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MERCHANT SHIPPING Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) Regulations 1997 2 1 The Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) Regulations 1997 shall be amended as follows. 2 In regulation 2(1), before the definition of “company” there shall be inserted: “certificate of equivalent competency” means a document entitled “certificate of equivalent competency” issued under regulation 5(2) and (3) of the Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) Regulations 1997 ; . 3 In paragraphs (a) and (b) of regulation 4(2), before “seaman” there shall be inserted “master and”. 4 In paragraph (a) of regulation 4(2), after “certificate” there shall be inserted “or a certificate of equivalent competency”. 5 In paragraph (c) of regulation 4(2), before “seamen” there shall be inserted “masters and”. 6 In paragraph (a) of regulation 15(1), before “all seamen” there shall be inserted “the master and”. 7 In paragraph (b) of regulation15(1), before “seamen” there shall be inserted “master or”. 8 In paragraph (a) of regulation 15(3), before “any seaman” there shall be inserted “the master or”. 9 In regulation 18, after “individual cases” there shall be added “, and may alter or cancel any exemptions so granted”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Keith Hill Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 25th February 2000
MERCHANT SHIPPING Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. Amendment of Regulations 2 The Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) Regulations 1998 shall be amended: a by inserting, in regulation 5(2)(a) after the words “The Safety of Small Commercial Motor Vessels—A Code of Practice”, the words “or “The Safety of Small Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure Operating from a Nominated Departure Point—A Code of Practice””; b by adding at the end of the sub-heading to Schedule 2 the words: “OR SMALL VESSELS IN COMMERCIAL USE FOR SPORT OR PLEASURE OPERATING FROM A NOMINATED DEPARTURE POINT”; and c by inserting in Schedule 2 in column 3 in relation to the entry for the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection: Small Ships) Regulations 1998 , “ 1999/992 ”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Keith Hill Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 25th February 2000
FOOD, ENGLAND Title, commencement, extent and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Colours in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000, shall come into force on 30th June 2000 and shall apply to England. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Colours in Food Regulations 1995 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 The principal Regulations, in so far as they apply to England, shall be amended by the addition, at the end of the definition of “Directive 95/45/ EC ” in regulation 2(1), of the words “, as amended by Directive 1999/75/EC ”. Consequential provision 3 1 References to the principal Regulations in the provisions listed in paragraph (2) below shall, in so far as those provisions apply to England, be taken to be references to the principal Regulations as amended by these Regulations. 2 The provisions to which paragraph (1) above refers are– a the definition of “permitted colour” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Jam and Similar Products Regulations 1981 ; b the definition of “additive” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Meat Products and Spreadable Fish Products Regulations 1984 ; c the definition of “colour” in Part II of Schedule 1 (categories of food additives) to the Food Additive Labelling Regulations 1992 ; d the definition of “colour” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995 ; and e the definition of “the additives Regulations” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 . Hayman Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 14th February 2000 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Gisela Stuart Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 17th February 2000
ANIMALS 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. 2 In this Order the “ 1986 Act ” means the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. 3 This Order does not extend to Northern Ireland. 2 1 The fee payable by the holder of a certificate issued under section 6 (scientific procedure establishments) of the 1986 Act shall be determined as follows. 2 In respect of the period of twelve months beginning on 1st April in any year, there shall be a fixed and a variable element of the fee. 3 The fixed element for such a certificate which is in force for the whole or any part of that period is £170. 4 The variable element is £153 for each person who during the whole or any part of that period holds a personal licence which specifies the establishment to which the certificate relates as the place where the licence is primarily available. 3 The fee payable by the holder of a certificate issued under section 7 (breeding and supplying establishments) of the 1986 Act in respect of the whole or any part of the period of twelve months beginning on 1st April in any year is hereby prescribed as £763. 4 In article 3 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Fees) ( No. 2) Order 1996 , after the words “each subsequent financial year” there shall be inserted “until the financial year beginning on 1st April 1999”. Mike O'Brien Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 27th February 2000
