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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 26th June 2000.
Preliminary
2
The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988 shall be further amended as follows.
Amendments to regulation 3 (interpretation)
3
In regulation 3(1) in the sub-paragraph which begins with the expression “ agricultural motor vehicle,” there shall be inserted after the expression “ engineering plant,” the expression “exhaust system,”.
Amendment to regulation 8 (conditions of acceptance of vehicle)
4
1
Regulation 8 shall be amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (2) —
a
the word “or” immediately following sub-paragraph (o) shall be omitted; and
b
after sub-paragraph (p) there shall be added the following —
; or
q
the vehicle is a vehicle propelled by a compression ignition engine to which regulation 61(10BA) of the Construction and Use Regulations applies and the exhaust system has been so altered that the examiner is not able, with the facilities and apparatus available to him at the place at which the examination would otherwise be carried out, to determine whether Part II of Schedule 7B to those Regulations applies to the vehicle
.
Amendment to Part VI (miscellaneous matters)
5
After regulation 42 there shall be added the following regulation —
Provisions as to signatures
42A
Any plating certificate, goods vehicle test certificate, notice of the refusal of a goods vehicle test certificate or certificate of temporary exemption which has been issued under the provisions of these Regulations and which bears a facsimile, by whatever process reproduced, of the signature of, as the case may be, the relevant goods vehicle examiner, authorised or appointed person or appeal officer, shall be deemed to have been duly signed.
Amendments relating to fees
6
1
In regulation 12, in paragraph (3), for the Table there shall be substituted the following Table —
TABLE
Description of vehicle Fee (£)
Motor vehicle with 2 axles 37 Motor vehicle with 3 axles 38.50 Motor vehicle with 4 or more axles 40.50 Trailer with 1 axle 19 Trailer with 2 axles 20 Trailer with 3 or more axles 21
2
In the regulations specified in column (1) of the following Table for the amounts specified in column (2) there shall be substituted the amounts specified in column (3).
TABLE
(1) (2) (3) Regulation Existing amount (£) Substituted amount (£)
12(4) 19.50 21 12.30 13 12(4A) 6.25 7 3.20 3.50 16(1) 17.60 19 8.80 10 16(3) 17.60 19 8.80 10 16(4) 9.80 10 6.10 6.50 16(4A) 3.50 4 1.60 2 16(5) 19.50 21 12.30 13 16(5A) 6.25 7 3.20 3.50 34(1) 13.50 14 34(2A) 3.50 4 1.60 2 37B(2) 13.50 14 41(1) 9.50 10
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Larry Whitty
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
25th May 2000


type: legislation

jurisdiction: UK

text:
1
These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 28th August 2000.
2
In Regulation 4 of the European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 1991 (“the principal Regulations”), after “United Kingdom” there shall be inserted “, other than the profession of company auditor as defined in section 24(2) of the Companies Act 1989 and Article 27(2) of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1990,”.
3
For Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
4
In Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations:
a
the words “CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANT” shall be omitted; and
b
after the words “CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT (Scotland)” there shall be inserted “CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANT”.
Helen Liddell
Minister for Energy and Competitiveness in Europe,
Department of Trade and Industry
19th July 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 10th April 2000.
2
This Order and the existing Orders may be cited together as the Pensions Increase (Review) Orders 1972 to 2000.
Interpretation
2
1
In this Order —
“the 1971 Act ” means the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 ;
“the 1974 Act ” means the Pensions (Increase) Act 1974 ;
“the 1975 Act ” means the Social Security Pensions Act 1975;
“basic rate” and “derivative pension” have the meanings given by section 17(1) of the 1971 Act ;
“the existing Orders” means the Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1972 , the Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1973 , the Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1974 , the Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1975 , the Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1976 , the Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1997 , the Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1978 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1979 the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1980 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1981 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1982 the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1983 the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1984 the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1985 the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1986 the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1987 the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1988 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1989 the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1990 the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1991 the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1992 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1993 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1994 the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1995 the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1996 the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1997 , the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1998 and the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 1999 ;
“official pension” has the meaning given by section 5(1) of the 1971 Act; “pension authority” has the meaning given by section 7(1) of the 1971 Act;
“qualifying condition” means one of the conditions laid down in section 3 of the 1971 Act ;
“relevant injury pension”, “substituted pension” and “widow’s pension” have the meanings given by section 17(1) of the 1971 Act.
2
For the purposes of this Order the time when a pension “begins” is that stated in section 8(2) of the 1971 Act , and the “beginning date” shall be construed accordingly.
3
Where, for the purposes of this Order, it is necessary to calculate the number of complete months in any period an incomplete month shall be treated as a complete month if it consists of at least 16 days.
Pension increases
3
The annual rate of an official pension may, if a qualifying condition is satisfied or the pension is a derivative or substituted pension or a relevant injury pension, be increased by the pension authority in respect of any period on or after 10th April 2000 as follows —
1
a pension beginning before 12th April 1999 may be increased by 1·1 per cent of the basic rate as increased by the amount of any increase under section 1 of the 1971 Act or the existing Orders;
2
a pension beginning on or after 12th April 1999 and before 10th April 2000 may be increased by 1·1 per cent multiplied by
A B
where
a
A is the number of complete months in the period between the beginning date of the pension and 10th April 2000, and
b
B is 12.
Increases in certain lump sums
4
In respect of any lump sum or instalment of a lump sum which became payable before 10th April 2000 but on or after 12th April 1999 there may be paid an increase of 1·1 per cent of the amount of the lump sum or instalment (as increased by the amount under section 1 of the 1971 Act or under the existing Orders ) multiplied by
A B
where
a
A is the number of complete months in the period between the beginning date for the lump sum or, if later, 12th April 1999 and the date on which it became payable; and
b
B is 12.
Reductions in respect of guaranteed minimum pensions
5
The amount by reference to which any increase in the rate of an official pension provided for by this Order is to be calculated shall, in the case of a person —
a
who is entitled to a guaranteed minimum pension on 10th April 2000, and
b
whose entitlement to that guaranteed minimum pension arises from an employment from which (either directly or by virtue of the payment of a transfer credit) entitlement to the official pension also arises,
be reduced by an amount equal to the rate of the guaranteed minimum pension unless the Treasury otherwise direct, in accordance with the provisions of section 59A of the 1975 Act.
6
The amount by reference to which any increase in the rate of a widow’s or widower’s pension provided for by this Order is to be calculated shall, where the pensioner becomes entitled on the death of the deceased spouse to a guaranteed minimum pension, be reduced in accordance with section 59(5ZA) of the 1975 Act.
Greg Pope
Clive Betts
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
8th March 2000


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1
This Order may be cited as the Defamation Act 1996 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2000.
2
This Order extends to England and Wales only.
3
The following provisions of the Defamation Act 1996 shall come into force on 28th February 2000:
a
sections 2, 3 (apart from subsection (9)) and 4 (offer to make amends), section 7 (meaning of a statement), and sections 8 to 10 (summary disposal of a claim); and
b
so far as they are not already in force, section 17(1) (interpretation), and section 16 and Schedule 2 (repeals) except the entries relating to —
i
the Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955 ;
ii
the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 ;
iii
the British Nationality Act 1981 , Schedule 7, the entry relating to the Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955;
iv
the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 , Schedule 2, paragraph 3;
v
the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 ; and
vi
the Broadcasting Act 1990 , Schedule 20, paragraph 3.
4
Section 4 of the Defamation Act 1952 shall continue to apply as if it had not been repealed to any offer of amends made before 28th February 2000, and to any legal proceedings relating to that offer.
Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 31st January 2000


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1
This Order may be cited as the Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990 (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on the date on which the Convention on the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the Rome Convention and to the Brussels Protocol enters into force in respect of the United Kingdom, which date shall be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.
2
In this Order, “ the Act ” means the Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990 and a reference to a section or Schedule by number alone means the section or Schedule so numbered in that Act.
3
After section 1(d) insert–
e
“the 1996 Accession Convention ” means the Convention on the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the Rome Convention and the Brussels Protocol, with the adjustments made to the Rome Convention by the Luxembourg Convention and the Funchal Convention, signed by the United Kingdom in Brussels on 29th November 1996;
.
4
In section 2(4)–
a
for “and 3A” substitute “, 3A and 3B”; and
b
for sub-paragraph (d) substitute–
d
the Funchal Convention; and
e
the 1996 Accession Convention
.
5
For the Protocol at the end of Schedule 1 substitute–
PROTOCOL
The High Contracting Parties have agreed upon the following provision which shall be annexed to the Convention:
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Convention, Denmark, Sweden and Finland may retain national provisions concerning the law applicable to questions relating to the carriage of goods by sea and may amend such provisions without following the procedure provided for in Article 23 of the Convention of Rome. The national provisions applicable in this respect are the following:
in Denmark, paragraphs 252 and 321(3) and (4) of the “Sølov” (maritime law);
in Sweden, Chapter 13, Article 2(1) and (2), and Chapter 14, Article 1(3), of “sjölagen” (maritime law);
in Finland, Chapter 13, Article 2(1) and (2), and Chapter 14, Article 1(3) of “merilaki”/“sjölagen” (maritime law).
6
In Schedule 3, in paragraph (a) of Article 2–
a
after the entry relating to Luxembourg insert–
in Austria:
the Oberste Gerichtshof, the Verwaltungsgerichtshof and the Verfassungsgerichtshof
and
b
after the entry relating to Portugal insert–
in Finland:
korkein oikeus/högsta domstolen, korkein hallinto-oikeus/högsta förvaltningsdomstolen, markkinatuomioistuin/marknadsdomstolen and työtuomioistuin/arbetsdomstolen,
Sweden:
Högsta domstolen, Regeringsrätten, Arbetsdomstolen and Marknadsdomstolen,
.
7
Insert the text set out in the Schedule to this Order after Schedule 3A.
A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council


