text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Performance Information) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 15th September 1999.
2
Any reference in these Regulations to the principal Regulations is a reference to The Education (School Performance Information) (England) Regulations 1999 .
Amendment
2
Regulation 14 of the principal Regulations (publication of performance information about primary schools by local education authorities) shall be amended as follows–
a
in paragraph (1), there shall be substituted for “in its area” the words “it maintains”;
b
in paragraph (2), there shall be omitted the words “in the area of the authority”;
c
in paragraph (2)(b)(i), there shall be omitted the words “and by teacher assessment” and there shall be added at the end the word “and”;
d
at the end of paragraph (2)(b)(ii), there shall be omitted the word “and”;
e
paragraph (2)(b)(iii) shall be omitted;
f
in paragraph (4)(a), there shall be substituted for “in the area of” the words “which are maintained by” and there shall be omitted the words “and by teacher assessment”;
g
in paragraph (4)(b), there shall be substituted for “in the area of” the words “which is maintained by” and at the end there shall be added the word “and”; and
h
after paragraph (4)(b), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph–
c
information calculated by the Secretary of State giving–
i
the sum of the percentage figures referred to under paragraph (2)(b)(i) in respect of each such school to which the information under that paragraph relates;
ii
the sum of the percentage figures referred to under paragraph (4)(a)(i); and
iii
the sum of the percentage figures referred to under paragraph (4)(a)(ii)
for the reporting school year and each of the three reporting school years immediately preceding it.
.
3
Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (provision of information to the Secretary of State: second key stage results) shall be amended as follows–
a
in paragraph 2, there shall be omitted the words “both” and “and by teacher assessment”;
b
paragraph 4 shall be omitted;
c
in paragraph 5(2)(i), there shall be omitted the words “both” and “and by teacher assessment”;
d
paragraph 5(2)(ii) shall be omitted;
e
in paragraph 5(2)(v), there shall be omitted the words “or teacher assessment”; and
f
paragraph 5(2)(vii) shall be omitted.
4
Schedule 6 to the principal Regulations (provision of general information to the Secretary of State: primary schools and middle deemed secondary schools) shall be amended by the insertion at the end of the following paragraph–
8
The number of registered pupils at or near the end of the final year of the second key stage for whom a statement of special educational needs is maintained under section 324 of the 1996 Act.
.
5
There shall be substituted for Schedule 8 to the principal Regulations, the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Jacqui Smith
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
25th August 1999


type: legislation

jurisdiction: UK

text:
Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Jobseeker’s Allowance Amendment (New Deal) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on the fourteenth day after the day on which they are made.
Further circumstances in which a person is to be treated as available for employment
2
1
Regulation 17A(7) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (further circumstances in which a person is to be treated as available: full-time students participating in a qualifying course) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
2
For the definition of “benefit” there shall be substituted the following definition–
“benefit” means
income support, unemployment benefit, a jobseeker’s allowance or any earnings credited to a person in accordance with regulation 8A or 9A of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975 or which would be credited to a person in accordance with paragraph (1) of that regulation 9A but are not so credited by reason only of the fact that no further earnings are in his case required for the purpose mentioned in that paragraph; or
any earnings credited to a person for unemployment in accordance with regulation 9 of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975 as it applied before 7th October 1996 and
.
3
In sub-paragraph (a) of the definition of “receiving benefit”, after the words “Part I of the Act” there shall be inserted the words “or in accordance with regulation 9A of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975”.
Tessa Jowell
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
16th November 1999


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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) (Third Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st July 1999.
2
The Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) Regulations 1997 shall be amended as follows:
In column (3) of Schedule 2 for the unit rate in euros for the Republic of Ireland of “22.28” there shall be substituted “21.24” and for the unit rate in euros for Slovakia of “71.00” there shall be substituted “59.85”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Glenda Jackson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
1st June 1999


text:
Title and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Potato Marketing Board (Dissolution) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 31st July 1999.
Dissolution of the Potato Marketing Board
2
On 31st July 1999 the Potato Marketing Board shall be dissolved.
Donoughue
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
23rd June 1999
Sewel
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
22nd June 1999
Jon Owen Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
28th June 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (Mediation in Family Matters) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 5th October 1999.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations a reference to any regulation by number alone means the regulation so numbered in the Legal Aid (Mediation in Family Matters) Regulations 1997 .
Transitional provisions
3
1
These Regulations shall apply to applications for mediation under regulation 2 made on or after 5th October 1999.
2
Where a person at any time on or after 5th October 1999 receives family credit or disability working allowance under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 in pursuance of a decision made before that date, his disposable income shall be assessed as if these Regulations had not come into force.
Revocation
4
The regulations known as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1999 (which purport to amend the Legal Aid (Mediation in Family Matters) Regulations 1997 and are, in accordance with regulations made under section 2 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 , numbered 2576 in the calendar year 1999) are hereby revoked.
Amendments to the Legal Aid (Mediation in Family Matters) Regulations 1997
5
In regulation 1(2) —
a
for the definitions of “disability working allowance” and “family credit” there shall be substituted —
“disabled person’s tax credit” means a disabled person’s tax credit under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ;
“working families' tax credit” means working families' tax credit under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;
;
b
after the definition of “income support” there shall be inserted —
“qualifying benefit” means any of the following: —
income support;
working families' tax credit, provided that the amount (if any) to be deducted under section 128(2)(b) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 has been determined at not more than £70 a week;
disabled person’s tax credit, provided that the amount (if any) to be deducted under section 129(5)(b) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 has been determined at not more than £70 a week; and
income-based jobseeker’s allowance.
.
6
In regulation 2(3)(b) and (c), for “income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, family credit or disability working allowance” there shall be substituted “any qualifying benefit”.
7
In regulation 4(4), for “income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, family credit or disability working allowance” there shall be substituted “any qualifying benefit”.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Keith Vaz
Parliamentary Secretary
Lord Chancellor’s Department
29th September 1999
We consent
Bob Ainsworth
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
4th October 1999


text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Staffing of Grant-maintained and Grant-maintained Special Schools (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
2
1
In these Regulations “the relevant period” means the period beginning on 1st April 1999 and ending immediately before 1st September 1999 .
2
In these Regulations a reference to a regulation is a reference to a regulation contained herein and a reference in a regulation to a paragraph is a reference to a paragraph of that regulation and a reference in a paragraph to a sub-paragraph is a reference to a sub-paragraph of that paragraph.
Transitional provisions for staffing of grant-maintained and grant-maintained special schools
3
Regulation 4 applies to a grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school if at any time during the relevant period it does not have a delegated budget.
4
1
During the relevant period, the articles of government of a school to which this regulation applies shall apply subject to the provisions in paragraphs (2) to (7).
2
The number of teachers and non-teaching staff to be employed at the school shall be determined by the local education authority.
3
Except with the consent of the authority, the governing body shall not–
a
appoint any teacher to be employed at the school or engage, or make arrangements for the engagement of, any person to provide his services as a teacher at the school; or
b
dismiss any teacher at the school.
4
The authority may give the governing body directions–
a
as to the educational qualifications of the teachers to be employed for giving secular education; or
b
requiring them to dismiss any teacher at the school;
but the authority shall not give any directions under sub-paragraph (a) except after consulting the governing body.
5
The authority may give directions to the governing body as to the number and conditions of service of persons employed at the school for the purposes of the care and maintenance of the school premises.
6
Where the trust deed relating to the school provides for a person other than the governing body to be entitled to control the occupation and use of the school premises to any extent, then, if and to the extent that (disregarding any transfer of control agreement affecting the school premises) the use of those premises is or would be under the control of any such person, the reference in paragraph (5) to the governing body shall be read as a reference to that person.
7
If a teacher appointed to give religious education at a school referred to in section 305(1) of the Education Act 1996 fails to give such education efficiently and suitably, he may be dismissed on that ground by the governing body without the consent of the authority.
Estelle Morris
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
6th March 1999
Peter Hain
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
9th March 1999


