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ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation and commencement 1 These regulations may be cited as the Traffic Signs (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 10th February 1997. Amendment 2 Part III (markings on the road) of Schedule 1 to the Traffic Signs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 shall be amended as follows— a for diagrams 1060, 1060.1, 1061 and 1061.1 and the words under them substitute the following diagrams and words specified in or under them— To indicate to vehicular traffic the presence of a round top road hump extending across the whole width of the carriageway. Permitted variants: The longitudinal line adjacent to the edge of the carriageway may be omitted when the longitudinal line in diagram 1016.1, 1017 or 1018 is placed in the position of that line. Where more than one traffic lane is available to traffic proceeding in the same direction, the longitudinal white line marked AB shall be placed between each traffic lane and the two triangular white markings placed on each traffic lane. Where traffic is permitted to proceed in one direction only across a hump, the triangular white markings shall be placed only on the side of the road hump facing approaching traffic. Where traffic is permitted to proceed in two directions in a single traffic lane across a hump, the two triangular white markings shall be placed on both sides of the hump. Where the carriageway width is less than 6,000 millimetres the longitudinal line marked AB shall be omitted. 1060 To indicate to vehicular traffic the presence of a round top road hump withtapered ends. Permitted variants: Same as 1060. 1060.1 To indicate to vehicular traffic the presence of a flat top road hump extending across the whole width of a carriageway. Permitted variants: Same as 1060. 1061 To indicate to vehicular traffic the presence of a flat top road hump with tapered ends. Permitted variants: Same as 1060. 1061.1 b after diagram 1061.1 add the following diagram and the words specified in or under it— To indicate to vehicular traffic the presence of cushion type humps. Permitted variants: The longitudinal line adjacent to the edge of the carriageway may be omitted when the longitudinal line in diagram 1016.1, 1017 or 1018 is placed in the position of that line. Where more than one traffic lane is available to traffic proceeding in the same direction, the longitudinal white line marked AB shall be placed between each traffic lane and the triangular white marking shall be placed on each traffic lane. Where traffic is permitted to proceed in one direction only across a cushion type hump, the triangular white marking shall be placed only on the side of the hump facing approaching traffic. Where traffic is permitted to proceed in two directions across a single cushion type hump, the triangular white marking shall be placed on both sides of the cushion type hump. Where the carriageway width is less than 6,000 millimetres the longitudinal line marked AB shall be omitted. 1062 Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 30th December 1996. J. Carlisle Assistant Secretary
LAGANSIDE DEVELOPMENT Citation and commencement 1 This order may be cited as the Laganside Development (Alteration of Designated Area) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 1st February 1997. Alteration of the designated area 2 1 The area of land designated by Article 2 of the Laganside Development Designation Order (Northern Ireland) 1989 is hereby altered so as to include the 5 areas shown on the deposited map. 2 The boundaries of the 5 areas included by virtue of paragraph (1) are shown on the deposited map by red lines and extend to the outside of those lines. 3 In this Article “the deposited map” means the map prepared in duplicate marked “Map referred to in the Laganside Development (Alteration of Designated Area) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996” and signed by an Assistant Secretary in the Department of the Environment, one duplicate of which is available for inspection at the office of the Department known as the Belfast Development Office, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Belfast, and the other duplicate of which is available for inspection at the office of the Laganside Corporation, 15 Clarendon Road, Belfast. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 20th December 1996. R. Warburton Assistant Secretary
ROADS Citation and commencement 1 These regulations may be cited as the Road Humps (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 10th February 1997. Amendment 2 The Road Humps Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 shall be amended as follows— 1 In Article 4( b ) immediately after the words “or in diagrams 1061 and 1061.1” insert the words “or in diagram 1062”; and 2 In the Schedule after diagram 4b add the following diagrams and the words specified in or under them— Diagram 5a. Cushion Type Hump Plan View Diagram 5b. Cushion Type Hump Transverse Section Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 30th December 1996. J. Carlisle Assistant Secretary
