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Title and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Extensification Payment Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.
Interpretation
2
1
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“the appropriate authority” means —
where the Minister is the relevant competent authority in relation to the holding in question, the Minister; and
where the National Assembly is the relevant competent authority in relation to the holding in question, the National Assembly;
“authorised person” means a person who is authorised by an authorising body, either generally or specially, to act, subject to regulation 14, in matters arising under these Regulations, whether or not he is an officer of that authorising body;
“authorising body”, in relation to an authorised person, means the appropriate authority;
“beef special premium” means the special premium for male bovine animals provided for in Article 4 of Council Regulation 1254/1999 ;
“bovine animal” means an animal of the domestic bovine species;
“cattle passport” means, in relation to a bovine animal —
to which the Cattle Passports Order 1996 applied, a cattle passport as defined in article 2(2) of that Order;
to which Article 6(1) of Council Regulation 820/97 applied, a valid cattle passport issued pursuant to that Article; and
to which Article 6(1) of Regulation 1760/2000 applies, a valid cattle passport issued pursuant to that Article;
“census date” means a date determined by the appropriate authority pursuant to the first sub-paragraph of Article 32(3) of Commission Regulation 2342/1999 , as the date on which bovine animals on claimants' holdings are to be counted in accordance with the third sub-paragraph of the said Article 32(3);
“census declaration” means a declaration of the number of bovine animals of six months of age or more on a claimant’s holding on a census date, made by that claimant pursuant to the first indent of the third sub-paragraph of Article 32(3) of Commission Regulation 2342/1999;
“claim” means an indication, given in accordance with Article 32(1) of Commission Regulation 2342/1999, that a producer wishes to participate in the extensification payment scheme and “claimed”, in relation to an extensification payment, shall be interpreted accordingly;
“claimant” means a producer who submits a claim;
“claimant’s document” means any of the following documents or records, whether in writing or kept by means of a computer —
any cattle passport or other approved identification;
any national administrative document, as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Beef Special Premium Regulations 1996 ;
any register kept in compliance with Article 7(1) and (4) of Regulation 1760/2000;
any record made under article 5 of the Bovine Animals (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1995 ;
any record made under article 9 of the Bovine Animals (Identification, Marking and Breeding Records) Order 1990 ; and
any book, register (other than a register referred to in sub-paragraph (c) of this definition), bill, invoice, account, receipt, certificate, voucher, correspondence or other document or record relating to a bovine animal;
“ Commission Regulation 3887/92 ” means Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No. 3887/92 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes ;
“Commission Regulation 2342/1999” means Commission Regulation ( EC ) No. 2342/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1254/1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal as regards premium schemes (as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1042/2000 , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1900/2000 , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2733/2000 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 192/2001 );
“the Community rules” means the rules concerning the extensification payment laid down in Articles 12, 13, 21 and 23 of Council Regulation 1254/1999 and Chapter IV of Commission Regulation 2342/1999;
“Council Regulation 820/97” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products ;
“Council Regulation 1254/1999” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1254/1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal ;
“extensification payment” means the extensification payment granted, for each beef special premium and suckler cow premium granted, to producers who comply with certain stocking density requirements, which is provided for in Article 13 of Council Regulation 1254/1999;
“holding” means all the production units managed by a producer situated within the United Kingdom;
“the IACS Regulations ” means the Integrated Administration and Control System Regulations 1993 ;
“the Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;
“the National Assembly” means the National Assembly for Wales;
“officer” means a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of a claimant which is a body corporate, or any person who purports to act in any such capacity;
“other approved identification” means approved identification required by article 4(1) of the Bovine Animals (Identification, Marking and Breeding Records) Order 1990;
“producer” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Title I of Council Regulation 1254/1999;
“Regulation 1760/2000” means Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and requiring the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97 ;
“relevant competent authority” has the same meaning as in the IACS Regulations;
“the simplified scheme” means the system of checking compliance with the stocking density requirements laid down in Article 13(2) of Council Regulation 1254/1999 on the basis of a claimant’s declaration and undertaking, which is provided for in Article 32(4) of Commission Regulation 2342/1999;
“specified control measure” means any check which a member State is required to carry out under Article 6 of Commission Regulation 3887/92;
“the standard scheme” means the system of checking compliance with the stocking density requirements laid down in Article 13(2) of Council Regulation 1254/1999 by counting bovine animals on census dates, which is provided for in Article 32(3) of Commission Regulation 2342/1999; and
“suckler cow premium” means the premium for maintaining suckler cows provided for in Articles 6 to 10 of Council Regulation 1254/1999.
2
Any reference in these Regulations to a Community instrument is a reference to that instrument as amended on the date on which these Regulations are made.
3
Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation (with no accompanying reference to a specific instrument) is a reference to the regulation so numbered in these Regulations.
Application
3
1
These Regulations shall apply to claimants, and in relation to the holdings of such claimants, to the specified extent.
2
For the purposes of paragraph (1), “the specified extent”, in relation to a claimant, is the extent to which the appropriate authority is the relevant competent authority in relation to his holding for the purposes of the IACS Regulations.
Choice of scheme
4
A claimant may, when making a claim, choose for the calendar year in question the simplified scheme, instead of the standard scheme.
Submission of census declarations
5
No extensification payment shall be granted in respect of a calendar year to a claimant who has chosen the standard scheme for that year, unless the claimant has submitted to the appropriate authority within the period of two months from the end of that year, a census declaration for every census date in that year.
Supporting information
6
1
A claimant shall, at the request of the appropriate authority, supply to the appropriate authority such information and such documents as the appropriate authority may reasonably require for the purpose of determining whether the claimant qualifies for an extensification payment.
