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BUILDING SOCIETIES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Building Societies (Business Names) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st March 1999. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations “ the Act ” means the Building Societies Act 1986 and “the Schedule” means the Schedule to these Regulations. 2 Where a word or expression is specified in the Schedule, plural and possessive forms of that word or expression shall be taken to be similarly specified. Words and expressions for which the Commission’s approval is required 3 The words and expressions stated in column (1) of the Schedule are hereby specified as words and expressions for the use of which as or as part of a building society’s business name the approval of the Commission is required by paragraph 10A(2) of Schedule 2 to the Act. Words and expressions in which Government departments or other bodies may have an interest 4 Subject to regulation 5, each Government department or other body stated in column (2) of the Schedule is hereby specified as the relevant body for the purposes of paragraph 10A(4) of Schedule 2 to the Act in relation to the word or expression opposite to it in column (1) of the Schedule. Scotland and Northern Ireland 5 Where an entry in column (2) of the Schedule names more than one Government department or other body– a in the case of a building society whose principal office is in Scotland, any department or body before whose name the words “(in Scotland)” appear shall be taken to be specified to the exclusion of any other department or body named in the entry; b in the case of a building society whose principal office is in Northern Ireland, i any department or body before whose name the words “(in Northern Ireland)” appear shall be taken to be specified to the exclusion of any other department or body named in the entry; and ii where there is no department or body before whose name the words “(in Northern Ireland)” appear, the department or body named in the entry other than one preceded by the words “(in Scotland)” in the entry shall be taken to be specified to the exclusion of such other department or body named in the entry; and c in the case of a building society whose principal office is in England or Wales, the department or body named in the entry other than one preceded by the words “(in Scotland)” or “(in Northern Ireland)” shall be taken to be specified to the exclusion of any such department or body named in the entry. In witness whereof the common seal of the Building Societies Commission is hereto fixed, and is authenticated by me, a person authorised under paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to the Building Societies Act 1986, on G.S. Johnson Secretary to the Commission 18th December 1998. We consent to these Regulations. Clive Betts Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 23rd December 1998
PROBATION 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Combined Probation Areas (Kent) Order 1998. 2 This Order shall come into force on 1st January 1999 save that, for the purposes of making appointments to the probation committee for Kent to take effect on that date, this Order shall come into force forthwith. 2 For that part of Schedule 2 to the Combined Probation Areas Order 1986 which relates to the Kent Area , there shall be substituted the following– (1) (2) (3) Petty Sessions Area Probation Area Number of Justices on Probation Committee Canterbury & St. Augustine Kent 1 Channel 2 Dartford 1 Faversham & Sittingbourne 1 Gravesham 1 Medway 2 Mid Kent 2 Thanet 1 West Kent 2 Gareth Williams Minister of State Home Office 16th December 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the City of Edinburgh (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999. Interpretation 2 In the Schedule to this Order– a a reference to– i an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and ii a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and b the following abbreviations are used:– “EW” for electoral ward; “NG Ref” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps. Electoral arrangements 3 The area of the City of the Edinburgh Council shall be divided into 58 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order. Henry B McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 11th December 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Dundee City (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999. Interpretation 2 In the Schedule to this Order– a a reference to– i an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and ii a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and b the following abbreviations are used:– “EW” for electoral ward; “NG Ref” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps. Electoral arrangements 3 The area of Dundee City Council shall be divided into 29 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order. Henry B McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 11th December 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Dumfries and Galloway (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999. Interpretation 2 In the Schedule to this Order– a a reference to– i an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and ii a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and b the following abbreviations are used:– “EW” for electoral ward; “NG Ref” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps. Electoral arrangements 3 The area of Dumfries and Galloway Council shall be divided into 47 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order. Henry B McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 11th December 1998
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 1998. 2 In this Order, “ the Act ” means the Scotland Act 1998. Appointed days 2 1 All the provisions of the Act, so far as not then in force, shall come into force on 1st July 1999, except the provisions specified in Schedule 5 to this Order. 2 The provisions of the Act, specified in column 1 of any of the Schedules to this Order and the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of that Schedule shall, so far as not then in force, come into force on the day appointed in relation to that Schedule in the Table below but, where a particular purpose is specified in relation to any provision in column 3 of that Schedule, that provision shall come into force on that day only for that purpose. TABLE Schedule Appointed day 1 25th January 1999 2 1st April 1999 3 6th May 1999 4 20th May 1999 5 1st April 2000 Principal Appointed Day 3 The principal appointed day is 1st July 1999. Donald C Dewar Secretary of State for Scotland St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 16th December 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the City and County of Cardiff (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998. 