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HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Acquire or Enfranchise) (Designated Rural Areas in the North West and Merseyside) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. Designated rural areas 2 The following areas shall be designated rural areas for the purposes of section 17 of the Housing Act 1996 (the right to acquire) and section 1AA(3)(a) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (additional right to enfranchise)— a those parishes in the counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside specified in Schedule 1 to this Order; b those areas in the parishes and the unparished areas in the counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside specified in Schedule 2 to this Order each shown bounded with a black line and cross hatched on one of the eighty-six maps entitled “Maps referred to in the Housing (Right to Acquire or Enfranchise) (Designated Rural Areas in the North West and Merseyside) Order 1997” of which prints, signed by a member of the Senior Civil Service in the Department of the Environment, are deposited and available for inspection at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment; and c the areas consisting of— i the parish of Windermere in the county of Cumbria: ii the county constituency of Heywood and Middleton in the county of Greater Manchester; and iii the unparished area of the borough constituency of Rochdale in the county of Greater Manchester, with the exception of the non-cross hatched areas each shown bounded with a black line on one of the eighty-six maps entitled “Maps referred to in the Housing (Right to Acquire or Enfranchise) (Designated Rural Areas in the North West and Merseyside) Order 1997” of which prints, signed by a member of the Senior Civil Service in the Department of the Environment, are deposited and available for inspection at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 5th March 1997
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Acquire or Enfranchise) (Designated Rural Areas in the South West) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. Designated rural areas 2 The following areas shall be designated rural areas for the purposes of section 17 of the Housing Act 1996 (the right to acquire) and section 1AA(3)(a) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (additional right to enfranchise)— a those parishes in the districts of Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire specified in Parts I, II and III of Schedule 1 to this Order and in the counties of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset or Wiltshire specified in Parts IV, V, VI , VII , VIII and IX of Schedule 1 to this Order; and b those areas in the parishes and the unparished areas in the districts of Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire specified in Parts I, II and III of Schedule 2 to this Order and in the counties of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset or Wiltshire specified in Parts IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX of Schedule 2 to this Order each shown bounded with a black line and cross hatched on one of the one hundred and forty maps entitled “Maps referred to in the Housing (Right to Acquire or Enfranchise) (Designated Rural Areas in the South West) Order 1997” of which prints, signed by a member of the Senior Civil Service in the Department of the Environment, are deposited and available for inspection at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Acquire or Enfranchise) (Designated Rural Areas in the West Midlands) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. Designated rural areas 2 The following areas shall be designated rural areas for the purposes of section 17 of the Housing Act 1996 (the right to acquire) and section 1AA(3)(a) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (additional right to enfranchise)— a those parishes in the counties of Hereford and Worcester, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and the West Midlands specified in Schedule 1 to this Order; and b those areas in the parishes and the unparished areas in the counties of Hereford and Worcester, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and the West Midlands specified in Schedule 2 to this Order each shown bounded with a black line and crossed hatched on one of the eighty-five maps entitled “Maps referred to in the Housing (Right to Acquire or Enfranchise) (Designated Rural Areas in the West Midlands) Order 1997” of which prints, signed by a member of the Senior Civil Service in the Department of the Environment, are deposited and available for inspection at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State David Curry Minister of State,Department of the Environment 5th March 1997
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing Act 1996 (Commencement No. 10 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1997. 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Housing Act 1996; “benefit” means housing benefit, council tax benefit or community charge benefits as prescribed pursuant to section 123(1) (income related benefits) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ; and “benefit subsidy” means subsidy under sections 135(1) (rate rebate, rent rebate and allowance subsidy) and 140 (community charge benefit subsidy) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 , section 30(1A) of the Social Security Act 1986 and under the Social Security and Housing Benefit Act 1982 . Commencement on 1st April 1997 2 1 Subject to the transitional provisions and savings in the Schedule to this Order, the following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 1st April 1997— section 16, section 18 to the extent that it is not already in force, section 19, sections 20 and 21 to the extent that they are not already in force, sections 24 and 25 to the extent that they are not already in force, section 26, sections 27 to 29 to the extent that they are not already in force, section 35(1), (2), (3) and (5), section 51(1) in so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 2 that are not already in force, subject to the limitation in paragraph (2) of this article, section 51(2) to (6), section 55 in so far as it relates the provisions of Schedule 3 which are not already in force, section 106 to the extent not already in force, section 118, sections 121 to 123, and section 227 in so far as it relates to the repeal in section 39(3) of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 contained in Part V of Schedule 19 and to Part VI of Schedule 19. 2 The provisions of Schedule 2 which came into force by virtue of paragraph (1) of this article shall not come into force in relation to any complaint against any social landlord which is or at any time was registered with Housing for Wales. Commencement on 1st April 1998 3 Section 35(4) of the Act shall come into force on 1st April 1998. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State. David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 5th March 1997
