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BUILDING SOCIETIES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Building Societies (Transfer Resolutions) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 5th December 1997. Amendment of Schedule 2 to the Building Societies Act 1986 2 In paragraph 30(2)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Building Societies Act 1986 “50” shall be substituted for “20”. Bob Ainsworth Graham Allen Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 13th November 1997
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT AND CO-OPERATION 1 1 This Order may be cited as the International Fund for Agricultural Development (Fourth Replenishment) Order 1997 and shall come into force forthwith. 2 In this Order— “the Agreement” means the Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development dated 13th June 1976 and ratified by the Government of the United Kingdom on 9th September 1977 ; “the Fund” means the International Fund for Agricultural Development established by the Agreement; “the Resolutions” means Resolution 87/XVIII of the Governing Council of the Fund on the Fourth Replenishment of the Fund’s resources, adopted on 26 January 1995, and Resolution 93/XIX of that Council, adopted on 17 January 1996, and Resolution 98/ XX of that Council, adopted on 20 February 1997 (which amend Resolution 87/XVIII). 2 The Secretary of State may make payment on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom out of money provided by Parliament of an additional contribution to the Fund of a sum not exceeding £13,586,773 in accordance with arrangements made between the Government and the Fund in accordance with the terms of the Resolutions. 3 The Secretary of State may out of money provided by Parliament make payment of sums required to redeem any non-interest-bearing and non-negotiable notes or other obligations which may be issued or created by her and accepted by the Fund in accordance with the Agreement or the said arrangements. 4 Any sums received by the Government of the United Kingdom from the Fund in pursuance of the Agreement or the said arrangements shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund. Clare Short One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 1st October 1997 We approve, Graham Allen Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 15th October 1997
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT AND CO-OPERATION 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Asian Development Bank (Sixth Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund) Order 1997 and shall come into force forthwith. 2 In this Order— “the Agreement” means the Agreement Establishing the Asian Development Bank dated 4th December 1965 ; “the Bank” means the Asian Development Bank established by the Agreement; “The Sixth Replenishment Resolution” means Resolution No. 247 dated 22nd March 1997 of the Board of Governors of the Bank; “The Fund” means the Asian Development Fund of the Bank established by Resolution No. 62 dated 28th April 1973 of the Board of Governors of the Bank. 2 The Secretary of State may make payment on behalf of the Government out of money provided by Parliament of further contributions to the Fund of a sum not exceeding £67,006,726 in accordance with arrangements made between the Government and the Bank pursuant to the Sixth Replenishment Resolution. 3 The Secretary of State may out of money provided by Parliament make payment in sterling of sums required to redeem any non-interest-bearing and non-negotiable notes or other obligations which may be issued or created by her and accepted by the Bank in accordance with the said arrangements. 4 Any sums received by the Government in pursuance of the said arrangements shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund. Clare Short One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 16th October 1997 We approve, Bob Ainsworth Graham Allen Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 27th October 1997
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Individual Pupils' Achievements) (Information) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 6th January 1998. Amendment of Regulations 2 The Education (Individual Pupils' Achievements) (Information) (Wales) Regulations 1997 shall be amended as follows. 3 In regulation 2(1)— a there shall be inserted after the definition of “attendance record” the following— “education welfare officer” means any person who is employed by a local education authority, and whose duties include securing the regular attendance at school of pupils of compulsory school age; and b there shall be substituted for the definition of “external marking agency” the following— “external marking agency” means a body nominated by Awdurdod Cymwysterau, Cwricwlwm ac Asesu Cymru or the Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales; . 4 In Schedule 1, Part 1, in paragraph 1(2) there shall be inserted after “such attainment targets” the following— (including, in the case of the NC test in English, if the document in which that test is published requires the record of the pupil’s level in “Writing” to include a statement of his level in spelling, the pupil’s level in spelling) , and paragraph 1(4) shall be omitted. 5 In Schedule 2— a in paragraph 1(2) there shall be inserted at the end the following— (including, in the case of the NC test in English, if the document in which that test is published requires the record of the pupil’s level in “Writing” to include a statement of his level in spelling, the percentages of such registered pupils who achieved each level in spelling) ; b after paragraph 2(4) there shall be inserted— 4A The percentages of registered pupils in the final year of the second key stage who were not entered for each NC test referred to in sub-paragraph (2) because, under the statutory arrangements, that NC test was not required to be administered to those pupils. ; c in paragraph 2(5) there shall be inserted at the end the words— (excluding pupils falling within sub-paragraph (4) or (4A)) ; d after paragraph 3(4) there shall be inserted— 4A The percentages of registered pupils in the final year of the third key stage who were not entered for each NC test referred to in sub-paragraph (2) because, under the statutory arrangements, that NC test was not required to be administered to those pupils. ; and e in paragraph 3(5) there shall be inserted at the end the words— (excluding pupils falling within sub-paragraph (4) or (4A)) . 6 In Schedule 3, in paragraph 1(2) the words “and NC tasks (where applicable)” shall be omitted. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 11th November 1997
INCOME TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 1989, section 178(1), (Appointed Day) Order 1997. 2 The day appointed for section 118F of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 for periods beginning on or after which section 178(1) of the Finance Act 1989 shall have effect is 9th December 1997. Bob Ainsworth Jon Owen Jones Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 17th November 1997
PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Oil and Chemical Pollution of Fish) Order 1997 (Partial Revocation) Order 1997 and shall come into force at 20.00 hours on 14th November 1997. Partial revocation 2 The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Oil and Chemical Pollution of Fish) Order 1997 is hereby revoked except insofar as it applies in relation to flatfish and shellfish. J R Wildgoose Assistant Secretary, Scottish Office Pentland House, Edinburgh 14th November 1997
COMPANIES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Companies Act 1985 (Insurance Companies Accounts) (Minor Amendments) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 31st December 1997. 2 1 Schedule 9A to the Companies Act 1985 is amended as follows. 2 In the heading to note (10) on the profit and loss account format set out in Section B of Chapter I of Part I (allocated investment return)— i for the words “items I.2 and 2a” substitute the words “item I.2”, and ii for the words “item II.2” substitute the words “item II.12”. Ian McCartney, Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry 12th November 1997
FIRE SERVICES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Shropshire Fire Services (Combination Scheme) Order 1997 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Combination Scheme 2 The combination scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order, which shall be known as the Shropshire Fire Services Combination Scheme, shall have effect. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 8th November 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Housing Management and Security Work) (Exemptions) (England) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 12th December 1997. 2 This Order applies in relation to defined authorities in England only. Amendment of the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Housing Management and Security Work) (Exemptions) (England) Order 1997 2 1 The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Housing Management and Security Work) (Exemptions) (England) Order 1997 is amended— a in article 2 (housing management)— i in paragraph (1), by the omission of the definition of “relevant year”; and ii by the substitution of the following for paragraphs (2) and (3)— 2 In each financial year commencing with that beginning on 1st April 1999, housing management carried out by a defined authority shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as, on the 31st March immediately preceding the beginning of the year in question, the authority’s housing stock is not more than 4,000. ; b by the omission of article 3 (security work); and c by the insertion, at the end of article 4 (revocations), of the words “with effect from 1st April 1999”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 17th November 1997
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FIRE SERVICES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Cheshire Fire Services (Combination Scheme) Order 1997 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Combination Scheme 2 The combination scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order, which shall be known as the Cheshire Fire Services Combination Scheme, shall have effect. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office 8th November 1997
FIRE SERVICES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Cambridgeshire Fire Services (Combination Scheme) Order 1997 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Combination Scheme 2 The combination scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order, which shall be known as the Cambridgeshire Fire Services Combination Scheme, shall have effect. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 8th November 1997
FIRE SERVICES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Essex Fire Services (Combination Scheme) Order 1997 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Combination Scheme 2 The combination scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order, which shall be known as the Essex Fire Services Combination Scheme, shall have effect. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 8th November 1997
CRIMINAL LAW, SCOTLAND Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1997. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997. Commencement 2 1 The provisions of the Act which are listed in paragraph (2) below shall come into force on 17th November 1997. 2 The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) above are– a section 47 (record of evidence taken from external parts of body) insofar as not already in force; b section 48 (samples etc. from persons convicted of sexual and violent offences); c section 62(2) (repeals) so far as it relates to the entry referred to in sub-paragraph (d) below; and d in Schedule 3 (repeals) the entry in respect of section 18(7) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 . Henry B McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 10th November 1997
FIRE SERVICES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Berkshire Fire Services (Combination Scheme) Order 1997 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Combination Scheme 2 The combination scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order, which shall be known as the Berkshire Fire Services Combination Scheme, shall have effect. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 8th November 1997
FIRE SERVICES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Hereford and Worcester Fire Services (Combination Scheme) Order 1997 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Combination Scheme 2 The combination scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order, which shall be known as the Hereford and Worcester Fire Services Combination Scheme, shall have effect. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 8th November 1997
FIRE SERVICES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Kent Fire Services (Combination Scheme) Order 1997 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Combination Scheme 2 The combination scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order, which shall be known as the Kent Fire Services Combination Scheme, shall have effect. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 8th November 1997
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Oxleas National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Amendment Order 1997 and shall come into force on 9th December 1997. 2 In this Order, “that Order” means the Oxleas National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1997 . Amendment of NHS trust Transfer of Trust Property Order 2 1 The title of that Order shall be “The Oxleas National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) (No. 2) Order 1997”. 2 In Article 1(1) of that Order, for the words “the Oxleas National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1997”, there shall be substituted the words “the Oxleas National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) (No. 2) Order 1997”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health. Alan Milburn Minister of State, Department of Health 11th November 1997
