type: legislation

jurisdiction: UK

text:
Citation, Commencement and interpretation
1
This Order may be cited as the Export of Goods (Licences for Exports to Indonesia) (Variation) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 16th September 1999.
2
1
All standard individual export licences, standard individual transhipment export licences and open individual export licences authorising the export to Indonesia of goods of a description specified in Part III of Schedule 1 to the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994 are hereby varied.
2
The variations referred to in paragraph (1) are:
a
a condition shall be added to each standard licence as described in paragraph (1) as follows:
No goods may be exported under the authority of this licence between the dates of 16th September 1999 and 16th January 2000;
and
b
there shall be substituted for the date specified for the expiry of the licence a date 123 days later than that date.
c
a condition shall be added to open individual licences as follows:
No goods may be exported under the authority of this licence to Indonesia between the dates of 16th September 1999 and 16th January 2000.
Stephen Byers
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
16th September 1999


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1
This Order may be cited as the Broadcasting (Jersey) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 12th May 1999.
2
Section 94 of the Broadcasting Act 1996 shall extend to the Bailiwick of Jersey.
3
In the Schedule to the Broadcasting Act 1990 (Jersey) ( No. 2) Order 1991 after paragraph 29, there shall be inserted–
29A
Omit section 104A.
29B
In section 104B–
a
in subsection (1)(b), for the words from “category B” to the end substitute “any of the categories of local service for the time being specified in this paragraph as it has effect in the United Kingdom”;
b
in subsection (2)(b), after “United Kingdom” insert “or the Bailiwick of Jersey”;
c
omit subsections (6) and (7).
.
A.K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council


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1
This Order may be cited as the A40 Trunk Road (Western Avenue, London Borough of Ealing) (Prohibition of U-Turn) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 13th December 1999.
2
In this Order:
“the Trunk Road” means that length of the A40 Trunk Road in the London Borough of Ealing known as Western Avenue; and
“Western Circus” means the junction known by that name in the London Borough of Ealing and on the border between the borough and the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
3
Save as provided in article 4 below, no person shall cause or permit any vehicle proceeding in the eastbound carriageway of the Trunk Road to make a U-turn at Western Circus so as to proceed in the opposite direction.
4
Nothing in article 3 above shall apply to —
a
any vehicle being used for Police, Fire Brigade or Ambulance purposes, or
b
anything done at the direction of, or with the permission of, a constable in uniform or a traffic warden.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Paul Harwood
A Grade 7 Officer Highways Agency London Network and Customer Services
6th December 1999


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1
1
This Scheme may be cited as the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation (Amendment) Scheme 1999.
2
The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1998 and this Scheme may be cited together as the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1999.
2
In paragraph (3) of the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Scheme 1914 for “£111.10”, wherever it appears, there shall be substituted “£114.70”.
3
This Scheme shall have effect as from 12th April 1999, so, however, that no payment shall be made under it in respect of any period before that date.
Lord John Gilbert
Mr Kevin Tebbit
Members of the Defence Council
1999
We consent,
Jane Kennedy
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
12th March 1999


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Scottish Parliament (Assistance for Registered Political Parties) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st July 1999.
2
In this Order–
“ the Act ” means the Scotland Act 1998;
“general election” means an ordinary or extraordinary general election for membership of the Parliament held under section 2 or section 3 of the Act; and
“qualifying party” means a registered political party with which any member of the Parliament is connected.
3
For the purposes of this Order and section 97 of the Act, a registered political party and a member of the Parliament are to be regarded at any time as connected if the member of the Parliament–
a
was returned at the previous general election after contesting it as a candidate (whether for return as a constituency member or as a regional member) of that party;
b
was returned since that general election at an election held under section 9 of the Act (constituency vacancies) after contesting it as a candidate of that party; or
c
was included in the regional list for any region submitted by that party for that general election and as such became a member of the Parliament since that general election by virtue of a notification under section 10 of the Act (regional vacancies).
4
In this Order, unless the context requires otherwise, references to a period are to any of the periods mentioned in paragraphs (3) to (5) of article 2 as read with article 5.
5
Unless the context requires otherwise, any reference in this Order to a numbered article is to the article bearing that number in this Order and any reference in an article of this Order to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph bearing that number in that article.
Financial assistance for qualifying parties
2
1
The Parliamentary corporation shall make payments, in accordance with this Order, to a qualifying party in respect of any expenses incurred by that party, on or after 1st July 1999, for the purpose of assisting any of the members of the Parliament who are connected with that party to perform their Parliamentary duties.
2
Subject to article 3(3), the total amount of payments that may be made under this Order to any qualifying party in any period shall not exceed the relevant amount for that period multiplied by the number of members of the Parliament who are connected with that party at the beginning of that period.
3
For the period beginning with 1st July 1999 and ending with 31st March 2000 the relevant amount shall be the sum of £5,000.
4
For the period of one year beginning with 1st April 2000 the relevant amount shall be the sum of £5,000 but increased by the appropriate percentage for that period and if the resulting amount is not a whole number of pounds and pence it shall be rounded to the nearest penny.
5
For any subsequent period of one year beginning with 1st April the relevant amount shall be the relevant amount for the previous period increased by the appropriate percentage for that subsequent period and if the resulting amount is not a whole number of pounds and pence it shall be rounded to the nearest penny.
6
The appropriate percentage for any period is the percentage by which the retail prices index for the month of March immediately preceding that period has increased compared with the retail prices index for the previous March.
7
The references in paragraph (6) to the retail prices index are references to the general index of retail prices (for all items) published by the Office for National Statistics; and if that index is not published for a month which is relevant for the purposes of this article the references in that paragraph shall be construed as references to any substituted index or index figure published by that Office.
Parties connected with members of the Scottish Executive etc.
3
1
For the purposes of section 97(2) of the Act (which provides that no payment may be made in pursuance of this Order to a party if any of the members of the Parliament who are connected with it are also members of the Scottish Executive or junior Scottish Ministers), the fact that any members of the Parliament who are connected with a registered political party are also members of the Scottish Executive or junior Scottish Ministers shall, in the case of that party, be disregarded in the circumstances specified in paragraph (2).
2
Those circumstances are that the total number of members of the Parliament connected with that party who are also members of the Scottish Executive or junior Scottish Ministers does not exceed one fifth of the total number of members of the Scottish Executive and junior Scottish Ministers.
3
For the purposes of determining under article 2(2) the total amount of payments that may be made to a qualifying party in any period, the number of members of the Parliament who are connected with that party at the beginning of that period shall be reduced by the number of such members who are also at that time members of the Scottish Executive or junior Scottish Ministers.
Claims and payment of financial assistance
4
1
A payment shall be made by the Parliamentary corporation under this Order to a qualifying party only where a claim for payment under this Order has been made by that party to the Clerk of the Parliament.
2
At the beginning of each period, the Parliamentary corporation shall determine, in accordance with article 2(2) as read with article 3(3), what is the total amount of payments that may be made to a qualifying party in that period and shall not make any payment in that period which would result in that total being exceeded.
3
A claim for payment under this Order shall include–
a
a statement of the facts on which the claim is based;
b
a certificate that the expenses in respect of which the payment is claimed have been incurred by the party exclusively for the purpose of assisting members of the Parliament who are connected with the party to perform their Parliamentary duties.
4
As soon as practicable after each 31st March following the coming into force of this Order, a registered political party to whom payments are made under this Order shall furnish the Clerk of the Parliament with the certificate of an independent professional auditor to the effect that all expenses in respect of which the party claimed payments under this Order during the period ending with that day were incurred as mentioned in paragraph (3)(b).
Supplementary provision
5
1
In the case of any year in which there is a general election (other than the first ordinary general election) for membership of the Parliament–
a
the part of that year ending immediately before the completion of the appointment of the members of the Scottish Executive and junior Scottish Ministers following that election; and
b
the part of that year beginning with that date,
shall be treated for the purposes of article 2 of this Order as separate periods.
2
In relation to any such separate period, the relevant amount for that period shall be a proportionate part (rounded to the nearest penny) of the relevant amount for the year in question.
3
In relation to any such separate period ending as mentioned in paragraph (1)(a), article 4(4) shall have effect as if the reference to 31st March were a reference to the day immediately before the day on which the period ends.
4
In the event of a general election before 1st April 2000, the period mentioned in article 2(3) shall be treated as a year for the purposes of this article.
5
In this article “year” means a year beginning with 1st April.
