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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Performance Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 20th August 1999.
Amendment
2
1
The Education (School Performance Information) (England) Regulations 1999 shall be amended as follows.
2
In regulation 2(2)(a) (interpretation), for “day immediately preceding the commencement of the reporting school year” there shall be substituted “31st August preceding the commencement of the reporting school year, where the reporting school year begins after that date, or the 31st August which falls within the reporting school year, where the reporting school year begins on or before that date,”.
3
After regulation 11 in Part III, there shall be inserted the following regulation–
Provision of information about excluded pupils
11A
The governing body of every maintained school shall, within two weeks of receiving a written request from the authority, provide to the authority the information, for the period to which the request relates, referred to in Schedule 9, as appropriate, in respect of any pupil excluded from the school by the head teacher.
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4
In Schedule 3 (provision of information to the Secretary of State: examination and vocational qualification results), for references wherever they occur to “the City and Guilds of London Institute” and “the Royal Society of Arts Examination Board” there shall be substituted references to, respectively, “the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance” and “the Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examination Boards”.
5
There shall be substituted for paragraph 8 of Schedule 3, the following paragraphs–
8
At the end of the reporting school year–
a
the number of registered pupils aged 16, 17 or 18 who completed the first year of study of a course leading to–
i
the First Certificate or Diploma of the EDEXCEL Foundation;
ii
the Diploma of Vocational Education of the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance at intermediate level; or
iii
an Intermediate GNVQ awarded by the EDEXCEL Foundation, the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance, or the Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examination Boards; and
b
the number of those pupils achieving the qualifications referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(i) to (iii) wholly or partly on the basis of work done in that year.
8A
At the end of the reporting school year–
a
the number of registered pupils aged 16, 17 or 18 who completed the second year of study of a course leading to–
i
the National Certificate or Diploma of the EDEXCEL Foundation; or
ii
the Diploma of Vocational Education of the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance at national level; and
b
the number of those pupils achieving the qualifications referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(i) and (ii) wholly or partly on the basis of work done in that year.
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6
In paragraph 9 of Schedule 3–
a
for “during the reporting school year, was in the final” there shall be substituted “at the end of the reporting school year, completed the second”;
b
at the end of sub-paragraph (b), there shall be omitted the word “and”;
c
at the end of sub-paragraph (c), there shall be added the word “; and”; and
d
after sub-paragraph (c), there shall be added the following sub-paragraph–
d
whether the pupil has failed to gain a grade in any subject for which he was registered after the completion of the second year of study.
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7
At the end of Schedule 5 (provision of general information to the Secretary of State: secondary schools (excluding middle deemed secondary schools)) there shall be added the following paragraph–
10
In the case of a school which has been approved by the Secretary of State as a school which specialises in–
a
mathematics, science and technology;
b
modern foreign languages;
c
the fine arts, performing arts or the media arts; or
d
sport, which of those specialisms applies to the school.
8
After Schedule 8, there shall be inserted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Charles Clarke
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
27th July 1999


