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RATING AND VALUATION, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and extent 1 This Order, which extends to England only, may be cited as the Gas Industry (Rateable Values) (England) Order 2000 and shall come into force— a for all purposes other than those of article 4, on the day after the day on which it is made; and b for the purposes of article 4, on 1st April 2000. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988; “BG Transco plc” means the company bearing that name on 1st January 2000; “the central list” means the central non-domestic rating list for England ; “year” means a chargeable financial year. Rateable values 3 In the case of the class of non-domestic hereditaments occupied (or, if not occupied, owned) by BG Transco plc and required by virtue of regulation 4 of and Part 3 of the Schedule to the Central Rating Lists (England) Regulations 2000 to be shown in the central list, paragraphs 2 to 2C of Schedule 6 of the Act shall not apply in any year for which the central list compiled on 1st April 2000 has effect, and the rateable value of that class of hereditaments in any year during which that central list is in force shall be £430,454,000. Revocations and savings 4 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the following are hereby revoked— a the British Gas plc (Rateable Values) Order 1994 b the Gas Act 1995 (Rateable Values) (Modification) Order 1997 ; and c the British Gas plc (Rateable Values) (Amendment) Order 1997 2 Without prejudice to section 16(1) of the Interpretation Act 1978 , the provisions of the Orders mentioned in paragraph (1) shall continue to have effect for the purposes of, and for purposes connected with— a any alteration of a central list compiled before 1st April 2000; or b any provision made by regulations under section 58 (special provision for 1995 onwards) of the Act as to the chargeable amount as regards a hereditament for a relevant period as defined in that section. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Beverley Hughes Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 30th March 2000
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the A249 Trunk Road (Bobbing Junction) (Detrunking) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 15th May 2000. 2 In this Order– i “classified road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is not a principal road for the purposes of enactments or instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads but is a classified road for the purpose of every enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State and which does not specifically refer to their classification as principal roads; ii “the Trunk Road” means the A249 Trunk Road. 3 The length of trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a classified road from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies Kent County Council that this Order has been made. Signed by the authority of The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions S. G. Rowsell Divisional Director, Highways Agency 27th March 2000
WATER INDUSTRY, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Northumbrian Water and Essex and Suffolk Water (Amendment of Local Enactments Etc.) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. 2 In this Order— “Northumbrian” means Northumbrian Water Limited; and “Essex and Suffolk” means Essex and Suffolk Water plc. Amendment of references in local statutory provisions etc. 2 1 Any reference to Essex and Suffolk, or to the undertaking of Essex and Suffolk, in any local statutory provision and in any charges scheme made by Essex and Suffolk under section 76 of the Water Act 1989 or section 143 of the Water Industry Act 1991 shall have effect, subject to paragraph (2), as a reference to Northumbrian or, as the case may be, to the undertaking of Northumbrian. 2 Paragraph (1) only applies to any local statutory provision or charges scheme in relation to the area, things or persons in relation to which or whom that provision or scheme has effect before 1st April 2000. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Bob Dinwiddy A Senior Civil Servant in the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 23rd March 2000
SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Civil Procedure (Modification of Enactments) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 2nd May 2000. 2 In the proviso to section 3(4) of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949 , after the words “rules of court,” insert “in England and Wales appeal to the court and otherwise”. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 1st April 2000
SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Rules may be cited as the Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2000 and shall come into force on 2nd May 2000. 2 In the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000 , rule 39 (transitional provisions) is amended to read— 39 Where a person has filed a notice of appeal or applied for permission to appeal before 2nd May 2000— a rule 19 of these Rules shall not apply to the appeal to which that notice or application relates; and b the rules of court relating to appeals in force immediately before 2nd May 2000 shall apply to that appeal as if they had not been revoked. . 3 In the following rules a reference to a Part, rule or Schedule by number alone means the Part, rule or Schedule so numbered in the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 . 