A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council


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Citation, commencement and effect
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Stamp Duty (Exempt Instruments) (Amendment) Regulations 1999, shall come into force on 1st October 1999 and shall have effect in relation to instruments executed on or after 1st October 1999.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Stamp Duty (Exempt Instruments) Regulations 1987 and “regulation” means a regulation of the principal Regulations.
Amendments to the principal Regulations
3
After regulation 1 there shall be inserted the following regulation —
1A
In these Regulations “life policy” means —
a
any policy of insurance on a human life, or on the happening of a contingency dependent upon a human life, except a policy of insurance for a payment only upon the death of a person otherwise than from a natural cause, or
b
a grant or contract for the payment of an annuity upon a human life.
4
For sub-paragraph (a) of regulation 2(2) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph —
a
the following paragraphs of Part III of Schedule 13 to the Finance Act 1999 —
i
paragraph 16 (conveyance or transfer otherwise than on sale),
ii
paragraph 17 (declaration of use or trust),
iii
paragraph 18 (dispositions in Scotland);
.
5
In the Schedule to the principal Regulations after category M there shall be added the following category —
N
The declaration of any use or trust of or concerning a life policy, or property representing, or benefits arising under, a life policy.
Gordon Brown
Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
9th September 1999


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Citation and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1999 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1999.
2
In this Order “ the Act ” means the Local Government Act 1999.
Provisions coming into force on 10th August 1999
2
1
Sections 1(1)(d), (e), (4)(a) and (b) and 17 of the Act shall come into force in relation to England and Wales on 10th August 1999.
2
The provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order (which relate to the matters specified in column 2 of that Schedule) shall come into force on 10th August 1999–
a
in relation to England;
b
in relation to Wales in so far as those provisions relate to an authority falling within section 1(1)(d) or (e) of the Act.
Provisions coming into force on 27th September 1999
3
1
Sections 16, 18 and 24(1) of the Act shall come into force in relation to England and Wales on 27th September 1999.
2
The provisions of the Act as specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order (which relate to the matters specified in column 2 of that Schedule) shall come into force on 27th September 1999–
a
in relation to England;
b
in relation to Wales in so far as those provisions relate to an authority falling within section 1(1)(d) or (e) of the Act.
Provisions coming into force on 1st April 2000
4
1
Sections 14 and 24(2) and (3) of the Act shall come into force in relation to England and Wales on 1st April 2000.
2
The provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 3 to this Order (which relate to matters specified in column 2 of that Schedule) shall come into force on 1st April 2000–
a
in relation to England;
b
in relation to Wales in so far as those provisions relate to an authority falling within section 1(1)(d) or (e) of the Act.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Hilary Armstrong
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
28th July 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Finance) Order 1999.
2
Article 15 of this Order shall come into force on the day following the date of making of this Order but only for the purpose of enabling the granting of credits to take effect from a date not earlier than 1st April 1999.
3
Articles 16 to 19 of this Order shall come into force on the day following the date of making of this Order but only for the purpose of enabling the Treasury or, as the case may be, the Secretary of State to make or give a direction, designation or specification to take effect from a date not earlier than 1st April 1999.
4
This Order, so far as not then in force, shall come into force on 1st April 1999 , except as provided in the following paragraph of this article.
5
The provisions of this Order specified in column 1 of the following Table shall come into force on the date when the provision of the 1998 Act specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 comes into force.
Provision of Order Provision of 1998 Act
Article 5 Section 44 (other than subsection (1)(c)) Article 6 Section 21(7) Article 7 Section 64(4) Articles 10 and 11 Section 65 Article 21 Section 69 Article 22 Section 53 Article 23 Section 120 Article 24 Section 121
Interpretation
2
1
In this Order–
“the 1998 Act” means the Scotland Act 1998;
“the Consolidated Fund ” means the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom;
“ the Fund ” means the Scottish Consolidated Fund established by section 64(1);
“relevant function” means–
any function of the Secretary of State which will, by virtue of any provision of the 1998 Act, become exercisable instead by the Scottish Ministers, and
any function of those who are or will become, by virtue of section 126(8) of the 1998 Act, the holders of offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices; and
“the transitional financial year” means the year ending on 31st March 2000.
2
If any question arises before the principal appointed day as to whether or to what extent a function of the Secretary of State is a relevant function for the purposes of this Order that question shall be determined by the Secretary of State, and his determination shall be final and conclusive.
3
In this Order, any reference to a numbered section or schedule shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to the section or schedule bearing that number in the 1998 Act.
Receipts of the Secretary of State etc.
3
1
The provisions of this article shall cease to apply on the principal appointed day.
2
A provision of any enactment which requires or authorises the payment of any sum into the Consolidated Fund shall have effect in relation to any relevant function as if it required or authorised that sum to be paid into the Fund instead.
3
Paragraph (2) above is subject to any other provision made by or under this Order, or any other subordinate legislation under section 129(1) (transitory and transitional provision), for the disposal of or accounting for such sums.
Receipts of the Lord Advocate
4
1
The provisions of this article shall cease to apply when section 44(1)(c) (Lord Advocate and Solicitor General for Scotland to be members of Scottish Executive) comes into force .
2
A provision of any enactment which requires or authorises the payment of any sum into the Consolidated Fund by the Lord Advocate shall have effect in relation to him as if it required or authorised the sum to be paid into the Fund instead.
3
Paragraph (2) above is subject to any other provision made by or under this Order, or any other subordinate legislation under section 129(1), for the disposal of or accounting for such sums.
Receipts of the Scottish Executive
5
1
The provisions of this article shall cease to apply when section 64(3) (receipts of Scottish Administration to be paid into Fund) comes into force .
2
Sums received by any member of the Scottish Executive or junior Scottish Minister shall be paid into the Fund.
3
Paragraph (2) above is subject to any other provision made by or under this Order or any other subordinate legislation under section 129(1), for the disposal of or accounting for such sums.
Modification of section 21(7)
6
Until the coming into force of any provision made by or under an Act of the Scottish Parliament for the disposal of or accounting for sums received by the Parliamentary corporation, section 21(7) (receipts of the Parliamentary corporation) shall have effect as if the reference to an Act of the Scottish Parliament included a reference to subordinate legislation under section 129(1).
Modification of section 64(4)
7
Until the coming into force of any provision made by or under an Act of the Scottish Parliament for the disposal of or accounting for sums received by the office-holders in the Scottish Administration, section 64(4) (receipts of the Scottish Administration) shall have effect as if the reference to an Act of the Scottish Parliament included a reference to subordinate legislation under section 129(1).
Receipts to be surrendered to the Consolidated Fund
8
1
The provisions of this article shall cease to apply when an order under section 64(5) (designation of receipts) comes into force or on 1st April 2000, whichever is the earlier.
2
Receipts of any description specified in paragraph (3) below, so far as they are payable into the Fund (or would be but for any provision made by or under this Order or any other subordinate legislation under section 129(1)), shall be designated receipts for the purposes of this article.
3
The specified descriptions of receipts are–
a
fines, forfeitures and fixed penalties;
b
dividends on public dividend capital, other than any public dividend capital of a National Health Service trust established under section 12A of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 ;
c
interest, other than interest on any loan made to a National health Service trust mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) above; and
d
sums received from the European Social Fund in respect of training expenditure incurred by Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise, bodies established by section 1 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 .
4
In the period ending immediately before the principal appointed day, the Secretary of State shall make payments into the Consolidated Fund, at such times and by such methods as the Treasury may from time to time determine, of sums equal to the total amount then outstanding in respect of designated receipts.
5
From the principal appointed day, the Scottish Ministers shall make payments to the Secretary of State, at such times and by such methods as the Treasury may from time to time determine, of sums equal to the total amount then outstanding in respect of designated receipts.
6
Amounts required for the payment of sums under this article shall be charged on the Fund.
Sums payable out of the Fund
9
1
The provisions of this article shall cease to apply when section 65 (payments out of the Fund) comes into force .
2
A sum may only be paid out of the Fund if–
a
it has been charged on the Fund by virtue of any enactment (including this Order);
b
it is payable out of the Fund without further approval by virtue of this Order; or
c
it is paid out for or in connection with any of the purposes mentioned in paragraph (3) below and forms part of sums appropriated for any such purpose out of sums forming part of the Fund by an Order in Council under section 129(1).
3
Those purposes are–
a
meeting expenditure for or in connection with any relevant function;
b
meeting expenditure of the Secretary of State in preparation for the Scottish Parliament;
c
meeting expenditure of the Lord Advocate;
d
meeting expenditure of any member of the Scottish Executive or junior Scottish Minister;
e
meeting expenditure payable out of the Fund under any enactment.