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Street Litter Control Notices (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 28th March 1997. Amendment of the Street Litter Control Notices Order 1991 2 Article 2 of the Street Litter Control Notices Order 1991 shall be amended by the omission of “or” at the end of article 2(d) and the insertion after article 2(e) of:— f premises in respect of which there is for the time being in force a betting office licence granted under Schedule 1 to the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 , g premises used wholly or partly for the sale of tickets or chances in any lottery, or h premises used wholly or partly for the sale of goods of any description which are displayed on open land adjacent to the street, or on the street. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State James Clappison Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Environment. 3rd March 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jonathan Evans Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 5th March 1997 Lindsay Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 3rd March 1997
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Right to Acquire) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. Modification to the Right to Buy 2 1 Part V of the Housing Act 1985 (the right to buy) as it applies in relation to the right under section 16 of the Housing Act 1996 (right of tenant to acquire dwelling) has effect subject to the exceptions, adaptations and other modifications specified in Schedule I to these Regulations. 2 Part V of the Housing Act 1985 as it applies by virtue of paragraph (1) is set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 5th March 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jonathan Evans Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales 5th March 1997
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing Act 1996 (Commencement No. 9) Order 1997. Commencement 2 Section 227 of the Housing Act 1996 in so far as it relates to the repeals in Part II of Schedule 19 to that Act shall come into force on 3rd March 1997. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State James Clappison Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 26th February 1997
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Areas to which Pupils and Students Belong) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. 2 1 The Education (Areas to which Pupils and Students Belong) Regulations 1996 shall be amended as follows. 2 For regulation 3 there shall be substituted the following regulation— 3 Subject to regulations 4 to 10 below— a a person other than a further education student shall be treated as belonging to the area of the education authority in which he is ordinarily resident or, where he has no ordinary residence, the area of the authority in which he is for the time being resident; and b a further education student shall be treated as belonging to the area of the education authority in which he is ordinarily resident. . Robin Squire Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 25th February 1997 William Hague Secretary of State for Wales 28th February 1997
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the A21 Trunk Road (Vauxhall Junction Slip Roads) (Trunking) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 24th March 1997. 2 In this Order all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway. 2 The lengths of highways described in the Schedule to this Order (the highways being in this Order referred to as “the slip roads”), shall become trunk roads from the date when this Order comes into force. 3 The centre line of each of the slip roads is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan numbered SNPR96/19 marked “The A21 Trunk Road (Vauxhall Junction Slip Roads) (Trunking) Order 1997”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at the Department of Transport, Great Minster House, Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport A. D. Rowland Director Southern Network Management Division Highways Agency Department of Transport 3rd March 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997 (“the commencement day”). 2 In these Regulations `the principal regulations' means the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) Regulations 1991 . Increase of allowances 2 1 The principal regulations are amended as follows. 2 In regulation 17(2) (allowance in respect of conferences and meetings) for “£26.96” there is substituted, in relation to attendance at a conference or meeting on or after the commencement day, “£27.70”. 3 In regulation 18(1) (attendance allowance) for “£26.96” there is substituted, in respect of an approved duty performed on or after the commencement day, “£27.70”. 4 In regulation 18(2) (financial loss allowance), in respect of an approved duty performed on or after the commencement day— a in paragraph (a) for “£23.10” there is substituted “£23.96”, and b in paragraphs (b) and (c), for “£46.21” there is substituted “£47.92”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Paul Beresford Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office 4th March 1997
COUNCIL TAX, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax (Discounts) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. Amendment of Regulations 2 Regulation 2(3)(c) of the Council Tax (Discounts) (Scotland) Regulations 1992 shall be amended by substituting, for the words “in receipt of”, the words “entitled to”. George Kynoch Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 27th February 1997
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the A43 Trunk Road (Stamford Road, Weldon and Detrunking) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 17th March 1997. 2 In this Order— 1 all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway; 2 i “the new trunk road” means the length of highway referred to in article 3(a) of this Order; ii “the plan” means the plan numbered HA10/1M/006 marked “The A43 Trunk Road (Stamford Road, Weldon and Detrunking) Order 1997”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at the Department of Transport, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR. iii “the trunk road” means the A43 Trunk Road. 3 From the date when this Order comes into force— a the length of highway described in Schedule 1 to this Order shall become a trunk road, and b the length of trunk road described in Schedule 2 to this Order shall cease to be a trunk road. 4 The centre line of the new trunk road is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport W. S. C. Wadrup Director Network Management Division in the Highways Agency 3rd March 1997
