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HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the A66 Trunk Road (Stainburn and Great Clifton) (De-Trunking) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 21st June 1996. 2 In this Order— i “classified road” as a classification for a highway,, means that the highway is not a principal road for the purposes of enactments or instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads but is a classified road for the purpose of every enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State and which does not specifically refer to their classification as principal roads; ii “the new trunk road” means the new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct referred to in article 2 of the A66 Trunk Road (Stainburn and Great Clifton Bypass) Order 1996 : iii “the trunk road” means the Penrith— Middlesbrough Trunk Road (A66). 3 The length of the trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a classified road from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies the County Council of Cumbria that the new trunk road is open for traffic. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport R. R. Bineham Northern Operations Director Highways Agency 3rd June 1996
DEFENCE Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Armed Forces (Compensation Limits) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1 July 1996. Compensation limits 2 The sum which may not be exceeded on an award of stoppages— a by a court-martial under the Army Act 1955 or the Air Force Act 1955; b under the Naval Discipline Act 1957, in respect of any offence occasioning personal injury of which a person is convicted or any other such offence which is taken into consideration in determining sentence, is £5,000.00. Revocation 3 The Armed Forces (Compensation Limits) Order 1991 is hereby revoked. Application 4 1 The provisions of Article 2 shall have effect where the offence in respect of which the award of stoppages is made is committed on or after the date on which this Order comes into effect. 2 Notwithstanding the revocation of the Armed Forces (Compensation Limits) Order 1991, the provisions of that Order shall continue to have effect where the offence in respect of which the award of stoppages is made is committed before the date on which this Order comes into effect. Nicholas Soames Minister of State, Ministry of Defence 29th May 1996
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (No.2) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st July 1996. Variation of section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 2 In section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 , the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (dd):– ee the programme known as the Sustainable Action Fund. . Lindsay Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 28th May 1996
PENSIONS Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Pensions Act 1995 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1996. 2 In this Order, references to “the Act” are references to the Pensions Act 1995 and, except where the context otherwise requires, references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of, and Schedules to, the Act. Appointed days 2 1 The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order, is 1st August 1996. 2 The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order, for the purpose only of authorising the making of regulations, is 1st June 1996. 3 The day appointed for the coming into force of section 78(6) of the Act:— a for the purpose only of authorising the making of regulations, is 1st June 1996; and b for all other purposes, is 1st August 1996. 4 The day appointed for the coming into force of Schedule 1 paragraph 13 of the Act and section 1(5) in so far as it relates to that paragraph, is 1st June 1996. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Paul Evans Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 31st May 1996
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the day after it is made. 2 This Order extends to Northern Ireland only. 2 1 For the purposes of paragraph (a) of section 29(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, as applied by article 3 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, (which provides that a returning officer is entitled to recover his charges in respect of services properly rendered or expenses properly incurred for or in connection with an election under the Northern Ireland (Entry to Negotiations, etc. ) Act 1996 if the services or expenses are of a kind specified in an order made under that provision and the charges are reasonable), expenses of a kind described in paragraphs 1(1), 2(1), 3(1) and 4(1) of Part A of the Schedule to this Order (hereafter referred to as “expenses specified in Part A of the Schedule”) and expenses of a kind described in Part B of the Schedule to this Order are hereby specified. 2 The maximum recoverable amounts at a contested election in respect of the expenses specified in Part A of the Schedule are hereby specified as the amounts set out in the right-hand column of that Part in respect of each entry set out opposite thereto in the left-hand column of that Part. 3 The maximum recoverable amount at an uncontested election is here specified as £853.19 in respect of the expenses specified in Part A of the Schedule. 4 In the Schedule to this Order— a “election” means an election under the Northern Ireland (Entry to Negotiations, etc.) Act 1996; and b any reference to the register of electors is to the register of electors used at the election at which the expenses were incurred and to that register as first published. P. B. B. Mayhew One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 23rd May 1996
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Nottingham Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st July 1996. 2 In this Order— “the first Trust” means the Nottingham City Hospital National Health Service Trust; “the second Trust” means the Nottingham Healthcare National Health Service Trust; “the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by and agreed upon by the first Trust and the second Trust on 31st July 1995, which schedule has been signed on behalf of both the first Trust and the second Trust. Transfer of trust property 2 On 1st July 1996 the trust property shall be transferred from the first Trust to the second Trust. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health John Horam Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of Health 4th June 1996
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Grantham and District Hospital National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st July 1996. 2 In this Order— “the Authority” means the Lincolnshire Health Authority established on 1st April 1996 ; “the old Authority” means the Lincolnshire Health Authority established on 1st April 1994 and abolished on 1st April 1996 ; “the Trust” means the Grantham and District Hospital National Health Service Trust; “the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by and agreed upon by the old Authority and the Trust on 10th January 1996, which schedule has been signed on behalf of both the old Authority and the Trust. Transfer of trust property 2 On 1st July 1996 the trust property shall be transferred from the Authority to the Trust. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health John Horan Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 4th June 1996