4
A sum paid out of the Fund under this article shall not be applied for any purpose other than that for which it was charged or (as the case may be) paid out.
Modification of section 65
10
Until 1st April 2000, section 65(1)(c) (payments out of the Fund) shall have effect as if the reference to rules made by or under an Act of the Scottish Parliament were a reference to article 11 of this Order.
Appropriation of sums and contingencies
11
1
Subject to paragraph (2) of this article, a sum may be paid out of the Fund under section 65(1)(c) only if, and to the extent that, it forms part of sums appropriated for any purpose falling within section 65(2) out of sums forming part of the Fund by an Order in Council under section 129(1).
2
Notwithstanding that a sum does not form part of sums appropriated as mentioned in paragraph (1) above, or is in excess of such sums, it may be paid out of the Fund in the transitional financial year if and to the extent that the Scottish Ministers so authorise in accordance with the following paragraphs of this article.
3
The Scottish Ministers may authorise the payment of any sum out of the Fund under paragraph (2) above only if–
a
the sum is necessarily required in the public interest to meet urgent expenditure for any purpose falling within section 65(2); and
b
it is not reasonably practicable, having regard to the urgency of the expenditure, to seek appropriation of the sum from the Fund by an Order in Council under section 129(1),
but the Scottish Ministers shall not authorise any such payment if it would result in an excess of sums paid out of the Fund over sums paid into the Fund.
4
Where the Scottish Ministers authorise the payment of any sum out of the Fund under paragraph (2) above they shall forthwith lay a report before the Parliament setting out the circumstances of the authorisation and the reasons for which the granting of the authorisation is considered necessary.
5
The aggregate amount which the Scottish Ministers may authorise to be paid out of the Fund under paragraph (2) above in the transitional financial year shall not exceed £50 million.
Appropriations in aid
12
1
Where an Order in Council under section 129(1) provides for any sums to be appropriated in aid of sums appropriated by that Order from the Fund for any purpose, and where the Treasury so direct under paragraph (2) below, then those sums may be applied for the purposes for which they are so appropriated in aid instead of being paid into the Fund, and in so far as those sums are not so applied they shall be paid into the Fund.
2
Where any fee, penalty, proceeds of sale, or other money of the nature of an extra receipt is, by virtue of any enactment (including this Order), payable into the Fund, the Treasury may by a minute to be laid before Parliament direct that the whole or any specified part thereof shall be applied as an appropriation in aid of sums appropriated from the Fund for the purpose mentioned in the minute.
Transfer of appropriations and appropriations in aid
13
1
Paragraph (2) of this article applies where any function of the Secretary of State has, by virtue of any provision made by or under the 1998 Act, become exercisable instead by the Scottish Ministers or by the Parliamentary corporation and there is then in force an Order in Council under section 129(1) appropriating sums forming part of the Fund for the purpose of meeting expenditure of the Secretary of State in connection with that function, or appropriating sums in aid of sums so appropriated.
2
The Order in Council shall have effect in relation to any such function from the date when it becomes exercisable by the Scottish Ministers or, as the case may be, the Parliamentary corporation, as if the sums, so far as not then applied by the Secretary of State, were appropriated or appropriated in aid for the purpose of meeting expenditure of the Scottish Ministers or, as the case may be, the Parliamentary corporation in connection with that function.
General modification of enactments relating to Consolidated Fund etc.
14
1
The provisions of this article shall cease to apply when section 119 (modification of references to Consolidated Fund etc.) comes into force .
2
In this article “Scottish functions” means–
a
relevant functions;
b
functions of the Lord Advocate; and
c
functions of any public body, public office or holder of such an office which will become, by virtue of the 1998 Act, a Scottish public authority with mixed functions or no reserved functions.
3
A provision of any enactment which requires or authorises the payment of any sum out of the Consolidated Fund or money provided by Parliament shall not apply in relation to any Scottish functions.
4
A provision of any enactment which–
a
charges any sum on the Consolidated Fund;
b
requires the payment of any sum out of the Consolidated Fund without further appropriation; or
c
requires or authorises the payment of any sum into the Consolidated Fund,
shall have effect in relation to any Scottish functions, and any function relating to the payment of the judicial salaries mentioned in paragraph (5) below, as if it provided instead for the sum to be charged on the Fund or required it to be paid out of the Fund without further approval or required or authorised it to be paid into the Fund (as the case may be).
5
The judicial salaries are the salaries or remuneration of the judges of the Court of Session, Sheriffs Principal, Sheriffs, members of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland and the Chairman of the Scottish Land Court.
6
Paragraphs (3) and (4) of this article do not apply to the words from the beginning of section 2(3) of the European Communities Act 1972 (general implementation of Treaties) to “such Community obligation”.
7
A provision of any enactment which authorises any sums to be applied as money provided by Parliament instead of being paid into the Consolidated Fund shall have effect in relation to any Scottish functions as if instead it authorised those sums to be applied as if they had been paid out of the Fund in accordance with article 9(2)(c) of this Order.
8
Paragraph (9) of this article applies to any sums which, for the purpose or as a result of the exercise on or after 1st April 1999 of the power conferred on the Secretary of State by section 84(2)(a) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (power to lend to new water and sewerage authorities), would be required (apart from that paragraph)–
a
to be issued by the Treasury out of the National Loans Fund; or
b
to be paid into that Fund.
9
Those sums shall instead–
a
be paid out of the Fund without further approval; or
b
be paid into that Fund,
(as the case may be).
10
References in any enactment to a body or authority whose revenue consists wholly or mainly of money provided by Parliament shall be read as including a body or authority whose revenue consists wholly or mainly of money paid out of the Fund.
11
References in any enactment to an office the remuneration in respect of which is paid out of money provided by Parliament shall be read as including an office the remuneration in respect of which is paid out of the Fund.
Credits for the payment of sums out of the Fund
15
1
The provisions of this article shall cease to apply on 1st April 2000.
2
No payment shall be made out of the Fund except in accordance with credits granted on the Fund by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
3
Subject to paragraph (4), the Comptroller and Auditor General shall grant credits for the payment of sums out of the Fund from time to time at the request of the Secretary of State.
4
He shall not grant any such credit for the payment of any sum unless that sum may be paid out of the Fund under article 9 of this Order or under section 65 as modified by this Order.
5
Any person to whom sums are paid out of the Fund shall keep such sums until required for the purposes for which they are paid out only with the Paymaster General or with one or other of the banks determined by the Treasury under section 18 of the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1866 Act .
Accounts of the Fund
16
1
An account of payments into and out of the Fund in the transitional financial year shall be prepared, in such form and manner as the Treasury may direct–
a
by the Secretary of State, in relation to such payments made in the period ending immediately before the principal appointed day; and
b
by the Scottish Ministers, in relation to such payments made in the remaining period of the transitional financial year.
2
An account prepared under this article shall be sent to the Comptroller and Auditor General not later than the end of November in the year 2000.
3
The Comptroller and Auditor General shall examine, certify and report on the account and–
a
in the case of an account prepared by the Secretary of State, shall lay copies of it and of his report on it before each House of Parliament; and
b
in the case of an account prepared by the Scottish Ministers, shall lay copies of it and of his report on it before the Parliament.
Accounts and audit of expenditure of Secretary of State, Lord Advocate etc.
17
1
The Secretary of State, the Lord Advocate, and other persons to whom sums are paid out of the Fund shall prepare such accounts of their expenditure and receipts in the transitional financial year as the Treasury may direct and in such form and manner as the Treasury may direct.
2
Separate such accounts shall be prepared for expenditure and receipts for the period ending immediately before the principal appointed day (referred to in this article as “pre-devolution accounts”) and for expenditure and receipts for the remaining period of the transitional financial year.
3
The directions which the Treasury may give under paragraph (1) of this article include, in particular, directions as to–
a
the transactions to which the accounts are to relate;
b
the information to be contained in the accounts and the manner in which it is to be presented;
c
the methods and principles in accordance with which the accounts are to be prepared; and
d
the additional information (if any) that is to accompany the accounts
and any such direction may have the effect of allowing or requiring any receipt or category of receipt otherwise payable into the Fund to be accounted for in such a way or on such a basis that it need not be paid into the Fund.
4
In so far as paragraph (1) applies to the Secretary of State, it shall be taken to require the preparation by him only of pre-devolution accounts of expenditure and receipts in connection with his relevant functions.
5
An account prepared under this article shall be sent to the Comptroller and Auditor General not later than the end of November in the year 2000, and he shall examine, certify and report on the account and he shall lay copies of it and of his report on it before the Parliament unless it is a pre-devolution account, in which case he shall lay copies of it and of his report on it before each House of Parliament.
