text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Scottish Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 12th April 1999.
2
In this Order–
“the 1983 Act ” means the Representation of the People Act 1983;
“the 1999 Order ” means the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 1999;
“combined polls” refers to the poll at a Scottish parliamentary election and the poll at a local government election when they are taken together under article 13 of the 1999 Order;
“constituency returning officer” means the officer who, in accordance with article 14 of the 1999 Order is the constituency returning officer for a Scottish parliamentary election;
“regional returning officer” means a regional returning officer for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998 ;
“general election” means an ordinary general election for membership of the Scottish Parliament;
“by-election” means an election held to fill the vacant seat of a constituency member of the Scottish Parliament under section 8 of the Scotland Act;
“Scottish parliamentary election” means an election for membership of the Scottish Parliament,
and any other expression used in this Order which is also used in the Scotland Act 1998 will have the same meaning in this Order as it has in that Act.
3
Any reference to the register of electors is to the register of electors used at the election at which the services were rendered or expenses incurred and to that register as first published.
Constituency returning officers
2
1
For the purposes of paragraph (a) of section 29(3) of the 1983 Act, as applied by article 18 of the 1999 Order –
a
the services of a constituency returning officer which are of a 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
the expenses of a constituency returning officer which are of a kind described in paragraphs 1(1), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1) and 5 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 by a constituency returning officer 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–
a
in the case of a general election, the amounts set out in column 2 of those Parts; and
b
in the case of a by-election, the amounts set out in column 3 of those Parts,
in respect of each entry set out opposite thereto in column 1 of those Parts.
Regional returning officers
3
1
For the purposes of paragraph (a) of section 29(3) of the 1983 Act as applied by article 18 of the 1999 Order–
a
the services of a regional returning officer in conducting the general election and discharging his duties;
b
the expenses of a regional returning officer in respect of the payment of persons employed in connection with the calculation of regional figures for the purposes of section 7 of the Scotland Act 1998 and the allocation of seats to registered political parties and individual candidates under section 7 of that Act;
c
the travelling and overnight subsistence expenses of–
i
the regional returning officer;
ii
any person placed at the regional returning officer’s disposal under article 15(2) of the 1999 Order;
iii
any clerical or other assistants employed by the regional returning officer;
d
the expenses of a regional returning officer in printing or otherwise producing the ballot papers;
e
the expenses of a regional returning officer in printing or otherwise producing and, where appropriate publishing notices and other documents required by the 1999 Order;
f
the expenses of a regional returning officer in the provision of stationary and writing implements and in postage, telephone and bank charges and other miscellaneous items,
are hereby specified.
2
The maximum recoverable amounts by a regional returning officer at a contested election are hereby specified as–
a
£500 in respect of the services specified in paragraph (1)(a) above; and
b
£400 in respect of the expenses specified in paragraph (1)(b) above.
Uncontested elections - regional returning officers
4
Where the return of regional members at a general election is uncontested, the maximum recoverable amounts by a regional returning officer are hereby specified as–
a
£77.46 in respect of the services specified in paragraph (1)(a) of article 3 of this Order; and
b
£192.78 in respect of the expenses specified in paragraph (1)(b) of article 3 of this Order.
Uncontested elections - constituency returning officers
5
1
Where the return of regional members at a general election is uncontested, or, as the case may be, the return of constituency members at a general election is uncontested, the maximum recoverable amounts by a constituency returning officer in respect of–
a
the services specified in Part A of the Schedule; and
b
the expenses specified in Part B of the Schedule,
are hereby specified as the amounts set out in column 3 of those parts in respect of each entry set out opposite thereto in column 1 of those parts.
2
Where the return of constituency members at a by-election is uncontested, or, as the case may be, where at a general election both the return of regional members and the return of constituency members is uncontested, the maximum recoverable amounts by a constituency returning officer are hereby specified as–
a
£387.30 in respect of the services specified in Part A of the Schedule; and
b
£958.69 in respect of the expenses specified in Part B of the Schedule.
Henry McLeish
Minister of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
22nd March 1999
We consent to this Order
Bob Ainsworth
Jane Kennedy
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
25th March 1999


type: legislation

jurisdiction: UK

text:
Commencement and citation
1
This Order may be cited as The A3 Trunk Road (Wandsworth) Red Route Experimental Traffic Order 1999, and shall come into force on 6th December 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” 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”; and
k
“London Regional Transport” has the meaning given by the London Regional Transport Act 1984.
l
“pedal cycle” has the same meaning as in regulation 4 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994.
General prohibition of stopping
3
1
Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of this article, and of articles 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, no person shall cause any vehicle to stop in the trunk road red route during the restricted hours.
2
Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this article, and of articles 5(1), 8 and 9, no person shall cause any vehicle to stop at any time in any lengths of the trunk road red route specified in schedule 4.
3
The controls specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this article do not apply in respect of any area of the trunk road red route specified in schedule 2A.
4
In this article the restricted hours means, in relation to a length of the trunk road red route specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 1, the hours specified in that item in column (3) of that table.
Exemptions for parking
4
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2B during the hours specified in column (3) in that item for a period not exceeding the period specified in column (4) in that item, provided that not less than the period specified in column (5) in that item has elapsed since the vehicle was last parked on any part of the same length of road.
Miscellaneous exemptions for parking
5
1
Licensed taxi cabs: The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle being used under a licence under section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in schedule 2D.
2
Buses: The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a bus to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2E during the hours specified in column (3) in that item for a period not exceeding the period specified in column (4) in that item, provided that not less than the period specified in column (5) in that item has elapsed since the vehicle was last parked on any part of the same length of road.
3
Doctors' vehicles: The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2F during the hours specified in column (3) in that item, provided that —
a
there is displayed in the windscreen of the vehicle a badge issued by, or with the authority of, the Traffic Director for London to a medical practitioner, and which specifies —
i
the name of the person to whom it was issued, and
ii
the premises in relation to which it applies; and
b
the vehicle was parked by, or with the permission of, the person whose name is specified on the badge and for so long only as the person who parked the vehicle is engaged in work at the premises specified on the badge.
4
Solo motor bicycles: The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a motor bicycle without a side-car to be parked at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2G during the hours specified in column (3) in that item.
Exemptions for loading and unloading
6
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle which is being loaded or unloaded to stop at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the tables in schedules 3A and 3B during the hours specified in column (3) in that item for as long as is needed to load or unload the vehicle or 20 minutes, whichever is the less, provided that not less than 20 minutes has elapsed since the vehicle was last parked on any part of the same length of road.
Exemptions for disabled persons
7
1
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a disabled person’s vehicle which displays a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position to park at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2B during the hours specified in column (3) in that item.
2
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a disabled person’s vehicle which displays a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position to park at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 2C during the hours specified in column (3) in that item.
3
The controls specified in article 3(1) do not apply in respect of a person causing a disabled person’s vehicle which displays a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position, and a parking disc on which is shown the time at which the period of parking began, to park at the edge of the carriageway on a length of road specified in an item in column (2) of the table in schedule 3A during the hours specified in column (3) in that item, for a period of up to 3 hours not being a period separated by an interval of less than 1 hour from a previous period when that vehicle was parked in that length of road.
Exemptions at bus stops and stands
8
1
The controls specified in article 3 (1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing:
a
a bus to stop at a bus stop for as long as may be required to enable passengers to board or alight; or
b
a bus to stop at a bus stop or a bus stand and being used for operational reasons in the course of providing a London bus service (as defined in section 34 of the Transport Act 1985 ) under an agreement with London Regional Transport or training drivers to allow such a service to be provided.
2
In this article “operational reasons” means:
i
to enable passengers to board and alight;
ii
to enable crew changes to take place;
iii
to maintain the scheduled timetable subject, in the case of a bus stop, to a maximum wait of two minutes.
Other exemptions
9
1
The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle to stop if that person is —
a
required by law to cause the vehicle to stop or not to proceed;
b
obliged to stop the vehicle so as to avoid an accident;
c
prevented from proceeding in the vehicle by circumstances beyond the person’s control;
d
getting or giving help in consequence of an accident or an emergency, or otherwise taking action for public safety;
e
opening or closing a gate or other barrier at the entrance to premises to which the vehicle is being driven or from which it has emerged if it is not reasonably practicable to cause the vehicle to stop elsewhere for the purpose;
f
using the vehicle for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;
g
using the vehicle in connection with the removal of any obstruction to traffic;
h
using the vehicle in connection with the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of any length of road specified in schedule 1;
i
using the vehicle under a licence under section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 to stop for so long only as may be required to enable a passenger to get on or off the vehicle; or
j
using a disabled person’s vehicle which displays a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position to stop for so long only as may be required to enable a disabled person to get on or off the vehicle.
2
The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a vehicle which bears the Royal Mail livery which is waiting at the edge of a carriageway for as long as may be necessary for the purpose of collecting or delivering letters in pursuance of any statutory duty of the Post Office to collect or deliver letters.
3
The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden.
4
The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing a pedal cycle to be parked at a facility specifically provided for the purpose of pedal cycle parking by, or with the consent of, the highway authority.
Power to modify or suspend this Order
10
If it appears to the Traffic Director for London, or some person authorised by him, essential in the interests of the expeditious, convenient and safe movement of traffic, or of the provision of suitable and adequate parking facilities on the highway, or for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which any road affected by this Order runs, and after consulting with the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, he may modify or suspend any provision of this Order, save that no modification shall make an addition.Suspensions of existing Orders
11
1
Subject to paragraph (2) of this article, the Wandsworth (Waiting and Loading) Order 1976 is hereby suspended, in so far as its provisions relate to any part of the trunk road red route.
2
The suspension specified in paragraph (1) of this article shall take effect in respect of any provision contained in the Wandsworth (Waiting and Loading) Order 1976 only from the time at which the traffic sign indicating the effect of that provision has been obliterated.
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State.
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
12th November 1999