2 This Order shall come into operation on 6th May 1999 except that for the purposes of all proceedings preliminary or relating to an election to be held on or after that day, it shall come into force immediately. Electoral divisions 2 1 The existing electoral divisions of the City and County of Cardiff shall be abolished and the City and County shall be divided into 29 electoral divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order, and each such electoral division shall comprise the areas specified opposite thereto in column (2) of that Schedule. 2 The number of councillors to be returned for each such electoral division shall be the number specified opposite thereto in column (3) of the Schedule to this Order. Register of local government electors 3 The registration officer shall make such re-arrangement or adaptation of the register of local government electors as may be necessary on account of the coming into force of this Order. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 15th December 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the North Ayrshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999. Interpretation 2 In the Schedule to this Order– a a reference to– i an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and ii a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and b the following abbreviations are used:– “EW” for electoral ward; “NG Ref” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps. Electoral arrangements 3 The area of North Ayrshire Council shall be divided into 30 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order. Henry B McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 11th December 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Moray (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999. Interpretation 2 In the Schedule to this Order– a a reference to– i an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and ii a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and b the following abbreviations are used:– “EW” for electoral ward; “NG Ref” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps. Electoral arrangements 3 The area of Moray Council shall be divided into 26 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order. Henry B McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 16th December 1998
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Proposals under section 211 of the Education Act 1996) (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. 2 In these Regulations– “the 1996 Act ” means the Education Act 1996 ; and “the 1998 Act ” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. Proposals under section 211 of the 1996 Act 2 1 Where before 1st April 1999 the funding authority have published proposals under section 211 of the 1996 Act which have not been determined before that date, section 213 of, paragraph 10 of Schedule 20 to, and section 214(1) and (3) of, the 1996 Act shall continue to apply in relation to such proposals but– a all such proposals shall require the approval of the Secretary of State (despite section 214(1)); and b the Secretary of State may only approve the proposals if the local authority in which the proposed school is to be situated consent and otherwise he shall reject the proposals. 2 Where proposals published under section 211 of the 1996 Act were determined before 1st April 1999 but have not been implemented before that date or proposals such as are mentioned in paragraph (1) are approved, section 214(5), 215(1), (2) and (4), 216(1) and 217 of the 1996 Act shall continue to apply in relation to such proposals, but– a in any case where particulars in respect of the proposed premises have not been adopted by the funding authority under section 214(5) of the 1996 Act before 1st April 1999, that subsection shall have effect as if for “must be adopted by the funding authority” there were substituted “require the approval of the Secretary of State”; and b section 215(2) of the 1996 Act shall have effect as if for “the funding authority” there were substituted “the local education authority in which the school is or will be situated”. 3 Any reference in paragraphs (2) and (3) to a provision of the Education Act 1996 continuing to apply is a reference to that provision continuing to apply after and despite the coming into force of the repeal of the provision in question effected by Schedule 31 to the 1998 Act. Estelle Morris Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 16th December 1998
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC. Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999. 2 In this Order a reference to a numbered column is to the column in the Schedule to this Order bearing that number. Fees payable 2 In each enactment specified in column (2) in relation to which there is an entry in column (5), for the sum specified in column (5) there is substituted the sum specified in relation to it in column (4); and the fee payable in England and Wales under each of the enactments specified in column (2) in respect of a matter or case specified in column (3) is that specified in relation to that matter or case in column (4). Revocation of The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1997 3 The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1997 (under which the fees payable were as respectively set out in column (5) of the Schedule to this Order) is hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Patricia Hewitt Economic Secretary to the Treasury 15th December 1998
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PART I GENERAL Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Incidental and consequential amendments and modification of contracts 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consents and notifications for purposes of Regulations 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART II USE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES Application and interpretation of Part II 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Use of automated calling systems for direct marketing purposes—communications on lines of individual or corporate subscribers 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Use of fax for direct marketing purposes—unsolicited communications on lines of individual or corporate subscribers 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Use of fax for direct marketing purposes—communications on lines of subscribers who are individuals 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unsolicited calls for direct marketing purposes on lines of subscribers who are individuals 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notifications for the purposes of regulation 7(4)(a) or 9(4)(a) 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supplementary provisions 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART III COMPENSATION AND ENFORCEMENT Compensation for failure to comply with requirements of Regulations 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enforcement—application of sections 10, 13, 14 and 16 of the Data Protection Act 1984 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Request that Registrar should exercise his enforcement functions 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Technical advice to Registrar 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
