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MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Rules may be cited as the Family Proceedings Courts (Constitution) (Amendment) Rules 2003 and shall come into force on 1st January 2004. 2 The Family Proceedings Courts (Constitution) Rules 1991 are amended in accordance with rules 3 and 4 below. 3 In rule 2(1)— a in the definition of “commission area” for “the inner London area or the City of London” substitute “the Greater London Commission Area”; b omit the definition of “inner London area”; and c in the definition of “petty sessions area” for “the inner London area or any petty sessional division thereof, or the City of London” substitute “any petty sessions area within the Greater London Commission Area”. 4 For rule 3 substitute— 3 These Rules do not apply in the Greater London Commission Area. . Falconer of Thoroton, C 1st December 2003
VETERINARY SURGEONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) Regulations Order of Council 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2004. 2 The Regulations set out in the Schedule are approved. The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) Regulations Order of Council 2000 and the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 2003 are hereby revoked. A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
EXTRADITION 1 This Order may be cited as the Extradition Act 2003 (Police Powers: Codes of Practice) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st January 2004. 2 The codes of practice entitled “Extradition Act 2003: Codes of Practice” laid before Parliament on 2nd December 2003 shall come into operation on 1st January 2004. Caroline Flint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 18th December 2003
EXTRADITION 1 This Order may be cited as the Extradition Act 2003 (Part 3 Designation) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st January 2004. 2 1 A person of a description specified in paragraph (2) is an appropriate person for the purposes of section 142 of the Extradition Act 2003. 2 Those persons are— a any Inland Revenue officer, of grade B1 or above, attached to the Inland Revenue Extradition Group; b any member of the Serious Fraud Office designated by the Director of the Serious Fraud Office under section 1(7) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 ; c the Director of Public Prosecutions, any Crown Prosecutor and any counsel or solicitor instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service for the purposes of the case concerned; d the Commissioners of Customs and Excise. Caroline Flint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 18th December 2003
EXTRADITION 1 This Order may be cited as the Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 1 Territories) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st January 2004. 1A. The following territories are designated for the purposes of Part 1 of the Extradition Act 2003— Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden. 2 Gibraltar is designated for the purposes of Part 1 of the Extradition Act 2003. Caroline Flint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office
EDUCATION, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No.3) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 23rd December 2003. Interpretation 2 In this Order “the relevant religion or religious denomination” means the religion or religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets education is provided at the school or the school is conducted (or, as the case may be, each such religion or religious denomination). Designation of Schools 3 The schools listed in column (1) of the Schedule are hereby designated as schools having a religious character. 4 The relevant religion or religious denomination in relation to a school listed in column (1) of the Schedule is stated opposite thereto in column (2). Penny Jones A Divisional Manager in the Department for Education and Skills 18th December 2003
HOUSING, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2004. 2 This Order applies in relation to the duties of local housing authorities in England to make accommodation available for occupation by applicants under Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “applicant with family commitments” means an applicant— who is pregnant; with whom a pregnant woman resides or might reasonably be expected to reside; or with whom dependent children reside or might reasonably be expected to reside; “B&B accommodation” means accommodation (whether or not breakfast is included)— which is not separate and self-contained premises; and in which any one of the following amenities is shared by more than one household— a toilet; personal washing facilities; cooking facilities, but does not include accommodation which is owned or managed by a local housing authority, a registered social landlord or a voluntary organisation as defined in section 180(3) of the Housing Act 1996; and any reference to a numbered section is a reference to a section of the Housing Act 1996. Accommodation unsuitable where there is a family commitment 3 Subject to the exceptions contained in article 4, B&B accommodation is not to be regarded as suitable for an applicant with family commitments where accommodation is made available for occupation— a under section 188(1), 190(2), 193(2) or 200(1); or b under section 195(2) , where the accommodation is other than that occupied by the applicant at the time of making his application. Exceptions 4 1 Article 3 does not apply— a where no accommodation other than B&B accommodation is available for occupation by an applicant with family commitments; and b the applicant occupies B&B accommodation for a period, or a total of periods, which does not exceed 6 weeks. 2 In calculating the period, or total period, of an applicant’s occupation of B&B accommodation for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), there shall be disregarded— a any period before 1st April 2004; and b where a local housing authority is subject to the duty under section 193 by virtue of section 200(4) , any period before that authority became subject to that duty. Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State Jeff Rooker Minister of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 19th December 2003
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Best Value (Exemption) (England) Order 2003 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. 2 In this Order— “budgeted income”, in relation to a parish council and a financial year, means the sum of: the aggregate calculated for that council for that year, under section 50(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 ; and the budget requirement calculated under section 50(4) of that Act, and included in the council’s precept for that year; disregarding any substituted calculations made under section 51 of that Act, except where the calculation made under section 50(4) of that Act has been quashed because of a failure to comply with section 50 of that Act in making such calculation; and “parish council” means a parish council or a parish meeting of a parish which does not have a separate parish council . Exemption from the best value duties in Part 1 of the Local Government Act 1999 2 Parish councils, except those whose budgeted income for each of the financial years commencing in 1997, 1998 and 1999 was more than £500,000, are not subject, in relation to any of their functions, to any of the duties set out in sections 3 to 6 of the Local Government Act 1999. Revocation of Order 3 The Local Government Best Value (Exemption) (England) Order 2000 is hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State Phil Hope Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 18th December 2003