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1
This Order may be cited as the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate Act 2000 (Commencement) Order 2000.
2
Sections 1 and 2 of the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate Act 2000 shall come into force on 1 October 2000.
Ross Cranston
Solicitor General
3rd September 2000


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1
This Order may be cited as the Capital Gains Tax (Annual Exempt Amount) Order 2000.
2
The amount specified, which by virtue of section 3 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 is, unless Parliament otherwise determines, the exempt amount for the year 2000–01, is £7,200.
David Jamieson
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
21st March 2000


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Title, extent and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Specified Risk Material (Amendment) (England) (No. 3) Order 2000, shall extend to England and shall come into force on 19th January 2001.
Amendment of the Specified Risk Material Order 1997
2
1
In so far as it extends to England, the Specified Risk Material Order 1997 shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
2
The following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (1) or article 4 (specified bovine material) —
1
In this Order, “specified bovine material” means —
a
the intestines from the duodenum to the rectum of any bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died elsewhere than in Australia or New Zealand;
b
the following material derived from a bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died in the United Kingdom or Portugal at an age greater than 6 months —
i
the entire head (excluding the tongue but including the brain, eyes, trigeminal ganglia and tonsils),
ii
the thymus,
iii
the spleen,
iv
the spinal cord; and
v
(in relation to such an animal which was slaughtered or has died at an age greater than 30 months, other than a bovine animal which was accompanied at the time of slaughter by a slaughter certificate issued under the Beef Assurance Scheme as described in Schedule 1 to the Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No. 2) Regulations 1996 ), the vertebral column, including dorsal root ganglia; and
c
the following material derived from a bovine animal which was slaughtered or has died at an age greater than 12 months elsewhere than in the United Kingdom, Portugal, Australia or New Zealand —
i
the skull (including the brains and eyes),
ii
the tonsils, and
iii
the spinal cord.
.
Revocation of the Specified Risk Material (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Order 2000
3
The Specified Risk Material (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Order 2000 shall be revoked.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
29th December 2000


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1
This Order may be cited as the Export of Goods (Control) (Amendment No. 6) Order 2000 and comes into force on 28th September 2000.
2
1
At the end of Article 1(3)(c) of the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994 , there is added “or by regulation 14 of the Dual-Use and Related Goods (Export Control) Regulations 1996 ”.
2
The following text is substituted for Article 2 of the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994.
Prohibitions on exportation
2
1
Subject to the provisions of this Order, no person shall export to any destination any goods of a description specified in Schedule 1 hereto.
2
Subject to the provisions of this Order, no person shall export to any destination any goods which —
a
that person (or, if that person is not within the United Kingdom, any agent of that person within the United Kingdom concerned in the export or intended export) has been informed by a competent authority are or may be intended, in their entirety or in part, for use in connection with the development, production, handling, operation, maintenance, storage, detection, identification or dissemination of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices, or the development, production, maintenance or storage of missiles capable of delivering such weapons, or
b
that person is aware are intended, in their entirety or in part, for any of the uses referred to in sub-paragraph (a), or
c
that person has grounds for suspecting are or may be intended, in their entirety or in part, for any of the uses referred to in sub-paragraph (a), unless that person has made all reasonable enquiries as to their proposed use and is satisfied that they will not be so used.
3
In paragraph (2)(a) above, “competent authority” means the Secretary of State or any authority empowered by another Member State of the European Communities to grant export authorisations for dual-use items under Council Regulation ( EC ) No. 1334/2000 of 22nd June 2000 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports of dual-use items and technology .
.
Stephen Byers
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
20th September 2000


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1
These Regulations may be cited as the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 28th June 2000.
2
1
The International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) Regulations 1988 shall be amended as follows.
2
In the regulations specified in column 1 of the Table for the amounts specified in column 2 there shall be substituted the amounts specified in column 3.
TABLE
(1) (2) (3) Regulation Existing Amount (£) Substituted Amount (£)
3(i) 64.60 68 3(ii) 396.20 420 4 5.70 10 (in both places where it occurs) 5(i) 43.70 46 5(ii) 62.60 66
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Larry Whitty
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
25th May 2000
We consent to the making of these Regulations
Bob Ainsworth
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lord’s Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
5th June 2000


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Citation
1
This Order may be cited as the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2000.
Appointed Day
2
The following provisions of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 shall come into force on 14th April 2000 —
a
sections 59 and 60;
b
paragraphs 15, 16, 17 and 22 of Schedule 4, and section 67(1) in so far as it refers to them; and
c
in Schedule 6 the entries specified in the Schedule to this Order, and section 67(3) in so far as it relates to them.
Extent
3
1
Except as provided in paragraph (2) below, this Order extends to England and Wales only.
2
Section 59 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 and the amendments made by Schedule 3 to that Act shall not extend to Scotland but otherwise the extent of any amendment made by Schedule 3 shall be the same as that of the enactment amended.
Jack Straw
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
9th April 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating) Consequential Amendment Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 6th April 2000 immediately after the coming into force of the Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating and National Insurance Funds Payments) Order 2000 .
Amendment of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979
2
In regulation 98 of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979 (modification of provisions of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 in relation to share fishermen), in paragraph (c) (weekly rate of any Class 2 contributions payable by share fishermen) for “£7.20 ” substitute “£2.65”.
Bob Ainsworth
Greg Pope
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
14th March 2000
The Secretary of State for Social Security hereby concurs
Alistair Darling
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security
15th March 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the GLA Side Roads (London Borough of Bexley) Designation Order 2000 and shall come into force on 19th June 2000.
Designation of GLA side roads
2
1
The roads in the London borough of Bexley specified in the Schedule to this Order are hereby designated as GLA side roads .
2
The description of a road includes the intersection of that road and any other road that crosses it at the same level.
3
In the Schedule “m” means metres.
4
In accordance with section 124A(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, 3rd July 2000 is hereby specified as the date on which the designated roads are to become GLA side roads.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Keith Hill
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
8th May 2000


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1
This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Emergency and Prevention of Terrorism Provisions) (Continuance) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 16th June 2000.
2
In this Order:
a
“the temporary provisions of the 1996 Act ” means Parts I to VII of the 1996 Act, except
i
section 7, Part III of Schedule I and, so far as they relate to offences which are scheduled offences by virtue of that Part, sections 3, 10 and 11, and
ii
sections 55 and 56,
together with section 4 of the Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Act 1998 so far as that section extends to Northern Ireland, and
b
“the 1989 Act provisions ” means the provisions referred to in section 27(11) of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989, that is to say Parts III and V of that Act so far as they have effect in Northern Ireland and relate to any proscribed organisation for the purposes of section 30 of the 1996 Act or offences or orders under that section.
3
The temporary provisions of the 1996 Act and the 1989 Act provisions shall continue in force for a period beginning with 16th June 2000 and ending with 24th August 2000.
Peter Mandelson
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Northern Ireland Office
15th June 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (Amendment of Section 10) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 27th July 2000.
2
For section 10(7) of the Act there shall be substituted —
7
Nothing in this section shall permit the release of a prisoner following a declaration under section 3(1) —
a
before he has served two years of the sentence to which the declaration relates; or
b
at any time when an application under section 8(1) for revocation of the declaration has yet to be finally determined;
and for the purpose of paragraph (a) any period of custody by which the sentence is treated as reduced in accordance with section 26 of the 1968 Act shall be treated as served as part of the sentence.
.
Peter Mandelson
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Northern Ireland Office
25th July 2000


