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Citation and commencement
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This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Western Southern Uplands) Designation Order 1993 and shall come into force on 6th May 1993.
Interpretation
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In this Order–
“agreement” means an agreement under section 18(3) of the Agriculture Act 1986 as regards land in the area designated by article 3;
“amenity woodland” means small scale woodland planted and maintained primarily for improvement of the landscape;
“conservation plan” means a layout plan (or plans) which categorises all the land on the farm, identifies areas subject to specific management measures and indicates the lines or sites of features to be protected or maintained and an attached (written) statement which outlines the specific management measures to be taken to protect or enhance the areas identified in the plan (or plans);
“enclosed land” means agricultural land enclosed by fences, hedges, walls or dykes for the closely controlled grazing of livestock, cropping or the maintenance of farm woodland;
“farm business” means a business or part of a business which engages in agricultural production for the purposes of trade;
“farmer” means a person who has an interest in agricultural land in the area designated by article 3 and who has entered into an agreement with the Secretary of State;
“grazing plan” means a written description of the time, duration and density at which livestock will be permitted access to grazing land and the action required to achieve such access;
“heather moorland” means areas of land in which heather ( calluna vulgaris ) and other dwarf shrubs (including bell heather ( erica cinerea ), cross-leaved heath ( erica tetralix ), crowberry ( empetrum nigrum ), blaeberry ( vaccinium myrtillus ), bog myrtle ( myrica gale )) occur throughout the vegetation;
“make muirburn” has the same meaning as in section 39(1)(f) of the Hill Farming Act 1946( );
“native woodland” means self-seeded woodland of native species or woodland derived from an originally naturally occurring woodland;
“overgrazing” means a deterioration in the condition of heather and/or other dwarf shrubs associated with moorland vegetation which has been caused by too high a level of grazing either throughout the whole year or at certain vulnerable times of the year;
“regenerate” means to perpetuate vegetation through self-seeding or vegetative growth;
“reverted improved land” means land, previously improved by agricultural management operations which, from an agricultural viewpoint, has degenerated and is now showing significant presence of plant species indicative of unimproved grassland;
“rough grazings” means land containing semi-natural vegetation including heathland, heather moorland, bog and rough grassland used or suitable for use as grazing;
“scrub” means low growing woody vegetation;
“stone buchts and fanks” means small enclosures formed by drystane dykes used to gather or shelter stock;
“unimproved pasture” means land used for grazing or mowing which is not normally treated with mineral fertiliser or lime and does not constitute rough grazing;
“upland vegetation” means vegetation types other than heather moorland which occur within the rough grazings;
“water margins” means an area of ground bordering an area of still or flowing water;
“wetlands” means any ground which is normally saturated with water.
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Any reference in this Order to a numbered article shall be construed as a reference to the article bearing that number in this Order.
Designation of Environmentally Sensitive Area
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There is hereby designated as an Environmentally Sensitive Area that area of the Western Southern Uplands partly within the Cumnock and Doon Valley and the Kyle and Carrick Districts of Strathclyde Region and partly within the Nithsdale, Wigtown and Stewartry Districts of Dumfries and Galloway Region and which area is shown delineated red and coloured pink on the map marked “Environmentally Sensitive Area–Western Southern Uplands” dated 30th March 1993 and signed on behalf of the Secretary of State for Scotland and deposited at the offices of the Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department, Pentland House, Robb’s Loan, Edinburgh.
Requirements to be included in agreement
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An agreement shall include the requirements specified in the Schedule to this Order as to agricultural practices, methods and operations and the installation and use of equipment.
Provisions as to breach of requirements to be included in agreement
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An agreement shall include provision that–
a
in the event of a breach by the farmer of the requirements referred to in article 4, the Secretary of State may give the farmer notice in writing terminating the agreement forthwith and may recover from the farmer an amount equivalent to the payments made by the Secretary of State under the agreement or such part thereof as the Secretary of State may specify; and
b
any question arising under an agreement as to whether there has been a breach of any of the requirements referred to in article 4 shall be referred to and determined by a single arbiter to be agreed between the parties, or in default of agreement to be appointed by the Chairman for the time being of the Scottish Branch of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 1894( ) or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force.
Rates of payment under agreement
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Subject to paragraph (2) below, payments mad e by the Secretary of State under an agreement shall be either at the rate of £14 per annum per hectare of enclosed land, with an additional payment of £2 per annum for each hectare of other land to which the agreement relates, or at the rate of £1,000 per annum per individual farm business, whichever is the lower.
2
Payments in respect of farm businesses to which an agreement relates shall be at the rate of not less than £250 per annum per farm business.
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Where an agreement identifies expenditure required to undertake additional farming operations specified in paragraph 10(b) of the Schedule to this Order, the Secretary of State shall make additional payments according to the farming operations to be carried out. Such payments shall be at a rate to be determined by the Secretary of State, up to a maximum rate of £150 per annum for each hectare of land to which the agreement relates, or at the rate of £6,000 per annum per individual farm business, whichever is the lower.
Hector Monro
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St. Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
30th March 1993
We consent,
T.J.R. Wood
Gregory Knight
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
31st March 1993