4 In rule 6.15(2)— a for the reference of RSC Order 11 rule 1(1) substitute a reference to rule 6.20; and b for the reference to RSC Order 11 rule 1(2) substitute a reference to rule 6.19. 5 In rule 6.21, after paragraph (2), insert— 2A The court will not give permission unless satisfied that England and Wales is the proper place in which to bring the claim. . 6 In rule 10.3(2)(a), for the reference to RSC Order 11 rule 1A substitute a reference to rule 6.22. 7 In rule 12.10(b), for the reference to RSC Order 11 rule 1(2)(a) substitute a reference to rule 6.19(1). 8 In rule 12.11(5)(c), for the reference to RSC Order 11 substitute a reference to Section III of Part 6. 9 In rule 14.2(2)(a), for the reference to RSC Order 11 rule 1A substitute a reference to rule 6.22. 10 In rule 15.4(2)(a), for the reference to RSC Order 11 rule 1B substitute a reference to rule 6.23. 11 In Part 47— a for section VIII of the list of contents, substitute the text set out in Part I of the Schedule to these Rules; and b for Section VIII, substitute the text set out in Part II of the Schedule to these Rules. 12 In Schedule 1, in RSC Order 15 rule 9, omit the words “under rule 7”. Woolf M.R. Richard Scott V-C. Anthony May L.J. Richard Holman Godfrey Gypps John Leslie Michael Black David Foskett David Greene Peter Haworth Peter Watson Harriet Kimbell Olivia Morrison-Lyons I allow these Rules Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 1st April 2000
LONDON GOVERNMENT Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the London Government (Various Provisions) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 24th April 2000. 2 For the purposes of this Order— a “the 1999 Act ” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999; b “the operative date”— i in relation to the Greater London Authority, means 8th May 2000, and ii in relation to the London Development Agency, means 3rd July 2000; and c a reference to a relevant body is a reference to the Greater London Authority or the London Development Agency. Preliminary financial arrangements 2 1 Arrangements in relation to a relevant body as to any matter specified in the Schedule to this Order made, before the operative date, by the chief finance officer, shall have effect on and after that date until replaced or altered by that body. 2 In this article “chief finance officer” in relation to a relevant body means the person who is, by virtue of his appointment under section 407 of the 1999 Act, for the time being the chief finance officer of the body. Preliminary standing orders 3 1 For the purposes of section 52 of the 1999 Act, the first meeting of the Assembly shall be held in accordance with standing orders prepared for the purposes of this article by the head of paid service. 2 The standing orders prepared in accordance with paragraph (1) shall provide for— a giving notice of the meeting; b preparation of the agenda for the meeting; c election of the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Assembly; d declaration of the results of those elections; e the meeting to be chaired by the head of paid service until those results have been declared; and f preparation of minutes of the meeting. 3 In this article “the head of paid service” means the person who is, by virtue of his appointment under section 407 of the 1999 Act, for the time being head of the Greater London Authority’s paid service. Disapplication of the Public Records Act 1958 4 1 The records specified in paragraph (2) shall not be treated as public records for the purposes of the Public Records Act 1958 . 2 The records are— a records held by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and transferred to him by a transfer scheme under section 409 of the 1999 Act made in consequence of any of the following provisions of that Act— i section 349 (abolition of joint planning committee for Greater London); ii section 374 (abolition of London Ecology Committee); iii section 396(10) (revocation of scheme about research and collection of information under section 88(1) of the Local Government Act 1985 ); and b records created before 3rd July 2000 by persons who entered the employment of the Secretary of State pursuant to any such transfer scheme— i exclusively in connection with any purpose of the 1999 Act, and ii before 3rd July 2000. 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 3rd April 2000
LIBRARIES 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variations) Order 2000. 2 The variation in the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 which was made on 30th March 2000 by the Secretary of State and is set out in the Appendix to this Order shall come into force on 1st July 2000. Chris Smith Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 30th March 2000
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Tax Credits Up-rating Order 2000 and shall come into force on 11th April 2000. Interpretation 2 In this Order– “the Disability Working Allowance Regulations ” means the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 and the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 ; “the Family Credit Regulations ” means the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 and the Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 . Working Families Tax Credit 3 In the Family Credit Regulations– a in regulation 46(4) (determination of appropriate maximum working families' tax credit) the capital sum prescribed is £3,000; b in regulation 46(4), (5) and (6), the amount specified for the credit in respect of a child or young person is NIL; c in regulation 47(1) (applicable amount) for the sum of £90.00 there shall be