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PART I
General
Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Building Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st January 2001.
Interpretation
2
1
In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires —
“ the Act ” means the Building Act 1984;
“amendment notice” means a notice given under section 51A of the Act;
“building” means any permanent or temporary building but not any other kind of structure or erection, and a reference to a building includes a reference to part of a building;
“building notice” means a notice given in accordance with regulations 12(2)(a) and 13;
“building work” has the meaning given in regulation 3(1);
“controlled service or fitting” means a service or fitting in relation to which Part G, H or J of Schedule 1 imposes a requirement;
“day” means any period of 24 hours commencing at midnight and excludes any Saturday, Sunday, Bank holiday or public holiday;
“dwelling” includes a dwelling-house and a flat;
“dwelling-house” does not include a flat or a building containing a flat;
“energy rating” of a dwelling means a numerical indication of the overall energy efficiency of that dwelling obtained by the application of a procedure approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 16(2) of these Regulations;
“European Technical Approval issuing body” means a body authorised by a member state of the European Economic Area to issue European Technical Approvals (a favourable technical assessment of the fitness for use of a construction product for the purposes of the Construction Products Directive ;
“final certificate” means a certificate given under section 51 of the Act;
“flat” means separate and self-contained premises constructed or adapted for use for residential purposes and forming part of a building from some other part of which it is divided horizontally;
“floor area” means the aggregate area of every floor in a building or extension, calculated by reference to the finished internal faces of the walls enclosing the area, or if at any point there is no such wall, by reference to the outermost edge of the floor;
“fronting” has the meaning given in section 203(3) of the Highways Act 1980 ;
“full plans” means plans deposited with a local authority for the purposes of section 16 of the Act in accordance with regulations 12(2)(b) and 14;
“height” means the height of the building measured from the mean level of the ground adjoining the outside of the external walls of the building to the level of half the vertical height of the roof of the building, or to the top of the walls or of the parapet, if any, whichever is the higher;
“initial notice” means a notice given under section 47 of the Act;
“institution” means an institution (whether described as a hospital, home, school or other similar establishment) which is used as living accommodation for, or for the treatment, care or maintenance of persons —
suffering from disabilities due to illness or old age or other physical or mental incapacity, or
under the age of five years, where such persons sleep on the premises;
“material alteration” has the meaning given in regulation 3(2);
“material change of use” has the meaning given in regulation 5;
“private street” has the meaning given in section 203(2) of the Highways Act 1980;
“public body’s final certificate” means a certificate given under paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Act;
“public body’s notice” means a notice given under section 54 of the Act;
“shop” includes premises —
used for the sale to members of the public of food or drink for consumption on or off the premises,
used for retail sales by auction to members of the public,
used by members of the public as a barber or hairdresser, or for the hiring of any item, and
where members of the public may take goods for repair or other treatment.
2
In these Regulations “public building” means a building consisting of or containing —
a
a theatre, public library, hall or other place of public resort;
b
a school or other educational establishment not exempted from the operation of building regulations by virtue of section 4(1)(a) of the Act; or
c
a place of public worship;
but a building is not to be treated as a place of public resort because it is, or it contains, a shop, storehouse or warehouse, or is a dwelling to which members of the public are occasionally admitted.
3
Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation, Part or Schedule is a reference to the regulation, Part or Schedule so numbered in these Regulations.
PART II
CONTROL OF BUILDING WORK
Meaning of building work
3
1
In these Regulations “building work” means —
a
the erection or extension of a building;
b
the provision or extension of a controlled service or fitting in or in connection with a building;
c
the material alteration of a building, or a controlled service or fitting, as mentioned in paragraph (2);
d
work required by regulation 6 (requirements relating to material change of use);
e
the insertion of insulating material into the cavity wall of a building;
f
work involving the underpinning of a building.
2
An alteration is material for the purposes of these Regulations if the work, or any part of it, would at any stage result —
a
in a building or controlled service or fitting not complying with a relevant requirement where previously it did; or
b
in a building or controlled service or fitting which before the work commenced did not comply with a relevant requirement, being more unsatisfactory in relation to such a requirement.
3
In paragraph (2) “relevant requirement” means any of the following applicable requirements of Schedule 1, namely —
Part A (structure)
paragraph B1 (means of warning and escape)
paragraph B3 (internal fire spread — structure)
paragraph B4 (external fire spread)
paragraph B5 (access and facilities for the fire service)
Part M (access and facilities for disabled people).
Requirements relating to building work
4
1
Building work shall be carried out so that —
a
it complies with the applicable requirements contained in Schedule 1; and
b
in complying with any such requirement there is no failure to comply with any other such requirement.
2
Building work shall be carried out so that, after it has been completed —
a
any building which is extended or to which a material alteration is made; or
b
any building in, or in connection with, which a controlled service or fitting is provided, extended or materially altered; or
c
any controlled service or fitting,
complies with the applicable requirements of Schedule 1 or, where it did not comply with any such requirement, is no more unsatisfactory in relation to that requirement than before the work was carried out.
Meaning of material change of use
5
For the purposes of paragraph 8(1)(e) of Schedule 1 to the Act and for the purposes of these Regulations, there is a material change of use where there is a change in the purposes for which or the circumstances in which a building is used, so that after that change —
a
the building is used as a dwelling, where previously it was not;
b
the building contains a flat, where previously it did not;
c
the building is used as an hotel or a boarding house, where previously it was not;
d
the building is used as an institution, where previously it was not;
e
the building is used as a public building, where previously it was not;
f
the building is not a building described in Classes I to VI in Schedule 2, where previously it was; or
g
the building, which contains at least one dwelling, contains a greater or lesser number of dwellings than it did previously.
Requirements relating to material change of use
6
1
Where there is a material change of use of the whole of a building, such work, if any, shall be carried out as is necessary to ensure that the building complies with the applicable requirements of the following paragraphs of Schedule 1 —
a
in all cases, B1 (means of warning and escape)
B2 (internal fire spread — linings)
B3 (internal fire spread — structure)
B4(2) (external fire spread — roofs)
B5 (access and facilities for the fire service)
F1 and F2 (ventilation)
G1 (sanitary conveniences and washing facilities)
G2 (bathrooms)
H4 (solid waste storage)
J1 to J3 (heat producing appliances)
L1 (conservation of fuel and power);
b
in the case of a material change of use described in regulation 5(c), (d), (e) or (f), A1 to A3 (structure);
c
in the case of a building exceeding fifteen metres in height, B4(1) (external fire spread — walls);
d
in the case of a material change of use described in regulation 5(a), C4 (resistance to weather and ground moisture); and
e
in the case of a material change of use described in regulation 5(a), (b) or (g), E1 to E3 (resistance to the passage of sound).
2
Where there is a material change of use of part only of a building, such work, if any, shall be carried out as is necessary to ensure that —
a
that part complies in all cases with any applicable requirements referred to in paragraph (1)(a);
b
in a case in which sub-paragraphs (b), (d) or (e) of paragraph (1) apply, that part complies with the requirements referred to in the relevant sub-paragraph; and
c
in a case to which sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (1) applies, the whole building complies with the requirement referred to in that sub-paragraph.
Materials and workmanship
7
Building work shall be carried out —
a
with adequate and proper materials which —
i
are appropriate for the circumstances in which they are used,
ii
are adequately mixed or prepared, and
iii
are applied, used or fixed so as adequately to perform the functions for which they are designed; and
b
in a workmanlike manner.
Limitation on requirements
8
Parts A to K and N of Schedule 1 shall not require anything to be done except for the purpose of securing reasonable standards of health and safety for persons in or about buildings (and any others who may be affected by buildings, or matters connected with buildings).
Exempt buildings and work
9
These Regulations do not apply to —
a
the erection of any building or extension of a kind described in Schedule 2; or
b
the carrying out of any work to or in connection with such a building or extension, if after the carrying out of that work it is still a building or extension of a kind described in that Schedule.
PART III
EXEMPTION OF PUBLIC BODIES FROM PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS
The Metropolitan Police Authority
10
1
The Metropolitan Police Authority is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 5 of the Act (exemption of public bodies from the procedural requirements and enforcement of building regulations).
2
The Metropolitan Police Authority is exempt from compliance with these Regulations in so far as the requirements in these Regulations are not substantive requirements.
PART IV
RELAXATION OF REQUIREMENTS
Power to dispense with or relax requirements
11
1
The power under section 8(1) of the Act to dispense with or relax any requirement contained in these Regulations shall be exercisable by the local authority.
2
Any notification by the local authority to an applicant that they have refused his application to dispense with or relax any requirement of these Regulations shall inform the applicant of the effect of section 39(1) and (3) of the Act (appeal against refusal etc. to relax building regulations).
PART V
NOTICES AND PLANS
Giving of a building notice or deposit of plans
12
1
In this regulation “relevant use” means a use as a workplace of a kind to which Part II of the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997 applies or a use designated under section 1 of the Fire Precautions Act 1971 ;
2
Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a person who intends to carry out building work or to make a material change of use shall —
a
give to the local authority a building notice in accordance with regulation 13; or
b
deposit full plans with the local authority in accordance with regulation 14.
3
A person shall deposit full plans where he intends to carry out building work in relation to a building put or intended to be put to a use which is a relevant use.
4
A person shall deposit full plans where he intends to carry out work which includes the erection of a building fronting on to a private street.
5
A person who intends to carry out building work consisting only of the installation of a heat-producing gas appliance is not required to give a building notice or deposit full plans if the appliance is to be installed by a person, or an employee of a person, approved in accordance with regulation 3 of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 .
6
Where regulation 20 of the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 2000 (local authority powers in relation to partly completed work) applies, the owner shall comply with the requirements of that regulation instead of with this regulation.
Particulars and plans where a building notice is given
13
1
A building notice shall state the name and address of the person intending to carry out the work and shall be signed by him or on his behalf, and shall contain or be accompanied by —
a
a statement that it is given for the purpose of regulation 12(2)(a);
b
a description of the proposed building work or material change of use; and
c
particulars of the location of the building to which the proposal relates and the use or intended use of that building.
2
In the case of the erection or extension of a building, a building notice shall be accompanied by —
a
a plan to a scale of not less than 1:1250 showing —
i
the size and position of the building, or the building as extended, and its relationship to adjoining boundaries;
ii
the boundaries of the curtilage of the building, or the building as extended, and the size, position and use of every other building or proposed building within that curtilage;
iii
the width and position of any street on or within the boundaries of the curtilage of the building or the building as extended;
b
a statement specifying the number of storeys (each basement level being counted as one storey), in the building to which the proposal relates; and
c
particulars of —
i
the provision to be made for the drainage of the building or extension;
ii
the precautions to be taken in building over a drain, sewer or disposal main as mentioned in section 18 of the Act (building over sewers etc.); and
iii
the steps to be taken to comply with any local enactment which applies.
3
In the case of building work which involves the insertion of insulating material into the cavity walls of a building, a building notice shall be accompanied by a statement which specifies —
a
the name and type of insulating material to be used;
