton 2 of the Community Drivers' Hours (Passenger and Goods Vehicles) (Temporary Exception) Regulations 2000 there shall be substituted the following regulation:
2
1
Pursuant to Article 13(2) of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No. 3820/85 of 20th December 1985 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport , until 6th October 2000 any time spent driving a tanker to meet exceptional circumstances occasioned by the disruption of fuel supplies in Great Britain or the effects or consequences of such exceptional circumstances shall not be taken into account for the purposes of the application of Article 6, 8(3), 8(4) or 8(5) of that Regulation.
2
In paragraph (1) above “tanker” means a road tanker, as defined in regulation 2 of the Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) and Use of Transportable Pressure Receptacles Regulations 1996 , which is being used for the carriage of petroleum products.
.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Gus Macdonald
Minister of State
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
27th September 2000


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the London Borough of Greenwich (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.
2
This Order shall come into force —
a
for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 2nd May 2002, on 10th October 2001;
b
for all other purposes, on 2nd May 2002.
3
In this Order —
“borough” means the London borough of Greenwich;
“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and
any reference to the map is a reference to the map prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the London Borough of Greenwich (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 .
Wards of the London borough of Greenwich
2
1
The existing wards of the borough shall be abolished.
2
The borough shall be divided into seventeen wards which shall bear the names set out in the Schedule.
3
The wards shall comprise the areas designated on the map by reference to the names of the wards and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be three.
4
Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
Revocation
3
The London Borough of Greenwich (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Beverley Hughes
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
20th July 2000


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Title and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Stage I) Designation Order 2000 and shall come into force on 5th December 2000.
Interpretation
2
1
In this Order —
“agreement” means an agreement made under section 18(3) of the Agriculture Act 1986 as respects agricultural land in any of the areas designated by article 3 and Part 1 of the relevant Schedule, whether made before or after the coming into force of this Order;
“capital activity” means an activity specified in Part 2 of the relevant Schedule;
“conservation plan” means a plan incorporated into an agreement for the carrying out of one or more capital activities within a specified period;
“cultivated land” means land which is regularly ploughed or otherwise cultivated or that is regularly treated with fertilizers;
“grassland” means land on which the vegetation consists primarily of grass species;
“management activity” means an activity specified in Part 3 of the relevant Schedule;
“Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;
“public access route” means a strip of land which is the subject of an agreement and to which access is given to the public;
“woodland” means land used for woodland where that use is ancillary to the farming of land for other agricultural purposes.
2
In this Order, any reference to an article or Schedule is to an article of, or Schedule to, this Order, and a reference to “the relevant Schedule” means Schedule 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 as the case may be.
3
Part IV of the relevant Schedule shall have effect for the purpose of interpreting Parts II and III thereof.
Designation of Stage I environmentally sensitive areas
3
There are hereby designated as environmentally sensitive areas the areas of land described in Part 1 of Schedules 1 to 5.
Matters in respect of which payments may be made
4
Payments to be made by the Minister under an agreement may be made in respect of a capital activity or a management activity.
Rates of payment
5
1
In the case of a management activity, payments to be made by the Minister under an agreement shall not exceed the rate specified in respect of that activity in column 2 of Part 3 of the relevant Schedule.
2
Any works which form part of an activity which constitutes both a management activity and a capital activity may by virtue of an agreement be eligible for payment either as part of a management activity or as part of a capital activity, but the agreement, together with any conservation plan incorporated in it, shall not provide for payment to be made on both such bases in respect of the same works.
Revocation of existing legislation
6
1
Subject to paragraph (2), the Orders are revoked.
2
The Orders, including (so far as relevant) any saving provisions they contain, shall continue to apply in relation to payments to a farmer in respect of a relevant activity which relates, wholly or in part, to any period before 1st May 2000.
3
In this article, “the Orders” means the Orders specified in Schedule 6 to this Order and “relevant activity” means any activity in respect of which the Orders, either in terms or by reference to any other Order, specify a payment rate or maximum payment rate in pounds sterling per hectare per annum.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
9th November 2000
We consent,
Jim Dowd and Clive Betts
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
13 November 2000


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1
This Order may be cited as the A421 Trunk Road (Marsh Leys Improvement) (Trunking) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 19th May 2000.
2
In this Order, all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway.
2
The highway described in the Schedule to this Order shall become a trunk road from the date when this Order comes into force.
3
The centre line of the new trunk road is indicated by a heavy black line on the site plan in the folio numbered HA10/PS/234 marked “The A421 Trunk Road (Marsh Leys Improvement) (Trunking) Order 2000”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Highways Agency, St Christopher House, Southwark Street, London SE1 0TE.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
W.S.C. Wadrup
A Divisional Director in the Highways Agency
5th April, 2000


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1
This Order may be cited as the Designs (Convention Countries) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 14th July 2000.
2
The countries specified in the Schedule to this Order are convention countries for the purposes of all of the provisions of the Registered Designs Act 1949.
3
The Designs (Convention Countries) Order 1994 shall be amended by the insertion in Schedule 1 thereto of the countries specified in the Schedule to this Order in proper alphabetical order.
A.K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council


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Citation, commencement and extent
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Relocation Grants (Form of Application) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 3rd April 2000.
2
These Regulations extend to England only.
Amendments
2
The form set out in the Schedule to the Relocation Grants (Form of Application) Regulations 1997 is amended as specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Application
3
These Regulations shall not have effect in relation to applications for a grant made before 3rd April 2000.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Nick Raynsford
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
2nd March 2000


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Citation and Interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (Commencement No 7) Order 2000.
2
In this Order “the 1998 Act ” means the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998.
Provision coming into force
2
Section 15 of the 1998 Act shall come into force on 15th August 2000.
Jacqui Smith
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
10th August 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Time Off for Public Duties (No. 2) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 5th October 2000.
Time off: the General Teaching Councils
2
1
Section 50(9) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 shall be modified as follows.
2
Omit the word “or” after paragraph (g).
3
After paragraph (h), insert —
i
the General Teaching Council for England, or
j
the General Teaching Council for Wales.
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Jacqui Smith
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
11th September 2000