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CINEMAS AND FILMS 1 This Order may be cited as the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 16th April 1997. 2 The Schedule to the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production Order 1994 shall be amended by inserting at the appropriate place in alphabetical order the word “Portugal”. N H Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Jamaica) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. Modification of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 2 The Social Security Administration Act 1992 and the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 shall be modified to such an extent as may be required to give effect to the provisions contained in the Convention and the Protocol set out in Schedules 1 and 2 respectively to this Order so far as the same relate to England, Wales and Scotland. Revocation and Variation of Orders 3 1 The National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Jamaica) Order 1972 is hereby revoked. 2 The reference to the National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Jamaica) Order 1972 shall be omitted in Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1976 , the Schedule to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1979 , the Schedule to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 1995 . N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Prescribed Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 8th April 1997. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Housing (Prescribed Forms)( No. 2) Regulations 1990 , and a reference to a numbered form in the Second Schedule to these Regulations is a reference to the form bearing that number in the Schedule to the principal Regulations. Amendment of Principal Regulations 2 Regulation 2 of the principal Regulations shall be amended as set out in the First Schedule hereto, and the forms set out in the Schedule to the principal Regulations shall be amended as set out in the Second Schedule hereto. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 13th March 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jonathan Evans Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Welsh Office 14th March 1997
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1997. 2 This Order extends to Northern Ireland only. 2 This Order shall come into force on the expiry of seven days after the day on which it is made but article 4 shall not apply to an election where the last day by which the notice of election must be published precedes the coming into force of this Order. 3 1 Paragraph 6 of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 shall be amended as follows. 2 For sub-paragraph (2)(b) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— b a registered nurse within the meaning of section 10(7) of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 ; . 3 For sub-paragraph (2)(d) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— d in the case of an application in which the applicant states that he is resident in a residential care home within the meaning of article 3 of the Registered Homes (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 or a nursing home within the meaning of article 16 of that Order, the person registered under that Order as carrying on the home in question; . 4 In paragraphs (e) and (f) of sub-paragraph (2) “by” shall be omitted. 4 In paragraphs 8 (additional requirements for applications in respect of a particular election) and 11 (closing dates for applications) of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985— a in sub-paragraph (6)(a) of paragraph 8 and sub-paragraphs (1), (2) and (5) of paragraph 11 , for the words “noon on the thirteenth day” there shall in each case be substituted the words “5 p.m. on the eleventh day”; and b in sub-paragraph (6)(a) of paragraph 8 and sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 11 , for the words “noon on the sixth day” there shall in each case be substituted the words “5 p.m. on the sixth day”. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
GOVERNMENT TRADING FUNDS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Driving Standards Agency Trading Fund Order 1997 and shall come into force at 8.00 am on 1st April 1997. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “the 1973 Act” means the Government Trading Funds Act 1973; “the Driving Standards Agency ” means the executive agency of the Department of Transport known as the Driving Standards Agency; and “the fund” means the trading fund established by this Order. Establishment of the fund 3 As from the time this Order comes into force, for all the operations of the Driving Standards Agency, more particularly described in Schedule 1 to this Order, there shall be established a trading fund to be known as the Driving Standards Agency Trading Fund. Source of loans 4 The Secretary of State for Transport is hereby designated as the source of issues to the fund by way of loan. Assets, liabilities and public dividend capital 5 1 The Crown assets and liabilities set out in Schedule 2 to this Order shall be appropriated as assets and liabilities of the fund. 2 48% of the amount by which the values of the said assets exceed the amounts of the said liabilities shall be treated as public dividend capital. Maximum borrowing etc 6 The aggregate of— a the total outstanding at any given time in respect of amounts issued to the fund under section 2B of the 1973 Act (other than as originating debt); and b the total at that time constituting public dividend capital issued to the fund under section 2A(2A) of the 1973 Act, shall not exceed £30,000,000. George Young Secretary of State for Transport 11th March 1997 We concur Roger Knapman Patrick McLoughlin Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 13th March 1997
