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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Statutory Sick Pay (Rate of Payment) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 6th April 1991, immediately after the coming into force of article 9 of the Social Security Benefits Up-Rating Order 1991 . 2 In this Order “the 1982 Act ” means the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982. Substitution of provisions in section 7(1) of the 1982 Act 2 For paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of section 7 of the 1982 Act , there shall be substituted the following paragraphs— a £52.50, in a case where the employee’s normal weekly earnings under his contract of service with that employer are not less than £185; or b £43.50, in any other case. . Transitional Provisions 3 Where in relation to statutory sick pay a period of entitlement as between an employer and an employee is running at 6th April 1991 and the employees normal weekly earnings under the contract of service with that employer are not less than, or are treated for the purposes of section 7(1) of the 1982 Act as not less than £125.00, they shall be treated for the purposes of that section as not less than £185.00 for the remainder of that period. Revocation 4 Regulation 2 of the Statutory Sick Pay (Rate of Payment) Regulations 1990 is hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Nicholas Scott Minister of State, Department of Social Security 1st March 1991
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 6th April 1991. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Social Security Act 1975. Weekly earnings figures and appropriate percentage rates for secondary earnings brackets 2 1 Section 4 of the Act (incidence of Class 1 contributions) shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this article. 2 In subsection (6E) (secondary earnings brackets)— a for the figure £79.99 specified in respect of Bracket 1 there shall be substituted the figure £84.99 and for the percentage rate figure 5 there shall be substituted the figure 4.6; b for the figures £80.00 and £124.99 specified in respect of Bracket 2 there shall be substituted respectively the figures £85.00 and £129.99 and for the percentage rate figure 7 there shall be substituted the figure 6.6; c for the figures £125.00 and £174.99 specified in respect of Bracket 3 there shall be substituted respectively the figures £130.00 and £184.99 and for the percentage rate figure 9 there shall be substituted the figure 8.6; d for the figure £175.00 specified in respect of Bracket 4 there shall be substituted the figure £185.00 and for the percentage rate figure 10.45 there shall be substituted the figure 10.4. Rate of, and small earnings exception from, Class 2 contributions 3 In section 7 of the Act (Class 2 contributions)— a in subsection (1) (weekly rate) for the figure £4.55 there shall be substituted the figure £5.15; b in subsection (5) (small earnings exception) for the figure £2,600 there shall be substituted the figure £2,900. Amount of Class 3 contributions 4 In section 8(1) of the Act (amount of Class 3 contributions) for the figure £4.45 there shall be substituted the figure £5.05. Lower and upper limits for Class 4 contributions 5 In sections 9(2) and 10(1) of the Act (Class 4 contributions recoverable under Tax Acts and regulations)— a for the figure £5,450 (lower limit) wherever it appears there shall be substituted in each of those sections the figure £5,900; b for the figure £18,200 (upper limit) there shall be substituted in each of those sections the figure £20,280. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Nicholas Scott Minister of State, Department of Social Security 1st March 1991 We Consent, Sydney Chapman Irvine Patnick Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 5th March 1991
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, interpretation and commencement 1 1 These Regulations, which may be cited as the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Amendment Regulations 1991, shall come into force on 8th April 1991, immediately after the coming into force of article 8 of the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1991 . 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Regulations 1976 . Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations 2 In regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (weekly rates of child benefit)— a in paragraph (1), for the words “shall be £7.25.” there shall be substituted the words shall be— subject to paragraphs (2ZA) and (2ZB) of this regulation, in a case where in any week that child is the only child, or if not the only child, the elder or eldest child in respect of whom child benefit is payable to a person, £8.25; and in any other case, £7.25. ; b after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs— 2ZA Where in any week— a a person— i is residing with his spouse; or ii is living with any other person as his spouse; or iii is a member of a polygamous marriage and is residing with other members of that marriage; and b child benefit would, but for this paragraph, be payable to that person in respect of a child at the weekly rate specified in paragraph (1)(a) of this regulation; and c child benefit would, but for this paragraph, be payable at that rate to his spouse or that other person or any other members of that polygamous marriage, as the case may be, in respect of another child, the rate specified in paragraph (1)(a) of this regulation shall be payable in that week in respect of one only of the children mentioned in sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of this paragraph, being the elder, or if there are more than two children, the eldest of those children. 