substituted the sum of £91.45; d in Schedule 4 (determination of maximum working families' tax credit), the sums prescribed shall be as set out in Schedule 1 to this Order. Disabled person’s tax credit 4 In the Disability Working Allowance Regulations– a in regulation 51(4) (determination of appropriate maximum disabled person’s tax credit) the capital sum prescribed is £3,000; b in regulation 51(4), (5) and (6) , the amount specified for the credit in respect of a child or young person is NIL; c in regulation 52(1) (applicable amount)– i in sub-paragraph (a) for the sum of £70.00 there shall be substituted the sum of £71.10; ii in sub-paragraph (b) for the sum of £90.00 there shall be substituted the sum of £91.45; d in Schedule 5 (determination of the appropriate maximum disabled person’s tax credit) the sums prescribed shall be as set out in Schedule 2 to this Order. Transitional provisions 5 Notwithstanding the increases of the sums payable in respect of working families' tax credit and disabled person’s tax credit made by Articles 3 and 4, where a period of entitlement to working families' tax credit or disabled person’s tax credit is running at 11th April 2000, the rate at which it is payable shall be the weekly rate in force for the period prior to 11th April 2000 until the end of the period of entitlement. Jim Dowd Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 30th March 2000
INHERITANCE TAX 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Inheritance Tax (Delivery of Accounts) (Scotland) Regulations 2000, shall come into force on 1st May 2000 and shall have effect in relation to deaths occurring on or after 6th April 2000. 2 These Regulations extend to Scotland only. 2 In regulation 3 of the Capital Transfer Tax (Delivery of Accounts) (Scotland) Regulations 1981 , for the definition of “an excepted estate ” there shall be substituted the following definition— “an excepted estate” means the estate of a person immediately before his death in a case where— that person died on or after 6th April 2000, domiciled in the United Kingdom; the value of that person’s estate is attributable wholly to property passing under his will or intestacy or under a nomination of an asset taking effect on death or by survivorship; of that property not more than £50,000 represented value attributable to property which, immediately before that person’s death, was situated outside the United Kingdom; that person died without having made any chargeable transfers during the period of seven years ending with his death other than specified transfers where the aggregate value transferred did not exceed £75,000; and the aggregate of the gross value of that person’s estate and of the value transferred by any specified transfers made by that person did not exceed £210,000; and in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this definition “specified transfers ” means chargeable transfers made during the period of seven years ending with that person’s death where the value transferred is attributable to cash or to quoted shares or securities; . Nick Montagu Ann Chant Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue 3rd April 2000
RATING AND VALUATION, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and extent 1 This Order, which extends to England only, may be cited as the Energy from Waste Plants (Rateable Values) (England) Order 2000 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Interpretation and application 2 1 In this Order— “declared net capacity”, in relation to generating plant, means the highest generation of electricity at the generator terminals which can be maintained indefinitely without causing damage to the plant, less so much of that generation as is consumed by the plant, expressed in megawatts to the nearest one hundredth part of a megawatt and calculated on the assumption that, in so far as they affect the generating plant— the air temperature is 10 degrees Celsius, and the air pressure is 1013 millibars; “generating plant”, in relation to a hereditament, means plant in or on the hereditament which is used or available for use for the purposes of generating electricity; “list” means a local non-domestic rating list; and “year” means a chargeable financial year. 2 This Order applies for the purpose of the determination of rateable values for the purposes of lists compiled on 1st April 2000. Rounding of numbers 3 Where (apart from this article) any rateable value determined under this Order would include a fraction of a pound— a if the fraction would exceed 50p it shall be made up to one pound; b if the fraction would be 50p or less it shall be ignored. Application and interpretation 4 1 This article applies to the class of hereditaments in relation to which the conditions in paragraph (2) are fulfilled. 2 The conditions mentioned in paragraph (1) are that the hereditament— a is on 1st April 2000 entered on a list for the area of a billing authority in England; b comprises land, plant or buildings of which the sole or primary function is either— i generating electricity where the primary source of power for that purpose is the burning of waste, or ii burning waste, where the hereditament is also used for generating electricity and the primary source of power for that purpose is the burning of waste; and c includes generating plant of which the declared net capacity is 25 megawatts or more. Rateable values 5 In the case of a hereditament to which article 4 applies, paragraphs 2 to 2C of Schedule 6 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 shall not apply, and its rateable value shall be an amount equal to £13,500 per megawatt of declared net capacity of the generating plant in or on the hereditament (expressed to the nearest hundredth part of a megawatt). Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Beverley Hughes Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 30th March 2000
