text:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Amendment (Education Maintenance Allowance) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 7th February 2000.
2
In these Regulations —
“the Council Tax Benefit Regulations ” means the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 ;
“the Housing Benefit Regulations ” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 ;
“the Income Support Regulations ” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 ;
“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations ” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 .
Disregard of education maintenance allowance
2
1
For each of the paragraphs specified in paragraph (2) of this regulation (which relate to sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) there shall be substituted the following paragraph —
Any —
education maintenance allowance payable by virtue of regulations made under section 518 of the Education Act 1996 (payment of school expenses; grant of scholarships etc. ) (“the 1996 Act ”); or
sum (not being an allowance coming within sub-paragraph (a)) in respect of a course of study attended by a child or young person payable by virtue of regulations made under section 518 of the 1996 Act, section 49 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (power to assist persons to take advantage of educational facilities) or section 12(2)(c) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 (provision of financial assistance to students).
.
2
The paragraphs specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) of this regulation are —
a
paragraph 10 of Schedule 4 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations;
b
paragraph 10 of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations;
c
paragraph 11 of Schedule 9 to the Income Support Regulations;
d
paragraph 12 of Schedule 7 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations.
3
At the end of each of the Schedules specified in paragraph (4) of this regulation (which relate to capital to be disregarded) there shall be added the following paragraph bearing the respective specified paragraph number —
“Any education maintenance allowance payable by virtue of regulations made under section 518 of the Education Act 1996 (payment of school expenses; grant of scholarships etc.) which is payable as a termly bonus or as an achievement bonus at the end of an academic term but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of that allowance.”.
4
The paragraphs specified for the purposes of paragraph (3) of this regulation are —
a
paragraph 59 of Schedule 5 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations;
b
paragraph 59 of Schedule 5 to the Housing Benefit Regulations;
c
paragraph 56 of Schedule 10 to the Income Support Regulations;
d
paragraph 51 of Schedule 8 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations.
Revocation and saving
3
The Social Security Amendment (Educational Maintenance Allowance) Regulations 1999 are hereby revoked except to the extent that regulation 2(2)(b) and (c) of those Regulations substitutes the provisions specified in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Angela Eagle
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
12th January 2000


type: legislation

jurisdiction: UK

text:
Commencement and citation
1
This Order may be cited as the A40 Trunk Road (Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster) Red Route (Clearway) Traffic Order 2000, and shall come into force on 30th June 2000.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
a
a reference to an article or a schedule followed by a number is a reference to the article of, or the schedule to, this Order so numbered;
b
“carriageway” has the same meaning as in section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980 ;
c
causing includes permitting;
d
“disabled person”, “disabled person’s badge” and “disabled person’s vehicle” have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Exemptions for Disabled Persons) (England and Wales) Regulations 1986 , and “relevant position” in relation to a disabled person’s badge has the same meaning as in regulation 2A of those regulations;
e
“the trunk road red route clearway” means the lengths of road specified in column (2) of the table in schedule 1;
f
“vehicle” includes part of a vehicle;
g
an entry in column (3), (4) or (5) of an item in a schedule to this order applies to that column in subsequent items in that schedule;
h
“bus” has the meaning given by regulation 22(2) of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 ;
i
“bus stop” means an area bounded by a traffic sign shown in diagram 1025.1 or 1025.3 in schedule 6 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 which includes the words “bus stop”;
j
“bus stand” means an area bounded by a traffic sign shown in diagram 1025.1 or 1025.3 in schedule 6 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 which includes the words “bus stand”; and
k
“London Regional Transport” has the meaning given by the London Regional Transport Act 1984 .
General prohibition of stopping
3
1
Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this article, and of articles 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, no person shall cause any vehicle to stop at any time in the trunk road red route clearway.
2
Not taken up.
Exemptions for parking
4
Not taken up.
Miscellaneous exemptions for parking
5
1
Not taken up.
2
Not taken up.
3
Not taken up.
4
Not taken up.
Exemptions for loading and unloading
6
Not taken up.
Exemptions for disabled persons
7
1
Not taken up.
2
Not taken up.
3
Not taken up.
Exemptions at bus stops and stands
8
1
The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing:
a
a bus to stop at a bus stop for as long as may be required to enable passengers to board or alight; or
b
a bus to stop at a bus stop or a bus stand and being used for operational reasons in the course of providing a London bus service (as defined in section 34 of the Transport Act 1985 ) under an agreement with London Regional Transport or training drivers to allow such a service to be provided.
2
In this article “operational reasons” means:
i
to enable passengers to board and alight;
ii
to enable crew changes to take place;
iii
to maintain the scheduled timetable subject, in the case of a bus stop, to a maximum wait of two minutes.
Other exemptions
9
1
The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle to stop if that person is —
a
required by law to cause the vehicle to stop or not to proceed;
b
obliged to stop the vehicle so as to avoid an accident;
c
prevented from proceeding in the vehicle by circumstances beyond the person’s control;
d
getting or giving help in consequence of an accident or an emergency, or otherwise taking action for public safety;
e
using the vehicle for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;
f
using the vehicle in connection with the removal of any obstruction to traffic;
g
using the vehicle in connection with the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of any length of road specified in schedule 1;
2
The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden.
Revocation or variation of existing Orders
10
1
Subject to paragraph (2) of this article, the Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea and City of Westminster (Various Prohibitions and Restrictions) Traffic Order 1970 is hereby revoked, in so far as its provisions relate to any part of the trunk road red route clearway.
2
The revocation specified in paragraph (1) of this article shall take effect in respect of any provision contained in the Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea and City of Westminster (Various Prohibitions and Restrictions) Traffic Order 1970 only from the time at which the traffic sign indicating the effect of that provision has been obliterated.
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State.
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
20th June 2000


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Citation and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Transport Act 2000 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2000.
2
In this Order “ the Act ” means the Transport Act 2000.
Provisions coming into force in England
2
1
The provisions of the Act specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st January 2001 as respects England .
2
The provisions of the Act specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st February 2001 as respects England.
3
The provisions of the Act specified in Part III of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st April 2001.
4
The provisions of the Act specified in Part IV of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st June 2001 as respects England.
Transitional provisions about concessionary travel outside Greater London
3
1
A document (in this article referred to as a “current permit”) which —
a
is a document issued by a travel concession authority pursuant to a travel concession scheme made by that authority under section 93 of the Transport Act 1985 for the purpose of providing evidence that a person is eligible to receive travel concessions under that scheme,
b
has been issued before 1st June 2001, and
c
is held on 1st June 2001 by a person who is an elderly or disabled person,
shall, subject as provided in paragraph (2) below, be treated for the purposes of section 145 of the Act as a statutory travel concession permit.
2
A current permit shall cease to be treated as a statutory travel concession permit from the date upon which —
a
it ceases to be valid for the purposes of the scheme made by the authority under section 93 of the Transport Act 1985, or
b
the authority issues a statutory travel concession permit to that elderly or disabled person upon an application made under section 145(2) of the Act.
whichever date first occurs.
3
Notwithstanding that a current permit is treated by virtue of this article as a statutory travel concession permit, section 145(2) of the Act shall not be construed so as to require the authority which issued it to refund any payment, or any part of a payment, made in respect of the issue of the permit.
Transitional provisions about concessionary travel in Greater London
4
For the purposes of the determination to be made by Transport for London under section 241(1) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 immediately before 1st January 2001, the requirements of sections 242 and 243 of that Act referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 241(1) are the requirements imposed by those enactments as amended by section 151 of the Act.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Keith Hill
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
7th December 2000


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1
This Order may be cited as the A43 Trunk Road (M40 to B4031 Improvement — Ardley Interchange Slip Roads) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 9th June 2000.
2
In this Order —
1
all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;
2
i
“the plan” means the plan numbered PSE/O/A43/2/65/2/3, marked “The A43 Trunk Road (M40 to B4031 Improvement — Ardley Interchange Slip Roads) Order 2000 ”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and deposited at the Highways Agency, St. Christopher House, Southwark Street, London SE1 0TE;
ii
“the slip roads” mean the new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the routes described in the Schedule to this Order and which connect with other highways at the places stated in that Schedule; and
iii
“the new trunk roads” means the slip roads.
3
The slip roads shall become trunk roads from the date when this Order comes into force.
4
The centre line of each of the new trunk roads is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan.
5
The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of any of the new trunk roads that —
a
where the highway is maintainable at the public expense by a local highway authority, the part in question shall be maintained by that authority, and
b
where the highway is not so maintainable and is not maintainable under a special enactment or by reason of tenure, enclosure or prescription, the Secretary of State shall be under no duty to maintain the part in question, until, in either case, a date to be specified in a notice given by the Secretary of State to the highway authority for that highway. The date specified will not be later than the date on which the relevant route is opened for traffic.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
WSC Wadrup
A Divisional Director in the Highways Agency
10th May 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Judicial Pensions (Specification of Alternative Scheme) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st December 2000.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations: —
“the 1993 Act ” means the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 ;
“the 1999 Act ” means the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999;
“judicial pension scheme” has the meaning given by section 30(1) of the 1993 Act.
Specification of alternative to certain judicial pension schemes
3
1
This regulation applies to every judicial pension scheme other than a scheme constituted by or under the 1993 Act.
2
Where a scheme to which this regulation applies is closed to new members, the scheme constituted by Part I of the 1993 Act is specified as an alternative to it for the purposes of paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act.
Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 1st November 2000
John Reid
Secretary of State for Scotland
Dated 2nd November 2000


