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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Nursery Education (England) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 11th February 2000.
2
These Regulations apply only in relation to England.
3
In these Regulations–
“ the Act ” means the Nursery Education and Grant-Maintained Schools Act 1996; and
“grant” means a grant made under arrangements under section 1 of the Act.
Definition of accredited child minder
2
In these Regulations–
“accredited child minder” means a person who at the relevant time is–
registered by a local education authority under section 71(1)(a) of the Children Act 1989 ;
acting as a child minder for the purposes of Part X of that Act within the local authority’s area, and
accredited by a recognised organisation or by a body or group of people approved by a recognised organisation for purposes including the bestowing of such accreditation; “recognised” means recognised by the Secretary of State for purposes including the accreditation of registered child minders; and
“the relevant time” means any period of time during which nursery education in respect of which grant is claimed is provided by the person.
Revocation
3
The following Regulations are hereby revoked–
a
the Nursery Education (England) Regulations 1998 ;
b
the Nursery Education (England) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 ; and
c
the Nursery Education (England) (Amendment) ( No. 2) Regulations 1999 .
Nursery Education
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1
For the purposes of section 1(2)(b) of the Act (prescribing a time, earlier than the time in section 1(2)(a), after which education provided for children is nursery education) there is prescribed the day immediately preceding whichever is the later of–
a
the start of the first term starting after the child has attained the age of 3 years; or
b
if the child’s third birthday falls within one of the periods specified in paragraph (2), the start of the term following the term referred to in that paragraph.
2
The periods referred to in paragraph (1) and regulation 8(7) are, in any year–
a
the period commencing on 1st April and ending with the start of the Summer term of that year;
b
the period commencing on 1st September and ending with the start of the Autumn term of that year; and
c
the period commencing on 1st January and ending with the start of the Spring term of that year.
3
For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) “term” means the term kept in relation to the education provided, or to be provided, or under consideration, for the child, as the case may be, and, in any year, Spring term, Summer term and Autumn term mean, respectively, the term which starts in January, in April and in September.
Recipients of grant
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Grants may be made (in addition to grants made to local education authorities under section 1(3)(a) of the Act), to–
a
local authorities which provide day care under section 18 of the Children Act 1989;
b
persons registered by a local authority under section 71(1)(b) of that Act (persons providing day care for children under the age of eight on non-domestic premises) or who would be required to be so registered if that Act applied to the Crown;
c
proprietors of independent schools to whom the Secretary of State has given notice of final registration of the school under section 465(3) of the Education Act 1996 ;
d
proprietors of independent schools the registration of which under that section is provisional, being schools providing nursery education for children with statements of special educational needs with the consent of the Secretary of State under section 347 of the Education Act 1996 or with the approval of the authority by which the statements are maintained;
e
proprietors of special schools not being maintained schools;
f
local authorities which provide nursery education at home for children with special educational needs; and
g
accredited child minders.
Amount of grant
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1
Paragraphs (2) to (5) apply for the purposes of regulations 7 and 8.
2
The following expressions have the following meanings–
“allowable unit cost” means the average cost per child to the provider of the nursery education of providing that education for the children for whom it is provided during the grant period;
“approved Early Years Development Plan” means an Early Years Development Plan which has been approved by the Secretary of State and in respect of which that approval is extant;
“Early Years Development Partnership” means a body established by a local education authority under section 119 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;
“Early Years Development Plan” means a statement and annexes prepared by a local education authority, in conjunction with the Early Years Development Partnership, pursuant to section 120 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, setting out their proposals for the provision of nursery education in their area;
“grant period” means a period referred to in paragraph (3) or paragraph (4), as the case may be;
“head count” means a count conducted by a provider of nursery education of the children attending for the purpose of nursery education during the week notified for the taking of the count by, in the case of provision taking place within an area in respect of which an approved Early Years Development Plan is operating, the local education authority and in any other case the Secretary of State;
“reckonable children” has the meaning given to it by regulation 7(8);
“Revenue Support Grant” has the meaning given to it by section 79 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 ;
“session” means any period during which nursery education is provided on any one day, disregarding any break of less than one hour;
“unit amount” means any amount specified by the Secretary of State for the purposes of determining grants.
3
Subject to paragraph (5), where the nursery education in respect of which grant is made is provided at a school, the amount of grant shall be determined in respect of a period (“the grant period”) comprising a term.
4
Subject to paragraph (5), where the nursery education in respect of which grant is made is provided otherwise than at a school, the amount of grant shall be determined in respect of a period (“the grant period”) which is equivalent, or approximates to, a school term.
5
Where the nursery education in respect of which a grant is made is provided in an area in respect of which an approved Early Years Development Plan is in place, and that plan provides for the payment of grant to be made in respect of the period of half a term then the grant period for the purposes of paragraph (3) or, as the case may be paragraph (4), shall be half a term or half a school term, respectively.
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1
The provision of this regulation shall apply for determining the manner of counting children for the purposes of regulation 8.
2
For each grant period, only those children may be counted who either–
a
attend at least one session of nursery education provided by the provider during the week in which the head count takes place, or
b
only fail so to attend because of illness or for some other exceptional reason but are at that time genuinely expected to take up the place which the provider has allocated to them.
3
Except in the case of a child in relation to whom paragraph (4) or (5) applies, for the purposes of determining the number of children for whom a provider is providing nursery education in any grant period every such child shall count towards that number as a whole child.
4
Except in the case of a child in relation to whom paragraph (5) applies or for the purposes of regulation 8(5), where, throughout a grant period, a provider provides nursery education for a child for fewer than 5 sessions per week, for the purposes of determining the number of children for whom nursery education places are provided that child shall count towards that number to the extent obtained by applying the following formula–
A × S 5
where
A is the child and S is the number of sessions of nursery education provided each week for the child (or if, during the grant period, a different number of sessions is provided in different weeks, the average such number).
5
For the purposes of regulation 8(6) only, this paragraph applies throughout a grant period, if, in that period, for any number of weeks the following conditions are both met, namely–
a
that for that week or each of those weeks two or more providers each provide nursery education for the child; and
b
that in respect of that week or each of those weeks, the total number of sessions for which grant is claimed by those providers in respect of the child exceeds 5.