LEGAL SERVICES, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Conditional Fee Agreements (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 2nd February 2004. Amendments to the Conditional Fee Agreements Regulations 2000 2 1 Regulation 3A of the Conditional Fee Agreements Regulations 2000 is amended in accordance with this regulation. 2 In paragraph (1), for “paragraph (5)” substitute “paragraphs (5) and (5A)”. 3 In paragraph (5)— a at the end of sub-paragraph (c), delete “or”; and b at the end of sub-paragraph (d) insert— e is an individual who is adjudged bankrupt or enters into an arrangement or a composition with his creditors, or against whom an administration order is made; or f is a company for which a receiver, administrative receiver or liquidator is appointed . 4 After paragraph (5), insert— 5A A conditional fee agreement to which this regulation applies may specify that, in the event of the client dying in the course of the relevant proceedings, his estate will be liable for the legal representative’s fees and expenses, whether or not sums are recovered in respect of those proceedings. . 5 In paragraph (6), after the word “client” the second time it appears, insert “or his estate”. Amendments to the Collective Conditional Fee Agreements Regulations 2000 3 1 The Collective Conditional Fee Agreements Regulations 2000 are amended in accordance with this regulation. 2 In regulation 4, in paragraph (2)(a), after the word “client” the second time it appears, insert “or his estate”. 3 In regulation 5— a in paragraph (4), for “paragraph (6)” substitute “paragraphs (6) and (7)”; b in paragraph (6)— i at the end of sub-paragraph (c), delete “or”; and ii at the end of sub-paragraph (d) insert— e is an individual who is adjudged bankrupt or enters into an arrangement or a composition with his creditors, or against whom an administration order is made; or f is a company for which a receiver, administrative receiver or liquidator is appointed ; c after paragraph (6), insert— 7 A collective conditional fee agreement to which paragraph (4) applies may specify that, in the event of the client dying in the course of the relevant proceedings, his estate will be liable for the legal representative’s fees and expenses, whether or not sums are recovered in respect of those proceedings. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State David Lammy Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 17th December 2003
INSOLVENCY Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Enterprise Act 2002 (Commencement No. 5 and Amendment) Order 2003. 2 In this Order references to sections are references to sections of the Enterprise Act 2002. Amendment to Schedule 2 to the Enterprise Act 2002 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2003 2 1 Schedule 2 to the Enterprise Act 2002 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2003 is amended as follows. 2 For the words “section 270 (fees)” there is substituted “section 270(3)”. 3 The words “section 271 (Insolvency Services Account: interest)” are omitted. Appointed day 3 The day appointed for the bringing into force of sections 270(1), (2) and (4) and section 271 is the day after the day on which this Order is made. Gerry Sutcliffe, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Competition and Consumers, Department of Trade and Industry 17th December 2003
EXTRADITION 1 This Order may be cited as the Extradition Act 2003 (Commencement and Savings)(Amendment No. 2) Order 2003. 2 1 The Extradition Act 2003 (Commencement and Savings) Order 2003 , is amended as follows. 2 For article 3 substitute— 3 The coming into force of the Act shall not apply for the purposes of any request for extradition, whether made under any of the provisions of the Extradition Act 1989 or of the Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965 or otherwise, which is received by the relevant authority in the United Kingdom on or before 31st December 2003. Caroline Flint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 18th December 2003
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND 1 This scheme may be cited as the Watford and South of St Albans-Redbourn-Kidney Wood, Luton (Special Road Scheme 1957) (Park Street to Beechtrees Partial Revocation) Scheme 2004 and shall come into force on 8 January 2004. 2 The Watford and South of St Albans-Redbourn-Kidney Wood, Luton, Special Road Scheme 1957 is hereby partially revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport David W. Ward A Divisional Director Highways Agency 11th December 2003
MEDICINES Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Animal Test Certificates (Revocation) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 12th January 2004. Revocation of the Animal Test Certificates Regulations 1996 2 The Animal Test Certificates Regulations 1996 are revoked. Consequential revocation 3 Regulation 3(3) of and Part III of Schedule 1 to the Medicines (Standard Provisions for Licences and Certificates) Regulations 1971 are revoked insofar as they apply to animal test certificates. Ben Bradshaw Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 8th December 2003 Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety D. C. Gowdy Permanent Secretary for the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety 18th December 2003 Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Pat Toal Permanent Secretary for the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development 18th December 2003
TAX CREDITS Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Tax Credits (Provision of Information) (Evaluation and Statistical Studies) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 9th January 2004. 2 These Regulations do not extend to Northern Ireland. Purposes for which information may be provided 2 The purposes of conducting evaluation and statistical studies in relation to— a the education of children and young people under the age of 17; and b the provision and use of child care, are prescribed under paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (provision of information by the Board of Inland Revenue for evaluation and statistical studies). Here “child care” means any care provided for a child whether or not of a description prescribed for any purpose under the Act . Nick Montagu Helen Ghosh Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue 18th December 2003