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Instrument may be cited as “The Portsmouth City Council (M275 Northbound Motorway Slip Road) Scheme 1996 Confirmation Instrument 1997” and shall come into force on the date on which notice that it has been confirmed is first published in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Highways Act 1980. 2 The Portsmouth City Council (M275 Northbound Motorway Slip Road) Scheme 1996 (“the Scheme”) is hereby confirmed with modifications. 3 The Scheme as confirmed is set out in the Schedule hereto and copies of the Scheme with its accompanying plan are deposited at the offices of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR, and at the offices of the Portsmouth City Council, Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth PO1 2AL. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Pamela Denham Regional Director Government Office for the North East 7th November 1997
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Mersey Regional Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st December 1997. Amendment of NHS trust Establishment Order 2 In Article 4 of the Mersey Regional Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991 for “5 non-executive” there shall be substituted “4 non-executive” and for “5 executive” there shall be substituted “4 executive”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn Minister of State, Department of Health 11th November 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. Amendment of the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (England) Order 1988 2 Paragraph (2) of article 3 of the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (England) Order 1988 is amended by the substitution for “£100,000” of “£150,000”. Amendment of the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Wales) Order 1988 3 Paragraph (2) of article 3 of the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Wales) Order 1988 is amended by the substitution for “£100,000” of “£150,000”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 17th November 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 18th November 1997
ANIMALS Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Coypus (Special Licence) (Fees) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st January 1998. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— a “ the Act ” means the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932; and b “a special licence” means a special licence granted in accordance with section 8 of the Act authorising the keeping of coypus. Special licence fees 3 On the granting of a special licence there shall be paid to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland or the Secretary of State for Wales, as the case may be, the following fee— a in England and Wales, £185; and b in Scotland, £60. Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 17th November 1997 Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 17th November 1997 Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 17th November 1997 Bob Ainsworth Jon Owen Jones Two of the Lords Commissionersof Her Majesty’s Treasury Approved on 17th November 1997
HEALTH AND SAFETY Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Section 7 of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934 and Section 2(1)(a) of the Petroleum Act 1987 (Modification) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 8th December 1997. 2 Nothing in these Regulations affects the law in force in Northern Ireland. Modification of section 7 of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934 2 For section 7 of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934 (power to inspect plans of mines) there shall be substituted the following section— 7 1 For the purpose of ascertaining on behalf of the Secretary of State the position of the workings, actual and prospective, of any mines or abandoned mines through or near which it is proposed to sink any borehole for the purpose of searching for or getting petroleum, any officer appointed by the Secretary of State shall have the same powers with respect to the production and inspection and the taking of copies of relevant documents as may under section 20 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. 1974 be exercised by an inspector acting for the purpose mentioned in subsection (1) of that section. 2 For the purposes of subsection (1)— a “relevant documents” means plans, sections, drawings or other similar documents which, by virtue of paragraph 16 of Schedule 3 to that Act of 1974, are required to be kept; b “an inspector” means an inspector appointed under section 19 of that Act; and c subsections (2) and (3) of section 19 of that Act shall be disregarded. . Modification of section 2(1)(a) of the Petroleum Act 1987. 3 In section 2(1)(a) of the Petroleum Act 1987 (persons who may be required to submit abandonment programmes) the words preceding “the person having the management” shall be omitted. John Battle, Minister for Science, Energy and Industry, Department of Trade and Industry 11th November 1997
COAST PROTECTION 1 These regulations may be cited as the Coast Protection (Variation of Excluded Waters) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 12th December 1997. 2 For paragraph 9 of Schedule 4 to the Coast Protection Act 1949 (which, for the purposes of Part I of the Act excludes from the definitions of “sea” and “seashore” the River Esk (Yorkshire) above a line drawn from the seaward end of the West Pier to the seaward end of the East Pier at Whitby) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 9 The River Esk (Yorkshire) above a line drawn from the southern edge of Tate Hill Pier to the southern edge of Scotch Head at Whitby. . Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 7th November 1997
AGRICULTURE Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Food Industry Development Scheme (Specification of Activities) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st December 1997. Activities specified for the purposes of section 50(2) of the Agriculture Act 1993 in relation to the Food Industry Development Scheme 2 1 The following activities are hereby specified for the purposes of section 50(2) of the Agriculture Act 1993 as activities covered by paragraph 4(1)(c) of the Food Industry Development Scheme 1997 — a the shooting and harvesting in the wild of game; b the repeated harvesting above ground level at intervals of less than ten years of short rotation coppice; and c the catching of fish. 2 In paragraph (1) of this article— a “game” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Poaching Prevention Act 1862 ; b “short rotation coppice” means a perennial crop of tree species which has been planted at high density; and c “fish” includes shellfish as defined in section 50(9) of the Agriculture Act 1993. Amendment of the Marketing Development Scheme (Specification of Activities) Order 1994 3 The Marketing Development Scheme (Specification of Activities) Order 1994 shall be amended as follows— In paragraph 2(1) after the words “section 50(2) of the Agriculture Act 1993” there shall be added the words “as activities covered by paragraph 2(b) of the Marketing Development Scheme 1994. ”. Donoughue Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 4th November 1997 Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 4th November 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales. Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 7th November 1997