type: legislation

jurisdiction: UK

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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Cycles (Eye Protectors) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations–
a
“ EEA State” means a State which is a contracting party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 ;
b
“eye protector” means an appliance designed or adapted for use with any headgear or by being attached to or placed upon the head by a person driving or riding on a motor bicycle and intended for the protection of the eyes;
c
“motor bicycle” means a two-wheeled motor cycle, whether or not having a side-car attached, and for the purposes of this definition, where the distance measured between the centre of the area of contact with the road surface of any two wheels of a motor cycle is less than 460 millimetres, those wheels shall be counted as one wheel.
Revocation
3
The Regulations specified in the Schedule to these Regulations are hereby revoked.
Prescribed types of authorised eye protector
4
1
Subject to paragraph (3), the types of eye protector hereby prescribed as authorised for use by persons driving or riding (otherwise than in a side-car) on a motor bicycle are–
a
those which conform–
i
to the requirements relating to Grade X in British Standard BS 4110:1979 and are marked with that Grade and the number of that standard,
ii
to the requirements relating to Grades XA, YA or ZA in British Standard BS 4110:1979 as amended by Amendment No. 1 (AMD 3368), Amendment No. 2 (AMD 4060) and Amendment No. 3 (AMD 4630) and are marked with the number of that standard and the Grade to which they conform, or
iii
to any other standard accepted by an EEA State, which offers in use levels of safety, suitability and fitness for purpose equivalent to those offered by the standards referred to in paragraph (i) or (ii) above, and are marked with a mark to indicate that standard,
and in each case are marked with an approved certification mark of an approved body (whether or not they are required to be so marked by the standard in point);
b
those which comply with the requirements of Council Directive 89/686/ EEC of the 21st December 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment as amended by Council Directives 93/68/EEC of 22nd July 1993, 93/95/EEC of 29th October 1993 and 96/58/EEC of 3rd September 1996; or
c
those which were first used before 1st April 1989 and fulfil all of the following requirements–
i
they are fitted with lenses that are designed to correct a defect in sight,
ii
they transmit 50 per cent or more of the light, and
iii
they do not fly into fragments if fractured.
2
For the purposes of this regulation:
a
an approved certification mark is–
i
the certification mark of the British Standards Institution; or
ii
a certification mark which indicates that a conformity assessment equivalent to that of the British Standards Institution has been undertaken, and
b
an approved body is–
i
the British Standards Institution; or
ii
any body approved by an EEA State to undertake conformity assessments equivalent to those undertaken by the British Standards Institution.
3
The types of eye protector prescribed by paragraph (1) are not prescribed as authorised for use by persons to whom paragraph (4) applies.
4
This paragraph applies to any person driving or riding on a motor bicycle if–
a
it is a mowing machine;
b
it is for the time being propelled by a person on foot;
c
it is a vehicle brought temporarily into Great Britain by a person resident outside the United Kingdom which has not remained in the United Kingdom for a period of more than one year from the date it was last brought into the United Kingdom; or
d
that person is in the armed forces of the Crown, is on duty and is wearing an eye protector supplied to him as part of his service equipment.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Larry Whitty
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
3rd March 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Redbridge Health Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 30th July 1999.
Amendment of NHS trust Establishment Order
2
In the Redbridge Health Care National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 for article 3 (functions of the trust) there shall be substituted the following article:–
Nature and functions of the Trust
3
1
The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the Act.
2
The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more Health Authorities) shall be–
a
to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act King George Hospital, Barley Lane, Goodmayes, Essex IG3 8YG and associated hospitals, and there to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services; and
b
to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act Goodmayes Hospital, Barley Lane, Goodmayes, Essex IG3 8XJ, and there and from there to provide and manage community health services.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Denham
Minister of State,
Department of Health
20th July 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Port of London Authority Harbour Revision Order 1999 and shall come into force on 26th May 1999.
Interpretation
2
In this Order words and expressions defined in the 1968 Act have the same meaning as in that Act and–
“the 1968 Act” means the Port of London Act 1968 ;
“the added limits” means the area described in paragraph (1) of article 3 (Extension of jurisdiction) of this Order;
“the port” means the area within the limits immediately before the coming into force of this Order;
“the signed plan” means the plan, prepared for the purpose of identification only, signed in triplicate by the Head of Ports Division in the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, two copies of which have been deposited at that Department and one copy of which has been deposited at the offices of the Port Authority situated at Devon House, 58–60 St. Katharine’s Way, London E1 9LB.
Extension of jurisdiction
3
1
The limits of the Port of London are hereby extended to include so much of the area within the seaward limit as is excluded from the port by virtue of paragraph 2(f) of Schedule 1 to the 1968 Act and section 2(2) of the Territorial Sea Act 1987 , being the area outlined in blue on the signed plan.
2
All enactments conferring rights, powers, privileges or immunities or imposing duties, obligations or liabilities upon the Port Authority or the harbourmaster in relation to the port and all byelaws, regulations and directions made by the Port Authority which immediately before the coming into force of this Order related to or had effect within the port shall relate to or have effect within the added limits.
3
Paragraph 2(f) of Schedule 1 to the 1968 Act is hereby repealed.
Partial repeal of estuary exemption
4
Section 32 (Further exemption for estuary traffic) of the 1968 Act shall cease to have effect in so far as it prohibits charging river duties of tonnage on any vessel by reason only of its passing through the limits on a voyage between a place on the river Medway and any other place outside the limits.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Stephen Reeves
Head of Ports Division in the
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
12th May 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Peterlee Education Action Zone Order 1999 and shall come into force on 10th January 2000.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
“partners” means those persons listed in Schedule 1 to this Order; and
“zone school” means a school listed in Schedule 2 to this Order.
Constitution of education action zone
3
The schools listed in Schedule 2 to this Order shall constitute collectively an education action zone under the name of the Peterlee Education Action Zone (“the zone”) for the purposes of Chapter III of Part I of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
Education Action Forum
4
There shall be an Education Action Forum for the zone to be known as the Peterlee Education Action Forum (“the Forum”), the membership of which shall include —
a
one person appointed by the governing body of each zone school, unless any such governing body choose not to make such an appointment;
b
either one or two persons appointed by the Secretary of State;
c
one person appointed by each partner, unless any partner chooses not to make such an appointment; and
d
three persons appointed by Durham County Council; and
e
two persons representing the interests of National Health Service providers in the area served by the zone schools, appointed by the other members of the Forum.
5
The Forum may at any time appoint additional members as follows–
a
up to two persons representing the interests of business;
b
up to four parents of registered pupils attending zone schools;
c
one headteacher from a primary school within the zone;
d
one headteacher from a secondary school within the zone;
e
one person from a professional teaching association to represent teachers working in zone schools;
f
one person from non-teaching associations to represent staff working in zone schools;
h
one person representing the interests of community organisations working within the area served by the zone schools;
i
one person representing the interests of the further and higher education sector and the providers of training to young persons in the area served by the zone schools;
j
the headteacher of Horden Nursery School (Cotsford Park, Horden, Peterlee, SR8 4TB, DfEE No. 840 1035);
k
the headteacher of South Hetton Primary School (Frederick Terrace, South Hetton, DH6 2TH, DfEE No. 840 2731);
l
the headteacher of Glen Dene School (Crawlaw Road, Easington Colliery, Peterlee, SR8 3BQ, DfEE No. 840 7029);
m
one person nominated by the Pupil Referral Unit (Broom Cottages Centre, Broom, Ferryhill); and
n
up to six persons representing the interests of the education sector generally in the area served by the zone schools.
Disqualification for membership of the Forum
6
Articles 7 to 9 shall have effect for the purpose of prescribing the circumstances and cases in which a person is to be disqualified for holding, or continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum.
Disqualification for membership of the Forum — bankruptcy etc.
7
1
Subject to the provisions of this article, a person shall be disqualified for holding, or for continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum if he has been adjudged bankrupt or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors; and a member, on becoming so disqualified, shall give written notice of the fact to the secretary to the Forum.
2
Where a person is disqualified by reason of his having been adjudged bankrupt, that disqualification shall cease —
a
unless the bankruptcy order made against that person is previously annulled, on his discharge from bankruptcy; and
b
if the bankruptcy order is so annulled, on the date of the annulment.
3
Where a person is disqualified by reason of his having made a composition or arrangement with his creditors and he pays his debts in full, the disqualification shall cease on the date on which the payment is completed and in any other case it shall cease on the expiration of three years from the date on which the terms of the deed of composition or arrangement are fulfilled.
Disqualification for membership of the Forum — criminal convictions
8
1
Subject to paragraph (2) a person shall be disqualified for holding, or for continuing to hold, office as a member of the Forum if–
a
within five years before his appointment would otherwise have taken effect or since his appointment, he has been convicted, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, of any offence and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months without the option of a fine;
b
within twenty years before his appointment would otherwise have taken effect, he has been convicted as aforesaid and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment for a period of more than two and a half years; or
c
he has at any time been convicted as aforesaid and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment of not less than five years.
2
For the purposes of this article there shall be disregarded any conviction by or before a court outside the United Kingdom of an offence in respect of conduct which, if it had taken place in any part of the United Kingdom, would not have constituted an offence under the law in force in that part of the United Kingdom.
Disqualification — absence from meetings
9
Any member of the Forum who, without the consent of the Forum, has failed to attend the meetings thereof for a continuous period of six months beginning with the date of a meeting shall, on the expiry of that period, be disqualified for continuing to be a member of the Forum without prejudice however, to his re-appointment.
Chairman’s tenure of office
10
The chairman of the Forum elected in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, shall hold office for one year from the date of his election (unless he resigns his office earlier), without prejudice to his eligibility to be re-elected for a further such period.
Estelle Morris
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
15th December 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the M6 Motorway (Junction 38 Slip Roads) (Speed Limit) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 12th July 1999.
Imposition of speed limit
2
1
No person shall drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 50 miles per hour on any specified slip road.
2
Each of the following slip roads at junction 38 of the M6 Motorway is a “specified slip road”–
a
the northbound exit slip road between its junction with the northbound carriageway of the M6 and its junction with the A685 roundabout;
b
the northbound entry slip road between its junction with the A685 roundabout and its junction with the northbound carriageway of the M6;
c
the southbound exit slip road between its junction with the southbound carriageway of the M6 and its junction with the northbound exit slip road.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Larry Whitty
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
8th June 1999