text:
1
This Order may be cited as the Holme Lacy College (Dissolution) Order 1999, and shall come into force on 1st August 1999.
2
On 1st August 1999 the corporation shall be dissolved and all of its property, rights and liabilities shall be transferred to Pershore and Hindlip College.
3
Section 26(2), (3) and (4) of the Act shall apply to any person employed by the corporation immediately before 1st August 1999 as if the references in that section–
a
to a person to whom that section applies were to a person so employed;
b
to the operative date were to 1st August 1999;
c
to the transferor were to the corporation; and
d
to the corporation were to Pershore and Hindlip College.
Tessa Blackstone
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
25th June 1999


text:
Citation, interpretation and extent
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Health Act 1999 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1999.
2
In this Order–
“ the Act ” means the Health Act 1999;
“the 1977 Act ” means the National Health Service Act 1977 .
3
This Order extends to England and article 2(3)(b) and (4)(b) extends also to Wales.
Appointed days
2
1
1st September 1999 is the day appointed for the coming into force, to the extent there specified, of each provision of the Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order.
2
8th September 1999 is the day appointed for the coming into force of–
a
section 2(1) of the Act in so far as it relates to section 16A(4) and (5) of the 1977 Act (consultation requirements);
b
section 2(1) and (2) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Act in so far as they relate to paragraphs 20(2) and (3) and 23(3) of Schedule 5A to the 1977 Act (further consultation requirements) and section 16A(6) of the 1977 Act in so far as it relates to those paragraphs.
3
4th January 2000 is the appointed day for the coming into force–
a
to the extent there specified, of each provision of the Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order; and
b
of the following paragraphs of Schedule 4 to the Act (amendments of enactments) and section 65(1) of the Act in so far as it relates to those paragraphs–
i
paragraph 76(a)(i) and paragraph 74 in so far as it relates to that paragraph,
ii
paragraph 85(2)(a) and paragraph 85(1) in so far as it relates to that paragraph.
4
1st April 2000 is the appointed day for the coming into force–
a
to the extent there specified, of each provision of the Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 3 to this Order;
b
of the following paragraphs of Schedule 4 to the Act (amendments of enactments) and section 65(1) of the Act in so far as it relates to those paragraphs–
i
paragraph 73,
ii
paragraph 82 and paragraph 74 in so far as it relates to that paragraph,
iii
paragraph 86.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Hutton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
18th August 1999


text:
1
This Order may be cited as the Dartford-Thurrock Crossing Tolls Order 1999 and shall, in accordance with section 17(11) of the Dartford-Thurrock Crossing Act 1988, come into force on 1st September 1999.
2
1
The toll leviable in respect of each of the classes of vehicles set out in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order shall be of the amount set out or described opposite thereto in column (2) of that Schedule.
2
For the purposes of determining the class of vehicles to which a trailer belongs, a trailer which, when being drawn, is attached to the vehicle drawing it by partial superimposition shall be regarded as part of the vehicle drawing it and not as a separate vehicle.
3
The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing Tolls Order 1998 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Larry Whitty
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
3rd August 1999


text:
Citation and Interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Access to Justice Act 1999 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1999.
2
In this Order, “ the Act ” means the Access to Justice Act 1999 and, unless the context requires otherwise, references to a section, Part or Schedule by number alone mean the section, Part or Schedule so numbered in the Act.
Commencement of provisions in Access to Justice Act 1999
2
The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 27th September 1999:
a
in Part III, sections 36 (barristers and solicitors), 40 (rights to conduct litigation: barristers and legal executives) and 42 (overriding duties of advocates and litigators), paragraphs 6, 7, 9 and 10 of Schedule 6 and, so far as it relates to those paragraphs, section 43 (minor and consequential amendments), section 46 (Bar practising certificates), section 48 and Schedule 7 (Law Society’s powers in relation to conduct of solicitors etc ) and section 49 (powers of Legal Services Ombudsman);
b
in Part IV, section 66 and Schedule 9 (enforcement of community orders) and, in the areas specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, section 67(2) (time limits where accused sent for trial);
c
in Part V:
i
to the extent that it inserts section 30B into the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 , section 83(1) (Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority);
ii
paragraph 11 of Schedule 12 and, so far as it relates to that paragraph, section 83(3); and
iii
sections 88 (role of chief executives) and 89 (independence of clerks and staff exercising legal functions) and
d
in Part VII:
i
section 105;
ii
the following provisions of Schedule 15 (repeals and revocations):
a
in Part II, the repeal of, or (as the case may be) of words in, the provisions specified in Part I of Schedule 2 to this Order;
b
Part IV; and
c
in Part V(7), the repeal of sections 31(2) and 40(5) of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 4 to, the Justices of the Peace Act 1997; and
iii
section 106 so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 15 referred to in sub-paragraph (ii) above, and to those referred to in section 108(3)(f), apart from the provisions specified in section 108(4).
3
The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 1st November 1999:
a
section 53 (abolition of scriveners' monopoly);
b
in Part II of Schedule 15, the repeal of, or (as the case may be) of words in, the provisions specified in Part II of Schedule 2 to this Order; and
c
section 106 so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 15 referred to in sub-paragraph (b) above.
4
The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 12th November 1999:
a
section 79 (justices not to sit on committal for sentence); and
b
Part V(4) of Schedule 15, and section 106, so far as it relates to that repeal.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Keith Vaz
Parliamentary Secretary
Lord Chancellor’s Department
21st September 1999


text:
Commencement and citation
1
This Order may be cited as The A40 Trunk Road (Ealing and Hammersmith & Fulham) Red Route Experimental Traffic Order 1999 Experimental Variation Order 1999, and shall come into force on 17th January 2000.
Variations
2
The A40 Trunk Road (Ealing and Hammersmith & Fulham ) Red Route Experimental Traffic Order 1999 is varied by the following provisions of this Order.
3
In Schedule 2B item 3 is substituted as follows:
3
A40 Western Avenue, the south-west side from a point 6 metres north-west of a point opposite the party wall of 159 and 161 Western Avenue to a point opposite the party wall of 149 and 151 Western Avenue.
4
In Schedule 2B item 11 is substituted as follows:
11
A40 Westway, the northside, from a point 2 metres west of the western boundary of 11 Westway westward for a distance of 14 metres.
5
In Schedule 4 item 3 is substituted as follows:
3
A40 Western Avenue, the south-west side, from a point opposite the party wall of 233 and 235 Western Avenue to a point 6 metres north-west of a point opposite the party wall of 159 and 161 Western Avenue.
6
In Schedule 4 item 9 is substituted as follows:
9
A40 Westway, the north side, from its junction with Old Oak Common Lane to a point 2 metres east of the party wall of 5 and 7 Westway.
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State.
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
20th December 1999


text:
1
This Order may be cited as the Police (Secretary of State’s Objectives) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
2
The Police (Secretary of State’s Objectives) Order 1998 is hereby revoked.
3
The objectives for the policing of the areas of all police authorities established under section 3 of the Police Act 1996 are–
a
to deal speedily and effectively with young offenders and to work with other agencies to reduce offending and re-offending by young people;
b
to identify and reduce local problems of crime and disorder in partnership with local authorities, other local agencies and the public; and
c
to target and reduce drug-related crime in partnership with other local agencies, in particular local Drug Action Teams or local Drug and Alcohol Action Teams, and having regard to the Command Paper entitled “Tackling Drugs to Build a Better Britain: the Government’s Ten-Year Strategy for Tackling Drugs Misuse” .
Jack Straw
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
3rd March 1999