6
In examining any accounts sent to him under this article, the Comptroller and Auditor General shall, in particular, satisfy himself–
a
that the expenditure to which the accounts relate has been incurred lawfully and in accordance with the authority which governs it; and
b
that money paid to the person by whom the accounts are prepared for a particular purpose or particular purposes has not been applied otherwise than for that purpose or those purposes.
7
For the purposes of his examination of any accounts under this article, the Comptroller and Auditor General–
a
shall have a right of access at all reasonable times to all the documents relating to the accounts of the person by whom they are prepared; and
b
shall be entitled to require from any person holding or accountable for any of those documents any assistance, information or explanation which he reasonably thinks necessary for those purposes.
Other accounts in relation to the Scottish Administration
18
1
The Treasury may direct any person who is, or who will become, by virtue of the 1998 Act, an office holder in the Scottish Administration to prepare accounts of his expenditure and receipts, or any part thereof, for the transitional financial year, in such form and manner as they may direct, and paragraph (3) of article 17 of this Order shall apply in relation to any direction given under this article as it applies in relation to a direction given under that article.
2
An account prepared under this article shall be sent to the Comptroller and Auditor General not later than the end of November in the year 2000, and he shall examine, certify and report on the account and he shall lay copies of it and of his report on it before the Parliament, unless it relates only to a period ending before the principal appointed day, in which case he shall instead lay copies of it and of his report on it before each House of Parliament.
Accounting Officers
19
1
Subject to paragraph (2) below, the Secretary of State shall designate a member of his staff, a member of the staff of the Lord Advocate and a member of the staff of each person to whom sums are paid out of the Fund as, respectively, his, the Lord Advocate’s and that person’s principal accounting officer.
2
Where sums are paid out of the Fund to any office-holder mentioned in paragraph (3) below, that office-holder shall be designated as his own principal accounting officer.
3
Those office-holders are the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland, the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland and the Keeper of the Records of Scotland.
4
A principal accounting officer designated under this article shall have–
a
with respect to the accounts and finances for the transitional financial year of the person in relation to whom he is designated; and
b
in relation to the performance by persons designated as additional accounting officers under paragraph (5) below of their responsibilities as additional accounting officers,
the responsibilities which are from time to time specified by the Secretary of State.
5
The Secretary of State may designate other members of the staff of any person in respect of whom a principal accounting officer is designated under paragraph (1) of this article as additional accounting officers of that person.
6
An additional accounting officer designated under this article shall have, in relation to such of the accounts and finances for the transitional financial year of the person in relation to whom he is designated, the responsibilities which are from time to time specified by the Secretary of State.
7
Subject to paragraph (8) below, the responsibilities that may be specified under this article with respect to a person’s accounts and finances include in particular–
a
responsibilities in relation to the signing of accounts;
b
responsibilities for the propriety and regularity of the person’s finances; and
c
responsibilities for the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which the person uses his resources.
8
The responsibilities of the principal accounting officer and any additional accounting officer of the Secretary of State designated under this article shall relate only to such accounts as the Secretary of State is required to prepare by virtue of this Order and to such finances of the Secretary of State as relate to his relevant functions.
9
Any person who–
a
is, immediately before the principal appointed day, the principal accounting officer or an additional accounting officer of the Secretary of State designated under this article; and
b
on that day becomes a member of the staff of the Scottish Ministers,
shall, with effect from the principal appointed day, be deemed to have been designated as the principal accounting officer or an additional accounting officer (as the case may be) of the Scottish Ministers and shall have the same responsibilities with respect to the accounts and finances of the Scottish Ministers as he had immediately before the principal appointed day as the principal accounting officer or an additional accounting officer (as the case may be) of the Secretary of State.
Economy, efficiency and effectiveness examinations
20
1
Subject to paragraph (4) of this article, the provisions of this article shall cease to apply when paragraph 20 of Schedule 8 comes into force .
2
Part II of the National Audit Act 1983 (economy, efficiency and effectiveness examinations) (referred to in this article as “the 1983 Act”) shall apply in relation to any person required to prepare accounts by virtue of article 17 of this Order as it applies to any department in respect of which appropriation accounts are required to be prepared under the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1866, subject to the following modification.
3
Section 9 of the 1983 Act (reports of value for money studies) shall have effect so far as it relates to a report published on or after the principal appointed day of the results of any examination carried out by virtue of this article (other than an examination in relation to the Secretary of State) as if the reference to the House of Commons were to the Parliament.
4
The provisions of this article shall remain in force and have effect after the coming into force of paragraph 20 of Schedule 8 so far as may be necessary for the purpose of enabling the completion of any examination, and the making of a report on such an examination, in the course of being carried out under Part II of the 1983 Act, as applied by this article, before the date on which that paragraph came into force, and for the purpose of enabling the making of any report on an examination carried out under that Part of the 1983 Act, as applied by this article, before that date.
Auditor General for Scotland
21
1
The provisions of this article shall cease to apply on the coming into force of any provision made by or under an Act of the Scottish Parliament relating to the salary and expenses of the Auditor General for Scotland.
2
The Parliamentary corporation shall pay to the Auditor General for Scotland a salary of the same amount as the salary payable from time to time to a judge of the Court of Session, or of such other amount as the Parliament may by resolution determine.
3
Any expenses incurred by the Auditor General for Scotland shall be paid by the Parliamentary corporation.
Registers of Scotland Executive Agency Trading Fund
22
1
The provisions of this article shall cease to apply on 1st April 2000.
2
The Registers of Scotland Executive Agency Trading Fund (referred to in this article as “the Trading Fund ”), established by the Registers of Scotland Executive Agency Trading Fund Order 1996 (“the 1996 Order ”), shall continue to exist, subject to the following provisions of this article, even although the operations in respect of which it was established have ceased to be operations of a department of the government for which any Minister of the Crown is responsible, and the 1996 Order shall remain in force and have effect accordingly.
3
The Government Trading Funds Act 1973 (referred to in this article as “the 1973 Act”) shall continue to apply in relation to the Trading Fund subject to the following modifications–
a
sections 2(2) to (6), 2A(3), 2B, 3(3), 4(4), (6B) and (7) and 4A and any provision authorising or requiring the issuing or payment of sums out of money provided by Parliament, shall not apply;
b
any function of the responsible Minister or the Treasury shall be exercisable instead by the Scottish Ministers and any requirement for such a function to be exercised with the concurrence or approval of the Treasury shall not apply;
c
references to the Consolidated Fund shall have effect as if they were references to the Scottish Consolidated Fund;
d
references to Parliament or to the House of Commons shall have effect as if they were references to the Parliament;
e
section 3(2) shall have effect as if for the words from “accruing liabilities of” to the end there were substituted “the Scottish Ministers under section 51(7) of the Scotland Act 1998 and it shall be for the Scottish Ministers to determine the sums so payable”; and
f
section 4(5) shall have effect as if, after “United Kingdom” there were inserted “or of the Scottish Administration”.
4
The Keeper of the Registers of Scotland shall pay out of the Trading Fund into the Scottish Consolidated Fund such sums as may be appropriate as representing accruing liabilities of the Scottish Ministers in respect of principal or interest on any sum treated by virtue of section 71(6) as an advance made by the Secretary of State to the Scottish Ministers.
5
Section 51(5) (salaries and allowances of civil servants in the Scottish Administration) shall not apply so far as any salary or allowance mentioned in that subsection is payable out of the Trading Fund by virtue of the 1973 Act as applied by this article, and the provisions of this Order relating to receipts, expenditure and accounting, so far as they apply in relation to the operations in respect of which the Trading Fund was established, shall have effect subject to the provisions of section 3 of the 1973 Act as modified by this Order.
6
Paragraph (3)(b) of this article shall not affect the validity of anything done by the responsible Minister or the Treasury in relation to the Trading Fund before the coming into force of this article in the exercise of any function to which that paragraph applies.
7
Anything done by the responsible Minister or the Treasury in relation to the Trading Fund in connection with any function transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of paragraph (3)(b) of this article shall, if in force immediately before the coming into force of this article, continue in force and have effect as if done by the Scottish Ministers insofar as may be necessary for the purpose of continuing its effect on or after that date.
8
Anything which is, immediately before the coming into force of this article, in the process of being done by the responsible Minister or the Treasury in relation to the Trading Fund in connection with any function transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of paragraph (3)(b) of this article may be continued on and after that date by the Scottish Ministers.
Application of section 120
23
Section 120 (accounts and audit) shall not apply in relation to any account relating only to a period ending before 1st April 2000.