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Elections (Variation of Limits of Candidates' Election Expenses) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. 2 This Order extends to Northern Ireland only. 2 In section 42(1) of the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (limit on candidates' election expenses) , for the words “£205” and “4p” there shall be substituted the words “£219” and “4.3p”, respectively. 3 The Local Elections (Variation of Limits of Candidates' Election Expenses) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 is hereby revoked. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Esat Telecommunications (UK) Ltd) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 17th April 1997. 2 Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system. Ian Taylor, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry 17th March 1997
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (Inner London Education Authority) (Property Transfer) (Modification and Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 31st March 1997. 2 1 Subject to paragraph (2) below, Conditions A, B and C specified in article 2(2) of the Education (Inner London Education Authority) (Property Transfer) Order 1990 , subject to which conditions certain land was transferred by that Order, shall cease to have effect. 2 Condition C, and Condition A so far as necessary for the operation of Condition C, shall continue to have effect in relation to the playing fields and sports centres listed in Schedule 1 to this Order. 3 The Education (London Residuary Body) (Property Transfer) Order 1992 shall be amended— a by the insertion at the beginning of paragraph (1) of article 7 of the words “Subject to paragraph (3),”; b by the addition at the end of article 7 of a new paragraph— 3 Before making any payment under paragraph (1) on or after 31st March 1997, Kensington and Chelsea shall first pay, from the sums realised by them referred to in that paragraph, the amounts set out in column (2) of Schedule 4, to the councils set out opposite thereto in column (1) of that Schedule. ; and c by the addition after Schedule 3 of the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to this Order. Cheryl Gillam Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 17th March 1997
PARLIAMENT 1 This Order may be cited as the House of Commons Disqualification Order 1997. 2 Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (which specifies offices the holders of which are disqualified for membership of the House of Commons) shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in the Schedule to this Order. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Armorial Bearings) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 9th April 1997. 2 The armorial bearings which, immediately before 1st April 1996 were lawfully borne and used by the City Council of York, may be borne and used by York City Council, provided they have first been exemplified according to the laws of arms and recorded in the College of Arms. 3 The armorial bearings which, immediately before 1st April 1974, were lawfully borne and used by the Corporation of the City of Worcester, may be borne and used by Worcester City Council, provided they have first been exemplified according to the laws of arms and recorded in the College of Arms. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997. 2 In this Order— “the 1995 Order ” means the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995 . Consultation before the grant of planning permission 2 In the table in article 10(1) of the 1995 Order (consultation before the grant of planning permission), after paragraph (z) insert— za Development likely to affect i any inland waterway (whether natural or artificial) or reservoir owned or managed by the British Waterways Board ; or ii any canal feeder channel, watercourse, let off or culvert, which is within an area which has been notified for the purposes of this provision to the local planning authority by the British Waterways Board. The British Waterways Board Transitional provision 3 The amendments made to the 1995 Order by this Order shall not apply in relation to applications for planning permission made before 1st July 1997. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment Robert Jones Minister of State, Department of the Environment 17th March 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office 17th March 1997
FOOD Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Welfare Food (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 7th April 1997. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Welfare Food Regulations 1996 . Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal Regulations 2 In regulation 6(1) of the principal Regulations (inability to obtain free vitamins) for the words “at an office of the Department of Social Security” there shall be substituted the words “to an office of the Department of Social Security in writing”. Amendment of regulation 7 of the principal Regulations 3 In regulation 7(1) of the principal Regulations (purchase of dried milk at a reduced price) for “£3.65” there shall be substituted “£3.75”. Stephen Dorrell One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, Department of Health 17th March 1997