text:
1
1
These Rules may be cited as the Election Petition (Amendment) Rules 1999 and shall come into force on 7th June 1999.
2
In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, a rule referred to by number alone means the rule so numbered in the Election Petition Rules 1960 .
2
In rule 2(4):–
a
omit “, including the rules relating to the discovery and inspection of documents and the delivery of interrogatories.”; and
b
for “action”, substitute “claim”.
3
In rule 5(1) for “ex parte by summons”, substitute “without notice being served on any Respondent within the meaning of Rule 6”.
4
In rule 6(2):–
a
for “writ of summons”, substitute “claim form”; and
b
for “an affidavit of service”, substitute “a certificate of service”.
5
In rule 7:
a
in paragraph (1), for “a summons”, substitute “an application notice”; and
b
in paragraph (2):–
i
for “summons”, substitute “application”; and
ii
omit “in chambers”.
6
In rule 9(1), for “summons”, substitute “application notice”.
7
In rule 11, for “motion”, substitute “application notice”.
8
In rule 12:–
a
in paragraph (1), for “motion”, substitute “application notice”;
b
in paragraph (2):–
i
in sub-paragraph (a), for “notice of motion”, substitute “the application notice”;
ii
in sub-paragraph (b), for “motion”, substitute “application”;
c
in paragraph (3), for “notice of motion”, substitute “application notice”; and
d
in paragraph (4), before “notice”, insert “application”.
9
In rule 13:–
a
in paragraph (1), for “motion”, substitute “application notice”; and
b
in paragraph (2), for “notice of motion”, substitute “the application notice”.
10
In rule 14(2), for “motion”, substitute “application notice”.
11
In rule 16(3), for “motion”, substitute “application notice”.
12
In rule 19(1):–
a
for “the provisions of Order 3 of the Rules of the Supreme Court”, substitute “rules 2.8 to 2.11 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 ”; and
b
for “Rules of the Supreme Court”, substitute “Civil Procedure Rules”.
Woolf M.R.
Richard Scott V-C
Anthony May L.J.
John Leslie
Richard Holman
Godfrey Gypps
Olivia Morrison-Lyons
Harriet Kimbell
Peter Haworth
Peter Watson
David Foskett
Nicholas Chambers
I allow these Rules which shall come into force on 7th June 1999
Irvine of Lairg, C.
12th May 1999


text:
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Greater London Authority (Assembly Constituencies and Returning Officers) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 22nd December 1999.
Assembly constituencies and returning officers
2
For the purposes of Part I (the Greater London Authority) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 —
a
the Assembly constituencies shall be the areas, and shall be known by the names, specified in columns (1) and (2), respectively, in the following Table; and
b
as regards each such constituency, the person who is for the time being the returning officer in relation to other local government elections in the borough specified in relation to that constituency in column (3) of the Table shall also be the returning officer at any election in that constituency of a constituency member of the London Assembly:
(1) (2) (3) Area of constituency Name of constituency Borough
The London boroughs of Havering and Redbridge Havering & Redbridge Havering The London borough of Barking & Dagenham, the City of London and the London boroughs of Newham and Tower Hamlets City & East Newham The London boroughs of Hackney, Islington and Waltham Forest North East Waltham Forest The London boroughs of Enfield and Haringey Enfield & Haringey Enfield The London boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea and the City of Westminster West Central Westminster The London boroughs of Barnet and Camden Barnet & Camden Barnet The London boroughs of Brent and Harrow Brent & Harrow Brent The London boroughs of Ealing and Hillingdon Ealing & Hillingdon Ealing The London boroughs of Hounslow, Kingston upon Thames and Richmond upon Thames South West Hounslow The London boroughs of Merton and Wandsworth Merton & Wandsworth Wandsworth The London boroughs of Croydon and Sutton Croydon & Sutton Croydon The London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark Lambeth and Southwark Lambeth The London boroughs of Greenwich and Lewisham Greenwich and Lewisham Lewisham The London boroughs of Bexley and Bromley Bexley and Bromley Bromley
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Keith Hill
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
17th December 1999


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Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 9 of the Act, hereby makes the following Order:–
1
This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (NTT Europe Limited) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 13th July 1999.
2
Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system.
Michael Wills
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Firms, Trade and Industry,
Department of Trade and Industry
9th June 1999


text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the North Sefton & West Lancashire Community National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
2
In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–
“ the Act ” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;
“community health services” means any services which the Secretary of State may provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of or Schedule 1 to the National Health Service Act 1977 and any service which he has a duty to provide under section 5(1) or (1A) of that Act ;
“operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;
“the trust” means the North Sefton & West Lancashire Community National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.
Establishment of the trust
2
There is hereby established an NHS trust which shall be called North Sefton & West Lancashire Community National Health Service Trust.
Nature and functions of the trust
3
1
The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1)(b) of the Act.
2
The trust’s functions shall be to provide and manage Ormskirk & District General Hospital, Wigan Road, Ormskirk, Lancs L39 2JW and associated hospitals, establishments and facilities in the areas of the South Lancashire and Sefton Health Authorities, and there and from there to provide and manage community health services.
Directors of the trust
4
The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 non-executive directors and 5 executive directors.
Operational date and accounting date of the trust
5
1
The operational date of the trust shall be 1st April 1999.
2
The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March.
Restriction on disposal of assets
6
The sum specified for the purposes of paragraph 6(2)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act (maximum value of freely disposable assets) in relation to the trust shall be £1,000,000.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Denham
Minister of State,
Department of Health
19th March 1999