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Secondary Education in Further Education Institutions) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 15th April 1999.
2
In these Regulations “the 1992 Act ” means the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.
Presence of a teacher
2
1
The circumstances referred to in section 52A(2) of the 1992 Act shall be that a teacher is present in the room.
2
For the purposes of paragraph (1) a teacher means a member of the teaching staff of–
a
a school maintained by a local education authority;
b
an institution maintained or assisted by a local education authority other than a school;
c
a grant-maintained school (until 1st September 1999);
d
a grant-maintained special school (until 1st September 1999);
e
a city technology college;
f
a city college for the technology of the arts; or
g
a institution within the further education sector.
3
For the purposes of paragraph (1) a teacher shall be considered to be present in the room at a particular time even though no teacher is present if–
a
it would be impracticable to secure the presence of a teacher in a room at that time, and
b
the absence of a teacher at that time has not lasted more than five minutes.
Tessa Blackstone
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
19th March 1999
Peter Hain
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
22nd March 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Standing Orders and Parliamentary Publications) Order 1999.
2
This Order shall come into force on 6th May 1999.
Interpretation
2
In this Order–
“ the Act ” means the Scotland Act 1998;
“court” includes tribunal;
“legal proceedings” means any legal proceedings (whether civil or criminal) in any court in the United Kingdom;
“the Parliament” means the Scottish Parliament; and
“statement” has the same meaning as in the Defamation Act 1996 .
Standing orders of the Parliament.
3
The standing orders of the Parliament are contained in the rules set out in the Schedule to this Order.
Publication of statements under the authority of the Parliament
4
1
This article applies to any legal proceedings brought against a person for, on account of, or in respect of, the publication by that person–
a
of a statement under the authority of the Parliament; or
b
of a statement which has been published under the authority of the Parliament.
2
In any legal proceedings to which this article applies, any person may produce to the court before which the proceedings are brought a certificate, sworn by the Clerk of the Parliament before a notary public, that the statement was published under the authority of the Parliament.
3
On production of such a certificate the court shall order that, subject to paragraph (4), no further steps are to be taken in the proceedings and on the making of such an order the proceedings shall be treated as having been concluded.
4
On the making of an order under paragraph (3), the court may make such ancillary orders as it considers appropriate.
5
Any person intending to produce a certificate in accordance with paragraph (2) shall give at least 24 hours notice of his or her intention so to do to the other parties to the proceedings and to the court before which the proceedings are brought.
5
Any statement which is required or authorised to be published in pursuance of any of the rules set out in the Schedule to this Order shall be treated, for the purposes of section 41 of the Act (defamatory statements) and article 4 of this Order, as published under the authority of the Parliament.
Duration
6
1
Unless earlier revoked by an order under section 129(1) of the Act and subject to paragraph (2), articles 3 and 5 of, and the Schedule to, this Order shall cease to have effect on the date on which the first standing orders made by the Parliament come into force.
2
Article 5 of this Order shall continue to apply in relation to any statement published before the date when that Article ceases to have effect by virtue of paragraph (1).
7
Unless earlier revoked by an order under section 129(1) of the Act, article 4 of this Order shall cease to have effect on the day appointed by or under an Act of the Parliament.
Donald C. Dewar
Secretary of State for Scotland
St Andrew’s House Edinburgh
7th April 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Independent Analogue Broadcasters (Reservation of Digital Capacity) (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 17th July 1999.
Amendment to The Independent Analogue Broadcasters (Reservation of Digital Capacity) Order 1996
2
For article 1(2)(i) in Part I of the Independent Analogue Broadcasters (Reservation of Digital Capacity) Order 1996 there shall be substituted–
i
in Part II, “qualifying company” has the same meaning as in section 24(6) of the 1990 Act and in Part III, “qualifying company” has the same meaning as in section 57(1B) of the 1990 Act.
.
3
For article 9 in Part III of the Independent Analogue Broadcasters (Reservation of Digital Capacity) Order 1996 there shall be substituted–
9
1
The C5/S4C multiplex licence shall include, in addition to the conditions referred to in section 12(1) of the 1996 Act, such conditions as appear to be appropriate to the Commission for securing that, in consideration of the making of such payments as are specified in paragraph (2) below, the holder of the C5/S4C multiplex licence will use the digital capacity specified in the direction of the Secretary of State referred to in article 8(1) for the broadcasting of services provided by the holder of the Channel 5 licence and by–
a
the Welsh Authority, or
b
the Welsh Authority and one or more qualifying companies which either is or are controlled by the Welsh Authority.
2
The payments referred to in paragraph (1) above are–
a
payments made by the holder of the Channel 5 licence, and
b
payments made by either–
i
the Welsh Authority, or
ii
the Welsh Authority and one or more qualifying companies which either is or are controlled by the Welsh Authority,
as are from time to time agreed between each of them respectively and the holder of the C5/S4C multiplex licence or (in default of agreement) determined by the Commission.
.
Janet Anderson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
15th July 1999


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1
This Order may be cited as the Income Tax (Cash Equivalents of Car Fuel Benefits) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 6th April 1999.
2
In section 158 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (car fuel) for the Tables in subsection (2) (tables of cash equivalents) there shall be substituted —
TABLE A
Cylinder capacity of car in cubic centimetres Cash equivalent
1,400 or less £1,210 More than 1,400 but not more than 2,000 £1,540 More than 2,000 £2,270
TABLE AB
Cylinder capacity of car in cubic centimetres Cash equivalent
2,000 or less £1,540 More than 2,000 £2,270
TABLE B
Description of car Cash equivalent
Any car £2,270
David Jamieson
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
9th March 1999


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Commencement and citation
1
This Order may be cited as The A205 Trunk Road (Lewisham) Red Route (Prohibited Turns) Traffic Order 1999, and shall come into force on 27th August 1999.
Interpretation
2
In this Order —
a
causing includes permitting;
b
“vehicle” includes part of a vehicle;
c
“bus” has the meaning given by regulation 22(2) of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 ;
d
“Local bus” and “Local Service” have the meanings given by regulation 4 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 ;
e
“Stanstead Road (north arm)” means that length of the A205 Trunk Road called Stanstead Road and fronting St Dunstan’s College in the London Borough of Lewisham;
f
“Stanstead Road (south arm)” means that length of the A205 Trunk Road called Stanstead Road between Stanstead Road (north arm) and Catford Hill in the London Borough of Lewisham;
g
“Stanstead Road link” means that length of the A205 Trunk Road to the rear of Nos. 28 to 36 Catford Hill and which connects Stanstead Road (north arm) with Stanstead Road (south arm);
h
“Catford Hill” means that length of the A205 Trunk Road called Catford Hill in the London Borough of Lewisham;
i
“Catford Road” means the length of the A205 Trunk Road called Catford Road in the London Borough of Lewisham;
j
“Nelgrade Road” means the road of that name in the London Borough of Lewisham.
Prohibition
3
Except as provided in article 4 below, no person shall cause or permit —
a
any vehicle proceeding eastwards on Stanstead Road (north arm) to turn right into Catford Hill;
b
any vehicle proceeding north-eastwards on Catford Hill to turn left into Stanstead Road (north arm);
c
any vehicle proceeding north-westwards on Stanstead Road (south arm) to turn right into Stanstead Road (north arm);
d
any vehicle proceeding north-westwards on Stanstead Road (south arm) to turn right into Stanstead Road link;
e
any vehicle proceeding westwards on Catford Road to turn right into Nelgrade Road.
Exemptions
4
1
None of the controls specified in article 3 apply to —
a
anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden; or
b
in respect of a vehicle being used for ambulance, fire brigade or police purposes.
2
The controls specified in article 3(d) do not apply to a local bus being used to provide a local bus service.
Revocation or variation of existing Orders
5
1
Subject to paragraph (2) of this article, the A205 Trunk Road (Lewisham) Red Route (Prohibited Turns) Experimental Traffic Order 1998 is hereby revoked, in so far as its provisions relate to any part of the trunk road red route.
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State.
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
17th August 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
This order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 24th August 1999.
Establishment of safety zones
2
A safety zone is hereby established around each installation specified in column 1 of the Schedule hereto (being an installation stationed in waters to which subsection (7) of section 21 of the Act applies) having a radius of five hundred metres from the point as respects that installation which has the co-ordinates of latitude and longitude according to European Datum (1950) specified in columns 2 and 3 of the Schedule.
Removal of safety zone
3
In Schedule 1 to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1999 the entry relating to South Drilling Centre Buckland Field Block 9/18 is deleted.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Michael Meacher
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
3rd August 1999


