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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Army Terms of Service Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 1st January 2008.
Application and interpretation
2
1
These Regulations shall apply to enlistment in the regular army and to the terms and conditions of service of persons who have so enlisted.
2
These Regulations shall not apply to enlistment in the Royal Marines.
3
In these Regulations —
“the 1955 Act ” means the Army Act 1955 ;
“competent military authority” shall be interpreted in accordance with regulation 17;
“recruit” means —
a person enlisted in the regular army who has not previously so enlisted;
a person who has been discharged by a competent military authority in accordance with regulations made under Part 1 of the 1955 Act as not finally approved for service and who has not subsequently been re-enlisted in the regular army; and
“ reserve ” means the Army Reserve.
Types of engagement
3
A person may be enlisted to serve in the regular army on one of the following types of engagement —
a
short service;
b
versatile; or
c
local service.
Short service engagement
4
A person who enlists on a short service engagement shall be enlisted for a term which expires on a date falling between 6 months and 12 years after the date of his enlistment.
Versatile engagement
5
1
Subject to paragraph (2), a person who enlists on a versatile engagement shall be enlisted for a term which expires 12 years after the date of his enlistment.
2
A person who enlists on a versatile engagement in a corps which the competent military authority has approved for this purpose may be enlisted for a term which expires either 24 or 30 years after the date of his enlistment.
3
A person who has enlisted for a term of service in accordance with paragraph (1) may, after he has completed 3 years’ service, be selected for further service in the regular army for an additional term of the following duration —
a
12 years commencing on the date his service would otherwise end; or
b
if he will attain the age of 55 years before the expiry of the period referred to in sub-paragraph (a), until the date on which he attains that age.
4
A person who is selected for further service under paragraph (3) will be notified in writing by the competent military authority and he may, at any time before he has completed 10 years’ service, exercise the option to undertake such further service.
5
A person who has enlisted for a term of 24 years’ service under paragraph (2) or who has exercised an option to undertake further service under paragraph (4) so as to serve for such a term may, after he has completed 6 years’ service, be selected for further service in the regular army for an additional term of the following duration —
a
6 years commencing on the date his service would otherwise end; or
b
if he will attain the age of 55 years before the expiry of the period referred to in sub-paragraph (a), until the date on which he attains that age.
6
A person who is selected for further service under paragraph (5) will be notified in writing by the competent military authority and he may, at any time before he has completed 22 years’ service, exercise the option to undertake such further service.
7
A person who has enlisted for a term of 30 years’ service under paragraph (2) or who has exercised an option to undertake further service under paragraph (4) or (6) may be selected for further service in the regular army for an additional term as described in paragraph (8).
Provided that a person may only be selected for further service in the regular army under this paragraph after he has completed the following number of years’ service in the regular army —
a
in the case of a person who has exercised an option to extend his service under paragraph (4) or (6) to serve until he attains the age of 55, 6 years; or
b
in the case of a person who has enlisted for a term of 30 years’ service under paragraph (2) or who has exercised an option to extend his service to serve for such a term under paragraph (6), 25 years.
8
The additional term of service under paragraph (7) will be either of the duration specified in paragraph (5) or of such other duration (whether longer or shorter) as the competent military authority may exceptionally decide and in any case expiring no later than the date on which the person in question will attain the age of 65.
9
A person who is selected for further service under paragraph (7) will be notified in writing by the competent military authority and he may exercise the option to undertake such further service provided there are at least 2 years unexpired before the date his service is due to end.
10
A person who wishes to exercise an option to undertake further service under paragraph (4), (6) or (9) shall give notice in writing to the competent military authority specifying the additional term of service he wishes to undertake and, upon receipt of the notice by the competent military authority, he shall be treated as if he had enlisted for a term which expires at the end of the additional term.
11
A person who has exercised an option to undertake further service under paragraph (9) may be selected for one or more additional term of further service in the regular army as provided in paragraphs (7) and (8) and if he is so selected paragraphs (9) and (10) shall apply to any such subsequent further service as they applied to the first term of further service.