INCOME TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 1994, Section 199, (Appointed Day) Order 1998. 2 The day appointed for the purposes of Chapter III of Part IV of the Finance Act 1994 (corporation tax self-assessment) is 1st July 1999. Jane Kennedy David Jamieson Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 17th December 1998
PLANT HEALTH Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Potatoes Originating in The Netherlands (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 18th December 1998. Amendment of the Potatoes Originating in The Netherlands Regulations 1997 2 1 The Potatoes Originating in The Netherlands Regulations 1997 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation. 2 In regulation 3 (interpretation) for the definition of “originating in The Netherlands” there shall be substituted– “originating in The Netherlands” means grown in 1998 in The Netherlands; . 3 In regulation 4(3)– a for the words “before the commencement of these Regulations” there shall be substituted the words “before the commencement of the Potatoes Originating in The Netherlands (Amendment) Regulations 1998”; and b for the words “31st October 1997” there shall be substituted the words “31st December 1998”. 4 In regulation 4(4)– a for the words “before the commencement of these Regulations” there shall be substituted the words “before the commencement of the Potatoes Originating in The Netherlands (Amendment) Regulations 1998”; and b for the words “31st October 1997” there shall be substituted the words “31st December 1998”. 5 In regulation 6(1) (charges in respect of the sampling of imports of seed potatoes) for the words “a fee of £116” there shall be substituted the words “a fee of £118”. Jeff Rooker Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 16th December 1998 Calum Macdonald Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 15th December 1998
PLANT HEALTH Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Potatoes Originating in Egypt (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 18th December 1998. Amendment of the Potatoes Originating in Egypt Regulations 1998 2 1 The Potatoes Originating in Egypt Regulations 1998 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) below. 2 In regulation 2 (interpretation) for the definition of “the Decision” there shall be substituted– “the Decision” means Commission Decision 96/301/ EC authorising member States temporarily to take additional measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt as amended by Commission Decision 98/105/EC authorising member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt and Commission Decision 98/503/EC authorising member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt ; . 3 After regulation 5 there shall be inserted– Charges in respect of the sampling of imports of potatoes 5A 1 Where the power to take samples conferred by article 25(1)(a) of the Order is exercised by an inspector in respect of potatoes originating in Egypt in order to ascertain whether, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of the Annex to the Decision, those potatoes are infected with Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith, there shall be payable by the importer a fee of £35, unless that power has previously been exercised for that purpose in respect of other potatoes from the same village, in the case of the delta region, or basin, in the case of the desert regions, during the same growing year. 2 The fee prescribed by paragraph (1) shall be payable– a in the case of potatoes imported into England or Wales, to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; b in the case of potatoes imported into Scotland, to the Secretary of State. 3 In this regulation– “delta region”, “village”, “basin” and “desert regions” have the same meanings as they have in paragraph 1(a) of the Annex to the Decision; and “growing year” means the period beginning on 1st September in one year and ending on 31st August in the following year. . 4 In paragraph (1) of regulation 6 (offences) for the words– regulation 3 (imports of potatoes originating in Egypt) or 4 (approval of plants which process potatoes originating in Egypt) there shall be substituted– regulation 3 (imports of potatoes originating in Egypt) or 4(1) (person processing potatoes otherwise than in an approved plant) . Jeff Rooker Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 16th December 1998 Calum MacDonald Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 15th December 1998
COMPETITION Citation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Competition Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1998. 2 In this Order references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of and Schedules to the Competition Act 1998 (“ the Act ”). Provisions of the Act commenced by this Order 2 11th January 1999 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act listed in the first column of the Schedule to this Order for the purposes set out in the second column. Kim Howells Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 16th December 1998
BRITISH NATIONALITY 1 This Order may be cited as the British Nationality (Cameroon and Mozambique) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 25th January 1999. 2 Schedule 3 to the British Nationality Act 1981 (countries whose citizens are Commonwealth citizens) shall be amended by inserting the word “Cameroon” under the word “Brunei” and the word “Mozambique” under the word “Mauritius”. A.K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Highland (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999. Interpretation 2 In the Schedule to this Order– a a reference to– i an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and ii a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and b the following abbreviations are used:– “EW” for electoral ward; “NG Ref” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps. Electoral arrangements 3 The area of Highland Council shall be divided into 80 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order. Henry B McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 21st December 1998
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC. Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces (Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 In the first entry in column 2 of Part III of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (recording of name, or change of name or surname or alternative name) for the amount specified in column 4 of that Part there shall be substituted “36.00”. 3 In the second entry in column 2 of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (civil marriage ceremony) for the amount specified in column 4 there shall be substituted “45.00”. James Meldrum Registrar General New Register House, Edinburgh 9th December 1998 Approved by the Secretary of State for Scotland Henry B McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 11th December 1998