type: legislation

jurisdiction: UK

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Title and commencement
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This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals (Seizure) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 31st July 1993.
Extension of powers of seizure
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1
An inspector or veterinary inspector shall have power to seize anything (other than a live animal) whether animate or inanimate, by or by means of which it appears to him that a disease to which section 35(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981 applies might be carried or transmitted.
2
An inspector or veterinary inspector exercising powers under this Order shall dispose of the thing seized by destruction, burial, treatment or such other method of disposal as he thinks expedient to prevent the spread of disease.
Compensation
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In addition to the compensation payable by the Minister under section 36(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981, compensation shall be paid by him for carcases seized under this Order for the purpose of preventing Swine Vesicular Disease.
Revocations
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The following Orders are revoked —
the Diseases of Animals (Seizure of Carcases, etc. ) Order 1964 ;
the Diseases of Animals (Seizure of Carcases, etc.) (Amendment) Order 1972 ;
the Diseases of Animals (Seizure of Carcases, etc.) (Amendment) Order 1983 ;
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on
Gillian Shephard
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
25th June 1993.
Hector Monro
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
29th June 1993
John Redwood
Secretary of State for Wales
2nd July 1993


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This Order may be cited as the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (Amendment) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st October 1993.
2
In this Order, “the Act of 1986 ” means the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
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For the purposes of the Act of 1986 “a protected animal” shall include any invertebrate of the species Octopus vulgaris from the stage of its development when it becomes capable of independent feeding.
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At the end of Schedule 2 to the Act of 1986 (animals to be obtained only from designated breeding or supplying establishments), there shall be added —
Any bird of the species Coturnix coturnix (quail).
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Michael Howard
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
23rd August 1993