COURT OF SESSION, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 1 This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No. 3) (Human Fertilisation and Embryology) 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. 2 This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt. Amendment of Chapter 81 of the Rules of the Court of Session 2 1 Subject to paragraph 4 below, Chapter 81 of the Rules of the Court of Session 1994( (applications for parental orders under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990)( shall be amended in accordance with the following sub-paragraphs. 2 For rule 81.4 substitute – Selection of reporting officer or curator ad litem 81.4 Where the court appoints a reporting officer or a curator ad litem and there is an established panel of persons from whom the appointment may be made, the reporting officer or curator ad litem shall be selected from that panel unless the court considers that it would be appropriate to appoint a person who is not on the panel. . 3 In rule 81.11 (duties of reporting officer and of curator ad litem ) – a in each of paragraphs (1)(e) and 2(d), for the words “rights and duties” substitute “responsibilities and parental rights”; and b in paragraph (2)(e), for the word “childhood” substitute “life”. 4 Omit rule 81.13. 5 In rule 81.18(2)(a) (age of person entitled to open, or inspect contents of, process within 100 years after date of parental order), for the word “17” substitute “16”. Amendment to Form 81.5 3 —Subject to paragraph 4 below, in the appendix to the Rules of the Court of Session 1994, in paragraph (1) of Form 81.5 (form of agreement under section 30(5) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990) , for the words “rights and duties” substitute “responsibilities and parental rights”. Saving 4 —Paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Act of Sederunt shall not affect the application of Chapter 81 of the Rules of the Court of Session in relation to any parental order applied for before 1st April 1997. Rodger of Earlsferry Lord President, I.P.D. Edinburgh, 12th March 1997
MEDICINES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Medicines (Bal Jivan Chamcho Prohibition) (No. 2) Amendment Order 1997 and shall come into force on 8th April 1997. Amendment of the Medicines (Bal Jivan Chamcho Prohibition) (No. 2) Order 1977 2 Article 2 of the Medicines (Bal Jivan Chamcho Prohibition) (No. 2) Order 1977 (prohibition of sale, supply and importation of Bal Jivan Chamcho) shall be amended as follows— a in paragraph (1) for the words “subject to paragraph (3)” there shall be substituted the words “subject to paragraphs (3) and (4)”; and b after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 4 The prohibition imposed by paragraph (1) above shall not apply to the importantion of any medicinal product as aforesaid— a from a member State of the European Community, or b if the product originated in an EEA State within the meaning of Article 9 and Protocol 4 to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 , as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 , from an EEA State other than a member State. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Gerald Malone Minister of State Department of Health 10th March 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales 17th March 1997 James Douglas Hamilton Minister of State The Scottish Office 11th March 1997 Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this F.A. Elliott Permanent Secretary 11th day of March 1997.
PENSIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Superannuation (Admission to Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972) (No. 3) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 7th April 1997. 2 The office of the social fund Commissioner for Great Britain is hereby added to the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972 with effect from 1 June 1995. 3 The office of the social fund Commissioner for Northern Ireland is hereby added to the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972 with effect from 1 June 1995. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster for the Minister for the Civil Service Roger Freeman 17th March 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Commencement and citation 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Capital Finance) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. Amendment of Regulations 2 The Local Authorities (Capital Finance) Regulations 1997 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations. Meaning of private finance transaction 3 In regulation 16, in paragraph (2)— a in sub-paragraph (a)(i), omit the words “for use” and “(“the relevant purpose”)”; b in sub-paragraph (a)(ii) and sub-paragraph (d)(ii), omit the words “for the relevant purpose”; and c substitute the following for sub-paragraph (e)— e the first instalment of fees falls to be paid after the asset has started to be used; . Transactions for the provision of a capital asset and services 4 In regulation 40— a in paragraph (1), omit the words from “and” to the end; and b in paragraph (2)(a) and paragraph (3)(b), omit the words “for the relevant purpose”. Capital receipts derived from disposals made to assist regeneration 5 In regulation 86— a in the definition of “relevant land” in paragraph (1), for the words in sub-paragraph (a) from “or within a ward” to the end of that sub-paragraph substitute the words “or was situated within a ward which had a boundary adjoining the boundary of such a ward and which is in the same local authority area; or”; and b after paragraph (1) insert the following paragraph— 1A For the purposes of the definition of “relevant land” in paragraph (1), two wards are in the same local authority area if the land which, before 1st April 1994, comprised the wards is in the area of a single local authority. . Disposal of property under a private finance transaction 6 In regulation 112, substitute the following paragraph for paragraph (1)— 1 In this regulation, “relevant arrangement” means a credit arrangement— a which is a private finance transaction for the purposes of Part IV of these Regulations; and b of which the initial cost falls to be determined under regulation 40, 41 or 42, or which is entered into in reliance on a supplementary credit approval which applies for the purposes of the transaction and for no other purposes. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 12th March 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office 14th March 1997
