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EDUCATION Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Schools (Expulsion of Pupils) (Appeal Tribunals) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 1st September 1998. Amendment of the Schools (Expulsion of Pupils) (Appeal Tribunals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 2 The Schools (Expulsion of Pupils) (Appeal Tribunals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 shall be amended as follows:— a in regulation 2 after the definition of “board” there shall be inserted the following: “expelling authority” has the same meaning as in Article 49(5) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986; ; b in Schedule 2, for paragraph 5 there shall be substituted the following: 5 An appeal tribunal shall give to the expelling authority and, in the case of a controlled school, the Board of Governors of the school, an opportunity to make written representations and shall give to a representative of the expelling authority and, in the case of a controlled school, a representative of the Board of Governors, an opportunity of appearing and making oral representations. ; and c in Schedule 2, for paragraph 7 there shall be substituted the following: 7 In considering the appeal, the appeal tribunal shall have regard in particular to— a any representations made to it under paragraph 4 or 5; b whether the procedures in relation to the expulsion of pupils from the school were properly followed; and c the interests of other pupils and teachers in the school. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on C. Jendoubi Assistant Secretary 21st July 1998.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Citation 1 This order may be cited as the Waste and Contaminated Land (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998. Appointed Day 2 The following provisions of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 shall come into operation on 17th September 1998— Article 1, Article 2(1), (2) (in so far as it relates to the definitions of “controlled waste”, “the Department”, “disposal”, “household waste” and “regulations”), (3), (7), (8), Article 5 (in so far as it relates to the definition of “broker”), Article 30, Article 44 (in so far as it relates to the Department), Article 48, Article 76, Articles 78 to 82, Paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 and Article 83(1) in so far as it relates to it, The following repeal in Schedule 6 and Article 83(2) in so far as it relates to it— Article 17 of the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on R. W. Rogers Assistant Secretary 14th August 1998.
HOUSING Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Regulation 2 of the Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 17th July 1998. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978 . Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations 2 In regulation 1(2) of the principal Regulations (interpretation) after the definition of “educational establishment” there shall be inserted the following definition— “entertainer” means a person who is employed as an actor, singer or musician, or in any similar performing capacity and “entertainment” shall be construed accordingly; . Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations 3 In Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (earners treated as employed earners)— a in paragraph 2( b ) in column (B) the words from “actor” to “other” shall be omitted; b after paragraph 5 there shall be added the following paragraphs— i in column (A)— 5A Employment as an entertainer, not being employment under a contract of service or in an office with emoluments chargeable to income tax under Schedule E. ; ii in column (B)— 5A Any person in employment described in paragraph 5A in column (A) whose remuneration in respect of that employment (disregarding any payment in kind) does not consist wholly or mainly of salary. . Amendment of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations 4 In Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (employments in respect of which persons are treated as secondary Class 1 contributors) after paragraph 7 there shall be added the following paragraphs— a in column (A)— 8 Employment as an entertainer (not being employment under a contract of service or in an office with emoluments chargeable to income tax under Schedule E) except where the earner is a person to whom paragraph 5A in column (B) of Schedule 1 to these Regulations applies. ; b in column (B)— 8 The person who has engaged the entertainer under a contract for services for the provision of the entertainment which constitutes that employment. . Expiry of Regulations 5 These Regulations shall cease to have effect on 1st February 1999, and on and after that date the principal Regulations shall have effect as if these Regulations had not come into operation. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 16th July 1998.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Citation, commencement, application and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meaning of special waste 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Certain radioactive waste to be special waste 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coding of consignments 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consignment notes: standard procedure 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consignment notes: cases in which pre-notification is not required 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consignment notes: procedure where pre-notification is not required 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consignment notes: carrier’s rounds 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consignment notes: removal of ships' waste to reception facilities 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consignment notes etc : duty of consignee not accepting delivery of a consignment 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consignment notes: provisions as to furnishing 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consignment notes: importers and exporters 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fees 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Registers 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Site records 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restrictions on mixing special waste 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Responsibilities of the Department 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inspections by the Department 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulations relating to the assessment of environmental effects 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Waste Collection and Disposal Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocations and savings 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
FISHERIES Title and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
GAME Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Game Birds Preservation Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 7th September 1998. Prohibition of sale for consumption of grouse 2 It shall not be lawful for any person to sell or purchase grouse for consumption in Northern Ireland or elsewhere by human beings or animals at any time from 7th September 1998 to 11th August 1999. Prohibition of killing or taking partridge, red-legged partridges and hen pheasants 3 It shall not be lawful for any person to kill or take partridge, red-legged partridges or hen pheasants at any time from 30th September 1998 to 30th September 1999 provided that the Department of the Environment may, where it is considered expedient so to do, grant exemption from the terms of this Article. Prohibition of sale for consumption of partridge, red-legged partridges and hen pheasants 4 It shall not be lawful for any person to sell or purchase partridge, red-legged partridges or hen pheasants for consumption in Northern Ireland or elsewhere by human beings or animals at any time from 30th September 1998 to 30th September 1999 except that a person who has been exempted under Article 3 to kill partridge, red-legged partridges or hen pheasants may sell them to a licensed game dealer. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on R. W. Rogers Assistant Secretary 17th August 1998.