2
Where the appropriate authority requires such information or documents, the claimant shall supply the appropriate authority with it or them within such period as the appropriate authority reasonably may determine.
Pasture land
7
For the purposes of Article 13(3)(c) of Council Regulation 1254/1999 (which requires that a claimant’s forage area consist of at least fifty per cent of pasture land), pasture land shall mean grassland, including rough grazing, which, following the local farming practices, is recognised as being destined for grazing bovine animals or sheep or both.
Withholding and recovery of extensification payments
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The appropriate authority may withhold, or recover on demand, the whole or any part of any extensification payment claimed from or granted by him or it in any of the following circumstances —
a
where the grant of an extensification payment to the claimant in question would not, or does not, comply with the Community rules;
b
where the claimant in question has complied with a stocking density requirement laid down in Article 13(2) of Council Regulation 1254/1999 only by removing bovine animals from his holding otherwise than in accordance with normal husbandry practice;
c
where, pursuant to regulation 11(4) of the Beef Special Premium Regulations 1996 or regulation 3A(4) of the Suckler Cow Premium Regulations 1993 (which prescribe penalties for overgrazing land), the appropriate authority withholds or recovers from the claimant in question any beef special premium or suckler cow premium;
d
where, pursuant to regulation 12 of the Beef Special Premium Regulations 1996 or regulation 3B of the Suckler Cow Premium Regulations 1993 (which prescribe penalties for using unsuitable supplementary feeding methods), the appropriate authority reduces or withholds the amount of beef special premium or suckler cow premium otherwise payable to the claimant in question;
e
where the claimant in question, or an officer, employee, servant or agent of that claimant, intentionally obstructs an authorised person, or a person accompanying an authorised person and acting under his instructions, from exercising any power conferred by regulations 11 or 12, or fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement made by an authorised person under regulation 12, or with a request made by an authorised person under regulation 13;
f
where the claimant in question has failed to supply the information or documents required by the appropriate authority pursuant to regulation 6, or has failed to supply it or them within the required period;
g
where the claimant in question fails, in the reasonable opinion of the appropriate authority, to keep any claimant’s document in a form which is accurate and up to date; and
h
where the claimant in question, when so requested by an authorised person requiring information pursuant to regulation 12(a), is unable to demonstrate that he can ascertain the number of bovine animals of six months of age or more on his holding on any day of the calendar year for which an extensification payment has been or will be granted.
Rate of interest
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Where the appropriate authority recovers the whole or any part of any extensification payment pursuant to regulation 8, he or it, as the case may be, shall, unless the sum recovered was paid as a result of his or its own error, be entitled in addition to charge and recover on demand interest on the sum recovered at the rate of one per cent above the sterling three months London Interbank Offered Rate on a day-to-day basis for the period from payment to recovery.
Exercise of powers by authorised persons
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An authorised person may at all reasonable hours and on producing, if so required, some duly authenticated document showing his authority, exercise the powers conferred by regulations 11 and 12 for the purposes of —
a
carrying out any specified control measure; or
b
ascertaining whether an offence under regulation 15 has been or is being committed; or
c
ensuring that an extensification payment has been or will be granted only in accordance with the Community rules.
Powers of entry and inspection
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1
An authorised person may enter any land, other than land used only as a dwelling, which is, or which he reasonably believes to be, occupied by a claimant or used by him for keeping bovine animals.
2
An authorised person who has entered any land by virtue of this regulation may —
a
inspect and verify the area of the land or any part thereof;
b
inspect and count any bovine animals on the land and read their eartags or other identification marks;
c
inspect and count any sheep and goats on the land; and
d
carry out any other activity which is a specified control measure.
3
An authorised person entering land by virtue of this regulation may take with him such other persons acting under his instructions as he considers necessary.
Powers in relation to documents
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An authorised person may —
a
require a claimant or any officer, employee, servant or agent of a claimant to produce any claimant’s document in his possession or under his control and to supply such additional information in that person’s possession or under his control relating to a claim as the authorised person may reasonably request;
b
examine any claimant’s document referred to in sub-paragraph (a) and, where it is kept by means of a computer, have access to, and inspect and check the operation of, any computer and any associated apparatus or material which is or has been used in connection with that claimant’s document;
c
make such copies of any claimant’s document referred to in sub-paragraph (a) as he may think fit; and
d
seize and retain any claimant’s document referred to in sub-paragraph (a) which he has reason to believe may be required as evidence in proceedings under these Regulations and, where any such claimant’s document is kept by means of a computer, require it to be produced in a form in which it may be taken away.
Assistance to authorised persons
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A claimant, any officer, employee, servant or agent of a claimant and any person in charge of animals on land entered pursuant to regulation 11 shall render an authorised person such assistance as he may reasonably request so as to enable him to exercise any power conferred by regulation 11 or 12 and in particular, in relation to any bovine animal, sheep or goat, shall arrange for the penning and securing of such animal if so requested.
Limits on powers of authorised persons
14
An authorised person authorised by the appropriate authority may exercise the powers conferred by regulations 11 and 12, and act otherwise in matters arising under these Regulations, in relation to a claimant’s holding only to the extent that his authorising body is the relevant competent authority in relation to that holding for the purposes of the IACS Regulations.
Offences
15
It shall be an offence for a person —
a
intentionally to obstruct an authorised person in the exercise of a power conferred by regulation 11 or 12;
b
without reasonable excuse, to fail to comply with a requirement made under regulation 12 or a request made under regulation 13;
c
knowingly or recklessly to submit a census declaration which is false or misleading in a material particular; or
d
knowingly or recklessly to make a statement or furnish any information which is false or misleading in a material particular where the statement is made or the information is furnished for the purpose of obtaining for himself or any other person the grant of an extensification payment.