6
A person enlisted on a versatile engagement who is not selected for further service under regulation 5(3) or (5) will be given notice to that effect at least 12 months before his service is otherwise due to end and may apply in writing to the competent military authority to be continued in service for such further period, not exceeding 2 years from the date his service would otherwise end, as the competent military authority decides.
Local service engagement
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1
A person who has attained the age of 18 years may be enlisted for local service.
2
For the purposes of these Regulations, “local service” means full-time service in the regular army where, subject to paragraph (5), the person enlisted restricts his service to a particular area in the United Kingdom (referred to in this regulation as his “area of service”).
3
Before being enlisted for local service, a person shall be required to give the recruiting officer enlisting him notice in writing specifying the area in the United Kingdom to which his service is to be restricted.
4
Subject to paragraph (7), the area of service of any person enlisted for local service shall be the area specified in the notice given in accordance with paragraph (3).
5
A person enlisted for local service may volunteer to serve outside his area of service; otherwise, he may only be required to serve outside his area of service for a total of no more than 30 days in any year or in any part of a year during which his term of service has effect.
6
A person enlisted for local service may apply by notice in writing to the competent military authority to alter his area of service, specifying in the notice the area in the United Kingdom to which his service would be restricted if his application were to be approved.
7
If the competent military authority signify their approval in writing to an application made under paragraph (6), the person’s area of service shall be, from such date as may be specified in the notice of approval, the area specified in the notice given by him under that paragraph.
8
Regulations 9, 11, 12, 13 and 14 shall not apply to a person enlisted for local service.
9
In this regulation —
“recruiting officer” shall be construed in accordance with section 1 of the 1955 Act ; and
“year” shall mean the period of 12 months beginning on 1st January.
8
1
The length of the term of a person enlisted for local service shall be 3 years beginning with the date of his enlistment.
2
Subject to paragraph (3), a person enlisted for local service may apply to the competent military authority to extend his term —
a
by a period of 3 years; or
b
if he will attain the age of 55 years before the expiry of the period referred to in sub-paragraph (a), until the date on which he attains that age,
and, if the competent military authority signify their approval in writing, he shall be treated as if he had enlisted for such an extended term.
3
A person may apply to extend his term under paragraph (2) whether or not it has already been extended under that paragraph.
Right of recruit to determine service
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1
Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a recruit shall have the right to determine his service by giving not less than 14 days’ notice to his commanding officer.
2
If the recruit had not attained the age of 18 years at the date of his enlistment, the notice referred to in paragraph (1) shall not have effect unless it is given after the recruit has completed 28 days’ service and before the expiration of the period of 6 months beginning on the date of his enlistment.
3
If the recruit had attained the age of 18 years at the date of his enlistment, the notice referred to in paragraph (1) shall not have effect unless it is given after the recruit has completed 28 days’ service and before the expiration of the period of 3 months beginning on the date of his enlistment.
4
If such notice expires at a time when soldiers are required by order under section 10 of the 1955 Act (continuation of army service in time of imminent national danger) to continue in army service, the recruit’s service shall not determine for so long as that order remains in force.
5
In calculating any period of time referred to in this regulation, no account shall be taken of any day during which the recruit was absent on leave either for the whole or part of the day.
Right of local service personnel to determine service
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1
Subject to the following provisions of this regulation and regulation 15, a person enlisted for local service shall have the right to determine his service by giving notice in writing to his commanding officer that he wishes to do so on a date specified in the notice, and his service shall be determined on that date accordingly.
2
Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the period of notice to be given by a person under paragraph (1) shall be not less than 90 days ending on the date specified in the notice as the date on which he wishes to determine his service.
3
Where a person on being enlisted for local service is required to undertake a course of initial military training lasting for a period of not less than 10 weeks, the period of notice referred to in paragraph (2) shall not end on a date earlier than 2 years after the date of enlistment.
4
In any case other than one falling within paragraph (3), the period of notice referred to in paragraph (2) shall not end on a date earlier than 1 year after the date of enlistment.
Right to transfer to the reserve
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1
A person who has enlisted in the regular army for a term of service under regulation 4 or regulation 5 shall have the right to be transferred to the reserve at the end of the notice period or at any time thereafter.