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Borough of Chesterfield (Electoral Changes) Order 1999.
2
This Order shall come into force —
a
for the purposes of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002;
b
for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
3
In this Order —
“borough” means the borough of Chesterfield;
“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;
any reference to the map is a reference to the map prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the Borough of Chesterfield (Electoral Changes) Order 1999”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 ; and
any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.
Wards of Chesterfield
2
1
The existing wards of the borough shall be abolished.
2
The borough shall be divided into nineteen wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 1.
3
The wards shall comprise the areas designated on the map by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be the number specified in respect of the ward in column (2) of that Schedule.
4
Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, waterway or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
Wards of the parish of Brimington
3
1
The existing wards of the parish of Brimington shall be abolished.
2
The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be five.
Wards of the parish of Staveley
4
1
The existing wards of the parish of Staveley shall be abolished.
2
The parish shall be divided into eight wards which shall bear the names Barrow Hill, Duckmanton, Hollingwood, Inkersall Green, Lowgates, Middlecroft, Poolsbrook and Woodthorpe; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 3 by reference to the names of the wards and demarcated by orange lines.
3
The number of councillors to be elected for the Middlecroft parish ward shall be four, for each of the Barrow Hill, Duckmanton, Hollingwood, Inkersall Green, Lowgates and Woodthorpe parish wards two, and for the Poolsbrook parish ward, one.
Revocation
5
The Borough of Chesterfield (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 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
27th September 1999


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1
This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Tele2 Sweden Limited) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 7th December 1999.
2
Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system.
Patricia Hewitt,
Minister for Small Business and E-Commerce,
Department of Trade and Industry
28th October 1999


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1
This Order may be cited as the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Midland Metro T69 Vehicles) Exemption (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
2
Article 5(2) of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Midland Metro T69 Vehicles) Exemption Order 1999 shall be amended by substituting “31st March 2001” for “31st December 2010”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Glenda Jackson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
5th March 1999


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Citation, commencement and application
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Annual Parents' Meetings) (England) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999.
2
These Regulations apply in relation to maintained schools in England.
Interpretation
2
1
In these Regulations–
“ the Act ” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;
“annual parents' meeting” means the meeting which a governing body of a maintained school are required to hold by virtue of section 43(1) of the Act;
“governors' report” means the report which the governing body of a maintained school are required to prepare by virtue of section 42 of the Act;
“the Authority” means the local education authority which maintains the school; and
“maintained school” has the meaning given by section 20(7) of the Act.
2
In these Regulations, any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in that regulation bearing that number.
Proceedings at an annual parents' meeting
3
1
The proceedings at an annual parents' meeting shall be under the control of the governing body.
2
If the required number of parents of registered pupils at the school are present at an annual parents' meeting, resolutions may be passed (by a simple majority of parents present at the meeting) on any matter which may properly be discussed at the meeting.
3
For the purposes of paragraph (2), “the required number”, in relation to a school, means any number equal to or greater than 20 per cent of the number of registered pupils at the school.
4
No person who is not a parent of a registered pupil at the school may vote on any question put to an annual parents' meeting.
Consideration of resolutions passed at an annual parents' meeting
4
1
The governing body shall–
a
consider any resolution which is duly passed at an annual parents' meeting and which they consider is a matter for them;
b
send to the head teacher of the school a copy of any resolution which is so passed and which they consider is a matter for him; and
c
send to the Authority a copy of any resolution which is so passed and which they consider is a matter for the Authority.
2
The head teacher of the school shall consider any resolution a copy of which has been sent to him by virtue of paragraph (1)(b) and provide the governing body with a brief comment on it (in writing) for inclusion in their next governors' report.
3
The Authority shall do likewise as is referred to in paragraph (2) in relation to any resolution a copy of which has been sent to them by virtue of paragraph (1)(c).
Determination of question whether a person is to be treated as a pupil’s parent
5
Any question whether a person is to be treated, for the purposes of these Regulations, as the parent of a registered pupil at the school shall be determined–
a
in the case of a community, voluntary controlled or community special school, by the local education authority;
b
in the case of any other maintained school, by the governing body.
Estelle Morris
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
15th July 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1999 and shall come into force —
a
except for regulation 2(2)(c), on 4th October 1999;
b
in the case of regulation 2(2)(c), on 29th November 1999.
Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987
2
1
The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.
2
In regulation 42 (notional income) —
a
in paragraph (6) —
i
at the beginning, there shall be inserted the words “Subject to paragraph (6A),”;
ii
the words from “; but this paragraph” to the end of the paragraph shall be omitted;
b
after paragraph (6) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs —
6A
Paragraph (6) shall not apply —
a
to a claimant who is engaged by a charitable or voluntary organisation or who is a volunteer if the adjudication officer is satisfied in any of those cases that it is reasonable for him to provide the service free of charge;
b
in a case where the service is performed in connection with the claimant’s participation in an employment or training programme in accordance with regulation 19(1)(q) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996; or
c
to a claimant who is engaged in work experience whilst participating in —
i
the New Deal for Lone Parents ; or
ii
a scheme which has been approved by the Secretary of State as supporting the objectives of the New Deal for Lone Parents,
but this sub-paragraph shall only apply in respect of a claimant to the extent that he has been engaged in such work experience during the period specified in paragraph (6B).
6B
The period specified for the purposes of paragraph (6A)(c) shall be the period commencing on the day on which the claimant was first engaged in such work experience with an employer and ending on the day —
a
which is 26 weeks after that day where he has been engaged in such work experience with that employer throughout that period; or
b
on which he completed 150 hours of such work experience with that employer,
whichever shall first occur.
6C
In determining the number of hours of work experience which the claimant has completed for the purposes of paragraph (6B)(b), no account shall be taken of any time allowed to that claimant by his employer for a meal.
.
c
in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (6A), for the words “adjudication officer” there shall be substituted the words “Secretary of State”.
3
For sub-paragraph (d) in paragraph 13 of Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph —
d
any child care expenses reimbursed to the claimant in respect of his participation in —
i
an employment programme specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(ii) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 or in a training scheme specified in regulation 75(1)(b)(ii) of those Regulations; or
ii
the New Deal for Lone Parents or in a scheme which has been approved by the Secretary of State as supporting the objectives of the New Deal for Lone Parents,
.
Amendment of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998
3
For sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph (2) of regulation 14 of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 there shall be substituted —
b
in paragraph (6)(a) after the words “Subject to paragraph (6A)” there were inserted the words “and paragraph (6D)”;
c
after paragraph (6C) there was inserted the following paragraph —
6D
Paragraph (6) shall not apply in a case where the service is performed in connection with the claimant’s participation in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Hugh Bayley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
9th September 1999


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1
This Order may be cited as the Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education (Prescribed Period) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999.
2
The prescribed period for the purposes of paragraphs 2(4) and 3(4) of Schedule 19 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 shall be 5 years commencing on 1st September 1999.
Charles Clarke
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
11th June 1999
Peter Hain
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
16th June 1999


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Commencement and citation
1
This Order may be cited as The A3 Trunk Road (Kingston Upon Thames) Red Route (Clearway) Traffic Order 1996 Variation Order 1999, and shall come into force on 18th October 1999.
Variations
2
The A3 Trunk Road (Kingston Upon Thames) Red Route (Clearway) Traffic Order 1996 is varied by the following provisions of this Order.
3
In Schedule 1, item 18 is deleted.
4
In schedule 3A, in item 1, in column (3), insert “At any time”.
5
In Schedule 3A, for item 2 substitute the following item: —
2. A3, Robin Hood Way, east side, that part of the carriageway within the lay-by between a point 91.5 metres south east of a point opposite the southern flank wall of No.213 Robin Hood Way, and a point 31.5 metres south east of that point. At any time 1 hour 2 hours
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State.
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
8th October 1999


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1
1
This Order may be cited as the European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 18th May 1999.
2
This Order shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
3
The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1994 is hereby revoked.
2
1
For the purposes of paragraph (a) of section 29(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 as that provision applies in respect of returning officers at a European Parliamentary election by virtue of regulation 3 of, and Schedule 1 to, the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 1999 (which, as so applied, provides that a returning officer is entitled to recover his charges in respect of services properly rendered or expenses properly incurred for or in connection with a European Parliamentary election if the services or expenses are of a kind specified in an order made under that provision and the charges are reasonable)–
a
services of the kind described in paragraphs 1(1) and 2(1) of Part A of the Schedule to this Order (hereafter referred to as “services specified in Part A of the Schedule”); and
b
expenses of a kind described in paragraph 1(1) of Part B of the Schedule to this Order (hereafter referred to as “expenses specified in Part B of the Schedule”) and expenses of a kind described in Part C of the Schedule to this Order,
are hereby specified.
2
The maximum recoverable amounts at a contested election in respect of the services specified in Part A of the Schedule or the expenses specified in Part B of the Schedule are hereby specified as the amounts set out in the right-hand column of those Parts in respect of each entry set out opposite thereto in the left-hand column of those Parts.
3
The maximum recoverable amounts at an uncontested election are hereby specified as–
a
£77.84 in respect of the services specified in Part A of the Schedule; and
b
£192.68 in respect of the expenses specified in Part B of the Schedule.
4
In the Schedule to this Order–
a
“election” means a European Parliamentary election; and
b
“the European Regulations ” means the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 1999.
Kate Hoey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
14th May 1999
We consent to this Order
J Dowd
Gordon Brown
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
14th May 1999