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Citation and commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Doncaster Healthcare National Health Service Trust Change of Name and (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st October 1999.
2
In this Order —
“ the Order ” means the Doncaster Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991 .
“ the trust ” means the National Health Service trust established by the Order.
Change of name of NHS trust
2
The trust shall be called the Doncaster and South Humber Healthcare National Health Service Trust instead of the Doncaster Healthcare National Health Service Trust, and accordingly in article 1 of the Order in the definition of “the trust”, and in article 2, for the word “Doncaster” there shall be substituted the words “Doncaster and South Humber”.
Amendment of NHS trust Establishment Order
3
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
3
1
The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the Act.
2
The trust’s functions shall be —
a
to provide goods and the following services, namely mental health services and specialist health services to people with a learning disability, within the area of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, North Lincolnshire Council and North East Lincolnshire Council for the purposes of the health service; and
b
to provide goods and community health services within the area of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council and North Lincolnshire Council for the purpose of the health service.
Transitional provisions
4
The change of name effected by article 2 of this Order shall not —
a
affect any right or obligation of any person; or
b
be taken as invalidating any instrument (whether made before, on or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the trust by its previous name;
and all instruments and other documents which refer to the trust under its previous name shall be construed as if referring to it under its new name.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Tessa Jowell
Minister of State for Public Health,
Department of Health
21st September 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Nomination) Order 1999, and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Interpretation
2
In this Order–
“ the Act ” means the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996;
“ Eurostar ” means Eurostar ( U.K. ) Limited;
“the excluded works” means such parts of the works authorised by Part I of the Act as are comprised within the description of the Thameslink Completion Works set out in the Schedule to this Order;
“the northern works” means the following works so far as not falling within the excluded works–
Works Nos. 1 (including 1A, 1AA, 1B, 1BB, 1C, 1CC, 1D, 1DD, 1EE, 1FF, 1GG, 1HH, 1JJ, and 1K), 2, 2A, 2AA, 2B, 2BB, 2C, 2D, 2E, 3, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E, 4B, 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D, 5D(1), 5D(2), 5EE, 5F, 5F(1), 5G, 5H, 5Q, 5Q(1), 5J, 5K, 5LL, 5N, 5P, 6, 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D, 6E, 6E(1), 6F, 6G, 6H, 6J, 7, 8, 8E, 8G, 8H, 8J, 8K, 8L, 8P(3), 8P(4), 8Q, 8R, 8S, 8T, 8U(4), 8U(6), 8U(7), 8U(8), 8U(9), 8U(10), 8U(11), 8U(12), 8U(13), 9, 9B, 9C, 9D, 9F(1), 9F(2), 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, 10E, 10(F), 10F(1), 10G, 10H, 10J, 10J(1), 10J(2), 10K, 10N, 10Q, 10R, 10R(1), 10R(2), 10S(1), 10S(2), 10T(1), 10T(3), 10T(4), 10T(6), 10T(7), 10T(8), 19, 19A, 22, 22A, 22B, 22C, 22D, 22E, 22F, 22G, 22H(1), 22H(2), 22J, 23, 23A, 23B(1), 23B(2), 23B(3), 23C (comprising 23C(1), 23C(2), 23C(3), 23C(4), 23C(5)) and 23D,
such parts of the works comprised within works Nos. 4A, 4J, 4K, 4L or 5R as are indicated in blue on the drawings marked “The Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Nomination) Order 1999; drawing no. 1” and “The Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Nomination) Order 1999; drawing no. 2”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, dated 18th February 1999 and deposited in the Information Centre, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR.
such of Work No. 10 as lies to the north of the southern boundary of the A2 road, and
the works authorised by paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Act;
“the shared works” means Works Nos. 20A, 20B and 21;
“the southern works” means —
Works Nos. 10P, 11, 11A, 11B, 11C, 11D, 11E, 11F, 12, 12A, 12B, 12C, 12D, 12E, 12F, 12H, 12J, 12K, 12L, 13, 13A (comprising 13A(1), 13A(2), 13A(3), 13A(4)), 13B, 13C, 13D, 13E, 13F, 13G, 13H, 13J, 13K, 14, 14A, 14B, 14C, 14D, 14E, 14F, 14G, 14H, 14J, 14K, 14L, 14M, 14N, 14P, 14Q, 14R, 14S, 14T, 14U, 14V, 15, 15A, 15B, 15C, 15D, 15E, 15F, 15G, 15H, 15J, 15K, 15L, 15M, 15N, 15P, 15Q, 16, 16A, 16B, 16C, 16D, 16E, 16F, 16G, 16H, 16J, 16K, 16L, 16M, 16N, 16P, 16QQ, 16RR, 16RR(1), 16S, 16T, 16U, 17, 17A, 17B, 17C, 17C(1), 17D, 17E, 17F, 17G, 17H, 17J(1), 17J(2), 17J(3), 17K, 17L, 17M, 17N, 17P, 17Q, 18A, 18AA, 18B, 18C, 18D, 18E, 18F, 18G, 18H, 18J, 18K, and
such of Work No. 10 as is not comprised in the northern works.
Appointment of nominated undertakers
3
1
Union Railways (North) Limited shall be the nominated undertaker for–
a
all purposes of section 1 of the Act in relation to the northern works and the shared works;
b
the purposes of any other provision of Part I of the Act except section 14, so far as connected with or in any way relating to those works; and
c
the purposes of section 14 of the Act, so far as concerns the provision of any services in connection with the construction or maintenance of those works.
2
Union Railways (South) Limited shall be the nominated undertaker for–
a
all purposes of section 1 of the Act in relation to the southern works and the shared works;
b
the purposes of any other provision of Part I of the Act except section 14, so far as connected with or in any way relating to those works; and
c
the purposes of section 14 of the Act, so far as concerns the provision of any services in connection with the construction or maintenance of those works.
3
Paragraphs (1) and (2) have effect in relation to the shared works so that each of Union Railways (North) Limited and Union Railways (South) Limited is (and acts as) nominated undertaker on its own account, so that no act by one shall render the other liable in respect of it.
Revocations and supplementary, incidental and consequential provisions
4
1
The Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Nomination) Order 1997 is hereby revoked.
2
There shall by virtue of this Order transfer to the relevant transferee all rights conferred by the Act, and all liabilities, duties and obligations imposed by or arising under the Act, which, immediately before this Order came into force, were the rights, liabilities, duties or obligations of Eurostar so far as concerns any purpose or matter connected with or relating to the northern works, the shared works or (as the case may be) the southern works.
3
All legal and other proceedings pending on the day this Order comes into force may be amended in such manner as may be necessary or proper in consequence of paragraph (2), and any cause of action or proceeding pending or existing on that day by or against Eurostar may be continued, prosecuted or enforced by or against the relevant transferee.
4
Where, before the day on which this Order comes into force–
a
any notice or other document has been given by or to Eurostar under the Act in connection with or in relation to the northern works, the shared works or the southern works (as the case may be), or
b
any request for consent or approval has been made (whether or not it has been determined) or other thing done by Eurostar under the Act in connection with or relating to those works,
it shall have effect as if given by or to, made or done by or determined in respect of the relevant transferee.
5
Eurostar is hereby released from any liability, duty or obligation transferred under paragraph (2).
6
Nothing in paragraphs (2) to (5) shall have the effect, as between Eurostar, Union Railways (North) Limited and Union Railways (South) Limited, of overriding any agreement made between any or all of them (whether before or after this Order comes into force) concerning the apportionment between any of them of responsibility for liabilities or the exercise of rights which transfer under paragraph (2), including any agreement as to the making of payments or the indemnification of one by another.
7
In this article “the relevant transferee” means Union Railways (North) Limited in relation to any purpose or matter connected with or relating to the northern works, and Union Railways (South) Limited in relation to any purpose or matter connected with or relating to the shared works and the southern works.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
Glenda Jackson
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
18th February 1999