b
the name of any European Technical Approval issuing body which has approved the insulating material;
c
the requirements of Schedule 1 in relation to which any body referred to in (b) has approved the insulating material;
d
any national standard of a member state of the European Economic Area to which the insulating material conforms; and
e
the name of any body which has issued any current approval to the installer of the insulating material.
4
Where building work involves the provision of a hot water storage system in relation to which paragraph G3 of Schedule 1 (hot water storage) imposes a requirement, a building notice shall be accompanied by a statement which specifies —
a
the name, make, model and type of hot water storage system to be installed;
b
the name of the body, if any, which has approved or certified that the system is capable of performing in a way which satisfies the requirements of paragraph G3 of Schedule 1;
c
the name of the body, if any, which has issued any current registered operative identity card to the installer or proposed installer of the system.
5
Where a building notice has been given, a person carrying out building work or making a material change of use shall give the local authority, within such time as they specify, such plans as are, in the particular case, necessary for the discharge of their functions in relation to building regulations and are specified by them in writing.
6
Neither a building notice nor plans which accompany it or are given under paragraph (5) are to be treated for the purposes of section 16 of the Act as having been deposited in accordance with building regulations.
7
A building notice shall cease to have effect on the expiry of three years from the date on which that notice was given to the local authority, unless before the expiry of that period —
a
the building work to which the notice related was commenced; or
b
the material change of use described in the notice was made.
Full plans
14
1
Full plans shall be accompanied by a statement that they are deposited for the purpose of regulation 12(2)(b).
2
a
Full plans shall be deposited in duplicate, of which the local authority may retain one copy; and
b
where Part B of Schedule 1 (fire safety) imposes a requirement in relation to proposed building work, an additional two copies of any such plans as demonstrate compliance with that requirement shall be deposited, both of which may be retained by the local authority.
3
Full plans shall consist of —
a
a description of the proposed building work or material change of use, and the plans, particulars and statements required by paragraphs (1) to (4) of regulation 13; and
b
any other plans which are necessary to show that the work would comply with these Regulations.
4
Full plans shall be accompanied by a statement as to whether the building is put or is intended to be put to a use which is a relevant use as defined by regulation 12(1).
5
Full plans may be accompanied by a request from the person carrying out building work that on completion of the work he wishes the local authority to issue a completion certificate in accordance with regulation 17.
6
Paragraph (2)(b) shall not require the deposit of additional copies of plans where the proposed building work relates to the erection, extension or material alteration of a dwelling-house or flat.
Notice of commencement and completion of certain stages of work
15
1
A person who proposes to carry out building work shall not commence that work unless —
a
he has given the local authority notice that he intends to commence work; and
b
at least two days have elapsed since the end of the day on which he gave the notice.
2
A person carrying out building work shall not —
a
cover up any excavation for a foundation, any foundation, any damp-proof course or any concrete or other material laid over a site; or
b
cover up in any way any drain or sewer to which these Regulations apply, unless he has given the local authority notice that he intends to commence that work, and at least one day has elapsed since the end of the day on which he gave the notice.
3
A person who has laid, haunched or covered any drain or sewer in respect of which Part H of Schedule 1 (drainage and waste disposal) imposes a requirement shall give notice to that effect to the local authority not more than five days after the completion of the work.
4
A person carrying out building work shall, not more than five days after that work has been completed, give the local authority notice to that effect.
5
Where a building is being erected, and that building (or any part of it) is to be occupied before completion, the person carrying out that work shall give the local authority at least five days notice before the building or any part of it is occupied.
6
Where a person fails to comply with paragraphs (1) to (3), he shall comply within a reasonable time with any notice given by the local authority requiring him to cut into, lay open or pull down so much of the work as prevents them from ascertaining whether these Regulations have been complied with.
7
If the local authority have given notice specifying the manner in which any work contravenes the requirements in these Regulations, a person who has carried out any further work to secure compliance with these Regulations shall within a reasonable time after the completion of such further work give notice to the local authority of its completion.
Energy rating
16
1
This regulation applies where a new dwelling is created by building work or by a material change of use in connection with which building work is carried out.
2
Where this regulation applies, the person carrying out the building work shall calculate the energy rating of the dwelling by means of a procedure approved by the Secretary of State and give notice of that rating to the local authority.
3
The notice referred to in paragraph (2) shall be given not later than the date on which the notice required by paragraph (4) of regulation 15 is given, and, where a new dwelling is created by the erection of a building, it shall be given at least five days before occupation of the dwelling.
4
Where this regulation applies, subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), the person carrying out the building work shall affix, as soon as practicable, in a conspicuous place in the dwelling, a notice stating the energy rating of the dwelling.
5
The notice referred to in paragraph (4) shall be affixed not later than the date on which the notice required by paragraph (4) of regulation 15 is given, and, where a new dwelling is created by the erection of a building, it shall be affixed not later than five days before occupation of the dwelling.
6
Subject to paragraph (7), if, on the date the dwelling is first occupied as a residence, no notice has been affixed in the dwelling in accordance with paragraph (4), the person carrying out the building work shall, not later than the date on which the notice required by paragraph (4) of regulation 15 is given, give to the occupier of the dwelling a notice stating the energy rating of the dwelling calculated in accordance with paragraph (2).
7
Paragraphs (4) and (6) shall not apply in a case where the person carrying out the work intends to occupy, or occupies, the dwelling as a residence.
Completion certificates
17
1
A local authority shall give a completion certificate in accordance with this regulation and as provided for in paragraph (2) where —
a
they receive a notice under regulation 15(4) or (5) that building work has been completed, or, that a building has been partly occupied before completion; and
b
they have either —
i
been notified, in accordance with regulation 14(4), that the building is put or is intended to be put to a use which is a relevant use as defined by regulation 12(1); or
ii
been requested, in accordance with regulation 14(5), to give a completion certificate.
2
Where in relation to any building work or, as the case may be, to any part of a building which has been occupied before completion, a local authority have been able to ascertain, after taking all reasonable steps, that the relevant requirements of Schedule 1 specified in the certificate have been satisfied, they shall give a certificate to that effect.
3
In this regulation “relevant requirements” mean —
a
in a case mentioned in paragraph (1)(b)(i), the applicable requirements of Part B of Schedule 1 (fire safety); and
b
in a case mentioned in paragraph (1)(b)(ii), any applicable requirements of Schedule 1.
4
A certificate given in accordance with this regulation shall be evidence (but not conclusive evidence) that the requirements specified in the certificate have been complied with.
PART VI
MISCELLANEOUS
Testing of drains and private sewers
18
The local authority may make such tests of any drain or private sewer as may be necessary to establish whether it complies with any of the requirements of Part H of Schedule 1 (drainage and waste disposal).
Sampling of material
19
The local authority may take such samples of the material to be used in the carrying out of building work as may be necessary to enable them to ascertain whether such materials comply with the provisions of these Regulations.
Supervision of building work otherwise than by local authorities
20
1
Regulations 12, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 shall not apply in respect of any work specified in an initial notice, an amendment notice or a public body’s notice, which is in force.
2
Regulations 18 and 19 shall not apply in respect of any work in relation to which a final certificate or a public body’s final certificate has been accepted by the local authority.
Unauthorised building work
21
1
This regulation applies where it appears to a local authority that unauthorised building work has been carried out on or after 11th November 1985.
2
In this regulation, “unauthorised building work” means building work other than work in relation to which an initial notice, an amendment notice or a public body’s notice has effect, which is done without —
a
a building notice being given to the local authority; or
b
full plans of the work being deposited with the local authority; or
c
a notice of commencement of work being given, in accordance with regulation 15(1) of these Regulations, where a building notice has been given or full plans have been deposited.
3
Where this regulation applies, the owner (in this regulation referred to as “the applicant”) may apply in writing to the local authority for a regularisation certificate in accordance with this regulation, and shall send with his application —
a
a statement that the application is made in accordance with this regulation,
b
a description of the unauthorised work,
c
so far as is reasonably practicable, a plan of the unauthorised work, and
d
so far as is reasonably practicable, a plan showing any additional work required to be carried out to secure that the unauthorised work complies with the requirements relating to building work in the building regulations which were applicable to that work when it was carried out (in this regulation referred to as “the relevant requirements”).
4
Where a local authority receive an application in accordance with this regulation, they may require the applicant to take such reasonable steps, including laying open the unauthorised work for inspection by the authority, making tests and taking samples, as the authority think appropriate to ascertain what work, if any, is required to secure that the relevant requirements are met.
5
When the applicant has taken any such steps required by the local authority as are described in paragraph (4), and having had regard to any direction given in accordance with sections 8 and 9 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Act dispensing with or relaxing a requirement in building regulations which applies to the unauthorised work, the local authority shall notify the applicant —
a
of the work which in their opinion is required to comply with the relevant requirements or those requirements as dispensed with or relaxed, or
b
that they cannot determine what work is required to comply with the relevant requirements or those requirements as dispensed with or relaxed, or
c
that no work is required to secure compliance with the relevant requirements or those requirements as dispensed with or relaxed.
6
Where the local authority have been able to satisfy themselves, after taking all reasonable steps for that purpose that —
a
the relevant requirements have been satisfied (taking account of any work carried out and any dispensation or relaxation given in accordance with sections 8 and 9 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Act), or
b
no work is required to secure that the unauthorised work satisfies the relevant requirements (taking account of any such dispensation or relaxation),
they may give a certificate to that effect (in this regulation referred to as “a regularisation certificate”).
7
A regularisation certificate shall be evidence (but not conclusive evidence) that the relevant requirements specified in the certificate have been complied with.
8
Where this regulation applies, regulations 12 and 14 shall not apply, and neither the supply of plans nor the taking of any other action in accordance with this regulation is to be treated for the purposes of section 16 of the Act as the deposit of plans in accordance with building regulations.
Contravention of certain regulations not to be an offence
22
Regulation 17 is designated as a provision to which section 35 of the Act (penalty for contravening building regulations) does not apply.
Transitional provisions
23
1
Subject to paragraph (2), the Regulations specified in Schedule 3 shall continue to apply in relation to any building work as if these Regulations had not been made where —
a
before 1st January 2001 a building notice, an initial notice, an amendment notice or a public body’s notice has been given to, or full plans have been deposited with, a local authority; and
b
building work is carried out or is to be carried out in accordance with any such notice or plans, whether with or without any departure from such plans.
2
Where an initial notice given before 1st January 2001 is varied by an amendment notice given on or after that date, the Regulations specified in Schedule 3 shall continue to apply as if these Regulations had not been made, to so much of the building work as could have been carried out under that initial notice if the amendment notice had not been given.
Revocations
24
The Regulations specified in Schedule 3 are hereby revoked.
Nick Raynsford
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
13th September 2000