6
Where paragraph (5) applies, for the purposes of determining the number of children for whom a provider is providing nursery education, the child in question shall count towards that number to the extent obtained by applying the following formulae–
a
in a case in which the conditions in paragraph (5) are met during every week in which nursery education is provided for the child throughout the grant period, the formula is
A × P T
where
A is the child, P is the average number of sessions of nursery education provided by the provider for the child each week during the grant period and T is the average of the total number of all sessions of nursery education provided for the child each week during the grant period for which grant is claimed;
b
in a case in which the conditions in paragraph (5) apply for a number of weeks (“N weeks”) during the grant period that are fewer than the total number of weeks (“W weeks”) in which nursery education is provided for the child, and for each of the remaining weeks (“W–N weeks”) grant is claimed in respect of the child by only one provider and nursery education is provided by that provider for fewer than 5 sessions, the formula is
A × N ( P ÷ T ) + ( W - N ) ( Q ÷ 5 ) W
where
A is the child, P is the average number of sessions of nursery education provided by the provider during each of the weeks in which the conditions are met, T is the average of the total number of all sessions of nursery education provided for the child each such week and Q is the average number of sessions provided for the child by the provider in each week in which the conditions are not, or one of the conditions is not, met;
c
in any other case in which the conditions in paragraph (6) apply for a number of weeks (“N weeks”) during the grant period that are fewer than the total number of weeks (“W weeks”) in which nursery education is provided for the child, and for the remaining weeks (“W–N weeks”) nursery education is provided for the child by one provider, the formula is
A × N ( P ÷ T ) + ( W - N ) W
where
A is the child, P is the average number of sessions of nursery education provided by the provider during each of the weeks in which the conditions are met, and T is the average of the total number of all sessions of nursery education provided for the child each such week.
8
For the purposes of regulation 8(2), the number of reckonable children is given by subtracting from the number of children for whom places are provided at such schools as are mentioned there for the period in question the number of children provision of nursery education for whom during that period has been taken into account in calculating the Revenue Support Grant payable to the local education authority for the financial year in which that period falls.
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1
The provisions of this regulation shall have effect for determining the amount of grant payable to a provider of nursery education.
2
The amount of grant made to a local education authority for any grant period in respect of nursery education provided at schools maintained by them shall be the amount obtained by multiplying the unit amount by the number of reckonable children.
3
The amount of grant made to an authority for any period in respect of nursery education provided by them (other than provision in respect of which grant is made under paragraph (2) or would be made but for the effect of regulation 7(8)) shall be the amount obtained by multiplying the unit amount by the number of children for whom nursery education places are so provided for that period.
4
The amount of a grant made to a person (other than an authority or a local education authority) for any grant period in respect of nursery education provided by that person in respect of those children shall be the lesser of the amounts calculated in accordance with paragraphs (5) and (6).
5
In this paragraph, the amount is the amount obtained by multiplying the allowable unit cost by the number of those children for whom nursery education is so provided by that person during that period.
6
In this paragraph, the amount is the amount obtained by multiplying the unit amount by the number of those children for whom nursery education is so provided by that person during that period.
7
Subject to paragraph (8), the total amount of grant payable under this regulation in relation to the area of a local education authority in any financial year beginning on or after 1st April 1999 in respect of nursery education provided for children before whichever is the later of–
a
the start of the first term starting after the child has attained the age of 4 years; or
b
if the child’s fourth birthday falls within one of the periods specified in regulation 4(2), the start of the term following the term referred to in that paragraph,
shall not exceed such amount specified from time to time by the Secretary of State in relation to that local education authority area and that financial year (and for these purposes the Secretary of State may specify zero as an amount).
8
In respect of the area of a local education authority specified in the Schedule to the Nursery Education (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 the Secretary of State may not specify an amount under paragraph (7) above in respect of the financial year beginning on 1st April 1999 which is lower than the total amount of grant which has been paid or which is payable in accordance with regulation 3(1)(a) of the Nursery Education (England) Regulations 1998 under regulation 7 of those Regulations in respect of the Autumn term, or a period equivalent or approximate thereto, falling within that financial year.
Social Security information
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1
The information specified in paragraph (2) shall constitute information of a prescribed description for the purposes of paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 2 to the Act.
2
The information for the purposes of paragraph (1) shall be any information supplied to the Secretary of State in connection with a claim for, or in connection with the adjudication of a claim for, child benefit pursuant to Part IX of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and in particular–
a
the name, address and date of birth of the child or of each child in respect of whom child benefit is claimed; and
b
the name and address of the person by whom the claim for child benefit is made.
Inspection reports
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1
For the purposes of paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 26 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, there is prescribed, as the period within which a report of an inspection under paragraph 6 of that Schedule is to be made, 25 days beginning on the day following that on which the inspection is completed.
2
For the purposes of calculating the period prescribed by paragraph (1), no account shall be taken of Saturday, Sunday, Good Friday and Christmas Day or any day which is a bank holiday in England under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 .
3
In paragraph (4), “the local education authority” means the local education authority for the area in which the nursery education is provided and references to “any other local education authority” are references to any local education authority other than the local education authority.
4
For the purposes of paragraph 13(2) of Schedule 26 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 there are prescribed, as the authorities and persons to whom a copy of a report of an inspection shall be sent, the local education authority and–
a
in the case of nursery education provided at a school maintained by a local education authority, the head teacher of the school and (except in the case of a nursery school) the school’s governing body;
b
in the case of nursery education provided at a school having foundation governors, the person who appoints them;
c
in the case of nursery education provided at a school whose instrument of government names a person as sponsor, that person;
d
in the case of nursery education provided at an independent school, the head teacher of the school, the proprietors of the school, the Registrar of Independent Schools for England and, where the school is approved by the Secretary of State under section 347 of the Education Act (approval of independent schools for children with statements), any other local education authority paying fees in respect of the attendance of a registered pupil at the school;
e
in the case of nursery education provided at a special school which is not maintained by a local education authority, the head teacher of the school, the proprietors of the school and any other local education authority paying fees in respect of the attendance of a registered pupil at the school;
f
in the case of nursery education provided by a local authority under section 18 of the Children Act 1989, the local authority and the person in charge of the place at which the education is provided;
g
in the case of nursery education provided by a person registered by a local authority under section 71(1)(b) of the Children Act 1989, that person and the registering authority;
h
in the case of nursery education provided by a person who would be required to be so registered in that Act applied to the Crown, that person and the Secretary of State;
i
in the case of nursery education provided by a local authority at home to children with special educational needs, that authority; and
j
in the case of nursery education provided by an accredited child minder, that accredited child minder.