Application of section 121
24
Section 121 (requirements to lay reports etc. before Parliament) shall not apply in relation to any account relating only to a period ending before the principal appointed day, or any report on such an account.
Transfer of Treasury and Secretary of State functions
25
1
The functions conferred on the Treasury by articles 12, 16, 17 and 18, and the functions conferred on the Secretary of State by articles 15 and 19, of this Order shall, with effect from the principal appointed day, be exercisable instead by the Scottish Ministers, subject to the following provisions of this article.
2
Article 12(2) shall have effect, in relation to the exercise by the Scottish Ministers by virtue of this article of the function conferred by it, as if the reference to Parliament were to the Parliament.
3
Paragraph (1) of this article shall not affect the validity of anything done, by or in relation to, the Treasury or the Secretary of State before the principal appointed day in the exercise of any function to which that paragraph applies.
4
Anything done by or in relation to the Treasury or the Secretary of State in connection with any function transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of paragraph (1) of this article shall, if in force immediately before the principal appointed day, continue in force and have effect as if done by or in relation to the Scottish Ministers in so far as may be necessary for the purpose of continuing its effect on or after that date.
5
Anything which is, immediately before the principal appointed day, in the process of being done by or in relation to the Treasury or the Secretary of State in connection with any function transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of paragraph (1) of this article may be continued on and after that date by or in relation to the Scottish Ministers.
Henry McLeish
Minister of State, The Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House Edinburgh
19th February 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Medway National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 22nd January 1999.
Amendment of establishment order
2
For article 3 of the Medway 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)(b) of the Act.
2
The trust’s functions shall be to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act Medway Hospital, Windmill Road, Gillingham, Kent ME7 5NY (including the management of its teaching and research facilities) and its car-park, the Respite Care Unit (Special Needs Services), Preston Skreens, Minster Road, Minster, Sheppey, Kent ME12 3LN, and associated hospitals and premises in the area of Medway Unitary Authority, and there to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services, and there and from there to provide and manage community health services.
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Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
John Denham
Minister of State
Department of Health
11th January 1999


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PART I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Commissioners (Procedure) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st June 1999.
Revocation
2
The following Regulations are revoked to the extent that they relate to proceedings before the Social Security Commissioners–
a
the Social Security Commissioners Procedure Regulations 1987 ;
b
the Social Security Commissioners Procedure (Amendment) Regulations 1992 ; and
c
the Social Security (Adjudication) and Commissioners Procedure and Child Support Commissioners (Procedure) Amendment Regulations 1997 .
Transitional provisions
3
1
Subject to paragraphs (2) to (3), these Regulations shall apply to all proceedings before the Commissioners on or after 1st June 1999.
2
In relation to any appeal or application for leave to appeal from any social security, disability or medical appeal tribunal constituted under Part II of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 these Regulations shall have effect with the modifications that–
a
“appeal tribunal” includes a reference to any such tribunal;
b
“chairman” includes a reference to a person authorised to deal with applications for leave to appeal under the Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 1995 ;
c
“Secretary of State” includes a reference to an adjudication officer;
d
“section 14(7) of the Act” includes a reference to sections 23(6A) and 48(4A) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, as modified by paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to the Act ;
e
“42 days” shall be substituted for “one month” in regulations 9(2) and 13(1); and
f
under regulation 9 a Commissioner may for special reasons accept an application for leave to appeal even though the applicant has not sought to obtain leave to appeal from the chairman.
3
Any transitional question arising under any application, appeal or reference in consequence of the coming into force of these Regulations shall be determined by a Commissioner who may for this purpose give such directions as he may think just, including modifying the normal requirements of these Regulations in relation to the application, appeal or reference.
Interpretation
4
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–
“the Act” means the Social Security Act 1998;
“appeal tribunal” means an appeal tribunal constituted under Chapter I of Part 1 of the Act;
“authorised officer” means an officer authorised by the Lord Chancellor, or in Scotland by the Secretary of State, in accordance with paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the Act;
“the chairman” for the purposes of regulations 9 and 10 means–
the person who was the chairman or sole member of the appeal tribunal which gave the decision against which leave to appeal is being sought; or
any other person authorised to deal with applications for leave to appeal to a Commissioner against that decision under section 14 of the Act;
“Commissioner” has the meaning given in section 39 of the Act;
“forfeiture rule question” means any question referred to in section 4(1) or 4(1A) to 4(1H) of the Forfeiture Act 1982 ;
“legally qualified” means being a solicitor or barrister, or in Scotland, a solicitor or advocate;
“month” means a calendar month;
“office” means an Office of the Social Security Commissioners;
“party” means a party to the proceedings;
“proceedings” means any proceedings before a Commissioner, whether by way of an application for leave to appeal to, or from, a Commissioner, by way of an appeal or reference, or otherwise;
“respondent” means any person or organisation other than the applicant, appellant or person making the reference, who is one of the principal parties as defined in section 13 of the Act or is otherwise taking part in the proceedings in accordance with section 14 of the Act or regulation 24(6); and
“summons”, in relation to Scotland, corresponds to “citation” and regulation 25 shall be construed accordingly.
General powers of a Commissioner
5
1
Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, a Commissioner may adopt any procedure in relation to proceedings before him.
2
A Commissioner may–
a
extend or abridge any time limit under these Regulations (including, subject to regulations 9(3) and 13(2), granting an extension where the time limit has expired);
b
expedite, postpone or adjourn any proceedings.
3
Subject to paragraph (4), a Commissioner may, on or without the application of a party, strike out any proceedings for want of prosecution or abuse of process.
4
Before making an order under paragraph (3), the Commissioner shall send notice to the party against whom it is proposed that it should be made giving him an opportunity to make representations why it should not be made.
5
A Commissioner may, on application by the party concerned, give leave to reinstate any proceedings which have been struck out in accordance with paragraph (3) and, on giving leave, he may give directions as to the conduct of the proceedings.
6
Nothing in these Regulations shall affect any power which is exercisable apart from these Regulations.
Transfer of proceedings between Commissioners
6
If it becomes impractical or inexpedient for a Commissioner to continue to deal with proceedings which are or have been before him, any other Commissioner may rehear or deal with those proceedings and any related matters.
Delegation of functions to authorised officers
7
1
The following functions of Commissioners may be exercised by legally qualified authorised officers, to be known as legal officers to the Commissioners–
a
giving directions under regulations 8 and 20;
b
determining requests for or directing hearings under regulation 23;
c
summoning witnesses, and setting aside a summons made by a legal officer, under regulation 25;
d
postponing a hearing under regulation 5;
e
giving leave to withdraw or reinstate applications, appeals or references under regulation 26;
f
waiving irregularities under regulation 27 in connection with any matter being dealt with by a legal officer;
g
extending or abridging time, directing expedition, giving notices, striking out and reinstating proceedings under regulation 5.
2
Any party may, within 14 days of being sent notice of the direction or order of a legal officer, make a written request to a Commissioner asking him to reconsider the matter and confirm or replace the direction or order with his own, but, unless ordered by a Commissioner, a request shall not stop proceedings under the direction or order.
Manner of and time for service of notices, etc.
8
1
A notice to or other document for any party shall be deemed duly served if it is–
a
delivered to him personally; or
b
properly addressed and sent to him by prepaid post at the address last notified by him for this purpose, or to his ordinary address; or
c
served in any other manner a Commissioner may direct.
2
A notice to or other document for a Commissioner shall be delivered or sent to the office.
3
For the purposes of any time limit, a properly addressed notice or other document sent by prepaid post, fax or email is effective from the date it is sent.
PART II
APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL, APPEALS AND REFERENCES
Application to a Commissioner for leave to appeal
9
1
An application to a Commissioner for leave to appeal against the decision of an appeal tribunal may be made only where the applicant has sought to obtain leave from the chairman and leave has been refused or the application has been rejected.
2
Subject to paragraph (3) an application to a Commissioner shall be made within one month of notice of the refusal or rejection being sent to the applicant by the appeal tribunal.
3
A Commissioner may for special reasons accept a late application or an application where the applicant failed to seek leave from the chairman within the specified time, but did so on or before the final date.
4
In paragraph (3) the final date means the end of a period of 13 months from the date on which the decision of the appeal tribunal or, if later, any separate statement of the reasons for it, was sent to the applicant by the appeal tribunal.
Notice of application to a Commissioner for leave to appeal
10
1
An application to a Commissioner for leave to appeal shall be made by notice in writing, and shall contain–
a
the name and address of the applicant;
b
the grounds on which the applicant intends to rely;
c
if the application is made late, the grounds for seeking late acceptance; and
d
an address for sending notices and other documents to the applicant.