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall, subject to paragraph (2), come into force on 1st June 1999.
2
Regulation 26(a) shall come into force on 29th November 1999.
3
In these Regulations–
“the Departure Direction Regulations ” means the Child Support Departure Direction and Consequential Amendments Regulations 1996 ; and
“the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations ” means the Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992 .
4
In these Regulations–
a
in Part I, any reference to a regulation or a Schedule is a reference to a regulation of, or a Schedule to, the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations; and
b
In Part II, any reference to a regulation or a Schedule is a reference to a regulation of, or a Schedule to, the Departure Direction Regulations.
5
In the Schedule to this Instrument, “ the Act ” means the Social Security Act 1998 .
PART I
Amendment of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations
Amendment of regulation 1
2
In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation)–
a
in paragraph (2), after the definition of “obligation imposed by section 6 of the Act” there shall be inserted the following definition–
“official error” means an error made by an officer of the Department of Social Security acting as such which no person outside that Department caused or to which no person outside that Department materially contributed;
;
b
in paragraph (7) for the words “8(6), 24(2), 29(3) or 31(6)(a)” there shall be substituted the words “9(1) or 18(4)”.
Amendment of regulation 3
3
In regulation 3(2)(a) (applications on the termination of a maintenance assessment), for the words “a child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”.
Amendment of regulation 7
4
In regulation 7 (death of a qualifying child)–
a
in paragraph (1), for the words “the child support officer concerned” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”;
b
in paragraph (2), for the words “the child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”.
Amendment of regulation 8
5
In regulation 8 (categories of interim maintenance assessment)–
a
in paragraph (1), for the words “a child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”;
b
in paragraph (3)–
i
for the words “a child support officer” in each place in which they occur there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”;
ii
the words “or the child support officer” shall be omitted.
Amendment of regulation 8A
6
In regulation 8A (amount of an interim maintenance assessment) for the words–
a
“a child support officer”; and
b
“the child support officer”,
in each place in which they occur there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”.
Revocation of regulation 8B
7
Regulation 8B (review of an interim maintenance assessment) is hereby revoked.
Amendment of regulation 8C
8
In regulation 8C (effective date of an interim maintenance assessment)–
a
in paragraph (1), the words “9(9) or” shall be omitted;
b
in paragraph (1)(a), the words “regulations 8B, 9(2) and (3) and” shall be omitted;
c
in paragraph (1)(b), the words “and to regulations 31 to 31C” shall be omitted;
d
in paragraph (1)(c), the words “and regulations 31 to 31C” shall be omitted;
e
in paragraph (2)–
i
for the words from the beginning to “regulations 31 to 31C”, there shall be substituted the words “The effective date of an interim maintenance assessment made under section 12(1)(b) of the Act shall, subject to regulation 33(7)”;
ii
for the words “is being reviewed” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State is proposing to supersede with a decision under section 17 of the Act”;
f
in paragraph (3), the words “, regulation 8B or 9(2), (3) or (9),” shall be omitted.
Amendment of regulation 8D
9
In regulation 8D (miscellaneous provisions in relation to interim maintenance assessments)–
a
paragraph (3) shall be omitted;
b
in paragraph (4), for the words “29, 31 to 31C, 32, 33(5) and 55” there shall be substituted the words “32 and 33(5)”;
c
in paragraph (5)–
i
the words “and regulation 9(15)” shall be omitted; and
ii
for the words “a child support officer” there shall be substituted the word “him”;
d
in paragraph (6)–
i
the words “Subject to regulation 9(15)” shall be omitted; and
ii
for the words “a child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”;
e
in paragraph (7), for the words “a child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”.
Substitution of regulations 9 and 9A
10
For regulations 9 and 9A there shall be substituted the following regulation–
Interim maintenance assessments which follow other interim maintenance assessments
9
1
Where an interim maintenance assessment is being revised on the ground specified in regulation 17(1)(b) and the Secretary of State is satisfied–
a
that another Category A, Category B or Category D maintenance assessment should be made, and
b
that there has been unavoidable delay for part of the period during which the assessment which is being revised was in force,
the effective date of that other–
i
Category A or Category D interim maintenance assessment shall be the first day of the maintenance period following the date upon which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, the delay became avoidable;
ii
Category B interim maintenance assessment shall be the date set out in regulation 8C(1)(b).
2
Where an interim maintenance assessment is revised on either of the grounds set out in regulation 17(4) or (5), payments made under that interim maintenance assessment before the revision shall be treated as payments made under the Category B interim maintenance assessment which replaces it.
3
Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), where the Secretary of State makes a Category B interim maintenance assessment following the revision of an interim maintenance assessment in accordance with regulation 17(4), the effective date of that Category B interim maintenance assessment shall be the date determined in accordance with regulation 8C(1)(b).
4
Where the Secretary of State makes a fresh interim maintenance assessment following the supersession of an interim maintenance assessment in accordance with regulation 20(7), the effective date of that fresh interim maintenance assessment shall be the date from which that supersession took effect.
5
Where the Secretary of State cancels upon a revision an interim maintenance assessment in accordance with regulation 17(4) which caused a court order to cease to have effect in accordance with regulation 3(6) of the Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction Regulations, the effective date of the Category B interim maintenance assessment referred to in regulation 17(4) shall be the date on which that revision took effect.
6
Where the revision of an interim maintenance assessment in accordance with regulation 17(5) caused a court order to cease to have effect in accordance with regulation 3(6) of the Maintenance Arrangements and Jurisdiction Regulations, the effective date of the Category B interim maintenance assessment referred to in regulation 17(4) shall be the date on which that revision took effect.
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Amendment of regulation 10
11
In regulation 10 (notification of a new or a fresh maintenance assessment)–
a
for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–
1
A person with a right of appeal to an appeal tribunal under–
a
section 20 of the Act ; and
b
section 20 of the Act as extended by paragraph 3(1)(b) of Schedule 4C to the Act ,
shall be given notice of that right and of the decision to which that right relates.
;
b
paragraphs (1A) to (1C) shall be omitted;
c
in paragraph (2)–
i
after the words “paragraph (1)” there shall be inserted the words “of a new or fresh maintenance assessment made under section 11, 16 or 17”; and
ii
in sub-paragraph (i), the words “or (b)” shall be omitted;
d
in paragraph (2A), for the words “a review under section 16 of the Act of a maintenance assessment the effective date of which is on or before 8th December 1996 or a review under section 19(1)” there shall be substituted the words “a revision of a maintenance assessment under section 16 of the Act or a supersession of a maintenance assessment under section 17 of the Act”;
e
in paragraph (3)(a), for the words “of the child support officer concerned” there shall be substituted the words “of the officer concerned who is exercising functions of the Secretary of State under the Act”;
f
for paragraphs (4) to (6) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–
4
Where a decision as to a maintenance assessment is made under section 11, 12, 16 or 17 of the Act, a notification under paragraph (1) shall include information as to the provisions of sections 16 and 17 of the Act.
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Amendment of regulation 10A
12
In regulation 10A (notification of increase or reduction in the amount of a maintenance assessment)–
a
in paragraph (1), for the words–
i
“a child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”;
ii
“section 18” there shall be substituted the words “sections 16 and 17”;
b
in paragraph (2)(a) for the words “of the child support officer concerned” there shall be substituted the words “of the officer concerned who is exercising functions of the Secretary of State under the Act”.
Revocation of regulations 11 to 15A
13
Regulations 11 to 15A are hereby revoked.
Amendment of regulation 16
14
In regulation 16 (periodical reviews), for the words “a child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”.
Substitution of regulation 16A
15
For regulation 16A (notification that an appeal has lapsed) there shall be substituted the following regulation–
Notification that an appeal has lapsed
16A
Where an appeal lapses in accordance with section 16(6) of the Act, the Secretary of State shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, notify the relevant persons that that appeal has lapsed.
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Substitution of Parts V to VII
16
For Parts V to VII of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations there shall be substituted the following Part–
PART V
Revisions and Supersessions
Revision of decisions
17
1
Subject to paragraphs (6) and (8), any decision may be revised by the Secretary of State–
a
if the Secretary of State receives an application for the revision of a decision under section 16 of the Act within one month of the date of notification of the decision or within such longer time as may be allowed by regulation 18;
b
if–
i
the Secretary of State notifies a person, who applied for a decision to be revised within the period specified in sub-paragraph (a), that the application is unsuccessful because the Secretary of State is not in possession of all of the information or evidence needed to make a decision; and
ii
that person reapplies for a decision to be revised within one month of the notification described in head (i) above, or such longer period as the Secretary of State is satisfied is reasonable in the circumstances of the case, and provides in that application sufficient evidence or information to enable a decision to be made;
c
if the decision arose from an official error;
d
if the Secretary of State is satisfied that the original decision was erroneous due to a misrepresentation of, or failure to disclose, a material fact and that the decision was more advantageous to the person who misrepresented or failed to disclose that fact than it would otherwise have been but for that error; or
e
if the Secretary of State commences action leading to the revision of a decision within one month of the date of notification of the decision.
2
A decision may be revised by the Secretary of State in consequence of a departure direction where that departure direction takes effect on the effective date.
3
Subject to regulation 20(6) a decision of the Secretary of State under section 12 of the Act may be revised where–
a
the Secretary of State receives information which enables him to make a maintenance assessment calculated in accordance with Part I of Schedule 1 to the Act for the whole of the period beginning with the effective date applicable to a particular case; or
b
the Secretary of State is satisfied that there was unavoidable delay by the absent parent in–
i
completing and returning a maintenance enquiry form under the provisions of regulation 6(1);
ii
providing information or evidence that is required by him for the determination of an application for a maintenance assessment; or
iii
providing information or evidence that is required by him to enable him to revise a decision under section 16 of the Act or supersede a decision under section 17 of the Act.