Inspection intervals
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For the purpose of paragraph 6(1)(a) of Schedule 26 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 it is hereby prescribed that relevant nursery education, as defined in paragraph 1 of that Schedule, shall be inspected by a registered nursery education inspector at intervals of four years.
Margaret Hodge
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
19th January 2000


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jurisdiction: UK

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This Order may be cited as the Air Navigation (Jersey) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st June 2000.
2
The Air Navigation (Jersey) Order 1972 is hereby revoked, but any Regulations made by virtue of that Order shall remain in force as if they had been made by virtue of the corresponding provisions of this Order.
3
In this Order, the expression “Jersey” means the Bailiwick of Jersey and the territorial waters adjacent thereto.
4
The Air Navigation (No.2) Order 1995 , as amended by the Air Navigation Order 1996 , the Air Navigation (Second Amendment) Order 1997 , the Air Navigation (Third Amendment) Order 1998 , the Air Navigation (Fourth) Amendment) Order 1999 and the Air Navigation (Fifth Amendment) Order 1999 , shall apply in relation to Jersey with the exceptions and modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order
A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council


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This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Increase of Registration Limits) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
2
Schedule 1 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 shall be amended as follows —
a
in paragraphs 1(1)(a), 1(1)(b), 1(2)(a) and 1(2)(b) for “£51,000” there shall be substituted “£52,000”; and
b
in paragraphs 1(3), 4(1) and 4(2) for “£49,000” there shall be substituted “£50,000”.
3
Schedule 3 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 shall be amended in paragraphs 1(1), 1(2), 2(1)(a), 2(1)(b) and 2(2) by substituting “£52,000” for “£51,000”.
David Jamieson
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
21st March 2000


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Preliminary
Citation and commencement
1
These rules may be cited as the Land Registration (Hearings Procedure) Rules 2000 and shall come into force on 2nd October 2000.
PART I
THE OVERRIDING OBJECTIVE
Application of the Overriding Objective
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1
The overriding objective of these rules is to enable the Registrar to deal with cases justly.
2
Dealing with a case justly includes, so far as is practicable:
a
ensuring that the parties are on an equal footing;
b
saving expense;
c
dealing with the case in ways which are proportionate —
i
to the value of the land or other interests involved,
ii
to the importance of the case,
iii
to the complexity of the issues, and
iv
to the financial position of each party; and
d
ensuring that it is dealt with expeditiously and fairly.
3
The Registrar must seek to give effect to the overriding objective when he:
a
exercises any power given to him by rule 299 of the principal rules or these rules; or
b
interprets any provision contained in rule 299 of the principal rules or these rules.
4
The parties are required to help the Registrar to maintain the overriding objective.
PART II
THE DECISION TO CONDUCT A HEARING
Notice of intention to hear
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1
Where the Registrar is to conduct a hearing to determine a matter under rule 299 of the principal rules he must serve a notice of his intention to hear on all parties to the dispute. Such notice must name the parties to the proceedings and must include, in a form approved by the Registrar, guidance relating to the rules of evidence and procedure which apply to the hearing. The notice must also inform the parties of the time and place of the hearing.
2
When he receives the notice of intention to hear, a party must notify the Registrar whether or not he intends to attend or be represented at the hearing and whether or not he intends to call witnesses.
3
If a party does not intend to attend or be represented at the hearing, he may send to the Registrar written representations in support of his contentions.
Representation at hearing
4
— At any oral hearing, a party may conduct his case himself or may appear and be represented or assisted by any person whether or not legally qualified:
Provided that if in any particular case the Registrar is satisfied that there is sufficient reason for doing so, he may refuse to permit a particular person to represent or assist a party at the hearing.
PART III
PREPARATION FOR A HEARING
Addition and substitution of parties
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1
If it appears to the Registrar, whether on the application of a party or otherwise, that it is desirable that any person be made a party to the proceedings, the Registrar may direct that such person be added as a new party and may give consequential directions, including directions as to the delivery and service of documents.
2
The Registrar may direct that any person cease to be a party if it is not desirable for that person to be a party to the proceedings.
3
The Registrar may direct that a new party be substituted for an existing one if the existing party’s interest or liability has passed to the new party and it is desirable to substitute the new party so that the Registrar can resolve the matters in dispute in the proceedings.
Directions in preparation for a hearing
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1
The Registrar may at any time, on the application of a party or otherwise, give such directions as are provided in this part of these rules (including the issue of a witness summons) to enable the parties to prepare for the hearing or to assist the Registrar to determine the issues.
2
An application by a party for directions must be in writing addressed to the Registrar and, unless accompanied by the written consent of all the parties, must first be served by that applicant on any other party who might be affected by such directions. If a party objects to the directions sought, the Registrar must consider the objection and, if he considers it necessary for the determination of the application, must give the parties an opportunity of appearing before him.
3
Directions containing a requirement under this part of these rules must include a statement of the possible consequences for the application or the objection as provided by rule 12 of these rules, of a party’s failure to comply with the requirement within any time limit imposed by the Registrar.
Facts and issues to be decided
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The Registrar may give directions requiring a party to provide a statement of the facts in dispute or issues to be decided or a summary of the arguments upon which a party intends to rely.
Further information and supplementary statements
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The Registrar may give directions requiring a party to provide such further information or supplementary statements as may be reasonably required for the determination of the matters in issue in the proceedings.
