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PART I
GENERAL
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This Order may be cited as the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2001. It shall come into force on the date on which the Agreement between the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the Privileges and Immunities of the OPCW enters into force. This date shall be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.
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In this Order:
a
“the Organisation” means the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons established under Article VIII , paragraph 1, of the Convention ;
b
“Convention” means the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction done at Paris on 13th January 1993 ;
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“the 1961 Convention Articles ” means the Articles (being certain Articles of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations signed in 1961) which are set out in Schedule 1 to the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964 ;
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“ Member ” means a member of the Organisation; and
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“representatives of Members” means representatives, alternates, advisers, technical experts and secretaries of delegations of Members.
PART II
THE ORGANISATION
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The Organisation is an organisation of which the United Kingdom and other sovereign Powers are members.
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The Organisation shall have the legal capacities of a body corporate.
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The Organisation and its property shall enjoy immunity from suit and legal process, except in so far as the Organisation has expressly waived such immunity in any particular case.
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The Organisation shall have the like inviolability of official archives and premises as, in accordance with the 1961 Convention Articles, is accorded in respect of the official archives and premises of a diplomatic mission.
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Within the scope of its official activities the Organisation, its property and income shall have exemption from taxes on income and capital gains.
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The Organisation shall have the like relief from rates on its official premises as, in accordance with Article 23 of the 1961 Convention Articles, is accorded in respect of the premises of a diplomatic mission.
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The Organisation shall have exemption from duties (whether of customs or excise) and taxes on the importation of goods imported by the Organisation for its official use, such exemption to be subject to compliance with such conditions as the Commissioners of Customs and Excise may prescribe for the protection of the Revenue.
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The Organisation shall have exemption from prohibitions and restrictions on importation or exportation of goods by the Organisation and necessary for the exercise of its official activities and in the case of any publications of the Organisation imported or exported by it.
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The Organisation shall have relief, under arrangements made by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, by way of refund of duty (whether of customs or excise) paid on imported hydrocarbon oil within the meaning of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 or value added tax paid on the importation of such oil which is bought in the United Kingdom by the Organisation and necessary for the exercise of its official activities, such relief to be subject to compliance with such conditions as may be imposed in accordance with the arrangements.
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The Organisation shall have relief, under arrangements made by the Secretary of State, by way of refund of value added tax paid on the purchase of new vehicles which are necessary for the official activities of the Organisation, and of value added tax paid on the supply of any other goods and services of substantial value which are necessary for the official activities of the Organisation, such relief to be subject to compliance with such conditions as may be imposed in accordance with the arrangements.
PART III
REPRESENTATIVES
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Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Member which they represent, representatives of Members at the meetings of the Organisation shall enjoy, while exercising their functions and in the course of their journeys to and from the place of meeting: —
a
the like immunity from personal arrest or detention and from seizure of their personal baggage as is accorded to a diplomatic agent;
b
immunity from suit and legal process, even after the termination of their mission, in respect of acts, including words spoken or written, performed by them in their official capacity; and
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the like inviolability for all papers, documents and official material as is accorded to a diplomatic agent.
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Where the incidence of any form of taxation depends upon residence, a representative shall not be deemed to be resident in the United Kingdom during any period when he is present in the United Kingdom for the discharge of his duties.
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Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Act shall not operate so as to confer any privilege or immunity on the official staff of representatives, other than alternates, advisers, technical experts and secretaries of their delegations.
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Neither the provisions of the preceding paragraphs of this Article nor Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Act shall operate so as to confer any privilege or immunity on any person as the representative, alternate, technical adviser or secretary of the delegation of the United Kingdom or on any person who is a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen, a British Overseas citizen, or a British National (Overseas).
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Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Act shall not operate so as to confer any privilege or immunity on families of representatives of Members.
PART IV
OFFICIALS
High officials
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Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Organisation, the Director-General of the Organisation and his spouse, or any senior official acting on his behalf during his absence from duty, shall enjoy: —
a
the like immunity from suit and legal process, the like inviolability of residence, and the like exemption or relief from taxes and rates, other than customs duties and taxes on the importation of goods, as are accorded to or in respect of the head of a diplomatic mission;
b
the like exemption from customs duties and taxes on the importation of articles imported for his personal use or the use of members of his family forming part of his household, including articles intended for his establishment, as in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 36 of the 1961 Convention Articles is accorded to a diplomatic agent;
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the like exemption and privileges in respect of his personal baggage as in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 36 of the 1961 Convention Articles are accorded to a diplomatic agent;
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relief, under arrangements made by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, by way of refund of duty (whether of customs or excise) paid on any hydrocarbon oil (within the meaning of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979) or value added tax paid on the importation of such oil which is bought in the United Kingdom by him or on his behalf, such relief to be subject to compliance with such conditions as may be imposed in accordance with the arrangements; and
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exemptions whereby, for the purposes of the enactments relating to national insurance and social security, including enactments in force in Northern Ireland, —
i
services rendered for the Organisation by the officer shall be deemed to be excepted from any class of employment in respect of which contributions or premiums under those enactments are payable, but
ii
no person shall be rendered liable to pay any contribution or premium which he would not be required to pay if those services were not deemed to be so excepted.
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This Article shall not apply to any person who is a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen, a British Overseas citizen, a British National (Overseas) or who is a permanent resident of the United Kingdom.
All officials
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Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Organisation, in respect of activities related to the object and purpose of the Convention officials of the Organisation, other than those who are locally recruited and assigned to hourly rates of pay, shall enjoy: —
a
immunity from personal arrest or detention and from seizure of their personal baggage;
b
immunity from suit and legal process even after they have left the service of the Organisation, in respect of acts, including words spoken or written, performed by them in their official capacity; this immunity shall not apply, however, in the case of damage caused by a motor vehicle belonging to or driven by an official;
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exemption from income tax in respect of salaries and emoluments paid to them by the Organisation, provided that an internal effective tax for the benefit of the Organisation on such salaries and emoluments is applied.
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Paragraph 1 of this Article shall not apply in respect of activities relating to the conduct of inspections within the meaning of section 24 of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996 .
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Paragraph (1) of this Article shall not apply to pensions or annuities paid by the Organisation.
PART V
EXPERTS
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Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Organisation, experts (other than officials of the Organisation) shall, so far as is necessary for the effective exercise of their functions, including during journeys made in carrying out their functions and in the course of their missions for the Organisation, enjoy: —
a
the like immunity from personal arrest or detention and from seizure of their personal baggage as is accorded to a diplomatic agent;
b
immunity from suit and legal process (even after the termination of their mission) in respect of acts done by them in the course of the performance of their official functions, including words spoken or written; and
c
the like inviolability for all papers, documents and official material as is accorded to a diplomatic agent.
A.K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council