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the A61 Trunk Road (B6131 Bar Lane, Mapplewell to Barnsley/Wakefield Metropolitan Boundary) (Detrunking) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 21st June 1996. 2 In this Order— i “principal road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is a principal road for the purpose of enactments and instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads and is also classified for the purpose of every other enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State; and ii “the trunk road” means the A61 Trunk Road. 3 The length of the trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a principal road from the date on which the Order comes into force. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport K A Lasbury Director Northern Network Management Division The Highways Agency 29th May 1996
CIVIL AVIATION 1 This Order may be cited as the Aerodromes (Designation) (Facilities for Consultation) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st July 1996. 2 The aerodromes specified in the Schedule hereto are hereby designated for the purposes of section 35 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982. 3 The Aerodromes (Designation) (Facilities for Consultation) Order 1986 and the Aerodromes (Designation) (Facilities for Consultation) Order 1989 are hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Goschen Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport 28th May 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Worthing Borough Council) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 27th June 1996. 2 In this Order, any reference to a ward is a reference to a ward of the borough of Worthing. Exemption of arboricultural work 2 The maintenance of ground by the council of the borough of Worthing shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as— a it consists of the tending of any tree having a stem circumference which, if measured at one metre above ground level, exceeds 350 millimetres; and b it is carried out— i before 1st April 1997 at the Hillbarn Golf Course or in the Central, Goring, Heene, Marine or Selden wards; or ii during the period beginning with 1st September 1996 and ending with 31st March 1997 in the Broadwater, Castle, Durrington, Gaisford, Offington, Salvington or Tarring wards. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Paul Beresford Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 28th May 1996
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 The new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in the Schedule to this Order shall become a trunk road as from the date when this Order comes into force. 2 The centre line of the new trunk road is indicated by a heavy black line on the deposited plan. 3 In this Order:— all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway: i “the deposited plan” means the plan numbered HA 10/2 WO 119 marked “The Dolgellau to South of Birkenhead Trunk Road (A494) (Drws y Nant Improvement) Order 1996” signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales and deposited at the Welsh Office Repository, Curran Embankment, Cardiff; ii “the new trunk road” means the highway mentioned in Article 1 of this Order; iii “the trunk road” means the existing Dolgellau to South of Birkenhead Trunk Road (A494). 4 This Order shall come into force on 27th June 1996 and may be cited as the Dolgellau to South of Birkenhead Trunk Road (A494) (Drws y Nant Improvement) Order 1996. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales D. M. Timlin A Grade 6 Officer in the Welsh Office 30th May 1996
DISABLED PERSONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations, which may be cited as the National Disability Council (No. 2) Regulations 1996, shall come into force on 25th June 1996. 2 In these Regulations, “the Council” means the National Disability Council established by section 50 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Research 2 The Secretary of State may, at the request of the Council, commission research to be undertaken on the Council’s behalf to assist it in the fulfilment of its statutory duties. Advisers 3 The Council may appoint a person to act as an adviser to the Council in the following circumstances and subject to the following conditions— a that the person to be appointed has a specialist skill or knowledge which is necessary to assist the Council in the fulfilment of its statutory duties; b that none of the members of the Council has such a specialist skill or knowledge; c that the advice which the Council requires from the person to be appointed is not the function of its members or its staff to provide, and is not otherwise to be provided to the Council under any of the provisions of Schedule 5 to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; d that except in exceptional circumstances where a longer period of appointment is necessary, the appointment does not exceed 12 months; e that the appointment is made in accordance with procedures agreed between the Council and the Secretary of State; f that the Secretary of State is satisfied that the circumstances in (a) to (c) above apply and that the conditions in (d) and (e) above are met. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Roger Evans Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 31st May 1996
RIVER, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Prohibition of Keeping of Live Fish (Crayfish) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 29th May 1996. Amendment of principal Order 2 For the Schedule to the Prohibition of Keeping of Live Fish (Crayfish) Order 1996 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order. Tony Baldry Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 23rd May 1996 Rod Richards Parliamentary under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 22nd May 1996
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Citation, commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Notification of Existing Substances (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 20th June 1996. Amendment of the Notification of Existing Substances (Enforcement) Regulations 1994 2 The following amendments are made to the Notification of Existing Substances (Enforcement) Regulations 1994 :— a in regulation 4(3) (g), for the words “(in the absence of persons other than a person nominated to be present and any person whom the inspector may allow to be present)” there shall be substituted the words “(in the absence of anyone, other than someone nominated by that person to be present and anyone whom the inspector may allow to be present)”; b in regulation 5(3), the words “which is not to take immediate effect” shall be omitted; and; c in regulation 7(3), for the words “the statutory maximum” there shall be substituted “level 5 on the standard scale”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State James Clappison Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 16th May 1996 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 16th May 1996 Lindsay Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 22nd May 1996