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1
This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Louis Dreyfus Communications S.A.) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 21st November 2000.
2
Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system.
Patricia Hewitt,
Minister of State for Small Business and E Commerce,
Department of Trade and Industry
18th October 2000


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Citation and Commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Westminster Education Action Zone Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st May 2000.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
“partners” means those persons listed in Schedule 1 to this Order; and
“zone school” means a school listed in Schedule 2 to this Order.
Constitution of education action zone
3
The schools listed in Schedule 2 to this Order shall constitute collectively an education action zone under the name of the Westminster Education Action Zone (“the zone”) for the purposes of Chapter III of Part I of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
Education Action Forum
4
There shall be an Education Action Forum for the zone to be known as the Westminster Education Action Forum (“the Forum”), the membership of which shall include —
a
one person appointed by the governing body of each zone school, unless any such governing body choose not to make such an appointment;
b
either one or two persons appointed by the Secretary of State; and
c
persons appointed by each partner, in the numbers specified in Schedule 1, unless any partner chooses not to make any such appointment.
5
The Forum may at any time appoint up to twenty additional members, chosen from any or all of the following groups —
a
persons representing the interests of businesses who give support to the zone;
b
parents of children who are registered pupils at the zone schools;
c
persons representing the interests of community groups or of voluntary sector organisations or both in the area served by the zone schools;
d
persons representing the interests of staff who are employed at zone schools;
e
persons with expertise in the education field, who live or work in the area served by the zone schools;
f
persons who appear to the Forum to be able to further the improvement of standards at zone schools.
Disqualification for membership of the Forum
6
Articles 7 to 9 shall have effect for the purpose of prescribing the circumstances and cases in which a person is to be disqualified for holding, or continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum.
Disqualification for membership of the Forum — bankruptcy etc.
7
1
Subject to the provisions of this article, a person shall be disqualified for holding, or for continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum if he has been adjudged bankrupt or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors; and a member, on becoming so disqualified, shall give written notice of the fact to the secretary to the Forum.
2
Where a person is disqualified by reason of his having been adjudged bankrupt, that disqualification shall cease —
a
unless the bankrupt order made against that person is previously annulled, on his discharge from bankruptcy; and
b
if the bankruptcy order is so annulled, on the date of the annulment.
3
Where a person is disqualified by reason of his having made a composition or arrangement with his creditors and he pays his debts in full, the disqualification shall cease on the date on which the payment is completed and in any other case it shall cease on the expiration of three years from the date on which the terms of the deed of composition or arrangement are fulfilled.
Disqualification for membership of the Forum — criminal convictions
8
1
Subject to paragraph (2) a person shall be disqualified for holding, or for continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum if —
a
within five years before his appointment would otherwise have taken effect or since his appointment, he has been convicted, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, of any offence and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months without the option of a fine;
b
within twenty years before his appointment would otherwise have taken effect, he has been convicted as aforesaid and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment for a period of more than two and a half years; or
c
he has at any time been convicted as aforesaid and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment of not less than five years.
2
For the purposes of this article there shall be disregarded any conviction by or before a court outside the United Kingdom of an offence in respect of conduct which, if it had taken place in any part of the United Kingdom, would not have constituted an offence under the law in force in that part of the United Kingdom.
Disqualification — absence from meetings
9
Any member of the Forum who, without the consent of the Forum, has failed to attend the meetings thereof for a continuous period of six months beginning with the date of a meeting shall, on the expiry of that period, be disqualified for continuing to be a member of the Forum without prejudice however, to his re-appointment.
Removal from office by Forum
10
A member of the Forum may be removed from office by the Forum in the following circumstances —
a
in the case of a member who was a governor of a zone school at the time he was appointed to the Forum pursuant to article 4(a), if that person ceases to be a governor at that zone school;
b
in the case of any member appointed pursuant to article 4(a), if the school whose governing body appointed the member closes or ceases to form part of the education action zone;
c
in the case of a member appointed by a partner pursuant to article 4(c), if the partner which appointed the member ceases to be a partner;
d
in the case of a member appointed pursuant to article 4(c) by a partner which is a company or a charity, if the company or charity which appointed the member is dissolved; or in the case of a member appointed by a partner which is any other body, if that body ceases to exist;
e
in the case of a member appointed pursuant to article 5, if the Forum decides that the member in question no longer meets the description set out in the paragraph under which he was appointed.
Chairman’s tenure of office
11
The chairman of the Forum elected in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, shall hold office for one year from the date of his election (unless he resigns his office earlier), without prejudice to his eligibility to be re-elected for a further such period.
Estelle Morris
Minister of State,
Department of Education and Employment
10th April 2000