Y GWASANAETH IECHYD GWLADOL, CYMRU Enwi, cychwyn, dehongli a chymhwyso 1 1 Enw'r Rheoliadau hyn yw Rheoliadau Cynghorau Iechyd Cymuned Diwygio (Cymru) 2000 a deuant i rym ar 1 Mawrth 2000. 2 Yn y Rheoliadau hyn ystyr “Rheoliadau 1996” yw Rheoliadau Cynghorau Iechyd Cymuned 1996 . 3 I Gymru'n unig mae'r Rheoliadau hyn yn gymwys. Diwygio Rheoliadau 1996 2 Yn rheoliad 3 o Reoliadau 1996, ar ôl paragraff (2) mewnosodir y paragraff canlynol — 2A In the event of the term of office of every member of a Council whose district is situated in Wales expiring on the same date, the term of office of all members appointed in consequence thereof shall be settled in accordance with the same provisions as are applied by paragraph (2) above in relation to first appointments. . Llofnodwyd ar ran Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru o dan adran 66(1) o Ddeddf Llywodraeth Cymru 1998 . Dafydd Elis Thomas Y Llywydd, Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru 24 Chwefror 2000
MARINE POLLUTION 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. 2 The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 1996 shall be amended as follows. 3 In regulation 16(1): a for “the Black Sea area and the Antarctic area” there shall be substituted “the Black Sea area, the North West European waters area, and the Antarctic area”; and b after sub-paragraph (c) there shall be inserted: cc “the North West European waters area” means the North Sea and its approaches, the Irish Sea and its approaches, the Celtic Sea, the English Channel and its approaches and part of the North East Atlantic immediately to the west of Ireland, being the area bounded by lines joining the following points: i 48° 27'N on the French coast ii 48° 27'N; 6° 25'W iii 49° 52'N; 7° 44'W iv 50° 30'N; 12°W v 56° 30'N; 12°W vi 62°N; 3°W vii 62°N on the Norwegian coast viii 57° 44.8'N on the Danish and Swedish coasts. . 4 In regulation 16(3)(b), for “Paragraph (2)(b)” there shall be substituted “Paragraph (2)(a) and (b)(i)”. 5 After regulation 29 there shall be inserted the following Part: PART VA INTACT STABILITY OF OIL TANKERS OF 5,000 TONS DEADWEIGHT AND ABOVE 29A 1 This regulation shall apply to every oil tanker of 5,000 tons deadweight and above: a for which the building contract was placed on or after 1st February 1999; b in the absence of a building contract, the keel of which was laid, or which was at a similar stage of construction, on or after 1st August 1999; c the delivery of which is on or after 1st February 2002; or d which has undergone a major conversion: i for which the contract was placed after 1st February 1999; ii in the absence of a contract, the construction work of which was begun after 1st August 1999; or iii which is completed after 1st Februray 2002. 2 Every oil tanker to which this regulation applies shall comply with the intact stability criteria specified in Schedule 5A in Merchant Shipping Notice No. 1643/ MARPOL 1 (Amended) . . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Keith Hill Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 25th February 2000
PARTNERSHIP 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Partnerships (Unrestricted Size) No. 14 Regulations 2000, and shall come into force on 31st March 2000. 2 Section 716(1) of the Companies Act 1985 does not prohibit the formation, for the purpose of carrying on one or more of the activities listed in the Schedule to these Regulations, of a partnership consisting of persons the majority of whom are members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, or members of a corresponding professional association in another EEA State. 3 In these Regulations– “corresponding professional association” means an association or organisation the purpose of which is, in particular, to promote and maintain a high standard in professions involving one or more of the activities listed in the Schedule to these Regulations and which to that end– prescribes, and enforces respect within its membership for, rules of professional conduct; and awards evidence of education and training to its members; and confers on its members the right to use one or more professional titles, or designatory letters or to benefit from a status corresponding to that education and training; and “EEA State” means a State which is a Contracting Party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 . 4 The Partnerships (Unrestricted Size) No. 1 Regulations 1968 are hereby revoked. Kim Howells, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Consumers and Corporate Affairs Department of Trade and Industry 28th February 2000
IMMIGRATION 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2000. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. 2 The provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on the date specified in column 2 of that Schedule, but where a particular purpose is specified in relation to any such provision in column 3 of that Schedule, the provision concerned shall come into force on that date only for that purpose. Jack Straw One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 24th February 2000