2
The notice period for the purpose of this regulation shall be 4 years beginning with the date of enlistment.
3
The right conferred by paragraph (1) shall be exercised by notice in writing given by the person in question to his commanding officer not less than 12 months before the date when he is to be transferred to the reserve.
4
The exercise of the right conferred by paragraph (1) is subject to the restriction set out in regulation 15.
Transfer to the reserve with consent
12
In addition to the right conferred by regulation 11, a person in army service whose application to his commanding officer for transfer to the reserve is approved by the competent military authority shall be transferred to the reserve.
Service in the reserve
13
A person transferred to the reserve in consequence of the exercise of a right conferred by regulation 11 or under regulation 12 shall serve in the reserve for a period beginning on the date of his transfer and ending —
a
6 years later; or
b
the date on which his service in the regular army would have ended if he had not exercised the right to transfer to the reserve or had his application for transfer to the reserve approved,
whichever is the sooner, or for such shorter period as the competent military authority may approve.
Re-entry into army service
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A person serving in the reserve by virtue of these Regulations or any previous enactment or by virtue of having enlisted for a term partly of army service and partly of service in the reserve, whose application in that behalf made by him in writing to the competent military authority has been approved by that authority may at any time re-enter army service and according as may be specified in that application —
a
be treated for the purposes of these Regulations and Part 1 of the 1955 Act as if he had not been serving in the reserve and as if his army service had continued while he was serving in the reserve;
b
serve in army service for the remainder of the period for which he would have been liable to serve in the reserve if he had not re-entered on army service; or
c
serve in army service for a specified part of that remainder and thereafter serve in the reserve for the residue thereof.
Return of service commitment
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1
A person who, in consideration of —
a
being permitted to undergo a course of instruction of a duration of not less than 2 weeks;
b
being permitted to transfer to a corps different from the one in which he was previously serving; or
c
being permitted to receive any other benefit or advantage,
consents in writing to be restricted in the exercise of any right conferred by regulation 9(1), 10(1) or 11(1), shall not have the right to determine his service or to be transferred to the reserve pursuant to those regulations before the expiration of the appropriate period which shall be specified in such consent and shall begin with the date on which he completes such course of instruction or such transfer takes effect or such other date as is specified in such consent.
2
For the purpose of paragraph (1) “the appropriate period” shall be —
a
in relation to permission to undergo a course of instruction the duration of which is not more than 3 months, a period of not more than 1 year;
b
in relation to permission to undergo a course of instruction of longer duration, a period of not more than 6 years;
c
in relation to permission to transfer to another corps, a period of not more than 4 years; and
d
in relation to the receipt of any other benefit or advantage, a period of not more than 6 years.
3
Any consent given under paragraph (1) by a person at a time when he had not attained the age of 17 years 6 months may be revoked by notice in writing given by that person to his commanding officer not more than 28 days after he attains the age of 18.
4
A person who has given his consent under paragraph (1) may, if the competent military authority approve in writing, revoke that consent.
5
A person enlisted in the regular army before the coming into force of these Regulations who had given an undertaking pursuant to any previous enactment not to determine his service before the expiration of the period specified in that undertaking, shall not have the right before the expiration of that period to be transferred to the reserve under regulation 11 or to determine his service.
Conversion of terms of service
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A person in army service enlisted on a short service engagement for a term under regulation 4 may, after giving notice in writing to the competent military authority and if the competent military authority signify their approval in writing, be treated as if he had enlisted on a versatile engagement for a term of service specified in the notice being a term of either 24 or 30 years.
Competent military authorities
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In addition to the Defence Council, the following officers are competent military authorities —
a
for the purpose specified in regulation 12, the Director of Manning (Army); and
b
for all other purposes specified in these Regulations, the Director General, Army Personnel Centre.
Revocations
18
The Regulations specified in the Schedule to these Regulations are hereby revoked.
Savings
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1
Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), these Regulations shall not affect the terms of service (either as respects duration or as respects liability to serve in the reserve) of any person in regular army service immediately before the commencement of these Regulations.