Penalties
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1
A person guilty of an offence under regulation 15(a) or (b) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
2
A person guilty of an offence under regulation 15(c) or (d) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
Time limit for prosecutions
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1
Proceedings for an offence under regulation 15 may, subject to paragraph (2), be commenced within the period of six months from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecutor to warrant proceedings comes to his knowledge.
2
No such proceedings shall be commenced by virtue of this regulation more than twelve months after the commission of the offence.
3
For the purpose of this regulation, a certificate signed by or on behalf of the prosecutor and stating the date on which evidence sufficient in his opinion to warrant the proceedings came to his knowledge shall be conclusive evidence of that fact.
4
A certificate stating that matter and purporting to be so signed shall be deemed to be so signed unless the contrary is proved.
Offences by bodies corporate
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1
Where a body corporate is guilty of an offence under regulation 15, and that offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, an officer of the body corporate, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
2
For the purposes of paragraph (1), “officer”, in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of that body corporate.
3
Where an offence under regulation 15 is committed in Scotland by a Scottish partnership, and is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a partner, he as well as the partnership shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
Joyce Quin
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
9th March 2001
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales
D. Elis Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
27th February 2001


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jurisdiction: UK

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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Extended Payments) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 9th April 2001.
2
In these Regulations —
“the Council Tax Benefit Regulations ” means the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 ;
“the Housing Benefit Regulations ” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 .
Common amendments
2
In the definition of “an income-based jobseeker’s allowance” in regulation 2(1) of both the Council Tax Benefit Regulations and the Housing Benefit Regulations (interpretation), for the words “has the same meaning in these Regulations as it has” there shall be substituted the words “and “a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance” have the same meaning as they have”.
Amendment of regulation 62A of the Housing Benefit Regulations
3
1
Regulation 62A of the Housing Benefit Regulations (extended payments) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
2
In paragraph (1) —
a
for the words “Subject to paragraph (2)” there shall be substituted the words “Subject to paragraphs (2) and (2A), this paragraph shall apply”;
b
at the end of sub-paragraph (a) there shall be added the word “and”;
c
sub-paragraph (b) shall be omitted;
d
the words from “, then that person's” to the end of the paragraph shall be omitted.
3
In paragraph (1A) —
a
for the words “Subject to paragraph (2)” there shall be substituted the words “Subject to paragraphs (2) and (2A), this paragraph shall apply”;
b
the words “his housing benefit shall be determined in accordance with Part II of Schedule 5A” shall be omitted.
4
For paragraph (1B) there shall be substituted the following paragraph —
1B
A person to whom paragraph (1) or (1A) applies shall be treated as having made a claim under this regulation, his housing benefit shall be determined in accordance with Part II of Schedule 5A and any award so determined shall be referred to in these Regulations as an “extended payment”.
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5
After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph —
2A
No extended payment shall be payable to a person where, as at the day before the day on which his entitlement to income support ceased, regulation 6(5) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (persons not treated as engaged in remunerative work) applied to him.
.
6
In sub-paragraph (a)(ii) of paragraph (5), for the words after “other case” to the end of that head there shall be substituted the words —
aa
during the 4 weeks immediately following the end of the relevant benefit period; or
bb
until the date on which his liability for rent ends,
whichever occurs first; and
.
7
After paragraph (5) there shall be added the following paragraph —
6
In paragraph (1), references to a “person” include references to a person’s partner.
.
Amendment of regulation 72 of the Housing Benefit Regulations
4
At the end of regulation 72(14)(c) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (time and manner in which claims are to be made), there shall be added the words “or has notified the appropriate authority that regulation 6(5) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (persons not treated as engaged in remunerative work) applies to that person”.
Amendment of regulation 76 of the Housing Benefit Regulations
5
In regulation 76 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (who is to make a determination) —
a
in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (4) —
i
for the words “has claimed an extended payment within 7 days” there shall be substituted the words “made the notification specified in paragraph 3 of Schedule 5A within 14 days”; and
ii
after the words “(“the appropriate day”)” there shall be inserted the words “and is treated as having claimed an extended payment under regulation 62A(1B)”; and
b
in paragraph (5) for the words “claimed an extended payment” there shall be substituted the words “met the conditions specified in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (4)”.
Amendment of Schedule 5A to the Housing Benefit Regulations
6
1
Schedule 5A to the Housing Benefit Regulations (extended payments of housing benefit) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
2
In paragraph 2 —
a
in sub-paragraph (a) —
i
after the word “claimant” there shall be inserted the words “or his partner”;
ii
after the word “allowance” there shall be inserted the words “or that the claimant and his partner were entitled to and in receipt of a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance”;
b
sub-paragraph (c) shall be omitted;
c
in sub-paragraph (e) —
i
the words “in any of, or any combination of, the circumstances set out in sub-paragraph (c)” shall be omitted; and
ii
in head (i) the word “and” where it last appears shall be omitted;
iii
at the end of head (ii) there shall be added the words “and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph, a reference to the claimant being entitled to and in receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance shall include a reference to the claimant and his partner being entitled to and in receipt of a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance”;
iv
at the end there shall be added the following —
and
iv
references to the claimant include references to his partner.
.