Disclosure and inspection of documents
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1
The Registrar may give directions:
a
requiring a party to deliver to the Registrar any document or other material which the Registrar may require and which is in the control of that party, and the Registrar may make such provision as he thinks necessary to supply copies of any document obtained under this rule to other parties to the proceedings;
b
requiring a party to permit another party to inspect and take copies of any document or other material which is in his control;
c
specifying the time and place for disclosure and inspection.
2
For the purpose of this rule a party has a document or other material in his control if:
a
it is in his physical possession;
b
he has a right to possession of it; or
c
he has a right to inspect or take copies of it.
3
It will be a condition of the supply of any document or other material under this rule that a party may only use the document or material supplied for the purpose of the proceedings in which it was disclosed.
Witness summonses
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1
The Registrar may by summons under the seal of the Land Registry require any persons in England and Wales to attend as a witness at any hearing at the date, time and place specified in the summons to answer any questions which relate to any matter in question.
2
The witness summons will be binding only if, when it is served:
a
the witness is given at least seven days' notice of the hearing, or shorter notice if he has informed the Registrar that he will accept such notice as he has been given; and
b
the witness is paid or offered the necessary payment of his expenses.
3
A witness summons must normally be served by the person on whose behalf it is issued but if, exceptionally, the Registrar agrees to effect service the person issuing the summons must deposit with the Registrar payment of the witness’s expenses.
4
A witness summons must be in the form appearing in the Schedule to these rules.
Experts
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No party may call an expert or put in evidence an expert’s report without the Registrar’s permission.
Failure to comply with directions
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1
Where a party has failed to comply with a direction under these rules given by the Registrar, any affected party may apply to the Registrar for a sanction to be imposed on the defaulting party.
2
A sanction imposed under paragraph (1) may include the following:
a
if the defaulting party is an applicant: cancellation of his application in whole or part;
b
if the defaulting party is a person who has objected to an application: giving effect to the application in whole or in part as if the objection, or part of the objection, had not been made;
c
if the defaulting party has lodged any caution or is the personal representative of such a person: cancellation of the caution.
3
A party who intends to apply for such a sanction must do so without delay but must first notify the defaulting party of his intention to do so.
Application to set aside or vary directions made without notice
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1
Any party served with directions made on application but on whom a copy of the application made in support of the directions was not served may apply to the Registrar to have it set aside or varied.
2
Any application under this rule must be made within 7 days after the date on which the directions were served on the person making the application.
Publication of hearings
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The Registrar must publish details of all listed hearings at the Headquarters office of Her Majesty’s Land Registry at 32 Lincoln’s Inn Fields London WC2A 3PH.
PART IV
DETERMINATION OF APPLICATIONS
Hearings to be in public: exceptions
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1
Hearings must be in public unless and to the extent that the Registrar is satisfied that it is just and reasonable to exclude the public.
2
The requirement for a hearing to be in public does not require the Registrar to make special arrangements for accommodating members of the public.
3
The Registrar may exclude from the hearing, or any part of it, any person whose conduct has disrupted or is likely, in the opinion of the Registrar, to disrupt the hearing.
Absence of parties
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1
If any party does not attend and is not represented at any hearing of which he has received notice in accordance with these rules, the Registrar may:
a
unless he is satisfied that the reasons for absence are justified, hear and determine the application in the party’s absence; or
b
adjourn the hearing.
2
Before deciding any application in the absence of any party, the Registrar must consider all evidence and written representations already submitted by the absent party.
Decision of Registrar
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1
The decision of the Registrar may be given orally at the end of the hearing or reserved and in every case, including where the Registrar decides a matter without an oral hearing under rule 299(2) of the principal rules, must be recorded in an order under the seal of the Land Registry and served by the Registrar on every party to the proceedings to which it relates.
2
The Registrar may at any time correct an accidental slip or omission in any order.
3
The Registrar must send to all parties his reasons in writing for any order which finally disposes of a matter unless it was made after delivery of a reasoned judgment at the hearing.
PART V
MISCELLANEOUS AND INTERPRETATION
Service of documents
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1
For the purposes of these rules, a party may give an address for service of any order, direction, notice or other document, but in the case of a registered proprietor or cautioner unless otherwise specified his address for service shall be the address given on the register.
2
Where these rules require or authorise any order, direction, notice or other document to be served on or delivered to any person, they may be sent by post to his address for service or, where no address for service has been given, his registered office, principal place of business, head or main office or last known address, as appropriate. Any notice, application or other document addressed to the Registrar must be sent to 32 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH, or as he otherwise directs.
3
Any order, direction, notice or other document required or authorised under these rules to be served on, or delivered to, an unincorporated body may be sent to its secretary, manager or similar officer.
4
Every order, direction, notice or other document served under these rules by post will be assumed, in the absence of contrary evidence, to have been delivered in the normal course of post.
5
The Registrar may direct that service under these rules of any order, direction, notice or other document be dispensed with or permit service by an alternative method.
6
Rule 311(1) of the principal rules does not apply to any notice required or authorised to be served on or delivered to any person under these rules.
7
The following provisions of the principal rules do not apply to any notice or other document required or authorised to be served on or delivered to any person under these rules:
a
rule 311(3);
b
rule 313;
c
rule 315.
Time
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1
The Registrar may vary the time limit set by any order or direction he has made or given and may change the date appointed for a hearing or for any other purpose.
2
Where the last day to do any act falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, the act shall be in time if done on the next following day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.
Interpretation
20
In these rules —
“the principal rules” means the Land Registration Rules 1925 .
Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor
Jane Kennedy
Parliamentary Secretary,
Lord Chancellor’s Department
Dated 3rd August 2000


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Title, extent, commencement and duration
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1
This Order may be cited as the Mink Keeping (England) Order 2000, shall extend to England and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by resolution of each House of Parliament or on 1st January 2001, whichever is the later.
2
This Order shall cease to have effect on 1st January 2004.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
“ the Act ” means the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932; and
“mink” means the animal of the species Mustela vison.
Keeping of mink
3
1
The keeping of mink is prohibited absolutely on any off-shore island of England other than the Isle of Wight.
2
The keeping of mink within the remainder of England is prohibited, except under a licence granted under the Act.