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Commencement and citation
1
This Order may be cited as The London Borough of Barnet (Trunk Road) Red Route (Priority Traffic Lanes) Experimental Traffic Order 1999 Revocation Order 1999, and shall come into force on 7th January 2000.
Revocation
2
The London Borough of Barnet (Trunk Roads) Red Route (Priority Traffic Lanes) Experimental Traffic Order 1999 is hereby revoked.
Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State.
Derek Turner
Traffic Director for London
20th December 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the General Commissioners (Jurisdiction and Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st January 2000.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the General Commissioners (Jurisdiction and Procedure) Regulations 1994 and any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in the principal Regulations.
Amendments to the principal Regulations
3
In regulation 16(5) after the word “above” there shall be inserted the words “, other than a notice setting out a final determination made in accordance with regulation 19(2)(b),”.
4
In regulation 18(2)(c) for “47” there shall be substituted “46D ”.
5
For regulation 19 there shall be substituted–
References of questions to other tribunals
19
1
A question in an appeal which is required to be determined in accordance with section 46B, 46C, 46D or 47B of the Management Act shall be referred to the appropriate tribunal by the Tribunal before whom the appeal is brought or, if the hearing of the appeal has not begun, by an inspector or other officer of the Board.
2
Where any question in an appeal has been referred to another tribunal in accordance with paragraph (1) above, the Tribunal before whom the appeal is brought–
a
shall make a final determination of the remaining question or questions in the appeal, and shall at the request of any party state a case thereon under regulation 22, without awaiting the determination of the question referred to the other tribunal, and
b
shall make a final determination of the appeal (in accordance with regulation 16) once all the questions in the appeal have been finally determined.
3
Where–
a
a question in an appeal has been referred to the Special Commissioners in accordance with paragraph (1) above, and
b
that question is the sole question in dispute in the appeal,
the proceedings shall be transferred to the Special Commissioners by the Tribunal before whom the appeal is brought or, if the hearing of the appeal has not yet begun, shall be brought before the Special Commissioners by an inspector or other officer of the Board.
4
The reference in paragraph (2)(b) above to all questions in the appeal having been finally determined is a reference to a time when no further appeals in relation to those questions, whether by way of case stated under these Regulations or under any other enactment, are pending.
6
In regulation 20–
a
in paragraph (1) after the word “Tribunal”, where it first occurs, there shall be inserted the words “, other than a final determination to which regulation 19(2)(b) refers,”;
b
in paragraph (3) for the words “within not less than twenty eight days ” there shall be substituted the words “within a period of time stated in the notice, not being less than twenty eight days,”.
Signed on behalf of the Lord Chancellor
Jane Kennedy
Parliamentary Secretary,
Lord Chancellor’s Department
5th December 1999
The Scottish Ministers consent to the making of these Regulations
Jim Wallace
Minister for Justice, A member of the Scottish Executive
9th December 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (No. 2) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 19th July 1999.
Designation as a public body
2
The following persons, who appear to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and to the Secretary of State for Wales to be exercising functions of a public nature, shall be public bodies for the purposes of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 in its application to England and Wales:
The Academy of Youth Limited ,
Coronation Park at Launceston, Cornwall ,
The New Opportunities Fund ,
The Preston and Western Lancashire Racial Equality Council ,
Renaisi Limited .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Alan Meale
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
16th June 1999
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Jon Owen Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Welsh Office
17th June 1999


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Title and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Travel Documents (Fees) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 16th December 1999.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations–
“Convention travel document” means a travel document issued in accordance with Article 28 of the Refugee Convention (travel documents) or Article 28 of the Stateless Persons Convention (travel documents);
“document of identity” means a travel document issued in the United Kingdom to a person who is not a British citizen which enables the holder to make one journey out of the United Kingdom;
“the Refugee Convention” means the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951 and the Protocol to the Convention ; and
“the Stateless Persons Convention” means the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons done at New York on 28th September 1954 .
Prescription of fees
3
1
A fee of £28 is to be paid in connection with an application to the Secretary of State for a Convention travel document or a document of identity.
2
A fee of £67 is to be paid in connection with an application to the Secretary of State for any other Home Office travel document.
Payment into the Consolidated Fund
4
A fee received by the Secretary of State under these Regulations is to be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
Revocation
5
The Travel Documents (Refugees and Stateless Persons) (Fees) Regulations 1999 are hereby revoked.
Barbara Roche
Minister of State
Home Office
9th December 1999
We approve,
Bob Ainsworth
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
13th December 1999


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Borough of Waverley (Electoral Changes) Order 1999.
2
This Order shall come into force–
a
for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002;
b
for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
3
In this Order–
“the borough” means the borough of Waverley;
“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 Waverley (Electoral Changes) Order 1999”, 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 Waverley
2
1
The existing wards of the borough shall be abolished.
2
The borough shall be divided into twenty-nine wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 1.
3
The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that Schedule by reference to parishes or parish wards or, where no area is so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be the number specified in respect of the ward in column (3) of that Schedule.
4
Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, waterway or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
Wards of the parish of Cranleigh
3
1
The existing wards of the parish of Cranleigh shall be abolished.
2
The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Cranleigh East, Cranleigh North, Cranleigh Rural, Cranleigh West and Elmbridge; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 8 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
3
The number of parish councillors to be elected for the Cranleigh East parish ward shall be five; the number of parish councillors to be elected for each of the Cranleigh North, Cranleigh Rural and Elmbridge parish wards shall be one; and the number of parish councillors to be elected for the Cranleigh West parish ward shall be four.
Parish of Ewhurst
4
1
The parish of Ewhurst shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Ellens Green and Ewhurst.
2
The parish ward of Ellens Green shall comprise that part of the parish which is within the borough ward of Alford, Cranleigh Rural and Ellens Green, and the Ewhurst parish ward shall comprise the area of the ward of the borough bearing the same name.
3
The number of councillors to be elected for the parish ward of Ellens Green shall be one and the number of councillors to be elected for the parish ward of Ewhurst shall be eight.
Wards of the parish of Farnham
5
1
The existing wards of the parish of Farnham shall be abolished.
2
The parish shall be divided into nine parish wards which shall bear the names Farnham Bourne, Farnham Castle, Farnham Firgrove, Farnham Hale and Heath End, Farnham Moor Park, Farnham Shortheath and Boundstone, Farnham Upper Hale, Farnham Weybourne and Badshot Lea and Farnham Wrecclesham and Rowledge; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the ward of the borough bearing the same name.
3
The number of councillors to be elected for each of the nine parish wards shall be two.
Wards of the parish of Godalming
6
1
The existing wards of the parish of Godalming shall be abolished.
2
The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Godalming Binscombe, Godalming Central and Ockford, Godalming Charterhouse, Godalming Farncombe and Catteshall, and Godalming Holloway; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the ward of the borough bearing the same name.
3
The number of councillors to be elected for each of the five parish wards shall be four.
Wards of the parish of Haslemere
7
1
The existing wards of the parish of Haslemere shall be abolished.
2
The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Critchmere, Haslemere North and Grayswood, Haslemere South, Hindhead and Shottermill; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 9 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 Critchmere, Haslemere North and Grayswood, and Shottermill shall be three; the number of councillors to be elected for the parish ward of Haslemere South shall be four and the number of councillors to be elected for the parish ward of Hindhead shall be five.
Wards of the parish of Witley
8
1
The existing wards of the parish of Witley shall be abolished.
2
The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2.
3
The parish wards shall comprise the area of the borough ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule, and the number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be the number specified in respect of the ward in column (3) of that Schedule.
Revocation
9
The Borough of Waverley (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979 is 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
6th September 1999


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Title, commencement and extent
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Countryside Access (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999, shall come into force on 17th September 1999 and shall apply to England.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Countryside Access Regulations 1994 .
Amendment of the principal Regulations
3
After regulation 13 of the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following regulation–
14
The Minister shall not, in relation to land in England, accept an application for aid under regulation 5 in respect of any access period beginning in the year 2000 or any subsequent year.
.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
3rd August 1999


