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EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and application 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education Act 1996 (Infant Class Sizes) (Modification) Regulations 1998, and shall come into force on 1st September 1998. 2 These Regulations apply in relation to any existing maintained school in England or Wales which contains an infant class. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— “the 1996 Act ” means the Education Act 1996 ; “the 1998 Act ” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998; “existing maintained school” means any county or voluntary school, or any grant-maintained school, (within the meaning of the 1996 Act) which contains an infant class; “infant class” has the meaning given by section 4 of the 1998 Act; “relevant time”, in relation to an existing maintained school, means any time after the coming into force of Regulations under section 1 of the 1998 Act by virtue of which any limit on class sizes is to apply in relation to the school . Modification of the 1996 Act 3 1 The provisions of the 1996 Act referred to in the Schedule shall have effect in relation to any existing maintained school with the modifications specified in that Schedule for the period so specified. 2 This regulation applies despite anything in the articles or instrument of government of that school.
CONSUMER CREDIT 1 This Order may be cited as the Consumer Credit (Exempt Agreements) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st September 1998. 2 Subject to article 3 below, the Consumer Credit (Exempt Agreements) Order 1989 is hereby amended by the substitution, for article 4, of the following article:– Exemption of certain consumer credit agreements by reference to the rate of the total charge for credit. 3 1 The Act shall not regulate a debtor-creditor agreement– a which is an agreement of a type offered to a certain class or classes of persons and not offered to the public generally; and b under the terms of which the only charge included in the total charge for credit is interest which cannot at any time exceed the sum of one per cent and the highest of the base rates named in paragraph (2) below, being the latest rates in operation on the date 28 days before any such time. 2 The banks referred to in paragraph (1) above are– Bank of England Bank of Scotland Barclays Bank PLC Clydesdale Bank PLC Co-operative Bank Public Limited Company Coutts & Co Lloyds Bank PLC Midland Bank Public Limited Company National Westminster Bank Public Limited Company the Royal Bank of Scotland p.l.c. TSB Bank Plc. 3 For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b) above, “interest” means interest at a rate determined in accordance with the formula set out in paragraph (1) of regulation 7 of the Consumer Credit (Total Charge for Credit) Regulations 1980 , and in that formula as applied by that sub-paragraph “period rate of charge” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph (2) of that regulation. . 3 The Consumer Credit Act 1974 shall not regulate a consumer credit agreement which is an agreement of any of the descriptions of agreement specified in article 4 of the Consumer Credit (Exempt Agreements) Order 1989 as that article was before the substitution of the article set out in article 2 of this Order, provided that agreement is made on or before 31st July 1999. Kim Howells, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs Department of Trade and Industry 7th August 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as the A41 Trunk Road (Camden) (Temporary Prohibition of Traffic) (No. 4) Order 1998, and shall come into force on 24th August 1998. 2 This Order is made because the Traffic Director for London is satisfied that traffic on the roads, or lengths of road, mentioned in the schedule to this Order should be prohibited because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near those roads or lengths of road. 3 During the period starting at 00.01 hours on 25th August 1998 for a period of three months, or when those works have been completed, whichever is the sooner, no person shall cause or permit any vehicle to stop at any time in the roads, or lengths of roads, specified in the schedule to this Order. 4 1 The prohibitions specified in article 3 above shall apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by traffic signs specified by regulations or authorised under section 64 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. 2 The prohibitions specified in article 3 above shall not apply in respect of— i any vehicle being used for the purpose of those works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes, or ii anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden. 5 In so far as, and during such times as, the prohibition specified in article 3 above is in force, the provisions of the A41 Trunk Road (Camden) Red Route Experimental (No. 2) Traffic Order 1997 are hereby suspended so far as they relate to the roads or lengths of roads specified in the schedule to this Order. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 6th August 1998
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Scottish Legal Aid Board (Employment of Solicitors to Provide Criminal Legal Assistance) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st October 1998. 2 In these Regulations “employed solicitor” means a solicitor employed by the Board as provided for in regulation 2 below. Employment of solicitors by the Board 2 The Board may employ solicitors for the purpose of providing criminal legal assistance. 