COUNCIL TAX, ENGLAND AND WALES Title and Commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Council Tax Limitation (England) (Maximum Amounts) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Maximum Amounts 2 The amount which the amount calculated by an authority listed in the Schedule to this Order as its budget requirement for the financial year beginning in 1996 is not to exceed is the amount shown against the name of the authority in the Schedule, which amount does not in the case of any such authority exceed the amount already calculated by the authority as its budget requirement for that year. John Gummer Secretary of State for the Environment 22nd May 1996
ROADS AND BRIDGES, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Erskine Bridge Tolls Extension Order 1996 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by resolution of the House of Commons. Provision 2 It is hereby directed that the period of twenty years referred to in section 4(1) of the Erskine Bridge Tolls Act 1968 extended by five years by the Erskine Bridge Tolls Extension Order 1991 shall be further extended by five years. James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 18th May 1996
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Family Credit (General) Amendment Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 2nd July 1996. Insertion of regulation 49A into the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 2 After regulation 49 in Part VI of the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 (changes of circumstances) there shall be inserted the following regulation— Young person leaving full-time education 49A 1 Subject to paragraph (3), where an award of family credit is payable and the claimant or his partner are responsible, or are treated as being responsible for the purposes of regulation 7 (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another), for a young person and that young person— a is, for the purpose of that award, a person of a prescribed description under section 128(1)(d) of the Contributions and Benefits Act; and b ceases, or has ceased, to receive full-time education, that cessation shall be a change of circumstances affecting the award, the award shall be reviewed and the award shall cease with effect from the date specified in paragraph (2). 2 The date specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) shall be— a 2nd July 1996 where the young person ceased to receive full-time education as from a date before that date; or b the date upon which the young person attains the age of 16 or ceases to receive full-time education, whichever is the later. 3 Paragraph (1) shall not apply where a young person referred to in that paragraph is a member of the same household as one or more children or, as the case may be, young persons who are receiving full-time education and for whom the claimant or his partner are responsible or are treated as responsible for the purposes of regulation 7. 4 For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), “young person” includes a young person who attains the age of 19— a during the period between the date of claim and the date from which the claimant is awarded family credit; or b during the period an award of family credit is payable. 5 In this regulation, “full-time education” means full-time education, either by attendance at a recognised educational establishment as defined in section 147(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act or otherwise, if such education is recognised by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 142(2) of that Act, but is not a course of advanced education for the purposes of Chapter VII of Part IV (income and capital of students). . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Roger Evans Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 1st June 1996
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 23rd June 1996. 2 These Regulations shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant— a in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in arrears, in accordance with paragraph 7(1)(i) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations (date when change of circumstances is to take effect)— i from the first day of the benefit week which includes 30th June 1996; or ii if the claim for income support is for a period beginning after 30th June 1996, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 23rd June 1996; b in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in advance, in accordance with paragraph 7(1)(ii) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 30th June 1996; and for this purpose, the expressions “claimant”and“benefit week”have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations (interpretation). 3 In these Regulations, “the Claims and Payments Regulations”means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 and “the Income Support Regulations”means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 . Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations 2 In paragraph 12(1)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations (standard rate of interest on qualifying loans), for the words “7.74 per cent.”there shall be substituted the words “7.48 per cent.”. Revocation of the Income Support (General) Amendment ( No. 2) Regulations 1996 3 The Income Support (General) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1996 are hereby revoked save that those Regulations shall continue to have effect until the day before the first day of the benefit week having effect in relation to any particular claimant for the purpose of regulation 1(2) of these Regulations. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Roger Evans Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 22nd May 1996
DEFENCE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Rules may be cited as the Rules of Procedure (Air Force) (Amendment) Rules 1996 and shall come into force on 1st July 1996. 2 In these Rules “the principal Rules ” means the Rules of Procedure (Air Force) 1972 . Amendment of the principal Rules 2 The principal Rules shall be amended in accordance with the Schedule to these Rules. Nicholas Soames Minister of State for the Armed Forces 24th May 1996
CIVIL AVIATION 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Rules of the Air Regulations 1996, and shall come into force on 19th June 1996. 2 The Rules of the Air set out in the First Schedule hereto shall have effect and may be cited as the Rules of the Air 1996. 3 The Regulations specified in the Second Schedule hereto are hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Goschen Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport 28th May 1996
DEFENCE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Rules may be cited as the Rules of Procedure (Army) (Amendment) Rules 1996 and shall come into force on 1st July 1996. 2 In these Rules “the principal Rules ” means the Rules of Procedure (Army) 1972 . Amendment of the principal Rules 2 The principal Rules shall be amended in accordance with the Schedule to these Rules. Nicholas Soames Minister of State for the Armed Forces 24th May 1996
CIVIL AVIATION 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Aviation (Air Travel Organisers' Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 21st June 1996. 2 The Civil Aviation (Air Travel Organisers' Licensing) Regulations 1995 shall be amended as follows: 1 For regulation 3(1)(a) there shall be substituted: a he is the operator of the relevant aircraft when the flight is made (in these Regulations called “an operator”); . 2 In regulation 4(5)(b) “first class” shall be omitted. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Goschen Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport 28th May 1996