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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Amendment (Wales) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 31st July 1999. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1996 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 1 The principal Regulations are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation. 2 In regulation 1(2), after the definition of “health service body” the following definition is inserted– “local health group” means a committee appointed under regulation 14(1) of these Regulations in accordance with a circular issued by the Secretary of State for Wales in October 1998 entitled “Establishing Local Health Groups” . 3 In regulation 14(3) after the words “advise the Authority” insert “, a local health group,”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 30th June 1999
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (NHS Charges) (Scotland) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 30th June 1999. End of transitional period for Scotland 2 For the purposes of section 20(6) to (10) of the Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Act 1999, the day appointed as the end of the transitional period for Scotland is 30th June 1999. Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 28th June 1999
CONSUMER PROTECTION 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Cigarette Lighter Refill (Safety) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st October 1999. 2 No person shall supply any cigarette lighter refill canister containing butane or a substance with butane as a constituent part to any person under the age of eighteen years. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 28th June 1999
EDUCATION, ENGLAND 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Mandatory Awards) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 20th July 1999. 2 The Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1998 shall be amended as follows. 3 In regulation 15– a in paragraph (1) insert after the word “An” the word “old”; b insert after paragraph (1) the following paragraph: 1A A transitional award shall terminate at the end of the first year of the course. 4 In paragraph 1(1)(d) of Schedule 3– a after the word “disability” insert the words “or incapacity”; b delete all the words following the words “or by any other person”. 5 In Schedule 5– a in paragraph 1(2) for the words “for which he is in gainful employment” substitute the words “during which the student is employed”; b in paragraph 2 after the words “the prescribed proportion of” insert the word “the”. George Mudie Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 28th June 1999
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Leicestershire and Rutland Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 8th July 1999. Amendment of NHS trust Establishment Order 2 In article 4 of the Leicestershire and Rutland Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1998 , for “5 non-executive” substitute “6 non-executive”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Tessa Jowell Minister of State for Public Health, Department of Health 25th June 1999
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Exclusion from School) (Prescribed Periods) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations– “the 1998 Act ” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998; “the relevant person” means– in relation to a pupil under the age of 18, a parent of his; and in relation to a pupil who has attained that age, the pupil himself; “school day”, in relation to a school, means any day on which at that school there is a school session; “school” means a maintained school within the meaning of section 20(7) of the 1998 Act. 2 Where Regulations under paragraph 4 of Schedule 11 to the 1998 Act require the governing body of a school to establish a discipline committee, references in these Regulations to the governing body shall be construed as references to their discipline committee. Performance of duties under section 66(2) of the 1998 Act 3 1 This regulation prescribes the period within which the governing body of a school are required by virtue of section 66(2) of the 1998 Act, after having been informed under section 65(4) of that Act of any exclusion or decision to which that provision applies, to take the following steps– a to consider the circumstances in which the pupil was excluded; b to consider any representations about the exclusion made to the governing body– i by the relevant person in pursuance of section 65(1)(c) or (2)(b), or ii by the local education authority; c to allow each of the following, namely– i the relevant person, and ii an officer of the local education authority nominated by the authority, to attend a meeting of the governing body and to make oral representations about the exclusion; and d to consider any oral representations so made. 2 Subject to paragraph (3) below, the governing body shall take each of the steps referred to in paragraph (1) above– a not earlier than six school days; and b not later than 15 school days, in the case of a permanent exclusion or an exclusion for a fixed period of more than 15 school days; or c not later than 30 school days, in the case of an exclusion for a fixed period of 15 school days or fewer, after the date on which they were informed of the matters referred to in section 65(4) of the 1998 Act. 3 Where the pupil concerned has been excluded in circumstances in which he would, as a result of the exclusion, lose an opportunity to take any public examination, the governing body shall (so far as it is practical for them to do so) take each of the steps referred to in paragraph (1) above before the date on which the pupil is due to take the examination and in any event no later than is required by paragraph (2) above. Charles Clarke Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 22nd June 1999 Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 25th June 1999
CONTRACTS Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1999. Interpretation 2 1 In this Order– a “small business supplier” means a supplier, not being a body falling within Schedule 1 to the first commencement order or a United Kingdom public authority, whose business is a small business; b “United Kingdom public authority” means an authority falling within the Schedule; c “the first commencement order” means the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1998 . 2 For the purposes of this Order, a business is a small business if the number of full-time employees employed in the business is 50 or fewer when calculated in accordance with Schedule 2 to the first commencement order. Contracts in relation to which the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 comes into force on 1st July 1999 3 1 The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 shall come into force on 1st July 1999 in relation to contracts for the supply of goods or services made on or after that date between a small business supplier and any purchaser who is a United Kingdom public authority. 2 The question whether a contract falls within this description is to be determined by reference to the circumstances when the contract is made and, accordingly, is not affected by any subsequent change in those circumstances. Michael Wills, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Firms, Trade and Industry, Department of Trade and Industry 25th June 1999