2
A person in regular army service immediately before the commencement of these Regulations may be selected, irrespective of the length of service he has already completed, for further service in the regular army for a term of equal duration to that of a person enlisted on a versatile engagement whose service is extended under regulation 5(3), (5) or (7).
3
A person who is selected for further service under paragraph (2) will be notified in writing by the competent military authority and he may exercise the option to undertake such further service by giving notice in writing to the competent military authority specifying the additional term of service he wishes to undertake and, upon receipt of the notice by the competent military authority, he shall be treated as if he had enlisted for a term which expires at the end of the additional term on a versatile engagement.
On behalf of the Defence Council
Derek Twigg
Richard Dannatt
Members of the Defence Council
29th November 2007


type: legislation

jurisdiction: UK

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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills ( No. 6) Order 2007 and comes into force on 15th November 2007.
Appointment of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills
2
The persons named in the Schedule to this Order are appointed Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills.
Judith Simpson
Clerk of the Privy Council


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions (Correction of 2004 Uprating) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 4th June 2007.
2
In this Order:-
a
“the principal Order ” means the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983 ;
b
the “ 2004 Amending Order ” means the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions (Amendment) Order 2004 ;
c
“entry” means an entry in Table 1 or Table 2 of Part III of Schedule 1 of the principal Order; and
d
“gratuity” means a payment in respect of an entry, where the amount of that payment was determined by reference to the 2004 Amending Order.
Additional sums payable by way of further gratuity
2
Table 1 and Table 2 of the Schedule to this Order specify, in respect of each entry, the additional sum payable to any individual who received a gratuity.
Christine Cook
Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council


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Citation, commencement and effect
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Insurance Companies (Overseas Life Assurance Business) (Excluded Business) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 13th August 2007.
2
Regulations 3, 5 and 6 have effect for accounting periods beginning on or after the date on which these Regulations come into force.
3
Regulation 4 has effect in relation to policies or contracts made by an insurance company on or after the date on which these Regulations come into force.
Amendments to the Insurance Companies (Overseas Life Assurance Business) (Excluded Business) Regulations 2000
2
The Insurance Companies (Overseas Life Assurance Business) (Excluded Business) Regulations 2000 are amended as follows.
Amendment of regulation 3
3
1
For regulation 3 (life assurance business excluded from section 431D) substitute —
Life assurance business prescribed for the purposes of section 431D(1A)(d)
3
1
Subject to paragraph (2), life assurance business is prescribed for the purposes of section 431D(1A)(d) (meaning of “overseas life assurance business”) if it is of a description —
a
that does not fall within any of the circumstances set out in regulations 4 to 7; or
b
that falls within the circumstances set out in regulation 9.
2
Where a policy or contract for business is owned by two or more policy holders or annuitants who do not hold the policy or contract as trustees of the same trust, the business is prescribed for the purposes of section 431D(1A)(d) where, if any of the policy holders or annuitants were the only policy holder or annuitant, paragraph (1) would so prescribe it.
2
Accordingly, the heading before regulations 4 to 7 becomes “Circumstances where business not prescribed for the purposes of section 431D(1A)(d)”.
Amendment of regulation 7
4
In regulation 7 (circumstances where business not prescribed for the purpose of section 431D(1A)(d)) , for paragraph (b) substitute —
b
the policy or the contract for the business is held for the purposes of, or in connection with, a scheme which is for the time being a qualifying overseas pension scheme within the meaning of paragraph 5 of Schedule 33 to the Finance Act 2004 ;
.
Insertion of regulation 9
5
After regulation 8 (trustees residing in the United Kingdom) add —
Circumstances where business prescribed for the purposes of section 431D(1A)(d)
9
1
The circumstances set out in this regulation are where the benefits provided for under the policy or contract for the business are determined by reference to the value of assets consisting of or including land in the United Kingdom.
2
In paragraph (1), “land” includes buildings and other structures, land covered with water and any estate, interest, easement, servitude, right or licence in or over land.
Consequential amendments of enactments
6
1
In section 432A(7)(c)(i) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (apportionment of income and gains) , omit “441B and”.