2ZB Child benefit shall not be payable at the rate specified in paragraph (1)(a) of this regulation where the person to whom child benefit is payable is a voluntary organisation. ; c after paragraph (5) there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 6 For the purposes of paragraph (2ZA) of this regulation a person is a member of a polygamous marriage if— a during the subsistence of the marriage any party to it is married to more than one person; and b the ceremony of marriage took place under the law of a country which permits polygamy. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Michael Jack Parliamentry Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 4th March 1991 We consent, Sydney Chapman Irvine Putnick Two of the Lords Commissioners of' Her Majesty’s Treasury 5th March 1991
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) Amendment Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 6th April 1991. Amendment to Regulations 2 In regulation 98 of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979 (modification of provisions of the Social Security Act 1975 in relation to share fishermen), in paragraph (c) (weekly rate of any Class 2 contributions payable by share fishermen) for the sum of “£6.15” there shall be substituted the sum of “£6.20”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Nicholas Scott Minister of State, Department of Social Security 1st March 1991 We consent, Sydney Chapman Irvine Patrick Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 5th March 1991
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Wessex Cable Limited) (Salisbury) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 11th April 1991 2 Each of the Applicable Cabled Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system. John Redwood Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry 10th March 1991
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Priority of Charges) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991. 2 The following bodies are hereby specified as approved lending institutions for the purposes of section 156 of the Housing Act 1985: a Legal and General Mortgage Services Limited b Leeds and Holbeck Mortgage Corporation Limited c Albion Home Loans Limited. Michael Heseltine Secretary of State for the Environment 28th February 1991 David Hunt Secretary of State for Wales 7th March 1991 We consent, Sydney Chapman lrvine Patnick Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 11th March 1991
INSOLVENCY Citation and commencement 1 These Rules may be cited as the Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 1991 and shall come into force on 2nd April 1991. Interpretation 2 In these Rules references to “the principal Rules” are to the Insolvency Rules 1986 , and a Rule or Schedule or Form referred to by number means the Rule or Schedule or Form so numbered in the principal Rules. Application 3 The principal Rules shall have effect subject to the amendments set out in the Schedule to these Rules. Mackay of Clashfern, C. 4th March 1991 I concur, on behalf of the Secretary of State John Redwood Minister of State, Department of Tradeand Industry 4th March 1991
INSOLVENCY 1 This Order may be cited as the Bankruptcy and Companies (Department of Trade and Industry) Fees (Amendment) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 2nd April 1991. 2 Table B in the Schedule to the Bankruptcy Fees Order 1984 shall be amended by substituting for the amount “£17.83” shown in relation to Fee No.11, the amount “£19.55”. 3 The Schedule to the Companies (Department of Trade and Industry) Fees Order 1985 shall be amended by substituting for the amount “£17.83” shown in relation to Fee No.14, the amount “£19.55”. Mackay of Clashfern, C. 4th March 1991 Sydney Chapman Irvine Patnick Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 5th March 1991
FINANCIAL SERVICES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Financial Services Act 1986 (Miscellaneous Exemptions) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991. 2 In this Order, “ the Act ” means the Financial Services Act 1986. Limited exemption of Scottish Nuclear Limited and connected bodies corporate 2 1 Scottish Nuclear Limited and any body corporate connected with it shall each be an exempted person as respects any activities falling within paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to the Act in which it engages for the purposes of enabling or facilitating transactions in shares or debentures (as defined in paragraph 20(4) of that Schedule) in or of ScottishPower plc between or for the benefit of any of the persons mentioned in paragraph (2) below or the holding of such shares or debentures by or for the benefit of any such persons. 2 The persons referred to in paragraph (1) of this article are— a the bona fide employees or former employees of Scottish Nuclear Limited or any body corporate within the same group (within the meaning of paragraph 30 of Schedule 1 to the Act) as Scottish Nuclear Limited; and b the wives, husbands, widows, widowers or children (including in Northern Ireland, adopted children) or step-children under the age of eighteen of such employees or former employees. 