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jurisdiction: UK

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Citation and Commencement
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These Regulations may be cited as the Sussex Downs College (Government) Regulations 2001, and shall come into force on 1st September 2001.
Instrument and Articles of Government
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It is hereby prescribed that the instrument of government and articles of government of the further education corporation to be established under the name of “Sussex Downs College” shall be set out in Schedules 1 and 2 to these Regulations respectively.
Margaret Hodge
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Skills
31st July 2001


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Citation, commencement, extent and application
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These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Outturn Statements) (England) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 22nd March 2001.
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These Regulations shall apply only in relation to England and, except for regulation 3, only in relation to outturn statements prepared for the financial year beginning on 1st April 2000.
Interpretation
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In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“the 1996 Act ” means the Education Act 1996 ;
“the 1998 Act ” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;
“the 2000 Regulations ” means the Financing of Maintained Schools (England) Regulations 2000 ;
“the 2000 Outturn Regulations ” means the Education (Outturn Statements) (England) Regulations 2000 ;
“allocation formula” means the authority ’s formula under regulation 10 of the 2000 Regulations used to determine schools' budget shares;
“authority” means a local education authority;
“budget statement” means the statement referred to in section 52(1) of the 1998 Act;
“ DfEE number” means the reference number allocated to a school by the Department for Education and Employment;
“ ISB ” means an authority’s individual schools budget within the meaning of section 46(2) of the 1998 Act;
“ LEA number” means the reference number allocated to an authority by the Department for Education and Employment;
“ LSB ” means an authority’s local schools budget within the meaning of section 46(1) of the 1998 Act;
“maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school;
“outturn statement” means the statement referred to in section 52(2) of the 1998 Act;
“school” means a maintained school;
“School Standards Grant” means the grant known as School Standards Grant paid in accordance with section 88B of the Local Government Finance Act 1998 , which in the case of primary, secondary and special schools is paid as part of the ISB;
“special educational needs” and “special educational provision” have the meanings given to those expressions by section 312 of the 1996 Act;
“Standards Fund grant” means grant paid under section 484 of the 1996 Act together with the authority’s expenditure not offset by that grant but taken into account in determining the amount of that grant;
“statement” in relation to a pupil with special educational needs means a statement made under section 324 of the 1996 Act; and
“version number” means a number which distinguishes a particular form submitted by the authority from earlier versions of that same form prepared by them.
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In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires references to primary or secondary schools do not include special schools.
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The following table shows provisions of the 1996 or 1998 Act defining or otherwise explaining expressions used in these Regulations —
financial year section 579(1) of the 1996 Act school’s budget share section 47(1) of the 1998 Act.
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Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule in these Regulations so numbered.
Revocation and saving
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The 2000 Outturn Regulations are revoked in so far as they apply to outturn statements as therein defined prepared by local education authorities in England.
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Notwithstanding paragraph (1) above —
a
the Education (School Financial Statements) (Prescribed Particulars etc ) Regulations 1994 shall continue to apply to local education authorities in England in relation to the financial year beginning on 1st April 1994;
b
the Education (School Financial Statements) (Prescribed Particulars etc) Regulations 1995 shall continue to apply to local education authorities in England in relation to the financial years beginning on 1st April 1995 to 1998; and
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the 2000 Outturn Regulations shall continue to apply to local education authorities in England in relation to the financial year beginning on 1st April 1999.
Prescribed form of, and information to be contained in out-turn statements
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An outturn statement for the financial year beginning on 1st April 2000 shall be prepared in three parts, and shall contain the information prescribed for the purposes of section 52(2) of the 1998 Act, as follows —
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Part 1 shall be in the form prescribed in Schedule 1 and shall contain the information specified in the notes to Part 1 in Schedule 1 about how the planned expenditure specified in the authority’s budget statement for the financial year to which the outturn statement relates was actually incurred, or treated by the authority as having been incurred;
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Part 2 shall be in the form prescribed in Schedule 2 and shall contain the information specified in the notes to Part 2 in Schedule 2, about the authority’s planned expenditure, the expenditure actually incurred, or treated by the authority as having been incurred, and other resources allocated by the authority, for each school for the financial year to which the outturn statement relates; and
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Part 3 shall be in the form prescribed in Schedule 3 and shall contain the information specified in the notes to Part 3 in Schedule 3 about the authority’s expenditure actually incurred, or treated by them as having been incurred, in the financial year to which the outturn statement relates.