4
Where an interim maintenance assessment is in force which is not a Category B interim maintenance assessment and the Secretary of State is satisfied that it would be appropriate to make a Category B interim maintenance assessment, he may revise the interim maintenance assessment which is in force.
5
Where the Secretary of State revises an interim maintenance assessment in accordance with paragraph (4) and that interim maintenance assessment was made immediately following a previous interim maintenance assessment, he may also revise that previous interim maintenance assessment.
6
Paragraph (1) shall apply neither–
a
in respect of a material change of circumstances which–
i
occurred since the date as from which the decision had effect; or
ii
is expected, according to information or evidence which the Secretary of State has, to occur; nor
b
where–
i
an appeal against a decision has been brought but not determined; and
ii
from the point of view of the appellant, a revision of that decision, if made, would be less to his advantage than the original decision.
7
In paragraphs (1), (2) and (6) and regulation 18(3) “decision” means a decision of the Secretary of State under section 11 or 12 of the Act and any supersession of such a decision.
8
Paragraph (1) shall apply in relation to–
a
any decision of the Secretary of State with respect to a reduced benefit direction or a person’s liability under section 43 of the Act; and
b
the supersession of any such decision under section 17 as extended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4C to the Act,
as it applies in relation to any decision of the Secretary of State under sections 11, 12 or 17 of the Act.
Late applications for a revision
18
1
The period of one month specified in regulation 17(1)(a) may be extended where the requirements specified in the following provisions of this regulation are met.
2
An application for an extension of time shall be made by a relevant person or a person acting on his behalf.
3
An application for an extension of time under this regulation shall–
a
be made within 13 months of the date on which notification of the decision which it is sought to have revised was given or sent; and
b
contain particulars of the grounds on which the extension of time is sought and shall contain sufficient details of the decision which it is sought to have revised to enable that decision to be identified.
4
The application for an extension of time shall not be granted unless the person making the application or any person acting for him satisfies the Secretary of State that–
a
it is reasonable to grant that application;
b
the application for a decision to be revised has merit; and
c
special circumstances are relevant to the application for an extension of time,
and as a result of those special circumstances, it was not practicable for the application for a decision to be revised to be made within one month of the date of notification of the decision which it is sought to have revised.
5
In determining whether it is reasonable to grant an application for an extension of time, the Secretary of State shall have regard to the principle that the greater the time that has elapsed between the expiration of the period of one month described in regulation 17(1)(a) from the date of notification of the decision which it is sought to have revised and the making of the application for an extension of time, the more compelling should be the special circumstances on which the application is based.
6
In determining whether it is reasonable to grant the application for an extension of time, no account shall be taken of the following–
a
that the person making the application for an extension of time or any person acting for him was unaware of or misunderstood the law applicable to his case (including ignorance or misunderstanding of the time limits imposed by these Regulations); or
b
that a Child Support Commissioner or a court has taken a different view of the law from that previously understood and applied.
7
An application under this regulation for an extension of time which has been refused may not be renewed.
Date from which revised decision takes effect
19
Where the date from which a decision took effect is found to be erroneous on a revision under section 16 of the Act, the revision shall take effect from the date on which the revised decision would have taken effect had the error not been made.
Supersession of decisions
20
1
Subject to paragraphs (9) and (10), for the purposes of section 17 of the Act, the cases and circumstances in which a decision (“a superseding decision”) may be made under that section are set out in paragraphs (2) to (7).
2
A decision may be superseded by a decision made by the Secretary of State acting on his own initiative–
a
where he is satisfied that the decision is one in respect of which there has been a material change of circumstances since the decision was made;
b
where he is satisfied that the decision was made in ignorance of, or was based upon a mistake as to, some material fact; or
c
in consequence of a departure direction or of a revision or supersession of a decision with respect to a departure direction.
3
Except where paragraph (8) applies, a decision may be superseded by a decision made by the Secretary of State where–
a
an application is made on the basis that–
i
there has been a change of circumstances since the decision was made; or
ii
it is expected that a change of circumstances will occur; and
b
the Secretary of State is satisfied that the change of circumstances is or would be material.
4
A decision may be superseded by a decision made by the Secretary of State where–
a
an application is made on the basis that the decision was made in ignorance of, or was based upon a mistake as to, a fact; and
b
the Secretary of State is satisfied that the fact is or would be material.
5
A decision, other than a decision given on appeal, may be superseded by a decision made by the Secretary of State–
a
acting on his own initiative where he is satisfied that the decision was erroneous in point of law; or
b
where an application is made on the basis that the decision was erroneous in point of law.
6
An interim maintenance assessment may be superseded by a decision made by the Secretary of State where he receives information which enables him to make a maintenance assessment calculated in accordance with Part I of Schedule 1 to the Act for a period beginning after the effective date of that interim maintenance assessment.
7
Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5) of regulation 17, where the Secretary of State is satisfied that it would be appropriate to make an interim maintenance assessment the category of which is different from that of the interim maintenance assessment which is in force, he may make a decision which supersedes the interim maintenance assessment which is in force.
8
This paragraph applies–
a
where any paragraph of regulation 21 applies; and
b
in the case of a Category A or Category D interim maintenance assessment.
9
The cases and circumstances in which a decision may be superseded shall not include any case or circumstance in which a decision may be revised.
10
Paragraphs (2) to (6) shall apply neither in respect of–
a
a decision to refuse an application for a maintenance assessment; nor
b
a decision to cancel a maintenance assessment.
11
For the purposes of section 17 of the Act as extended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4C to the Act, paragraphs (2) to (5) shall apply in relation to–
a
a decision with respect to a reduced benefit direction or a person’s liability under section 43 of the Act; and
b
any decision of the Secretary of State under section 17 of the Act as extended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4C to the Act, whether as originally made or as revised under section 16 of the Act as extended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 4C to the Act, as they apply in relation to any decision as to a maintenance assessment save that paragraph (8) shall not apply in respect of such a decision.
Circumstances in which a decision may not be superseded
21
1
A decision of the Secretary of State shall not be superseded in any of the circumstances specified in the following paragraphs of this regulation.
2
Except where paragraph (3) or (4) applies and subject to paragraph (5) and regulation 22, this paragraph applies where the difference between–
a
the amount of child support maintenance (“the amount”) fixed in accordance with the original decision; and
b
the amount which would be fixed in accordance with a superseding decision,
is less than £10.00 per week.
3
Subject to paragraph (5), this paragraph applies where the circumstances of the absent parent are such that the provisions of paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Act would apply and either–
a
the amount fixed in accordance with the original decision is less than the amount that would be fixed in accordance with a superseding decision and the difference between the two amounts is less than £5.00 per week; or
b
the amount fixed in accordance with the original decision is more than the amount that would be fixed in accordance with the superseding decision and the difference between the two amounts is less than £1.00 per week.
4
Subject to paragraph (5), this paragraph applies where–
a
the children, in respect of whom child support maintenance would be fixed in accordance with a superseding decision, are not the same children for whom child support maintenance was fixed in accordance with the original decision; and
b
the difference between–
i
the amount of child support maintenance (“the amount”) fixed in accordance with the original decision; and
ii
the amount which would be fixed in accordance with a superseding decision, is less than £1.00 per week.
5
This regulation shall not apply where–
a
the absent parent is, by virtue of paragraph 5(4) of Schedule 1 to the Act, to be taken for the purposes of that Schedule to have no assessable income;
b
the case falls within paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 1 to the Act; or
c
it appears to the Secretary of State that the case no longer falls within paragraph 5(4) of Schedule 1 to the Act.
6
In this regulation–
“original decision” means the decision which would be superseded but for the application of this regulation; and
“superseding decision” means a decision which would supersede the original decision but for the application of this regulation.
Special cases and circumstances for which regulation 21 is modified
22
Where an application is made for a supersession on the basis of a change of circumstances which is relevant to more than one maintenance assessment, regulation 21 shall apply with the following modifications–
a
before the word “amount” in each place it occurs there shall be inserted the word “aggregate”; and
b
for the word “decision” in each place it occurs there shall be substituted the word “decisions”.
Date from which a decision is superseded
23
1
Except in a case to which paragraph (2) applies, where notice is given under regulation 24 in the period which begins 28 days before an application for a supersession is made and ends 28 days after that application is made, the superseding decision of which notice was given under regulation 24 shall take effect as from the first day of the maintenance period in which that application was made.
2
Where a decision is superseded by a decision made by the Secretary of State in a case to which regulation 20(2)(a) applies on the basis of evidence or information which was also the basis of a decision made under section 9 or 10 of the Social Security Act 1998 the superseding decision under section 17 shall take effect as from the first day of the maintenance period in which that evidence or information was first brought to the attention of an officer exercising the functions of the Secretary of State under the Act.
3
Where a superseding decision is made in a case to which either paragraph (2)(b) or (5)(a) of regulation 20 applies, the decision shall take effect as from the first day of the maintenance period in which the decision was made.
4
Where a superseding decision is made in a case to which regulation 20(3)(a)(i), (4) or (5)(b) applies, the decision shall take effect as from the first day of the maintenance period in which the application for a supersession was made.
5
Where a superseding decision is made in a case to which regulation 20(3)(a)(ii) applies, the decision shall take effect as from the first day of the maintenance period in which the change of circumstances is due to occur.
6