Exceptions to application of the Act
4
In the application of the Act in relation to mink, there shall be omitted section 5(2) and, in section 6(1), paragraph (f) and the reference to a penalty in the case of an offence under paragraph (f).
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
22nd November 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 Modern Foreign Languages) (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 Modern Foreign Languages” .
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 Modern Foreign Languages) Order 1995 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 Modern Foreign Languages.
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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Title and commencement
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This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Stage IV) Designation Order 2000 and shall come into force on 5th December 2000.
Interpretation
2
1
In this Order —
“agreement” means an agreement made under section 18(3) of the Agriculture Act 1986 as respects agricultural land in any of the areas designated by Article 3 and Part 1 of the relevant Schedule, whether made before or after the coming into force of this Order;
“capital activity” means an activity specified in Part 2 of the relevant Schedule;
“conservation plan” means a plan incorporated into an agreement for the carrying out of one or more capital activities within a specified period;
“cultivated land” means land which is regularly ploughed or otherwise cultivated or that is regularly treated with fertilizers;
“grassland” means land on which the vegetation consists primarily of grass species;
“management activity” means an activity specified in Part 3 of the relevant Schedule;
“Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;
“public access route” means a strip of land which is the subject of an agreement and to which access is given to the public;
“woodland” means land used for woodland where that use is ancillary to the farming of land for other agricultural purposes.
2
In this Order, any reference to an article or Schedule is to an article of, or Schedule to, this Order, and a reference to “the relevant Schedule” means Schedule 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 as the case may be.
3
Part IV of the relevant Schedule shall have effect for the purpose of interpreting Parts II and III thereof.
Designation of Stage IV environmentally sensitive areas
3
There are hereby designated as environmentally sensitive areas the areas of land described in Part 1 of Schedules 1 to 6.
Matters in respect of which payments may be made
4
1
Payments to be made by the Minister under an agreement may be made in respect of a capital activity or a management activity.
2
In the case of agreements made on or after 31st August 1999, payments may not be made in respect of —
a
item 13 or 14 in Part 3 of Schedule 3; or
b
item 10 or 11 in Part 3 of Schedule 6.
Rates of payment
5
1
In the case of a management activity, payments to be made by the Minister under an agreement shall not exceed the rate specified in respect of that activity in column 2 of Part 3 of the relevant Schedule, as the case may be, to this Order.
2
Any works which form part of an activity which constitutes both a management activity and a capital activity may by virtue of an agreement be eligible for payment either as part of a management activity or as part of a capital activity, but the agreement, together with any conservation plan incorporated in it, shall not provide for payment to be made on both such bases in respect of the same works.
Revocation of existing legislation and saving
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1
Subject to paragraph (2), the Orders are revoked.
2
The Orders, including (so far as relevant) any saving provisions they contain, shall continue to apply in relation to payments to a farmer in respect of a relevant activity which relates, wholly or in part, to any period before 1st September 2000.
3
In this article, “the Orders” means the Orders specified in Schedule 7 to this Order and “relevant activity” means any activity in respect of which the Orders, either in terms or by reference to any other Order, specify a payment rate or maximum payment rate in pounds sterling per hectare per annum.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
9th November 2000
We consent,
Jim Dowd and Clive Betts
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
13th November 2000


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Citation and commencement
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This Order may be cited as the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 Statutory Sum Order 2000 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Statutory sum for the purposes of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979
2
For the purposes of section 1(1A) of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 the statutory sum is £100,000.
Revocation
3
The Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 Statutory Sum Order 1998 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security
Hugh Bayley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
20th July 2000
We consent,
Jim Dowd
Clive J. C. Betts
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
21st July 2000


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Citation and commencement
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These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Work Abroad) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 2nd April 2000.
Amendment of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Work Abroad) Regulations 1987
2
1
Regulation 2 of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Work Abroad) Regulations 1987 (special provision for certain persons who have been employed abroad) shall be amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (2)–
a
for the words from “Where a woman has paid” to “at the reduced rate either” there shall be substituted the words “Where a woman has paid, or is treated as having actually paid, Class 1 contributions under the Act either”;
b
for the words from “and as having actually paid Class 1 contributions ” to the end there shall be substituted the words “and for any such week, and for any weeks following the period of that liability and before the date of her return to Great Britain so far as those weeks are relevant to her claim for a maternity allowance, as having received an amount of specified payments for the purposes of section 35A(4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 equal to the lower earnings limit in force on the last day of that week”.
3
In paragraph (3)–
a
in sub-paragraph (a) the words “otherwise than at the reduced rate” shall be omitted;
b
for the words “and as having actually paid Class 1 contributions for each week of her absence” there shall be substituted the words “and for each week of her absence as having received an amount of specified payments for the purposes of section 35A(4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 equal to the lower earnings limit in force on the last day of that week”.
4
In paragraph (4) –
a
in sub-paragraph (a) the words “otherwise than at the reduced rate” shall be omitted;
b
for the words “and in which she actually paid Class 1 contributions ” there shall be substituted the words “and in each week of which she received an amount of specified payments for the purposes of section 35A(4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 equal to the lower earnings limit in force on the last day of that week”.
5
In paragraph (6) for the words “and as having actually paid Class 1 contributions” there shall be substituted the words “and as having received an amount of specified payments for the purposes of section 35A(4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 equal to the lower earnings limit in force on the last day of each of those weeks”.
Bob Ainsworth
Greg Pope
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
8th March 2000
Alistair Darling
The Secretary of State for Social Security hereby concurs
9th March 2000


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These Regulations may be cited as the Assured and Protected Tenancies (Lettings to Students) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st November 2000.
2
Schedule 2 to the Assured and Protected Tenancies (Lettings to Students) Regulations 1998 shall be amended in relation to England by the insertion at the appropriate place of “SOAS Homes Limited”.
Malcolm Wicks,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
3rd October 2000


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Therapeutic Earnings Limits) Amendments Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 2nd October 2000.
Amendment of the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982
2
In regulation 16 of the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982 (earnings level that does not disqualify for unemployability supplement), for the amount “£3,042.00” there shall be substituted “£3,094.00”.