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Citation, commencement and extent
1
These Regulations, which extend to England only, may be cited as the Valuation for Rating (Plant and Machinery) (England) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
Prescribed assumptions as to plant and machinery
2
For the purpose of determining the rateable value of a hereditament for any day on or after 1st April 2000, in applying the provisions of sub-paragraphs (1) to (7) of paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988–
a
in relation to a hereditament in or on which there is plant or machinery which belongs to any of the classes set out in the Schedule to these Regulations, the prescribed assumptions are that:
i
any such plant or machinery is part of the hereditament; and
ii
the value of any other plant and machinery has no effect on the rent to be estimated as required by paragraph 2(1); and
b
in relation to any other hereditament, the prescribed assumption is that the value of any plant or machinery has no effect on the rent to be so estimated.
Supply of written particulars
3
The valuation officer shall, on being so required in writing by the occupier of any hereditament, supply to him particulars in writing showing what plant and machinery, or whether any particular plant and machinery, has been assumed in pursuance of regulation 2(a) to form part of the hereditament.
Revocation and savings
4
1
Subject to paragraph (2), the Valuation for Rating (Plant and Machinery) Regulations 1994 (“the 1994 Regulations ”) are revoked.
2
The 1994 Regulations shall continue to have effect for the purpose of determining the rateable value of a hereditament for any day before 1st April 2000.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
2nd March 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Export and Investment Guarantees (Limit on Foreign Currency Commitments) Order 2000 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Increase of Foreign Currency Commitment Limit
2
The limit in section 6(1)(b) of the Export and Investment Guarantees Act 1991 is hereby increased to 30,000 million special drawing rights.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Richard Caborn,
Minister for Trade,
Department of Trade and Industry
21st July 2000
We consent to the making of this Order
Jim Dowd,
Bob Ainsworth,
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
27th July 2000


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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 22nd March 2000.
2
The Value Added Tax Regulations 1995 shall be amended in accordance with the following regulations.
3
In regulation 2(1), in the meaning given for “registered person”, for “Schedule 1, 2 or 3” there shall be substituted “Schedule 1, 2, 3 or 3A”.
4
For regulation 5 there shall be substituted —
5
1
Where any person is required under paragraph 5(1) or 6(1) of Schedule 1, paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 2, paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 3 or paragraph 3(1) or 4(1) of Schedule 3A to the Act to notify the Commissioners of his liability to be registered, the notification shall contain the particulars (including the declaration) set out in forms numbered 1, 6, 7 and 7A respectively in Schedule 1 to these Regulations and shall be made in those forms; provided that, where the notification is made by a partnership, the notification shall also contain the particulars set out in the form numbered 2 in that Schedule.
2
Every registered person except one to whom paragraph 11, 12, 13(1), (2) or (3) of Schedule 1, paragraph 5 of Schedule 2, paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 or paragraph 5 of Schedule 3A of the Act applies, shall, within 30 days of any changes being made in the name, constitution or ownership of his business, or of any other event occurring which may necessitate the variation of the register or cancellation of his registration, notify the Commissioners in writing of such change or event and furnish them with full particulars thereof.
3
Every notification by a registered person under paragraph 11 or 12 of Schedule 1, paragraph 5 of Schedule 2, paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 or paragraph 5 of Schedule 3A to the Act shall be made in writing to the Commissioners and shall state —
a
the date on which he ceased to make, or have the intention of making, taxable supplies; or
b
where paragraph 12(a) of Schedule 1 to the Act applies, the date on which he ceased to make, or have the intention of making, supplies within paragraph 10(2) of that Schedule; or
c
where paragraph 12(b) of Schedule 1 to the Act applies, the date on which he made, or formed the intention of making, taxable supplies; or
d
where paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 2 to the Act applies, the date on which he ceased to be registrable by virtue of paragraph 5(4) of that Schedule; or
e
where paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 3 to the Act applies, the date on which he ceased to be registrable by virtue of paragraph 5(3) of that Schedule; or
f
where paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 3A to the Act applies, the date on which he ceased to make, or have the intention of making, relevant supplies within the meaning of paragraph 9 of that Schedule.
.
5
In regulation 25(1)(b) for “Schedules 1, 2 and 3” there shall be substituted “Schedules 1, 2, 3 and 3A”.
6
In each of sub-paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of regulation 99(1) after “Schedule 1” there shall be inserted “, 2, 3 or 3A”.
7
The form numbered 7A in Schedule 1 to these Regulations is added to Schedule 1 to the Value Added Tax Regulations 1995 immediately after Form No. 7.
Martin Brown
Commissioner of Customs and Excise
New King’s Beam House,
22 Upper Ground,
London,
SE1 9PJ
21st March 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Audit Commission Act 1998 (Publication of Information as to Standards of Performance) (Variation) (England) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 15th September 2000.
Variation of the period for publication of information as to standards of performance
2
1
In section 44(2)(b) of the Audit Commission Act 1998 (period for publication of information as to standards of performance) after “nine months” there shall be inserted “or, in the case of a relevant body in England, seven months”.
2
Accordingly, the latest time for the publication of information by a relevant body in England in accordance with section 44(2)(b) of the Audit Commission Act 1998 is immediately before the end of the period of seven months beginning with the end of the financial year in question.
Application
3
This Order applies in relation to —
a
relevant bodies in England; and
b
the financial year ending with 31st March 2000 and subsequent financial years.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Chris Mullin
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
17th August 2000


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the District of Ryedale (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.
2
This Order shall come into force —
a
for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002;
b
for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
3
In this Order —
“district” means the district of Ryedale;
“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;
any reference to the map is a reference to the map prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the District of Ryedale (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 ; and
any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.
Wards of the district of Ryedale
2
1
The existing wards of the district of Ryedale shall be abolished.
2
The district shall be divided into twenty wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 1.
3
The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that Schedule by reference to parishes or, where no area is so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be the number specified in respect of the ward in column (3) of that Schedule.
4
Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
Wards of the parish of Ebberston and Yedingham
3
1
The parish of Ebberston and Yedingham shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Bickley, Ebberston and Yedingham; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheets 10 and 11 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
2
The number of councillors to be elected for each of the Bickley and Yedingham parish wards shall be one, and for the Ebberston parish ward shall be five.
Wards of the parish of Heslerton
4
The parish of Heslerton shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule; and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.
Wards of the parish of Norton-on-Derwent
5
The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Norton East and Norton West; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name; and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be six.
Wards of the parish of Pickering
6
1
The parish of Pickering shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Pickering East, Pickering West and Stape; the parish wards of Pickering East and Pickering West shall be coterminous with the district wards of the same name, and the parish ward of Stape shall consist of the rest of the parish.
2
The number of councillors to be elected for each of the Pickering East and Pickering West parish wards shall be six, and for the Stape parish ward shall be one.
Wards of the parish of Welburn (York)
7
1
The parish of Welburn (York) shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Crambeck and Welburn; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 12 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
2
The number of councillors to be elected for the Crambeck parish ward shall be one, and for the Welburn parish ward shall be five.
Number of parish councillors
8
The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish of Kirkbymoorside shall be nine.
Revocation
9
The District of Ryedale (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
22nd September 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st January 2001.
Amendments to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999
2
The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 6 below.
3
In regulation 3(1), after the definition of “controlled by a pedestrian” shall be inserted the following definitions —
“disability assessment test” means a test of competence to drive for which a person is required, by notice under section 94(5)(c) of the Traffic Act , to submit himself; and “disability assessment licence” means a provisional licence granted to enable him to drive a motor vehicle for the purposes of preparing for, and taking, such a test
.
4
In regulation 16, after paragraph (11) shall be inserted the following paragraph —
11A
The holder of a disability assessment licence shall not drive a vehicle of a class which he is authorised to drive by virtue of the licence otherwise than during a period which —
a
commences with the beginning of such period prior to the taking of the disability assessment test required by a relevant notice as is specified in writing by the Secretary of State when serving that notice; and
b
ends with the completion of the test;
and, for these purposes, a “relevant notice” is a notice under section 94(5)(c) of the Traffic Act requiring the person to submit to a disability assessment test.
5
In regulation 23, paragraph (1)(d), the words “or of persons employed in the driving of motor vehicles for the purposes of any such brigade” shall be omitted.
6
In regulation 24 —
1
in paragraph (1) —
a
after the words “in paragraph (2)” shall be inserted “or (2A)”;
b
in sub-paragraph (c), the words “or of persons employed in the driving of motor vehicles for the purposes of any such brigade” shall be omitted;
2
after paragraph (2) shall be inserted —
2A
A practical test which is conducted as a disability assessment test shall be conducted by —
a
a person in the public service of the Crown appointed by the Secretary of State for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), or
b
a person appointed by the Secretary of State for the purpose of conducting the test.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
Larry Whitty
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
28th November 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2000 (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 28th June 2000.
Amendment of regulations
2
1
Schedule 3 to the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2000 shall be amended as follows.
2
At the end of paragraph 4(3) there shall be added “or, if that amount is different in respect of each child, the lower or (as the case may be) lowest such amount”.
3
In paragraph 6(2) after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraph —
aa
where the first academic year of the student’s course begins before 1st September 2000, the gross amount of any sums paid as interest (including interest on a mortgage) in respect of which relief is given under the Income Tax Acts in respect of a loan to the parent, or where the parent’s income is computed as for the purposes of the income tax legislation of another member State, the gross amount of any such sums in respect of which relief would be given if that legislation made provision equivalent to the Income Tax Acts;
.
Tessa Blackstone
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
7th June 2000