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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Supply and Sale of Equipment) (Penalties and Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 14th July 1999.
2
In regulation 3 of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Supply and Sale of Equipment) (Penalties and Licences) Regulations 1998 , for the word “licence” where it first appears, substitute the words “a licence in writing”.
Kim Howells
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs,
Department of Trade and Industry
23rd June 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Income Tax (Sub-contractors in the Construction Industry) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1999.
2
These Regulations shall come into force on 1st August 1999.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Income Tax (Sub-contractors in the Construction Industry) Regulations 1993 and “regulation” and “Schedule” mean a regulation, or Schedule, as the case may be, of those Regulations.
Amendments to the principal Regulations
3
In regulation 2(2) the reference to “construction contract payments” shall be omitted.
4
1
Regulation 21C shall be amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (1)(c) for the words from “contract payments” where they first appear to “evidence of” where they secondly appear there shall be substituted the words “relevant payments and”.
3
In paragraph (2)–
a
in the words preceding sub-paragraph (a) after “21D” there shall be inserted “, 21E”.
b
in sub-paragraph (a) for the words from “to any person” to the end there shall be substituted the words “referred to in section 562(2B)”; and
c
in sub-paragraph (b) for the words from “contract payments” to the end there shall be substituted the words “relevant payments”.
5
In regulation 21D(1)(c) for the words from “contract payments” where they first appear to “evidence of” where they secondly appear there shall be substituted the words “relevant payments and”.
6
In regulation 21E –
a
in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) and (2) for the words “construction contract payments” wherever they occur there shall be substituted the word “turnover”;
b
in paragraph (1)(c) for the words “construction contract payments” there shall be substituted the words “relevant payments”; and
c
in paragraph (2) before the word “cost” the word “direct” shall be inserted.
7
In regulation 23A(4) for “2” there shall be substituted “(2)”.
8
In regulation 41(4B) –
a
for the words “contract payments, or of construction contract payments” there shall be substituted the words “relevant payments”; and
b
the words “, or costs of materials” to the end shall be omitted.
9
In Schedule A1 (which specifies the bodies designated as those to which subsection (2) of section 560 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 applies) there shall be added at the end (as additional bodies so designated)–
3
Health and Social Services trusts established under Article 10 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991
.
10
In Schedule 1 –
a
in the form designated CIS24, on Pages 1 Face to 3 Face, the words “number aside” shall be omitted and the words “[space for name of Contractor]” and “[space for name of Subcontractor]” shall be substituted for each other;
b
in the forms designated CIS25(E), CIS25(I) and CIS25(M) for the words “Card holder” there shall be substituted the words “Card number”.
Nick Montagu
S C T Matheson
Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue
29th July 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
Amendment of principal regulations
2
The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992 are amended as provided below.
Attachment of earnings: reserve forces
3
In regulation 32(1) (interpretation etc. ), in the definition of “earnings”, there is inserted at the end of sub-paragraph (ii) the words “other than pay or allowances payable by his employer to him as a special member of a reserve force (within the meaning of the Reserve Forces Act 1996).” .
Attachment of earnings: multiple orders
4
1
For regulation 42(1) (priority between orders) for the words from the beginning to “he shall”, there is substituted–
Where an employer would, but for this paragraph, be obliged to make deductions on any pay-day under more than one attachment of earnings order, he shall
.
2
Schedule 3 (which sets out the form of attachment of earnings order, including the text of regulations 32 and 38 to 42) is amended in accordance with paragraph (1) above, regulation 4 of the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 and regulation 4(1) and (2) of the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 .
3
Regulation 4(3) of the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 is revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
2nd March 1999
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Jon Owen Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
3rd March 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Support) (European Institutions) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999.
Interpretation
2
1
In these Regulations, except where the context otherwise requires —
“ the Act ” means the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998;
“designated course” means a course designated by regulation 4;
“the Student Support Regulations ” means the Education (Student Support) Regulations 1999 as amended from time to time, and any Regulations made under section 22 of the Act replacing such Regulations.
2
Subject to paragraph (1) expressions in these Regulations have the same meaning as they have in the Student Support Regulations.
Eligibility
3
1
Subject to and in accordance with these Regulations a person shall be eligible for support in connection with his attendance at a designated course which begins on or after 1st September 1999 if —
a
he would be eligible for support under the Student Support Regulations if the course were a designated course for the purposes of those Regulations;
b
in the case of a course provided by the European University Institute —
i
he is a national of the United Kingdom for the purposes of European Community law;
ii
he is not a person mentioned in paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Student Support Regulations and not in any other paragraph of that Schedule;
c
before the first day of the first academic year of the course he has not attained the age of —
i
40, if the course is provided by the College of Europe,
ii
35, if the course is provided by the European University Institute or the Bologna Centre,
unless the Secretary of State considers that in all the circumstances the requirements in this sub-paragraph should not apply; and
d
the Secretary of State has determined that by reason of merit he shall be eligible for support in connection with his attendance at the course.
2
The number of persons who the Secretary of State has determined shall be eligible for support in connection with attendance at courses which begin during any 12 month period beginning on 1st September shall not exceed —
a
in the case of courses provided by the College of Europe, 22;
b
in the case of courses provided by the European University Institute, 26;
c
in the case of courses provided by the Bologna Centre, 2.
Designated courses
4
A course shall be designated for the purposes of section 22(1) of the Act and regulation 3 if it is —
a
a postgraduate or comparable course;
b
a full-time course;
c
of at least one academic year’s duration; and
d
provided by —
i
the College of Europe;
ii
the European University Institute; or
iii
the Bologna Centre.
Application for financial support
5
1
With such modifications as may be necessary a person shall apply for support under these Regulations as if he were applying for support under the Student Support Regulations, and shall comply with and be subject to the provisions of those Regulations.
2
If the Secretary of State considers that an applicant is eligible for support in connection with his attendance at a course he shall notify him of that fact.
3
Regulations 8 and 9 of the Student Support Regulations shall apply to applicants and persons eligible for support under these Regulations as they apply to applicants and eligible students under those Regulations.
Grants for study at the College of Europe
6
1
Subject to and in accordance with these Regulations a person who is eligible for support in connection with his attendance at a course provided by the College of Europe shall in respect of each academic year be eligible for a grant for —
a
fees equal to the aggregate of any fees payable by him in respect of, or otherwise in connection with, his attendance on the course not exceeding 7,500 euros;
b
board and lodging at the College of 4,500 euros;
c
living costs in the amount of —
i
£2,235.10, where the person attends the College at Bruges;
ii
£2,197.37, where the person attends the College at Natolin; and
d
the reasonable cost of three return journeys from the person’s home in the United Kingdom to the College, less £85.
2
A person who is eligible for a grant under this Regulation shall not be eligible for a grant under sub-paragraphs (b) to (d) if he is a person mentioned in paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Student Support Regulations and not in any other paragraph of that Schedule.
Grant for study at the European University Institute
7
Subject to and in accordance with these Regulations a person who is eligible for support in connection with his attendance at a course provided by the European University Institute shall in respect of each academic year be eligible for a grant for —
a
living costs of 10,777.42 euros;
b
dependants calculated in accordance with regulation 15 of the Student Support Regulations;
c
the reasonable cost of one return journey from the person’s home in the United Kingdom to the Institute;
d
the reasonable cost of travel between the person’s residence while attending the Institute and the Institute; and
e
where the ordinary duration of the course is more than one academic year, the reasonable cost of insuring against liability for the cost of medical treatment provided outside the United Kingdom.
Grant for study at the Bologna Centre
8
Subject to and in accordance with these Regulations a person who is eligible for support in connection with his attendance at a course provided by the Bologna Centre shall in respect of the academic year of the course be eligible for grant for fees equal to the aggregate of any fees payable by him in respect of, or otherwise in connection with, his attendance on the course not exceeding US $21,800.
Means test
9
1
In the case of a grant under regulation 6 or 7 a contribution in respect of an academic year shall be calculated in accordance with regulation 21 of and Schedule 3 to the Student Support Regulations as modified by this regulation and the contribution shall be applied in accordance with this regulation.
2
In paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 3 to the Student Support Regulations for the amounts specified in column one below there shall be substituted the corresponding amounts in column two below:
£13.00 £9.30 9.20 6.60 7.50 5.30
3
In paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 3 to the Student Support Regulations for the amounts specified in column one below there shall be substituted the corresponding amounts specified in column two below:
£9.80 £7.00 7.05 5.00 5.60 4.00
4
In the case of a grant under regulation 7 when calculating a student’s contribution no parental contribution shall be applicable under Part II of Schedule 3 to the Student Support Regulations.
5
The amount of grant for living costs under regulation 6(c) shall be the amount remaining after subtracting the student’s contribution, and where the contribution exceeds the amount of such grant it shall be reduced to nil, and the balance of the contribution not required to reduce the amount to nil shall be subtracted from the amount of grant for board and lodging under regulation 6(b).
6
Where by virtue of paragraph (5) no grant for board and lodging is payable under regulation 6(b) no grant for travel costs shall be payable under regulation 6(d).
7
The amount of grant for living costs under regulation 7(a) shall be the amount remaining after subtracting the student’s contribution, and where the contribution exceeds the amount of such grant it shall be reduced to nil, and the balance of any contribution not required to reduce the amount to nil shall be subtracted from the amount of grant for dependants under regulation 7(b).
8
The Secretary of State may require a student to provide from time to time such information as he considers necessary as to the income of any person whose means are relevant to the assessment of his contribution.
Payments
10
1
The Secretary of State shall pay grant for fees for which a student is eligible when a valid request for payment has been received from the academic authority, payment to be made to the authority in such instalments (if any) and at such times as he considers appropriate.
2
The Secretary of State shall pay all other grants for which a student is eligible in such instalments (if any) and at such times as he considers appropriate; and in the exercise of his functions under this paragraph he may in particular make provisional payments pending the final calculation of the amount of grant for which the student is eligible.
Tessa Blackstone
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
6th August 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of Buckinghamshire) (High Wycombe Town Centre) (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 5th July 1999.
Preliminary
2
The Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of Buckinghamshire) (High Wycombe Town Centre) Order 1997 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.
Amendment of paragraph 5 of Schedule 3
3
For paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 there shall be substituted–
5
1
Section 73 shall be modified as follows–
2
For subsections (1) to (3) there shall be substituted–
1
The functions conferred on the parking authority by this section shall be discharged by it through a joint committee (“the Joint Committee”) set up in pursuance of arrangements entered into by it under section 101(5) of the Local Government Act 1972 , with two or more other local authorities.
2
In subsection (1) “local authorities” means authorities which are county or district councils in England or county or county borough councils in Wales in whose areas permitted parking areas or special parking areas have been designated under Schedule 3 to this Act.
3
The parking authority shall–
a
with the consent of the Lord Chancellor appoint persons to act as parking adjudicators for the purposes of this Act in relation to the special parking area and the permitted parking area;
b
provide or secure the provision of accommodation and administrative staff for parking adjudicators so appointed; and
c
determine the places at which such parking adjudicators are to sit.
3
In subsection (5) for the words “the London authorities” there shall be substituted “the parking authority”.
4
Subsections (8) to (10) shall be omitted.
Amendment of paragraph 8 of Schedule 3
4
1
Paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 shall be amended as follows.
2
In the definition of “designated parking place” in the substituted section 82(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1991 for the words “section 32(1)(a) or (b)” there shall be substituted “section 32(1)(b)”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Glenda Jackson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
13th June 1999