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Citation, commencement, application and revocation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Individual Pupil Information) (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 9th April 1999.
2
These Regulations apply to individual pupil information relating to pupils at schools (other than nursery schools) in England only.
3
The Education (Individual Performance Information)(Prescribed Bodies and Persons) Regulations 1997 and the Education (Individual Performance Information)(Identification of Individual Pupils) Regulations 1998 are hereby revoked.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations:
“ the Act ” means the Education Act 1996;
“ GCE ‘A’ level examinations” and “ GCE ‘AS’ examinations” mean General Certificate of Education advanced level examinations and General Certificate of Education Advanced Supplementary examinations respectively;
“ GCSE ” means General Certificate of Secondary Education;
“ GNVQ ” means General National Vocational Qualification;
“individual pupil information” means information within the meaning of section 537A(9) of the Act, namely, information relating to and identifying individual pupils or former pupils (at schools, other than nursery schools, in England), whether obtained under section 537A(1) of the Act or otherwise;
“information collator” means an information collator within section 537A(9) of the Act, namely, any body which, for the purposes of or in connection with the functions of the Secretary of State relating to education, is responsible for collating or checking information relating to pupils;
“key stage” means any of the periods set out in paragraphs (a) to (d) respectively of section 355(1) of the Act and a reference to the first, second or third key stage is a reference to the periods set out respectively in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of the said section 355(1); and
“the relevant local education authority”, in relation to the provision of any individual pupil information, means the local education authority which maintains the school at which the pupil, the subject of that information, is or was registered or, in the case of a school which is not so maintained, the local education authority for the area in which the school is situated, at which the pupil, the subject of that information, is or was registered.
Prescribed persons
3
1
For the purposes of section 537A(4) of the Act, the Secretary of State hereby prescribes as a person to whom he may provide individual pupil information —
a
any person referred to in paragraph (4) below; and
b
any person falling within the category referred to in paragraph (5) below.
2
For the purposes of section 537A(5)(b) of the Act, the Secretary of State hereby prescribes as a person to whom an information collator may provide individual pupil information —
a
any person referred to in paragraph (4) below; and
b
any person falling within the category referred to in paragraph (5) below.
3
The individual pupil information which an information collator may so provide, at such times as the Secretary of State may determine, in accordance with section 537A(5)(b) of the Act, is any such information relating to the educational achievements of pupils in —
i
any National Curriculum assessment of pupils at or near the end of the final year of the first, second or third key stage;
ii
any GCSE subjects;
iii
any GCE ‘A’ level examinations;
iv
any GCE ‘AS’ examinations;
v
any GNVQ subjects; and
vi
any course of study provided to pupils of compulsory school age in any school maintained by a local education authority which leads to a qualification which is approved by the Secretary of State under section 400 of the Act (other than a qualification of the kind referred to in sub-paragraph (ii) or (v) above).
4
The persons referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) and (2)(a) above are —
a
The States of Jersey Education Department;
b
the Funding Agency for Schools ;
c
the Joint Council for General Qualifications ;
d
the Office for Standards in Education ;
e
the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority ;
f
the relevant local education authority;
g
the Teacher Training Agency ; and
h
the Welsh Joint Education Committee .
5
The category referred to in paragraphs (1)(b) and (2)(b) above is that of persons conducting research into the educational achievements of pupils and who require individual pupil information for that purpose.
Charles Clarke
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
18th March 1999


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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Prosecution of Offences (Custody Time Limits) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st November 1999, save that they shall not apply in relation to any case where an accused person’s first court appearance was before that date.
2
1
The Prosecution of Offences (Custody Time Limits) Regulations 1987 shall be amended as follows.
2
In regulation 4, after paragraph (4) there shall be inserted the following paragraph —
4A
In the case of a summary offence, the maximum period of custody beginning with the date of the accused’s first appearance and ending with the date of the start of the summary trial shall be 56 days.
.
Jack Straw
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
5th October 1999


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Citation. commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the New Deal (25 plus) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 2nd April 1999.
2
In this Order–
“the intensive activity period of the New Deal Pilot for 25 plus” means the arrangements known by that name and made under section 2 of the 1973 Act for which only persons who are aged over 25 years immediately prior to entry are eligible and which are designed to help participants to obtain work or to improve their prospects of obtaining work;
“the self-employment route” means receiving assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment whilst participating in the intensive activity period of the New Deal Pilots for 25 plus;
“training allowance” means a payment made directly by the Secretary of State to a New Deal participant in connection with his participation;
Treatment of persons and payments for the purposes of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, the Jobseekers Act 1995 and specified subordinate legislation
2
1
The provisions of this article apply for the purposes of–
a
Part I of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ,
b
the Jobseekers Act 1995 and
c
the subordinate legislation specified in the Schedule to this Order.
2
If during any period or periods commencing with or falling after the date on which this Order comes into force a person is participating in the New Deal Pilot for 25 plus within the self employment route and that person receives, or is eligible to receive, either a mandatory top-up payment or other payment made to him in order to assist with the expenses of participation, he is to be treated for that period or those periods and in respect of his participation as not being employed and any such payments made to such a person during that period or those periods in connection with his use of facilities shall be treated as a grant and not as a training allowance.
Signed by order of the Secretary of State
Andrew Smith
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
12th March 1999


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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Modification of Instruments Relating to Voluntary Schools) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999.
2
Any provision of an instrument relating to any land held for the purposes of a voluntary school which —
a
confers on any person an option to acquire an interest in that land, or
b
provides (in whatever terms) for the determination or forfeiture of any such interest,
in the event of the school’s ceasing to be a voluntary school or ceasing to be either a grant-maintained school or a voluntary school shall, if the school becomes a foundation school, have effect as if the event referred to were the school’s ceasing to be a school which is either a foundation school or a voluntary school.
David Blunkett
Secretary of State for Education and Employment
13th August 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the St George’s Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 26th April 1999.
Amendment of NHS trust Establishment Order
2
For Article 3 of the St George’s Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 , there shall be substituted the following article:–
Nature and functions of the Trust
3
1
The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the Act.
2
The trust’s functions shall be–
a
subject to sub-paragraph (b), to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act St George’s Hospital, London SW17 0QT and associated hospitals and facilities, and there to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services; and
b
to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act the Cardiothoracic and Neurosciences Wing at St George’s Hospital, London SW17 0QT and associated hospitals and facilities in the area of the Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority, and there to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services.
.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
John Denham
Minister of State,
Department of Health
14th April 1999


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1
This Order may be cited as the Curfew Order (Responsible Officer) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st December 1999.
2
In this Order–
“place of curfew” means a place specified in a curfew order as a place at which the offender is required to remain for periods for the time being specified in the curfew order;
“responsible officer” means the person responsible for monitoring the offender’s whereabouts during the periods for the time being specified in the curfew order;
and a reference to an area is to be taken as a reference to a police area or, as the case may be, the City of London police area or the metropolitan police district, within the meanings given by section 101(1) of the Police Act 1996 .
3
Where a curfew order specifies a place in an area specified in Schedule 1 to this Order as a place of curfew, the responsible officer shall be an employee of Premier Monitoring Services Limited of Berkshire Court, Western Road, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1RE.
4
Where a curfew order specifies a place in an area specified in Schedule 2 to this Order as a place of curfew, the responsible officer shall be an employee of Securicor Custodial Services Limited of Sutton Park, 15 Carshalton Road, Sutton, Surrey SM1 4LD.
5
Where a curfew order specifies a place in an area specified in Schedule 3 to this Order as a place of curfew, the responsible officer shall be an employee of GSSC of Europe Limited of Carmelite, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DX.
6
The Curfew Order (Responsible Officer) Order 1997 , the Curfew Order (Responsible Officer) (Amendment) Order 1998 and the Curfew Order (Responsible Officer) (Amendment) Order 1999 are hereby revoked.
Paul Boateng
Minister of State
Home Office
23rd November 1999