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2000. 2 This Order extends to England and Wales only. 3 In this Order, “the 1998 Act ” means the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. 2 To the extent that they are not already in force, the following provisions of the 1998 Act shall come into force on 1st April 2000— a section 38 (local provision of youth justice services); b section 39 (youth offending teams); c paragraphs 17, 19, 23, 26, 27, 32, 33, 34(3), 73, 76, 77(a), 94, 95, 96(6) and 131(1) and (2) of Schedule 8; and d the entries in Schedule 10 relating to the words “by a probation officer” in section 2(1) of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 and to section 31(2) of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 . 3 Sections 65 and 66 of, and paragraphs 25 and 61 of Schedule 8 and paragraph 5 of Schedule 9 to, the 1998 Act (reprimands and warnings) shall come into force on 1st April 2000 in the areas specified in the Schedule to this Order . 4 To the extent that they are not already then in force, sections 65 and 66 of, and paragraphs 25 and 61 of Schedule 8 and paragraph 5 of Schedule 9 to, the 1998 Act (reprimands and warnings) shall come into force on 1st June 2000. 5 Sections 10(6) and (7) (appeals against parenting orders), 13(3) (appeals against child safety orders) and 71(1) to (3) of the 1998 Act (supervision orders) shall come into force on 1st June 2000. 6 Article 9 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998 is hereby revoked on 1st April 2000. Jack Straw One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 28th March 2000
PUBLIC RECORDS 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Public Record Office (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st May 2000. 2 In Fee No. 8.2 in the Schedule to the Public Record Office (Fees) (No. 2) Regulations 2000 , for: Where no negative exists, for a photographic service, 21.60 21.60 there shall be substituted: Where no negative exists, for a photographic service,per negative 21.60 21.60 Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor David Lock Parliamentary Secretary Lord Chancellor’s Department Dated 28th March 2000 We consent Clive Betts Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 3rd April 2000
INCOME TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 1995, Section 139(3), (Appointed Day) Order 2000. 2 The day appointed for the purposes of section 139(1) of the Finance Act 1995 is 6th April 2000. Jim Dowd Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 30th March 2000
INCOME TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988, Section 559(4A), Order 2000 and shall come into force on 6th April 2000 immediately after the bringing into effect of section 139(1) of the Finance Act 1995 . 2 The relevant percentage determined for the purposes of section 559(4) and (4A) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 is 18 per cent. Jim Dowd Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 30th March 2000
CHANNEL TUNNEL 1 This Order may be cited as the Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 28th April 2000. 2 1 Schedule 4 to the Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 1993 is amended as follows. 2 The word “and” which follows paragraph 1(11)(q) is omitted. 3 After paragraph 1(11)(r) insert— s In paragraph 27B (passenger information) — i in sub-paragraph (1) for the words “ships or aircraft” substitute “through trains or shuttle trains”; ii in sub-paragraph (2) for the words “owner or agent (“the carrier”) of a ship or aircraft” substitute “person operating an international service or his agent (“the carrier”)”; iii in sub-paragraph (3)(a) for the words “ship or particular aircraft” substitute “train”; iv in sub-paragraph (3)(b) and (c) for the words “ships or aircraft” substitute “trains”; and v in sub-paragraphs (4) and (9) for the words “ship or aircraft”, wherever occurring, substitute “train”; and t In paragraph 27C (notification of non-EEA arrivals) — i in sub-paragraph (1)— a for the words “owner or agent (“the carrier”) of a ship or aircraft” substitute “person operating an international service other than a shuttle service or his agent (“the carrier”)”, and b for the second occurrence of the words “ship or aircraft” substitute “through train”; ii in sub-paragraph (2)(a) for the words “ship or particular aircraft” substitute “through train”; iii in sub-paragraph (2)(b) and (c) for the words “ships or aircraft” substitute “through trains”; and d in sub-paragraphs (6), (7) and (9) for the words “ship or aircraft” substitute “through train”. Barbara Roche Minister of State Home Office 29th March 2000
IMMIGRATION 1 This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Passenger Information) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 28th April 2000. 2 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the information listed in the Schedule to this Order is specified for the purposes of paragraph 27B(9) of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 (definition of “passenger information”). 2 The information listed in Part II of the Schedule to this Order is so specified only to the extent that it is known to the carrier. Barbara Roche Minister of State Home Office 29th March 2000