2
The following provisions are repealed —
a
section 441B of that Act (treatment of UK land) ;
b
paragraph 32 of Schedule 8 to the Finance Act 1995 (life assurance business – general amendments); and
c
paragraph 41 of Schedule 5 to the Finance Act 1998 (rent and other receipts from land – minor and consequential amendments).
Mike Eland
Dave Hartnett
Two of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
20th July 2007


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Citation and Commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 1 st April 2007.
Amendment of paragraph 7 of Schedule 9A to the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987
2
In paragraph 7 of Schedule 9A to the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (deductions of mortgage interest from benefit and payment to qualifying lenders), for the amount “£0.51” there shall be substituted “£0.47”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
James Plaskitt
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
22nd February 2007


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 2 nd July 2007.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
1
“the 1984 Act ” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 ;
2
“the 1991 Act ” means the Road Traffic Act 1991; and
3
“the parking area” means the area designated as a permitted parking area and as a special parking area by article 4 of this Order.
Application
3
This Order applies to the whole of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead except —
a
the entire length of the A1 (T) within the borough, including its on and off slip roads;
b
the entire length of the A184 within the borough, including its on and off slip roads;
c
the entire length of the A695 within the borough, including its on and off slip roads;
d
the A694 from its junction with the A695 (Scotswood Bridge) to its junction with the southbound slip road onto the A1 (T);
e
the A167 from its junction with the A1 (T) in a northerly direction to its junction with Ivy Lane;
f
the upper level of the A167 Gateshead Highway from a point 150 metres north of its junction with Cramer Street to its junction with Hills Street including its on and off slip roads; and
g
the entire length of the A194 (M) within the borough, including its on and off slip roads.
Designation of permitted parking area and special parking area
4
The Secretary of State designates the area to which this Order applies as —
a
a permitted parking area; and
b
a special parking area.
Modification and application of Part II of the 1991 Act
5
Sections 66, 69 to 74, 78, 79 and 82 of, and Schedule 6 to, the 1991 Act shall apply in relation to the parking area and as so applied shall have effect subject to the modifications specified in Schedule 1 to this Order.
Modification of other provisions
6
The 1984 Act shall be modified in relation to the parking area as specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
G. Merron
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
4th June 2007


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Surcharge)(No 2) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 1st April 2007.
2
In this Order “the 2003 Act ” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
Revocation
2
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Surcharge) Order 2007 is revoked.
Cases in which the duty to order payment of the surcharge does not apply
3
1
Section 161A(1) of the 2003 Act (court’s duty to order payment of surcharge) does not apply in the cases prescribed in paragraph (2).
2
The cases referred to in paragraph (1) are those in which a court deals with a person for one or more offences and does not impose a fine.
Amount of surcharge
4
The amount specified for the purposes of section 161B(1) of the 2003 Act as the surcharge payable under section 161A of that Act is £15.
Gerry Sutcliffe
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Home Office
29th March 2007


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Citation, commencement and extent
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Recognised Spectrum Access Charges) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 8th March 2007.
2
These Regulations shall not extend to the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations —
a
“A” means the relevant restricted area specified in square kilometres;
b
“authorised user” means a person whose use of a wireless telegraphy station or wireless telegraphy apparatus is in accordance with, or provision made under, the Act;
c
“ GHz ” means gigahertz;
d
“ MHz ” means megahertz;
e
“N” means, in respect of a frequency band specified in Part 1 or Part 2 of the Schedule, the difference between the highest and lowest frequencies expressed in megahertz, specified for that band; and
f
“relevant restricted area” means the area within a circle whose centre and radius are specified in the grant of recognised spectrum access.
Time of Payment
3
There shall be paid to OFCOM —
a
on the making of a grant of recognised spectrum access; and
b
on the last day of each period of twelve months following the grant while the grant remains in force,
the sum specified in these Regulations.
Charges for grants in respect of Part 1 frequency bands
4
1
In the case of a grant of recognised spectrum access in respect of the use of the frequency bands specified in Part 1 of the Schedule, which specifies a condition that refers to the maximum level of interference which is compatible with that use, arising from there being no other authorised users in the relevant restricted area, the sum shall be the higher of —
a
£500; and
b
£0.51NA.
