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HEALTH CARE AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Health Professions (Parts of and Entries in the Register) (Amendment) Order of Council 2006 and shall come into force on 21st August 2006. Amendment of article 6 of the Health Professions (Parts of and Entries in the Register) Order of Council 2003 2 In the Health Professions (Parts of and Entries in the Register) Order of Council 2003 , in article 6 (entries indicating qualifications or competence), after paragraph (2) insert— 3 The entries in Parts 2 (Chiropodists and Podiatrists), 9 (Physiotherapists) and 11 (Radiographers: Diagnostic or Therapeutic) of the register may include an entry indicating that a registrant is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a supplementary prescriber for the purposes of the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997 . 4 The Council may also include such entry in the register as it considers appropriate to indicate that a registrant possesses any other qualification (whether or not it is an approved qualification) or competence in a particular field or at a particular level of practice. . A K Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
MERCHANT SHIPPING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the General Lighthouse Authorities (Beacons: Automatic Identification System) Order 2006 and comes into force the day after the day on which it is made. Automatic Identification System 2 All references to a beacon in Part VIII of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 shall be construed as including equipment provided for broadcasts in the frequency range 156.025 – 162.025 MHz where such equipment forms part of a system for providing information — a to ships about the type, position and functioning of aids to the navigation of ships; or b to assist the general lighthouse authorities in the efficient provision of aids to the navigation of ships. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State S J Ladyman Minister of State Department for Transport 19th July 2006
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE Citation and interpretation 1 This Order may be cited as The Electoral Administration Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Electoral Administration Act 2006. Commencement of provisions 3 1 This article is subject to article 4. 2 The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in Schedule 1 to this Order is 11th September 2006. Transitional provisions 4 Schedule 2 to this Order, which makes transitional provisions, has effect. Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State Bridget Prentice Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Constitutional Affairs 20th July 2006
DEFENCE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 This Order may be cited as the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to the Armed Forces) Order 2006 and shall come into force on the 31st December 2006. Application 2 1 The provisions of the Act which are specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order shall apply to investigations under the service discipline Acts of offences conducted by service policemen and to persons held in arrest in connection with such an investigation, subject to the modifications specified in column 2 of that Schedule. 2 A service policeman means, for these purposes, a member of the Royal Navy Regulating Branch, the Royal Marines Police, the Royal Military Police, the Royal Air Force Police or the staff of the Royal Air Force Provost Marshal. 3 The service discipline Acts are the Army Act 1955 , the Air Force Act 1955 and the Naval Discipline Act 1957 . 4 This Order applies wherever the investigation takes place. 3 For the purposes of this Order, Schedule 3 shall have effect. Revocation 4 The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to the Armed Forces) Order 1997 is revoked. Tom Watson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Ministry of Defence 24th July 2006
EDUCATION, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Central Leeds Learning Federation (Change to School Session Times) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1 st September 2006. Exemption from the School Session Regulations 2 The Changing of School Session Times (England) Regulations 1999 shall not apply to the governing body in relation to the City of Leeds School of Bedford Field, Woodhouse Cliff, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS6 2LG and the Primrose High School of Hill Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS9 7NL. Time period 3 This Order shall have effect until 31 st December 2006. Jim Knight Minister of State Department for Education and Skills 20th July 2006
SPORTS GROUNDS AND SPORTING EVENTS, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 11th August 2006. Designation 2 The sports ground specified in Schedule 1 (being a sports ground in England at which association football matches are played, which is occupied by a club which is a member of the Football League Limited or the Football Association Premier League Limited, and which in the opinion of the Secretary of State has accommodation for more than 5,000 spectators) is designated as a sports ground requiring a safety certificate under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975. Tessa Jowell Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 19th July 2006