LICENSING Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Licensing (Requirements for Conference Centre) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 20th February 1997. Requirements to which a conference centre must conform 2 The requirements to which a conference centre as defined in Article 2(2) of the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 must conform are that— a the premises must have a specialised conference brochure or otherwise advertise the provision of conference facilities as one of the main businesses carried on in the premises; b the premises must— i have a minimum of 2 conference rooms, one of which must be capable of seating at least 60 persons in addition to providing adequate space for the person or persons addressing the gathering; and ii be capable of providing a main table meal for up to 60 delegates simultaneously. c the conference rooms must be used exclusively or mainly as meeting rooms; d the premises must have at least one named member of staff with designated responsibility for handling conference enquiries and arrangements; e adequate equipment for use at conferences must be available on the premises; and f the premises must have— i a letter from an environmental health officer of the district council for the district in which the premises are situated, stating that the premises comply with the hygiene provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 , with the Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 and the Food Safety (Temperature Control) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 ; ii a letter from an inspector appointed by that district council, stating that the premises comply with the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 ; and iii either, where applicable, a fire certificate issued by the Fire Authority for Northern Ireland under the provisions of the Fire Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 or a letter from an authorised member of the fire brigade, stating that the premises afford an adequate means of escape in case of fire and that appropriate means for fighting fire have been provided and maintained on those premises, together with, where necessary, appropriate means for giving warning in case of fire. 3 In regulation 2— “inspector” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 2 of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978; and “authorised member of the fire brigade” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 21 of the Fire Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1984. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on J. Harbison Under Secretary 24th January 1997. The Department of Economic Development hereby concurs with the foregoing Regulations Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on Malcolm J. Briant Assistant Secretary 28th January 1997.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Asbestos in Water (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 20th February 1997. Interpretation 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment 3 After regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos in Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 there shall be inserted the following regulation— Measurement 4A 1 The Department shall ensure that measurements are taken, at regular intervals, of asbestos discharges (made in accordance with a consent granted under regulation 4(1)) into the aquatic environment. 2 For the purpose of checking compliance with the limits specified in that consent the sampling and analysis procedures and methods shall be in conformity with those described in the Annex to the Directive or with any other procedure or method which gives equivalent results. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 20th December 1996. R. W. Rogers Assistant Secretary
AGRICULTURE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Bovine Products (Despatch to Other Member States) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 2nd January 1997. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of the Bovine Products (Despatch to Other Member States) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 2 1 The Bovine Products (Despatch to Other Member States) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 shall be amended as provided by paragraphs (2) to (4). 2 After regulation 3 there shall be inserted— Production of gelatin 3A 1 A person shall not produce any gelatin in any establishment unless that establishment is registered by the Department under this regulation. 2 On an application made to the Department in writing by the operator of the establishment to which the application relates, the Department shall register that establishment for the production of gelatin where it is satisfied that— a no raw material from a bovine animal slaughtered in the United Kingdom is used in such production; or b such production is in accordance with the appropriate conditions set out in the Annex to Commission Decision 96/239/ EC on emergency measures to protect against bovine spongiform encephalopathy , as amended by Commission Decision 96/362/EC . 3 The Department shall remove an establishment from the register where it is no longer satisfied that one of the conditions set out in paragraph (2) is met. 4 This regulation applies only to gelatin liable to enter the human food or animal feed chains or destined for use in cosmetic, medical or pharmaceutical products. Use of gelatin 3B Any person who uses gelatin produced in the United Kingdom in the production of any product which is— a liable to enter the human food chain or animal feed chain; or b destined for use as or in any cosmetic, medical or pharmaceutical product, shall ensure that the gelatin used was produced in an establishment which was registered under regulation 3A at the time that gelatin was manufactured, or, in the case of gelatin produced before 2nd January 1997, which complied with the conditions for registration at the time of manufacture and has subsequently been registered. . 3 For regulation 5(2) there shall be substituted— 2 An inspector shall, on producing, if required to do so, some duly authenticated document showing his authority, have the right at all reasonable hours to enter any establishment approved for the purposes of regulation 3 or registered under regulation 3A in order to ascertain whether the requirements of those regulations are satisfied in that establishment. . 4 In regulation 5(3) for sub-paragraph ( a ) there shall be substituted— a carry out inspections of any place from which material derived from bovine animals is consigned to an establishment approved for the purposes of regulation 3 or registered under regulation 3A. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on 19th December 1996. L. McKibben Assistant Secretary