2
In the case of a grant of recognised spectrum access in respect of the use of the frequency bands specified in Part 1 of the Schedule, which specifies a condition that refers to the maximum level of interference which is compatible with that use, arising from there being a limited number of other authorised users in the relevant restricted area, the sum shall be the higher of —
a
£500; and
b
£0.0255NA.
Charges for grants in respect of Part 2 frequency bands
5
In the case of a grant of recognised spectrum access in respect of the use of the frequency bands specified in Part 2 of the Schedule, which specifies a condition that refers to the maximum level of interference which is compatible with that use, arising from there being no other authorised users in the relevant restricted area, the sum shall be the higher of —
a
£500; and
b
£1.65NA.
Charges for grants in respect of Part 3 frequency band
6
In the case of a grant of recognised spectrum access in respect of the use of the frequency band specified in Part 3 of the Schedule the sum shall be £22,500.
Charges for grants in respect of Part 4 frequency bands
7
In the case of a grant of recognised spectrum access in respect of the use of the frequency bands specified in Part 4 of the Schedule the sum shall be £500.
Ed Richards
Chief Executive of the Office of Communications
For and by the authority of the Office of Communications
14th February 2007


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Railway Pensions (Transfer of Pension Schemes) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 1st August 2007.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
“ 1974 Fund ” means the B.R. (1974) Pension Fund;
“Schedule 11” means Schedule 11 to the Railways Act 1993;
“transfer date” means the date on which this Order comes into force;
“transferee scheme” means the 1994 Pensioners Section of the Railways Pension Scheme;
“transferor scheme” means any one of the following schemes and “transferor schemes” means all of such schemes —
the 1974 Fund;
The London and North Western Railway Provident Society for providing pensions for widows and orphans of the salaried staff;
Great Western Railway Supplemental Pensions Reserve Fund;
The Great Western Railway Salaried Staff Widows’ and Orphans’ Pension Society;
The Great Northern Railway Superannuation Fund;
Great Western Railway Inspectors and Foremen’s Special Pension Fund;
The Southern Railway (South Eastern and Chatham Section) Enginemen & Motormen’s Pension Fund Society .
“transferring member” means a person who immediately before the transfer date —
has pension rights under a transferor scheme; but
does not include persons who have pension rights under the 1974 Fund unless that person also has pension rights under at least one of the other transferor schemes; and
“transferring members” means all such members.
Transfer of pension rights
3
On the transfer date —
a
each transferring member shall —
i
become a member of the transferee scheme; and
ii
cease to be a member of each transferor scheme of which he was a member immediately before the transfer date; and
b
all of the pension rights of the transferring members under the transferor schemes shall be transferred so as to become pension rights under the transferee scheme.
Transfer of assets and liabilities
4
1
In consequence of the transfer of pension rights under article 3, on the transfer date —
a
all of the assets held by the trustees of the transferor schemes for the purposes of those schemes, except those assets held by the trustees of the 1974 Fund; and
b
subject to paragraph (3), all of the liabilities of the trustees under or in relation to each transferor scheme;
shall be transferred to the trustees of the transferee scheme and shall become assets of, or as the case may be, liabilities under or in relation to, the transferee scheme.
2
In consequence of the transfer of pension rights under article 3, on the transfer date the liability of any employer participating in a transferor scheme to pay contributions in respect of the transferring members shall be transferred to the employer participating in the transferee scheme.
3
Paragraph (1)(b) shall only transfer liabilities under or in relation to the 1974 Fund which relate to transferring members.
Operation of the Railway Pensions (Protection and Designation of Schemes) Order 1994
5
The provisions of articles 6(2) and 7(4) of the Railway Pensions (Protection and Designation of Schemes) Order 1994 shall not operate to require any payment to be made or secured to the trustees of the transferee scheme in respect of the transfer of pension rights or liabilities under the 1974 Fund made by article 3(b) or 4(1)(b) or (2) of this Order.