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
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1
This Order may be cited as the Hereford and Worcester Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st November 1993.
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In this Order unless the context otherwise requires“ the Act ” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;
“establishment date” means 1st November 1993;
“operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;
“the trust” means the Hereford and Worcester Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.
Establishment of the trust
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There is hereby established an NHS trust which shall be called the Hereford and Worcester Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust.
Nature and functions of the trust
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1
The trust is established for the purpose specified in section 5(1)(a) of the Act.
2
The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more health authorities) shall be —
a
to manage ambulance and associated transport services;
b
to manage such other services, relating to the provision of care, as can reasonably be carried out in conjunction with the management of ambulance and associated transport services, from Ambulance Headquarters, Powick, Worcester WR2 4SS and to own associated premises.
Directors of the trust
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The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 4 non-executive directors and 4 executive directors.
Operational date and accounting date of the trust
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The operational date of the trust shall be 1st April 1994.
2
The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.
Limited functions before operational date
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Between its establishment date and its operational date the trust shall have the functions —
a
of entering into NHS contracts;
b
of entering into other contracts, including contracts of employment; and
c
of doing such other things as are reasonably necessary to enable it to begin to operate satisfactorily with effect from its operational date.
Assistance by health authorities before operational date
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The Worcester and District Health Authority shall —
a
until the operational date, make such staff and facilities available to the trust as are required to enable the trust to carry out its limited functions pending the transfer or appointment of staff to or by the trust and the transfer of facilities to the trust;
b
make available such premises as are required to enable the trust to carry out its limited functions pending the transfer of premises to the trust.
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The Worcester and District Health Authority shall discharge the liabilities of the trust, incurred between the establishment date and the operational date, that are of a description specified in paragraph (3) of this article.
3
The liabilities referred to in the preceding paragraph are —
a
liability for the remuneration and travelling or other allowances of the chairman and non-executive directors of the trust;
b
liability for the travelling or other allowances of the members of committees and sub-committees of the trust who are not also directors of the trust;
c
liability for the remuneration of persons employed by the trust; and
d
any other liability which may reasonably be incurred by the trust for the purpose of enabling it to begin to operate satisfactorily with effect from its operational date.
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The health authority specified for the purposes of paragraph 3(1)(f) of Schedule 2 to the Act (authority which is to make the scheme under section 6 of the Act for the transfer of staff) in relation to the trust shall be the Worcester and District Health Authority.
Restriction on disposal of assets
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The sum specified for the purposes of paragraph 6(2)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act (maximum value of freely disposable assets) in relation to the trust shall be £1,000,000.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Cumberlege
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Health
22nd October 1993


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Medicines (Standard Provisions for Licences and Certificates) Amendment Regulations 1994, and shall come into force on 14th February 1994.
2
In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Medicines (Standard Provisions for Licences and Certificates) Regulations 1971 .
Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations
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In regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (interpretation), in paragraph (1) —
a
after the definition of “blood product” there shall be inserted the following definition —
“certificate of registration” means a certificate granted under the Medicines (Homoeopathic Medicinal Products for Human Use) Regulations 1994;
;
b
in the definition of “product to which Chapters II to V of the 1965 Directive apply” for “and Article 1 of Council Directive 89/381/ EEC ” there shall be substituted “, Article 1 of Council Directive 89/381/EEC and Article 9(1) of Council Directive 92/73/EEC ” .
Amendment of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations
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Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (standard provisions for manufacturer’s licences and manufacturer’s licences of right) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraph.
2
In paragraph 16 —
a
after paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:
aa
where there is in relation to the product which has been manufactured or assembled, a certificate of registration, to ensure that each batch of the product has been manufactured or assembled and checked in compliance with that certificate and the provisions of the Medicines (Homoeopathic Medicinal Products for Human Use) Regulations 1994 ;
;
b
in paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (3), after “(a)” there shall be inserted “or (as the case may be) (aa)”;
c
in sub-paragraph (5) the words “or to medicinal products that are homoeopathic products” shall be omitted.
Amendment of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations
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Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (standard provisions for wholesale dealer’s licences including wholesale dealer’s licences of right) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.
2
In paragraph (6), in sub-paragraph (1) after the words “product licence” in both places in which they appear there shall be inserted “or certificate of registration”.
3
In paragraph 8 —
a
at the end of paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (3) there shall be inserted “or”;
b
after paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:
aa
where there is in relation to the imported proprietary product, a certificate of registration, to ensure that each batch of product has been tested in accordance with the manufacturing and control file submitted with the application for that certificate;
;
c
in paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (3), after “(a)” there shall be inserted “or (as the case may be) (aa)”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Tom Sackville
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department of Health
16th December 1993
John Redwood
Secretary of State for Wales
23rd December 1993
Fraser of Caimyllie
Minister of State The Scottish Office
16th December 1993
In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 20th December 1993.
Gillian Shephard
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on 17th December 1993.
F. A. Elliott
Permanent Secretary
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on 20th December 1993.
W. J. Hodges
Permanent Secretary


