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Citation and commencement
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Ilfracombe Harbour Revision Order 1996.
2
The Ilfracombe Harbour Orders 1870 to 1900 , Part II of the Ilfracombe Harbour and Improvement Act 1905 , and this Order may be cited as the Ilfracombe Harbour Act and Orders 1870 to 1996.
3
This Order shall come into force on 19th August 1996.
Interpretation
2
In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires:
“the Act of 1847 ” means the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 ;
“ the Council ” means the North Devon District Council;
“the deposited plan” and the “deposited section” means the plan and section prepared in duplicate, signed by an Assistant Secretary of the Department of Transport and marked “Plan and section referred to in the Ilfracombe Harbour Revision Order 1996” of which one copy is deposited at the Department of Transport and one copy at the offices of the Council;
“the harbour” means the harbour of Ilfracombe within the limits described in article 6 of the Ilfracombe Harbour Order 1990;
“the level of high water” means the level of mean high-water springs;
“the limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation shown on the deposited plan;
“tidal work” means so much of any work authorised by this Order as is on, under or over tidal waters or tidal lands below the level of high water;
“ Trinity House ” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;
“the works” means the works authorised by article 4 and described in article 5 of this Order or either of them and any works constructed under article 7 of this Order or any part of the said works and includes those works as maintained, renewed, extended, enlarged, improved or altered under article 8 of this Order.
Incorporation of provisions of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847
3
1
The Act of 1847 (except sections 6 to 13, 16 to 19, 23, 25, 27, 31 to 33, 48, 49, 50, 66, 67, 79 to 82, 84 to 90, 94, 95, 97 to 99, 101 and 102), so far as the same is applicable for the purposes and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Order is hereby incorporated with this Order subject to the modifications stated in paragraphs (2) to (9) below. The modifications set out in the said paragraphs (2) to (9) shall also apply to the said Act as incorporated with the Ilfracombe Harbour Orders 1870 to 1900.’’
2
The expression “the special Act” shall mean this Order and the expression “the undertakers” shall mean the Council.
2
Section 15 shall have effect as if the words from “shall forfeit” to the end of the section were deleted and there were substituted therefor the words “shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale”.
4
Section 20 shall have effect as if the words “in addition to the lands authorised to be compulsorily taken by them under the powers of the special Act” were omitted and as if the words “or lease” were inserted after the words “willing to sell” and as if the words “or taking on lease” were inserted after the words “for the purchase”.
5
Section 52 in its application to the harbour shall extend to empower the harbour master to give directions prohibiting the mooring of vessels in any particular part or parts of the harbour.
6
Section 53 shall not be construed as requiring the harbour master to serve a notice in writing of his directions upon the master of a vessel but such directions may be given orally or otherwise communicated to such master.
7
Section 63 shall be read and have effect as if for the words “to a penalty not exceeding five pounds” there were substituted the words “on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale” and for “£1” there were substituted “one tenth of level 3 on the standard scale”.
8
Section 69 shall have effect as if for the words “shall forfeit” there were substituted the words “shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale and a further” and for “£2” there were substituted “one tenth of level 4 on the standard scale”.
9
a
For the purposes of section 83 of the Act of 1847 as incorporated with the Ilfracombe Harbours Orders 1870 to 1900 and with this Order and for the purposes of any byelaws made under section 16 of Part II of the Ilfracombe Harbour and Improvement Act 1905 sections 236 to 238 of the Local Government Act 1972 shall apply to those Orders and to the said Act as if each of them were such an enactment as is referred to in section 236(1) of the said Act of 1972, and —
i
the said section 236 shall have effect as if in subsection (7) thereof after the word “confirm” where it first occurs in the subsection the words “with or without modification” were inserted; and
ii
for the purposes of section 236(11) of the said Act of 1972 the confirming authority for byelaws as made under the said section 83 shall be the Secretary of State.
b
If the Secretary of State, on considering byelaws made by the Council relating to the harbour and submitted under the said section 236 as having effect in accordance with paragraph (a) above, proposes to make a modification which appears to him to be substantial, then
i
he shall inform the Council and require the Council to take any steps he considers necessary for informing persons likely to be concerned with the modifications; and
ii
he shall not confirm the byelaws without the consent of the Council to the modification and until such period has elapsed as he thinks reasonable for consideration of, and comment upon, the modification by the persons who have been informed of it.
Power to construct works
4
Subject to the provisions of this Order, the Council may, when they have acquired the necessary lands or obtained sufficient interests therein, construct and maintain the works in the lines and situations shown on the deposited plan and within the limits of deviation and according to the levels shown on the deposited section.
Description of works
5
The works authorised by this Order are the following works in the Parish of Ilfracombe in the District of North Devon in the County of Devon —
A slipway constructed of four longitudinal reinforced concrete beams supported by eight cross beams with a surface of precast concrete planks commencing at a point on the harbour wall 28 metres or thereabouts south from the junction of Hierns Lane and The Strand and extending into Ilfracombe Harbour for 49 metres with an overall width of 8 metres.
Powers to cease in certain events
6
If the works are not substantially commenced within ten years from the coming into force of this Order the powers conferred on the Council by article 4 of this Order shall cease.
Subsidiary works
7
1
Subject to the provisions of this Order the Council may from time to time erect, construct, operate, maintain and temporarily or permanently repair all such works and conveniences as in the opinion of the Council may be requisite or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with the construction, maintenance and use of the works, but only temporary works or conveniences may be erected or constructed outside the limits of deviation.
2
On the completion of the works the Council shall remove all temporary works placed by them under the powers of this article on, under or over land below the level of high water.
Alteration and improvement of works
8
Subject to the provisions of this Order, the Council may from time to time maintain, renew, extend, enlarge, improve and alter the works but nothing in this article shall authorise the Council to deviate laterally beyond the limits of deviation.
Power to dredge
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1
Subject to the provisions of this Order the Council may from time to time deepen, dredge, scour, cleanse, alter and improve the harbour for the purpose of affording uninterrupted means of access to the works or the accommodation of vessels thereat.
2
Subject to paragraph (3) below, the Council may use, appropriate or dispose of any material (other than a wreck within the meaning of Part IX of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 from time to time dredged by them from the harbour).