HOUSING, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Landlords (Permissible Additional Purposes) (England) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 24 th August 2006. 2 This Order applies in relation to bodies eligible for registration as social landlords by the Housing Corporation in England . Additional permissible purposes 2 1 The following are specified as permissible purposes additional to those specified in section 2(4) of the Housing Act 1996 (eligibility for registration as a social landlord)— a the provision, construction, improvement or management of sites where caravans may be stationed for use as temporary or permanent residences for gypsies and travellers; and b the provision of services to the site of any description, including the arranging or carrying out of works of maintenance or repair or encouraging or facilitating the carrying out of such work.. 2 In paragraph (1)(a)— “caravan” shall be construed in accordance with article 3; and “gypsies and travellers” means— persons with a cultural tradition of nomadism or of living in a caravan; and all other persons of a nomadic habit of life, whatever their race or origin, including— such persons who, on grounds only of their own or their family’s or dependant’s educational or health needs or old age, have ceased to travel temporarily or permanently; and members of an organised group of travelling showpeople or circus people (whether or not travelling together as such). Meaning of caravan 3 1 For the purposes of article 2 “caravan” means any structure designed or adapted for human habitation which is capable of being moved from one place to another (whether by being towed, or by being transported on a motor vehicle or trailer) and any motor vehicle so designed or adapted but does not include— a any railway rolling stock which is for the time being on rails forming part of a railway system; or b a structure of the description specified in paragraph (2)(a) and (b) any of whose dimensions, when the structure is assembled, exceed a limit specified in paragraph (3). 2 A structure designed or adapted for human habitation which— a is composed of not more than two sections separately constructed and designed to be assembled on a site by means of bolts, clamps or other devices; and b is, when assembled, physically capable of being moved by road from one place to another (whether by being towed, or by being transported on a motor vehicle or trailer), is not excluded from being a caravan for the purposes of article 2 by reason only that it cannot lawfully be so moved on a highway when assembled. 3 The limits are— a length (exclusive of any drawbar): 18.288 metres (60 feet); b width: 6.096 metres (20 feet); c overall height of living accommodation (measured internally from the floor at the lowest level to the ceiling at the highest level): 3.048 metres (10 feet). Signed by authority of one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Meg Munn Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Department for Communities and Local Government 19th July 2006
DISABLED PERSONS Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Disability Discrimination Code of Practice (Services, Public Functions, Private Clubs and Premises) (Appointed Day) Order 2006. 2 In this Order, “the Act” means the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Appointed Day 2 1 The day appointed for the coming into effect of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Code of Practice on Rights of Access: services to the public, public authority functions, private clubs and premises is 4th December 2006. 2 Paragraph (1) has effect subject to the provisions of article 3. Transitional provisions 3 1 The Code of Practice referred to in article 2 shall not have effect for the purposes of section 53A(8A) of the Act in relation to— a any proceedings (whenever commenced) which arise from a complaint alleging that a person has, before 4th December 2006, committed an act which is unlawful discrimination for the purposes of any provision of Part 3 of the Act; or b any proceedings (whenever commenced) relating to a relevant improvement , which arise from an act or omission which took place before 4th December 2006. 2 The Code of Practice referred to in article 2 shall not have effect for the purposes of paragraph 8(e) of Schedule 5 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 in relation to any proceedings (whenever commenced) under Part 1 of that Schedule, which arise from an act or omission which took place before 4th December 2006. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Anne C McGuire Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions 20th July 2006
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 1st October 2006 immediately after the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 come into force. Amendments to the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 2 1 The National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 are amended as follows. 2 In regulation 11 (the rate of the national minimum wage), for “£5.05” substitute “£5.35”. 3 In regulation 13 (workers who qualify for the national minimum wage at a different rate)— a in paragraph (1), for “£4.25” substitute “£4.45”; b in paragraph (1A), for “£3.00” substitute “£3.30”; and c in paragraph (7), for “Paragraph (1) does” substitute “Paragraphs (1) and (1A) do”. 4 In regulation 36(1) (amount permitted to be taken into account where living accommodation is provided), for “£3.90” substitute “£4.15”. Revocation Provision 3 The following provisions of the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2005 are revoked— a regulation 2; b regulation 4(a); and c regulation 5. Jim Fitzpatrick Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations Department of Trade and Industry 20th July 2006
ELECTRICITY Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Energy Act 2004 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2006. Commencement 2 The provisions of the Energy Act 2004 specified in the Schedule shall come into force on 14th August 2006. Jim Fitzpatrick Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Postal Services Department of Trade and Industry 21st July 2006