EDUCATION, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Grants) (Royal Ballet School) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 17th March 2000. Payment of grant 2 The Secretary of State may on or before 31st March 2000 pay a grant of such amount as he may determine to the governors of the Royal Ballet School of 155 Talgarth Road, Barons Court, London W14 9DE (“the School”) in respect of expenditure to be incurred by them, on, or in connection with, the purchase, building and refurbishment of premises to accommodate the Upper Division of the School at a different site, or in connection with the transfer of that Division of the School to those premises. Conditions of payment 3 The payment of grant under these Regulations shall be dependent on the fulfilment of such conditions as may be specified by the Secretary of State. Requirements to be observed 4 Where grant is paid under these Regulations the governors of the School shall comply with such requirements (including requirements as to the repayment of grant or the payment to the Secretary of State of other sums representing the value of the premises purchased with the aid of grant or interest on sums due to him) as may be specified by the Secretary of State. Estelle Morris Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 24th February 2000
LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Services Commission (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations: “ the Act ” means the Access to Justice Act 1999; “Commission” means the Legal Services Commission established under section 1 of the Act; and “supplier” means any person or body who provides services funded by the Commission to a client. 3 The Commission may require a supplier to provide to any person authorised by the Commission to request it such information or documentation as it may from time to time require for the purpose of discharging its functions under the Act or the Legal Aid Act 1988 . 4 Where: a information or documentation is required in accordance with regulation 3; and b such information or documentation relates to any service provided to a client or former client of the supplier who is or was in receipt of services funded by the Commission the relationship between or rights of the supplier and client, or any privilege arising out of such relationship, does not preclude the supplier from disclosing such information or documentation. 5 For the purpose of providing information in order to enable the Commission to discharge its functions under the Act or under the Legal Aid Act 1988, any party may disclose to any person authorised by the Commission to receive them communications in relation to the proceedings concerned sent to or by the supplier, whether or not they are expressed to be “without prejudice”. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 18th February 2000
PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Croydon Tramlink (Penalty Fares) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 19th March 2000. 2 In this Order “the 1992 Act ” means the London Regional Transport (Penalty Fares) Act 1992 . Modifications to the 1992 Act 2 The 1992 Act shall have effect with respect to passengers travelling on Tramlink, with the modifications set out in the Schedule to this Order. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Keith Hill Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 28th February 2000
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND WALES Citation, commencement, interpretation and transitional provisions 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 10th April 2000. 2 In these Regulations, unless the context requires otherwise, a reference to a regulation or Schedule by number alone means the regulation or Schedule so numbered in the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 . 3 These Regulations shall apply to applications for legal aid made on or after 10th April 2000 and applications made before that date shall be treated as if these Regulations had not come into force. Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 2 In Schedule 2, Part Two of Form 6 (beginning “Calculation of contribution from INCOME”) shall be amended by substituting for “£51”, “£52” and, for “£52”, “£53”. 3 Schedule 4 shall be amended by substituting for “£51”, “£52” and, for “£52”, “£53”. Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor David Lock Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor’s Department Dated 17th February 2000 We consent Bob Ainsworth Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 21st February 2000
LONDON GOVERNMENT Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Greater London Authority (Disqualification) Order 2000 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. 2 In this Order “the 1999 Act ” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999. Designation of disqualifying offices and appointments 2 There are hereby designated as offices and appointments disqualifying persons from being the Mayor or an Assembly member— a the office of member of any of the bodies specified in Part I of the Schedule; b the offices and appointments specified in Part II of the Schedule. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions L. Whitty Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 23rd February 2000