3
No materials of the kind described in paragraph (2) above shall be deposited below the level of high water otherwise than in such a position and under such conditions or restrictions as may be approved or prescribed by the Secretary of State, and nothing in section 73 of the Act of 1847, as incorporated with this Order, shall apply to any deposit in accordance with this paragraph.
Power to deviate
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Subject to the provisions of this Order, the Council in constructing the works may deviate laterally from the lines or situations thereof shown on the deposited plan to any extent not exceeding the limits of deviation and may deviate vertically from the levels of the works shown on the deposited section upwards to any extent not exceeding three metres or downwards to any extent.
Obstruction of works
11
Any person who intentionally obstructs any person acting under the authority of the Council in setting out the lines of the works, or who moves or removes any pole, stake, station point or bench mark established for the purpose of such setting out shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
Tidal works not to be executed without approval of Secretary of State
12
1
A tidal work shall not be erected, constructed, renewed, extended, enlarged, improved or altered except in accordance with plans and sections approved by the Secretary of State and subject to any conditions and restrictions imposed by him before the work is begun.
2
If a tidal work is erected, constructed, renewed, extended, enlarged, improved or altered in contravention of this article —
a
the Secretary of State may by notice in writing require the Council at their own expense to remove the tidal work or any part thereof and restore the site thereof to its former condition; and if, on the expiration of thirty days beginning with the date when the notice is served upon the Council, they have failed to comply with the requirements of the notice the Secretary of State may execute the works specified in the notice; or
b
if it appears to the Secretary of State urgently necessary to do so, he may himself remove the tidal work or part of it and restore the site to its former condition;
and any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State in so doing shall be recoverable from the Council.
Provisions against danger to navigation
13
1
In case of injury to or destruction or decay of a tidal work or any part thereof, the Council shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify Trinity House and shall lay down such buoys, exhibit such lights and take such other steps for preventing danger to navigation as Trinity House shall from time to time direct.
2
If the Council fail to notify Trinity House as required by this article or to comply in any respect with a direction given under this article, they shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum and on conviction on indictment to a fine.
Abatement of works abandoned or decayed
14
1
Where a tidal work is abandoned, or allowed to fall into decay, the Secretary of State may by notice in writing require the Council at their own expense either to repair and restore the work, or any part thereof, or to remove the work and restore the site thereof to its former condition, to such an extent and within such limits as the Secretary of State thinks proper.
2
Where a work authorised by this Order and consisting partly of a tidal work and partly of works on or over land above the level of high water is abandoned or allowed to fall into decay and that part of the work on or over land above the level of high water is in such condition as to interfere or to cause reasonable apprehension that it may interfere with the right of navigation or other public rights over the foreshore, the Secretary of State may include that part of the work, or any portion thereof, in any notice under this Article.
3
If, on the expiration of thirty days from the date when a notice under this article is served upon the Council, they have failed to comply with the requirements of the notice, the Secretary of State may execute the works specified in the notice and any expenditure incurred by him in so doing shall be recoverable from the Council.
Survey of tidal works
15
The Secretary of State may at any time if he deems it expedient order a survey and examination of a tidal work or of the site upon which it is proposed to construct the work and any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State in any such survey and examination shall be recoverable from the Council.
Lights on tidal work during construction
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1
The Council shall at or near a tidal work during the whole time of the erection, construction, renewal, extension, enlargement, improvement or alteration thereof exhibit every night from sunset to sunrise such lights, if any, and take such other steps for the prevention of danger to navigation, as the Secretary of State shall from time to time direct.
2
If the Council fail to comply in any respect with a direction given under this article they shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum and on conviction on indictment to a fine.
Permanent lights on tidal works
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1
After the completion of a tidal work, the Council shall at the outer extremity thereof exhibit every night from sunset to sunrise such lights, if any, and take such other steps for the prevention of danger to navigation as Trinity House shall from time to time direct.
2
If the Council fail to comply in any respect with a direction given under this article they shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum and on conviction on indictment to a fine.
Defence of due diligence
18
1
In any proceedings for an offence under articles 13, 16 or 17 of this Order, it shall be a defence for the Council to prove that they took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of such an offence.
2
If in any case the defence made under paragraph (1) of this article involves an allegation that the commission of the offence was due to the act or default of another person, the Council shall not, without the leave of the court, be entitled to rely on that defence unless, within a period ending seven clear days before the hearing, they have served on the prosecutors a notice in writing giving such information as was then in their possession identifying or assisting in the identification of that other person.
Removal of vehicles, etc.
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1
If a vehicle or boat is left without the permission of the Council —
a
in any place where it is likely to obstruct or interfere with the use of the works; or
b
on any part of the works where the parking of vehicles or boats is prohibited by notice erected by the Council;
the Council may, at the risk of the owner, remove the vehicle or boat or cause it to be removed.
2
Any notice erected under paragraph (1)(b) above shall be conspicuously posted in or close to the place to which it relates.
3
a
Where the Council in exercise of the powers of this article remove a vehicle or boat or cause it to be removed they shall as soon as practicable report that fact to a constable or to a police station.
b
The expenses of and incidental to the removal of a vehicle or boat under this article shall be recoverable from any person responsible.
c
For the purposes of this paragraph “person responsible” means —
i
the owner of the vehicle or boat at the time when it was put in the place from which it was removed under paragraph (1) above, unless he shows that he was not concerned in, and did not know of, its being put there; or
ii
any person by whom the vehicle or boat was put in that place.
4
If the Council in exercise of the powers of this article remove a vehicle to a place not readily visible from the place whence it is so removed they shall, if and as soon as it is reasonably practicable to do so, send to the person for the time being registered as the owner of the vehicle for the purposes of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 1971 or any other regulations having the like effect for the time being in force, at his last known address, his registered address or the address where the vehicle is ordinarily kept, notice that they have exercised the powers of this article and of the place to which the vehicle has been removed.
5
A notice stating the general effect of paragraph (1) above shall be displayed in a prominent position at each place where a road accessible to vehicles enters any part of the works.
Power to lease, etc.
20
The Council may lease or grant for harbour purposes the use or occupation of, or any right or interest in, or over, any lands, works, buildings, equipment or other property forming part of the works for such period and on such terms and conditions as shall be agreed between the Council and the person taking the same.