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1
This Order may be cited as the A50 Trunk Road (Uttoxeter Service Area, Staffordshire) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 10th June 1999.
2
In this Order —
1
all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;
2
i
“the new roads” means the new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the routes described in the Schedule to this Order;
ii
“the trunk road” means the A50 Trunk Road in the District of Uttoxeter in the County of Staffordshire; and
iii
“the plan” means the plan numbered HA10/1M/007 marked “The A50 Trunk Road (Uttoxeter Service Area, Staffordshire) Order 1999”, signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and deposited at the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Zone 2/C8 Ashdown House, Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.
3
The new roads shall become trunk roads from the date when this Order comes into force.
4
The centre line of each of the new roads is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
D. E. Oddy
Divisional Director, The Highways Agency
12th May 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Bournemouth, Harrogate, Poole and Worthing Borough Councils) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 30th June 1999.
Exemption of cleaning of buildings
2
The cleaning of buildings by Harrogate Borough Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out at the Harrogate International Centre during the period beginning with 30th June 1999 and ending immediately before 1st April 2000.
Exemption of other catering
3
Other catering shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out–
a
by Bournemouth Borough Council at the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth, during the period beginning with 30th June 1999 and ending immediately before 1st November 2000;
b
by Worthing Borough Council at the Hillbarn Golf Course, Worthing, during the period beginning with 30th June 1999 and ending immediately before 2nd January 2000.
Exemption of managing sports and leisure facilities
4
The management of sports and leisure facilities shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out by Worthing Borough Council at the Hillbarn Golf Course, Worthing, during the period beginning with 30th June 1999 and ending immediately before 2nd January 2000.
Exemption of information technology services
5
The provision of information technology services by Bournemouth Borough Council (“Bournemouth”) and by Poole Borough Council (“Poole”) shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out by Dorset County Council–
a
in Bournemouth’s area, in connection with library and social services functions, during the period beginning with 30th June 1999 and ending immediately before 1st April 2000;
b
in Poole’s area–
i
during the period beginning with 30th June 1999 and ending immediately before 1st April 2000, and in connection with library functions; and
ii
during the period beginning with 30th June 1999 and ending immediately before 1st November 1999, and in connection with social services functions.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
3rd June 1999


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st December 1999.
2
In this Order “ MCC ” means magistrates' courts committee.
Commission areas
2
1
Each of the areas of England outside Greater London specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order is a commission area.
2
Each of the areas of Wales specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order is a commission area.
3
Each of the areas of Greater London specified in Part III of the Schedule to this Order is a commission area.
Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor
Jane Kennedy
Parliamentary Secretary
Lord Chancellor’s Department
3rd November 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the M606/M62 (Bradford Link) (Speed Limit) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 24th May 1999.
Imposition of speed limit
2
1
No person shall drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 50 miles per hour on the restricted length of the Bradford Link.
2
In paragraph (1)–
a
“the Bradford Link” means the length of motorway connecting the southbound carriageway of the M606 Motorway, at a point 1260 metres north west of the centre of Chain Bar Roundabout, with the westbound carriageway of the M62 Motorway, at a point 350 metres south west of the centre of that roundabout; and
b
“the restricted length” of the Bradford Link means that length whose beginning is for the time being indicated by a traffic sign of the size, colour and type shown in diagram 670 of the Traffic Signs Regulations 1994 varied to indicate a speed limit of 50 miles per hour and the end by a traffic sign of the size, colour and type shown in diagram 671 of those Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Larry Whitty
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
19th April 1999


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Citation
1
This Order may be cited as the Water Industry Act 1999 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1999.
Provisions coming into force on 23rd December 1999
2
The following provisions of the Water Industry Act 1999 shall come into force on 23rd December 1999–
a
section 4;
b
section 5 so far as not already in force;
c
section 15(1) so far as it relates to paragraph 4 of Schedule 3; and
d
section 16.
Provisions coming into force on 1st April 2000
3
The following provisions of the Water Industry Act 1999 shall come into force on 1st April 2000–
a
section 3;
b
sections 6 and 7 so far as not already in force;
c
sections 9 to 11;
d
section 15(1) so far as it relates to paragraphs 1 to 3 of Schedule 3; and
e
section 15(2) so far as it relates to Part I of Schedule 4.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Michael Meacher
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
22nd December 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Northumbria Ambulance Service and the Durham County Ambulance Service National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
Dissolution of NHS trusts
2
1
The Northumbria Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust established by the Northumbria Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1990 shall be dissolved on 1st April 1999, and accordingly that Order revoked on that date.
2
The Durham County Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust established by the Durham County Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 shall be dissolved on 1st April 1999, and accordingly that Order revoked on that date.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Denham
Minister of State,
Department of Health
15th March 1999


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Citation, interpretation and commencement
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Weights and Measures) Order 1999.
2
In this Order “the 1985 Act ” means the Weights and Measures Act 1985 .
3
This Order shall come into force 28 days after the day on which it is made.
Verification by approved verifiers
2
1
In subsection (2)(a) of section 11 of the 1985 Act (certain equipment to be passed and stamped by an inspector), after the word “inspector” there shall be inserted the words “or approved verifier”.
2
In subsection (4) of that section, after the word “passed”, in the first place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “by an inspector” and for the words “an inspector” there shall be substituted the words “the inspector”.
3
After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection–
4A
An approved verifier may (subject to the provisions of this Act, to any regulations under section 15 below and to any conditions included in his approval)–
a
test any equipment to which this section applies by means of other equipment which has already been tested and which the verifier considers suitable for the purpose,
b
if the equipment being tested falls within the prescribed limits of error and by virtue of subsection (10) below is not required to be stamped as mentioned in paragraph (c) below, make a statement in writing to the effect that it is passed fit for use for trade, and
c
except as otherwise expressly provided for by or under this Act, stamp it with the prescribed stamp.
4
After subsection (6) of that section there shall be inserted the following subsection–
6A
In this Act approved verifier, in relation to weighing or measuring equipment of any class or description, means a person who is for the time being approved under section 11A below in relation to the testing, passing and stamping of weighing or measuring equipment of that class or description.
5
In subsection (7) of that section, after the words “subsection (4)(c)” there shall be inserted the words “or (4A)(c)”.
6
In subsection (10) of that section, for the words “(4) and (7)” there shall be substituted the words “(4), (4A) and (7)”.
7
After that section there shall be inserted the following section–
Approval of persons to verify equipment manufactured etc by them.
11A
1
Subsection (2) below applies where, as regards a person who carries on business (whether in Great Britain or elsewhere) as a manufacturer, installer or repairer of equipment to which section 11 above applies, the Secretary of State–
a
is satisfied that the person would, if approved under this section, satisfy the requirements set out in Part II of Schedule 3A to this Act, and
b
considers the person a fit and proper person to be so approved.
2
The Secretary of State may approve the person for the purpose of–
a
testing any equipment to which section 11 above applies and which is manufactured, installed or repaired by him,
b
passing any such equipment as fit for use for trade, and
c
stamping any such equipment with the prescribed stamp.
3
Before granting an approval under this section, the Secretary of State may carry out such audits and inspections of the person’s systems and procedures as he considers necessary to establish that the conditions of the approval would be observed.
4
Schedule 3A to this Act (which relates to approvals under this section and matters connected with such approvals) shall have effect.
5
In that Schedule “approval” means an approval under this section and “the verifier”, in relation to such an approval, shall be construed accordingly.
8
In section 14(1) of the 1985 Act (general specifications of equipment), after the words “an inspector” there shall be inserted the words “or approved verifier”.
9
In section 16(1)(a) of that Act (offences in connection with stamping of equipment), after the word “inspector”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “or approved verifier”.
10
In subsection (4) of section 74 of that Act (performance by inspectors of additional functions), the words from “Without prejudice” to “this Act” shall be omitted.
11
After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsections–
5
A local weights and measures authority may also make arrangements whereby an inspector may, at the request of the Secretary of State and subject to payment by him of such fee, if any, as the authority may think fit, provide advice and assistance to the Secretary of State in connection with the carrying out by him of any audit or inspection under section 11A(3) above or paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 3A to this Act.
6
Subsections (4) and (5) above are without prejudice to the functions of local weights and measures authorities or inspectors under any other provision of this Act.
12
For subsection (2) of section 75 of that Act (offences in connection with office of inspector) there shall be substituted the following subsections–
1A
Any approved verifier who–
a
stamps any weighing or measuring equipment in contravention of any provision of this Act or of any instrument made under this Act or without duly testing it, or
b
commits any breach of any duty imposed on him by or under this Act,
shall be guilty of an offence.
2
If any person who is not an inspector, or is not an approved verifier, acts or purports to act as such, he shall be guilty of an offence.
3
Section 34 of this Act shall apply in relation to proceedings for an offence under subsection (1A)(b) above as it applies in relation to proceedings for an offence under Part IV of this Act.
13
In section 79(1) of that Act (general powers of inspection and entry), at the end of paragraph (a) there shall be inserted “or which has been, or which he has reasonable cause to believe to have been, passed by an approved verifier, or by a person purporting to act as such a verifier, as fit for such use”.
14
In section 94(1) of that Act (general interpretation), immediately before the definition of “capacity measurement” there shall be inserted the following definition–
“approved verifier” has the meaning given by section 11(6A) above;
.
15
After Schedule 3 to that Act there shall be inserted, as Schedule 3A, the provisions set out in the Schedule to this Order.
Testing by official EEA testers
3
After section 11A of the 1985 Act there shall be inserted the following section–
Testing by official EEA testers.
11B
1
This section applies where–
a
any equipment which has been tested by an official EEA tester is at any time submitted to an inspector under section 11(4) above,
b
the test report of the official EEA tester is submitted to the inspector at that time, and
c
that report states which tests have been applied to the equipment and sets out the results of those tests.
2
Section 11 above shall have effect as if–
a
paragraph (a) of subsection (4) required the inspector not to test the equipment in the manner mentioned in that paragraph,
b
paragraphs (b) and (c) of that subsection required him to rely, for the purposes of those paragraphs, on the test report of the official EEA tester, and
c
the reference in subsection (5) to any test carried out under subsection (4) were a reference to anything done under subsection (4).
3
In this section ‘official EEA tester’, in relation to the testing of equipment of any description, means a person who, at the time when the tests were applied–
a
had responsibility in an EEA State for the metrological control of equipment of that description, or
b
was accredited in an EEA State as a person operating a laboratory, in conformity with the criteria set out in the applicable European Standard, for the purpose of testing equipment of that description.
4
In subsection (3) above ‘EEA State’ means a Contracting Party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993.
Pre-test stamping by certain manufacturers
4
1
After section 15 of the 1985 Act there shall be inserted the following section–
Pre-test stamping by certain manufacturers.
15A
1
Subject to subsection (2) below, an approved verifier who is the manufacturer of any equipment to which section 11 above applies may apply the prescribed stamp to the equipment, notwithstanding that it has not been passed as fit for use for trade, if he is satisfied on reasonable grounds that it will not be used (whether for trade or otherwise) unless either–
a
the equipment has been passed as fit for use for trade, or
b
the stamp has been destroyed, obliterated or defaced.
2
A prescribed stamp shall not be applied under subsection (1) above unless the stamp includes the approved verifier’s number.
3
If any person contravenes subsection (2) above, he shall be guilty of an offence and any equipment in respect of which the offence was committed shall be liable to be forfeited.
4
A prescribed stamp which has been duly applied to any equipment under subsection (1) above shall have effect as follows–
a
at any time before the equipment is passed as fit for use for trade, as an indication that, at the time when the stamp was applied, the approved verifier was satisfied as mentioned in subsection (1) above, and
b
at any time after the equipment is so passed, as evidence of the passing of the equipment as fit for such use.
5
Where equipment to which a prescribed stamp has been duly applied under subsection (1) above is passed as fit for use for trade, nothing in section 11(4)(c) or (4A)(c) above shall require another such stamp to be applied to it.
6
Where the approved verifier fails to pass as fit for use for trade equipment to which a prescribed stamp has been applied under subsection (1) above, he may destroy, obliterate or deface the stamp–
a
in any case where there is a prescribed manner of doing so, in that manner, and
b
in any other case, in such reasonable manner as will leave no doubt that the stamp has been intentionally destroyed, obliterated or defaced.
7
References in subsections (4) to (6) above to prescribed stamps which have been applied do not include references to such stamps which have subsequently been destroyed, obliterated or defaced.
2
In section 84(2) of that Act (penalties), after the entry relating to section 15(5) there shall be inserted the following entry–
section 15A(3);
.
3
In section 94(1) of that Act (general interpretation), in the definition of “stamp”, after the word “means” there shall be inserted the words “, subject to section 15A(4) above,”.
Kim Howells,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs,
Department of Trade and Industry
1st March 1999