2
The notice in paragraph (1) shall have with it copies of–
a
the decision against which leave to appeal is sought;
b
if separate, the written statement of the appeal tribunal’s reasons for it; and
c
the notice of refusal or rejection sent to the applicant by the appeal tribunal.
3
Where an application for leave to appeal is made by the Secretary of State he shall send each respondent a copy of the notice of application and any documents sent with it when they are sent to the Commissioner.
Determination of application
11
1
The office shall send written notice to the applicant and each respondent of the determination of an application for leave to appeal to a Commissioner.
2
Subject to a direction by a Commissioner, where a Commissioner grants leave to appeal under regulation 9–
a
notice of appeal shall be deemed to have been sent on the date when notice of the determination is sent to the applicant; and
b
the notice of application shall be deemed to be a notice of appeal sent under regulation 12.
3
If a Commissioner grants an application for leave to appeal he may, with the consent of the applicant and each respondent, treat and determine the application as an appeal.
Notice of appeal
12
1
Subject to regulation 11(2), an appeal shall be made by notice in writing and shall contain–
a
the name and address of the appellant;
b
the date on which the appellant was notified that leave to appeal had been granted;
c
the grounds on which the appellant intends to rely;
d
if the appeal is made late, the grounds for seeking late acceptance; and
e
an address for sending notices and other documents to the appellant.
2
The notice in paragraph (1) shall have with it copies of–
a
the notice informing the appellant that leave to appeal has been granted;
b
the decision against which leave to appeal has been granted; and
c
if separate, the written statement of the appeal tribunal’s reasons for it.
Time limit for appealing after leave obtained
13
1
Subject to paragraph (2), a notice of appeal shall not be valid unless it is sent to a Commissioner within one month of the date on which the appellant was sent written notice that leave to appeal had been granted.
2
A Commissioner may for special reasons accept a late notice of appeal.
References under the Forfeiture Act 1982
14
1
For the purposes of section 4(5) of the Forfeiture Act 1982, the Act shall be prescribed as a relevant enactment.
2
Where in any case a forfeiture rule question arises, the Secretary of State shall refer it to a Commissioner to determine, and shall notify the person in relation to whom the question arises that he has done so.
3
The reference shall be made in writing and shall include–
a
a statement of the question for determination by the Commissioner and the relevant facts;
b
the grounds upon which the reference is made; and
c
the address for sending notices and other documents to the Secretary of State and to each respondent.
Further provisions relating to references under the Forfeiture Act 1982
15
1
Section 16(7) of the Act (tribunal of Commissioners to deal with cases involving questions of law of special difficulty) shall apply in relation to a forfeiture rule question as it applies in relation to an appeal under the Act.
2
Sections 9 and 10 of the Act (revision and superseding of decisions) shall apply to a decision on a forfeiture rule question by a Commissioner with the modification that those powers shall be exercisable only by a Commissioner, to whom any application for the purpose shall be made.
Acknowledgement of a notice of appeal or a reference and notification to each respondent
16
The office shall send–
a
to the appellant or person making the reference, an acknowledgement of the receipt of the notice of appeal or the reference;
b
to each respondent, a copy of the notice of appeal or the reference.
PART III
PROCEDURE
Representation
17
A party may conduct his case himself (with assistance from any person if he wishes) or be represented by any person whom he may appoint for the purpose.
Respondent’s written observations
18
1
A respondent may submit to a Commissioner written observations on an appeal or reference within one month of being sent written notice of it.
2
Written observations shall include–
a
the respondent’s name and address and address for sending documents;
b
in the case of observations on an appeal, a statement as to whether or not he opposes the appeal, and
c
in any case, the grounds upon which the respondent proposes to rely.
3
The office shall send a copy of any written observations from a respondent to every other party.
Written observations in reply
19
1
Any party may submit to a Commissioner written observations in reply within one month of being sent written observations under regulation 18.
2
The office shall send a copy of any written observations in reply to every other party.
3
Where–
a
written observations have been received from the respondent under regulation 18; and
b
each of the principal parties expresses the view that the decision appealed against was erroneous in point of law,
a Commissioner may make an order under section 14(7) of the Act setting aside the decision and may dispense with the procedure in paragraphs (1) and (2).
Directions
20
1
Where a Commissioner considers that an application, appeal or reference made to him gives insufficient particulars to enable the question at issue to be determined, he may direct the party making the application, appeal or reference, or any respondent, to furnish any further particulars which may be reasonably required.
2
In the case of an application for leave to appeal, or an appeal from an appeal tribunal, a Commissioner may, before determining the application or appeal, direct the tribunal to submit a statement of such facts or other matters as he considers necessary for the proper determination of that application or appeal.
3
At any stage of the proceedings, a Commissioner may, on or without an application, give any directions as he may consider necessary or desirable for the efficient despatch of the proceedings.
4
Without prejudice to regulations 18 and 19, or to paragraph (3), a Commissioner may direct any party before him to make any written observations as may seem to him necessary to enable the question at issue to be determined.
5
An application under paragraph (3) shall be made in writing to a Commissioner and shall set out the direction which the applicant seeks.
6
Unless a Commissioner shall otherwise determine, the office shall send a copy of an application under paragraph (3) to every other party.
Procedure on linked case notice from the Secretary of State
21
Any notice from the Secretary of State to a Commissioner under section 26 of the Act (Appeal involving issues that arise on appeal in other cases) shall be sent by notice in writing signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of State and shall identify, by its file reference or the names of the parties involved, each appeal or application to which it relates.
Non-disclosure of medical evidence
22
1
Where, in any proceedings, there is before a Commissioner medical evidence relating to a person which has not been disclosed to that person and in the opinion of the Commissioner the disclosure to that person of that evidence would be harmful to his health, such evidence shall not be disclosed to that person.
2
Evidence such as is mentioned in paragraph (1)–
a
shall not be disclosed to any person acting for or representing the person to whom it relates,
b
in a case where a claim for benefit is made by reference to the disability of a person other than the claimant and the evidence relates to that other person, shall not be disclosed to the claimant or any person acting for or representing the claimant,
unless the Commissioner considers that it is in the interests of the person to whom the evidence relates to disclose it.
3
Non-disclosure under paragraphs (1) or (2) does not preclude the Commissioner from taking the evidence concerned into account for the purpose of the proceedings.
Requests for hearings
23
1
Subject to paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), a Commissioner may determine any proceedings without a hearing.
2
Where a request for a hearing is made by any party, a Commissioner shall grant the request unless he is satisfied that the proceedings can properly be determined without a hearing.
3
Where a Commissioner refuses a request for a hearing, he shall send written notice to the person making the request, either before or at the same time as making his determination or decision.
4
A Commissioner may, without an application and at any stage, direct a hearing.
Hearings
24
1
This regulation applies to any hearing of an application, appeal or reference to which these Regulations apply.
2
Subject to paragraph (3), the office shall give reasonable notice of the time and place of any hearing before a Commissioner.
3
Unless all the parties concerned agree to a hearing at shorter notice, the period of notice specified under paragraph (2) shall be at least 14 days before the date of the hearing.
4
If any party to whom notice of a hearing has been sent fails to appear at the hearing, the Commissioner may proceed with the case in that party’s absence, or may give directions with a view to the determination of the case.
5
Any hearing before a Commissioner shall be in public, unless the Commissioner for special reasons directs otherwise.
6
Where a Commissioner holds a hearing the following persons or organisations shall be entitled to be present and be heard–
a
the person or organisation making the application, appeal or reference;
b
the claimant;
c
the Secretary of State;
d
a trade union, employers' association or other association which would have had a right of appeal under the Act;
e
in cases concerning statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay, the employer and the employee concerned;
f
a person from whom it is determined that any amount is recoverable under or by virtue of section 71 or 74 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992; and
g
with the leave of a Commissioner, any other person.
7
Any person entitled to be heard at a hearing may–
a
address the Commissioner;
b
with the leave of the Commissioner, give evidence, call witnesses and put questions directly to any other person called as a witness.
8
Nothing in these Regulations shall prevent a member of the Council on Tribunals or of the Scottish Committee of the Council in his capacity as such from being present at a hearing before a Commissioner which is not held in public.
Summoning of witnesses
25
1
Subject to paragraph (2), a Commissioner may summon any person to attend a hearing as a witness, at such time and place as may be specified in the summons, to answer any questions or produce any documents in his custody or under his control which relate to any matter in question in the proceedings.
2
A person shall not be required to attend in obedience to a summons under paragraph (1) unless he has been given at least 14 days' notice before the date of the hearing or, if less than 14 days, has informed the Commissioner that he accepts such notice as he has been given.