Subject to paragraphs (1), (3) and (14), in a case to which regulation 24 applies, a superseding decision shall take effect as from the first day of the maintenance period in which falls the date which is 28 days after the date on which the Secretary of State gave notice to the relevant persons under that regulation.
7
For the purposes of paragraph (6), where the relevant persons are notified on different dates, the period of 28 days shall be counted from the date of the latest notification.
8
For the purposes of paragraphs (6) and (7)–
a
notification includes oral and written notification;
b
where a person is notified in more than one way, the date on which he is notified is the date on which he was first given notification; and
c
the date of written notification is the date on which it was handed or sent to the person.
9
Regulation 1(6) shall not apply in a case to which paragraph (8)(c) applies.
10
Where–
a
a decision made by an appeal tribunal under section 20 of the Act or by a Child Support Commissioner is superseded on the ground that it was erroneous due to a misrepresentation of, or that there was a failure to disclose, a material fact; and
b
the Secretary of State is satisfied that the decision was more advantageous to the person who misrepresented or failed to disclose that fact than it would otherwise have been but for that error,
the superseding decision shall take effect as from the date the decision of the appeal tribunal or, as the case may be, the Child Support Commissioner took, or was to take effect.
11
Any decision given under section 17 of the Act in consequence of a determination which is a relevant determination for the purposes of section 28ZC of the Act (restrictions on liability in certain cases of error) shall take effect as from the date of the relevant determination.
12
Where the Secretary of State supersedes a decision in accordance with regulation 20(6), the superseding decision shall take effect as from the first day of the maintenance period in which the Secretary of State has received the information referred to in that paragraph.
13
Where the Secretary of State supersedes a decision in accordance with regulation 20(7), the superseding decision shall take effect as from the first day of the maintenance period in which the Secretary of State became satisfied that it would be appropriate to make an interim maintenance assessment the category of which is different from that of the maintenance assessment which is in force.
14
Where a decision is superseded in consequence of a departure direction or a revision or supersession of a decision with respect to a departure direction–
a
paragraph (6) above shall not apply; and
b
the superseding decision shall take effect as from the date on which the departure direction or, as the case may be, the revision or supersession, took effect.
15
Where a decision with respect to a reduced benefit direction is superseded because the direction ceases to be in force in accordance with regulation 41(a), the superseding decision shall have effect as from–
a
where the direction is in operation immediately before it ceases to be in force, the last day of the benefit week during the course of which the parent concerned complied with the obligations imposed by section 6 of the Act; or
b
where the direction is suspended immediately before it ceases to be in force, the date on which the parent concerned complied with the obligations imposed by section 6 of the Act.
16
Where a decision with respect to a reduced benefit direction is superseded because the direction ceases to be in force in accordance with regulation 41(b), the superseding decision shall have effect as from–
a
where the direction is in operation immediately before it ceases to be in force, the last day of the benefit week during the course of which the application under regulation 41(b) was made; or
b
where the direction is suspended immediately before it ceases to be in force, the date on which the application under regulation 41(b) was made.
17
Where a decision with respect to a reduced benefit direction is superseded because the direction ceases to be in force in accordance with regulation 41(c) or (d), the superseding decision shall have effect as from–
a
where the direction is in operation immediately before it ceases to be in force, the last day of the benefit week during the course of which the Secretary of State is supplied with information that enables him to make the assessment;
b
where the direction is suspended immediately before it ceases to be in force, the date on which the Secretary of State is supplied with information that enables him to make the assessment.
18
Where a decision with respect to a reduced benefit direction is superseded because the direction ceases to be in force in accordance with regulation 47(1), the superseding decision shall have effect as from the last day of the benefit week preceding the benefit week on the first day of which, in accordance with the provisions of regulation 36(4), the further direction comes into operation, or would come into operation but for the provisions of regulation 40 or 40ZA.
Procedure where the Secretary of State proposes to supersede a decision on his own initiative
24
Where the Secretary of State on his own initiative proposes to make a decision superseding a decision other than in consequence of a decision with respect to a departure direction or a revision or supersession of such a decision he shall notify the relevant persons who could be materially affected by the decision of that intention.
.
Amendment of regulation 30
17
In paragraphs (2A) and (4) of regulation 30 (effective dates of new maintenance assessments), for the words “a child support officer” in each place in which they occur there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”.
Amendment of regulation 30A
18
In regulation 30A (effective dates of new maintenance assessments in particular cases)–
a
in paragraphs (2), (4)(c) and (6), for the words “a child support officer” in each place in which they occur there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”;
b
in paragraph (5), for the words “a child support officer” there shall be substituted the word “him”.
Revocation of regulations 31 to 31C
19
Regulations 31 to 31C are hereby revoked.
Amendment of regulation 32
20
In regulation 32 (cancellation of a maintenance assessment)–
a
for the words “a child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”;
b
for the words “the child support officer” there shall be substituted the word “he”.
Amendment of regulation 32A
21
In regulation 32A (cancellation of maintenance assessments made under section 7 of the Act where the child is no longer habitually resident in Scotland)–
a
in paragraph (1), for the words “a child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”;
b
in paragraph (2), for the words “the child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”.
Amendment of regulation 32B
22
In regulation 32B (notification of intention to cancel a maintenance assessment under paragraph 16(4A) of Schedule 1 to the Act), for the words “a child support officer” in each place in which they occur there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”.
Amendment of regulation 33
23
In regulation 33(3) (maintenance periods), for the words from “following a review under section 16” to the words “17, 18 or 19 of the Act” there shall be substituted the words “made upon the supersession of a decision under section 17 of the Act”.
Substitution of regulation 35
24
For regulation 35 (periods for compliance with obligations imposed by section 6 of the Act) there shall be substituted–
Periods for compliance with obligations imposed by section 6 of the Act
35
The period specified for the purposes of section 46(2) of the Act is–
a
except where paragraph (b) applies, four weeks from the date on which the Secretary of State serves notice under that subsection; or
b
eight weeks from that date where the Secretary of State has received, within two weeks of serving that notice, a statement in writing from the parent with care which sets out the reasons why she believes that, if she were to be required to comply with an obligation imposed by section 6 of the Act, there would be a risk, as a result of that compliance, of her or any child or children living with her suffering harm or undue distress.
.
Amendment of regulation 35A
25
In regulation 35A (circumstances in which a reduced benefit direction shall not be given), for the words “A child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “The Secretary of State”.
Amendment of regulation 36
26
In regulation 36 (amount of and period of reduction of relevant benefit under a reduced benefit direction)–
a
in paragraph (4), for the words “the adjudication officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”;
b
in paragraph (5C), for the words “a child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”.
Amendment of regulation 38
27
In regulation 38 (suspension of a reduced benefit direction when relevant benefit ceases to be payable), in paragraph (6), for the words “a child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”.
Substitution of regulations 41 to 46
28
For regulations 41 to 46 there shall be substituted the following regulation–
Termination of reduced benefit direction
41
A reduced benefit direction shall cease to be in force–
a
where a parent with care, with respect to whom such a direction is in force, complies with the obligations imposed by section 6 of the Act;
b
upon an application made for the purpose where the Secretary of State is satisfied that a parent with care, with respect to whom such a direction is in force, should not be required to comply with the obligations imposed by section 6 of the Act;
c
where a qualifying child of a parent with respect to whom a direction is in force applies for a maintenance assessment to be made with respect to him under section 7 of the Act and an assessment is made in response to that application in respect of all of the qualifying children in relation to whom the parent concerned failed to comply with the obligations imposed by section 6 of the Act; or
d
where–
i
an absent parent applies for a maintenance assessment to be made under section 4 of the Act with respect to all of his qualifying children in relation to whom the other parent of those children is a person with care;
ii
a direction is in force with respect to that other parent following her failure to comply with the obligations imposed by section 6 of the Act in relation to those qualifying children; and
iii
an assessment is made in response to that application by the absent parent for a maintenance assessment.
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Amendment of regulation 47
29
In regulation 47 (reduced benefit directions where there is an additional qualifying child)–
a
in paragraph (1)–
i
for the words “a child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”;
ii
the words from “on the last day” to the end shall be omitted;
b
in paragraph (3)(b), for the words “a child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”.
Substitution of regulation 49
30
For regulation 49 (notice of termination of a reduced benefit direction) there shall be substituted the following regulation–
Notice of termination of a reduced benefit direction
49
Where a direction ceases to be in force under the provisions of regulations 41, 47 or 48, or is suspended under the provisions of regulation 48, the Secretary of State shall serve notice of such a termination or suspension, as the case may be, on the parent concerned and shall specify the date on which the direction ceases to be in force or is suspended, as the case may be.
.
Revocation of regulations 52 and 54 to 57
31
Regulations 52 and 54 to 57 are hereby revoked.
Amendment of Schedule 1
32
In paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1 (meaning of “child” for the purposes of the Act) for the words “a child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”.
Amendment of Schedule 2
33
In Schedule 2 (multiple applications)–
a
in paragraph 3–
i
in sub-paragraph (1), for the words from “refer each such application” to “the child support officer shall” there shall be substituted the words “, if no maintenance assessment has been made in relation to any of the applications,”;
ii
in sub-paragraphs (2) to (14), for the words “the child support officer” in each place in which they occur there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”; and
b
in paragraph 4, the words from “unless the Secretary of State” to the end shall be omitted.
PART II
Amendment of the Departure Direction Regulations
Amendment of regulation 1
34