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Citation, commencement and extent
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This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Housing) (Consequential Amendments) Order 1993 and subject to paragraph (2) below, shall come into force on 1st April 1993.
2
Paragraphs 5 to 10 and paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to this Order shall not affect —
a
the registration of rent under Part IV of the Rent Act 1977 on an application made under section 67 of that Act before 1st April 1993,
b
the registration of rent under section 79 of that Act on a reference made under section 77 or 80 of that Act before that date, or
c
the determination of rent under section 14 of the Housing Act 1988 on a reference which relates to a notice served under section 13(2) of that Act before that date.
3
This Order extends to England and Wales only.
Amendment of enactments and interpretation
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1
The enactments specified in Schedule 1 to this Order shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in that Schedule.
2
The enactments specified in Schedule 2 to this Order shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in that Schedule (which make transitional provision in relation to the registration or determination of rent under or for the purposes of those enactments).
Michael Howard
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Department of Environment
11th March 1993


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Welfare Food Amendment Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 17th May 1993.
2
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Welfare Food Regulations 1988 .
Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations
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In regulation 3(3) of the principal Regulations (free milk, dried milk and vitamins) after the words “made to a” there shall be inserted the words “person responsibile for the administration of welfare food at a” and after the word “clinic” there shall be inserted the words “which shall be”.
Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations
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For sub-paragraph (b) of regulation 4(7) of the principal Regulations (additional milk or dried milk for children in day care) there shall be substituted —
b
if so required by the Secretary of State, be supported by an invoice, a receipt or other documentary evidence of the price paid for the milk or dried milk supplied.
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Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations
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1
In regulation 5(1) of the principal Regulations (purchase of welfare food) for “£3.30” there shall be substituted “£3.40”.
2
In regulation 5(2) of the principal Regulations after the words “made to a” there shall be inserted the words “person responsible for the sale of welfare food pursuant to this regulation at a” and after the word “clinic,” there shall be inserted the words “which shall be”.
3
At the end of regulation 5(2) of the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the words “, and if so required by the person responsible for the sale of welfare food pursuant to this regulation, documentary evidence that the child has not attained the age of 1 year, whether in the form of a birth certificate or otherwise”.
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In regulation 5(4) of the principal Regulations for the words “the clinic” to the end there shall be substituted the following words —
the person responsible for the sale of welfare food pursuant to this regulation at the clinic —
as to his entitlement to receive family credit for the weeks for which the dried milk is purchased;
if that person responsible so requires, as to the age of any child on whose behalf the dried milk is purchased during the weeks for which it is purchased.
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Amendment of regulation 7 of the principal Regulations
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1
In regulation 7(1) of the principal Regulations (issue of milk tokens) for “(5)” there shall be substituted “(6)”.
2
At the end of regulation 7(2) of the principal Regulations there shall be added the words “and whether they are to be used for milk or for dried milk”.
3
After regulation 7(5) of the principal Regulations there shall be added a new paragraph —
6
The Secretary of State need not issue a milk token which indicates that it is to be used for dried milk unless he is satisfied, by means of such birth certificate or such other evidence as he may require, that the beneficiary has not attained the age of one year.
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Amendment of regulation 8 of the principal Regulations
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1
In sub-paragraph (a) of regulation 8(1) of the principal Regulations (use of milk tokens) after the word “beneficiary” there shall be inserted the words “in accordance with paragraph (4)”.
2
After regulation 8(3) of the principal Regulations there shall be added a new paragraph —
4
A milk token which indicates that it is to be used only for milk may not be used to obtain dried milk, and one which indicates that it is to be used only for dried milk may not be used to obtain milk.
.
Amendment to Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations
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In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (entitlement to vitamins) at the end of the entry in Column 2 opposite the entry in Column 1 “2. Nursing mother” there shall be inserted the words “or 5×10 millilitre bottles of vitamin drops”, and for the words “2×45 tablet containers” in Column 2 opposite the entry in Column 1 “3.Expectant mother” there shall be substituted the words “2×10 millilitre bottles of vitamin drops”.
Virginia Bottomley
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Department of Health
19th April 1993