Amendment of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations 1994
3
In regulation 8 of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations 1994 (limit of earnings from councillor’s allowance), for the amount “£58.50” there shall be substituted “£59.50”.
Amendment of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations 1995
4
In paragraph (2)(a) of regulation 17 of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations 1995 (exempt work), for the amount “£58.50” there shall be substituted “£59.50”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Hugh Bayley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
26th 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 English) (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 English” .
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 English) Order 1995 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 English.
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
1
This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Agreement between the European Community and its Member States and the Swiss Confederation on the Free Movement of Persons) Order 2000.
2
This Order shall come into force in respect of the treaty specified in the Schedule to this Order on the date on which the treaty enters into force for the United Kingdom. This date will be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.
Specification as Community Treaty
2
The treaty specified in the Schedule to this Order is to be regarded as a Community Treaty as defined in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.
A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the GLA Side Roads (London Borough of Newham) 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 Newham 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
1
This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2000.
Appointed day
2
The day appointed for the coming into force of section 10 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (late payments by employers to occupational pension schemes) is 3rd April 2000.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Jeff Rooker
Minister of State,
Department of Social Security
7th March 2000


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Citation and commencement
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These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration and Asylum Appeals (One-Stop Procedure) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 2nd October 2000.
Interpretation
2
1
In these Regulations —
“ the Act ” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999;
“the 1997 Act ” means the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 ;
“claim” means a claim to which section 75 applies;
“decision-taker” means the Secretary of State or an immigration officer, as the case may be;
“notice” means a section 74 or section 75 notice, as the case may be;
“representative” means a person who appears to the decision-taker —
to be the representative of a requisite person; and
not to be prohibited from acting as a representative by section 84 of the Act;
“requisite person” means the person on whom the notice is required to be served;
“section 74 notice” means a notice which is required to be served under section 74(4);
“section 75 notice” means a notice which is required to be served under section 75(2);
“statement” means the statement specifying additional grounds which the requisite person has or may have for wishing to enter or remain in the United Kingdom; and
“statement form” means the form shown in Part III of the Schedule to these Regulations.
2
Where reference is made in these Regulations to a form shown in the Schedule to these Regulations, that form, or a form to like effect, may be used with such variations as the circumstances may require.
3
In these Regulations, a section referred to by number alone is a reference to a section of the Act.
One-stop procedure
The notice
3
1
A section 74 notice is to be in the form shown in Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations.
2
A section 75 notice is to be in the form shown in Part II of the Schedule to these Regulations.
3
The notice is to —
a
provide a postal address to which the statement may be returned by post;
b
provide an address to which the statement may be returned by hand;
c
provide a fax number which may be used to return the statement by fax; and
d
be accompanied by a copy of the statement form.
4
The notice may be served —
a
by hand;
b
by fax; or
c
by sending it by postal service in which delivery or receipt is recorded to —
i
the last known or usual place of abode of the requisite person or his representative; or
ii
an address provided by him or his representative for correspondence.
5
The notice may be served on the requisite person by serving it on his representative.
6
If the notice is served by post, addressed to the requisite person, it is to be taken to have been received by the requisite person on the second day after the day on which it was posted, unless the contrary is proved.
The statement
4
1
The statement is to be made by completing in full, and in English, a statement form.
2
The statement form must be signed by the requisite person or his representative.
3
For the purposes of section 74(6)(b) (the period before the end of which a statement must be served in response to a section 74 notice) —
a
the period of ten days is prescribed, where the applicant is entitled to appeal under the Act;
b
the period of five days is prescribed, where the applicant is entitled to appeal under the 1997 Act.
4
for the purposes of section 75(3)(b) (the period before the end of which the statement must be served in response to a section 75 notice), the period of ten days is prescribed.
5
For the purposes of paragraphs (3) and (4) —
a
the prescribed period is to be calculated from the expiry of the day on which the notice was received by the requisite person or his representative; and
b
where the prescribed period —
i
expires on an excluded day, the statement is to be taken to have been served as required if served on the next day that is not an excluded day;
ii
includes an excluded day, that day is to be discounted.
6
The statement may be served —
a
by hand;
b
by post; or
c
by fax;
using the address or fax number specified in the notice.
7
The statement is to be taken to have been served as required on the day on which it is received at the address or fax number specified in the notice.
8
Unless paragraph (9) applies, where the requisite person is in custody, the statement may also be served by giving it to the person who has custody of the requisite person.
9
This paragraph applies where a section 74 notice has been served and the requisite person is entitled to appeal under the 1997 Act.
10
“Bank holiday” means a day that is specified in, or appointed under, the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 .
11
“Excluded day” means a Saturday, a Sunday, a bank holiday, Christmas Day, 27th to 31st December or Good Friday.
Applications of sections 73, 76 and 77 to section 75 notices
Application of sections 73, 76 and 77 to section 75 notices
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1
Subject to paragraph (2), this regulation applies if a claim is determined against a person on whom a section 75 notice has been served and that person appeals against the determination.
2
With the exception of the modification to section 77(5), this regulation does not apply if the claim is determined before the expiry of the period prescribed in regulation 4(4).
3
Section 73 applies to the appeal subject to the following modification.
4
In subsections (2)(a)(i) and (4) of section 73, the references to “ section 74” are to be read as references to “section 75”.
5
Section 76 applies to the appeal subject to the following modifications —
a
in subsection (1) —
i
the reference to “section 74(4)” is to be read as a reference to “ section 75(2)”; and
ii
the reference to “the Secretary of State” is to be read as a reference to “the person who is responsible for the determination of the claim”;
b
in subsection (5) —
i
the reference to “section 74(6)(b)” is to be read as a reference to “section 75(3)(b)”; and
ii
the reference to “the Secretary of State” is to be read as a reference to “the Secretary of State or an immigration officer”.
6
Section 77 applies to the appeal subject to the following modifications —
a
in subsection (2)(b), the reference to “any provision of section 76 ” is to be read as a reference to “any provision of section 76 as applied and modified by regulations made under section 75(6)”;
b
in subsection (5) —
i
the reference to “the Secretary of State” is to be read as a reference to “the person who is responsible for the determination of the claim”; and
ii
the reference to “section 74(4)” is to be read as a reference to “ section 75(2)”.