YR IAITH GYMRAEG Enwi a chychwyn 1 Enw'r Gorchymyn hwn yw Gorchymyn Cynlluniau Iaith Gymraeg (Cyrff Cyhoeddus) 2004 a daw i rym ar 1 Chwefror 2004. Pennu Cyrff Cyhoeddus 2 Pennir y personau y cyfeirir atynt yn yr Atodlen i'r Gorchymyn hwn at ddibenion Rhan II o Ddeddf yr Iaith Gymraeg 1993. Llofnodwyd ar ran Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru o dan adran 66(1) o Ddeddf Llywodraeth Cymru 1998 D. Elis-Thomas Llywydd y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol 14 Ionawr 2004
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and application 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Amendment (England) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 1st March 2004. 2 These Regulations apply to England only. Amendment of Regulations 2 In regulation 11 of the National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1990 (disqualification for appointment of chairman and non-executive directors), after paragraph 5A insert— 5B A person shall not be disqualified by paragraph (1)(e) from being the chairman or non-executive director of an NHS trust by reason of being a chairman or member of the NHSU or the NHS Professionals Special Health Authority. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health John Hutton Minister of State, Department of Health 8th January 2004
CONSUMER PROTECTION Citation, commencement and extent 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scope 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prohibition on the placing on the market and use of azo dyes 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prohibition on the placing on the market and use of “blue colourant” 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences and penalties 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regulations to be treated as safety regulations within the meaning of the 1987 Act 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powers of enforcing authorities in relation to “blue colourant” 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NEW FOREST Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the New Forest (Confirmation of the Byelaws of the Verderers of the New Forest) Order 2003 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Confirmation of Byelaws 2 The byelaws of the Verderers of the New Forest set out in the Schedule to this Order are confirmed. Revocation 3 The New Forest (Confirmation of the Byelaws of the Verderers of the New Forest) Order 1999 is revoked. Alan Taylor Head of Forestry, Soils and Uplands Division For and on behalf of the Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 17th December 2003
FOOD, ENGLAND Title, commencement and application 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2003, shall apply in relation to England only and shall come into force on 16th January 2004. Amendment of the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995 2 In Schedule 3 to the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995 , in the entry for E425 for the words in the third column of that entry, there shall be substituted the words “Foods in general (except those referred to in Schedules 6, 7 and 8, and jelly confectionery, including jelly mini–cups)”. Consequential amendments 3 1 Paragraph (2) of regulation 3 (consequential amendments) of the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 shall be omitted. 2 In the Regulations listed below, in so far as they apply in relation to England, references to the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995 shall be construed as references to those Regulations as amended by the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1997 , the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1999 , the Coffee Extracts and Chicory Extracts Regulations 2000 , the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2001 , the Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2001 , the Colours in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2001 , the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2001 , the Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002 , the Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 , the Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 , the Specified Sugar Products Regulations 2003 , the Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (England) Regulations 2003 , the Condensed Milk and Dried Milk (England) Regulations 2003 , the Cocoa and Chocolate Products (England) Regulations 2003 , the Honey (England) Regulations 2003 , the Jam and Similar Products (England) Regulations 2003 and these Regulations. the Mineral Hydrocarbons in Food Regulations 1966 ; the Food Additives Labelling Regulations 1992 ; the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 ; the Meat Products (England) Regulations 2003 . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Melanie Johnson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 15th December 2003
TAXES PART 1 Introductory Provisions Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meaning of paying agent 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meaning of residual entity 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Election by an entity to be treated as a UCITS 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meaning of receiving agent 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meaning of relevant payee 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meaning of savings income 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 Information to be obtained, verified and reported Identity and residence of relevant payees 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information to be reported to Revenue and Customs by paying agents making payments to relevant payees 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information to be reported to Revenue and Customs by paying agents making payments to residual entities 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information to be reported to Revenue and Customs by receiving agents 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The amount of savings income to be reported to Revenue and Customs 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 Reporting the information Paying and receiving agents to notify Revenue and Customs of reportable payments 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reports by paying and receiving agents to Revenue and Customs 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4 Audit Audit and related issues 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 5 Transitional provisions Transitional provisions – negotiable debt securities 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
IMMIGRATION 1 This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Designation of Travel Bans) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 19th December 2003. 2 For the Schedule to the Immigration (Designation of Travel Bans) Order 2000 there shall be substituted Schedule 1 to this Order. 3 The Orders specified in Schedule 2 to this Order are hereby revoked. Beverley Hughes Minister of State Home Office 15th December 2003