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 20th April 1999.
2
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979 .
Substitution of regulation 47 of the principal Regulations
2
For regulation 47 of the principal Regulations (direct collection and recovery of earnings-related contributions or Class 1A contributions) , substitute —
Direct payment of a Class 1A contribution
47
Where a Class 1A contribution is not paid to the Collector of Taxes in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 1 to these Regulations it may be paid to the Inland Revenue (“a direct payment Class 1A contribution”) in accordance with regulations 47A to 47K of these Regulations.
Due date for a direct payment Class 1A contribution
47A
1
Subject to regulation 47B(2) or 47C(2) of these Regulations, as the case may be, where a direct payment Class 1A contribution may be paid to the Inland Revenue by virtue of regulation 47 of these Regulations, an employer who is liable to pay such a contribution shall pay that contribution to them not later than 19th July in the year immediately following the end of the year in respect of which it is payable.
2
A direct payment Class 1A contribution paid to the Inland Revenue in accordance with paragraph (1) of this regulation shall be shown in a return made to them in accordance with regulation 47J(1) of these Regulations.
Provisions relating to a direct payment Class 1A contribution due on succession to business
47B
1
The following provisions of this regulation shall apply in relation to the payment of a direct payment Class 1A contribution where —
a
there is a change in the employer who is liable to pay emoluments to or for the benefit of all the persons who are employed in a business in respect of their employment in that business;
b
the employees in question are those who ceased to be employed in that business before the change of employer occurred; and
c
the amount of the Class 1A contribution is to be included in the return required by regulation 47J(2) of these Regulations.
2
Not later than 14 days after the end of the relevant final income tax month, the employer shall pay to the Inland Revenue —
a
any Class 1A contribution referred to in paragraph (1) of this regulation in respect of the relevant final year; and
b
where the relevant final income tax month is the month beginning on 6th April, 6th May or 6th June any Class 1A contribution referred to in paragraph (1) of this regulation in respect of the year immediately preceding the relevant final year.
3
The employer shall include the amount of any Class 1A contribution which is payable in accordance with paragraph (2)(a) of this regulation in the return required by regulation 47J(1) of these Regulations for the relevant final year, by showing that amount in the particulars required under paragraph (2) of that regulation.
4
In this regulation, unless the context otherwise requires —
a
“business” includes any trade, concern or undertaking;
b
“employer” means the employer before the change referred to in paragraph (1)(a) of this regulation;
c
“relevant final income tax month” means the income tax month in which the employer has made any payments of emoluments which, by reason of the change of employer referred to in paragraph (1)(a) of this regulation were, in respect of the employment of all those persons who were employed by him in that income tax month, the final payments of emoluments to be made by him in the year in which those payments were made; for these purposes “emoluments” means so much of a person’s remuneration or profits derived from employed earner’s employment as constitutes earnings for the purposes of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; and
d
“relevant final year” means the year in which the relevant final income tax month occurs.
Provisions relating to a direct payment Class 1A contribution due on cessation of business
47C
1
The following provisions of this regulation shall apply in relation to the payment of a direct payment Class 1A contribution where —
a
an employer ceases to carry on business and upon that cessation no other person becomes liable to pay emoluments to or for the benefit of any employee in respect of his employment in that business;
b
the employees are all those who were employed in that business at any time in the relevant final year or the year immediately preceding the relevant final year; and
c
the amount of the Class 1A contribution is to be included in the return required by regulation 47J(3) of these Regulations.
2
Not later than 14 days after the end of the relevant final income tax month, the employer shall pay to the Inland Revenue —
a
any Class 1A contribution referred to in paragraph (1) of this regulation in respect of the relevant final year; and
b
where the relevant final income tax month is the month beginning on 6th April, 6th May or 6th June any Class 1A contribution referred to in paragraph (1) of this regulation in respect of the year immediately preceding the relevant final year.
3
The employer shall include the amount of any Class 1A contribution which is payable in accordance with paragraph (2)(a) of this regulation in the return required by regulation 47J(1) of these Regulations for the relevant final year, by showing that amount in the particulars required under paragraph (3) of that regulation.
4
In this regulation unless the context otherwise requires —
a
“business” includes any trade, concern or undertaking;
b
“employer” means the employer before the cessation of business referred to in paragraph (1)(a) of this regulation;
c
“relevant final income tax month” means the income tax month in which the employer has made any payments of emoluments which, by reason of the cessation of business referred to in paragraph (1)(a) of this regulation were, in respect of the employment of all those persons who were employed by him in that income tax month, the final payments of emoluments to be made by him in the year in which those payments were made; for these purposes “emoluments” means so much of a person’s remuneration or profits derived from employed earner’s employment as constitutes earnings for the purposes of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; and
d
“relevant final year” means the year in which the relevant final income tax month occurs.
Employer failing to pay a direct payment Class 1A contribution
47D
1
If —
a
the employer has paid no amount of a direct payment Class 1A contribution to the Inland Revenue by the date which applies to him under regulation 47A(1), 47B(2) or 47C(2) of these Regulations, as the case may be; and
b
the Inland Revenue is unaware of the amount, if any, which the employer is liable so to pay,
the Inland Revenue may give notice to the employer requiring him to render, within 14 days, a return in the prescribed form showing the amount of a Class 1A contribution which the employer is liable to pay to them under that regulation in respect of the year in question.
2
A notice may be given by the Inland Revenue under paragraph (1) of this regulation notwithstanding that an amount of a Class 1A contribution has been paid to them by the employer under regulation 47A(1), 47B(2) or 47C(2) of these Regulations, as the case may be, in respect of the year in question, if they are not satisfied that the amount so paid is the full amount which the employer is liable to pay to them for that year and the provisions of this regulation shall have effect accordingly.
Specified amount of a direct payment Class 1A contribution
47E
1
If, following the date which applies to him under regulation 47A(1), 47B(2) or 47C(2) of these Regulations, as the case may be, the employer has paid no amount of a direct payment Class 1A contribution to the Inland Revenue in respect of the year in question and there is reason to believe that the employer is liable so to pay, the Inland Revenue —
a
in the case of the first year in which the employer is liable to pay such a contribution, upon consideration of any information which has been provided to them by the employer relating to his liability to pay such contributions; or
b
thereafter, upon consideration of the employer’s record of past payments,
may to the best of their judgement specify the amount of a Class 1A contribution which they consider the employer is liable to pay and give notice to him of that amount.
2
If, on the expiration of the period of seven days allowed in the notice, the specified amount of a Class 1A contribution or any part thereof is unpaid, the amount so unpaid —
a
shall be deemed for the purposes of these Regulations to be an amount of a Class 1A contribution which the employer was liable to pay in respect of the year in question in accordance with regulation 47A(1), 47B(2) or 47C(2) of these Regulations, as the case may be; and
b
may be certified by the Inland Revenue.
3
The provisions of paragraph (2) of this regulation shall not apply if, during the period allowed in the notice —
a
the employer pays to the Inland Revenue the full amount of a Class 1A contribution which he is liable to pay under regulation 47A(1), 47B(2) or 47C(2) of these Regulations, as the case may be, in respect of the year in question; or
b
the employer satisfies the Inland Revenue that no amount of such a contribution is due.
4
The production of a certificate such as is mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) of this regulation shall, until the contrary is established, be sufficient evidence that the employer is liable to pay to the Inland Revenue the amount shown in the certificate and any document purporting to be such a certificate shall be deemed to be such a certificate until the contrary is proved.
5
A notice may be given by the Inland Revenue under paragraph (1) of this regulation notwithstanding that an amount of a Class 1A contribution has been paid to them by the employer under regulation 47A(1), 47B(2) or 47C(2) of these Regulations, as the case may be, in respect of the year in question, if, after seeking the employer’s explanation as to the amount of a Class 1A contribution paid, the Inland Revenue are not satisfied that the amount so paid is the full amount which the employer is liable to pay to them in respect of that year; the provisions of this regulation shall have effect accordingly, save that paragraph (2) of this regulation shall not apply if, during the period allowed in the said notice, the employer satisfies the Inland Revenue that no further amount of a Class 1A contribution is due in respect of that year.
6
Where, during the period allowed in a notice given by the Inland Revenue under paragraph (1) of this regulation, the employer claims, but does not satisfy them, that the payment of a Class 1A contribution made in respect of the year specified therein is the full amount of a Class 1A contribution which he is liable to pay to the Inland Revenue in respect of that year, the employer may require them to inspect his documents and records as if they had called upon him to produce those documents and records in accordance with Regulation 32(1) of Schedule 1 to these Regulations; the provisions of that regulation shall apply in relation to that inspection and the notice given by the Inland Revenue under paragraph (1) of this regulation shall thereafter be disregarded.
Interest on an overdue direct payment Class 1A contribution
47F
1
Where an employer has not by the date which applies to him under regulation 47A(1), 47B(2) or 47C(2) of these Regulations, as the case may be, paid a direct payment Class 1A contribution which he is liable to pay, any contribution not so paid shall carry interest at the rate applicable under paragraph 6(3) of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 from the reckonable date until payment.
2
Interest payable under this regulation shall be recoverable as if it were a Class 1A contribution in respect of which an employer is liable under regulation 47A(1), 47B(2) or 47C(2) of these Regulations, as the case may be, to pay to the Inland Revenue.
3
A contribution to which paragraph (1) of this regulation applies shall carry interest from the reckonable date even if that date is a non-business day within the meaning of section 92 of the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 .
4
A certificate of the Inland Revenue that any amount of interest payable under this regulation has not been paid to them, or, to the best of their knowledge and belief, to any person acting on their behalf, shall be sufficient evidence that the employer is liable to pay to them the amount of interest shown on the certificate and that the sum is unpaid and due to be paid, and any document purporting to be such a certificate shall be deemed to be a certificate until the contrary is proved.
5
For the purposes of this regulation “the reckonable date” means the day after the date which applies to the employer under regulation 47A(1), 47B(2) or 47C(2), of these Regulations, as the case may be.
Payment of interest on a repaid direct payment Class 1A contribution
47G
1
Where —
a
a direct payment Class 1A contribution paid by an employer to the Inland Revenue in respect of the year ended 5th April 1999 or any subsequent year is repaid to him; and
b
that repayment is made after the relevant date,
any such repaid contribution shall carry interest at the rate applicable under paragraph 6(3) of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 from the relevant date until the order for the repayment is issued.
2
For the purposes of this regulation “the relevant date” means the day after the date which applies to the employer under regulation 47A(1), 47B(2) or 47C(2) of these Regulations, as the case may be, or if later, the date on which that contribution was paid.
Repayment of interest paid on a direct payment Class 1A contribution
47H
Where an employer has paid interest on a direct payment Class 1A contribution, that interest shall be repaid to him where —
a
the interest paid is found not to have been due to be paid, although the contribution in respect of which it was paid was due to be paid;
b
the Class 1A contribution in respect of which interest was paid is returned or repaid to the employer in accordance with the provisions of regulation 32 or 33A of these Regulations.
Remission of interest on a direct payment Class 1A contribution
47I
1
Where interest is payable in accordance with regulation 47F of these Regulations as a result of an official error being made it shall be remitted for the period from the first relevant date until the second relevant date.
2
For the purposes of this regulation —
a
“official error” means a mistake made, or something omitted to be done, by an officer of, or person employed in relation to, the Inland Revenue acting as such, where the employer or any person acting on his behalf has not caused, or materially contributed to, that error or omission;
b
“the first relevant date” means the date defined in regulation 47F(5) of these Regulations or, if later, the date on which the official error occurs;
c
“the second relevant date” means the date 14 days after the date on which the official error is rectified and the employer is advised in writing of its rectification.
Return by employer
47J
1
Where a direct payment Class 1A contribution is payable to the Inland Revenue in accordance with regulation 47A(1) of these Regulations not later than 105 days after the end of the year the employer shall render to them a return showing —
a
such particulars as they may require for the identification of the employer and employee;
b
the year to which the return relates;
c
the number of cars in respect of which a Class 1A contribution is payable; and
d
the amount of any Class 1A contribution payable in respect of that year.
2
Where a direct payment Class 1A contribution is payable to the Inland Revenue in accordance with regulation 47B of these Regulations, not later than 14 days after the end of the relevant final income tax month as defined in that regulation, the employer shall render to them a return, showing —
a
such particulars as they may require for the identification of the employer and employee;
b
the date on which the change referred to in regulation 47B(1) of these Regulations occurred;
c
the number of cars in respect of which a Class 1A contribution is payable; and
d
the amount of a Class 1A contribution payable.
3
Where a direct payment Class 1A contribution is payable to the Inland Revenue in accordance with regulation 47C of these Regulations, not later than 14 days after the end of the relevant final income tax month as defined in that regulation, the employer shall render to them a return, showing —
a
such particulars as they may require for the identification of the employer;
b
the date on which the cessation of business referred to in regulation 47C(1) of these Regulations occurred;
c
the number of cars in respect of which a Class 1A contribution is payable; and
d
the amount of a Class 1A contribution payable.
4
Where the employer is a body corporate, the return referred to in this regulation shall be signed by the secretary or by a director of the body corporate.
5
If, by the date which applies to him under regulation 47A(1), 47B(2) or 47C(2) of these Regulations, an employer has failed to pay a Class 1A contribution which he is liable so to pay, the Inland Revenue may prepare a certificate showing the total amount of a Class 1A contribution remaining unpaid in respect of the year in question and to the amount shown in the said certificate the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of regulation 47F of these Regulations shall with any necessary modifications apply.
Penalties for incorrect and incomplete returns
47K
1
Where a person fraudulently or negligently makes an incorrect return of contributions referred to in regulation 47J of these Regulations, the Inland Revenue may, within six years after the date of making such a return or at any later time within three years of the final determination of the amount of a Class 1A contribution by reference to which the amount of the penalty is to be ascertained, impose a penalty not exceeding the difference between —
a
the amount payable by him in accordance with the regulations for the year to which the return relates; and
b
the amount which would have been so payable if the return had been correct.
2
Any person who fails to make a return referred to in paragraph (1) of this regulation by the date which applies to him under regulation 47A(1), 47B(2) or 47C(2) of these Regulations, as the case may be, may be liable —
a
within six years after the date of that failure, to a penalty of the relevant monthly amount for each month (or part of a month) during which the failure continues but excluding any month after the twelfth, or for which a penalty under this paragraph has already been imposed; and
b
if the failure continues beyond 12 months, to a penalty not exceeding so much of the amount payable by him in accordance with the regulations for the year to which the return relates as remains unpaid at the end of 19th July after the end of that year; the penalty referred to in this sub-paragraph shall be without prejudice to any penalty under sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph and may be imposed within six years after the date of that failure or at any later time within three years of the final determination of the amount of a Class 1A contribution by reference to which the amount of the penalty is to be ascertained.
3
For the purposes of paragraph (2) of this regulation, “the relevant monthly amount” in the case of a failure to make a return, where the number of cars in respect of which particulars should be included in the return —
a
is 10 or less, is £100;
b
where that number is greater than ten, is £100 for each 10 such cars and an additional £100 where that number is not a multiple of 10.
4
Any penalty imposed in accordance with this regulation shall be recoverable as if it were —
a
a Class 1A contribution which the employer is liable to pay to the Inland Revenue under regulation 47A of these Regulations; or
b
a Class 1A contribution which the employer is liable to pay to the Inland Revenue in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 1 to these Regulations,
as the case may be.
5
A penalty imposed in accordance with the provisions of this regulation shall be due and payable at the end of 30 days beginning with the date on which notice of the decision to impose it was issued.
6
The Inland Revenue may, in its discretion, mitigate or remit any penalty imposed in accordance with the provisions of this regulation, or stay or compound any proceedings in respect of it.
.
Substitution of regulation 132 of the principal Regulations
3
For regulation 132 of the principal Regulations (breach of regulations) , substitute —
Breach of Regulations
132
1
Save as respects any requirement of the regulations contained in Case D of Part VIII of these Regulations (which deals with married women and widows) and regulation 47K of these Regulations (which provides for penalties in respect of incorrect and incomplete returns relating to a direct payment Class 1A contribution), if any person contravenes, or fails to comply with, any other requirement of these Regulations he may, for each contravention or failure, be liable to a penalty of £100.
2
A penalty referred to in paragraph (1) of this regulation may be imposed by the Inland Revenue within 6 years after the date of such contravention or failure.
3
Any penalty payable under this regulation shall be recoverable as if it were an earnings-related contribution, a Class 1A contribution, a Class 1B contribution or a Class 2 contribution, as the case may be, payable to the Inland Revenue.
4
The Inland Revenue may, in their discretion, remit any penalty imposed in accordance with the provisions of this regulation, or stay or compound any proceedings in respect of it.
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Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Stephen C. Timms
Minister of State,
Department of Social Security
25th March 1999