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Burma (Freezing of Funds) Regulations 2000, and shall come into force on 7th June 2000.
2
In these Regulations —
a
“body corporate” includes a Scottish partnership and, in relation to such a partnership, any reference to a director of a body corporate is a reference to a partner; and
b
“the EC Regulation ” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1081/2000 of 22nd May 2000 prohibiting the sale, supply and export to Burma/Myanmar of equipment which might be used for internal repression or terrorism, and freezing the funds of certain persons related to important governmental functions in that country.
Breaches of the EC Regulation
2
Any person who commits a breach of:
a
Article 2 of the EC Regulation; or
b
Article 5 of the EC Regulation so far as it relates to Article 2,
shall be guilty of an offence.
Information
3
The Schedule to these Regulations shall have effect in order to facilitate the obtaining, by or on behalf of the Treasury or the Bank of England, of information for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the EC Regulation.
Penalties and proceedings
4
1
Any person guilty of an offence under regulation 2 above or under paragraph 2(b) or (c) of the Schedule to these Regulations shall be liable —
a
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or both;
b
on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both.
2
Any person guilty of an offence under paragraph 2(a) of the Schedule to these Regulations shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.
3
Where any body corporate is guilty of an offence under these Regulations, and that offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary of other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, that person as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
4
Proceedings against any person for an offence under these Regulations may be taken before the appropriate court in the United Kingdom having jurisdiction in the place where that person is for the time being.
5
No proceedings for an offence under these Regulations, other than a summary offence, shall be instituted in England, Wales or Northern Ireland except by or with the consent of the Secretary of State, the Treasury or the Attorney General or, as the case may be, the Attorney General for Northern Ireland:
Provided that this paragraph shall not prevent the arrest, or the issue or execution of a warrant for the arrest, of any person in respect of such an offence, or the remand in custody or on bail of any person charged with such an offence, notwithstanding that the necessary consent to the institution of proceedings for the offence has not been obtained.
Bob Ainsworth
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
5th June 2000


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1
This Order may be cited as the Interest on Repayments of Customs Duty (Applicable Period) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
2
For subsection (3) of section 127 of the Finance Act 1999 there shall be substituted–
3
Subject to section 128 below, in relation to any amount that carries interest under subsection (1) above, the applicable period for the purposes of this section is the period which–
a
begins with the thirty-first working day after the making of the claim for repayment of that amount; and
b
ends with the date on which the Commissioners issue the repayment of that amount, and in paragraph (a) above “working day” means any day other than a non-business day within the meaning of section 92 of the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 .
A.R. Rawsthorne
Commissioners of Customs and Excise
New King’s Beam House,
22 Upper Ground,
London SE1 9PJ
8th March 2000


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1
This instrument may be cited as The Borough Council of Stockton-on-Tees (River Tees Bridge) Scheme 2000 Confirmation Instrument 2000 and shall come into force on the date on which notice that it has been confirmed is first published in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Highways Act 1980.
2
The Borough Council of Stockton-on-Tees (River Tees Bridge) Scheme 2000 (“the Scheme”) is hereby confirmed with modifications.
3
The Scheme as confirmed is set out in the Schedule hereto (including the plan) and copies of the Scheme with its accompanying plan as modified are deposited at the offices of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR, and at the offices of the Borough Council of Stockton-on-Tees at Municipal Buildings, Church Road, Stockton-on-Tees.
Signed by Authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
R C Dobbie
Government Office for the North East
17th July 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Amendment Regulations 2000.
2
Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations shall come into force on 10th April 2000.
3
These Regulations shall come into force —
a
on 11th April 2000, where in any particular case the weekly rate of widowed mother’s allowance is increased, or guardian’s allowance (where that allowance is payable on a Tuesday) is payable in respect of a child or children;
b
on 12th April 2000, where in any particular case the weekly rate of disablement benefit, or invalid care allowance (where that benefit is payable on a Wednesday), is increased in respect of a child or children, or where an allowance is paid in respect of a child or children under paragraph 18 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (children of deceased’s family);
c
on 13th April 2000, where in any particular case the weekly rate of incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance, disablement benefit paid under article 18 of the Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme 1983 or retirement pension of any category (where that pension is payable on a Thursday), is increased in respect of a child or children;
d
where in any particular case the weekly rate of retirement pension is increased in respect of a child or children and that pension is payable, in accordance with regulation 22(3) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to, the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 , on a day other than a Monday or a Thursday, on the day in the week commencing 10th April 2000 which corresponds with the day of the week on which retirement pension is payable in that case; and
e
where in any particular case guardian’s allowance is payable, in accordance with regulation 23(3) and (3A) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 , on a day other than a Monday or a Tuesday, on the day in the week commencing 10th April 2000 which corresponds with the day of the week on which guardian’s allowance is payable in that case.
Amendment of regulation 8 of the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979
2
1
Regulation 8 of the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
2
In paragraph (2) —
a
in sub-paragraph (a), there shall be substituted for the words “the rate is specified” the words “the rate specified”; and
b
there shall be substituted for the figure “£3.35” in both places where it occurs the figure “£3.50”.
3
In paragraph (3), there shall be substituted for the figure “£3.35” the figure “£3.50”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Jeff Rooker
Minister of State,
Department of Social Security
20th March 2000


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Title and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Marketing Authorisations for Veterinary Medicinal Products Amendment Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 14th April 2000.
Amendment of the Marketing Authorisations for Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulations 1994
2
1
The Marketing Authorisations for Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulations 1994 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.
2
In regulation 1 (title, commencement and interpretation),
a
in paragraph (1)–
i
in the entry for “Council Regulation 2309/93/ EEC ”, for those words there shall be substituted “Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2309/93 ”, and the word “and” at the end shall be omitted, and
ii
after the entry for “Council Directive 93/40/EEC ” the following entries shall be inserted:
Commission Regulation ( EC ) No. 649/98 amending the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2309/93 ; and
Commission Directive 1999/104/EC amending the Annex to Council Directive 81/852/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to analytical, pharmacotoxicological and clinical standards and protocols in respect of the testing of veterinary medicinal products ;
b
for paragraph (6) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:
6
Unless the context requires otherwise any reference in these Regulations to a Community instrument is to that instrument as amended as at the time the Marketing Authorisations for Veterinary Medicinal Products Amendment Regulations 2000 were made, except that references to Council Directive 81/852/EEC in relation to applications for marketing authorisations made before 1st October 2000 are references to that Directive not amended by Commission Directive 1999/104/EC .
and
c
in paragraph (4) for the words “Council Regulation 2309/93/EEC” there shall be substituted “Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2309/93 ”.
3
In regulation 3 (placing veterinary medicinal products on the market)–
a
for the words “or have in his possession for the purposes of placing on the market,” there shall be substituted “or import for the purposes of placing on the market or have in his possession for those purposes,”; and
b
for the words “Council Regulation 2309/93/EEC” there shall be substituted “ Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2309/93 ”.
4
In regulation 6(1) (duties on persons responsible for placing products on the market), the word “and” after sub-paragraph (d) shall be omitted and at the end of sub-paragraph (e) the word “and” and the following new sub-paragraph shall be inserted:
f
from 1st June 2001, paragraph C.a of Title I, Part 2 (for veterinary medicinal products other than immunological veterinary medicinal products) or paragraph C.a of Title II , Part 6 (for immunological veterinary medicinal products) of the Annex to Council Directive 81/852/EEC .
.
5
In regulation 18(1) (application of the Medicines Act 1968 to marketing authorisations), after the words “placing on the market” there shall be inserted “, or import for those purposes,”.
Hayman
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
13th March 2000
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Hunt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health
14th March 2000


text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Blackburn with Darwen Primary Care Trust (Establishment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st May 2000.
2
In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —
“the Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977;
“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 Act and any service which he has a duty to provide under section 5(1) or (1A) of the Act ;
“establishment date” means the date of coming into force of this Order;
“Executive Committee” has the meaning given in regulation 1(2) of the Membership Regulations ;
“member”, “officer member” and “non-officer member” have the meanings given in regulation 1(2) of the Membership Regulations;
“Membership Regulations” means the Primary Care Trusts (Membership, Procedure and Administration Arrangements) Regulations 2000 ;
“operational date” is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 5A to the Act;
“preparatory period” is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 5A to the Act;
“the trust” means the Blackburn with Darwen Primary Care Trust established by article 2 of this Order.
Establishment and name of the Primary Care Trust
2
There is hereby established a Primary Care Trust which is to be called the Blackburn with Darwen Primary Care Trust.
Area of the trust
3
The trust shall be established for the area specified in the Schedule to this Order.
Members of the trust
4
1
The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 officer members and 5 non-officer members.
2
The non-officer members shall comprise the persons appointed by the Secretary of State under regulation 2(3) of the Membership Regulations.
3
The officer members shall comprise —
a
the persons who for the time being hold the offices of Chief Executive and Director of Finance of the trust;
b
the person who for the time being holds the post of chairman of the Executive Committee of the trust;
c
2 persons appointed by the chairman of the trust following nomination by the Executive Committee of the trust.
Operational date of the trust
5
The trust’s operational date shall be 1st October 2000.
Limitations on the exercise of functions by the trust during the preparatory period
6
During the preparatory period the exercise of functions by the trust shall be limited to the following —
a
entering into NHS contracts;
b
entering into other contracts including contracts of employment; and
c
doing such other things as are reasonably necessary to enable it to begin to operate satisfactorily with effect from the operational date.
Assistance during the preparatory period
7
1
The East Lancashire Health Authority shall meet the costs of the trust performing its functions during the preparatory period by discharging such of the liabilities of the trust incurred during that period as are of a description specified in paragraph (2) and do not in aggregate exceed such amount as may be notified by the Authority to the trust.
3
The liabilities referred to in the preceding paragraph are —
a
liability for the remuneration and travelling or other allowances of the chairman and members of the trust;
b
liability for the travelling or other allowances of the members of committees and sub-committees of the trust who are not also members of the trust;
c
liability for the remuneration of officers of the trust; and
d
any other liability which may reasonably be incurred by the trust for the purpose of enabling it to begin to operate satisfactorily with effect from its operational date.
4
The East Lancashire Health Authority shall make available to the trust during the preparatory period —
a
premises and other facilities of the Authority; and
b
officers of the Authority.
5
The CommuniCare National Health Service Trust shall make premises and other facilities of the NHS trust available to the trust during the preparatory period.
Exercise of functions
8
In exercising the functions conferred on it under section 17A(1) of the Act the trust shall not provide services directly to patients, other than community health services.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Hunt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health
18th April 2000