LAND REGISTRATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These rules may be cited as the Land Registration Rules 2000 and shall come into force on 20th March 2000. 2 In these rules— a “the principal rules” means the Land Registration Rules 1925 ; b “the open register rules” means the Land Registration (Open Register) Rules 1991 ; c “the matrimonial home rights rules” means the Land Registration (Matrimonial Home Rights) Rules 1997 ; d a rule or Schedule referred to by number means the rule or Schedule so numbered in the principal rules, the open register rules or the matrimonial home rights rules as the case may be. Amendments to the principal rules 2 1 The principal rules have effect subject to the amendments in Schedule 1 to these rules. 2 The open register rules have effect subject to the amendments in Schedule 2 to these rules. 3 The matrimonial home rights rules have effect subject to the amendments in Schedule 3 to these rules. Signed by Authority of the Lord Chancellor Jane Kennedy Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor’s Department 17th February 2000
CHANNEL TUNNEL Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Channel Tunnel (Alcoholic Liquor and Tobacco Products) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 17th March 2000. Shuttle train goods 2 Goods are “shuttle train goods” for the purposes of this Order if they– a are in a control zone in France; b are treated as being imported into the United Kingdom by virtue of article 5(2)(a) of the Channel Tunnel (Customs and Excise) Order 1990 (goods to be carried in a shuttle train); c constitute dutiable alcoholic liquor or tobacco products; d are not being moved in duty suspension under regulation 9 of the Excise Goods (Holding, Movement, Warehousing and REDS) Regulations 1992 (“the 1992 Regulations ”); and e are not stores for use on a shuttle train. Controls 3 Subject to the modifications indicated in Schedule 1 to this Order– a Parts I, II , III and VII of the 1992 Regulations shall apply to shuttle train goods in the same way that they apply to Community excise goods; and b the Excise Goods (Personal Reliefs) Order 1992 shall apply to any case involving shuttle train goods. Penalties, assessments and appeals 4 1 Section 170A of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (civil penalty for handling goods subject to unpaid excise duty) shall, in its application to shuttle train goods, apply subject to the modification indicated in Schedule 2 to this Order. 2 The provision made by this article is without prejudice to article 4(1) of the Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 1993 (extension of frontier control enactments to France). 5 Part I Chapter II of the Finance Act 1994 (appeals and penalties) shall apply, subject to article 4 above, in corresponding manner to events involving shuttle train goods in the same way that it applies to events involving Community excise goods. Interpretation 6 In this Order– a “dutiable alcoholic liquor” refers to spirits, beer, wine, made-wine or cider as defined by or under section 1 of the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 ; b “tobacco products” refers to cigarettes, cigars, hand-rolling tobacco or other smoking tobacco as described in or under section 1 of the Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 ; c “control zone” has the same meaning as in article 5(2)(a) of the Channel Tunnel (Customs and Excise) Order 1990; and d “Community excise goods” is a reference to that expression in regulation 2(1) of the 1992 Regulations (certain imports from other member States). Mike Norgrove Commissioner of Customs and Excise New King’s Beam House 22 Upper Ground London SE1 9PJ 23rd February 2000
LAND REGISTRATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Title, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order, which supersedes the Land Registration (District Registries) ( No. 2) Order 1998 , may be cited as the Land Registration (District Registries) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 3rd April 2000. 2 In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires: “district land registry” means a district registry of the Land Registry within the meaning of section 132 of the Land Registration Act 1925; “the Schedule” means the Schedule to this Order. District Land Registries 2 1 The district of each district land registry shall comprise from 3rd April 2000 until 2nd July 2000 the administrative areas specified opposite its name in column 2 of the Schedule. 2 The district of each district land registry shall comprise on and after 3rd July 2000 the administrative areas specified opposite its name in column 3 in the Schedule. Signed by Authority of the Lord Chancellor Jane Kennedy Parliamentary Secretary Lord Chancellor’s Department 17th February 2000 We concur, Clive Betts Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 22nd February 2000
PENSIONS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2000 and shall come into force on 6th April 2000. Increase of guaranteed minimum pensions 2 For the purposes of section 109(2) and (3) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 the percentage by which there is to be an increase in the rate of that part of any guaranteed minimum pension which is attributable to earnings factors for the tax years in the relevant period shall be 1.1%. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Jeff Rooker Minister of State, Department of Social Security 21st February 2000