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The following information must appear at the top of each of Parts 1 to 3 of an outturn statement —
a
the financial year to which the outturn statement relates;
b
the authority’s name;
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the authority’s LEA number;
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the authority’s E-mail address;
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the name of a person who can deal with queries in relation to the completed form;
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that person’s telephone number;
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the version number; and
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the date that the form was completed.
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Where a person is carrying out functions on behalf of an authority then the authority shall include information in Parts 1 to 3 of the outturn statement as if expenditure by that person in carrying out those functions were expenditure by the authority.
Prescribed manner and time of publication of outturn statements
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For the purposes of section 52(3)(b) of the 1998 Act, every outturn statement shall be published by —
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supplying a copy to the Secretary of State for Education and Employment in accordance with regulation 6; and
b
making a copy available for reference by parents and other persons at all reasonable times and without charge at each education office of the authority.
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One copy of Parts 1, 2 and 3 of the outturn statement shall be supplied to the Secretary of State for Education and Employment in paper form and one copy in the form of machine readable data by E-Mail or on a floppy disc provided for that purpose by the Secretary of State.
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The font size used should be not less than 7pt.
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Any computer language or software used to supply tables must be one which the Secretary of State for Education and Employment has notified to the authority.
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An outturn statement shall be published before 1st October next following the end of the financial year to which it relates.
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An outturn statement shall be revised if the authority discover any errors.
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A revised outturn statement shall be subject to regulations 4, 5, 6, 7(2) and 8.
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The authority shall furnish the governing body and head teacher of each school maintained by them with a copy of Parts 1 and 2 of the outturn statement.
Estelle Morris
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
22nd February 2001


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
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This Order may be cited as the South Buckinghamshire National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.
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In this Order —
“ the Order ” means the South Buckinghamshire National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 ;
“ the trust ” means the National Health Service trust established by the Order.
Amendment of NHS trust Establishment Order
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For article 3 of the Order (nature and functions of the trust) there shall be substituted the following article —
Nature and functions of the trust
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The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the Act.
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The trust’s functions shall be to provide goods and services, namely hospital accommodation and services, and community health services for the purposes of the health service, at or from:
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Wycombe General Hospital, Queen Alexandra Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 2TT;
b
Amersham Hospital, Whieldon Street, Amersham, Buckinghamshire HP7 0JD;
and at or from any associated hospitals, establishments and facilities.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Gisela Stuart
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
20th March 2001


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Citation, commencement and extent
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This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Priority of Charges) (England) (No. 2) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 15th October 2001.
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This Order extends to England only.
Specified Bodies
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The following bodies are hereby specified as approved lending institutions for the purposes of section 156 of the Housing Act 1985 (priority of charges) —
a
igroup Mortgages Limited — Company No. 3770776.
b
igroup UK Loans Limited — Company No. 3749420.
c
igroup 2 Limited — Company No. 3610605.
d
igroup 3 Limited — Company No. 3730890.
e
igroup 4 Limited — Company No. 3797432.
f
igroup 5 Limited — Company No. 3770763.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.
Sally Keeble
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
24th September 2001


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Citation, commencement and effect
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These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (Modification of Section 10(7)) Regulations 2001, shall come into force on 6th April 2001 and shall have effect in relation to any time in the tax year beginning with 6th April 2000 (including any time before the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 was passed) and subsequent tax years.
Modification of section 10(7)(a)
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Section 10(7)(a) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 shall be modified in accordance with paragraph (2).
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In the list of enactments in section 10(7)(a) —
a
after “sections” insert “193(4), 194(1), 195(7),”; and
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after “the 1988 Act (deductions for expenses etc. )” insert “and section 50(2) of the Finance Act 1989 (provision of security assets or services) ”.
Clive Betts
Greg Pope
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
14th March 2001