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Amusement Machine Licence Duty (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 14th April 1997. 2 1 Regulation 4 of the Amusement Machine Licence Duty Regulations 1995 shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (1)— a in sub-paragraph (a) for the word “those” there shall be substituted “another machine”; and b in the proviso, after the word “but” there shall be inserted “(subject to paragraph (1A) below)”. 3 After paragraph (1) there shall be inserted— 1A Where the number of machines licensed on the premises exceeds three paragraph (1) above shall apply as if for the words “one machine” there were substituted “two machines”; but this paragraph shall not apply unless for each machine that is spare or broken down there is licensed on the premises another machine of the same type for duty purposes. D. J. Howard Commissioner of Customs and Excise New King’s Beam House 22 Upper Ground London SE1 9PJ 17th March 1997
NORTHERN IRELAND Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Appropriation (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 and shall come into operation forthwith. Interpretation 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for years ending 31st March 1997 and 1998 3 1 The Department of Finance and Personnel may issue out of the Consolidated Fund and apply towards making good the supply granted to Her Majesty for the service of the year ending on 31st March 1997 the sum of one hundred and twenty-two million and seventy-eight thousand pounds. 2 The Department of Finance and Personnel may issue out of the Consolidated Fund and apply towards making good the supply granted to Her Majesty for the service of the year ending on 31 st March 1998 the sum of two thousand nine hundred and forty-one million, three hundred and twenty-seven thousand pounds. Power for Department of Finance and Personnel to borrow 4 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the Department of Finance and Personnel may borrow on the credit of the aforesaid sums, any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole one thousand five hundred and thirty-two million pounds. 2 Any money so borrowed shall be repaid, with any interest due thereon, out of the Consolidated Fund at any date not later than 31st March 1998. Appropriation of grants 5 1 The sum granted by Article 3(1) out of the Consolidated Fund is appropriated for the several services and purposes expressed in Part I of the Schedule. 2 In addition to the sum granted by Article 3(1) out of the Consolidated Fund, the sums specified in the third column of Part I of the Schedule may be applied as appropriations in aid of the grants for the services in connection with which those sums are specified. 3 The sums already authorised to be appropriated in aid for the year ending on 31 st March 1997 shall be decreased by the sums specified in the fourth column of Part I of the Schedule for the services in connection with which those sums are specified. 4 The sum granted by Article 3(2) out of the Consolidated Fund is appropriated for the several services and purposes expressed in Part II of the Schedule. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Rushcliffe Borough Council) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st September 1997. Exemption of sports and leisure facilities management 2 The management of sport and leisure facilities shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out by the council of the borough of Rushcliffe during the period beginning with 1st September 1997 and ending with 31st March 1998 in the following premises in the borough— a Rushcliffe Arena, Rugby Road, West Bridgford West Bridgford Community Hall, Church Drive, West Bridgford West Bridgford Junior School, Exchange Road Cotgrave Leisure Centre, Woodview, Cotgrave; and b at the following recreation grounds in West Bridgford— Abbey Park Adbolton Grove Alford Road Playing Fields, Alford Road Boundary Road Bridgford Park, Bridgford Road Denton Drive Gresham Playing Fields, Wilford Lane Greythorne Drive The Hook, Holme Rd Oaktree Close West Park, Loughborough Road Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Paul Beresford Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 13th March 1997
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force— a as to regulations 1 and 2 on 31st March 1997, and b as to regulation 3 on 1st April 1997. 2 Regulation 4(3) of the Driving Licences (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997 is hereby revoked. 3 For regulation 3(2)(a)(i) of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1996 there shall be substituted— i surrendered to the Secretary of State or is revoked otherwise than by notice under section 93(1) or (2) of the Traffic Act (revocation because of disability or prospective disability), or . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport John Bowis Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport 14th March 1997