EDUCATION, ENGLAND Citation and Commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Further Education in Schools) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999. Presence of a teacher necessary 2 1 The circumstances referred to in section 80(2) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1999 shall be that a teacher is present in the room. 2 For the purposes of paragraph (1) a teacher means a member of the teaching staff of— a a school maintained by a local education authority; b an institution maintained or assisted by a local education authority other than a school; c a city technology college; or d an institution within the further education sector. 3 For the purposes of paragraph (1) a teacher shall be considered to be present in the room at a particular time even though no teacher is present if– a it would be impractical to secure the presence of a teacher in the room at that time; and b the absence of a teacher at that time has not lasted more than five minutes. Revocation 3 The Education (Further Education in Schools) Regulations 1993 are hereby revoked. Estelle Morris Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 23rd June 1999 Peter Hain Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office. 26th June 1999
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Wales) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999. 2 1 In this Order “the relevant religious denomination” means the religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets religious education is, or may be, required to be provided at a school in accordance with Schedule 19 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. 2 In this Order a reference to the Schedule is a reference to the Schedule to this Order. 3 The schools listed in Parts I and II of the Schedule (all of which are schools which will become voluntary or foundation schools, within the meaning of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, on 1st September 1999 ) are hereby designated as schools having a religious character. 4 The relevant religious denomination in relation to a school listed in the Schedule is– a Church in Wales, in the case of a school listed in Part 1 of the Schedule; and b Roman Catholic, in the case of a school listed in Part 2 of the Schedule. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 26th June 1999
PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 (Revival of Parts IVA and IVB) Order 1999 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. 2 In this Order “the 1989 Act ” means the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989. 2 Part IVA (Offences against Public Security) and Part IVB (Cordons and Protective Powers) of the 1989 Act shall come into force again on the day after the day on which this Order is made and shall remain in force until the end of 21st March 2000. Jack Straw One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 24th June 1999
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by sections 105, 112(1) and 113 of, and paragraph 14 of Schedule 4 to, that Act and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I hereby make the following Order: Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No.2) Order 1999. 2 Subject to paragraph (3), this Order shall come into force on the principal appointed day 3 The following provisions of this Order shall come into force immediately before the principal appointed day– a paragraph 19(3) of Part I of Schedule 2; b paragraph 52(2) of Part I of Schedule 2; c paragraph 108(4) of Part I of Schedule 2; d paragraph 131(5) of Part I of Schedule 2; and e paragraph 166(5) of Part II of Schedule 2. 4 In this Order “the 1998 Act” means the Scotland Act 1998. General modification of enactments 2 1 This article applies to any provision that is contained in– a any pre-commencement enactment, or b any prerogative instrument, or any other instrument or document, made before the principal appointed day. 2 Any reference in any provision– a to government departments; or b to, or to any part or officer of, any government department, (however described in that provision), is to be read, so far as the effect of the 1998 Act makes it necessary or expedient to do so, as including or being a reference to, or to any corresponding part or member of the staff of, the Scottish Administration. 3 Paragraph (2) above shall not apply to the provisions or enactments mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Order. 3 So far as may be necessary or expedient in consequence of section 94 of the 1998 Act, in any pre-commencement enactment or prerogative instrument, and other instrument or document made before the principal appointed day– a any reference to an order confirmed by Act of Parliament or to an order confirmed by Parliament shall be read as including an order confirmed by an Act of the Scottish Parliament; and b any reference to an order subject to special parliamentary procedure shall be read as including an order subject to such special procedure as may be provided by or under an Act of the Scottish Parliament or under section 129(1) of the 1998 Act. Amendments and repeals 4 The modifications specified in Parts I, II and III of Schedule 2 to this Order and the repeals specified in Part IV of that Schedule shall have effect. Saving 5 Nothing in Schedule 2 to this Order prejudices the general operation of the modifications in articles 2(2) and 3 of this Order or sections 117 to 122 of the 1998 Act. John Reid Secretary of State for Scotland St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 24th June 1999
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Royal Hospital of St. Bartholomew, the Royal London Hospital and London Chest Hospital National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 8th July 1999. 2 In this Order– “ the Order ” means the Royal Hospital of St. Bartholomew, the Royal London Hospital and London Chest Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1994 ; “ 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 Barts and The London National Health Service Trust instead of the Royal Hospital of St. Bartholomew, the Royal London Hospital and London Chest Hospital 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 “Royal Hospital of St. Bartholomew, the Royal London Hospital and London Chest Hospital” there shall be substituted the words “Barts and The London”. 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 referring to it under its new name. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health John Denham Minister of State, Department of Health 25th June 1999