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1
This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Level 3 Communications 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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Title and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Suffolk River Valleys) Designation (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 15th June 1999.
Interpretation
2
In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Suffolk River Valleys) Designation Order 1993 .
Amendment of the principal Order
3
Schedule 2 to the principal Order (management activities) shall be amended as follows–
a
in item 1, in column 2, for “80” there shall be substituted “75 ”; and
b
in item 8, in column 2, for “100” there shall be substituted “ 130”.
Saving
4
This Order shall not have effect for the purpose of any payment to be made under the principal Order in respect of any period before 1st May 1999.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
12th May 1999
We consent,
Jane Kennedy
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
13th May 1999


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) Amendment Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999.
2
In these Regulations, “the Principal Arrangements” means the arrangements contained in the Memorandum of Reciprocal Arrangements set out in Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) Regulations 1976 .
Adaptation of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, the Social Security Administration Act 1992, the Jobseekers Act 1995 and the Social Security Act 1998 and variation of the Principal Arrangements
2
1
The provisions of the arrangements contained in the exchange of letters set out in the Schedule to these Regulations shall have effect so far as they relate to Great Britain, and the effect of the Principal Arrangements shall be varied in accordance with those provisions.
2
The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 , the Social Security Administration Act 1992, the Jobseekers Act 1995 and Chapter II of Part I of the Social Security Act 1998 , and regulations made or having effect as if made under any of those Acts so far as such regulations relate to Great Britain, shall have effect subject to such adaptations as may be required for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of the Principal Arrangements as amended by the provisions of the arrangements set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Hugh Bayley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
5th August 1999