3 For the purposes of this article— a a body corporate shall be regarded as connected with another body corporate if it would be so regarded for the purposes of paragraph 20 of Schedule 1 to the Act; and b a person shall be regarded as a former employee of any person even though never employed by that person if he occupied a position in relation to some other person of such a kind that it may reasonably be assumed that he would have been a former employee of the first person had the reorganisation of the electricity industry under Part II of the Electricity Act 1989 been effected before he ceased to occupy the relevant position. Exemption of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 3 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development shall be an exempted person. John Redwood Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry 2nd March 1991
FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANIES Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Companies Act 1989 (Commencement No. 9 and Saying and Transitional Provisions) Order 1991. 2 In this Order, “ the Act ” means the Companies Act 1989. Provisions of Act brought into force by this Order 2 1 Section 126 and, insofar as it is not yet in force, section 127 of the Act shall come into force on Ist July 1991 subject, in the case of section 126, to the transitional provisions set out in article 3 below. 2 Part VII of the Act shall come into force on 25th March 1991 insofar as is necessary to enable regulations to be made under the following provisions of that Part: Section 155(4) and (5) Section 158(4) and (5) Section 160(5) Section 173(4) and (5) Section 174(2) to (4) Sections 185 and 186 Section 187(3) Paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 21. 3 Insofar as it is not yet in force, section 193 of the Act shall come into force on 1st April 1991 subject to the saving provision in article 4 below. 4 In Part X of the 1989 Act , the repeals effected by Schedule 24 of sections 712 and 715 of the Companies Act 1985 , together with section 212 so far as relating to those repeals, shall come into force on Ist July 1991. Transitional provisions relating to section 126 of Act 3 1 Notwithstanding the repeal of sections 709(2) and (3) of the Companies Act 1985, as originally enacted, by the bringing into force by this Order of section 126 of the 1989 Act, section 709(2) and (3), as originally enacted, shall continue to have effect, with the modifications set out in paragraph (2) below, to the extent that the repeal of section 709(2) and (3) by section 212(3) of, and Part I of Schedule 17 to, the Financial Services Act 1986 has not been brought into force by Order under section 211 of that Act. 2 Section 709(2), as originally enacted, shall continue to have effect by virtue of this article as if the reference therein to the “rights conferred by subsection (1) of this section” was a reference to the rights conferred by section 709(1) of the Companies Act 1985 as inserted by section 126 of the 1989 Act; and the reference to those rights in section 709(3), as originally enacted, shall be construed accordingly. Saving provision relating to section 193 of Act 4 The coming into force of section 193 of the Act shall not affect the right of any person to bring an action under section 62 of, or paragraph 22 of Schedule 11 to, the Financial Services Act 1986 in respect of a contravention occurring before section 193 comes into force. John Redwood Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry 4th March 1991
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Duty Solicitor) (Remuneration) (Amendmcnt) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991. 2 1 At the end of regulation 4(3) of the Legal Advice and Assistance (Duty Solicitor) (Remuneration) Regulations 1989 there shall be inserted the folllowing new paragraph— 4 Where the solicitor without good reason has failed (or, if an extension were not granted, would fail) to comply with the time limit, the determining officer may, in exceptional circumstances, extend the time limit and shall consider whether it is reasonable in the circumsttnces to reduce the costs; provided that costs shall not be reduced unless the solicitor has been allowed a reasonable opportunity to show cause orally or in writing why the costs should not be reduced. Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 6th March 1991 We consent, Sydney Chapman Irvine Patnick Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 7th March 1991
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1991. 2 Regulation 3(2) shall come into force on 1st July 1991 and the other regulations shall come into force on 1st April 1991. Interpretation 2 In regulation 3 of these Regulations a regulation referred to by number means a regulation so numbered in the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989 . Amendment of the Civil Legal (General) Regulations 1989 3 1 In paragraph (2) of regulation 104 the words after “Part 1,” shall be deleted and there shall be inserted the words “paragraph 1(1)(a) to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989 as if the work done was work to which those provisions apply, save that paragraph 2 and 3 of Schedule 1, Part I shall not apply.”. 2 In regulation 105— a After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following new paragraph— 2A Where proceedings have begun and the solicitor is of the opinion that the total amount which he and counsel (if any) would receive after taxation on the standard basis would not be more than £500 he must apply to the Area Director for an assessment of the amount of his costs and counsel’s fees (if any) in respect of the work done. b In paragraph (3) before the word “Where” there shall be inserted the words “Subject to paragraph (2A),” and for the figure “£500” there shall be substituted the figure “£1,O00”. Mackay of Clashfern, C. 6th March 1991 We consent, Sydney Chapman Irvine Patnick Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 7th March 1991
PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions)(Lead in Cattle) (England) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 7th March 1991. Designated circumstances 2 In the opinion of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, cattle in the area designated in article 3 below may have eaten lead or other poisonous metal and are likely to create a hazard to human health if their meat or milk is consumed. Designated area 3 The area described in the Schedule to this Order is hereby designated for the purposes of Part I of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985. Prohibitions on movement 4 1 No person shall move any cattle from the designated area. 2 No person shall move from the designated area any meat or milk derived from cattle which are or have been in the designated area. 3 No person shall move from the designated area any product a which could be used as a feeding stuff for animals intended for human consumption; and b which has been derived from any cattle which are or have been in the designated area. In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 6th March 1991. John Selwyn Gummer Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Trusts (Public Meetings) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991. 2 In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, “ the Act ” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990. Timing of the public meeting for the presentation of the audited accounts, annual report and any report on the accounts 2 For the purposes of paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 2 to the Act, the prescribed time for holding the public meeting of an NHS trust shall be on or before 30th September in every year, other than that which includes the operational date of the trust. Other public meetings 3 For the purposes of paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 2 to the Act— a the circumstances in which an NHS trust shall hold a public meeting are those where it has received an auditor’s report made under the provisions of section 15(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1982 , other than a report on the audited accounts; b the time for holding the meeting is as soon as practicable, and in any event not later than three months, after the date on which the NHS trust received that report; and c the document which shall be presented at the meeting is that report. Concurrent meetings 4 Nothing in these Regulations shall prevent a public meeting held pursuant to paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 2 to the Act in accordance with regulation 2 from being held on the same date and at the same time as a public meeting held pursuant to paragraph 7(3) of that Schedule in accordance with regulation 3. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Stephen Dorrell Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health 6th March 1991
WILDLIFE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside (Registration to Sell etc. Certain Dead Wild Birds) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Wildlife and Countryside (Registration to Sell etc. certain Dead Wild Birds) Regulation 1982 . Registration 2 For regulation 4 of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted— 4 Any registration effected before 1st April 1991 shall cease to have effect on 1st September 1992, and any registration effected on or after 1st April 1991 shall cease to have effect at the expiration of a period of three years beginning with the day on which the registration is effected. Obligations of registered persons 3 Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations shall be amended by substituting the words “Schedule 1” for the words “the Schedule”. 4 Regulation 6 of the principal Regulations shall be amended by inserting after the word “skin” the words “or, where there is no skin, to the skeleton”. 5 Regulation 7 of the principal Regulations shall be amended— a by inserting after the word “skin”, where it first occurs, the words “or, where there is no skin, to the skeleton”; b by inserting after the word “skin”, in the second and third places where it occurs, the words “or skeleton”. 6 The Schedule to these Regulations shall be substituted for Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations. Michael Heseltine Secretary of State for the Environment 28th February 1991 David Hunt Secretary of State for Wales 5th March 1991 James Douglas-Hamilton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 6th March 1991
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Wakefield Cable Limited) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 8th April 1991. 2 Each of the Applicable Cabled Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system. John Redwood Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry 4th March 1991