3
Upon the application of a person summoned under this regulation, a Commissioner may set the summons aside.
4
A Commissioner may require any witness to give evidence on oath and for this purpose an oath may be administered in due form.
Withdrawal of applications for leave to appeal, appeals and references
26
1
At any time before it is determined, an applicant may withdraw an application to a Commissioner for leave to appeal against a decision of an appeal tribunal by giving written notice to a Commissioner.
2
At any time before the decision is made, the appellant or person making a reference to a Commissioner may withdraw his appeal or reference with the leave of a Commissioner.
3
A Commissioner may, on application by the party concerned, give leave to reinstate any application, appeal or reference which has been withdrawn in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) and, on giving leave, he may make directions as to the conduct of the proceedings.
Irregularities
27
Any irregularity resulting from failure to comply with the requirements of these Regulations shall not by itself invalidate any proceedings, and the Commissioner, before reaching his decision, may waive the irregularity or take steps to remedy it.
PART IV
DECISIONS
Determinations and decisions of a Commissioner
28
1
The determination of a Commissioner on an application for leave to appeal shall be in writing and signed by him.
2
The decision of a Commissioner on an appeal or reference shall be in writing and signed by him and, unless it was a decision made with the consent of the parties or an order setting aside a tribunal’s decision under section 14(7) of the Act, he shall include the reasons.
3
The office shall send a copy of the determination or decision and any reasons to each party.
4
Without prejudice to paragraphs (2) and (3), a Commissioner may announce his determination or decision at the end of a hearing.
Procedure after determination of a forfeiture rule question
29
A Commissioner who has determined a forfeiture rule question shall remit the case to the Secretary of State for any necessary determination on entitlement to benefit to be made in the light of the decision on the forfeiture rule question.
Correction of accidental errors in decisions
30
1
Subject to regulations 6 and 32, the Commissioner who gave the decision may at any time correct accidental errors in any decision or record of a decision.
2
A correction made to, or to the record of, a decision shall become part of the decision or record, and the office shall send a written notice of the correction to any party to whom notice of the decision has been sent.
Setting aside decisions on certain grounds
31
1
Subject to regulations 6 and 32, on an application made by any party, the Commissioner who gave the decision in proceedings may set it aside where it appears just to do so on the ground that–
a
a document relating to the proceedings was not sent to, or was not received at an appropriate time by, a party or his representative or was not received at an appropriate time by the Commissioner; or
b
a party or his representative was not present at a hearing before the Commissioner; or
c
there has been some other procedural irregularity or mishap.
2
An application under this regulation shall be made in writing to a Commissioner within one month from the date on which the office gave written notice of the decision to the party making the application.
3
Unless the Commissioner considers that it is unnecessary for the proper determination of an application made under paragraph (1), the office shall send a copy of it to each respondent, who shall be given a reasonable opportunity to make representations on it.
4
The office shall send each party written notice of a determination of an application to set aside a decision and the reasons for it.
Provisions common to regulations 30 and 31
32
1
In regulations 30 and 31, the word “decision” shall include determinations of applications for leave to appeal, orders setting aside tribunal decisions under section 14(7) of the Act and decisions on appeals and references.
2
There shall be no appeal against a correction or a refusal to correct under regulation 30 or a determination given under regulation 31.
PART V
APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL TO THE APPELLATE COURT
Application to a Commissioner for leave to appeal to the Appellate Court
33
1
Subject to paragraph (2), an application to a Commissioner under section 15 of the Act for leave to appeal against a decision of a Commissioner shall be made in writing, stating the grounds of the application, within three months from the date on which the applicant was sent written notice of the decision.
2
Subject to a direction by a Commissioner, in calculating any time for applying for leave to appeal under paragraph (1), there shall be disregarded any day before the day–
a
on which notice was sent of a correction of a decision or the record of it under regulation 30; or
b
on which notice was sent of a determination that a decision shall not be set aside under regulation 31.
3
Regulation 33 of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (persons unable to act) shall apply to the right of appeal conferred by section 15 of the Act (appeal from Commissioner on point of law) as it applies to rights arising under the Social Security Acts generally.
4
A person in respect of whom a forfeiture rule question arises and the Secretary of State, shall be authorised to apply for leave to appeal from a Commissioner’s decision on a forfeiture rule question.
5
Regulations 26(1) and 26(3) shall apply to an application to a Commissioner for leave to appeal from a Commissioner’s decision as they apply to the proceedings in that regulation.
Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 26th May 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Prosecution of Offences (Youth Courts Time Limits) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st November 1999.
Interpretation
2
1
In these Regulations, “the 1985 Act ” means the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.
2
In these Regulations, references to a person’s first appearance in a relevant court in connection with an offence include his first appearance in connection with the offence after any re-instituted proceedings.
3
In these Regulations, “a relevant area” means an area specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.
4
In these Regulations, “a relevant court” means a youth court in an area specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.
5
A maximum period which would, apart from this paragraph, expire on any of the days to which this paragraph applies shall be treated as expiring on the first preceding day which is not one of those days.
The days to which this paragraph applies are Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday and any day which under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 is a bank holiday in England and Wales.
3
These Regulations shall apply only in relation to proceedings instituted in a relevant area.
Overall time limit
4
In any case where a person’s first appearance in a relevant court in connection with an offence is fixed to take place on or after 1st November 1999, the maximum period to be allowed to the prosecution for the completion of the stage beginning with the date fixed for that appearance and ending with the start of his trial in a relevant court in connection with the offence shall be 99 days.
Initial stage time limit
5
In any case where a person was arrested in connection with an offence —
a
whilst under the age of 18;
b
on or after 1st November 1999; and
c
in a relevant area,
the maximum period to be allowed for the completion of the stage beginning with his arrest and ending with the date fixed for his first appearance in a relevant court in connection with that offence shall be 36 days.
Sentencing time limit
6
In any case relating to a person who —
a
was under the age of 18 —
i
at the time of his arrest for an offence; or
ii
(where he was not arrested for the offence) at the time of the laying of an information charging him with an offence; and
b
is convicted of the offence in a relevant court on or after 1st November 1999,
the period within which the stage beginning with the date of his conviction and ending with the date of his being sentenced in a relevant court for the offence should be completed shall be 29 days.
Application for extension of overall or initial stage time limit by the prosecution
7
1
An application by the prosecution under section 22(3) of the 1985 Act for an extension of the time limit prescribed in regulation 4 above shall be made before the expiry of the prescribed limit.
2
An application by the prosecution under section 22A(3) of the 1985 Act for an extension of the time limit prescribed in regulation 5 above shall be made before the expiry of the prescribed limit.
3
Any application referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) above shall be made orally.
4
Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6) below, the prosecution shall, not less than 2 days before making such an application, give notice in writing to the person to whom the application relates or his representative and to the clerk of the court, stating that it intends to make such an application.
5
It shall not be necessary for the prosecution to comply with paragraph (4) above if the person to whom the application relates or his representative has informed the prosecution that he does not require such notice.
6
If the court is satisfied that it is not practicable in all the circumstances for the prosecution to comply with paragraph (4) above, the court may direct that the prosecution need not comply with that paragraph or that the minimum period of notice required by that paragraph shall be such lesser period as the court may specify.
Jack Straw
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
5th October 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Greenwich — Time to Succeed Education Action Zone Order 1999 and shall come into force on 6th September 1999.
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 Greenwich — Time to Succeed 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 Greenwich — Time to Succeed 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 chooses 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;
d
the zone’s Project Director; and
e
two persons appointed by the Council of the London Borough of Greenwich.
5
The Forum may at any time appoint additional members from —
a
persons appearing to them to represent the interests of the following categories, up to the number indicated for each category below in brackets —
i
parents of children who are registered pupils at zone schools (2);
ii
voluntary or comunity organisations working in the area served by the zone schools (3);
iii
other educational institutions in the area served by the zone schools (2);
iv
businesses working in or contributing to the area served by the zone schools (2);
b
persons in the following categories nominated by the organisations listed, up to the number indicated for each category below in brackets —
i
headteachers of zone schools nominated by the Greenwich Primary, Secondary and Special Schools Consultative Forums (3);
ii
representatives of staff employed in zone schools nominated by the local trade unions (3);
iii
representatives of registered pupils aged eleven or over in zone schools nominated by the Greenwich Young People’s Council (2); and
iv
persons who are considered by the Forum to have areas of expertise or experience not otherwise represented on the Forum (8).
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 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 of 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 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 regulation 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.