EMPLOYMENT Citation, commencement and revocation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Protection (Continuity of Employment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 2nd February 1997. 2 The Industrial Relations (Continuity of Employment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 are hereby revoked. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations “the 1996 Order ” means the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996. Application 3 These Regulations apply to any action taken in relation to the dismissal of an employee which consists of: a his making a claim in accordance with a dismissal procedures agreement designated by an order under Article 142 of the 1996 Order; b the presentation by him of a relevant complaint of dismissal; c any action taken by the Agency under Article 20 of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 ; or d the making of a relevant compromise contract. Continuity of employment where employee re-engaged 4 1 The provisions of this regulation shall have effect to preserve the continuity of a person’s period of employment for the purposes of Chapter III of Part I of the 1996 Order (continuous employment). 2 If in consequence of any action to which these Regulations apply a dismissed employee is reinstated or re-engaged by his employer or by a successor or associated employer of the employer: a the continuity of that employee’s period of employment shall be preserved; and b the period beginning with (and including) the date on which the dismissal takes effect and ending with the date of reinstatement or re-engagement shall count in the computation of the employee’s period of continuous employment. Exclusion of operation of Article 10 of the 1996 Order where redundancy or equivalent payment repaid 5 1 Article 10 of the 1996 Order (continuity broken where employee re-employed after the making of a redundancy payment or equivalent payment) shall not apply where— a in consequence of any action to which these Regulations apply a dismissed employee is reinstated or re-employed by his employer or by a successor or associated employer of the employer; and b the terms upon which he is so reinstated or re-engaged include provision for him to repay the amount of a redundancy payment or an equivalent payment paid in respect of the relevant dismissal, and c that provision is complied with. 2 For the purposes of this regulation, the cases in which a redundancy payment shall be treated as having been paid are the cases mentioned in Article 10(5) of the 1996 Order. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on 20th December 1996. W. D. A. Haire Assistant Secretary
AGRICULTURE Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Selective Cull (Enforcement of Community Compensation Conditions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 8th January 1997. Interpretation 2 1 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. 2 In these Regulations— “approved operator” means the operator of a rendering plant, or the operator of an incinerator approved under regulation 12(2) of the Specified Bovine Material (Treatment and Disposal) ( No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 , as the case may be; “the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation ( EC ) No. 1484/96 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom by application of Commission Decision 96/385/EC ; “Community provision” means a provision of the Commission Regulation specified in the Schedule; “licensed operator” means the owner or occupier of a slaughter-house licensed under section 1 of the Slaughter-houses Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 ; “rendering plant” has the same meaning as in the Specified Bovine Material (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 ; and “selective cull” means the compulsory slaughter programme introduced under paragraph 10A of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 in accordance with the eradication plan for bovine spongiform encephalopathy drawn up by the United Kingdom and approved by Commission Decision 96/385/EC . Offences 3 1 Where there is, in any slaughter-house, a contravention of any Community provision referred to in Column 1 of Part I of the Schedule, the licensed operator of that slaughter-house shall be guilty of an offence. 2 Where there is, in any premises housing an incinerator or rendering plant, a contravention of any Community provision referred in Column 1 of Part II of the Schedule, the approved operator of that incinerator or rendering plant, as the case may be, shall be guilty of an offence. Penalties 4 A person guilty of an offence under regulation 3 shall be liable on conviction on indictment to a fine, and on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on 18th December 1996. P. T. Toal Assistant Secretary
LAND REGISTRATION Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Registration (Land and Deeds) (1992 Order) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997. Interpretation 2 In this Order, “the Order of 1992 ” means the Registration (Land and Deeds) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 and any reference to a numbered Article or Schedule is to the Article of or, as the case may be, the Schedule to, that Order bearing that number. Appointed day 3 The provisions of the Order of 1992 specified in the Schedule shall come into operation on 1st April 1997. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on C. D. Doake Assistant Secretary 24th January 1997.
PENSIONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational Pension Schemes (Indexation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 6th April 1997. 2 In these Regulations— “appointed day” means the day appointed for the coming into operation of Article 51 for purposes other than authorising the making of regulations; “indexation requirement” means the requirement under Article 51(2) and (3) for certain occupational pension schemes to provide annual increases in the rate of pensions; “pension scheme” means an occupational pension scheme, a personal pension scheme or a retirement benefits scheme approved under section 591 of the Taxes Act 1988. 3 In these Regulations any reference to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 bearing that number. Indexation of occupational pensions derived from the acceptance of transfer payments from pension schemes 2 1 Subject to paragraph (2), where a person’s accrued rights to a pension payable under an occupational pension scheme to which Article 51 applies, or any part of them, derive from the allowance by the scheme of a transfer credit in respect of rights which were subject to the indexation requirement or to the requirements of Article 158, in any pension scheme of which that person has previously been a member, Article 51(2) and (3) shall apply to such part of that pension as is attributable to those rights as if they were attributable to pensionable service or to payments in respect of employment on or after the appointed day. 2 Paragraph (1) shall not apply in any case where a person’s accrued rights to a pension payable by an occupational pension scheme referred to in that paragraph, or any part of them, derive from rights which have, at any time prior to the allowance by such a scheme of a transfer credit in respect of them, been held in a personal pension scheme and which were not subject to the requirements of Article 158 in that scheme. Indexation of occupational pensions derived from the acceptance of payments from insurance policies or annuity contracts 3 Where a person’s accrued rights to a pension payable under an occupational pension scheme to which Article 51 applies, or any part of them, derive from the acceptance by the scheme of a payment from a policy of insurance or annuity contract in respect of rights which were subject to the indexation requirement or to the requirements of Article 158, in any pension scheme of which that person has previously been a member, Article 51(2) and (3) shall apply to such part of that pension as is attributable to those rights as if they were attributable to pensionable service or to payments in respect of employment on or after the appointed day. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 15th January 1997.
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES NOW THEREFORE the Department, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 104(1)( c ) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, makes the following Order: Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Parking Places on Roads (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 3rd March 1997. Amendment 2 The Parking Places on Roads Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 shall be amended by— a the addition to Schedule 1 to that Order of the items in Schedule 1; b the deletion from Schedule 1 to that Order of the items in Schedule 2. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on J. Carlisle Assistant Secretary 14th January 1997.
ANIMALS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals (Modification No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 21st January 1997. Modification of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 2 In Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 the list of diseases of poultry shall be modified by substituting for— 21 Turkey Rhinotracheitis. the following, namely— 21 Avian rhinotracheitis. . Revocation 3 The Diseases of Animals (Modification) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1992 is hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on 19th December 1996. R. S. Johnston Assistant Secretary
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 25th January 1997. Interpretation 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Order (Northern Ireland) 1990 3 1 The Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Order (Northern Ireland) 1990 shall be amended as follows: 2 In Article 3 (visitors' driving permits)— a in paragraphs (2)(i), (3)( a ) and (4)( a ) after the words “an EEA State,” there shall be inserted “the Isle of Man or Jersey,”; b in paragraph (7)— i in the definition of “Convention driving permit” after the word “issued” in each place where it occurs, and in the definition of “domestic driving permit” after the words “issued under the law of that country”, there shall be inserted “to a person who has given proof of his competence to drive”; and ii in the definition of “domestic driving permit” after the words “a driving permit issued”, there shall be inserted “to such a person”. 3 In Article 4(1) (visiting forces' driving permits) the words “other than a large goods vehicle or a passenger-carrying vehicle” shall be omitted. 4 In Article 7(3) in sub-paragraph (i) of the definition of “Convention driving permit” after the words “in Schedule 1 issued”, and in sub-paragraphs (ii) and (iii) of that definition, after the words “the Schedule issued”, there shall be inserted “to a person who has given proof of his competence to drive.”. P. B. B. Mayhew One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 11th December 1996