Crown rights
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1
Nothing in this Order shall affect prejudicially any estate, right, power, privilege, authority or exemption of the Crown and, in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, nothing in this Order shall authorise the Council to take, use, enter upon or in any manner interfere with any land or hereditaments or any rights of whatsoever description (including any portion of the shore or bed of the sea or any river, channel, creek, bay or estuary) —
a
belonging to Her Majesty in right of Her Crown and under the management of the Crown Estate Commissioners, without the consent in writing of those Commissioners; or
b
belonging to a Government department, or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a Government department, without the consent in writing of that Government department.
2
A consent under paragraph (1) above may be given unconditionally or subject to such conditions and upon such terms as shall be considered necessary or appropriate.
Saving for Trinity House
21
Nothing in this Order shall prejudice or derogate from any of the rights or privileges or the jurisdiction or authority of Trinity House.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport.
R.E. Clarke
An Under Secretary in the
Department of Transport
6th August 1996


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jurisdiction: UK

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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Thameside Community Health Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1996, and shall come into force on 7th April 1996.
Amendment of Establishment Order
2
In Article 3 of the Thameside Community Health Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 (functions of the trust) —
a
in paragraph (1) for “section 5(1)(a)” there shall be substituted “section 5(1)(b)”;
b
for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following new paragraph: —
2
The trust’s functions shall be —
a
to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services provided at Thurrock Hospital, Long Lane, Grays, Essex RM16 2PX and associated hospitals;
b
to manage community health services provided from Thurrock Hospital, Long Lane, Grays, Essex RM16 2PX and to provide the associated premises.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Horam
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
28th March 1996


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Promotion) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st August 1996.
Interpretation
2
1
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“member of a police force” includes such a member who is suspended from membership of his force and the office of constable under regulations made by virtue of section 33(2)(f) of the Police Act 1964;
“probationary service”, in relation to a constable who completed the required period of probation following a previous appointment, does not include any period of probation following his latest appointment;
“Scottish force” means a police force within the meaning of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967; and
“Scottish promotion regulations” means regulations relating to qualification for promotion from time to time in force under that Act.
2
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a member of a police force includes a reference to a reversionary member, that is to say —
a
a reversionary member of a home police force, or
b
a central police officer,
within the meaning of the Police Pensions Regulations 1987; any reference to service includes a reference to service as a reversionary member; and any reference to a constable or a sergeant includes a reference to a reversionary member entitled under section 53C(3) of the Police Act 1964 to revert to a police force in the rank in question.
3
In reckoning service or a period in any rank for the purposes of these Regulations —
a
any period of unpaid leave shall be disregarded;
b
any period of study as a university scholar within the meaning of the Police Regulations 1995 shall be disregarded;
c
in the case of a female member of a police force who has taken one or more periods of maternity leave (within the meaning of regulation 36A(1) of the Police Regulations 1995) —
i
where that leave has been for more than fourteen weeks, the first fourteen weeks whilst on maternity leave shall be treated as if it were service in the police force;
ii
where that leave has been for less than fourteen weeks, any period spent on maternity leave shall be treated as if it were service in the police force.
4
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a regulation or Schedule shall be construed as a reference to a regulation or Schedule in these Regulations; a reference to a paragraph shall be construed as a reference to a paragraph in the same regulation or, as the case may be, same Schedule; and a reference to a sub-paragraph shall be construed as a reference to a sub-paragraph contained in the same paragraph.
Qualification for promotion
3
1
A constable is qualified for promotion to the rank of sergeant if he —
a
has obtained a pass in the qualifying examination for promotion to the rank of sergeant,
b
has completed 2 years' service, and
c
has completed his probationary service.
2
A sergeant is qualified for promotion to the rank of inspector if he —
a
has obtained a pass in the qualifying examination for promotion to the rank of inspector, and
b
has completed 2 years' service in the rank of sergeant.
3
Previous service in —
a
a Scottish force,
b
the Royal Ulster Constabulary,
c
the Isle of Man Constabulary, or
d
the British Airports Authority Constabulary if the service terminated with transfer to a police force by an order under section 30 of the Aviation Security Act 1982 ,
counts for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), and if it constituted probationary service in the force or constabulary in question, for the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), and such service in the rank of sergeant counts for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b).
4
Previous service in —
a
the Port of Tilbury Constabulary,
b
the Port of Liverpool Constabulary,
c
the States of Jersey Police,
d
the Royal Parks Constabulary,
e
the Ministry of Defence Police,
f
the British Transport Police, or
g
the Dover Harbour Board Police,
which constituted probationary service in the body in question counts for the purposes of paragraph (1)(c).
5
Subject to paragraph (6), a person who, on or after 1st August 1996, has passed the qualifying examination to the rank in question prescribed by Scottish promotion regulations is qualified —
a
for promotion to the rank of sergeant if he has completed —
i
not less than one year’s service in that rank in a Scottish force, and
ii
his period of probation in that rank;
b
for promotion in the rank of inspector if he has completed one year’s service in that rank in a Scottish force.
6
Service in a rank on temporary promotion to it does not count for the purposes of paragraph (5).
7
In paragraphs (1) and (2) “qualifying examination” means —
a
an examination held in accordance with Schedule 1;
b
an examination held in accordance with any previous regulations about promotion which have been made under section 33 of the Police Act 1964 and which were in force at the time of the examination in question; and
c
an examination recognised under Schedule 2.
8
Schedule 1 (qualifying examinations) shall have effect.
9
Schedule 2 (recognition of certain promotion examinations) shall have effect.
Selection for promotion
4
Subject to regulation 7, promotion from one rank to another rank shall be by selection.
Period of probation for constable promoted to sergeant
5
1
Subject to paragraph (2), a member of a police force who —
a
is promoted to, or
b
is qualified by virtue of regulation 3(5) for promotion to, and has been appointed to the force in, the rank of sergeant shall be on probation in that rank for a period of one year or for such longer period as the chief officer of police may determine in the circumstances of the particular case.
2
If the chief officer of police considers that a person who is on probation in the rank of sergeant is unlikely to perform the duties of that rank satisfactorily he may reduce him to the rank of constable.