3 Where solicitors are employed by the Board– a those solicitors are to be used in the Sheriff Court district of Edinburgh; and b the Board may require as many of the persons seeking criminal legal assistance in that area as it considers appropriate to instruct the solicitors employed by it. Consequential Provisions – Advice & Assistance 4 Where advice and assistance is given in relation to criminal matters by an employed solicitor– a regulations 9, 11 and 17 to 19 of the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1996 shall not apply; b in any case where any fees and outlays in respect of advice and assistance provided by an employed solicitor are payable by the client to the Board under the provisions of section 11 of the Act or are payable out of any expenses payable to the client or any property recovered or preserved for the client under the provisions of section 12 of the Act, the client may, if he is dissatisfied with the amount of those fees and outlays, require taxation of the fees and outlays by the auditor; the auditor shall tax the fees and outlays as if they were fees and outlays allowable to a solicitor under regulation 17 of the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1996, and such taxation shall be conclusive of the amount of the fees and outlays so allowable; c in any case where the fees and outlays allowable in respect of advice and assistance in accordance with paragraph (b) are less than any contribution paid by the client under section 11 of the Act, the Board shall refund the excess contribution; and d Regulation 21 of the Advice & Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 1996 shall apply so that for the reference to sums paid out of the fund there is substituted a reference to the sums that would have been paid out of the fund had the solicitor not been so employed by the Board. Consequential provisions – Criminal Legal Aid 5 Where criminal legal aid is given by an employed solicitor– a references in the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1996 to a “nominated solicitor” or “solicitor nominated by an assisted person” are taken to include reference to an employed solicitor. b Regulation 18(2)(a) of the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1996 shall apply so that for reference to the amount paid out of the Fund in respect of the fees and outlays there is substituted reference to the amount that would have been paid out of the Fund in respect of fees and outlays had the solicitor not been so employed by the Board. Henry McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 31st July 1998
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, Commencement and Interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Technology) (England) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st September 1998. 2 In this Order– “The Document” means the Document published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office in January 1995 entitled “Design and Technology in the National Curriculum” and the Document so published entitled “Information Technology in the National Curriculum” . 3 This Order applies only to pupils at maintained schools and grant-maintained schools (other than schools established in a hospital) in England. Revocation 2 The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Technology) Order 1995 is hereby revoked in so far as it applies to schools in England. Specification of attainment targets and programmes of study 3 1 Subject to paragraph (2), it is hereby directed that the provisions relating to attainment targets and programmes of study set out in the Documents shall have effect in relation to schools in England for the purpose of specifying attainment targets and programmes of study in relation to technology. 2 The provisions set out in the Document entitled “Design and Technology in the National Curriculum” shall have effect subject to the amendments set out in the Schedule. 4 The examples printed in italics in the Document entitled “Design and Technology in the National Curriculum” (which serve to illustrate the programmes of study described therein) do not form part of the provision made by this Order.
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, Commencement and Interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Physical Education) (England) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st September 1998. 2 In this Order– “The Document” means the Document published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office in January 1995 entitled “Physical Education in the National Curriculum” . 3 This Order applies only to pupils at maintained schools and grant-maintained schools (other than schools established in a hospital) in England. Revocation 2 The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Physical Education) Order 1995 is hereby revoked in so far as it applies to schools in England. Specification of attainment targets and programmes of study 3 It is hereby directed that the provisions relating to attainment targets and programmes of study set out in the Document shall have effect in relation to schools in England for the purpose of specifying attainment targets and programmes of study in relation to physical education subject to the amendments set out in the Schedule. 4 The examples printed in italics in the Document (which serve to illustrate the programmes of study described therein) do not form part of the provision made by this Order.
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, Commencement and Interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Geography) (England) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st September 1998. 2 In this Order– “The Document” means the Document published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office in January 1995 entitled “Geography in the National Curriculum (England)” . 3 This Order applies only to pupils at maintained schools and grant-maintained schools (other than schools established in a hospital) in England. Revocation 2 The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Geography) (England) Order 1995 is hereby revoked. Specification of attainment targets and programmes of study 3 It is hereby directed that the provisions relating to attainment targets and programmes of study set out in the Document shall have effect in relation to schools in England for the purpose of specifying attainment targets and programmes of study in relation to geography subject to the amendments set out in the Schedule. 4 The examples printed in italics in the Document (which serve to illustrate the programmes of study described therein) do not form part of the provision made by this Order.
ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 This Order may be cited as The A406 Trunk Road (Hanger Lane, Ealing) Red Route (Prohibited Turns) Traffic Order 1998 and shall come into force on 14th August 1998. Interpretation 2 In this Order— a causing includes permitting; b “local bus” has the same meaning as in regulation 4 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 ; c “A406 Hanger Lane” means the Trunk Road of that name in the London Borough of Ealing; d “A4020 Uxbridge Road” means the Local Road of that name in the London Borough of Ealing. Prohibited Turns 3 Subject to the provisions of article 4 below no person shall cause a vehicle proceeding in the A406 Hanger Lane to turn into the unnamed service road located at the north-west corner of the Hanger Lane/Uxbridge Road junction and running between the A406 Hanger Lane and the A4020 Uxbridge Road. Exemptions 4 Nothing in article 3 of this Order shall apply to— a a local bus; b a vehicle being used for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes; c anything done with the permission of or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden. Revocation or variation of existing Orders 5 The A406 Trunk Road (Hanger Lane, Ealing) Red Route (Prohibited Turns) Experimental Traffic Order 1997 is hereby revoked. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 3rd August 1998
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 20th November 1998. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 1998 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 For the purpose of determining whether a person shall be entitled to a winter fuel payment for the winter of 1998 to 1999, the principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs— a in regulation 1(2) (interpretation)— i the definition of “constant attendance allowance” shall be omitted; ii for the definition of “industrial death benefit” there shall be substituted the following definition— “industrial injuries benefit” means a benefit of that name to which Part V of the Contributions and Benefits Act refers ; iii in the definition of “the qualifying week” for the words “5th January 1998” there shall be substituted the words “9th November 1998;”; iv after the definition of “winter fuel payment” there shall be inserted the following definition— “workmen’s compensation and industrial diseases benefit” means the payments and allowances to which section 111 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Contributions and Benefits Act refer. ; b in regulation 2(6) (prescribed description of persons)— i in sub-paragraph (a) the words “constant attendance allowance” shall be omitted, for the words “industrial death benefit” there shall be substituted the words “industrial injuries benefit,” and for the words “or severe disablement allowance” there shall be substituted the words “severe disablement allowance or workmen’s compensation and industrial diseases benefit”; ii sub-paragraph (e) shall be omitted; c in regulation 2(7) after sub-paragraph (b) the following sub-paragraph shall be inserted— bb persons to whom regulation 12B(10) of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991 (persons in receipt of the mobility component of disability living allowance while undergoing medical or other treatment in a hospital or other institution) refers and who have been receiving free hospital in-patient treatment for more than 52 weeks; ; d in regulation 3(1)(b)(ii) (prescribed amount) for the words “of no fixed abode” there shall be substituted the words “without accommodation”; e in regulation 3(4) after the words “in respect of” there shall be inserted the words “any day in”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Patricia Hollis Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 4th August 1998
MERCHANT SHIPPING 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Tonnage Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 4th September 1998. 2 The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993 shall be amended as follows. 3 In regulation 1(2)— a the following definitions shall be inserted in the appropriate alphabetical positions— a i “length” in regulations 29, 42 and 56 (except in regulation 56(4)(b)) has the same meaning as in the Tonnage Regulations ; ii “ Tonnage Regulations ” means the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations 1997 ; b for the defintions of “overall length” there shall be substituted— “overall length” has the same meaning as “length overall” in the Tonnage Regulations. . 4 In regulation 29(1)— i after “length” there shall be inserted “to which Part IIA of Merchant Shipping Tonnage Regulations 1997 does not apply”; and ii for “tonnage regulations made under the Merchant Shipping Act 1965” there shall be submitted “Tonnage Regulations”. 5 In regulation 29(2) after “24 metres” there shall be inserted “other than a fishing vessel to which Part IIA of the Tonnage Regulations applies”. 6 In regulation 42(1) there shall be inserted a new sub-paragraph (c)— c in respect of all fishing vessels, except those below 24 metres in length to which Part IIA of the Tonnage Regulations does not apply, a declaration that the fishing vessel is correctly measured for tonnage under those Regulations. . 7 In regulation 56(1), at the end, a new sub-paragraph (i) shall be added as follows— i except in the case of a fishing vessel below 24 metres in length to which Part IIA of the Tonnage Regulations does not apply, when the tonnage of a fishing vessel has not been measured in accordance with those Regulations, or though so measured, that information has not been notified to the Registrar. . 8 After regulation 56(2) there shall be inserted a new paragraph (2A) as follows— 2A Where the Registrar terminates registration under paragraph (1)(i) above he shall issue a closure transcript— a in the case of fishing vessels of 24m or more in length, having effect on or, as the case may be, after 1st January 1999; b in the case of fishing vessels to which Part IIA of the Tonnage Regulations apply, having effect on or, as the case may be, after the date on which that Part applies to them. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State of the Environment, Transport and the Regions Glenda Jackson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 4th August 1998