3
For paragraph 3 there shall be substituted the following paragraph —
3
The conditions prescribed in this paragraph are that the claimant or the claimant’s partner —
a
notifies either the designated office or an appropriate DSS office that he or his partner —
i
has commenced, or is about to commence, remunerative work; or
ii
has commenced, or is about to commence, receiving remuneration for work or an increased amount of remuneration for work,
so that entitlement to income support or to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance ceases and that work, or as the case may be, remuneration, is expected to last 5 weeks or more; and
b
makes that notification no later than 4 weeks after the day on which the claimant or his partner first undertakes the remunerative work referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(i) or first receives remuneration for the work or an increased amount of remuneration for the work referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(ii).
.
4
In paragraph 4 —
a
in sub-paragraph (4), at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “Subject to sub-paragraph (5)”; and
b
after sub-paragraph (4) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph —
5
No extended payment shall be payable for a week which is a rent free period for the purposes of regulation 70(1).
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5
In paragraph 12(1), the definition of “relevant trainee” shall be omitted.
Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Supply of Information) Regulations 1988
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In regulation 5 of the Housing Benefit (Supply of Information) Regulations 1988 (information to be supplied by an authority to another authority) —
a
in paragraph (3) —
i
at the end of sub-paragraph (aa), the word “and” shall be omitted;
ii
after sub-paragraph (aa) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph —
ab
in the case of a person to whom regulation 6(5) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (persons not treated as engaged in remunerative work) applies —
i
the date on which he was first engaged in the work referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of regulation 6(5) of those Regulations; and
ii
the date on which his entitlement to income support ceased or was expected to cease; and
;
b
paragraph (5) shall be omitted.
Amendment of regulation 53A of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
8
1
Regulation 53A of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations (extended payments) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
2
In paragraph (1) —
a
for the words “Subject to paragraph (2)” there shall be substituted the words “Subject to paragraphs (2) and (2A), this paragraph shall apply”;
b
sub-paragraph (b) shall be omitted;
c
the words from “, then that person's” to the end of the paragraph shall be omitted.
3
In paragraph (1A) —
a
for the words “Subject to paragraph (2)” there shall be substituted the words “Subject to paragraphs (2) and (2A), this paragraph shall apply”;
b
the words “his council tax benefit shall be determined in accordance with Part II of Schedule 5A” shall be omitted.
4
For paragraph (1B) there shall be substituted the following paragraph —
1B
A person to whom paragraph (1) or (1A) applies shall be treated as having made a claim under this regulation, his council tax benefit shall be determined in accordance with Part II of Schedule 5A and any award so determined shall be referred to in these Regulations as an “extended payment”.
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5
After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph —
2A
No extended payment shall be payable to a person where, as at the day before the day on which his entitlement to income support ceased, regulation 6(5) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (persons not treated as engaged in remunerative work) applied to him.
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6
In sub-paragraph (a)(ii) of paragraph (5), for the words after “other case” to the end of that head there shall be substituted the words —
aa
during the 4 weeks immediately following the end of the relevant benefit period; or
bb
until the date on which his liability for council tax ends,
whichever occurs first; and
.
7
After paragraph (5) there shall be added the following paagraph —
6
In paragraph (1), references to a “person” includes references to a person’s partner.
.
Amendment of regulation 62 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
9
At the end of regulation 62(15)(c) of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations (time and manner in which claims are to be made), there shall be added the words “or has notified the appropriate authority that regulation 6(5) of Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (persons not treated as engaged in remunerative work) applies to that person”.
Amendment of regulation 66 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
10
In regulation 66 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations (who is to make a determination) —
a
in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (4) —
i
for the words “has claimed an extended payment within 7 days” there shall be substituted the words “made the notification specified in paragraph 3 of Schedule 5A within 14 days”; and
ii
after the words “(“the appropriate day”)” there shall be inserted the words “and is treated as having claimed an extended payment under regulation 53A(1B)”; and
b
in paragraph (5), for the words “claimed an extended payment” there shall be substituted the words “meeting the conditions specified in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (4)”.
Amendment of regulation 95 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
11
In regulation 95 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations (information to be supplied by an authority to another authority) —
a
in paragraph (3) —
i
at the end of sub-paragraph (aa), the word “and” shall be omitted;
ii
after sub-paragraph (aa) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph) —
ab
in the case of a person to whom regulation 6(5) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (persons not treated as engaged in remunerative work) applies —
i
the date on which he was first engaged in the work referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of regulation 6(5) of those Regulations; and
ii
the date on which his entitlement to income support ceased or was expected to cease; and
;
b
paragraph (5) shall be omitted.
Amendment of Schedule 5A to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
12
1
Schedule 5A to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations (extended payments of council tax benefit) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
2
In paragraph 2 —
a
in sub-paragraph (a) —
i
after the word “claimant” there shall be inserted the words “or his partner”;
ii
after the word “allowance” there shall be inserted the words “or that the claimant and his partner were entitled to and in receipt of a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance”;
b
sub-paragraph (c) shall be omitted; and
c
in sub-paragraph (e) —
i
the words “in any of, or any combination of, the circumstances set out in sub-paragraph (c)” shall be omitted; and
ii
in head (i) the word “and” where it last appears shall be omitted;
iii
at the end of head (ii) there shall be added the words “and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph, a reference to the claimant being entitled to and in receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance shall include a reference to the claimant and his partner being entitled to and in receipt of a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance”;
iv
at the end there shall be added the following —
and
iv
references to the claimant include references to his partner.
.
3
For paragraph 3 there shall be substituted the following paragraph —
3
The conditions prescribed in this paragraph are that the claimant or the claimant’s partner —
a
notifies either the designated office or an appropriate social security office that he or his partner —
i
has commenced, or is about to commence, remunerative work; or
ii
has commenced, or is about to commence, receiving remuneration for work or an increased amount of remuneration for work,
so that entitlement to income support or to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance ceases and that work, or as the case may be, remuneration, is expected to last 5 weeks or more; and
b
makes that notification no later than 4 weeks after the day on which the claimant or his partner first undertakes the remunerative work referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(i) or first receives remuneration for the work or an increased amount of remuneration for the work referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(ii).