Temporary promotion
6
A member of a police force who is required to perform the duties of a higher rank may, even if there is no vacancy for that rank, be promoted temporarily to it, but in the case of promotion to the rank of sergeant or inspector only if he is qualified for the promotion under regulation 3.
Accelerated promotion courses
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1
In this regulation “APC(S)” means a course for the time being recognised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this regulation as the accelerated promotion course for sergeants and “APC(I)” means a course so recognised as the accelerated promotion course for inspectors; in this paragraph “course” means a course of training entailing periods of residence at one or more training establishments.
2
A constable who —
a
is qualified under regulation 3 for promotion to the rank of sergeant, and
b
is selected to attend APC(S),
shall be promoted to the rank of sergeant on the first day of his attendance.
3
A period spent attending APC(S) —
a
counts as service in the rank of sergeant for the purposes of regulation 3(2)(b), but
b
to the extent that it is spent in residence at a training establishment, does not count as probationary service in that rank for the purposes of regulation 5.
4
A sergeant who —
a
is qualified under regulation 3 for promotion to the rank of inspector, and
b
is selected to attend APC(I),
shall be promoted to the rank of inspector on the first day of his attendance, but shall be on probation in that rank until he has completed one year’s service in it.
5
Promotion under paragraph (2) or (4) —
a
shall take place whether or not there is a vacancy for the rank in question, and
b
does not affect any existing or subsequent vacancy unless the person promoted is designated to fill it.
Revocations
8
The Regulations specified in Schedule 3 are hereby revoked.
Home Office
David Maclean
Minister of State
26th June 1996


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Vehicle Registration (Sale of Information) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 30th December 1996.
2
In these Regulations “the register” means the register of mechanically propelled vehicles kept, under Part II of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 on behalf of the Secretary of State, by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and does not include any register kept under that Act on behalf of the Secretary of State by Driver and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland.
Sale of information
2
The Secretary of State may sell information derived from particulars contained in the register —
a
to such persons as the Secretary of State thinks fit; and
b
for such price and on such other terms, and subject to such restrictions, as the Secretary of State thinks fit,
if the information does not identify any person or contain anything enabling any person to be identified.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
John Bowis
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
6th November 1996


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Commencement and citation
1
This Order may be cited as the A205 Trunk Road (Richmond and Wandsworth) Red Route Experimental Traffic Order 1995 (Amendment No. 1) Order 1996, and shall come into force on 13th February 1996.
Amendment
2
The A205 Trunk Road (Richmond and Wandsworth) Red Route Experimental Traffic Order 1995 shall have effect as follows:
a
item 14 in Schedule 2C is deleted; and
b
for items 24 and 25 of Schedule 4 there are substituted the following items —
24
Upper Richmond Road West the south side, from the eastern kerb-line of Penrhyn Crescent to a point 23 metres east of the party wall of 385/387 and 398 Upper Richmond Road West.
25
Upper Richmond Road West the south side, from a point 3 metres west of the party wall of 367 and 369 Upper Richmond Road West to the party wall of 327 and 329 Upper Richmond Road West.
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State for Transport.
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
3rd February 1996


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PART I
PRELIMINARY
Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Pleasure Craft (Arrival and Report) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 28th June 1996.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations —
“arrival” means the anchoring, berthing or mooring of a vessel within the limits of a port and “arrive” and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;
“notification of arrival” means notification of arrival as referred to in regulation 6(2);
“pleasure craft” means a vessel which, at the time of its arrival in the United Kingdom, is being used for private recreational purposes;
“the person responsible” means the person on board a vessel under whose command or subject to whose personal direction it has arrived or is intended to arrive as a pleasure craft;
“the prescribed form” means the form prescribed by the Commissioners for the purposes of these Regulations in directions made under section 35(1) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Application
3
These Regulations shall apply to a pleasure craft which arrives in the United Kingdom from a place outside the customs territory of the European Community or from a territory listed in the Schedule.
PART II
GENERAL
The flying of the signal flag ‘Q’
4
The person responsible shall cause a yellow flag (the signal flag for ‘Q’ in the International Code of Signals) to be flown on a vessel which it is intended shall arrive as a pleasure craft at all times between the crossing of the limits of a port in the United Kingdom and the making of report of that vessel in accordance with regulation 6.
Movement of vessels and persons
5
1
Subject to paragraph (3) below, no person, after the arrival of a pleasure craft in the United Kingdom, shall move the vessel until report of the vessel has been made in accordance with regulation 6.
2
Subject to paragraph (4) below, no person who is on board a pleasure craft at the time of its arrival in the United Kingdom shall disembark from the vessel until report of the vessel has been made in accordance with regulation 6, save that such a person may disembark for the purpose of giving notification of arrival and may remain away from the vessel for as long as is reasonable in connection with that purpose.
3
By way of exception to paragraph (1) above, where a person giving notification of arrival is told that an officer is not to board the vessel, the vessel may be moved as soon as the person giving such notification has been so told.
4
By way of exception to paragraph (2) above, where a person giving notification of arrival is told that an officer is not to board the vessel, persons may disembark as soon as the person giving such notification has been so told.
5
Nothing in this regulation shall affect any Act or subordinate legislation relating to public health, having effect in the United Kingdom or any part thereof. In this paragraph, “Act” and“subordinate legislation” have the same respective meanings as in the Interpretation Act 1978 .
PART III
PROCEDURE FOR REPORT ON ARRIVAL
6
1
The procedure for making report of a pleasure craft which has arrived in the United Kingdom shall be as set out in paragraphs (2) to (7) below.
2
Subject to paragraph (3) below, the person responsible, or a person acting on his behalf, shall notify arrival of the vessel to an officer, either in person or by telephone.
3
Where an officer boards the vessel after its arrival and before notification of arrival has been given, such notification shall not be required with effect from the moment of such boarding.
4
Notification of arrival, where it is required, shall be given as soon as practicable after the arrival of the vessel.
5
Where a person giving notification of arrival is told that an officer is to board the vessel, the person responsible shall, when the officer boards, deliver to the officer the prescribed form, duly completed.
6
Where a person giving notification of arrival is told that an officer is not to board the vessel, the person responsible shall put the prescribed form, duly completed, in a Customs and Excise post box where one is provided for that purpose or deliver it to an officer, or to the Customs and Excise office for the port of arrival.