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PART I
INTRODUCTORY
Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Personal Pension Schemes (Information Powers) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st October 2000.
Interpretation
2
1
In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires —
“approved”, “member”, “personal pension scheme” and “scheme administrator” have the meanings given by section 630(1) ;
“the Board” means the Commissioners of Inland Revenue;
“excluded person” means any person who, on ceasing to act in relation to the scheme or, as the case may be, provide administrative services to the scheme, transferred all documents in his possession or under his control relating to the scheme to another person who succeeded him in acting in relation to the scheme or in providing administrative services to the scheme;
“friendly society” has the meaning given by section 116 of the Friendly Societies Act 1992 ;
“insurance company” has the meaning given by section 659B ;
“notice” means notice in writing;
“personal pension arrangements” has the meaning given by section 630(1); and references in these Regulations to “arrangements” in connection with personal pension schemes shall be construed accordingly;
“pooled fund” in relation to a personal pension scheme means a fund —
which is open to the public and is described in the documents establishing the fund as being a standard fund open to all members,
in relation to the management of which the scheme administrator is not required to consult with any member of the scheme except to the extent that an investment offers choices that are available to any person (whether or not a member of the scheme), and
the value of which is applied to all members and not segregated among certain members or linked to certain members by reason of particular assets comprised in the fund;
“the relevant date” means the date which is 6 years from the end of the scheme year in which an event specified in regulation 9(4) occurs;
“scheme provider” in relation to a personal pension scheme for which there is for the time being no scheme administrator or for which the scheme administrator cannot be traced means —
the person who established the scheme, or
any person by whom that person has been directly or indirectly succeeded in relation to the provision of benefits under the scheme;
“scheme year” means —
a year specified for the purposes of a personal pension scheme in any document comprising the scheme or, if no year is specified, a period of 12 months commencing on 1st April or on such other date as the scheme administrator selects; or
such other period (if any) exceeding 6 months but not exceeding 18 months as is selected by the scheme administrator —
in respect of the scheme year in which the scheme commences or terminates, or
in connection with a variation of the date on which the scheme year is to commence;
“self-invested personal pension scheme” has the meaning given by regulation 3;
“the Taxes Act ” means the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988.
2
For the purposes of these Regulations and subject to paragraph (3), any question whether a person is connected with another person shall be determined in accordance with section 839 .
3
A person shall not be regarded as connected with another person for the purposes of these Regulations where the connection arises as a result of a transaction entered into in the course of normal investment management by a scheme in relation to a fund that is a pooled fund.
4
In these Regulations references to a particular provision, without more, are references to that provision of the Taxes Act.
Definition of self-invested personal pension scheme
3
1
In these Regulations “self-invested personal pension scheme” means a personal pension scheme the arrangements made in accordance with which by a member —
a
are arrangements under which the member is able to direct the manner in which some or all of the contributions paid to the scheme are to be invested by or on behalf of the scheme administrator, and
b
are not arrangements falling within paragraph (2).
2
Arrangements fall within this paragraph if they are either —
a
arrangements under which —
i
all the investments held for the purposes of the scheme comprise contracts of insurance or units in unit trust schemes, and
ii
in managing those investments, the scheme administrator or the person acting on his behalf does not consult with any member of the scheme except to the extent necessary by virtue of the scheme offering choices that are available to any person (whether or not a member of the scheme); or
b
arrangements under which —
i
all contributions paid are, after deduction of expenses, invested in deposits with deposit-takers, and
ii
the payment of interest on those deposits comprises the only income of the scheme from its investments.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED WITHOUT NOTICE
Investment and borrowing transactions of self-invested personal pension schemes
4
1
The scheme administrator of an approved personal pension scheme that is a self-invested personal pension scheme is a person who is prescribed for the purposes of this regulation.
2
The scheme administrator of an approved personal pension scheme that is a self-invested personal pension scheme shall furnish to the Board, at the time prescribed by paragraph (3), such information (including copies of any relevant books, documents or other records) as —
a
is specified on the relevant form supplied by the Board, and
b
relates to any transaction entered into by the scheme or under arrangements made in accordance with the scheme that —
i
is of a kind specified in paragraph (4), and
ii
is entered into by or on behalf of the scheme administrator on or after the date of coming into force of these Regulations.
3
The time prescribed is any time not later than 90 days after the date of the transaction in question.
4
The transactions specified in this paragraph are —
a
the acquisition or disposal of land;
b
the borrowing of money;
c
the purchase, sale or lease of any asset other than land.
Reporting of chargeable event
5
1
The scheme administrator of an approved personal pension scheme is a person who is prescribed for the purposes of this regulation.
2
The scheme administrator of an approved personal pension scheme shall furnish to the Board, at the time prescribed by paragraph (3), such information (including copies of any relevant books, documents or other records) relating to the event specified in paragraph (4) as is specified on the relevant form supplied by the Board.
3
The time prescribed is any time not later than 30 days after the end of the year of assessment in which the event occurs.
4
The event specified is any payment under arrangements made in accordance with the scheme to which section 648B(1) applies (return of contributions after pension date).
PART III
NOTICES REQUIRING PARTICULARS AND DOCUMENTS
Approved personal pension schemes
6
1
The Board may by notice require any of the persons prescribed by paragraph (2), within the time prescribed by paragraph (3), to furnish to the Board such particulars, and to produce to the Board such documents, as they may reasonably require relating to —
a
any monies received or receivable by an approved personal pension scheme or under approved personal pension arrangements made in accordance with that scheme, or
b
any investments or other assets held by that scheme or under those arrangements, or
c
any monies paid or payable out of funds held under that scheme or those arrangements, including any monies paid by way of repayment of contributions to a member of that scheme or his employer.
2
The persons prescribed are —
a
the person who is for the time being the scheme administrator in relation to the scheme concerned;
b
any person who was at any time prior to the relevant date the scheme administrator in relation to that scheme, other than an excluded person;
c
any person who is, or has been at any time prior to the relevant date, a scheme provider in relation to that scheme, other than an excluded person;
d
any person who provides, or has at any time prior to the relevant date provided, administrative services to that scheme, other than an excluded person.
3
The time prescribed is such time (not being less than 28 days) as is provided by the notice.
4
A notice under paragraph (1) may require particulars to be furnished, and documents to be produced, relating to more than one scheme.
Annuity contracts
7
1
The Board may by notice require any of the persons prescribed by paragraph (2), within the time prescribed by paragraph (3), to furnish to the Board such particulars, and to produce to the Board such documents, as they may reasonably require relating to any annuity contract issued by that person by means of which benefits provided under an approved personal pension scheme or under approved personal pension arrangements made in accordance with that scheme have been secured.
2
The persons prescribed are —
a
the insurance company which issued the annuity contract, where that company is a body corporate;
b
the chief executive and the manager, within the meaning of section 96D of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 , of the insurance company which issued the annuity contract;
c
the person referred to in section 659B(6) or (8);
d
the friendly society which issued the annuity contract, where that friendly society is a society incorporated under the Friendly Societies Act 1992;
e
the chief executive and the secretary, any assistant chief executive and deputy chief executive, and any assistant secretary and deputy secretary, of the friendly society which issued the annuity contract.
3
The time prescribed is such time (not being less than 28 days) as is provided by the notice.
4
A notice under paragraph (1) may require particulars and documents relating to more than one annuity contract.
PART IV
INSPECTION AND RETENTION OF RECORDS
Inspection of records
8
1
The Board may by notice require any of the persons prescribed by paragraph (2) to make available for inspection by an officer of the Board authorised for that purpose, within the time prescribed by paragraph (3), all books, documents and other records in his possession or under his control relating to —
a
any monies received or receivable by an approved personal pension scheme,
b
any investments or other assets held by that scheme,
c
any monies paid or payable out of funds held under that scheme, or
d
any annuity contract by means of which benefits provided under that scheme have been secured.
2
The persons prescribed are —
a
the person who is for the time being the scheme administrator in relation to the scheme concerned;
b
any person who was at any time prior to the relevant date the scheme administrator in relation to that scheme, other than an excluded person;
c
any person who is, or has been at any time prior to the relevant date, a scheme provider in relation to that scheme, other than an excluded person;
d
any person who provides, or has at any time prior to the relevant date provided, administrative services to that scheme, other than an excluded person.
3
The time prescribed is such time (not being less than 28 days) as is provided by the notice.
4
A notice under paragraph (1) may require books, documents and other records relating to more than one scheme to be made available for inspection.
5
Where records are maintained by computer the person required to make them available for inspection shall provide the officer making the inspection with all the facilities necessary for obtaining information from them.
6
The authorised officer may take copies of, or make extracts from, any books, documents or other records made available for inspection in accordance with paragraph (1).
Retention of records
9
1
Each of the persons prescribed by paragraph (2) shall preserve, for the time prescribed by paragraph (3), all books, documents and other records in his possession or under his control relating to —
a
any monies received or receivable by an approved personal pension scheme or under approved personal pension arrangements made in accordance with that scheme;
b
any investments or other assets held by that scheme or under those arrangements;
c
any monies paid or payable out of funds held under that scheme or those arrangements; or
d
any annuity contract by means of which benefits provided under that scheme or those arrangements have been secured.
2
The persons prescribed are —
a
the person who is for the time being the scheme administrator in relation to the scheme concerned;
b
any person who was at any time prior to the relevant date the scheme administrator in relation to that scheme, other than an excluded person;
c
any person who is, or has been at any time prior to the relevant date, a scheme provider in relation to that scheme, other than an excluded person;
d
any person who provides, or has at any time prior to the relevant date provided, administrative services to that scheme, other than an excluded person.
3
The time prescribed —
a
in the case of accounts relating to the scheme, including books, documents and other records on which such accounts are based, is 6 years from the end of the scheme year in which falls the date on which the accounts were signed;
b
in the case of books, documents or other records containing information which is required to be furnished pursuant to regulation 4, is 6 years from the end of the scheme year in which the transaction in question occurred;
c
in the case of books, documents or other records containing information which is required to be furnished pursuant to regulation 5, is 6 years from the end of the scheme year in which the event specified in paragraph (4) of that regulation occurred;
d
in the case of books, documents or other records relating to an event specified in paragraph (4), is 6 years from the end of the scheme year in which the event occurred.
4
The events specified are —
a
the provision by the scheme or under the arrangements of any benefit to a member of the scheme or other person;
b
the payment of contributions to the scheme by a member or his employer;
c
the repayment to a member or his employer in accordance with section 638(3) of an excess amount of contributions paid to the scheme;
d
the payment of transfer values or the purchase of annuities under the scheme or the arrangements;
e
the acquisition or disposal of any asset by the scheme or under the arrangements;
f
the undertaking of any transaction for the purposes of the scheme or the arrangements;
g
the receipt by the scheme of any income resulting from —
i
the investment of assets held by the scheme or under the arrangements, or
ii
any trading activity carried on by the scheme or under the arrangements.
5
The duty under paragraph (1) to preserve books, documents and other records may be discharged by the preservation of information contained in them.
Nick Montagu
Ann Chant
Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue
29th August 2000