.
4
In paragraph 8(1), the definition of “relevant trainee” shall be omitted.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
P. Hollis
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
22nd February 2001


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Citation and commencement
1
These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Amendment) Rules 2001 and shall come into force on 19th February 2001.
Interpretation
2
In these Rules, any reference to a rule by number alone means the rule so numbered in the Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981 .
Amendments to the Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981
3
1
In rule 54(1), for “authorised persons” there shall be substituted “civilian enforcement officers”.
2
After rule 54(3) there shall be inserted —
3A
A warrant to which this rule applies may be executed by the persons to whom it was directed or by any of the following persons, whether or not the warrant was directed to them —
a
a constable for any police area in England and Wales, acting in his own police area;
b
where the warrant is one to which section 125A of the Act of 1980 applies, a civilian enforcement officer within the meaning of section 125A of the Act of 1980;
c
where the warrant is one to which section 125A of the Act of 1980 applies, any of the individuals described in section 125B(1) of the Act of 1980;
and in this rule any reference to the person charged with the execution of a warrant includes any of the above persons who is for the time being authorised to execute the warrant, whether or not they have the warrant in their possession at the time.
3B
A person executing a warrant of distress shall —
a
either —
i
if he has the warrant with him, show it to the person against whom the distress is levied, or
ii
otherwise, state where the warrant is and what arrangements may be made to allow the person against whom distress is levied to inspect it;
b
explain, in ordinary language, the sum for which distress is levied and the reason for the distress;
c
where the person executing the warrant is one of the persons referred to in paragraph (3A)(b) or (c) above, show the person against whom distress is levied a written statement under section 125A(4) of 125B(4) as appropriate; and
d
in any case, show documentary proof of his identity.
.
3
After rule 54(5) there shall be inserted —
5A
The clerk of the court which issued the warrant may, on the application of the person charged with the execution of it, extend the period within which the distress must be sold by any number of days not exceeding 60; but following the grant of such an application there shall be no further variation or extension of that period.
.
4
In rule 54(9), (10) and (11) the words “constable or other” shall be omitted wherever they occur.
4
After rule 86(1)(b) there shall be inserted the following:
; or
where a person other than a police officer is authorised under section 125A or 125B of the Act of 1980 to execute a warrant of arrest providing for a recognizance to be entered into by the person arrested (but not by any other person), before the person executing the warrant.
.
5
After rule 90A, there shall be inserted the following new rule —
Records to be kept where warrant is endorsed for bail
90B
1
Where a person is arrested and released on bail pursuant to a warrant endorsed for bail in accordance with section 117 of the Act of 1980, the person executing the warrant shall make a record stating the matters set out in paragraph (2) below.
2
Those matters are —
a
the name of the person arrested;
b
the offence or default with which the person arrested is charged and the reason for the arrest;
c
the fact that that person is to be released on bail;
d
the date, time and place at which that person is to appear before the court;
e
except in criminal proceedings, the amount if any in which that person is bound;
f
any other details which in the opinion of the person executing the warrant are relevant.
3
After making the record, the person executing the warrant shall —
a
sign the record;
b
invite the person arrested to sign the record;
c
if the person arrested refuses to sign the record, annotate the record to show the fact of that refusal;
d
make a copy of the record and give it to the person arrested;
e
send the original record to the justices' chief executive for the court which issued the warrant.
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6
1
In rule 96(1), for “authorised persons” there shall be substituted “civilian enforcement officers”.
2
After rule 96(2) there shall be inserted —
3
A warrant to which this rule applies may be executed by the persons to whom it was directed or by any of the following persons, whether or not the warrant was directed to them —
a
a constable for any police area in England and Wales, acting in his own police area;
b
where the warrant is one to which section 125A of the Act of 1980 applies, a civilian enforcement officer within the meaning of section 125A of the Act of 1980;
c
where the warrant is one to which section 125A of the Act of 1980 applies, any of the individuals described in section 125B(1) of the Act of 1980;
and in this rule any reference to the person charged with the execution of a warrant includes any of the above persons who is for the time being authorised to execute the warrant, whether or not they have the warrant in their possession at the time.
4
A person executing a warrant of arrest shall, upon arresting the person against whom the warrant is issued —
a
either
i
if he has the warrant with him, show it to the person against whom the warrant is issued, or
ii
otherwise, state where the warrant is and what arrangements may be made to allow the person arrested to inspect it;
b
explain, in ordinary language, the offence or default with which the person is charged and the reason for the arrest;
c
where the person executing the warrant is one of the persons referred to in paragraph (3)(b) or (c) above, show the person arrested a written statement under section 125A(4) or 125B(4) as appropriate; and
d
in any case, show documentary proof of his identity.
5
A warrant of arrest issued under any of the provisions in paragraph (6) shall cease to have effect when —
a
the sum in respect of which the warrant is issued is paid to the person charged with the execution of the warrant;
b
that sum is tendered to and refused by the person charged with the execution of the warrant; or
c
a receipt for that sum given by —
i
the justices' chief executive for the court which issued the warrant; or
ii
the charging or billing authority,
is produced to the person charged with the execution of the warrant.
6
Those provisions are —
a
sections 83(1), 83(2), 86(4) and 93(5) of the Act of 1980;
b
regulation 42(5)(b) of the Community Charges (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1989 ;
c
regulation 17(5)(b) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) Regulations 1989 ; and
d
regulation 48(5)(b) of the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992 .