7
Where an officer boards the vessel after its arrival but before notification of arrival has been given, the person responsible shall deliver the prescribed form, duly completed, to the officer who has boarded.
PART IV
REVOCATION
7
The Pleasure Craft (Arrival and Report) Regulations 1990 are hereby revoked.
M J Eland
Commissioner of Customs and Excise
New King’s Beam House,
22 Upper Ground,
London,
SE1 9PJ
29th May 1996


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Minimum Contributions to Appropriate Personal Pension Schemes) Order 1996, and shall come into force on 6th April 1997.
Appropriate age-related percentage
2
For the purposes of section 45 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (amount of minimum contributions) the appropriate age-related percentages in respect of earners in the tax years 1997 — 98 to 2001 — 02 are those specified in the Table in the Schedule to this Order by reference to their ages on the last day of the preceding tax year.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Oliver Heald
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
3rd April 1996


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The Fees appearing in the Schedule to this Order are established. The Tables of the Schedule contain particulars of the Annual Fees which are to be received, after the commencement of this Order, by the legal officers named in Table I of the Schedule (hereinafter referred to as “Table I”) in respect of the carrying out by them of the duties of their offices specified in the Appendix hereto (hereinafter referred to as “the Appendix”) and by the legal officers named in Table II of the Schedule in respect of the carrying out by them of the duties of their offices.
2
The Fees established and set out in the second column of Table I of the Schedule are to be paid by the diocesan board of finance. The Fees established and set out in the third column of Table I and in Table II of the Schedule are the liability of the diocesan bishop or archbishop, subject to the provisions of section 8 of the Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986.
3
The Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 1995 is hereby revoked.
4
The diocesan registrar shall perform the duties and provide the professional services set forth in the Appendix in consideration of the annual fee set out in Table I to this Order for his diocese and shall not be entitled to receive any other remuneration for such duties or services save as provided by this Order.
5
a
Subject to the provisions of this paragraph nothing in this Order shall preclude a diocesan board of finance from agreeing to pay an additional fee to a diocesan registrar by way of annual fee or retainer (hereinafter called a “supplementary annual fee”) which is in addition to the annual fee payable under Table I.
b
An agreement made under sub-paragraph (a) above shall be expressed to be an agreement for a payment by way of supplementary annual fee.
c
An agreement made under sub-paragraph (a) above shall be in writing. The period for which the agreement is to run shall be stated in the agreement. In the absence of any such statement the agreement shall remain binding until determined by not less than three months' notice on either side.
d
The body responsible for paying a supplementary annual fee shall be the diocesan board of finance.
6
A fee specified in the Schedule to this Order shall be increased by a sum for reasonable expenses of travel, subsistence and accommodation.
7
Where Value Added Tax is chargeable in respect of the provision of any service for which a fee is prescribed in this Order (including any fee specified in paragraph 4 of the Appendix) there shall be payable in addition to that fee the amount of the Value Added Tax.
8
This Order may be cited as the Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 1996 and shall come into operation on the first day of January 1997.
R B Gibson
M J Colman
C A McLintock
G F Tattersall
D J V Wright
Dated this 10th day of October 1996
Approved by the General Synod the 25th day of November 1996
P J C Mawer
Secretary-General


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1
This Order may be cited as the A4 Trunk Road (Great West Road, Hounslow) (Prohibition Of Use Of Gap In Central Reserve) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 22nd April 1996.
2
In this Order —
“central reserve” means that part of Great West Road which separates its two carriageways for the safety and guidance of vehicles using that road; and
“Great West Road” means that length of the A4 Trunk Road in the London Borough of Hounslow known as Great West Road.
3
No person shall cause of permit any vehicle to enter or proceed through the gap in the central reserve which lies opposite Lionel Road, London W3.
4
The London Borough of Hounslow (Prescribed Routes) ( No. 5) Traffic Order 1988 is hereby revoked.
5
Article 5 of the Trunk Roads (Various Roads, Hounslow) (Prescribed Routes) Order 1973 shall be omitted.
6
The Trunk Road (Great West Road, Hounslow) (Prescribed Routes) Order 1977 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of The Secretary of State for Transport
A. R. Mellors
Assistant Director Highways Agency London Network Management Division
16th April 1996


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Community Health Care: North Durham National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 21st March 1996.
2
In this Order —
“the Authority” means the North Durham Health Authority;
“the Trust” means the Community Health Care: North Durham National Health Service Trust;
“the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by and agreed upon by the Authority and the Trust on 15th September 1995, which schedule has been signed on behalf of both the Authority and the Trust.
Transfer of trust property
2
On 21st March 1996 the trust property shall be transferred from the Authority to the Trust.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Horam
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Health
19th February 1996


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
2
In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992 .
Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations
2
In regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (medical list), omit “and” at the end of paragraph (4)(e), and at the end of paragraph (4)(f) insert —
and
g
if he has made an arrangement under paragraph 18A(2) of the terms of service transferring responsibility for his patients at certain times to another doctor and, if so, the name of the doctor to whom and the times during which he has so transferred responsibility.
Amendment of regulation 24 of the principal Regulations
3
In regulation 24 of the principal Regulations (limitation on number of persons on doctors’ lists), in paragraph (1)(a), for “paragraph 18” substitute “paragraphs 18 or 18A”.
Amendment of regulation 35 of the principal Regulations
4
In regulation 35 of the principal Regulations (claims and overpayments) in paragraph (2)(b), for “‘regulation 7(1)” and “regulation 10(1)(c)”, substitute “regulation 5(1)” and “regulation 9(1)(c)” respectively.
Amendment of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations
5
1
Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (terms of service for doctors) is amended as follows.
2
In paragraph 1, after the definition of “Drug Tariff” insert —
“notice” means notice in writing;
.
3
In paragraph 4 (a doctor’s patients), in sub-paragraph (1) —
a
in paragraph (1) —
i
for “paragraph 19” substitute “paragraph 18(2)”, and
ii
omit “under that paragraph”, and
b
omit “and” at the end of paragraph (k), and at the end of paragraph (1) insert —
and
m
any person for whom he has accepted responsibility under an arrangement made under paragraph 18A(2).
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4
In paragraph 18 (absences, deputies, assistants and partners), in sub-paragraph (1), after “sub-paragraph (2)” insert “and paragraph 18A”.