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1
This Instrument may be cited as The County Council of Norfolk (Construction of Cannon Wharf Foot/Cycle Bridge, Norwich) 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 County Council of Norfolk (Construction of Cannon Wharf Foot/Cycle Bridge, Norwich) 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 Director of Law & Administration, Norfolk County Council, County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich NR1 2DH.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
R C Dobbie
Regional Director, Government Office for the North East
5th October 2000


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1
This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 2000 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2
The day hereby appointed for the purposes of section 2(2)(b) of the Act is 23rd May 2000, being not more than 12 months after the day on which this Order is made or more than five years after the day on which the Act was passed.
3
The Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 1999 is hereby revoked.
Adam Ingram
Minister of State
Northern Ireland Office
23rd February 2000


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Citation, commencement and application
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Change of Category of Maintained Schools) (England) Regulations 2000.
2
These Regulations shall come into force on 1st September 2000.
3
These Regulations apply only in relation to England.
Interpretation
2
1
In these Regulations:
“ the Act ” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;
“governing body” means the governing body of the school in respect of which a change of category is proposed or, as the case may be, takes place;
“the implementation date” means the date approved or specified by the relevant school organisation committee or adjudicator under the modified Schedule 6 to the Act as the date on which it is intended that the change of category should take place or the date determined by the local education authority under the modified Schedule 6 to the Act as the date on which it is intended the change of category should take place;
“the modified Schedule 6 to the Act” means that Schedule as it has effect with modifications by virtue of Schedule 1 to these Regulations;
“the modified Schedule 12 to the Act” means that Schedule as it has effect with modifications by virtue of Schedule 4 to these Regulations;
“proposals” means proposals published under paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 8 to the Act with any modifications made by the school organisation committee or adjudicator under paragraph 3 or 5 of the modified Schedule 6 to the Act;
“relevant school organisation committee” means the school organisation committee established for the area of the local education authority which maintains the school in question.
2
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Schedule is a reference to a Schedule to these Regulations.
Breach of Prescribed Time Limits
3
A failure by a local education authority or a governing body to discharge any duty within a time limit prescribed by these Regulations shall not relieve the authority or the governing body of that duty.
Proposals
4
1
Where —
a
a local education authority propose under paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to the Act that a community school should become a foundation school or that a community special school should become a foundation special school;
b
a governing body propose under paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to the Act that a community, foundation, voluntary aided, or voluntary controlled school should become a school within another of those categories;
c
a governing body propose under paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to the Act that a community special school should become a foundation special school or a foundation special school should become a community special school;
d
a governing body of a voluntary aided school are unable or unwilling to carry out their obligations under Schedule 3 to the Act and are required to publish proposals under paragraph 3 of Schedule 8 to the Act,
section 28(3), (5), (6), (8), (10) and (11) of, and Part I of Schedule 6 to, the Act shall apply to the proposals published under paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 8 to the Act and shall do so with the modifications set out in Schedule 1.
2
The provisions of section 28 of, and Part 1 of Schedule 6 to, the Act so applied are set out as modified in Schedule 2.
Restrictions on Changing Category of School
5
A school may not change category to become a voluntary aided school unless the governing body of the school satisfy the relevant school organisation committee that the governing body (as the governing body of a voluntary aided school) will be able to carry out their obligations under Schedule 3 to the Act for a period of at least five years following the implementation date.
6
A school’s change of category under these Regulations shall not be taken as authorising a school to establish, join or leave a foundation body.
7
A foundation, voluntary aided or voluntary controlled school may not become a community school and a foundation special school may not become a community special school unless any transfer agreement required by (as the case may be) paragraph 6, 7, 9, or 12 of Schedule 6 has been entered into.
Voting of members of school organisation committees on proposals
8
1
In this regulation a reference to a group of members of a school organisation committee is a reference to a group of members of the committee appointed under a particular sub-paragraph of regulation 5(1) of the Education (School Organisation Committees) (England) Regulations 1999 .
2
Each group of members shall collectively have a single vote in relation to any decision of the committee as to whether or not —
a
to give any approval under paragraph 3 of the modified Schedule 6 to the Act;
b
to modify any proposals or specify a later date under paragraph 5(2)(a) or (b) of the modified Schedule 6 to the Act;
c
to make a determination under paragraph 5(3) of the modified Schedule 6 to the Act;
d
to consent under paragraph 3(9) of the modified Schedule 6 to the Act to the withdrawal of proposals; or
e
to defer consideration of whether to take any decision on any of the matters referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d).
3
All decisions on questions referred to in paragraph (2) shall be unanimous decisions of all those voting.
Implementation
9
On the implementation date the school shall change category in accordance with the proposal.
Transfer of Staff
10
Schedule 3 shall have effect in relation to the transfer of staff.
Instrument of Government
11
1
The governing body and the local education authority shall secure that by the end of the implementation period a new instrument of government is made for the school in accordance with the modified Schedule 12 to the Act.
2
The implementation period is the period commencing —
a
on the date a proposal is approved under paragraph 3 of the modified Schedule 6 to the Act, or
b
on the date the local education authority determine to implement a proposal under paragraph 4 of the modified Schedule 6 to the Act,
and ending on the implementation date.
3
The new instrument of government shall take effect from the date of making for the purpose of reconstituting the governing body but shall not affect the constitution of the governing body conducting the school pending the implementation date.
4
For all other purposes, the new instrument of government shall take effect from the implementation date.
12
1
In the case of a school becoming a foundation school or a foundation special school —
a
the new instrument of government shall be made in the form set out in Part I of Schedule 4,
b
it shall be a sufficient compliance with sub-paragraph (a) if the instrument of government is in a form substantially to the like effect to the form set out in Part I of Schedule 4.
2
In the case of a school becoming a voluntary aided school —
a
the new instrument of government shall be made in the form set out in Part II of Schedule 4, and
b
it shall be a sufficient compliance with sub-paragraph (a) if the instrument of government is in a form substantially to the like effect to the form set out in Part II of Schedule 4.
3
In the case of a school becoming a voluntary controlled school —
a
the new instrument of government shall be made in the form set out in Part III of Schedule 4, and
b
it shall be a sufficient compliance with sub-paragraph (a) if the instrument of government is in a form substantially to the like effect to the form set out in Part III of Schedule 4.
4
In the case of a school becoming a community school —
a
the new instrument of government shall be made in the form set out in Part IV of Schedule 4, and
b
it shall be a sufficient compliance with sub-paragraph (a) if the instrument of government is in a form substantially to the like effect to the form set out in Part IV of Schedule 4.
5
In the case of a school becoming a community special school —
a
the new instrument of government shall be made in the form set out in Part V of Schedule 4,
b
it shall be a sufficient compliance with sub-paragraph (a) if the new instrument of government is in a form substantially to the like effect to the form set out in Part V of Schedule 4.
13
1
Schedule 12 to the Act shall apply to the new instruments of government referred to in regulation 12 with the modifications set out in Part VI of Schedule 4.
2
The provisions of Schedule 12 to the Act so applied are set out as modified in Schedule 5.
Reconstitution of governing body
14
1
The governing body and the local education authority shall secure that as soon as reasonably practicable after the commencement of the implementation period (and in any event within a period of three months beginning on the implementation date) the governing body are reconstituted in accordance with the new instrument of government, and the modified Schedule 12 to the Act.
2
The current governing body shall exercise their functions under the Act and these Regulations in a manner calculated to enable the local education authority to fulfil their duties under paragraph (1).
Current governors continuing in office
15
1
Paragraph (2) applies to any member of a current governing body in respect of which a new instrument of government has been made under these Regulations.
2
Subject to regulation 16 a governor to whom this paragraph applies shall continue from the implementation date (or the making of the new instrument of government if later) as a governor of the corresponding category required by the new instrument of government (if any such category exists).
3
A member of a current governing body who continues as a governor under paragraph (2) shall hold office for the remainder of the term for which he was originally appointed or elected.
4
The proceedings of the governing body shall not be invalidated by the school having more governors of a particular category than are provided for by the new instrument of government, pending removal of the surplus governors pursuant to regulation 16.
Surplus governors
16
1
Where
a
on or after the implementation date a school has more governors of any of the categories of governors than are required as governors of the corresponding category by the new instrument of government; and
b
the excess is not eliminated by the required number of governors resigning,
such number of that category as is required to eliminate the excess shall cease to hold office in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
2
The governors who are to cease to hold office shall be determined on the basis of seniority, the governor whose current period of continuous service (whether as a governor of one or more than one category) is the shortest being the first to cease to hold office.
3
Where it is necessary for the purposes of paragraph (2) to select one or more governors from a group of equal seniority, it shall be done by drawing lots.
4
For the purposes of this regulation, additional co-opted governors nominated by a particular category of person are treated as if they constituted a separate category of governor.
5
Any procedure set out in the new instrument of government for the removal of excess foundation governors shall not apply to the reconstitution of the governing body under these Regulations.
Transfer of Land
17
Schedule 6 shall have effect in relation to the transfer of land.
Transitional Provisions
18
Where a community or voluntary controlled school changes category to become a voluntary aided, or foundation school anything done before the implementation date by the local education authority as admission authority under any provision in Chapter I of Part III of the Act (admission arrangements) shall from the implementation date have effect as if done by the governing body.
19
Where a foundation or voluntary aided school changes category to become a community or voluntary controlled school anything done before the implementation date by the governing body as admission authority under any provision in Chapter 1 of Part III of the Act (admission arrangements) shall from the implementation date have effect as if done by the local education authority.
Revocation
20
1
The Education (Change of Category of Maintained Schools) (England) Regulations 1999 (“the 1999 Regulations ”) are hereby revoked.
2
Any proposal published under paragraph 3 of Schedule 8 to the Act in accordance with the 1999 Regulations but not decided by the school organisation committee or adjudicator in accordance with the 1999 Regulations shall be treated as having been published in accordance with these Regulations.
3
Any proposal published under paragraph 3 of Schedule 8 to the 1999 Regulations approved by the school organisation committee or adjudicator in accordance with the 1999 Regulations which had not been implemented on the date these Regulations came into force shall be treated as having been approved under these Regulations.
Jacqui Smith
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
9th August 2000


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1
This scheme may be cited as the M62 Motorway (New Junction 8 and Widening Junction 8 to 9) Connecting Roads Scheme 2000 and shall come into force on 27th January 2000.
2
In this Scheme:
1
all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;
2
i
“connecting roads” means a special road along the routes described in the Schedule to this Scheme;
ii
“the Motorway” means the M62 Motorway at Warrington;
iii
“the plan” means the plan titled “The M62 Motorway (New Junction 8 and Widening Junction 8 to 9) Connecting Roads Scheme 2000”, signed by authority of The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions deposited at the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Zone 2/C8, Ashdown House, Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE; and
iv
“the special roads” means each connecting road.
3
The Secretary of State is authorised to provide the special roads for the exclusive use of traffic of Classes I and II of the classes of Traffic set out in Schedule 4 to the Highways Act 1980.
4
The centre line of each of the special roads is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan.
5
Each of the special roads shall become a trunk road on the date when this Scheme comes into force.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Derek Oddy
Divisional Director, Highways Agency
4th January 2000


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Recognition and Derecognition Ballots (Qualified Persons) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 6th June 2000.
2
In this Order “the relevant provisions” means paragraphs 25(7)(a) and 117(9)(a) of Schedule A1 to the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
Qualifications
2
In relation to an individual, the condition specified for the purposes of the relevant provisions is that he —
a
has in force a practising certificate issued by the Law Society of England and Wales or the Law Society of Scotland; or
b
is eligible for appointment as a company auditor under section 25 of the Companies Act 1989 .
3
In relation to a partnership, the condition specified for the purposes of the relevant provisions is that every member of the partnership is an individual who satisfies the condition specified in Article 2.
Persons specified by name
4
The following persons are specified for the purposes of the relevant provisions —
The Association of Electoral Administrators
Election.Com Limited
Electoral Reform (Ballot Services) Limited
The Industrial Society
Involvement and Participation Association
Twenty-First Century Press Limited.
Alan Johnson,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competitiveness,
Department of Trade and Industry
11th May 2000