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7
1
In rule 97(1) —
a
after “commitment” there shall be inserted “or detention”;
b
after the words “person committed”, wherever they occur, there shall be inserted “or detained”;
c
for the words “authorised persons”, wherever they occur, there shall be substituted “civilian enforcement officers”.
2
After rule 97(1A) there shall be inserted —
1B
A warrant of commitment or detention other than a warrant committing a person to customs detention under section 152 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 may be executed by the persons to whom it was directed or by any of the following persons, whether or not the warrant was directed to them —
a
a constable for any police area in England and Wales, acting in his own police area;
b
where the warrant is one to which section 125A of the Act of 1980 applies, a civilian enforcement officer within the meaning of section 125A of the Act of 1980;
c
where the warrant is one to which section 125A of the Act of 1980 applies, any of the individuals described in section 125B(1) of the Act of 1980;
and in this rule any reference to the person charged with the execution of a warrant includes any of the above persons who is for the time being authorised to execute the warrant, whether or not they have the warrant in their possession at the time.
1C
A person executing a warrant of commitment or detention shall, upon arresting the person against whom the warrant is issued —
a
either
i
if he has the warrant with him, show it to the person against whom the warrant is issued, or
ii
otherwise, state where the warrant is and what arrangements may be made to allow the person against whom the warrant was issued to inspect it;
b
explain, in ordinary language, the offence or default with which the person is charged and the reason for the commitment or detention;
c
where the person executing the warrant is one of the persons referred to in paragraph (1B)(b) or (c) above, show the person against whom the warrant was issued a written statement under section 125A(4) or 125B(4) as appropriate; and
d
in any case, show documentary proof of his identity.
.
3
In rule 97(2), (3) and (4) —
a
after “commitment”, wherever it occurs, there shall be inserted “or detention”;
b
after the words “person committed”, wherever they occur, there shall be inserted “or detained”.
4
After rule 97(5) there shall be inserted —
6
A warrant of commitment or detention issued under any of the provisions in paragraph (7) shall cease to have effect if, at any time before the person for whose commitment or detention the warrant was issued is placed in custody —
a
the sum in respect of which the warrant is issued, together with the costs and charges, if any, of the commitment, is paid to the person charged with the execution of the warrant;
b
that sum is tendered to and refused by the person charged with the execution of the warrant; or
c
a receipt for that sum given by —
i
the justices' chief executive for the court which issued the warrant; or
ii
the charging or billing authority,
is produced to the person charged with the execution of the warrant.
7
Those provisions are:
a
sections 76 and 136 of the Act of 1980;
b
section 40 of the Child Support Act 1991 ;
c
regulation 41(1) of the Community Charges (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1989;
d
regulation 16(3)(a) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) Regulations 1989; and
e
regulation 47(3)(a) of the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992.
8
A warrant of commitment issued for the enforcement of a maintenance order to which Part I of the Maintenance Orders Act 1958 applies shall cease to have effect if, at any time when the defendant is not already detained in pursuance of the warrant, the person charged with the execution of the warrant is informed —
a
that an application for registration of the order has been granted under section 2 of the Maintenance Orders Act 1958; or
b
that notice seeking the cancellation of such registration has been given under section 5 of that Act.
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Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Jane Kennedy
Parliamentary Secretary,
Lord Chancellor’s Department
Dated 24th January 2001


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1
This Order may be cited as the North Devon Primary Care Trust (Establishment) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 26th February 2001.
2
In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —
“the Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977;
“Executive Committee” has the meaning given in regulation 1(2) of the Membership Regulations ;
“member”, “officer member” and “non-officer member” have the meanings given in regulation 1(2) of the Membership Regulations;
“Membership Regulations” means the Primary Care Trusts (Membership, Procedure and Administration Arrangements) Regulations 2000 ;
“operational date” is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 5A to the Act;
“preparatory period” is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 5A to the Act;
“the trust” means the North Devon Primary Care Trust established by article 2 of this Order.
Establishment and name of the Primary Care Trust
2
There is hereby established a Primary Care Trust which is to be called the North Devon Primary Care Trust.
Area of the trust
3
The trust shall be established for the area specified in the Schedule to this Order.
Members of the trust
4
1
The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 officer members and 5 non-officer members.
2
The non-officer members shall comprise the persons appointed by the Secretary of State under regulation 2(3) of the Membership Regulations.
3
The officer members shall comprise —
a
the persons who for the time being hold the offices of Chief Executive and Director of Finance of the trust;
b
the person who for the time being holds the post of chairman of the Executive Committee of the trust;
c
2 persons appointed by the chairman of the trust following nomination by the Executive Committee of the trust.
Operational date of the trust
5
The trust’s operational date shall be 1st April 2001.
Limitations on the exercise of functions by the trust during the preparatory period
6
During the preparatory period the exercise of functions by the trust shall be limited to the following —
a
entering into NHS contracts;
b
entering into other contracts including contracts of employment; and
c
doing such other things as are reasonably necessary to enable it to begin to operate satisfactorily with effect from the operational date.
Assistance during the preparatory period
7
1
The North and East Devon Health Authority shall meet the costs of the trust performing its functions during the preparatory period by discharging such of the liabilities of the trust incurred during that period as are of a description specified in paragraph (2) and do not in aggregate exceed such amount as may be notified by the Authority to the trust.