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 3rd August 1998. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Assembly. Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2 For regulation 36A of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (suspension in identical cases) there shall be substituted the following regulation— 36A Where— a an appeal is pending against the decision given in a case (“the primary case”) by a Commissioner or a court; and b it appears to the Department that if the appeal were to be determined in a particular way an issue would arise whether the award in another case (“the secondary case”) ought to be revised, the Department may direct that payment of benefit under the award in the secondary case be suspended, in whole or in part, for as long as the appeal against the decision given in the primary case is pending. . Revocation 3 Regulation 3(9) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 is hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 2nd July 1998.
EMPLOYMENT Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Suspension from Work on Maternity Grounds (Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 16th August 1998. Specified provisions under the 1996 Order 2 Regulation 8(3) and regulation 9(2) of the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) Regulations 1997 are hereby specified for the purposes of Article 98(2) of the 1996 Order. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on G. I. O'Doherty Assistant Secretary 1st July 1998.
HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES Citation and commencement 1 This order may be cited as the Royal Group of Hospitals and Dental Hospital Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) (Amendment)Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 29th June 1998. Amendment to the Royal Group of Hospitals and Dental Hospital Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1992 2 For paragraph (1) of regulation 3 of the Royal Group of Hospitals and Dental Hospital Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order(Northern Ireland) 1992 there shall be substituted— 1 The trust is established for the purposes specified in Article 10(1) of the Order. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on Assistant Secretary 29th June 1998.
FOOD Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other amendments 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PENSIONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational Pension Schemes (Bank of England Act) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 29th July 1998. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Assembly. Amendment of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) Regulations 2 In regulation 1(2) of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (interpretation), in the definition of “reference banks”, in paragraph (a) the words “by the Bank of England” shall be omitted. Amendment of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Pensions Compensation Provisions) Regulations 3 In regulation 1(2) of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Pensions Compensation Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (interpretation), in the definition of “reference banks”, in paragraph (a) the words “by the Bank of England” shall be omitted. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 26th June 1998.
SEX DISCRIMINATION Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Sex Discrimination Code of Practice (Recruitment and Selection) (Appointed Day) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998. Code of Practice 2 The Department of Economic Development hereby appoints 3rd August 1998 as the day on which there shall come into effect the Code of Practice for Removing Sex Bias from Recruitment and Selection, issued by the Commission under Article 56A(5) of the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 on 22nd February 1995. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on G. I. O'Doherty Assistant Secretary 26th June 1998.
