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EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Afan College (Dissolution) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999. 2 On 1st January 1999 the College shall be dissolved and all of its property, rights and liabilities shall be transferred to Neath College, being a body corporate established for purposes which include the provision of educational facilities or services. 3 Section 26(2), (3) and (4) of the Act shall apply to any person employed by the College immediately before 1st January 1999 as if the references in that section– a to a person to whom that section applies were to a person so employed; b to the operative date were to 1st January 1999; c to the transferor were to the College; and d to the corporation were to Neath College. Alun Michael Secretary of State for Wales 29th November 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and application 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 31st December 1998. 2 These Regulations shall not apply in respect of any financial year beginning prior to 1st April 1999. Amendment of Regulations 2 Paragraph 6C of Schedule 1 to the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Scotland) Regulations 1996 shall be deleted. Henry B McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 26th November 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (No.5) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 30th December 1998. Designation of public bodies 2 Each of the bodies named in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order, being a person appearing to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and to the Secretary of State for Wales to be exercising functions of a public nature, shall be a public body for the purposes of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 in its application to England and Wales. Restrictions on agreements 3 Agreements which may be entered into by virtue of this Order by any of the bodies mentioned in article 2 above shall be restricted in each case to agreements with an authority named in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order in respect of each such body for the supply of goods or materials or the provision of administrative, professional or technical services by that authority to that body in connection with the purposes of regeneration or economic development of any part of that authority’s area. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 23rd November 1998 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales, Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office 30th November 1998
RATING AND VALUATION Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 31st December 1998. 2 In these Regulations “the 1992 Regulations ” means the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 1992 . Amendment of the 1992 Regulations 2 In relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 1999, Schedules 2 and 4 to the 1992 Regulations are amended as follows:– a in paragraph 2(12) of Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulations, for “0.996” there shall be substituted “0.999”; b in paragraph 8(1) of that Schedule, for “1.1 per cent” there shall be substituted “1.2 per cent”; c for Schedule 4 to the 1992 Regulations there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 25th November 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Lichfield District Council) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 30th December 1998. Exemption of sports and leisure facilities management and other catering 2 The management of sports and leisure facilities and other catering by the Council of the District of Lichfield shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out– a at the Burntwood Leisure Centre; and b during the period beginning with 30th December 1998 and ending immediately before 1st April 2001. Revocation of Order 3 The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Lichfield District Council) Order 1997 is hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 30th November 1998
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1998. Commencement of sections 1 to 42 of the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 2 1 Section 1 of the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998, except insofar as it relates to the establishment of a regional development agency for London, shall come into force on 25th November 1998. 2 Sections 2 to 42 of that Act shall come into force on that date for the purposes of regional development agencies established on that date. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Richard G Caborn Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 24th November 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the South Tees Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998 and shall come into force on 7th December 1998. 2 In this Order, “the Establishment Order ” means the South Tees Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991 . Amendment of Establishment Order 2 1 In article 1(2) of the Establishment Order (interpretation), the following definition shall be inserted after the definition of “the Act”:– “community health services” means any services which the Secretary of State may provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of or Schedule 1 to the National Health Service Act 1977 and any service which he has a duty to provide under section 5(1) or (1A) of that Act ; . 2 For article 3 of the Establishment Order (nature and functions of the trust), there shall be substituted the following article:– Nature and functions of the trust 3 The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more Health Authorities) shall be:– a to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act: i Middlesbrough General Hospital, Ayresome Green Lane, Middlesbrough TS5 5AZ, ii North Riding Infirmary, Newport Road, Middlesbrough TS1 5JE, and associated hospitals and facilities, and there to provide hospital accommodation and services; b to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act: i South Cleveland Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, ii Guisborough General Hospital (Maternity Services), Guisborough TS14 6HZ, and iii West Lane Hospital (Ward 2, Isolation Unit and Nursery), Acklam Road, Middlesbrough TS5 4EE, iv 24 Belle Vue Grove, Middlesbrough TS4 2PX, and associated hospitals and facilities, and there to provide hospital accommodation and services; and c to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act: i St. Luke’s Hospital Day Unit, Marton Road, Middlesbrough TS4 3AF, ii 2, Langdon Square, Tollesby Bridge, Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough TS8 0TF, iii 23/27 Middlesbrough Road, South Bank, Middlesbrough TS6 6NW, and associated establishments and facilities, and there to provide community health services. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn Minister of State, Department of Health 26th November 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Warwickshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998 and shall come into force on 7th December 1998. Amendment of Establishment Order 2 For article 3 of the Warwickshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 (nature and functions of the trust) there shall be substituted the following article:– Nature and functions of the trust 3 1 The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the Act. 2 The trust’s functions shall be– a to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act: i Nuneaton Ambulance Station, Newton Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 4HR ii Dordon Ambulance Station, Watling Street, Dordon, Staffordshire, B78 1TE iii Rugby Ambulance Station, Brownsover Lane, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 1HL and iv Warwick Ambulance Station, Montague Road, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 5UV and from there to provide and manage ambulance and associated transport services and such other services relating to the provision of care as can reasonably be carried out in conjunction therewith; and b to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act: i Ambulance Service Headquarters, Dale Street, Leamington Spa, CV32 5HH, ii Stratford Ambulance Station, Masons Road, Stratford, Warwickshire CV37 9NA, and iii Ambulance Control Centre and Vehicle Compound, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham National Health Service Trust, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TH and from there to provide and manage ambulance and associated transport services and such other services relating to the provision of care as can reasonably be carried out in conjunction therewith. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn Department of Health 26th November 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Herefordshire Community Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998 and shall come into force on 7th December 1998. Amendment of Establishment Order 2 For article 3 of the Herefordshire Community Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991 (nature and functions of the trust) there shall be substituted the following article:– Nature and functions of the trust 3 1 The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1)(b) of the Act. 2 The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more Health Authorities) shall be to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act Belmont Abbey, Belmont, Hereford HR2 9RP and associated hospitals and establishments, and there and from there to provide and manage community health services. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn Minister of State, Department of Health 26th November 1998
RATING AND VALUATION Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (Wales) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 31st December 1998. 2 In this Order “the 1988 Act ” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988. Designation of rural areas 2 The areas mentioned in the Schedule to this Order are designated as rural areas for the purposes of section 42A (rural settlement list) of the 1988 Act. Rateable value limits 3 In relation to a hereditament shown in the local non-domestic rating list of a Welsh billing authority– a £5,000 is the amount prescribed as the maximum amount of rateable value for the purposes of section 43(6B)(b) (mandatory relief for qualifying general stores and post offices) of the 1988 Act; and b £10,000 is the amount prescribed as the maximum amount of rateable value for the purposes of section 47(3A)(b) (discretionary rate relief in rural areas) of the 1988 Act. Revocation 4 The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (Wales) Order 1997 is hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 25th November 1998
SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Civil Procedure (Modification of Enactments) Order 1998 and shall come into force at the same time as the first Civil Procedure Rules made under section 2 of the Civil Procedure Act 1997. 2 The amendments set out in this Order shall have effect. 3 The Judgments Act 1838 is amended as follows– a section 17 (judgment debts to carry interest) stands as subsection (1) of that section; b in subsection (1), for “the time of entering up the judgment” substitute “such time as shall be prescribed by rules of court”; and c insert a new subsection as follows– 2 Rules of court may provide for the court to disallow all or part of any interest otherwise payable under subsection (1). . 4 In section 1 of the Law Reform (Husband and Wife) Act 1962 (actions in tort between husband and wife), omit subsection (3). 5 The Supreme Court Act 1981 is amended as follows– a in section 33 (powers of High Court exercisable before commencement of action), in subsection (2), omit “in which a claim in respect of personal injuries to a person, or in respect of a person’s death, is likely to be made,”; and b in section 34 (power of High Court to order disclosure of documents, inspection of property etc. )– i omit subsection (1); and ii in each of subsections (2) and (3), omit “to which this subsection applies”. 6 The County Courts Act 1984 is amended as follows– a omit section 47 (minors); b in section 52 (powers of court exercisable before commencement of action), in subsection (2), omit “in which a claim in respect of personal injuries to a person, or in respect of a person’s death, is likely to be made,”; c in section 53 (power of court to order disclosure of documents, inspection of property etc.)– i omit subsection (1); and ii in each of subsections (2) and (3), omit “to which this section applies”; d in section 63 (assessors)– i in subsection (1), omit “on the application of any party”; ii omit subsection (2); iii in subsection (3), for “at such rate as may be prescribed” substitute “determined by the judge”; and iv in subsection (4), for “subsection (2) (otherwise than on the application of a party to the proceedings)” substitute “assisting the judge in reviewing the taxation by the district judge of the costs of any proceedings”; e in section 133 (proof of service of summonses etc.), in subsection (1), omit “under the hand of that officer”; and f omit section 134 (summons and other process to be under seal). Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 27th November 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, University Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998 and shall come into force on 7th December 1998. Amendment of NHS trust Establishment Order 2 For article 3 of the Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, University Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 (functions of the trust) there shall be substituted the following article– Nature and functions of the trust 3 1 The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the Act. 2 The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more Health Authorities) shall be– a to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act the Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, University Hospital, Derby Road, Nottingham and associated premises (including the management of its teaching and research facilities) and there to provide hospital accommodation and services; b to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act accommodation within, and an additional establishment adjoining, the East Block of the Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, University Hospital, Derby Road, Nottingham and there to provide hospital accommodation and services; and c to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act facilities at Leen Gate/Abbey Street, Lenton, Nottingham and there to provide hospital accommodation and services. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health. Alan Milburn Minister of State, Department of Health 25th November 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Chichester Priority Care Services National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999. 2 In this Order– “ the Order ” means the Chichester Priority Care Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 ; “ the trust ” means the National Health Service trust established by the Order. Change of name of NHS trust 2 The trust shall be called the Sussex Weald and Downs National Health Service Trust instead of the Chichester Priority Care Services National Health Service Trust, and accordingly in Article 1 of the Order in the definition of “the trust”, and in Article 2 of the Order, for the words “Chichester Priority Care Services” there shall be substituted the words “Sussex Weald and Downs”. Transitional provisions 3 The change of name under this Order shall not– a affect any right or obligation of any person; or b be taken as invalidating any instrument (whether made before, on or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the trust by its previous name; and all instruments and other documents which refer to the trust under its previous name shall be construed as referred to it under its new name. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health. Alan Milburn Minister of State, Department of Health 25th November 1998
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Severn Bridges Tolls Order 1998 and shall, in accordance with section 9(2)(b) of the Severn Bridges Act 1992 (in this Order referred to as “ the Act ”), come into force on 1st January 1999. 2 The tolls leviable in respect of vehicles within the categories referred to in section 8(1) of the Act using either of the bridges shall be as follows:– Category 1 vehicles £4.20 Category 2 vehicles £8.40 Category 3 vehicles £12.50 3 The Severn Bridges Tolls Order 1997 is hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State of the Environment, Transport and the Regions Larry Whitty Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 1st December 1998
INCOME TAX 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Life Assurance (Apportionment of Receipts of Participating Funds) (Applicable Percentage) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 16th December 1998. 2 This Order has effect in relation to any gross redemption yields referred to in article 3(a) of the principal Order which are compiled as mentioned in that article in respect of any day after 30th December 1998. 2 In this Order “the principal Order” means the Life Assurance (Apportionment of Receipts of Participating Funds) (Applicable Percentage) Order 1990 . 3 In article 3(a) of the principal Order the words “with high coupons” shall be omitted. Bob Ainsworth Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 24th November 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Riverside Mental Health, the North West London Mental Health and the West London Healthcare National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999. Dissolution of NHS trusts 2 1 The Riverside Mental Health National Health Service Trust established by the Riverside Mental Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 is dissolved, and accordingly that Order is revoked. 2 The North West London Mental Health National Health Service Trust established by the North West London Mental Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 is dissolved, and accordingly that Order is revoked. 3 The West London Healthcare National Health Service Trust established by the West London Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 is dissolved, and accordingly that Order is revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn Minister of State, Department of Health 30th November 1998
STATISTICS OF TRADE 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Statistics of Trade (Customs and Excise) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999. 2 In regulation 3(1) of the Statistics of Trade (Customs and Excise) Regulations 1992 for “£225,000”, in each place where it occurs, there shall be substituted “£230,000”. 3 Regulation 4 of the Statistics of Trade (Customs and Excise) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 is hereby revoked. Ray McAfee Commissioner of Customs and Excise New King’s Beam House 22 Upper Ground London SE1 9PJ 7th December 1998
ANIMALS Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Cattle Identification (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999. Amendment to the Cattle Identification Regulations 2 1 The Cattle Identification Regulations 1998 are amended in accordance with this Regulation. 2 For paragraph (3) of regulation 3 (the maximum time within which an eartag must be applied to an animal) there is substituted the following– 3 In accordance with Article 4.2 of the Council Regulation– a in the case of a dairy herd, the keeper shall apply one eartag to the animal within 36 hours of the birth of the animal, and the second eartag– i within 30 days of the birth of an animal born before 1st January 2000, or ii within 20 days of the birth of an animal born on or after 1st January 2000; b in the case of any other herd the keeper shall apply the eartags to the animal– i within 30 days of the birth of an animal born before 1st January 2000, or ii within 20 days of the birth of an animal born on or after 1st January 2000. . 3 The following paragraph is inserted between paragraphs (1) and (2) of regulation 13 (application for a cattle passport)– 1A For the purpose of paragraph (1) above, the period within which the keeper shall apply for a cattle passport shall be calculated, in the case of a dairy herd, from the date on which the second eartag is applied to the animal. . Jeff Rooker Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 25th November 1998 Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 28th November 1998
BROADCASTING 1 This Order may be cited as the Dissolution of the Broadcasting Complaints Commission and the Broadcasting Standards Council Order 1998. 2 The Broadcasting Complaints Commission and the Broadcasting Standards Council Order are hereby dissolved with effect from 1st December 1998. Chris Smith Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 30th November 1998