2
The liabilities referred to in the preceding paragraph are —
a
liability for the remuneration and travelling or other allowances of the chairman and members of the trust;
b
liability for the travelling or other allowances of the members of committees and sub-committees of the trust who are not also members of the trust;
c
liability for the remuneration of officers of the trust; and
d
any other liability which may reasonably be incurred by the trust for the purpose of enabling it to begin to operate satisfactorily with effect from its operational date.
3
The North and East Devon Health Authority shall make available to the trust during the preparatory period —
a
premises and other facilities of the Authority; and
b
officers of the Authority.
4
The The Northern Devon Healthcare National Health Service Trust shall make available to the trust during the preparatory period —
a
premises and other facilities of the NHS trust; and
b
staff of the NHS trust.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Gisela Stuart
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
14th February 2001


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Citation and commencement
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These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Amendment (Capital Disregards) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st February 2001.
Income support, jobseeker’s allowance, housing benefit and council tax benefit: capital disregard
2
There shall be added as —
a
paragraph 61 of Schedule 10 to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (capital to be disregarded);
b
paragraph 56 of Schedule 8 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 ;
c
paragraph 64 of Schedule 5 to the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 ;
d
paragraph 64 of Schedule 5 to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 ,
the following paragraph —
Where an ex-gratia payment of £10,000 has been made by the Secretary of State on or after 1st February 2001 in consequence of the imprisonment or internment of —
a
the claimant;
b
the claimant’s partner;
c
the claimant’s deceased spouse; or
d
the claimant’s partner’s deceased spouse,
by the Japanese during the Second World War, £10,000.
.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
P. Hollis
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
6th January 2001


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Citation, commencement and extent
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Priority of Charges) (England) (No. 3) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 21st December 2001.
2
This Order extends to England only.
Specified Body
2
E-Mex Home Funding Limited (Company No. 2124900) is hereby specified as an approved lending institution for the purposes of section 156 of the Housing Act 1985 (priority of charges).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Sally Keeble
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
30th November 2001


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1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Common Agricultural Policy (Protection of Community Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 15th October 2001.
2
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Common Agricultural Policy (Protection of Community Arrangements) Regulations 1992 .
3
In these Regulations any reference to a numbered regulation shall be construed as a reference to the regulation so numbered in the principal Regulations.
Interpretation of the principal Regulations
2
1
Regulation 2(1) (interpretation) shall be amended —
a
by inserting after the definition of “commercial document” the following definition —
“Communities' agricultural levy own resources” means levies, premiums, compensatory amounts, additional amounts or factors and other duties established or to be established by the institutions of the Communities in respect of trade with countries outside the Communities within the framework of the common agricultural policy, and also contributions and other duties provided for within the framework of the common organisation of the market in sugar;
;
b
by substituting for the definition of “regulated transaction” the following definition —
“regulated transaction” means —
a transaction forming part of the system of financing by the Guarantee Section of the Fund to which Regulation 4045/89 applies; or
a transaction out of which arises a liability to make a payment forming part of the Communities' agricultural levy own resources otherwise than in respect of imports from any country outside the Communities;
;
c
by adding at the end of the definition of “Regulation 4045/89” the words “as amended ”;
d
by inserting within the definitions of “specified beneficiary” and “specified contributor”, in each case after the words “business in”, the words, “,or in the production of,”;
e
by inserting after the definition of “specified contributor” the following definition —
“specified own resources levy payer” means any person who has paid, or incurred a liability to pay, the whole or any part of any sum forming part of the Communities' agricultural levy own resources otherwise than in respect of imports from any country outside the Communities;
; and
f
by substituting for the definition of “specified person” the following definition —
“specified person” means any person who is a specified beneficiary, a specified contributor or a specified own resources levy payer.
.
2
For regulation 2(2) (which contains the definition of “specified commodity”) there shall be substituted the following paragraph —
2
For the purposes of these Regulations a “specified commodity” means any of the products that are subject to the provisions of Articles 33 to 38 of the EC Treaty (which are listed in Annex I to that Treaty) and any goods processed from those products in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No. 3448/93 , as amended , and listed in Annexes B and C to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1222/94 , as amended , and includes oils the release of which into free circulation is subject to destination or end use controls under Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No. 2828/93 , as amended .
.
Powers of authorised officers
3
For regulation 5(1)(b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph —
b
an offence under regulation 8(1)(a), (b), (c) or (e), (3), (4), (9) or (10) has been or is being committed.
.
Scrutiny for the purposes of Regulation 4045/89
4
The following regulation shall be substituted for regulation 7 —
Scrutiny for the purposes of Regulation 4045/89
7
1
Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of regulation 5, authorised officers shall be deemed to be officials responsible for scrutiny for the purposes of Regulation 4045/89 and shall have the powers conferred by the following provisions of that Regulation —
a
the power conferred on such officials by Article 5(1) (which relates to the production of commercial documents and the supply of additional information);
b
the power conferred on such officials by Article 5(2) (which relates to the supply of extracts or copies of documents referred to in Article 5(1)); and
c
the power conferred on such officials by Article 6(1) (which deals with the seizure of commercial documents).
2
The powers conferred on member States by —
a
the first sub-paragraph of Article 5(3) (which enables an undertaking to be directed to maintain future records for scrutiny pursuant to Regulation 4045/89);
b
the second sub-paragraph of Article 5(3) (which enables the date to be determined as of which records, referred to in the first sub-paragraph of Article 5(3), are to be established); and
c
the third sub-paragraph of Article 5(3) (which enables the place and time to be determined at which an undertaking shall, in certain circumstances, make available for inspection commercial documents required for scrutiny pursuant to Regulation 4045/89),
shall be exercised by the enforcement authority.
.