Winding up of certain transferor schemes
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1
Subject to paragraph (2) the transferor schemes shall be treated as fully wound up, and the trustees thereof discharged, from the transfer date.
2
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the 1974 Fund.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State
Tom Harris
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
25th July 2007


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Citation and commencement
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Ecclesiastical Judges, Legal Officers and Others (Fees) Order 2007.
2
This Order shall come into operation on the first day of January 2008.
Establishment of fees
2
The fees appearing in the Tables of the Schedule to this Order are established and are substituted for the fees appearing in the Tables of the Schedule to the Ecclesiastical Judges, Legal Officers and Others (Fees) Order 2006 . The Tables of the Schedule to this Order contain particulars of the fees which are to be received, after the commencement of this Article —
1
by the ecclesiastical judges and legal officers named in that Schedule in respect of carrying out by them of the duties of their offices specified in that Schedule; and
2
by diocesan boards of finance in respect of the matters specified in Part II of Table I of that Schedule.
Revocation of 2006 Order
3
The Ecclesiastical Judges, Legal Officer and Others (Fees) Order 2006 is hereby revoked.
Supplementary annual fee
4
1
Subject to the provisions of this paragraph nothing in this Order shall preclude a diocesan board of finance from agreeing to pay an additional fee to a diocesan registrar by way of annual fee or retainer (hereinafter called a “supplementary annual fee”) which is in addition to the annual fee or fees prescribed by Order made under the Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986.
2
An agreement made under sub-paragraph (1) above shall be expressed to be an agreement for a payment by way of supplementary annual fee.
3
An agreement made under sub-paragraph (1) above shall be in writing. The period for which the agreement is to run shall be stated in the agreement. In the absence of any such statement the agreement shall remain binding until determined by not less than three months’ notice on either side.
4
The body responsible for paying a supplementary annual fee shall be the diocesan board of finance.
Travel, subsistence, accommodation and court hearings
5
A fee specified in the Schedule to this Order (other than a fee specified in Part II of Table I of that Schedule) shall be increased by a sum for reasonable expenses of travel, subsistence, accommodation and the holding of court hearings.
Value Added Tax
6
Where Value Added Tax is chargeable in respect of the provision of any service for which a fee is prescribed in this Order there shall be payable in addition to that fee the amount of the Value Added Tax.
A Rutherford
G F Tattersall
A R Hargreaves-Smith
M A Chamberlain
A Whittam Smith
T E Allen
David Williams
Clerk to the Synod
Church House,
London
Approved by the General Synod on
7th July 2007


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 1st April 2007.
Amendments
2
The Schedule to the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Fees) Regulations 1995 (the “principal Regulations”) is amended by substituting —
a
in relation to fee number (i), “£227” for “£215”;
b
in relation to fee numbers (ii) and (iii), respectively, “£354” for “£336”;
c
in relation to fee number (iv), “£60” for “£57”;
d
in relation to fee numbers (v) and (vi), respectively, “£12” for “£11”;
e
in relation to fee number (vii), “£12” for “£11.30”.
Transitional provisions
3
1
Subject to paragraph (2), where a decision has been made before the coming into force of these Regulations on an application for a licence or a variation of a licence —
a
to grant the licence under section 13 of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995;
b
to grant a variation to a licence under section 17(1) of that Act;
c
to issue an interim licence under section 24(1) of that Act; or
d
to give an interim direction under section 25(1) of that Act;
the fees prescribed by the principal Regulations immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations in respect of fee numbers (ii), (iv), (v) and (vii) apply notwithstanding that the period of 15 working days within which the relevant fee is payable has not expired before that date.
2
In respect of fee number (v), where —
a
annual payments are applicable and a fee is payable in respect of an anniversary of the date of the issue of the licence; and
b
the date for payment of the fee, ascertained in accordance with the provisions of column 4 of part 2 of the Schedule to the principal Regulations, is on or after the date of coming into force of these Regulations,
the amount payable on that date shall be the fee prescribed by regulation 2(d).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
S.J.Ladyman
Minister of State
Department for Transport
6th March 2007