5
After paragraph 18 insert the following paragraphs —
Out of hours arrangements
18A
1
In this paragraph and in paragraph 18B —
a
“out of hours period” means —
i
the period beginning at 7pm on Mondays to Fridays and ending at 8am the following day,
ii
the period between 1pm on Saturday and 8am on the following Monday, and
iii
Good Friday, Christmas Day and bank holidays,
and “part” of an out of hours period means any part of any one or more of the periods described in paragraphs (i) to (iii);
b
“out of hours arrangement” means an arrangement under sub-paragraph (2); and
c
“transferee doctor” means a doctor who has undertaken to carry out the obligations of another doctor under these terms of service during part or all of the out of hours period in accordance with an out of hours arrangement.
2
Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) to (15), a doctor may, with the approval of the Health Authority, make an arrangement with a doctor who is on a medical list to transfer his obligations under the terms of service during part or all of the out of hours period to that other doctor.
3
A doctor may make more than one out of hours arrangement; and may do so (for example) with different transferee doctors and in respect of different patients, different times and different parts of his practice area.
4
A doctor may retain responsibility for, or make separate out of hours arrangements in respect of, the provision of maternity medical services to patients with whom he has made an arrangement under regulation 31.
5
Nothing in this paragraph prevents a doctor from retaining or resuming his obligations in relation to named patients.
6
Where a doctor is on the obstetric list, he shall not make an out of hours arrangement in respect of the provision of maternity medical services to patients with whom he has made an arrangement under regulation 31, unless the transferee doctor is also on an obstetric list.
7
An application to the Health Authority for approval shall be made in writing and shall state —
a
the name and address of the proposed transferee doctor and, where his name is included in the list of another Health Authority, the number of patients on his list;
b
the periods during which the doctor’s obligations under these terms of service are to be transferred;
c
how the proposed transferee doctor intends to meet the doctor’s obligations during the periods specified under paragraph (b);
d
the arrangements for the transfer of the doctor’s obligations under these terms of service to and from the transferee doctor at the beginning and end of the periods specified under paragraph (b);
e
whether the proposed arrangement includes the doctor’s obligations in respect of maternity medical services;
f
how long the proposed arrangements are intended to last and the circumstances in which the doctor’s obligations under these terms of service during the periods specified under paragraph (b) would revert to him;
g
what arrangements are proposed to enable the doctor’s patients to contact the proposed transferee doctor, and
h
where the proposed transferee doctor’s name is included in the list of another Health Authority, whether —
i
he has been notified under regulation 24(4) of the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations that the Tribunal intends to hold an inquiry under section 46 of the 1977 Act as to representations made in relation to him, or
ii
he has been notified under section 42(5) of the Medical Act 1983 that the Preliminary Proceedings Committee of the General Medical Council has decided that he should be referred to the Professional Conduct Committee or to the Health Committee.
8
The Health Authority shall determine the application before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the Health Authority received it.
9
The Health Authority shall grant approval to a proposed out of hours arrangement if it is satisfied —
a
having regard, in particular, to the interests of the doctor’s patients, that the arrangement is reasonable;
b
having regard, in particular, to all reasonably foreseeable circumstances that the arrangement is practicable and will work satisfactorily;
c
that it will be clear to the doctor’s patients how to seek personal medical services during the out of hours period; and
d
that if the arrangement comes to an end, the doctor has in place proper arrangements for the immediate resumption of his responsibilities,
and shall not refuse to grant approval without first consulting the Local Medical Committee.
10
The Health Authority shall give notice to the doctor of its determination and, where it refuses an application, it shall send the doctor a statement in writing of the reasons for its determination and of the doctor’s right of appeal under sub-paragraph (11).
11
A doctor may, before the end of the period of 30 days beginning with the day on which the Health Authority’s notification under sub-paragraph (10) was sent, appeal in writing to the Secretary of State against any refusal of an application under sub-paragraph (7).
12
The Secretary of State may, when determining an appeal, either confirm the determination of the Health Authority or substitute his own determination for that of the Health Authority.
13
The Secretary of State shall give notice to the doctor of his determination and shall in every case include with the notification a written statement of the reasons for the determination.
14
Where the Health Authority (or, on appeal, the Secretary of State) has approved an out of hours arrangement and the name of the transferee doctor is not included in the Health Authority’s medical list, the Health Authority shall give notice of the approval and of the details of the arrangement to the Health Authority in whose list the name of the transferee doctor is included.
15
Where the Health Authority (or, on appeal, the Secretary of State) has approved an out of hours arrangement —
a
the transferee doctor may himself employ or engage an assistant or deputy in respect of part or all of the period covered by the out of hours arrangement; and if he does so, paragraphs 19 to 26 shall apply as if he were the doctor for the purposes of those paragraphs; and
b
a transferee doctor shall not enter into any other out of hours arrangement in respect of the patients for whom he has accepted responsibility under this paragraph.
18B
1
Subject to paragraph 18C, where it appears to the Health Authority that it may no longer be satisfied of any of the matters referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) of paragraph 18A(9), it may give notice in writing to the doctor that it proposes to review the approval.
2
On any review under sub-paragraph (1), the Health Authority shall allow the doctor a period of 30 days, beginning with the day on which it sent the notice, within which to make representations in writing to the Health Authority.
3
After considering any representations made in accordance with sub-paragraph (2), the Health Authority may determine either to continue or to withdraw its approval but shall not withdraw its approval without first consulting the Local Medical Committee.
4
The Health Authority shall give notice to the doctor of a determination under sub-paragraph (3).
5
Where the Health Authority withdraws its approval, it shall include with the notice a statement in writing of the reasons for its determination and of the doctor’s right of appeal under sub-paragraph (6).
6
A doctor may, within the period of 30 days beginning with the day on which the notice referred to in sub-paragraph (4) was sent, appeal in writing to the Secretary of State against the withdrawal of approval and sub-paragraphs (12) and (13) of paragraph 18A shall apply to any such appeal.
7
Subject to paragraph 18C(1), where the Health Authority withdraws approval, the withdrawal shall not take effect until the end of the period of two months beginning with the date on which the notice referred to in sub-paragraph (4) was sent or, where there is an appeal under sub-paragraph (6) and the appeal is dismissed, the date on which the doctor receives notice of the dismissal of the appeal whichever is the later.