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1
This Order may be cited as the Charities (Boxmoor Estate, Hemel Hempstead) Order 2000 and shall come into force on the fourteenth day after the day on which it is made.
2
The Scheme set out in the Appendix to this Order shall have effect.
Jack Straw
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
22nd March 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the GLA Roads (Continuity of Orders etc.) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 18th October 2000.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
“the 1980 Act ” means Highways Act 1980 ;
“proposed trunk road” means a proposed highway which was, on 3rd July 2000, the subject of a relevant line order but had not been constructed and opened to public traffic;
“relevant line order” means an order under section 10 of the 1980 Act directing that a highway proposed to be constructed by the Secretary of State in Greater London is to be a trunk road;
“relevant side roads order” means an order made by the Secretary of State under section 14 of the 1980 Act in relation to a highway or proposed highway in Greater London which was a trunk road at the time the order was made;
“relevant compulsory purchase order” means an order authorising the Secretary of State in relation to a highway or proposed highway in Greater London to acquire land or rights over land compulsorily for any purpose for which he has power to acquire land under Part XII of the 1980 Act; and
the words “highway”, “proposed highway” and “trunk road” shall be construed in accordance with the 1980 Act, but shall not be taken as referring to a highway or proposed highway or trunk road which is or is to be a special road.
Continuity of orders
3
1
A relevant line order relating to a proposed trunk road shall have effect as if it were an order made by the Mayor under section 14B of the 1980 Act directing that the proposed highway should become a GLA road on the coming into force of this Order.
2
A relevant side roads order shall have effect as if for references in the order to the Secretary of State there were substituted references to Transport for London.
3
A relevant compulsory purchase order shall have effect as if for references in the order to the Secretary of State there were substituted references to Transport for London.
4
The provisions of this article are without prejudice to the provisions of section 415 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.
Transfer of property, rights and liabilities
4
The GLA Roads and Side Roads (Transfer of Property etc.) Order 2000 shall apply in relation to a proposed trunk road as it applies in relation to a GLA road and references in that Order, as so applied, to the operative date shall be taken as references to the date on which this Order comes into force.
Town and Country Planning Act 1990
5
Development carried out by Transport for London for the purpose of executing works —
a
for the construction of a highway which is to be a GLA road by virtue of article 3(1) this Order; or
b
authorised by a relevant side roads order.
shall be treated for the purposes of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as development carried out by the Secretary of State.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.
Keith Hill
Parliamentary-Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment,Transport and the Regions
23rd September 2000


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1
This Order may be cited as the Asylum (Designated Safe Third Countries) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 2nd October 2000.
2
The Asylum (Designated Countries of Destination and Designated Safe Third Countries) Order 1996 is hereby revoked.
3
The following countries are designated for the purposes of section 12(1)(b) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (designation of countries other than EU Member States for the purposes of appeal rights):
Canada
Norway
Switzerland
United States of America.
Steve Bassam
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
16th August 2000


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the London Borough of Hackney (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.
2
This Order shall come into force —
a
for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 2nd May 2002, on 10th October 2001;
b
for all other purposes, on 2nd May 2002.
3
In this Order —
“borough” means the London borough of Hackney;
“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and
any reference to the map is a reference to the map prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the London Borough of Hackney (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 .
Wards of the London borough of Hackney
2
1
The existing wards of the borough shall be abolished.
2
The borough shall be divided into nineteen wards which shall bear the names set out in the Schedule.
3
The wards shall comprise the areas designated on the map by reference to the names of the wards and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be three.
4
Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
Revocation
3
The London Borough of Hackney (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of Statefor the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Beverley Hughes
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
16th March 2000