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Citation, commencement and effect
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Carriage by Air Acts (Implementation of Protocol No. 4 of Montreal, 1975) Order 1999 and shall come into force on the tenth day after the day on which it is made.
2
Nothing in this Order shall affect rights and liabilities arising out of an occurrence which took place before the coming into force of this Order.
Amendments of the Carriage by Air Act 1961
2
1
The Carriage by Air Act 1961 shall be amended as follows.
2
For section 1 there shall be substituted the following section–
Convention to have the force of law
1
1
Subject to this section–
a
the provisions of the Convention known as “the Warsaw Convention as amended at The Hague, 1955” as set out in Schedule 1 to this Act (“the Convention”); and
b
the provisions of that Convention as further amended by Protocol No. 4 of Montreal, 1975 and as set out in Schedule 1A to this Act (“the Convention as amended”),
shall, so far as they relate to the rights and liabilities of carriers, carriers' servants and agents, passengers, consignors, consignees and other persons, and subject to the provisions of this Act, have the force of law in the United Kingdom in relation to any carriage by air to which they apply, irrespective of the nationality of the aircraft performing that carriage.
2
In relation to Community air carriers–
a
in respect of damages up to the equivalent in euros of 100,000 Special Drawing Rights arising from the death, wounding or other bodily injury suffered by a passenger, the provisions of Article 20 of the Convention or the Convention as amended; and
b
in respect of damages arising from the death, wounding or other bodily injury suffered by a passenger, the provisions of Articles 21 and 22(1) of that Convention,
do not have the force of law in the United Kingdom.
3
If there is any inconsistency between the text in English in Part I of Schedule 1 or 1A to this Act and the text in French in Part II of that Schedule, the French text shall prevail.
.
3
In section 2(1)–
a
after the words “High Contracting Parties to the Convention” there shall be inserted the words “or the Convention as amended”; and
b
for the words “the Convention as set out in the First Schedule” there shall be substituted the words “that Convention as set out in Schedule 1 or 1A”.
4
In sections 2(2), 3, 4(1), 4A(2) , 5(2), 6, 7(2), 10(1) and 11(b) for the words “the First Schedule” there shall be substituted the words “Schedule 1 or 1A”.
5
In sections 5(1) and (2) and 10(1) after the words “the Convention” there shall be inserted the words “or the Convention as amended”.
6
After Schedule 1 there shall be inserted, as Schedule 1A, the provisions set out in the Schedule to this Order.
Amendments of the Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions) Act 1962
3
1
The Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions) Act 1962 shall be amended as follows.
2
In section 2(1)(b) for the words “the Convention as set out in the First Schedule” there shall be substituted the words “whichever is applicable to the carriage in question of the Conventions set out in Schedules 1 and 1A”.
3
In section 3(1) and (3) for the words “the First Schedule” there shall be substituted the words “Schedule 1 or 1A”.
4
In section 5(2)–
a
for the words “the First Schedule” there shall be substituted the words “Schedules 1 and 1A”; and
b
for the words “the Convention set out in that Schedule” there shall be substituted the words “the Conventions set out in those Schedules”.
A.K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Allington, the East Suffolk Local Health Services and the Mid Anglia Community Health National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 1999 and shall come into force on1st April 1999.
Dissolution of NHS trusts
2
1
The Allington National Health Service Trust established by the Allington National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991 shall be dissolved on 1st April 1999, and accordingly that Order revoked on that date.
2
The East Suffolk Local Health Services National Health Service Trust established by the East Suffolk Local Health Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 shall be dissolved on 1st April 1999, and accordingly that Order revoked on that date.
3
The Mid Anglia Community Health National Health Service Trust established by the Mid Anglia Community Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 shall be dissolved on 1st April 1999, and accordingly that Order revoked on that date.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Denham
Minister of State,
Department of Health
15th March 1999