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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Organisation Proposals) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st September 2000.
Amendment
2
The Education (School Organisation Proposals) (England) Regulations 1999 shall be amended as follows.
3
In regulation 2 (Interpretation) there shall be inserted the following definitions —
a
after the definition of “the Act” —
“the 1996 Act ” means the Education Act 1996 ;
;
b
after the definition of “the Transition Regulations” —
“16 — 19 institution” means a maintained school which —
provides full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils over compulsory school age, and
does not provide full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils of compulsory school age;
“city academy” shall be construed in accordance with section 482(3)(c) of the 1996 Act ;
“further education college” means an institution within the further education sector (within the meaning of section 91(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 );
;
c
after the definition of “mainstream school” —
“sixth form education” means full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils over compulsory school age.
.
4
In regulation 4 (Information to be contained in published proposals), for paragraph (2)(c) there shall be substituted —
c
the information specified in Part IV of that Schedule where the proposals are to discontinue a school, or make a prescribed alteration to a school, as specified in that Part.
.
5
In regulation 9 (Conditional approvals) —
a
there shall be inserted “a” between “relating to” and “mainstream school”;
b
after sub-paragraph (f), there shall be inserted —
g
the making of any agreement under section 482 (1) of the 1996 Act for the establishment of a school to be known as a city academy, where the proposals in question provide for some or all of the pupils currently at the school which is the subject of the proposals to transfer to such a school.
.
6
In regulation 11 (3) (c) (Modification of approved proposals), for “attention”, there shall be substituted “alteration”.
7
In regulation 12 (Provision of information) —
a
after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted —
2A
The school organisation committee shall notify the persons referred to in sub-paragraphs (c) and (e) of paragraph (2) of any notification they receive of a local education authority’s determination under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 6 whether to implement proposals.
;
b
in paragraph (11), for “Adjudicator's” there shall be substituted “Adjudicators”.
8
After regulation 19 there shall be inserted the following regulations —
Unimplemented statutory proposals
20
1
Where a school changes category in accordance with Schedule 8 to the Act and there are statutory proposals falling to be implemented under paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to the Act in respect of that school which have not been implemented then —
a
in the case of a school which has changed category to become a community or community special school, the proposals shall, to the extent that they have not been implemented, be implemented by the local education authority;
b
in the case of a school which has changed category from a community or community special school, the proposals shall, to the extent that they have not been implemented, be implemented by the local education authority and, in the case of a school which becomes a foundation special school, paragraph 16 of Schedule 6 to the 1996 Act shall apply;
c
in the case of a school which has changed category from a foundation or voluntary controlled school to become a voluntary aided school, the proposals shall continue to be implemented by the local education authority, promoters and governing body (as the case may be) as if the school had remained a foundation or voluntary controlled school, and paragraph 16 of Schedule 6 to the Act shall apply in respect of that school;
d
in the case of a school which has changed category from a voluntary aided school to become a foundation or voluntary controlled school, the proposals shall, to the extent that they have not been implemented, be implemented by the local education authority, and paragraph 16 of Schedule 6 to the Act shall apply in respect of that school.
2
Nothing in paragraph (1) requires a local education authority to provide any premises which are already part of the premises of the school.
21
1
A local education authority who are under a duty to implement statutory proposals under regulation 20(1)(a), (b) or (d) are prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 6 or, as the case may be, that sub-paragraph as applied by paragraph 5(7) of that Schedule, and accordingly a school organisation committee or an adjudicator may modify such proposals or specify a later date at the request of that local education authority.
2
Before modifying any such proposals a school organisation committee or an adjudicator shall consult the local education authority and the governing body of the school.
3
Paragraph 5(4) and (5) of Schedule 6 to the Act shall apply as if the reference to “the body or promoters who published the proposals referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b)” included a reference to the local education authority who are under a duty to implement those proposals under regulation 20(1)(a), (b) or (d).
.
9
Schedule 1 (Alterations for which proposals must be published) shall be amended as follows —
a
for paragraph 2 there shall be substituted —
2
1
Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (4), an increase (other than a temporary increase) in the number of pupils in any relevant age group by 27 or more pupils.
2
No increase shall arise for the purposes of paragraph (1) unless the school’s admission number, taking into account the additional pupils, will exceed its highest admission number during the three school years immediately preceding the year in which it is intended that the increase shall take effect by 27 or more pupils, disregarding any year in which there was a temporary increase.
3
In this paragraph —
“admission number” means the number of pupils for any relevant age group and school year published or (as the case may be) intended to be published under section 92 of the Act;
“temporary increase” means an increase in the school’s admission number which it is anticipated will take effect for only one year;
“relevant age group” means an age group in which pupils are normally admitted (or, as the case may be, will normally be admitted) to the school.
4
This paragraph shall not apply to any relevant age group comprising pupils the majority of whom are over compulsory school age.
;
b
at the end, there shall be inserted —
10
The discontinuance of provision at any site of a school which occupies more than one site, if the main entrance at any of the school’s remaining sites is 1.6 kilometres (one mile) or more from the main entrance of the site at which provision is to be discontinued.
.
10
In Part II of Schedule 2 (Additional information to be contained in published proprosals to establish a new school) —
a
for paragraph 6 there shall be substituted —
6
Information on —
a
the number of pupils for whom the school will provide;
b
the upper and lower age limits of the new school and, where it is intended that it should provide nursery education or sixth form education, the number of pupils for whom it is intended that such education should be provided;
c
whether the new school will admit pupils of both sexes or whether it will admit pupils of one sex only; and
d
whether it is proposed that the new admission arrangements for the school will make provision for selection by ability as is mentioned in section 101 of the Act (pupil banding).
;
b
in paragraph 12, for “of” in the second place where it occurs, there shall be substituted “or”.
11
For Part IV of Schedule 2 (Additional information to be contained in published proposals to discontinue a school) there shall be substituted —
PART IV
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE CONTAINED IN PUBLISHED PROPOSALS TO DISCONTINUE A SCHOOL OR TO MAKE A PRESCRIBED ALTERATION SO THAT A SCHOOL CEASES TO PROVIDE SIXTH FORM EDUCATION
18
Details of the schools or further education colleges which pupils at the school for whom provision is to be discontinued may attend, including any interim arrangements.
19
Details of any other measures proposed to be taken to increase the number of school or further education college places available in consequence of the proposed discontinuance.
20
The proposed arrangements for transport of such pupils to other schools or further education colleges.
.
12
In Part I of Schedule 3 (Interpretation) the definition of “sixth form education” shall be omitted.
13
In Part III of Schedule 3 (Additional information to be sent where proposals are to establish a new school), at the end, there shall be inserted —
18A
Where the proposed school will provide sixth form education —
a
details of the courses to be offered (if the proposals are approved) leading to GCE A and AS level examinations and advanced vocational qualifications and the forecast demand for each such course, including details of how the requirement for religious education of pupils at the school will be met;
b
details of —
i
the other maintained schools, city technology colleges, city colleges for the technology of the arts, city academies and further education colleges which are, in the opinion of the relevant body or promoters, as the case may be, reasonably accessible to pupils who might otherwise be expected to attend the school the subject of the proposals,
ii
arrangements to inform pupils and parents about the opportunities for education suitable to the requirements of pupils over compulsory school age at the institutions referred to in sub-paragraph (i), and
iii
the proposed arrangements for co-operation and the exchange of information between the school the subject of the proposals and those other institutions;
c
details of the following examination results for the two school years before the current year in which the proposals are published at each of the institutions referred to in sub-paragraph (b) (i) —
i
GCSE examinations, limited to the results of GCSE examinations taken by pupils over compulsory school age,
ii
GCE A and AS examinations,
iii
NVQs GNVQs and other vocational qualifications for pupils over compulsory school age;
d
the number of places available for sixth form education at such of the institutions referred to in sub-paragraph (b) (i) as are mainstream schools; and
e
except where the proposed school is to be a 16 — 19 institution, details of —
i
the proposed number of pupils who will be provided with sixth form education if the proposals are approved, and
ii
the capacity of the proposed accommodation for pupils who will be provided with sixth form education if the proposals are approved.
.
14
In Part IV of Schedule 3 (Additional information to be sent where the proposals are to make a prescribed alteration to a school) —
a
in paragraph 24(e), for “city technology college and institution within the further education sector”, there shall be substituted “city technology college, city college for the technology of the arts, city academy and further education college”;
b
paragraph 25 shall be amended as follows —
i
for sub-paragraph (f) there shall be substituted —
f
details of the schools or further education colleges to which it is proposed that pupils currently receiving sixth form education may transfer if the proposals are approved, including an assessment of the quality of those institutions and any transitional arrangements which will apply;
;
ii
in sub-paragraph (g), for “city technology college and institution within the further education sector”, there shall be substituted “city technology college, city college for the technology of the arts, city academy and further education college”;
iii
for sub-paragraph (i) there shall be substituted —
i
details as to the distance, measured by the nearest available route, between the school and all of the institutions specified in sub-paragraph (c), together with details as to the availability of public transport to the institutions specified in sub-paragraph (f) where such information has not been provided pursuant to paragraph 20 of Part IV of Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
.
15
Part V of Schedule 3 (Additional information to be sent where the proposals are to discontinue a school) shall be amended as follows —
a
at the beginning there shall be inserted —
35A
The statement specified in paragraph 20.
;
b
for paragraph 40 there shall be substituted —
40
Where the school provides sixth form education, the information specified in paragraph 25.
.
Jacqui Smith
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
10th August 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Trafford Park Railway Order 2000 and shall come into force on 3rd March 2000.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
“the 1899 Order ” means the West Manchester Light Railways Order 1899 ;
“the railway” means the various lengths of railway authorised by the West Manchester Light Railways Order 1899 to 1906 made under the Light Railways Act 1896 , the Trafford Park Act 1904 , the Trafford Park Act 1922 and the Trafford Park Railway Order 1995 , operated for the carriage of goods and forming the Trafford Park railway network.
Revocation of part of 1899 Order
3
Article 38(1) of the 1899 Order (restrictions on weight on rails) is hereby revoked.
Weight Limit
4
No person shall use upon the railway any engine, carriage or truck bringing a greater weight than 25 tonnes upon the rails by any one pair of wheels.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
A. S. D. Whybrow
Head of Charging and Local Transport Division,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
11th February 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims: Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 19th March 2001.
Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations
2
1
The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.
2
In regulation 14(1)(n) (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as available) after the words “a couple” there shall be inserted the words “other than a joint-claim couple”.
3
After regulation 14(1)(n) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph–
nn
if he is a member of a joint-claim couple and he and his partner are both absent from Great Britain and a premium referred to in paragraph 20E, 20F, 20G or 20I of Schedule 1 (applicable amounts) is applicable in respect of his partner, for a maximum of 4 weeks;
.
4
After regulation 14(1)(o) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph —
p
if he is temporarily absent from Great Britain in the circumstances prescribed in regulation 50(6B)(a) or (c) , for the period of any such temporary absence
.
5
In regulation 19(1)(n) (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as actively seeking employment) after the words “a couple” there shall be inserted the words “other than a joint-claim couple”.
6
After regulation 19(1)(n) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph–
nn
if he is a member of a joint-claim couple, in any week during which he and his partner are both absent from Great Britain for not less than 3 days and in which a premium referred to in paragraph 20E, 20F, 20G or 20I of Schedule 1 (applicable amounts) is applicable in respect of his partner, for a maximum of 4 weeks;
.
7
After regulation 19(1)(s) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph —
t
if he is temporarily absent from Great Britain in the circumstances prescribed in regulation 50(6B)(a) or (c), for the period of any such temporary absence.
8
In regulation 64(2) (availability for employment), after the words “ section 19(6)(c) or (d)” there shall be inserted the words “or section 20A(2)(b), (c), (f) or (g)” and after the words “section 19(6)(a) or (b)” there shall be inserted the words “or section 20A(2)(d) or (e)”.
9
in regulation 65(5) (active seeking) after the words “section 19(6)(c) or (d)” there shall be inserted the words “or section 20A(2)(b), (c), (f) or (g)” and after the words “section 19(6)(a) or (b)” there shall be inserted the words “or section 20A(2)(d) or (e)”.
Tessa Jowell
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
7th December 2000