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Citation, commencement and application
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Pupil Information) (England) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st March 2000 except for regulation 11 which shall come into force on 1st May 2000.
2
These Regulations apply in relation to schools in England only.
Interpretation
2
1
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“ the Act ” means the Education Act 1996;
“the associated documents” means the documents published by the Stationery Office, setting out any levels of attainment, attainment targets and end of key stage descriptions in relation to the foundation subjects, which documents have effect by virtue of the respective section 356(2)(a) and (b) orders for those subjects for the time being in force;
“common transfer form” means one of the forms set out in Parts 1 to 4 of Schedule 5 to these Regulations;
“core subjects” means English, mathematics and science;
“curricular record” means a formal record of a pupil’s academic achievements, his other skills and abilities and his progress in school;
“education welfare officer” means any person whose duties include securing the regular attendance at school of pupils of compulsory school age;
“external marking agency” means a body nominated by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (or by any successor body to that Authority) and approved by the Secretary of State to mark NC tests;
“foundation subjects” means art, geography, history, a modern foreign language, music, physical education, technology and any core subject;
“ GCE ‘A’ level examinations” and “ GCE ‘AS’ examinations” mean General Certificate of Education advanced level examinations and General Certficate of Education advanced supplementary examinations respectively;
“ GCSE ” means the General Certificate of Secondary Education;
“ IB ” means the International Baccalaureate Diploma;
“institution of further or higher education” means any institution falling within sub-section (10) of section 218 of the Education Reform Act 1988 ;
“key stage” means any of the periods set out in paragraphs (a) to (d) respectively of section 355(1) of the Act, and a reference to the first, second, third or fourth key stage is a reference to the periods set out respectively in the said paragraphs (a) to (d);
“maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school other than such a school which is established in a hospital;
“NC tasks” means National Curriculum standard tasks administered to pupils pursuant to the Education (National Curriculum) Key State 1 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 1999 ;
“NC tests” means National Curriculum tests administered to pupils to assess the level of attainment which they have achieved in any core subject being tests laid down in provisions made by The Secretary of State under orders made under section 356(2)(c) of the Act which have been published by the Stationery Office;
“responsible person” means —
the head teacher of an independent school; or
the governing body of any other school, or
the person responsible for the conduct of any institution of further or higher education or other place of education or training to which a pupil transfers or may transfer;
“section 356(2)(a) and (b) orders” means orders made under section 356(2)(a) and (b) of the Act specifying attainment targets and programmes of study;
“school day” means a day on which the school meets;
“stage of SEN ” means the stage of special educational needs as described in the Code of Practice on the Identification and Assessment of Special Educational Needs issued, and from time to time revised, under section 313 of the Act ;
“the statutory arrangements” means assessment arrangements specified by orders made under section 356(2)(c) of the Act;
“teacher assessment” means assessment of a pupil’s level of attainment in an attainment target or foundation subject by the pupil’s teacher as specified in the statutory arrangements;
“unique pupil number” means a combination of numbers which together with a letter or letters are allocated to a pupil and are particular to him, by use of a formula determined by the Department for Education and Employment.
“vocational qualification” includes a credit towards such a qualification;
“the 1999 (Key Stage 1) Order ” means the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 1 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 1999 ;
“the 1999 (Key Stage 2) Order ” means the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 2 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 1999 ; and
“the 1999 (Key Stage 3) Order ” means the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 3 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 1999 .
2
In these Regulations references to levels, attainment targets and end of key stage descriptions are references to, respectively, the levels of attainment, attainment targets and end of key stage descriptions set out in the associated documents.
3
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph of that regulation bearing that number.
Meaning of educational record
3
1
In these Regulations “educational record” means any record of information which —
a
is processed by or on behalf of the governing body of, or a teacher at, any school specified in paragraph (2);
b
relates to any person who is or has been a pupil at the school; and
c
originated from or was supplied by or on behalf of any of the persons specified in paragraph (3),
other than information which is processed by a teacher solely for the teacher’s own use.
2
The schools referred to in paragraph (1)(a) are —
a
a school maintained by a local education authority; and
b
a special school which is not so maintained.
3
The persons referred to in paragraph (1)(c) are —
a
an employee of the local education authority which maintains the school;
b
in the case of —
i
a voluntary aided, foundation or foundation special school; or
ii
a special school which is not maintained by a local education authority,
a teacher or other employee at the school (including an educational psychologist engaged by the governing body under a contract for services);
c
the pupil to whom the record relates; and
d
a parent of that pupil .
Duties of Head Teacher — Curricular Records
4
The head teacher of every school maintained by a local education authority, except a nursery school, and of every special school not so maintained, shall keep a curricular record, updated at least once a year, in respect of every registered pupil at the school.
Duties of Head Teacher — Educational Records
5
1
Upon receiving a written request by a parent for disclosure of a pupil’s educational record, the head teacher of a school maintained by a local education authority, except a nursery school, and of a special school not so maintained, shall, within fifteen school days, make it available for inspection, free of charge, to the parent.
2
Upon receiving a written request by a parent for a copy of a pupil’s educational record, the head teacher shall, within fifteen school days, give the parent a copy of it on payment of such fee (not exceeding the cost of supply), if any, as the governing body may prescribe.
3
In every case where the pupil is under consideration for admission to another school (including an independent school) or to an institution of further or higher education, the head teacher shall transfer the pupil’s curricular record to the responsible person, free of charge, if that person so requests, within fifteen school days of receiving the request. The record supplied shall not include the results of any assessment of the pupil’s achievements.
4
When complying with a request for disclosure or a copy of a pupil’s educational record under this regulation, a head teacher shall not disclose any documents which are subject to any order under section 30(2) of the Data Protection Act 1998 .
Head Teacher’s report to parents and adult pupils
6
1
The head teacher of every maintained school shall each school year make available in writing to the persons specified in paragraph (2) a report containing the information specified in paragraphs (4) to (6).
2
The persons are —
a
in the case of pupils registered at the school aged 18 or over at the time a report is sent and who are not proposing to leave school by the end of the school year to which the report relates, each such pupil and, if the head teacher considers there to be special circumstances which make it appropriate, the parent of each such pupil,
b
subject to paragraph (3), in the case of all other pupils registered at the school, the parent of each such pupil;
3
Paragraph 2(b) does not apply to any pupil registered at the school who has ceased to be of compulsory school age and who is proposing to leave school or who has left the school (and in respect of whom the information in regulation 9 is to be made available to the pupil concerned).
4
The report shall contain the information about the educational achievements of the pupil to whom or to whose parent the report is sent and the other information relating to him specified —
a
as respects pupils in the final year of the first, second, third or fourth key stage, in Part 1 of Schedule 1;
b
as respects pupils in any other year of a key stage, in Part 2 of Schedule 1;
c
as respects pupils who have been entered for GCE ‘A’ level or GCE ‘AS’ examinations or IB or who have obtained a vocational qualification, in Part 3 of Schedule 1; and
d
as respects all other pupils, in Part 4 of Schedule 1.
5