In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation)–
a
in the definition of “application” after the word “means” there shall be inserted the words “, except in regulations 32A to 32G,”;
b
after the definition of “non-applicant” there shall be inserted the following definition–
“official error” means an error made by an officer of the Department of Social Security acting as such which no person outside the Department caused or to which no person outside the Department materially contributed;
.
Amendment of regulation 4
35
Paragraphs (11) to (14) of regulation 4 (application for departure direction) shall be omitted.
Amendment of regulation 6
36
In regulation 6(2) (provision of information) for the words “14 days” there shall be substituted the words “one month, or such longer period as the Secretary of State is satisfied is reasonable in the circumstances of the case,”.
Amendment of regulation 8
37
In regulation 8 (procedure in relation to the determination of an application)–
a
in paragraph (3)(b) the words “of 14 days” shall be omitted;
b
in paragraph (8)(b)(i)–
i
the words “or by a child support officer,” shall be omitted;
ii
for the words “for a review of” there shall be substituted the words “for a revision or a supersession of”;
c
in paragraph (9)(b), for the words “refer the case to a child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “make a decision in accordance with regulation 17(2) or 20(2)(c) of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations”;
d
paragraph (11) shall be omitted.
Insertion of regulation 8A
38
After regulation 8 there shall be inserted the following regulation–
Procedure in relation to determination of an application for a revision or a supersession of a decision with respect to a departure direction
8A
1
Subject to the modifications described in paragraph (2), regulation 8 shall apply to any application for a revision or a supersession of a decision with respect to a departure direction as it applies to an application for a departure direction.
2
The modifications described in this paragraph are–
a
for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs–
1
Except where paragraph (1A) applies, the Secretary of State shall–
a
give notice of an application for a revision or a supersession of a decision with respect to a departure direction to the relevant persons other than the applicant;
b
inform them of the grounds on which the application has been made and any relevant information or evidence the applicant has given, except details, information or evidence falling within paragraph (2);
c
invite representations from the relevant persons other than the applicant on any matter relating to that application; and
d
explain the provisions of paragraphs (2), (5) and (6) in relation to such representations.
1A
This paragraph applies where an application for a revision or a supersession has been made and the Secretary of State is satisfied on the information or evidence available to him that either–
a
a revision or supersession of a departure direction is unlikely to be made; or
b
in a case where the applicant was the applicant for the decision which is to be revised or superseded, a ground on which the decision to be revised or superseded was made no longer applies.
;
b
paragraphs (3), (4) and (7) shall be omitted;
c
in paragraph (4A) for the words from “that a departure direction” to the words “in that case” there shall be substituted the words “that a decision revising or superseding a decision with respect to a departure direction was unlikely to be made, but on further consideration of the application he is minded to make such a decision”;
d
in paragraph (5)–
i
for the words “(1), (6) or (7)” there shall be substituted the words “(1) or (6)”;
ii
after the word “application” there shall be added the words “for a decision revising or superseding a decision”;
e
in paragraph (8)–
i
for the words “In deciding whether to give a departure direction” there shall be substituted the words “Before deciding whether or not to make a decision revising or, as the case may be, superseding a decision as to a departure direction in consequence of an application for such a decision”; and
ii
in sub-paragraph (a), for the words “by the applicant for that direction” there shall be substituted the words “in connection with the application”;
f
for paragraphs (9) and (10) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–
9
Where the Secretary of State has determined an application made for the purpose of revising or superseding a decision he shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, notify the relevant persons of–
a
that determination;
b
the reasons for it; and
c
where appropriate, the basis on which the amount of child support maintenance is to be fixed by any fresh assessment made in consequence of that determination.
Revocation of regulation 11
39
Regulation 11 (departure application and review under section 17 of the Act) is hereby revoked.
Substitution of regulation 11A
40
For regulation 11A (meaning of “current assessment” for the purposes of the Act) there shall be substituted–
11A
Where–
a
an application under section 28A of the Act has been made in respect of a current assessment; and
b
after the making of that application, a fresh maintenance assessment has been made upon a revision of a decision as to a maintenance assessment under section 16 of the Act,
references to the current assessment in sections 28B(3), 28C(2)(a) and 28F(5) of, and in paragraph 8 of Schedule 4A and paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of Schedule 4B to, the Act shall have effect as if they were references to the fresh maintenance assessment.
.
Amendment of regulation 14
41
After regulation 14(7) (contact costs) there shall be added the following paragraph–
8
This regulation shall apply in relation to an application made for the purpose of superseding a decision with respect to a departure direction as though–
a
for the words “at the time a departure direction is applied for” in paragraphs (1) and (7) there were substituted the words “at the time an application is made for a decision superseding a decision with respect to a departure direction”;
b
in paragraph (5), after the words “an application” there were inserted the words “for the supersession of a decision with respect to a departure direction.”
.
Amendment of regulation 15
42
In regulation 15(4)(a) (illness or disability), for the words, “adjudicating authority” there shall be substituted the words “Secretary of State”.
Amendment of regulation 32
43
In regulation 32 (effective date of a departure direction)–
a
in paragraphs (1) and (2), for the words “28 days” in each place where they occur there shall be substituted the words “one month”;
b
in paragraph (3A), for the word “where” there shall be substituted the words “subject to paragraph (3B), where”;
c
after paragraph (3A) there shall be inserted the following paragraph–
3B
For the purposes of paragraph (3A), paragraph (8) of regulation 14 shall not apply.
;
d
paragraphs (7) and (8) shall be omitted.
Insertion of regulations 32A to 32G
44
After regulation 32 there shall be inserted the following regulations–
Revision of decisions
32A
1
Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a decision of the Secretary of State or any decision upon referral under section 28D(1)(b) of an appeal tribunal with respect to a departure direction may be revised by the Secretary of State under section 16 of the Act as extended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 4C to the Act–
a
if the Secretary of State receives an application for the revision of a decision under section 16 of the Act as extended within one month of the date of notification of the decision or within such longer time as may be allowed by regulation 32B;
b
if–
i
the Secretary of State notifies a person, who applied for a decision to be revised within the period specified in sub-paragraph (a), that the application is unsuccessful because the Secretary of State is not in possession of all of the information or evidence needed to make a decision; and
ii
that person reapplies for a decision to be revised within one month of the notification described in head (i) above or such longer period as the Secretary of State is satisfied is reasonable in the circumstances of the case, and provides in that application sufficient information or evidence to enable a decision to be made;
c
if the decision arose from an official error;
d
if the Secretary of State is satisfied that the original decision was erroneous due to a misrepresentation of, or failure to disclose, a material fact and that the decision was more advantageous to the person who misrepresented or failed to disclose that fact than it would otherwise have been but for that error;
e
where a departure direction takes effect in the circumstances described in regulation 35(3); or
f
if the Secretary of State commences action leading to the revision of a decision within one month of the date of notification of the decision.
2
Paragraph (1) shall apply neither–
a
in respect of a material change of circumstances which–
i
occurred since the date from which the decision had effect; or
ii
is expected, according to information or evidence which the Secretary of State has, to occur; nor
b
where–
i
an appeal against the original decision has been brought but not determined; and
ii
from the point of view of the appellant, a revision, if made, would be less to his advantage than the original decision.
Late applications for a revision
32B
1
The period of one month specified in regulation 32A(1)(a) may be extended where the requirements specified in the following provisions of this regulation are met.
2
An application for an extension of time shall be made by a relevant person or a person acting on his behalf.
3
An application for an extension of time under this regulation shall–
a
be made within 13 months of the date on which notification of the decision which it is sought to have revised was given or sent; and
b
contain particulars of the grounds on which the extension of time is sought and shall contain sufficient details of the decision which it is sought to have revised to enable that decision to be identified.
4
The application for an extension of time shall not be granted unless the person making the application, or any person acting for him, satisfies the Secretary of State that–
a
it is reasonable to grant that application;
b
the application for the decision to be revised has merit; and
c
special circumstances are relevant to the application for an extension of time,
and as a result of those special circumstances, it was not practicable for the application for a decision to be revised to be made within one month of the date of notification of the decision which it is sought to have revised.
5
In determining whether it is reasonable to grant an application for an extension of time, the Secretary of State shall have regard to the principle that the greater the time that has elapsed between the expiration of the period of one month described in regulation 32A(1)(a) from the date of notification of the decision which it is sought to have revised and the making of the application for an extension of time, the more compelling should be the special circumstances on which the application is based.
6
In determining whether it is reasonable to grant an application for an extension of time, no account shall be taken of the following–
a
that the person making the application for an extension of time or any person acting for him was unaware of or misunderstood the law applicable to his case (including ignorance or misunderstanding of the time limits imposed by these Regulations);
b
that a Child Support Commissioner or a court has taken a different view of the law from that previously understood and applied.
7
An application under this regulation for an extension of time which has been refused may not be renewed.
Date from which a revision of a decision takes effect
32C
Where the date from which a decision took effect is found to be erroneous on a revision, the revision shall take effect from the date on which the revised decision would have taken effect had the error not been made.
Supersession of decisions
32D
1
For the purposes of section 17 of the Act as it applies in relation to decisions with respect to departure directions by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 4C to the Act and subject to paragraphs (6), (9) and (10), the cases and circumstances in which a decision with respect to a departure direction may be made under that section are set out in paragraphs (2) to (5).
2
A decision may be superseded by a decision made by the Secretary of State acting on his own initiative where he is satisfied that–