18C
1
Where it appears to the Health Authority, whether after a review under paragraph 18B or not, that is is necessary in the interests of the doctor’s patients to withdraw its approval immediately, it may withdraw its approval.
2
The Health Authority shall give notice to the doctor of a determination under sub-paragraph (1) and shall include with the notice a statement of the reasons for its determination and of the doctor’s right of appeal under sub-paragraph (4).
3
An immediate withdrawal of approval under paragraph (1) shall take effect on the day on which the notice referred to in sub-paragraph (2) is received by the doctor.
4
A doctor may, within the period of 30 days beginning with the day on which the notice referred to in sub-paragraph (2) was sent, appeal in writing to the Secretary of State against the withdrawal of approval and sub-paragraphs (12) and (13) of paragraph 18A shall apply to any such appeal.
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6
In paragraph 19 (which says that doctors must generally give treatment personally), in sub-paragraph (1), after “Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph” insert “and to any out of hours arrangement made under paragraph 18A(2)”.
7
After paragraph 47 (practice leaflet), insert the following new paragraphs —
Complaints
47A
1
Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a doctor shall establish, and operate in accordance with this paragraph, a procedure (in this paragraph and in paragraph 47B referred to as a “practice based complaints procedure”) to deal with any complaints made by or on behalf of his patients and former patients.
2
The practice based complaints procedure to be established by a doctor may be such that it also deals with complaints made in relation to one or more other doctors.
3
A practice based complaints procedure shall apply to complaints made in relation to any matter reasonably connected with the doctor’s provision of general medical services and within the responsibility or control of —
a
the doctor;
b
any other doctor either employed by him or engaged as his deputy;
c
a former partner of the doctor;
d
an employee of the doctor other than one falling within paragraph (b),
and in this paragraph and paragraph 47B, references to complaints are to complaints falling within this sub-paragraph.
4
A complaint may be made on behalf of a patient or former patient with his consent, or —
a
where the patient is a child —
i
by either parent, or in the absence of both parents, the guardian or other adult person who has care of the child, or
ii
where the child is in the care of an authority to whose care he has been committed under the provisions of the Children Act 1989 or is in the care of a voluntary organisation, by that authority or voluntary organisation, or
b
where the patient is incapable of making a complaint, by a relative or other adult person who has an interest in his welfare.
5
Where a patient has died a complaint may be made by a relative or other adult person who had an interest in his welfare or, where the patient was as described in paragraph (a)(ii) of sub-paragraph (4), by the authority or voluntary organisation.
6
A practice based complaints procedure shall comply with the following requirements —
a
the doctor must specify a person (who need not be connected with the practice and who, in the case of an individual, may be specified by his job title) to be responsible for receiving and investigating all complaints;
b
all complaints must be —
i
recorded in writing,
ii
acknowledged, either orally or in writing, within the period of three days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, Christmas Day, Good Friday and bank holidays) beginning with the day on which the complaint was made or, where that is not possible, as soon as reasonably practicable, and
iii
properly investigated;
c
within the period of 10 days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, Christmas Day, Good Friday and bank holidays) beginning with the day on which the complaint was received by the person specified under paragraph (a) or, where that is not possible, as soon as reasonably practicable, the complainant must be given a written summary of the investigation and its conclusions;
d
where the investigation of the complaint requires consideration of the patient’s medical records, the person specified under paragraph (a) must inform the patient or person acting on his behalf if the investigation will involve disclosure of information contained in those records to a person other than the doctor or a partner, a deputy or an employee of the doctor, and
e
the doctor must keep a record of all complaints and copies of all correspondence relating to complaints, but such records must be kept separate from patients’ medical records.
7
A doctor shall inform his patients about the practice based complaints procedure which he operates and the name (or title) of the person specified under paragraph (6)(a).
47B
1
A doctor shall cooperate with any investigation of a complaint by the Health Authority in accordance with the procedures which it operates in accordance with directions given under section 17 of the Act , whether the investigation follows one under the practice based complaints procedure or not.
2
The cooperation required by sub-paragraph (1) includes —
a
answering questions reasonably put to the doctor by the Health Authority;
b
providing any information relating to the complaint reasonably required by the Health Authority, and
c
attending any meeting to consider the complaint (if held at a reasonably accessible place and at a reasonable hour, and due notice has been given) if the doctor’s presence at the meeting is reasonably required by the Health Authority.
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Amendment of Schedule 12 to the principal Regulations
6
In Schedule 12 to the principal Regulations (information to be included in practice leaflets), after paragraph 9 insert —
9A
Where the doctor has made an out of hours arrangement under paragraph 18A(2) of Schedule 2, the name and address of the doctor with whom the arrangement has been made, the times during which it applies and details of the arrangements whereby the doctor’s patients may contact the doctor concerned.
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Amendment of Schedule 13 to the principal Regulations
7
In Schedule 13 to the principal Regulations (information to be provided in annual reports) at the end insert —
4
The number of complaints received in accordance with paragraph 47A of Schedule 2.
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Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Gerald Malone
Minister of State,
Department of Health
11th March 1996


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Citation
1
This Order may be cited as the Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No. 5) Order 1996.
Provisions coming into force on 1st February 1996
2
The following provisions of the Environment Act 1995 shall come into force on 1st February 1996 —
section 5(2) and (5);
section 41 in so far as it confers power on the Secretary of State to make regulations and makes provision in relation to the exercise of that power;
section 55(7) to (10);
section 80;
sections 87 to 89;
section 90 in so far as it relates to paragraphs 2, 3 and 5 of Schedule 11;
section 91;
section 105 in so far as it relates to paragraphs 3 and 5(1) of Schedule 15;
section 117;
section 118(1) to (3);
section 118(4) and (5) in so far as they confer power to make an order or make provision in relation to the exercise of that power;
section 118(6);
section 119;
section 120(1) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 2, 13, 36, 37(2)(b), 43, 44, 67 in so far as it confers power to make regulations or makes provision in relation to the exercise of that power, 102, 103 in so far as it confers power to issue guidance or makes provision in relation to the exercise of that power, and 232(1) of Schedule 22; and
section 120(3) in so far as it relates to the repeals in Schedule 24 in relation to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 , except the repeal in relation to section 165(6) of that Act.