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Dartford-Thurrock Crossing Tolls Order 1998 and shall, in accordance with section 17(11) of the Dartford-Thurrock Crossing Act 1988, come into force on 1st September 1998. 2 1 The toll leviable in respect of each of the classes of vehicles set out in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order shall be of the amount set out or described opposite thereto in column (2) of that Schedule. 2 For the purposes of determining the class of vehicles to which a trailer belongs, a trailer which, when being drawn, is attached to the vehicle drawing it by partial superimposition shall be regarded as part of the vehicle drawing it and not as a separate vehicle. 3 The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing Tolls Order 1997 is hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State of the Environment, Transport and the Regions Larry Whitty Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 4th August 1998
COUNTY COURTS 1 1 These Rules may be cited as the County Court (Forms) (Amendment) Rules 1998. 2 In these Rules, a form referred to by number means the form so numbered in the Schedule to the County Court (Forms) Rules 1982 and “the main Schedule” means that Schedule. 2 There shall be substituted in the main Schedule, for Forms N.5A , N.5B , N.29, N.31 , N.64 and N.110A , the forms contained in Schedule 1 to these Rules. 3 There shall be substituted in the main Schedule, for N.79 , the form contained in Schedule 2 to these Rules. 4 There shall be inserted in the main Schedule, after Form N.136, the Forms N.138 and N.140 contained in Schedule 3 to these Rules. 5 Form N.56 in the main Schedule shall be omitted. 6 1 In the title to Form N.11A — a after the word “possession”, there shall be inserted the words “following issue of a notice”; and b the words “(assured tenancies [including assured shorthold tenancies])” shall be omitted. 2 In the title to Form N.11B — a after the word “possession”, there shall be inserted the words “following issue of a notice”; and b the words “(assured shorthold tenancies only)” shall be omitted. The undersigned members of the Rule Committee, appointed by the Lord Chancellor under section 75 of the County Courts Act 1984 , having made these Rules, certify them and submit them to the Lord Chancellor. Neil Butler Hugh Jones Margaret Wilby Peter Birts Henrietta Manners E. C. Gee I allow these Rules, which shall come into force on 1st September 1998, except for rules 2, 5 and 6 which shall come into force on 28th September 1998. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 30th July 1998
TORTS 1 This Order may be cited as the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1998. 2 Subsections (3) to (9) of section 3 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 shall come into force on 1st September 1998. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 30th July 1998
FAMILY PROCEEDINGS 1 These Rules may be cited as the Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules 1998 and shall come into force on 28th September 1998. 2 The Family Proceedings Rules 1991 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Rules and, in those provisions, any reference to an Appendix by number alone shall be construed as a reference to the Appendix so numbered in the said Rules of 1991. Amendment to Form M5 3 In Appendix 1, after the word “proceedings” at the end of paragraph 3 of the Notes to Form M5, there shall be added the following words— You will have to pay a fee. You can obtain details of the fee to pay and information about what to do if you cannot pay all or part of a fee from a county court office with divorce jurisdiction or the family administration branch of the Principal Registry of the Family Division. . Irvine of Lairg, C. Stephen Brown, P. Gerald Angel Nicholas Wall M. B. Roddy Lesley Newton A. N. Finch Dated 30th July 1998
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Infant Class Sizes) (Modification) Regulations 1998, and shall come into force on 1st September 1998. 2 In these Regulations— “the 1998 Act ” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998; and “the 1996 Act ” means the Education Act 1996 . 3 Any reference in these Regulations to a county, voluntary, maintained special, grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school, shall be construed in accordance with the 1996 Act. Modification of sections 2 and 3 of the 1998 Act 2 Until the appointed day (as defined in section 20(7) of the 1998 Act) sections 2 and 3 of the 1998 Act shall have effect as if any reference in those provisions to a school maintained by a local education authority were a reference to— a a county, voluntary or maintained special school maintained by that authority, or b a grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school situated within that authority’s area. Tessa Blackstone Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 7th August 1998 Peter Hain Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 10th August 1998