COUNCIL TAX, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Council Tax (Discounts) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. 2 In this Order, “the principal Order ” means the Council Tax (Discounts) (Scotland) Order 1992 . Amendment of principal Order 2 In article 4 of the principal Order– a in paragraph (1)– i after the word “question”, there shall be added “(a)”; and ii after the word “below”, there shall be added the following:– ; meets the requirements in paragraph (3) below; or is a qualifying person for the purposes of paragraph (4) below ; b at the end of paragraph (2), there shall be added the following sub-paragraph:– k incapacity benefit under section 40 or 41 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 . ; and c the following paragraphs shall be added after paragraph (2):– 3 The requirements in this paragraph are– a that the person in question has reached pensionable age as defined for the purposes of Parts I to VI of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; and b that, had he not reached pensionable age, he would have been entitled to one of the benefits listed in paragraph (2) above. 4 A qualifying person is a person whose partner is in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance in a case where, by virtue of that person’s incapacity for work, the applicable amount for the purposes of regulation 83 or 84 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 includes a premium which falls to be determined under head (d) or (g) of paragraph 14(1) of Schedule 1 to those Regulations. . 3 In article 6 of the principal Order– a in paragraph (1)(c)(iii), for the words “he is” there shall be substituted the words “persons undertaking it are normally”; and b in paragraph (3)(b), for the words “relevant period for that course” there shall be substituted the words “period beginning with the day on which he begins the course and ending with the day on which he ceases to undertake it, and for these purposes a person is to be regarded as ceasing to undertake a course of education if he has completed it, abandoned it or is no longer permitted by the institution to attend it”. George Kynoch Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 27th February 1997
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Pinderfields Hospitals National Health Service Trust Dissolution Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. Dissolution of NHS trust 2 The Pinderfields Hospitals National Health Service Trust established by the Pinderfields Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 is hereby dissolved, and accordingly that Order is hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health John Horam Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 28th February
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 7th April 1997. Amendment of regulation 51 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 2 In regulation 51(2)(a) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (eligible rent of students), after the words “income support” there shall be inserted the words “or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Roger Evans Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 4th March 1997
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Pinderfields and Pontefract Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. 2 In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires— “ the Act ” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990; “operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act; “the trust” means the Pinderfields and Pontefract Hospitals National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order. Establishment of the trust 2 There is hereby established an NHS trust which shall be called the Pinderfields and Pontefract Hospitals National Health Service Trust. Nature and functions of the trust 3 1 The trust is established for the purpose specified in section 5(1)(a) of the Act. 2 The trust’s functions shall be to own and manage hospital accommodation and services provided at Pontefract General Infirmary, Friarwood Lane, Pontefract, West Yorkshire WF8 1PL, at Pinderfields General Hospital, Aberford Road, Wakefield WF1 4EE and at other premises associated with either of those hospitals (including the management of teaching and research facilities). Directors of the trust 4 The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 non-executive directors and 5 executive directors. Operational date and accounting date of the trust 5 1 The operational date of the trust shall be 1st April 1997. 2 The accounting date of the trust shall be 31 March. Restriction on disposal of assets 6 The sum specified for the purposes of paragraph 6(2)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act (maximum value of freely disposable assets) in relation to the trust shall be £1,000,000. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health John Horam Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 28th February
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Pontefract Hospitals National Health Service Trust Dissolution Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. Dissolution of NHS trust 2 The Pontefract Hospitals National Health Service Trust established by the Pontefract Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 is hereby dissolved, and accordingly that Order is hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health John Horam Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 28th February 1997
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 1989 . Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations 2 In regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (calculation of charges) for the amount “£325” in both places where it occurs in paragraph (5) there shall be substituted the amount “£330”. Transitional provision 3 Where, on or after 1st April 1997, appliances are supplied, or other general dental services are provided, in pursuance of a contract or arrangement for the provision of general dental services made before that date, the provisions of regulation 4(5) of the principal Regulations shall have effect in respect of that supply, or that other provision, as if regulation 2 of these Regulations had not come into force. James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 2nd March 1997