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Fixed Penalty Offences Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st August 1999. 2 Article 3 of this Order shall not extend to Scotland. 3 In this Order, “the 1988 Act ” means the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988. 2 1 The offences specified in paragraph (2) below shall be fixed penalty offences for the purposes of Part III of the 1988 Act. 2 The offences referred to in paragraph (1) above are– a overtaking a moving or stationary vehicle on a zebra, pelican or puffin crossing contrary to regulation 24 of the Zebra, Pelican and Puffin Pedestrian Crossings Regulations and General Directions 1997 ; b failure to fix a registration mark to a vehicle in accordance with the requirements of regulation 17 of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 1971 (size, shape and character of registration mark) ; and c driving on the footway contrary to section 72 of the Highways Act 1835 or section 129(5) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 . 3 In consequence of the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) above, the entries in Schedule 3 to the 1988 Act shall be modified as follows– a in the entry relating to section 25(5) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the words from “other” to “1987” there shall be substituted the words “other than a contravention of regulations 23, 24, 25 and 26 of the Zebra, Pelican and Puffin Pedestrian Crossings Regulations and General Directions 1997”; b after the entry relating to section 43 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 there shall be inserted the words “Section 59 of that Act” in column (1) and “Failure to fix prescribed registration mark to a vehicle in accordance with regulations made under section 23(4)(a) of that Act” in column (2); and c after the entry relating to section 2(1) of the Parks Regulation (Amendment) Act 1926 there shall be inserted the following– Offences under the Highways Act 1835 and the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 Section 72 of the Highways Act 1835 Driving on the footway Section 129(5) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 Driving on the footway . 3 1 The offences specified in paragraph (2) below shall be fixed penalty offences for the purposes of Part III of the 1988 Act. 2 The offences referred to in paragraph (1) above are– a carrying more than one person on a pedal cycle contrary to section 24 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 ; and b cycling on the footway contrary to section 72 of the Highways Act 1835. 3 In consequence of the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) above, the entries in Schedule 3 to the 1988 Act shall be modified as follows– a after the entry relating to section 23 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 there shall be inserted the words “ RTA section 24” in column (1) and “Carrying more than one person on a pedal cycle” in column (2); and b after the entry relating to section 72 of the Highways Act 1835 there shall be inserted, in column (2), the words “Cycling on the footway”. Paul Boateng Minister of State Home Office 25th June 1999
FOOD Title and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Food (Peanuts from Egypt) (Emergency Control) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 25th June 1999. 2 In this Order– “ the Act ” means the Food Safety Act 1990; “the Commission Decision” means Commission Decision 1999/356/ EC on the temporary suspension of imports of peanuts and certain products derived from peanuts originating in or consigned from Egypt; “Egyptian peanuts” means peanuts and roasted peanuts falling within Article 1.1 of the Commission Decision; “food authority” does not include the appropriate Treasurer referred to in section 5(1)(c) of the Act (which deals with the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple); “free circulation” has the same meaning as in Article 23.2 of the Treaty establishing the European Community; and “port health authority” includes a port local authority and a joint port local authority. Exemption 2 This Order shall not apply to any Egyptian peanuts which meet the conditions for importation referred to in Article 1.2 of the Commission Decision. Prohibition of import 3 1 Subject to paragraph (2) below, no person shall import into Great Britain any Egyptian peanuts. 2 Paragraph (1) above shall not be taken to prohibit the bringing into Great Britain from another member State of the European Community of Egyptian peanuts which are in free circulation in that member State. Enforcement 4 1 It shall be the duty of each port health authority to enforce and execute this Order within its district. 2 The enforcement and execution of this Order in relation to any place not situated in the district of a port health authority shall be the duty of any food authority for the area in which that place is situated. 3 Each port health authority or food authority, as appropriate, shall give such assistance and information to the Minister as he may request for the purpose of his duties under section 13 of the Act in connection with this Order. Application of various provisions of the Act 5 1 The following provisions of the Act shall apply, subject to paragraph (2) below, for the purposes of this Order and any reference in those provisions to the Act shall be construed for the purposes of this Order as a reference to this Order– a section 33 (obstruction etc. of officers); b section 35(1) (punishment of offences) in so far as it relates to offences under section 33 as applied by sub-paragraph (a) above; and c section 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith). 2 In section 44 of the Act the references to “food authority” shall be construed as including reference to a port health authority. Jeff Rooker Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 24th June 1999
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Charles Keene College of Further Education, Leicester and Leicester South Fields College (Dissolution) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st August 1999. 2 On 1st August 1999 the Old Corporations shall be dissolved and all of their respective property, rights and liabilities shall be transferred to the New Corporation, 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 either of the Old Corporations immediately before 1st August 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 August 1999; c to the transferor were to either of the Old Corporations (as the case may be); and d to the corporation were to the New Corporation. Tessa Blackstone Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 23rd June 1999