In the case of pupils registered at the school in the final year of the first, second or third key stage there shall be included in the report the information relating to the educational achievements of all other pupils in that key stage registered at the school who achievements were assessed at the same time as the pupil’s achievements, and the other information relating to such pupils, specified in Schedule 2.
6
In the case of pupils registered at the school in the final year of the first, second or third key stage there shall be included in the report the information specified in paragraph 1, 2 or 3, as the case may be, of Schedule 3 relating to the educational achievements of all pupils at schools in England who were in the final year of that key stage in the preceding school year and whose achievements were assessed in that preceding school year.
7
Nothing in this regulation shall prevent the information specified in paragraphs (4) to (6) being contained in more than one report provided that, subject to regulation 7(1), the head teacher shall each school year send such information by post or otherwise before the end of the summer term.
8
The period to which a report containing any information specified in paragraph (4) relates shall in all cases begin with the later of —
a
the pupil’s admission to the school; and
b
the end of the period to which the last report on such matters made pursuant to these Regulations, or as the case may be the Regulations revoked by these Regulations.
Late receipt of Information by Head Teacher
7
1
Where any of the particulars necessary to provide the information under regulation 6 specified in paragraph (2) below are not received by the head teacher until after the end of the summer term, he shall send such information as soon as practicable and in any event not later than the following 30th September.
2
The information is —
a
the results of public examinations taken or details of vocational qualifications achieved by a pupil; or
b
the results of NC tests taken by a pupil at the end of the second or third key stage or pursuant to article 7(1) of the 1999 (Key Stage 1) Order as given in the record of results provided by the external marking agency in accordance with, as the case may be, the 1999 (Key Stage 2) Order or the 1999 (Key Stage 3) Order; or
c
the information referred to in paragraph 2(3) and 3(4) of Schedule 1 and paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 2.
3
Paragraphs (4) and (5) apply where, before the end of the summer term the head teacher has requested, but not received the result of, a review by the external marking agency of the result of any of the NC tests taken by a pupil in the final year of the second or third key stage or pursuant to article 7(1) of the 1999 (Key Stage 1) Order.
4
The information specified in regulation 6(4)(a) shall indicate that the result which is the subject of the review is provisional.
5
Once the review result has been received by the head teacher, he shall send as soon as practicable and in any event no later than the following 30th September after the summer term, information giving the reviewed result of the NC tests, to those persons who earlier received the information pursuant to regulation 6(1) and paragraph (4) of this regulation whether or not it is different from that as originally notified to those persons.
Additional information to be made available
8
In the case of a pupil in the final year of a key stage, the head teacher of a maintained school shall, if requested by the pupil’s parent, make available to the parent, within fifteen school days of receiving the request, information consisting of his levels in each attainment target in any of the foundation subjects in accordance with the statutory arrangements if any information has not previously been made available pursuant to these Regulations.
School leaver’s report
9
1
The head teacher of every maintained school shall make available to any pupil who has ceased to be of compulsory school age and is proposing to leave or has left the school the information referred to in paragraph (2).
2
The information consists of —
a
the pupil’s name;
b
the pupil’s school; and
c
brief particulars of the pupil’s progress and achievements in subjects and activities forming part of the school curriculum (other than in relation to any public examination or vocational qualification) in the school year during or at the end of which the pupil left school.
3
The information referred to in paragraph (2) shall be included under the heading “Achievements in Education” in the form specified in Schedule 4, or a form to the like effect.
4
The form in which the information referred to in paragraph (2) is made available shall provide for signature by the pupil and by a teacher who is familiar with the pupil and his achievements.
5
Such information shall be made available to the pupil no later than 30th September next following the end of the school year during or at the end of which the pupil left the school.
Transfer of information when a pupil changes school
10
1
Subject to pargaraph (4) and regulation 11, where a pupil ceases to be a registered pupil at a maintained school (his “old” school) and becomes a registered pupil at another school (his “new ” school), the head teacher of the pupil’s old school shall within the time referred to in paragraph (3) send the information referred to in paragraph (2) and any other educational record to the head teacher of his new school.
2
The information is —
a
the subject and attainment level target achieved by the pupil in each of the core subjects shown by his most recent and all previous assessments (where available) in accordance with the statutory arrangements specifying —
i
in the case of assessments in respect of the final year of Key Stage 1, both teacher and NC task assessed levels; and
ii
in the case of assessments in respect of the final year of the second or third key stage, levels assessed by both teacher assessment and the results of any NC tests;
b
in the case of assessments in the final year of the third key stage —
i
the most recent and all previous (where available) teacher assessed levels in accordance with the statutory arrangements in respect of the subject and attainment target levels achieved by the pupil in design and technology and a modern foreign language and the teacher assessed levels achieved by the pupil in geography, history and information technology; and
ii
a brief statement indicating what the pupil has achieved in relation to the end of key stage descriptions for art, music and physical education as assessed in accordance with the statutory arrangements;
c
in the case of a pupil of compulsory school age —
i
if he is in the first or second key stage, his teachers' most recent assessments of his achievements in relation to all attainment targets in the core subjects in accordance with the statutory arrangements since the later of his last assessment in accordance with the statutory arrangements and his admission to the old school,
ii
if he is in the third or fourth key stage, the information referred to in (i) above together with his teachers' most recent assessments of his achievements in relation to all attainment targets in the non core subjects; and
d
any results held by the school of any public examinations taken and details of vocational qualifications achieved by him (including results of such examinations taken and details of such qualifications achieved, when the pupil was a registered pupil at another maintained school).
3
The head teacher of the pupil’s old school shall send the information within fifteen school days of the pupil’s ceasing to be registered at the schoool.
4
This regulation does not apply where it is not reasonably practicable for the head teacher of the old school to ascertain the pupil’s new school or where the pupil was registered at his old school for less than four weeks.
5
Notwithstanding paragraph (4) if the head teacher of the pupil’s old school receives at any time a request from the head teacher of the pupil’s new school for a report about the pupil he shall send one containing the information referred to in paragraph (2) within fifteen school days of receiving the request.
Common Transfer Form
11
1
When a pupil ceases to be a registered pupil at a maintained school (his “old” school) and becomes a registered pupil at another school (his “new” school), the head teacher of the pupil’s old school shall record the information in respect of that pupil set out in the common transfer form in Part 1, 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 5 depending on whether that pupil is in the first, second, third or fourth key stage.
2
The head teacher shall send a copy of that record in the format set out in the appropriate part of Schedule 5, in either electronic or paper form, to the head teacher of the new school.
3
Regulation 10(3) to (5) shall apply in relation to this regulation.
4
Where the head teacher of the old school sends a completed common transfer form to the head teacher of the new school that satisfies the obligation in regulation 10 to send the information referred to in paragraph (2) of that regulation.
Translation
12
If it appears requisite to the head teacher of any school that any information which these Regulations require him to make available should be translated into a language other than English, it shall be so translated and these Regulations shall apply to the translated information as they apply to the original information.
Revocations
13
The Regulations listed in Schedule 6 are hereby revoked in relation to England.
Jacqui Smith
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
9th February 2000