PENSIONS Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational Pension Schemes (Scheme Administration) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 22nd July 1998. Amendment of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Scheme Administration) Regulations 2 In regulation 3 of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Scheme Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (exemptions from the professional advisers' requirements) after paragraph (4) there shall be added the following paragraphs— 5 Subject to paragraph (6), where the trustees or managers of a scheme appoint a custodian on terms— a which allow the custodian to use the services of an appointed person; and b which— i in the case of a custodian appointed before the relevant date, set out in writing; or ii in the case of a custodian appointed on or after the relevant date, specify that, before taking up the appointment the custodian must disclose in writing to the trustees or managers, whether, and if so, the extent to which the custodian accepts liability in respect of functions exercised or exercisable on his behalf by an appointed person; and c which require that, immediately upon any subsequent change in the extent of the liability accepted by the custodian in respect of functions exercised or exercisable on his behalf by an appointed person, the custodian must disclose in writing to the trustees or managers whether and, if so, the extent to which his liability has changed, Article 47(3) shall not apply with respect to any reliance placed on the skill or judgement of the appointed person in the exercise of any of the functions given to the appointed person. 6 In a case where— a sub-paragraph ( b )(ii) of paragraph (5) applies; or b there has been a change of a kind mentioned in sub-paragraph ( c ) of that paragraph, Article 47(3) shall not be disapplied by virtue of that paragraph unless the custodian has made the disclosure required by that sub-paragraph ( b )(ii) or, as the case may be, that sub-paragraph ( c ). 7 In paragraphs (5) and (6)— “appointed person” means any person appointed by a custodian, or by any other person empowered by the terms of his own appointment to appoint another person, to exercise any of the functions given to the custodian; “custodian” means a person appointed by the trustees or managers to exercise any of the functions set out in regulation 2( c ) (custody of cash, securities, etc. ), and “relevant date” means 22nd July 1998. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 23rd June 1998.
DISABLED PERSONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Disability Discrimination (Abolition of District Advisory Committees) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 30th July 1998. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Repeal of section 17 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 2 Section 17 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 (district advisory committees) are hereby repealed. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on D. S. S. McAuley Assistant Secretary 25th June 1998.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Citation and commencement 1 These regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Competition in Functional Work) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 3rd August 1998. Amendment to provisions relating to specified dates 2 In Column 2 of the Schedule to the Local Government (Competition in Functional Work) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 , for “1st November 1998”, wherever it appears, there shall be substituted “1st November 1999”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on R. McMinnis Assistant Secretary 22nd June 1998.
HEALTH AND SAFETY 1 This Order may be cited as the Police (Health and Safety) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (Commencement) Order 1998. 2 The Police (Health and Safety) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 shall come into operation on 1st July 1998. Marjorie Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 26th June 1998
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 15th September 1998. Interpretation 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Provisions amended 3 1 For the definition of “the Community Recording Equipment Regulation” in each of the provisions specified in paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following definition— “the Community Recording Equipment Regulation” means Council Regulation ( EEC ) No. 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport as it has effect in accordance with— Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3314/90 ; Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3688/92 ; and Commission Regulation ( EC ) No. 2479/95 ; and as read with the Community Drivers' Hours and Recording Equipment (Exemptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 ; . 2 The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are— a Article 53 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 ; b regulation 2(1) of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989 ; and c regulation 2(1) of the Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 . 3 For the definition of “the Community Recording Equipment Regulation” in regulation 2(1) of the Community Drivers' Hours and Recording Equipment (Exemptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 there shall be substituted the following definition— “the Community Recording Equipment Regulation” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport as it has effect in accordance with— Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3314/90 ; Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3688/92 ; and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2479/95 . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on . John Ritchie Assistant Secretary 4th August 1998
SALARIES Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Salaries (Comptroller and Auditor General) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 11th September 1998. Revocation 2 The Salaries (Comptroller and Auditor General) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 is hereby revoked. Salary 3 The annual salary payable to the holder of the office of Comptroller and Auditor General shall be increased as follows— a from £80,930 to £85,767 from 1st April 1998, b from £85,767 to £87,028 from 1st December 1998. Marjorie Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 30th July 1998
EDUCATION Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Loans) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 1st August 1998. Amendment of the Education (Student Loans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 2 The Education (Student Loans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 shall be amended as follows— a in regulation 3(1), in the definition of “accelerated course” the words following the words “of two academic years' duration” shall be deleted; b in regulation 4, after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 4 For the purposes of paragraph (2)( a ) and Schedule 1 if a person withdraws from a designated course (“the first course”) provided by any institution with the agreement of that institution without completing the course and if, disregarding any intervening vacation, he immediately commences attending another designated course (‘the second course’) provided by the same or by a different institution the first day of the first course shall be regarded as the first day of the second course; or, as the case may be, as the first day of any subsequent course which the student has commenced attending in the same fashion. c in regulation 6, for each of the figures in Column (1) below wherever it appears in paragraphs (1) to (4) there shall be substituted the figure specified opposite thereto in Column (2)— Column (1) Column (2) £ £ 945 970 1,520 1,565 1,290 1,325 2,085 2,145 1,230 1,265 1,685 1,735 Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on Neill Jackson Assistant Secretary 24th July 1998.