a
there has been a material change of circumstances since the decision was made; or
b
the decision was made in ignorance of, or was based upon a mistake as to, some material fact.
3
A decision may be superseded by a decision made by the Secretary of State where–
a
an application is made on the basis that–
i
there has been a change of circumstances since the decision was made; or
ii
it is expected that a change of circumstances will occur; and
b
the Secretary of State is satisfied that the change of circumstances is or would be material.
4
A decision may be superseded by a decision made by the Secretary of State where–
a
an application is made on the basis that the decision was made in ignorance of, or was based upon a mistake as to, a fact; and
b
the Secretary of State is satisfied that the fact is or would be material.
5
A decision, other than a decision given on appeal, may be superseded by a decision made by the Secretary of State–
a
where an application is made on the basis that the decision was erroneous in point of law; or
b
acting on his own initiative where he is satisfied that the decision was erroneous in point of law.
6
Subject to paragraph (7), paragraphs (2)(a) and (3) shall not apply where, if a decision were to be superseded in accordance with section 17 of the Act, the difference between the current amount and the revised amount would be less than £1.00 per week.
7
Paragraph (6) shall not apply where the Secretary of State is satisfied on the information or evidence available to him that a ground on which the decision to be superseded was made no longer applies.
8
In paragraph (6) “revised amount” means the amount of child support maintenance which would be fixed if a decision with respect to a maintenance assessment were to be superseded by a decision made by the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraphs (2)(a) and (3) but for the operation of paragraph (6).
9
The cases and circumstances in which a decision may be superseded by a decision made by the Secretary of State shall not include any case or circumstance in which a decision may be revised.
10
Subject to paragraph (11), paragraphs (2) to (5) shall apply in respect of neither–
a
a decision to reject or refuse an application for a departure direction; nor
b
a decision to cancel a departure direction.
11
Paragraph (10) above shall not apply in a case to which either paragraph (2) or (3) of regulation 35 applies.
Date from which a superseding decision takes effect
32E
1
This regulation contains exceptions to the provisions of section 17(4) of the Act, as it applies in relation to decisions with respect to departure directions by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 4C to the Act, as to the date from which decisions which supersede earlier decisions are to take effect.
2
Subject to paragraphs (3) and (5), where–
a
a decision is made by the Secretary of State which supersedes an earlier decision in consequence of an application having been made under section 17 of the Act as it applies in relation to decisions with respect to departure directions by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 4C to the Act; and
b
the date on which the application is made is not the first day in a maintenance period, the decision shall take effect as from the first day of the maintenance period in which the application is made.
3
Where a decision is superseded by a decision made by the Secretary of State in a case to which regulation 32D(2)(a) applies on the basis of evidence or information which was also the basis of a decision made under section 9 or 10 of the Social Security Act 1998 the superseding decision under section 17 of the Act as extended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to the Act shall take effect as from the first day of the maintenance period in which that evidence or information was first brought to the attention of an officer exercising the functions of the Secretary of State under the Act.
4
Where a decision is superseded by a decision made by the Secretary of State under regulation 32D(3) in consequence of an application made on the basis that a material change of circumstances is expected to occur, the superseding decision shall take effect as from the first day of the maintenance period which immediately succeeds the maintenance period in which the material change of circumstances is expected to occur.
5
Where the Secretary of State makes, on his own initiative, a decision superseding a decision in consequence of evidence or information contained in an unsuccessful application for a revision of that decision, the superseding decision shall take effect as from the first day of the maintenance period in which that application was made.
6
Where–
a
a decision made by an appeal tribunal under section 20 of the Act as extended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 4C to the Act is superseded on the ground that it was erroneous due to a misrepresentation of, or that there was a failure to disclose, a material fact; and
b
the Secretary of State is satisfied that the decision was more advantageous to the person who misrepresented or failed to disclose that fact than it would otherwise have been but for that error,
the superseding decision shall take effect as from the date the decision it superseded took, or was to take, effect.
7
Any decision given under section 17 of the Act as extended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4C to the Act in consequence of a decision which is a relevant determination for the purposes of section 28ZC of the Act (restrictions on liability in certain cases of error) shall take effect as from the date of the relevant determination.
8
Where a decision with respect to a departure direction is superseded by a decision under section 17 of the Act as extended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4C to the Act because the departure direction ceases to have effect in accordance with regulation 35(1), the superseding decision shall have effect as from the date on which the decision that the maintenance assessment is cancelled or ceases to have effect, takes or took effect.
9
Where the superseding decision referred to in paragraph (8) above is itself superseded by a further decision made under section 17 of the Act as extended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4C to the Act in the circumstances described in regulation 35(2), that further decision shall have effect as from the effective date of the fresh maintenance assessment.
10
Where a decision with respect to a departure direction is superseded by a decision under section 17 of the Act as extended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4C to the Act because the departure direction is suspended in accordance with regulation 35(4), the superseding decision shall have effect as from the effective date of the later interim maintenance assessment or, as the case may be, the interim maintenance assessment which replaces a maintenance assessment.
11
Where the superseding decision referred to in paragraph (10) above is itself superseded by a further decision under section 17 as extended because the interim maintenance assessment referred to in regulation 35(4)(c) is followed by a maintenance assessment made in accordance with the provisions of Part I of Schedule 1 to the Act or by an interim maintenance assessment to which regulation 10 does not apply, that further decision shall have effect as from the effective date of the fresh maintenance assessment or, as the case may be, interim maintenance assessment.
Cancellation of departure directions
32F
The Secretary of State may cancel a departure direction where–
a
regulation 32A(1) applies and he is satisfied that it was not appropriate to have given it; or
b
regulation 32D applies and he is satisfied that it is no longer appropriate for it to continue to have effect.
Notification of right of appeal, decision and reasons for decision
32G
1
The Secretary of State shall notify a person with a right of appeal under the Act against the decision under section 16 or 17 of the Act as those sections apply in relation to decisions with respect to departure directions by virtue of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 4C to the Act with respect to a departure direction of–
a
that right;
b
that decision; and
c
the reasons for that decision.
2
A written notice provided under paragraph (1)–
a
shall also contain sufficient information to enable a relevant person to exercise a right of appeal; and
b
shall not contain any information which it is not necessary for a person to have in order to understand how the decision was reached.
.
Revocation of regulations 33 and 34
45
Regulations 33 (cancellation of a departure direction following a review under section 16, 17, 18 or 19 of the Child Support Act) and 34 (cancellation of a departure direction on recognition of an error) are hereby revoked.
Amendment of regulation 34A
46
In regulation 34A(3) (correction of accidental errors in departure directions), for the words “section 28H(3) of the Act” there shall be substituted the words “regulation 31(1) (time within which an appeal is to be brought) or, as the case may be, regulation 32(1) (late appeals) of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 ”.
Amendment of regulation 35
47
In regulation 35 (termination and suspension of departure directions)–
a
in paragraph (2)–
i
for the words “a child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”;
ii
the words from “from the effective date” to the end shall be omitted;
b
in paragraph (3), the words “from the date that maintenance assessment was cancelled or ceased to have effect” shall be omitted;
c
in paragraph (4), for the words from “from the effective date” to the end there shall be substituted the words “where the interim maintenance assessment referred to in sub-paragraph (c) is followed by a maintenance assessment made in accordance with the provisions of Part I of Schedule 1 to the Act or by an interim maintenance assessment to which regulation 10 does not apply”.
Amendment of regulation 41
48
In regulation 41 (child support maintenance payable where effect of a departure direction would be to decrease an absent parent’s assessable income but case still fell within paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 1 to the Act)–
a
in paragraph (5), for the words “the child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”;
b
in paragraph (6), for the words “a review under section 16 of the Act by a child support officer of a maintenance assessment the effective date of which is on or before 8th December 1996 or a revision by the Secretary of State under that section after 6th December 1998, or a review under section 17, 18 or 19 of the Act”, there shall be substituted the words “a decision under section 16 of the Act revising a decision as to a maintenance assessment or a decision under section 17 of the Act superseding a decision as to a maintenance assessment”.
Amendment of regulation 42
49
In regulation 42(4) (application of regulation 41 where there is a transfer of property falling within paragraph 3 of Schedule 4B to the Act) for the words “the child support officer” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”.
Amendment of regulation 44
50
In regulation 44(5) (maintenance assessment following a departure direction where there is a phased maintenance assessment)–
a
for the words from the beginning to “of the Act” there shall be substituted the words “Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that, were a decision as to a fresh maintenance assessment to be made under section 16 or, as the case may be, section 17 of the Act”;
b
for the words “the reviewed unadjusted departure amount” in each place they occur there shall be substituted the words “the fresh unadjusted departure amount”.
Amendment of regulation 46A
51
In regulation 46A(1) (cases to which regulation 11A applies), for the words “to (c)” there shall be substituted the words “and (b)”.
Amendment of regulation 47
52
In regulation 47 (transitional provisions — application before 2nd December 1996), in paragraph (6)(a), for the words “to (11)” there shall be substituted the words “to (10)”.
Amendment of regulation 50
53
In regulation 50 (transitional provisions — new maintenance assessment made before 2nd December 1996 whose effective date is on or after 2nd December 1996), for the words “28 days” in each place where they occur there shall be substituted the words “one month”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Angela Eagle
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
29th March 1999