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Title, commencement and extent
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Undersized Edible Crabs Order 2000 and shall come into force on 28th August 2000.
2
Except for —
a
article 3; and
b
article 5 in so far as it applies to the enforcement of article 3 of this Order,
this Order extends to Northern Ireland.
Interpretation
2
1
In this Order —
“ the Act ” means the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967;
“Eastern Sea Fisheries District” means the sea fisheries district defined in article 2 of the Eastern Sea Fisheries District (Variation) Order 1978 ;
“edible crab” means crab of the species Cancer pagurus ;
“size”, in relation to an edible crab, means the maximum width of the carapace measured perpendicular to the antero-posterior midline of the carapace and shall be measured as shown in Schedule 1 to this Order.
2
In this Order —
a
the term “within relevant British fishery limits” does not include:
i
the territorial sea adjacent to Wales;
ii
the territorial sea adjacent to the Isle of Man;
iii
the territorial sea adjacent to the Bailiwick of Jersey; and,
iv
seas within British fishery limits adjacent to Guernsey, as defined by section 8 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 ;
b
any reference to any relevant British fishing boat “wherever it may be” does not include such a fishing boat while in the territorial sea adjacent to Wales;
c
the term “any equivalent order” means any other order made under section 6 of the Act, extending to any part of the United Kingdom, which prohibits the landing in any part of the United Kingdom of edible crabs which have not attained a size of 130 millimetres and have been caught in waters within British fishery limits which are outside the Eastern Sea Fisheries District.
Prescribed minimum size for edible crabs landed in certain areas outside the Eastern Sea Fisheries District
3
1
For the purposes of section 1(1) of the Act (which prohibits the landing in England and Wales of any sea fish of any description, being a fish of a smaller size than such size as may be prescribed in relation to sea fish of that description), there is hereby prescribed as the minimum size for edible crab, in relation to each area specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order, the appropriate size specified for the particular sex of edible crab specified in relation to that area in column 2 of that Schedule.
2
Landings from foreign fishing boats shall be exempt from the prohibition imposed by section 1(1) of the Act as read with paragraph (1) above.
Prohibition on landing edible crabs caught outside the Eastern Sea Fisheries District
4
1
Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), it is prohibited to land in England or Northern Ireland edible crabs which —
a
have not attained a size of 130 millimetres; and
b
have been caught in any waters within British fishery limits which are outside the Eastern Sea Fisheries District.
2
The prohibition in paragraph (1) applies only to landings from a relevant British fishing boat or a Scottish fishing boat.
3
This article shall not affect the application of article 3 of the Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures) Order 2000 .
Powers of British sea-fishery officers in relation to fishing boats
5
1
For the purpose of the enforcement of sections 1(1) and 6 of the Act as read with this Order or any equivalent order, a British sea-fishery officer may exercise the powers conferred by paragraphs (2) to (4) below —
a
in relation to any relevant British fishing boat, wherever it may be; and
b
in any waters adjacent to the United Kingdom and within relevant British fishery limits in relation to any Scottish fishing boat.
2
He may go on board the boat, with or without persons assigned to assist him in his duties, and for that purpose may require the boat to stop and do anything else which will facilitate the boarding of the boat.
3
He may require the attendance of the master and other persons on board the boat and may make any examination and inquiry which appears to him to be necessary for the purpose mentioned in paragraph (1) above and, in particular —
a
may examine any fish on the boat and the equipment of the boat including the fishing gear, and require persons on board the boat to do anything which appears to him to be necessary for facilitating the examination;
b
may require any person on board the boat to produce any document relating to the boat, to its fishing operations or other operations ancillary thereto or to the persons on board which is in his custody or possession and may take copies of any such document;
c
for the purpose of ascertaining whether the master, owner or charterer of the boat has committed an offence under section 1 or 6 of the Act as read with this Order or any equivalent order, may search the boat for any such document and may require any person on board the boat to do anything which appears to him to be necessary for facilitating the search; and
d
where the boat is one in relation to which he has reason to suspect that such an offence has been committed, may seize and detain any such document produced to him or found on board for the purpose of enabling the document to be used as evidence in proceedings for the offence,
but nothing in sub-paragraph (d) above shall permit any document required by law to be carried on board the boat to be seized and detained except while the boat is detained in a port.
4
Where it appears to a British sea-fishery officer that a contravention of this Order, or any equivalent order, has at any time taken place within British fishery limits he may —
a
require the master of the boat in relation to which the contravention took place to take, or may himself take, the boat and its crew to the port which appears to him to be the nearest convenient port, and
b
detain or require the master to detain the boat in the port;
and where such an officer detains or requires the detention of a boat he shall serve on the master notice in writing stating that the boat will be or is required to be detained until the notice is withdrawn by the service on the master of a further notice in writing signed by a British sea-fishery officer.
Revocation
6
1
The Undersized Crabs Order 1986 and the Undersized Crabs (Variation) Order 1989 are hereby revoked except in so far as:
a
they form part of the law of Scotland; or
b
they have effect in relation to Wales.
2
For the purposes of paragraph (1), “Wales” has the same meaning as in section 155(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998 .
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
19th July 2000
John Reid
Secretary of State for Scotland
21st July 2000
Paul Murphy
Secretary of State for Wales
24th July 2000
Peter Mandelson
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
20th July 2000


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Citation, commencement, interpretation and application
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Geography) (England) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st August 2000.
2
In this Order —
“The Document” means the Document published by the Stationery Office entitled “Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Geography” .
3
This Order applies only to pupils at:
a
any community, foundation or voluntary school; or
b
any community or foundation special school not established in a hospital,
in England.
Revocation
2
The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Geography) (England) Order 1998 . is hereby revoked.
Specification of attainment targets and programmes of study
3
It is hereby directed that the provisions relating to attainment targets and programmes of study set out in the Document shall have effect for the purposes of specifying attainment targets and programmes of study in relation to Geography.
4
The examples [and other passages] printed in grey text within square brackets in the Document (which serve to illustrate the programmes of study described therein [or relate to background information]) do not form part of the provisions made by this Order.
Jacqui Smith
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
13th June 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the GLA Side Roads (London Borough of Lewisham) 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 Lewisham 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
12th May 2000


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Citation, commencement and revocation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Land Registration (Conduct of Business) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 2nd October 2000.
2
The Land Registration (Conduct of Business) Regulations 1997 are revoked.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations —
a
“ the Act ” means the Land Registration Act 1925;
b
“the hearings procedure rules” means the Land Registration (Hearings Procedure) Rules 2000 ;
c
“the principal rules” means the Land Registration Rules 1925 ;
d
“qualified registrar” means a registrar who has a 10 year general qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 ; and
e
“Schedule” means the schedule to this order.
Solicitor to HM Land Registry
3
1
The acts of the Registrar to which this regulation applies may be done for all purposes by a single qualified registrar nominated by the Registrar.
2
The registrar nominated under paragraph (1) shall be styled Solicitor to H.M. Land Registry.
Acts of the Registrar which may be done by the Solicitor to H.M. Land Registry
4
Regulation 3 applies to the acts of the Registrar which are authorised or required to be done in pursuance of —
a
the provisions of the Act specified in the first column of Part I of the Schedule, subject to the limitation, if any, specified in the second column thereof;
b
the provisions of the principal rules specified in the first column of Part II of the Schedule, subject to the limitation, if any, specified in the second column thereof;
c
rules 2 to 19 of the hearings procedure rules.
Vacancy in office of, or absence of, the Solicitor to H.M. Land Registry
5
1
During a vacancy in the office of, or in the absence of, the Solicitor to H.M. Land Registry, the acts of the Registrar to which regulation 3 applies may be done by another qualified registrar nominated by the Registrar.
2
Any registrar acting under the authority of paragraph (1) shall, while so acting, be styled Acting Solicitor to H.M. Land Registry.
3
A registrar must not do any act under paragraph (1) in relation to a matter if he has had any dealing with that matter otherwise than pursuant to paragraph (1).
Determination of matters under rule 299 of the principal rules
6
1
Subject to paragraph (3), for the purposes of determining a matter under rule 299 of the principal rules (hearing before the Registrar) and making an order as to costs following such a determination, the acts of the Registrar to which regulation 3 applies may be done by any qualified registrar who has been nominated by the Registrar to have the conduct of hearings.
2
Any registrar acting under the authority of paragraph (1) shall, while so acting, be styled Deputy Solicitor to H.M. Land Registry.
3
A registrar must not do any act under paragraph (1) in relation to a matter if he has had any dealing with that matter otherwise than pursuant to paragraph (1).
Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor
Jane Kennedy
Parliamentary Secretary,
Lord Chancellor’s Department
Dated 3rd August 2000