INCOME TAX Citation, commencement and effect 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Taxation of Pension Schemes (Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 11th August 2006. 2 Article 2 of this Order has effect in relation to any time on or after 6 th April 2006. Consequential amendment of section 408 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 2 1 Section 408(1) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 is amended as follows. 2 After “registered pension scheme” insert “or an employer-financed retirement benefit scheme”. Consequential amendment to section 128 of the Finance Act 1995 3 1 Section 128 (limit of income chargeable on non-residents: income tax) of the Finance Act 1995 is amended as follows. 2 In subsection (3)(cc) after the words “section 577” omit “or 605” and omit “and retirement annuity contracts”. 3 After subsection (3)(cc) insert— cca it is chargeable to tax under chapter 5A, Part 9 of ITEPA 2003 because it is a pension under a registered pension scheme where that scheme— i falls within paragraph 1(1)(f) of Schedule 36 of the Finance Act 2004, and ii was, immediately before 6 th April 2006, a retirement annuity contract to which section 605 of ITEPA 2003 applied; . Consequential amendment to section 336 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 4 1 Section 336 (temporary residents in the United Kingdom) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 is amended as follows. 2 In subsection (1A) (b) (ia) omit the words “an annuity contract that is” and after the words “registered pension scheme” insert “that fell within paragraph 1(1)(f) of Schedule 36 to the Finance Act 2004”. Dave Watts Frank Roy Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 20th July 2006
INCOME TAX Citation, commencement and effect 1 This Order may be cited as the Taxation of Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2006, shall come into force on 11th August 2006 and have effect in respect of— a death benefit lump sum payments made, and b benefit crystallisation events taking place, on or after 6 th April 2006. Amendment of the Taxation of Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 2 1 The Taxation of Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 is amended as follows. 3 After article 29 insert— Member’s unsecured pension funds – further provisions 29A 1 In the case of an individual who meets the conditions set out in paragraph (2), paragraph (3) applies. 2 The conditions are as follows. Condition A The individual is a member of a scheme which falls within paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 36. Condition B The individual was, on 5 th April 2006, entitled to a pension which was not provided under a defined benefits arrangement and which— took the form of income drawdown under a retirement benefits scheme approved for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 14 of ICTA ; or was paid from the resources of— a small self-administered scheme as defined in the Retirement Benefits Schemes (Restriction on Discretion to Approve) (Small Self-Administered Schemes) Regulations 1991 , or a small self-administered scheme that had been approved under section 590 of ICTA, the rules of which, on 5 th April 2006, did not require the purchase of an annuity in respect of the individual; or took the form of income withdrawal under a personal pension scheme approved under Chapter 4 of Part 14 of ICTA pursuant to section 634A of that Act. 3 In section 216 (benefit crystallisation events and amounts crystallised) in benefit crystallisation event 5A , in column 1 of the table, after the words “available for the payment of unsecured pension to the individual” add— except to the extent that, the sums and assets in the money purchase arrangement are sums or assets deemed to represent an arrangement pursuant to paragraph 8(1A) (a) to (c) of Schedule 28 as modified by article 29 of the Taxation of Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 . . 4 In article 40(1)— a in sub-paragraph (b), for “the member’s death” substitute— the date upon which the administrator of the pension scheme could reasonably have known of the member’s death ; and b in sub-paragraph (e), for the words from “given” to the end of the sub-paragraph, substitute “led to the Commissioners withdrawing the approval of the scheme.”. 5 In article 41(1)— a in sub-paragraph (c), for “the dependant’s death” substitute— the date upon which the administrator of the pension scheme could reasonably have known of the dependant’s death ; and b in sub-paragraph (e), for the words from “given” to the end of the sub-paragraph, substitute “led to the Commissioners withdrawing the approval of the scheme.”. Dave Watts Frank Roy Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 20th July 2006
INCOME TAX Citation, commencement, effect and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Investment-regulated Pension Schemes (Exception of Tangible Moveable Property) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 11th August 2006. 2 This Order has effect from 6 th April 2006. 3 In these Regulations— “market value” is to be determined in accordance with section 272 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 ; and “connected persons” (and cognate expressions) have the meaning in section 839 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 . Exclusions from tangible moveable property 2 The following property shall not be regarded as taxable property for the purposes of the taxable property provisions (within the meaning in paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 29A to the Finance Act 2004)— a gold bullion (that is, gold of a purity not less than 995 thousandths, which is in the form of a bar, or of a wafer, of a weight accepted by the bullion markets); b any item of tangible moveable property (whose market value does not exceed £6,000)— i held by a vehicle (within the meaning in paragraph 20(2) of Schedule 29A to the Finance Act 2004) solely for the purposes of the administration or management of the vehicle; ii in which the relevant investment-regulated pension scheme does not hold an interest directly; and iii where a member of the pension scheme or a person connected with such a member does not occupy or use, or have any right to occupy or use, the property. Dave Watts Frank Roy Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 20th July 2006