Provisions coming into force on 1st April 1996
3
The following provisions of the Environment Act 1995 shall come into force on 1st April 1996 —
section 2;
section 3(1);
section 5(1), (3) and (4);
section 6;
section 8;
sections 10 and 11;
sections 13 to 19;
sections 25 to 29;
sections 33 to 35;
section 37(3) to (8);
section 41 in so far as that section is not already in force;
sections 53 and 54;
section 55(1) to (6);
section 81;
section 92;
section 104;
section 105 in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 5(2) and (3), 6 to 12, 14(2) and (3), 15, 16, 18, 19 and 21 to 24 of Schedule 15;
sections 106 to 114;
section 115 in so far as that section is not already in force;
section 120(1) in so far as it relates to the following paragraphs of Schedule 22 —
1, 3, 5 to 12, 14, 17 to 27(a), 28, 29(1) in so far as that sub-paragraph is not already in force, 29(2) to (20), (21)(a)(ii), (23) to (25) and (27) to (35), 30, 32 to 35, 37(3) and (5) to (8), 40, 41, 45, 46(1) to (4) and (6) to (11), 47 to 50, 51(4), 52, 54 to 66, 68(1), (2) in so far as it requires an application to be accompanied by the prescribed charge, (3), (4) and (6), 70(1) and (2), 72(2), 73(1), (2) in so far as it requires an application to be accompanied by the prescribed charge and (3) to (6), 74 in so far as it requires an application to be accompanied by the prescribed charge, 75, 76(2), (4) to (7) and (8)(b), 77, 78, 80(3), 82 in so far as that paragraph is not already in force, 83 to 87, 90, 93, 94, 96 to 101, 103 in so far as that paragraph is not already in force, 104 to 132, 133(2), 134, 136, 140, 141, 144 to 146, 148 to 152, 154 to 160, 164 to 168, 171 to 181, 184, 185, 187(2), 188 to 191, 193 to 212, 213(2)(a), (4) and (5), 214 to 222, 223(1)(a) and (b) and (2), 224 to 231 and 233;
section 120(2) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1 to 6, 8 to 10, 12, 13, 14(1) to (4), (7) and (8) (in so far as that sub-paragraph relates to the definitions of “approval” and “the transfer date”) and 16 to 24 of Schedule 23;
section 120(3) in so far as it relates to the following repeals in Schedule 24 —
the repeals in relation to the Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 ;
the repeals in relation to the Alkali, & c, Works Regulation Act 1906 ;
the repeals in relation to the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) (Scotland) Act 1951 ;
the repeal of section 151(5) of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 ;
the repeal of section 10(6)(a) of the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) (Scotland) Act 1965 ;
the repeal in relation to section 3(3)(b) of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 ;
the repeals in relation to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 ;
the repeals in relation to the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 ;
the repeal in relation to section 1(1)(g) of the Hovercraft Act 1968 ;
the repeals in relation to the Agriculture Act 1970 ;
the repeal in relation to section 223(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 ;
the repeal of the Clyde River Purification Act 1972 ;
the repeals in relation to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 ;
the repeals in relation to section 28 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 ;
the repeals in relation to the Control of Pollution Act 1974 except that in relation to section 30(1) of that Act;
the repeal of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Clean Air Enactments (Repeals and Modifications) Regulations 1974 ;
the repeal in relation to Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 ;
the repeal in relation to Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 ;
the repeals in relation to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975
the repeals in relation to sections 5(2), 10 and 15 of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975
the repeals in relation to the Water (Scotland) Act 1980
the repeal of paragraph 17(3) of Schedule 9 to the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984
the repeal of regulations 2 and 4 of the Control of Industrial Air Pollution (Transfer of Powers of Enforcement) Regulations 1987
the repeal of sections 7(2) and (8) and 11(3) of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989
the repeals in relation to the Water Act 1989
the repeals in relation to the Environmental Protection Act 1990 except those in relation to sections 33(1), 36(11), and (12), 39(12) and (13), 54, 61, 75(3), 88, 143 of, and Schedule 8 to, that Act;
the repeals in relation to the Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991 ;
the repeals in relation to the Water Industry Act 1991 except those in relation to section 4(6);
in relation to the Water Resources Act 1991 , the repeal of sections 1 to 14, 16 to 19, 58, 105(1), the repeal in relation to section 113(1), the repeal of sections 114, 117, 121 to 124, 131, 132, 144, 146, 150 to 153, 187, 196, 202(5), 206(2), 209(1), (2) and (4), 213 to 215, 218, the words "Subject to subsection (3) below," in section 219(2), section 219(3), the definitions of "the Authority" and "constituent council" in section 221(1) and Schedules 1,3 and 4;
the repeal in relation to section 72(1) of the Land Drainage Act 1991 ;
the repeals in relation to the Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 ;
the repeals in relation to the Clean Air Act 1993 ;
the repeals in relation to the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 ;
the repeals in relation to the Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993 ;
the repeal of paragraph 17(4) of Schedule 9, and paragraph 3(1) and (2) of Schedule 11, to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 ;
the repeal of the words “a river purification board” in section 165(6) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 .
Saving
4
Notwithstanding the coming into force on 1st April 1996 of the amendments made by paragraph 68(1) to (3) and (6) of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995, section 36 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 shall have effect in relation to England and Wales on and after that date in relation to any application for a licence under that section made, but not finally disposed of, before that date as if —
a
those amendments had not been made;
b
in subsection (4)(a) the words “the National Rivers Authority and” were omitted; and
c
in subsection (4)(b) the words “the Authority or” were omitted.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State,
James Clappison
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment
31st January 1996


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Citation
1
This Order may be cited as the Leicestershire Fire Services (Combination Scheme) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Combination Scheme
2
The combination scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order, which shall be known as the Leicestershire Fire Services Combination Scheme, shall have effect.
Blatch
Minister of State
Home Office
19th November 1996


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the North East Worcestershire Community Health Care National Health Service Trust Dissolution Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
Dissolution of NHS trust
2
The North East Worcestershire Community Health Care National Health Service Trust established by the North East Worcestershire Community Health Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 is hereby dissolved, and accordingly that Order is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Horam
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Health
18th March 1996