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Citation and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 8, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999.
2
In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —
“ the Act ” means the Social Security Act 1998;
“the Administration Act ” means the Social Security Administration Act 1992 ;
and references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of, and Schedules to, the Act.
Appointed day
2
1
Subject to paragraph (2) below and to articles 3 and 5 of this Order, 5th July 1999 is the day appointed for the coming into force of —
a
paragraph 105 of Schedule 7 (co-ordination with Northern Ireland), and section 86(1) in so far as it relates to that paragraph; and
b
the provisions of the Act specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, in so far as those provisions are not already in force, for the purposes of —
i
guardian’s allowance under Part III of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ,
ii
benefits under Part V of that Act (benefits for industrial injuries),
iii
child benefit, and
iv
any matter to which, by virtue of section 170 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 , provisions of Chapter II of Part I of the Act are to apply.
2
Paragraphs 63 and 102 of Schedule 7 shall come into force immediately before, respectively, paragraphs 4 and 14 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc. ) Act 1999 come into force.
Savings
3
1
Notwithstanding the coming into force of section 39(3) (Part II of the Administration Act to cease to have effect) or regulation 59 (revocations) of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 —
a
sections 18 and 19 of the Administration Act (appeals on questions of law, and review of decisions);
b
sections 59 to 61 of, and Schedule 3 to, that Act (regulations about procedural and supplementary matters) as they relate to regulations made in relation to those sections; and
c
any regulations made under or in connection with the operation of any of those sections or that Schedule,
shall continue to have effect with respect to any decision given before 1st April 1999 by the Secretary of State under section 17(1)(d) of that Act (decision whether person employed in employed earner’s employment for purposes of industrial injuries benefit).
2
Notwithstanding the coming into force of paragraph 101 of Schedule 7, section 164(5)(a) of the Administration Act (which provides for certain fees to be paid into the National Insurance Fund) shall continue to have effect in relation to any payment of fees made on or after 5th July 1999 under regulations made by virtue of section 62(2)(b) of that Act in connection with a medical examination conducted before that date.
Consequential amendments and modifications
4
1
The amendments and modifications made by the following paragraphs of this article shall take effect on 5th July 1999.
2
The Social Security (Guardian’s Allowances) Regulations 1975 shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 2 to this Order.
3
The Child Benefit (General) Regulations 1976 shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 3 to this Order.
4
The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1979 shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 4 to this Order.
5
The Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982 shall, as they relate to any benefit to which this paragraph applies, have effect subject to the modifications specified in Schedule 5 to this Order.
6
The Workmen’s Compensation (Supplementation) Scheme 1982 shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 6 to this Order.
7
The Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme 1983 shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 7 to this Order.
8
The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985 shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 8 to this Order.
9
The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 shall, as they relate to any benefit to which this paragraph applies, have effect subject to the modifications specified in Schedule 9 to this Order.
10
The Social Security (Payments on Account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988 shall, as they relate to any benefit to which this paragraph applies, have effect subject to the modifications specified in Schedule 10 to this Order.
11
The Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations 1977 shall, as they relate to any benefit to which this paragraph applies, have effect subject to the modification specified in Schedule 11 to this Order.
12
Paragraphs (5), (9), (10) and (11) of this article apply to any benefit mentioned in article 2(1)(b)(i) to (iii) of this Order.
Transitional provisions
5
Schedule 12 to this Order shall have effect.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Angela Eagle
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
4th July 1999


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PART I
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals), Vaccine Damage Payments and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 18th October 1999.
2
In Part II below any reference to a regulation or a Part is to a regulation or a Part of the Vaccine Damage Payments Regulations 1979 .
3
In Part IV below any reference to a regulation is a reference to a regulation in the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 .
PART II
AMENDMENT OF THE VACCINE DAMAGE PAYMENTS REGULATIONS 1979
Amendment of regulation 1
2
In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation) the definitions of “the President” and “tribunal” shall be omitted.
Amendment of regulation 4
3
In regulation 4(1) (obligations of disabled person), for the words “a tribunal” there shall be susbstituted the words “an appeal tribunal”.
Substitution of Part IV
4
For Part IV (reconsideration) there shall be substituted the following Part —
PART IV
DECISIONS REVERSING EARLIER DECISIONS
Decisions reversing earlier decisions made by the Secretary of State or appeal tribunals
11
1
The Secretary of State may make a decision under section 3A(1) of the Act which reverses a decision of his, made under section 3 of the Act, or of an appeal tribunal, made under section 4 of the Act —
a
pursuant to an application in the circumstances described in paragraph (2) below; or
b
except where paragraph (3) applies, on his own initiative.
2
The circumstances referred to in paragraph (1)(a) above are —
a
the application is made in writing and contains an explanation as to why the applicant believes the decision in respect of which the application is made to be wrong; and
b
where the application is in respect of a decision of the Secretary of State, the application is made within six years of the date on which notification of that decision was given; or
c
where the application is in respect of a decision of an appeal tribunal, the application is made before whichever is the later of —
i
the date two years after the date on which notification of that decision was given; or
ii
the date six years after the date on which notification of the decision of the Secretary of State which was appealed was given.
3
This paragraph applies where —
a
less than 21 days have elapsed since notice under regulation 12 below was given; or
b
more than six years have elapsed since the date on which notification of that decision was given except where it appears to the Secretary of State that a payment was made in consequence of a misrepresentation or failure to disclose any material fact.
4
Where the Secretary of State has made a decision under section 3A(1) of the Act, he shall notify —
a
the disabled person (if he is alive) to whom the decision relates; and
b
if the disabled person is not a claimant, the claimant who made the claim in respect of that disabled person,
of that decision and the reasons for it.
Procedure by which a decision may be made under section 3A of the Act on the Secretary of State’s own initiative
12
Where the Secretary of State on his own initiative proposes to make a decision under section 3A of the Act reversing a decision (“the original decision”) of his or of an appeal tribunal he shall give notice in writing of his proposal to —
a
the disabled person (if he is alive) to whom the original decision relates; and
b
the claimant in relation to the original decision where he is not the disabled person.
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PART III
AMENDMENT OF THE JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS 1996
Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996
5
1
In regulation 69 (prescribed period for the purposes of section 19(2) of the Jobseekers Act) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (“the 1996 Regulations ”) the words “shall begin on the first day of the week following the date on which a jobseeker’s allowance is determined not to be payable and” shall be omitted.
2
Regulation 69 of the 1996 Regulations shall be renumbered “regulation 69(1)” and after paragraph (1) of regulation 69 there shall be added the following paragraph —
2
The prescribed period for the purposes of section 19(2) shall begin —
a
where, in accordance with regulation 26A(1) of the Claims and Payments Regulations , a jobseeker’s allowance is paid otherwise than fortnightly in arrears, on the day following the end of the last benefit week in respect of which that allowance was paid; and
b
in any other case, on the first day of the benefit week following the date on which a jobseeker’s allowance is determined not to be payable.
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PART IV
AMENDMENT OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY AND CHILD SUPPORT (DECISIONS AND APPEALS) REGULATIONS 1999
Amendment of regulation 3
6
In regulation 3 (revision of decisions) —
a
for sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph —
a
he commences action leading to the revision within one month of the date of —
i
notification of the original decision; or
ii
the making of an appeal under section 12 provided that the appeal is made within the time prescribed in regulation 31 or, in a case to which regulation 32 applies, the time prescribed in that regulation; or
; and
b
for paragraph (9) there shall be substituted the following paragraph —
9
Paragraph (1) shall not apply in respect of —
a
a relevant change of circumstances which occurred since the decision was made or where the Secretary of State has evidence or information which indicates that a relevant change of circumstances will occur; nor
b
a decision which relates to an attendance allowance or a disability living allowance where the person is terminally ill, within the meaning of section 66(2)(a) of the Contributions and Benefit Act, unless an application for revision which contains an express statement that the person is terminally ill is made either by —
i
the person himself; or
ii
any other person purporting to act on his behalf whether or not that other person is acting with his knowledge or authority,
but where such an application is received a decision may be so revised notwithstanding that no claim under section 66(1) or, as the case may be, 72(5) or 73(12) of that Act has been made.
.
Amendment of regulation 6
7
In regulation 6 (supersession of decisions) —
a
for sub-paragraph (f) of paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph —
f
is a decision that a jobseeker’s allowance is payable to a claimant where that allowance ceases to be payable by virtue of section 19(1) of the Jobseekers Act;
;
and
b
after sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (6) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph —
c
the fact that a person has become terminally ill, within the meaning of section 66(2)(a) of the Contributions and Benefits Act, unless an application for supersession which contains an express statement that the person is terminally ill is made either by —
i
the person himself; or
ii
any other person purporting to act on his behalf whether or not that other person is acting with his knowledge or authority;
and where such an application is received a decision may be so superseded nothwithstanding that no claim under section 66(1) or, as the case may be, 72(5) or 73(12) of that Act has been made.
.
Amendment of regulation 7
8
For paragraph (8) of regulation 7 (date from which a decision superseded under section 10 takes effect) there shall be substituted the following paragraph —
8
A decision to which regulation 6(2)(f) applies shall take effect —
a
where section 19(2) of the Jobseekers Act applies, as from the beginning of the period specified in regulation 69 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations; or
b
where section 19(3) of the Jobseekers Act applies, as from the beginning of the period determined in accordance with that subsection.
.
Amendment of regulation 33
9
In regulation 33(1)(a)(i) (making of appeals and applications), after the word “under” there shall be inserted the words “section 4(1) of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act,”.
Amendment of regulation 53
10
In regulation 53(3) (decisions of appeal tribunals), for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph —
b
except in the case of an appeal under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act, the conditions governing appeals to a Commissioner.
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Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Jeff Rooker
Minister of State,
Department of Social Security
27th September 1999