text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Teachers (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) (Amendment) Regulations 2000.
2
Except for regulation 5, these Regulations shall come into force on 30th March 2000.
3
Regulation 5 shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
4
In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations ” means the Teachers (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) Regulations 1997 .
Amendment of Principal Regulations
2
The Principal Regulations shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
3
In regulation 3 –
a
after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph–
4
Relevant employment is also employment as a teacher by an accepted function provider (within the meaning of regulation B3A(1) of the Pensions Regulations ) in the performance of the functions which it performs on behalf of the local education authority
;
b
after paragraph (7)(b) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph–
c
Category C comprises relevant employment as a teacher by an accepted function provider (within the meaning of regulation B3A(1) of the Pensions Regulations) in the performance of the functions which it performs on behalf of the local education authority.
.
4
In regulation 4 in paragraph (2) for “regulation E4(2) to (7) of the Superannuation Regulations” there shall be substituted “regulation E4(2) to (5A) of the Pensions Regulations”.
5
In regulation 9 for “regulation E21(2) or (3)” there shall be substituted “regulation E21(2), (3) or (3A)”.
6
In regulation 22 after paragraph (6A) there shall be inserted the following paragraph–
6B
Where the former employment fell within Category C the accepted function provider (within the meaning of regulation B3A(1) of the Pensions Regulations) shall pay to the Secretary of State on receipt of a written demand a sum equal to the actuarial value of the total compensation payable.
.
7
In Schedule 1 the following shall be inserted in the three columns after the entry for Employment Category B –
C function provider function provider
.
Malcolm Wicks
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
6th March 2000
We consent
Bob Ainsworth
Greg Pope
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
8th March 2000


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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Mandatory Awards) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 16th June 2000.
2
The Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1999 shall be amended as follows.
3
In regulation 7(2) insert after sub-paragraph (b) the following sub-paragraph:
c
a course the first year of which began before 1st September 1999.
.
4
In regulations 12(7)(a) and 23 after the words “Health Services and Public Health Act 1968” insert the words “or article 44 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 ”.
5
At the end of regulation 24(3), omit the full stop and insert the following words: “except in respect of a student who becomes eligible for an award after 1st September 1999 in respect of a course that began before 1st September 1998, in which case fees shall be paid as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter”.
6
After regulation 25(6) insert the following paragraph:
6A
Where a student is participating in the action scheme of the European Community for the mobility of university students known as ERASMUS and
a
his course is an international course, and
b
all the periods of study during a year are at an institution outside the United Kingdom
no sum shall be payable in respect of fees under regulation 17(1)(a) in respect of that year.
.
7
In Schedule 1 —
a
in sub-paragraph (c) omit the word “and”;
b
at the end of sub-paragraph (d) add a semicolon followed by the word “and”;
c
after sub-paragraph (d) insert the following sub-paragraph:
e
which are prescribed under paragraph (e) of the definition of “fees” in section 28(1) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998
;
d
in sub-paragraph (iii) for the words “three instalments of £565” substitute the following words, “two instalments of £565 and a third instalment of £550”;
8
In Schedule 3 —
a
in paragraph 1(1)(d)(ii) omit the words “(e) or (f)” and substitute “or (e)”;
b
in paragraph 1(1)(i) for the words “as are mentioned in Part III and living costs as are mentioned in Parts IV and V” substitute the words “and such requirements for maintenance as are specified in Schedules 1 and 2”;
c
in paragraph 1(1)(o) after the words “family credit” insert the words “or working families' tax credit”.
9
In Schedule 5, paragraph 4(a), for the words “paragraph 1(1)(c)” substitute the words “paragraph 1(1)(d)(ii)”.
Malcolm Wicks
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
25th May 2000


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1
This Order may be cited as the Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 14th July 2000.
2
The countries specified in the Schedule to this Order are convention countries for the purposes of section 5 of the Patents Act 1977.
3
The Patents (Convention Countries) Order 1994 shall be amended by the insertion in Schedule 1 thereto of the countries specified in the Schedule to this Order in proper alphabetical order.
A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council