EXCISE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Excise Duties (Road Fuel Gas) (Reliefs) Regulations 2006. 2 They come into force on 1st September 2006 and have effect in relation to road fuel gas that is charged with duty on or after that date. 3 In these Regulations, “duty” means the duty of excise charged by section 8(1) or (2) of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 . Relief 2 Relief from duty is afforded as follows— a in the case of natural road fuel gas, £0.0181 a kilogram is remitted; and b in the case of any other road fuel gas, £0.0321 a kilogram is remitted. David Varney Paul Gray Two of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs 21st July 2006
INCOME TAX Citation, commencement, effect and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Registered Pension Schemes (Extension of Migrant Member Relief) Regulations 2006, shall come into force on 11th August 2006 and shall have effect in relation to all times on or after 6th April 2006. 2 In these Regulations— “ the Act ” means the Finance Act 2004; “block transfer” has the same meaning as it has in paragraph 22(6) of Schedule 36; “the receiving scheme” means the scheme referred to in the relevant provisions; “the relevant provisions” means paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 33 (meaning of relevant migrant member); and “Schedule” means a Schedule to the Act. References in relevant provisions treated as including references to other schemes 2 1 Paragraphs (2) to (4) prescribe circumstances in which references in the relevant provisions to the pension scheme are to be read as including other schemes. 2 The circumstance prescribed by this paragraph is that there has been a block transfer to the receiving scheme on or after 6th April 2006. In the circumstance prescribed by this paragraph, references in the relevant provisions to the pension scheme are to either the receiving scheme or to the scheme from which the block transfer takes place. 3 The circumstance prescribed by this paragraph is that there has been a series of transfers, all of which were block transfers from one overseas pension scheme to another and the last of which was a transfer to the receiving scheme occurring on or after 6th April 2006. In the circumstance prescribed by this paragraph, references in the relevant provisions to the pension scheme are to either the receiving scheme or to any of the overseas pension schemes from which a block transfer, which forms part of the series, has taken place. 4 The circumstance prescribed by this paragraph is that— a under the rules of a pension scheme (“the original scheme”) on and after a specified date it is no longer possible for further accruals to occur; b a further pension scheme (“the new scheme”) has been established to provide benefits in respect of rights accruing to members of the original scheme after the specified date; c more than one member of the original scheme has become a member of the new scheme in relation to all rights accruing after the specified date; d rights do not accrue to any member of the new scheme after the specified date under the original scheme. In the circumstance prescribed by this paragraph references in the relevant provisions to the pension scheme are to either the new scheme or the original scheme. David Varney Mike Eland Two of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs 20th July 2006
environmental protection, england Citation, commencement and application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (Commencement No.3)(England) Order 2006. 2 In this Order “the 2005 Act ” means the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005. 3 This Order applies in England. Commencement of section 84 of the 2005 Act 2 Section 84 of the 2005 Act, to the extent that it is not already in force , shall come into force on 1st October 2006. Ben Bradshaw Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 23rd July 2006
ENERGY CONSERVATION, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 10th August 2006. Amendment of the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (England) Regulations 2005 2 1 The Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (England) Regulations 2005 are amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (1) of regulation 4 (persons who may apply for a grant), for “£15,050” substitute “£15,460”. 3 Omit the word “or” immediately preceding regulation 4(1)(e). 4 At the end of regulation 4(1), add— ; or f who has attained, or is living with a partner who has attained, the age of 60 and who does not qualify for a grant under any other provision of this regulation . 5 For paragraph (5) of regulation 4, substitute— 5 For the purposes of this regulation, “partner” means the spouse, civil partner or person with whom the applicant lives as husband or wife or as civil partner. . 6 At the beginning of regulation 5 (purposes for which a grant may be approved), insert— Subject to paragraph (4), . 7 After regulation 5(3) insert— 4 Where a works application has been entertained from a householder who qualifies under regulation 4(1)(f) the grant may be approved only for— a the purposes set out in paragraph (1)(e),(f),(j),(l) or (m) of this regulation; b the improvement to the energy efficiency of, or the replacing of any part of, a space heating system installed in the dwelling; or c the provision of a solid fuel heating system. . 8 In regulation 6 (grant maximum)— a in paragraph (a) after “paragraph (b)” add “or (c)”; b omit the word “or” immediately preceding paragraph (b); c at the end, add— ; or c where the applicant has qualified under regulation 4(1)(f), the amount properly charged for the works or £300, whichever is the less . Ian Pearson Minister of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 7th July 2006 We consent, Alan Campbell Frank Roy Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 18th July 2006