Family member definitions
Relevant member of the applicant’s family: section 74
6
For the purposes of section 74(8), a relevant member of an applicant’s family is a person —
a
who is the subject of a decision mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (2)(a) or 3(a) of section 74, but is not himself an applicant for the purposes of section 74(4); and
b
who appears to the decision-taker to be —
i
his spouse;
ii
a child of his or of his spouse;
iii
a person who has been living with him as a member of an unmarried couple for at least two of the three years before the day on which the decision was made;
iv
a person who is dependent on him; or
v
a person on whom he is dependent.
Relevant member of the claimant’s family: section 75
7
For the purposes of section 75(5), a relevant member of a claimant’s family is a person —
a
who has made an application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, but is not himself a claimant for the purposes of section 75(2); and
b
who appears to the decision-taker to be —
i
his spouse;
ii
a child of his or of his spouse;
iii
a person who has been living with him as a member of an unmarried couple for at least two of the three years before the day on which the claim was made;
iv
a person who is dependent on him; or
v
a person on whom he is dependent.
Member of the family: section 76
8
1
For the purposes of section 76(6), “member of the family” means —
a
a person on whom the applicant is dependent; or
b
a person who, in relation to the applicant —
i
is his spouse;
ii
is a child of his or of his spouse;
iii
has been living with him as a member of an unmarried couple for at least two of the three years before the day on which the applicant claimed asylum; or
iv
is dependent on him.
Steve Bassam
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
16th August 2000


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
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1
This Order may be cited as the London Borough of Haringey (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 Haringey;
“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 Haringey (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 Haringey
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 name of the ward 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 Haringey (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
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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Water Supply and Sewerage Services (Customer Service Standards) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, and shall come into force on 20th September 2000.
2
These Regulations apply to water undertakers and sewerage undertakers whose area is not wholly or mainly in Wales.
Amendment of the Water Supply and Sewerage Services (Customer Service Standards) Regulations 1989
2
1
The Water Supply and Sewerage Services (Customer Service Standards) Regulations 1989 shall be amended as follows.
2
In regulation 2 (interpretation) —
a
after the definition of “the 1991 Act” insert —
“applicable further sum” means —
in the case of a supply of water to domestic premises, £10;
in any other case, £25;
“applicable penalty sum” means —
in the case of a supply of water to domestic premises, £20;
in any other case, £50;
“applicable sum” means —
in the case of a supply of water to domestic premises, £20;
in any other case, £50;
; and
b
after the definition of “customer” insert —
“domestic premises” means premises used wholly or partly as a dwelling or intended for such use;
.
3
For regulation 3 (keeping appointments) substitute —
Keeping of appointments
3
1
This regulation applies where a water of sewerage undertaker decides to visit premises of a customer in connection with the provision of supplies of water, or as the case may be, of sewerage services which requires access to be afforded to the representative or for which it would otherwise be reasonable to expect the customer or a person acting on his behalf to be present on the premises.
2
Where this regulation applies, the undertaker shall, after consulting the customer in writing or orally, give notice (whether in writing or orally) to the customer that its representative will visit premises mentioned in the notice on a date so mentioned (“the appointed day”); and that notice shall specify —
a
where the customer so requests, a period of two hours during which the visit will be made;
b
in any other case, whether the visit will be made not later than 1pm or after 1pm on the appointed day.
3
Where this regulation applies the undertaker shall, except in the circumstances described in paragraph (4), pay to the customer (or credit to his account) the sum of £20 if —
a
the notice given by the undertaker does not comply with paragraph (2);
b
a visit is not made on the appointed day;
c
where paragraph (2)(a) applies, a visit is not made during the period of two hours specified in the notice; or
d
where paragraph (2)(b) applies, a visit is not made not later than or, as the case may be, after 1pm on that day as specified in the notice.
4
The circumstances described in this paragraph are —
a
that the customer has cancelled the appointment;
b
that the undertaker has cancelled the appointment by giving the customer not less than 24 hours' notice (whether in writing or orally) of cancellation; or
c
that it was impractical to make the visit on the appointed day because of —
i
severe weather conditions;
ii
industrial action by the undertaker’s employees; or
iii
the act or default of a person other than an officer, employee or agent of the undertaker or a person acting on behalf of its agent;
and those conditions or that action, act or default could not reasonably have been foreseen by the undertaker sufficiently early to enable it to cancel the appointment in accordance with sub-paragraph (b) or to make suitable alternative arrangements to fulfil it.
5
For the purposes of this regulation, where an undertaker holds a record signed by a representative who was instructed to make the visit that the visit was made on the appointed day —
a
where paragraph (2)(a) applies, during the period of two hours specified in the notice;
b
where paragraph (2)(b) applies, not later than or, as the case may be, after 1pm;
that visit shall be regarded as having been made unless the customer establishes that the record is incorrect.
.
4
In regulation 4(2) (account queries and requests about payment arrangements) —
a
for “£10” substitute “£20”;
b
in sub-paragraph (a), for “20 working days” substitute “10 working days”; and
c
in sub-paragraph (b), for “10 working days” substitute “five working days”.
5
In regulation 5(2) (complaints about water or sewerage services) —
a
for “£10” substitute “£20”;
b
for the words after “the undertaker fails” substitute “to despatch a substantive reply to the customer within 10 working days from the date of the receipt of the complaint.”.
6
In regulation 6 (notice of interruption of supply) —
a
in paragraph (3), for “24 hours” substitute “48 hours” and for “the sum of £10” substitute “the applicable sum”;
b
in paragraph (4)(b) for the words before “for a payment” substitute “in the case of a customer whom it is impractical for the undertaker to identify as affected, that the customer has not made a claim (whether orally or in writing)”; and
c
at the end insert —
5
Where a payment or credit falls to be made under this regulation without the customer making a claim for payment, then if that payment or credit is not made before the expiry of the period of 20 working days following the date on which the supply of water is cut off as described in paragraph (1), the undertaker shall pay to the affected customer (or credit to his account) the applicable penalty sum, in addition to any other payment or credit to which the customer is entitled under these Regulations.