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Citation, coming into force and duration
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Gas Act 1986 (Exemptions) (No. 2) Order 1999.
2
This Order and the exemptions contained in it shall come into force on 9th December 1999 and each such exemption, unless previously revoked in accordance with paragraph (3) below, shall continue in force until 1st March 2011 and shall then expire.
3
Any exemption contained in this Order shall only be revoked with effect from a date after the expiry of the period of four months beginning with the day on which the Order containing the revocation was laid before Parliament.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
“the 1986 Act ” means the Gas Act 1986;
“contravene” includes fail to comply with;
“ Director ” means the Director General of Gas Supply;
“gas” means any substance which consists wholly or mainly of —
methane, ethane, propane, butane, hydrogen or carbon monoxide;
a mixture of two or more of those gases; or
a combustible mixture of one or more of those gases and air;
“gas processing facility” means a facility which carries out gas processing operations;
“gas processing operation” means any of the following operations, namely —
purifying, blending, odorising or compressing gas for the purpose of enabling it to be introduced into a pipe-line system operated by a public gas transporter or to be conveyed to an electricity generating station, a gas storage facility or any place outside Great Britain;
removing from gas for that purpose any of its constituent gases, or separating from gas for that purpose any oil or water; and
determining the quantity or quality of gas which is or is to be so introduced, or so conveyed, whether generally or by or on behalf of a particular person,
and “process” in relation to gas shall be construed accordingly;
“relevant premises” means the gas processing facility at the Lindholm Compressor Site, Vulcan Way, Bawtry Road, Hatfield Woodhouse, Doncaster DN7 6TE; and
“relevant transporter” means any person, not being the holder of a licence under section 7 of the 1986 Act in respect of such conveyance, who conveys gas through pipes from the relevant premises for a distance not exceeding 16.093 kilometres to a pipe-line system operated by a public gas transporter, and “relevant transport” shall be construed accordingly.
Exemption in respect of relevant transport
3
1
Subject to paragraph (2) below, relevant transporters are hereby granted exemption from section 5(1)(a) of the 1986 Act in respect of relevant transport.
2
The exemption granted by paragraph (1) above shall cease to have effect in relation to any relevant transporter who contravenes any of the conditions specified in article 4 below.
Conditions of exemption in respect of relevant transport
4
1
Subject to paragraph (2) below, every relevant transporter shall, except in so far as the Secretary of State consents to his not doing so, comply with any direction given by the Secretary of State (after he has consulted the relevant transporter, the relevant public gas transporter, the Director and the Health and Safety Executive) that the relevant transporter supply to a relevant public gas transporter such information as may be specified or described in the direction —
a
at such times, in such form and such manner; and
b
in respect of such periods,
as may be so specified or described.
2
Where a relevant transporter is prevented from complying with paragraph (1) above by an incident beyond his control, he shall not be treated as having contravened the condition specified in that paragraph.
3
Subject to paragraph (5) below, every relevant transporter shall provide the Director with the following particulars not less than 30 days before the date (“commencement date”) on which he intends to commence any relevant transport —
a
the commencement date; and
b
the maximum amount of gas which the gas processing facility at the relevant premises is designed to process.
4
Whenever there is an increase or decrease of more than 10 per cent in the maximum amount of gas last notified to the Director in accordance with paragraph (3)(b) above, resulting from works carried out with a view to such increase or decrease, the relevant transporter shall provide the Director with particulars of such increase or decrease within 30 days of the completion of those works.
5
Where a relevant transporter intends to commence relevant transport less than 30 days after the date on which this Order comes into force, he shall provide the Director with the particulars specified in paragraph (3) above within 30 days of that date.
6
In this article —
“information” means information —
relevant to the operation of a pipe-line system —
which is operated by such public gas transporter as may be specified in the direction given by the Secretary of State; and
to which gas is conveyed —
by the relevant transporter in pursuance of the exemption granted by article 3 above; or
directly or indirectly, by a relevant public gas transporter; and
relating to —
the calorific value or the total quantity of gas expected to be conveyed or which could be conveyed during the next following day by the relevant transporter in pursuance of the exemption granted by article 3 above; or
any changes in such calorific value or total quantity as may be so specified;
“day” means the period beginning at 6 a.m. on one day and ending immediately before 6 a.m. on the next following day; and
“relevant public gas transporter” means a public gas transporter operating a pipe-line system to which the relevant transporter undertakes relevant transport.
Exemptions in respect of conveyance and supply of gas to the relevant premises
5
1
Any person who conveys gas through pipes for a distance not exceeding 16.093 kilometres to the relevant premises for the purpose of carrying out gas processing operations is hereby granted an exemption from section 5(1)(a) of the 1986 Act in respect of such conveyance.
2
Any person who supplies gas to the relevant premises for the purpose of carrying out gas processing operations is hereby granted an exemption from section 5(1)(b) of the 1986 Act in respect of such supply.
Helen Liddell
Minister for Energy and Competitiveness in Europe,
Department of Trade and Industry
16th November 1999


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Citation, commencement and extent
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 1999, and shall come into force on 30th November 1999.
2
These Regulations extend to England only.
Amendment of Regulations
2
1
The Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 1992 (“the 1992 Regulations ”) shall be amended as follows.
2
In regulation 4(3)(a), after the word “dwelling”, insert “listed in any of the valuation bands B to H”.
3
After regulation 5, insert the following —
Band A dwellings: reductions for disability
5A
1
For the purposes of regulations 3 and 5, dwellings listed in band A (excluding dwellings which are to be treated as listed in that band by virtue of the provisions of regulation 4(3) of these Regulations) in respect of which a reduced amount of council tax is payable pursuant to the Council Tax (Reductions for Disabilities) Regulations 1992 shall be treated as if they were listed in a band additional to those set out in section 5.
2
In respect of the additional band, F in regulation 5(1) shall be 5.
.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
22nd November 1999


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Title and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 1999, shall extend to England and shall come into force on 22nd October 1999.
Amendment
2
At the end of Schedule 6 to the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985 the following wording shall be inserted —
C
Examination fees
i
Examination for crop inspector in respect of
cereals,
field beans, field peas and pulses, or
grasses and herbage legumes,
a
examination
Before the examination 142.80 (–)
b
re-sit of examination (other than cereals)
Before the examination 142.80 (–)
c
re-sit of either part of cereals examination
Before the examination 71.40 (–)
d
re-test
Before the examination 71.40 (–)
ii
Examination for crop inspector in respect of
sugar beet, or
fodder and oil crucifers; turnips;
fodder beet and mangels; flax and linseed; soya bean,
a
examination
Before the examination 89.25 (–)
b
re-sit of examination
Before the examination 89.25 (–)
c
re-test
Before the examination 71.40 (–)
iii
Examination for seed sampler
Before the examination 89.25 (–)
.
Hayman
Minister of State,Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
24th September 1999


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Durham County Priority Services National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 25th January 1999.
2
In this Order —
“ the Order ” means the Durham County Priority Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1998 ;
“ the trust ” means the National Health Service trust established by the Order.
Change of name of NHS trust
2
The trust shall be called the County Durham and Darlington Priority Services National Health Service Trust instead of the Durham County Priority Services National Health Service Trust, and accordingly in Article 1 of the Order in the definition of “the trust”, and in Article 2 of the Order, for the words “Durham County” there shall be substituted the words “County Durham and Darlington”.
Transitional provisions
3
The change of name under this Order shall not —
a
affect any right or obligation of any person; or
b
be taken as invalidating any instrument (whether made before, on or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the trust by its previous name; and all instruments and other documents which refer to the trust under its previous name shall be construed as referring to it under its new name.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
John Denham
Minister of State,
Department of Health
13th January 1999


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Inspection of Vocational Training) (Prescribed Persons and Bodies Awarding or Authenticating Vocational Qualifications) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 23rd April 1999.
2
In these Regulations “the 1998 Act ” means the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998.
Vocational qualifications specified for the purposes of section 34 of the 1998 Act
2
For the purposes of section 34(9) of the 1998 Act (which provides that “external qualification” for the purposes of inspections under that section of training leading to an external qualification which is provided in Wales in pursuance of arrangements made by the Secretary of State under section 2(2)(f) of the Employment and Training Act 1973 means a vocational qualification awarded or authenticated by such person or body as may be specified in or under regulations) the Secretary of State hereby specifies the persons and bodies listed in the Schedule.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Peter Hain
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
24th March 1999