Offences and penalties
5
— The following regulation shall be substituted for regulation 8 —
Offences and penalties
8
1
If any person —
a
fails to comply with a request made under Article 5(1) of Regulation 4045/89 (which relates to the production of commercial documents and of any additional information requested);
b
fails to comply with a requirement issued under Article 5(2) of Regulation 4045/89 (which relates to the supply of extracts or copies of commercial documents);
c
fails to comply with a determination made under the third sub-paragraph of Article 5(3) of Regulation 4045/89 (which enables the place and time to be determined at which an undertaking shall, in certain circumstances, make available for inspection commercial documents required for scrutiny pursuant to Regulation 4045/89), as read with regulation 7(2)(c);
d
intentionally obstructs an authorised officer (or a person accompanying him and acting under his instructions) acting in the exercise of a power conferred by regulation 5 or by virtue of regulation 7; or
e
fails to comply with a request made under regulation 6,
he shall be guilty of an offence.
2
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
3
If any specified beneficiary —
a
fails to comply with Article 4 of Regulation 4045/89 (which lays down requirements relating to the retention of commercial documents);
b
fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him by notice published under regulation 3;
c
fails to comply with a direction given to him under the first sub-paragraph of Article 5(3) of Regulation 4045/89 (which enables an undertaking to be directed to maintain records for scrutiny pursuant to Regulation 4045/89), as read with regulation 7(2)(a); or
d
fails to comply with a determination under the second sub-paragraph of Article 5(3) of Regulation 4045/89 (which enables the date to be determined as of which records, referred to in the first sub-paragraph of Article 5(3), are to be established), as read with regulation 7(2)(b),
he shall be guilty of an offence.
4
If any connected person fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him by notice published under regulation 3 he shall be guilty of an offence.
5
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (3) or (4) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
6
Proceedings in England and Wales and in Northern Ireland for an offence under paragraph (1), (3) or (4) may be brought within a period of six months from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the enforcement authority to justify proceedings comes to its knowledge, and in any case within twelve months from the commission of the offence.
7
Summary proceedings in Scotland for an offence under paragraph (1), (3) or (4) above may be commenced within a period of six months from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecutor to justify proceedings comes to his knowledge, and in any case within twelve months from the commission of the offence, and the proceedings shall be deemed to be commenced on the date on which a warrant to apprehend or to cite the accused is granted, if such a warrant is executed without undue delay.
8
A certificate purporting to be signed —
a
for the purposes of paragraph (6), by or on behalf of the enforcement authority, or —
b
for the purposes of paragraph (7), by the prosecutor,
shall be conclusive evidence of the date on which evidence sufficient to justify proceedings came to the knowledge of that enforcement authority or that prosecutor, as the case may be.
9
If any specified contributor —
a
fails to comply with Article 4 of Regulation 4045/89 (which lays down requirements relating to the retention of commercial documents);
b
fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him by notice published under regulation 3;
c
fails to comply with a direction given to him under the first sub-paragraph of Article 5(3) of Regulation 4045/89 (which enables an undertaking to be directed to maintain records for scrutiny pursuant to Regulation 4045/89), as read with regulation 7(2)(a); or
d
fails to comply with a determination under the second sub-paragraph of Article 5(3) of Regulation 4045/89 (which enables the date to be determined as of which records, referred to in the first sub-paragraph of Article 5(3), are to be established), as read with regulation 7(2)(b),
he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
10
If any person —
a
fails to comply with Article 8(1) of Regulation 4045/89 (which restricts the communication of information collected in the course of scrutiny); or
b
for the purpose of obtaining for himself or for any other person the whole or any part of any sum financed by or for the account of the Guarantee Section of the Fund or for the purposes of evading payment of the whole or any part of such a sum for which he or any other person is liable, or in purported compliance with any such requirement as is imposed by notice published under regulation 3, either knowingly or recklessly —
i
furnishes any information,
ii
makes or signs any document,
iii
delivers any document, or
iv
makes in a record, register or document any entry,
which is false or misleading in any material particular, he shall be guilty of an offence.
11
In paragraph (10)(b) —
a
“document” includes any declaration, notice or certificate;
b
the references to furnishing information, to making or signing any document, to delivering any document and to making any entry, in each case, include a reference to causing or permitting that act to be done;
c
the reference to knowingly or recklessly delivering a document which is false or misleading in a material particular includes a reference to transmitting such a document with the intent to secure that the false or misleading information is recorded by the machine to which it is transmitted so as to be accessible for subsequent reference, in the knowledge that the information as recorded is false or misleading in a material particular, or being reckless as to the possibility that it may be so.
12
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (10) shall be liable —
a
on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or both; or
b
on conviction on indictment to a fine, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both.
13
Where an offence under this regulation which has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
14
Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, the provisions of paragraph (13) shall apply in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate.
15
In paragraphs (13) and (14) above the references to a “body corporate” include a partnership in Scotland and, in relation to such partnership, any reference to a director or other officer of a body corporate is a reference to a partner.
.
Defence of due diligence
6
In regulation 10 there shall be substituted for the figures and letters “8(1)(a) or (b), (3), (4) or (10)” the figures and letters “8(1)(a), (b) or (c), (3), (4) or (9)”.
Revocation
7
Regulation 4 (which relates to the application of special measures for peas, field beans and sweet lupins) is revoked.
Whitty
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
21st September 2001


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These Regulations may be cited as the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (No. 9) (Amendment) Regulations 2001; they extend to England and come into force on 20th July 2001.
Amendment to the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (No. 9) Regulations 2001
2
Regulation 1(2) of the Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (No. 9) Regulations 2001 is amended by substituting the words “30th September 2001” for the words “20th July 2001”.
Whitty
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
19th July 2001