7
In regulation 7 (entitlement to a payment or credit where supply not duly restored) —
a
in paragraph (2) —
i
for “the sum of £10” substitute “the applicable sum”; and
ii
in sub-paragraph (c) for “24 hours” substitute “12 hours”;
b
in paragraph (3) —
i
for “a sum of £10” substitute “the applicable sum”; and
ii
for “a further sum of £10” substitute “the applicable further sum”;
c
in paragraph (4)(iii) for the words before “for a payment” substitute “in the case of a customer whom it is impractical for the undertaker to identify as affected, that the customer has not made a claim (whether orally or in writing)”; and
d
after paragraph (4) insert —
4A
Where a payment or credit falls to be made under this regulation without the customer making a claim for payment, then if that payment or credit is not made before the expiry of the period of 20 working days following the date on which the supply of water is interrupted or cut off, the undertaker shall pay to the affected customer (or credit to his account) the applicable penalty sum.
8
In regulation 7AA (pressure standard), in paragraph (3)(b) for the words before “for a payment” substitute “in the case of a customer whom it is impractical for the undertaker to identify as affected, that the customer has not made a claim (whether orally or in writing)”.
9
In regulation 7B (flooding from sewers) —
a
in paragraph (2), after “(or credit to his account)” insert “in respect of each such incident”;
b
delete paragraph (3)(a);
c
in paragraph (3)(c) for the words before “for a payment” substitute “in the case of a customer whom it is impractical for the undertaker to identify as affected, that the customer has not made a claim (whether orally or in writing)”; and
d
after paragraph (4) insert —
5
Where a payment or credit falls to be made under this regulation without the customer making a claim for payment, then if that payment or credit is not made before the expiry of the period of 20 working days following the date of the incident, the undertaker shall pay to the affected customer (or credit to his account) the applicable penalty sum, in addition to any other payment or credit to which the customer is entitled under these Regulations.
Revocation
3
Regulation 7A (installation of meters) of the Water Supply and Sewerage Services (Customer Service Standards) Regulations 1989 is revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Chris Mullin
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
18th August 2000


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Borough of Southend-on-Sea (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.
2
This article and articles 2, 3 and 5 shall come into force —
a
for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 3rd May 2001, on 10th October 2000;
b
for all other purposes, on 3rd May 2001.
3
Article 4 shall come into force —
a
for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election of a parish councillor for the parish of Leigh-on-Sea to be held on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002;
b
for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
4
In this Order —
“borough” means the borough of Southend-on-Sea;
“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 Borough of Southend-on-Sea (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 Borough of Southend-on-Sea
2
1
The existing wards of the borough shall be abolished.
2
The borough shall be divided into seventeen 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 name of the ward and demarcated by red lines.
4
The number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be three.
5
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.
Elections of the council of Southend-on-Sea
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1
Subject to the following provisions of this article, the election of councillors for wards of the borough shall be by thirds.
2
Elections of all councillors for all wards of the borough shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2001 .
3
The councillors holding office for any ward of the borough immediately before 7th May 2001 shall retire on that date and the newly-elected councillors for those wards shall come into office on that date.
4
Of the councillors elected in 2001 in each ward of the borough —
a
one shall retire in 2002 being, subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), the councillor elected by the smallest number of votes;
b
one shall retire in 2003 being, subject to those paragraphs, the councillor elected by the next smallest number of votes; and
c
the remaining councillor shall retire in 2004.
5
In the case of an equality of votes between any persons elected which makes it uncertain which of them is to retire in any year, the person to retire in that year shall be determined by lot.
6
If an election of councillors for any ward is not contested, the person to retire in each year shall be determined by lot.
7
Where under this article any question is to be determined by lot, the lot shall be drawn at the next practicable meeting of the council after the question has arisen and the drawing shall be conducted under the direction of the person presiding at the meeting.
8
Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (4), the term of office of councillors shall be four years; and all councillors shall retire on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in the year of retirement and the newly-elected councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire.
Wards of the parish of Leigh-on-Sea
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1
The existing wards of the parish of Leigh-on-Sea shall be abolished.
2
The parish shall be divided into eight parish wards which shall bear the names Bonchurch, Elms, Herschell, Highlands, Leigh Road, St Clements, St James and Thames; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 3 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
3
The number of councillors to be elected for each of the parish wards of Bonchurch and St James shall be one, for each of the parish wards of Herschell, Leigh Road, St Clements and Thames shall be two, and for each of the parish wards of Elms and Highlands shall be three.
Revocation
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The Borough of Southend-on-Sea (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975 and article 7 of the Essex (Boroughs of Colchester, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock and District of Tendring) (Structural, Boundary and Electoral Changes) Order 1996 are hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Beverley Hughes
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
5th June 2000


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Citation and commencement
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This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 1 Assessment Arrangements) (England) (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 28th April 2000.
Amendment of Order
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1
The Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 1 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 1999 shall be amended as follows.
2
In article 5 there shall be inserted at the end the following paragraph —
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As soon as reasonably practicable after standard test and task assessments have been administered to pupils pursuant to sub-paragraph (1), the head teacher shall provide the local education authority with a signed statement, confirming that those standard test and task assessments were administered in accordance with the provisions of the document in which they were published.
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Margaret Hodge
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
28th April 2000


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Citation and commencement
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These Regulations may be cited as the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 11th September 2000.
Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations
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1
The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.
2
For regulation 23 (attendance) there shall be substituted the following regulation —
A claimant shall attend at such place and at such time as an employment officer may specify by a notification which is given or sent to the claimant and which may be in writing, by telephone or by electronic means.
3
In regulation 24(8) and (10) (provision of information and evidence) for the word “notice” there shall be substituted the word “notification”.
4
In regulation 25 (entitlement ceasing on a failure to comply) for the word “notice”, in each place where it appears, there shall be substituted the word “notification”.
5
In each of regulations 26, 27(1), 28(1) and 30 for the word “notice” there shall be substituted the word “notification”.
Tessa Jowell
Minister of State
Department for Education and Employment
28th July 2000