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Commencement and citation
1
This Order may be cited as The A102 Trunk Road (Greenwich) Red Route (Clearway) Traffic Order 1999, and shall come into force on 25th February 1999.
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 clearway” 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 paragraph (2) of this article, and of articles 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, no person shall cause any vehicle to stop at any time in the trunk road red route clearway.
2
Not taken up.
Exemptions for parking
4
Not taken up.
Miscellaneous exemptions for parking
5
1
Not taken up.
2
Not taken up.
3
Not taken up.
4
Not taken up.
Exemptions for loading and unloading
6
Not taken up.
Exemptions for disabled persons
7
1
Not taken up.
2
Not taken up.
3
Not taken up.
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) 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) 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) 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.
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State.
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
11th February 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Statutory Off-Road Notification) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Statutory Off-Road Notification) Regulations 1997
2
1
The Road Vehicles (Statutory Off-Road Notification) Regulations 1997 shall be amended as follows.
2
In regulation 5(1) for the word “Where” there shall be substituted “When”.
3
For the heading of regulation 6 there shall be substituted–
Expiry of vehicle licence or nil licence
.
4
In regulation 6(1)–
a
after the words “a vehicle licence” there shall be inserted “or a nil licence”; and
b
for the words “a further vehicle licence (or if appropriate a nil licence)” there shall be substituted “a vehicle licence or nil licence”.
5
After regulation 7 there shall be inserted the following regulation–
Offences against these Regulations
8
These Regulations are hereby prescribed as regulations to which section 59(2)(a) of the 1994 Act applies.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Larry Whitty
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
9th March 1999