David Blunkett
Secretary of State for Education and Employment
13th August 1999


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Citation, commencement and effect
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Corporation Tax (Instalment Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 28th July 1999.
2
These Regulations have effect in relation to accounting periods of companies ending on or after 1st July 1999.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Corporation Tax (Instalment Payments) Regulations 1998 and “regulation” means a regulation of the principal Regulations.
Amendments to the principal Regulations
3
1
Regulation 9 (consequential amendment of section 102 of the Finance Act 1989 ) is amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (1) for the words from “in relation” to the end there shall be substituted the words
with the modifications specified in paragraphs (2) to (4) in any case where a tax refund falls to be made to the surrendering company in respect of an amount paid in respect of its total liability for an accounting period and–
either the surrendering company or the recipient company referred to in that section is a large company as respects that accounting period, or
both the surrendering company and the recipient company so referred to are large companies as respects that accounting period.
3
In paragraph (2) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–
b
after paragraph (c) of that definition there shall be added
or
d
the repayment of the whole or any part of any amount paid by way of an instalment under the Corporation Tax (Instalment Payments) Regulations 1998 in respect of the company’s total liability for the period.
4
For paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs–
3
In subsection (5) after the word “refund” there shall be inserted the words “other than a refund of instalment corporation tax”.
4
After subsection (5) there shall be inserted the following subsections–
5A
In subsection (4) above “the relevant date”, in relation to a refund of instalment corporation tax, means–
a
in so far as the refund falls to be treated in accordance with subsections (5C) to (5E) below as consisting of a repayment of the whole or any part of a payment made on or before the earliest due date, that date; and
b
in so far as the refund falls to be treated in accordance with those subsections as consisting of the repayment of the whole or any part of a payment made after the earliest due date, the date on which the payment was made.
5B
For the purposes of subsection (5A) above the earliest due date, in relation to a refund of instalment corporation tax, is–
a
where the surrendering company is a large company for the relevant accounting period, the earliest date on which any amount is treated as having become due and payable by that company under regulation 5 of the Corporation Tax (Instalment Payments) Regulations 1998 in respect of that company’s total liability for that period; and
b
where the surrendering company is not a large company for that accounting period, the date that would have been the earliest due date under paragraph (a) above had it been a large company for that period.
5C
For the purposes of subsection (5A) above the surrendering company shall, at the same time as the giving of the notice under subsection (2) above in the case of any refund of instalment corporation tax relating to any accounting period, give notice to the inspector identifying the extent to which it requires the refund to be treated as consisting of amounts comprised in any payment or payments made for that period.
5D
Where, in a case to which subsection (5C) above applies, the inspector notifies the surrendering company that the amount of the refund of instalment corporation tax relating to the accounting period is less than the aggregate of the amounts identified under that subsection, that company shall, not later than thirty days after the notification, give a revised notice under that subsection to the inspector.
5E
Where, in a case to which subsection (5D) above applies–
a
a notification has been given to the surrendering company under that subsection, and
b
the surrendering company fails to give a revised notice in accordance with the requirements of that subsection,
the same consequences shall follow as if no notice had been given in accordance with subsection (2) above in relation to the refund.
5F
In this section–
a
references to a refund of instalment corporation tax are references to any such refund of tax for any accounting period as falls in relation to that accounting period within paragraph (d) of the definition of “tax refund relating to an accounting period” in subsection (3) above;
b
references to a large company shall be construed in accordance with regulation 3 of the Corporation Tax (Instalment Payments) Regulations 1998;
c
references to the total liability of a company for an accounting period shall be construed in accordance with regulation 2(3) of those Regulations.
4
In regulation 12(1) immediately before the words “require a company” there shall be inserted the words “by notice”.
Bob Ainsworth
Clive Betts
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
6th July 1999


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Citation, commencement and revocation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Education (Modification of Enactments Relating to Employment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999.
2
The Education (Modification of Enactments Relating to Employment) Order 1998 is hereby revoked.
Interpretation
2
1
In this Order —
“the 1996 Act ” means the Employment Rights Act 1996 ;
“the 1998 Act ” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;
“governing body” means the governing body of a school which is maintained by a local education authority;
“governing body having a right to a delegated budget” has the same meaning as in Part II of the 1998 Act;
“local education authority” means the local education authority by which the school is maintained; and
“school having a delegated budget” has the same meaning as in Part II of the 1998 Act.
2
In this Order references to employment powers are references to the powers of appointment, suspension, discipline and dismissal of staff conferred by or under sections 54 and 57(1) to (3) of, and Schedule 16 and paragraph 27 of Schedule 17 to, the 1998 Act.
3
In this Order a reference to an article is a reference to an article of this Order, a reference in an article to a paragraph is a reference to a paragraph of that article, and a reference to the Schedule is a reference to the Schedule to this Order.
General modifications of employment enactments
3
1
In their application to governing bodies having a right to a delegated budget, the enactments set out in the Schedule shall have effect as if —
a
any reference (however expressed) to an employer, a person by whom employment is offered, or a principal included a reference to the governing body acting in the exercise of their employment powers and as if that governing body had at all material times been such an employer, person or principal;
b
in relation to the exercise of the governing body’s employment powers, employment by the local education authority at a school were employment by the governing body of that school;
c
references to employees were references to employees at the school in question;
d
references to dismissal by an employer included references to dismissal by the local education authority following notification of a determination by a governing body under paragraph 25(1) of Schedule 16 to the 1998 Act; and
e
references to trade unions recognised by an employer were references to trade unions recognised by the local education authority or the governing body.
2
Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be taken as causing —
a
the governing body to meet the condition stated in section 96(2)(a) of the 1996 Act; or
b
the exemption in respect of an employer with fewer employees than is specified in section 7(1) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 to apply,
if it would not have done so but for the operation of that paragraph.
3
The references to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 in paragraph (2)(b) and in the Schedule shall not apply in respect of any act or omission occurring before 2nd March 1998.
Dismissals
4
Without prejudice to the generality of article 3, where an employee employed at a school having a delegated budget is dismissed by the local education authority following notification of such a determination as is mentioned in article 3(1)(d) —
a
section 92 of the 1996 Act shall have effect as if the governing body had dismissed him and as if references to the employer’s reasons for dismissing the employee were references to the reasons for which the governing body made their determination; and
b
Part X of the 1996 Act shall have effect in relation to the dismissal as if the governing body had dismissed him, and the reason or principal reason for which the governing body did so had been the reason or principal reason for which they made their determination.
Trade disputes
5
1
Subject to paragraph (2), a dispute between staff employed to work at a school having a delegated budget and the school’s governing body, which relates wholly or mainly to one or more of the matters set out in section 244(1) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 shall be a trade dispute within the meaning of that Act.
2
In any case where there is a trade dispute only by virtue of the operation of this article, nothing in section 219 of that Act shall prevent an act from being actionable in tort where the inducement, interference or threat mentioned in that section relates to a contract the performance of which does not affect directly or indirectly the school over which the governing body in question exercise their functions.
Applications to Employment Tribunals
6
1
Without prejudice to articles 3 and 4, and notwithstanding any provision in the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 and any regulations made under section 1(1) of that Act, this article applies in respect of any application to an employment tribunal, and any proceedings pursuant to such an application, in relation to which by virtue of article 3 or 4 a governing body are to be treated as if they were an employer, person by whom employment is offered, or a principal.
2
The application shall be made, and the proceedings shall be carried on, against that governing body.
3
Notwithstanding paragraph (2), any decision, declaration, order, recommendation or award made in the course of such proceedings except in so far as it requires reinstatement or re-engagement shall have effect as if made against the local education authority.
4
Where any application is made against a governing body pursuant to paragraph (2) —
a
the governing body shall notify the local education authority within 14 days of receiving notification thereof; and
b
the local education authority shall, on written application to the employment tribunal, be entitled to be made an additional party to the proceedings and to take part in the proceedings accordingly.
Estelle Morris
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
9th August 1999


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as The Derbyshire Ambulance Service, the Leicestershire Ambulance and Paramedic Service and the Nottinghamshire 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 Derbyshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust established by The Derbyshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 shall be dissolved on 1st April 1999, and accordingly that Order is revoked on that date.
2
The Leicestershire Ambulance and Paramedic Service National Health Service Trust established by The Leicestershire Ambulance and Paramedic Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 shall be dissolved on 1st April 1999, and accordingly that Order is revoked on that date.
3
The Nottinghamshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust established by the Nottinghamshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 shall be dissolved on 1st April 1999, and accordingly that Order is revoked on that date.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Tessa Jowell
Minister for Public Health,
Department of Health
11th March 1999