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COUNCIL TAX, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 1999, and shall come into force on 30th November 1999. 2 These Regulations extend to England only. Amendment of Regulations 2 1 The Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 1992 (“the 1992 Regulations ”) shall be amended as follows. 2 In regulation 4(3)(a), after the word “dwelling”, insert “listed in any of the valuation bands B to H”. 3 After regulation 5, insert the following— Band A dwellings: reductions for disability 5A 1 For the purposes of regulations 3 and 5, dwellings listed in band A (excluding dwellings which are to be treated as listed in that band by virtue of the provisions of regulation 4(3) of these Regulations) in respect of which a reduced amount of council tax is payable pursuant to the Council Tax (Reductions for Disabilities) Regulations 1992 shall be treated as if they were listed in a band additional to those set out in section 5. 2 In respect of the additional band, F in regulation 5(1) shall be 5. . Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 22nd November 1999
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE 1 This Order may be cited as the Free Zone (Liverpool) Designation (Variation) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 30th November 1999. 2 The area designated a free zone by the Free Zone (Liverpool) Designation Order 1991 shall be varied so as to consist of an area of 337.01 hectares in the County of Merseyside, comprising 77.87 hectares in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and 259.14 hectares in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, shown enclosed by a red line on maps (being of a scale of 1:2500), entitled Freeport Docks Plan Sheet No. 10 and Freeport Docks Plan Sheet No. 11 respectively, signed by a Collector of Customs and Excise and dated 2nd January 1998. 3 The maps referred to in article 2 above shall be kept by the Commissioners at their Headquarters, New King’s Beam House, 22 Upper Ground, London SE1 9PJ (and copies thereof at the offices of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company) in substitution for the maps referred to in article 2 of the Free Zone (Liverpool) Designation Order 1991. Bob Ainsworth David Jamieson Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 19th November 1999
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Petty Sessions Areas (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st January 2000. Petty sessions areas 2 In Part I of the Schedule to the Petty Sessions Areas Order 1999 — a for the entries in column 1 opposite the entry “BEDFORDSHIRE” in column 2 there shall be substituted— Bedford and Mid Bedfordshire Luton and South Bedfordshire ; b for the entries in column 1 opposite the entry “ESSEX” in column 2 there shall be substituted— Mid-North Essex Mid-South Essex North-East Essex North-West Essex South-East Essex South-West Essex ; c for the entries in column 1 opposite the entry “KENT” in column 2 there shall be substituted— Canterbury and St. Augustine Channel Dartford and Gravesham Faversham and Sittingbourne Medway Mid Kent Thanet West Kent ; d for the entries in column 1 opposite the entry “STAFFORDSHIRE” in column 2 there shall be substituted— Burton upon Trent Cannock and Seisdon Lichfield and Tamworth Mid Staffordshire and Rugeley North Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent ; e for the entries in column 1 opposite the entry “WILTSHIRE” in column 2 there shall be substituted— North West Wiltshire South East Wiltshire Swindon . Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor Jane Kennedy Parliamentary Secretary Lord Chancellor’s Department Dated 1st December 1999
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Special Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st January 2000. 2 The Value Added Tax (Special Provisions) Order 1995 shall be amended as follows. 3 In article 2: a for the definition of “collectors' items” there shall be substituted– “collectors' items” means any collection or collector’s piece falling within section 21(5) of the Act but excluding investment gold coins within the meaning of Note 1(b) and (c) to Group 15 of Schedule 9 to the Act; b for the definition of “works of art” there shall be substituted– “work of art” has the same meaning as in section 21 of the Act. . 4 For article 13(3) there shall be substituted– 3 The total profit margin for a prescribed accounting period shall be the amount (if any) by which the total selling price calculated in accordance with paragraph (4) below, exceeds the total purchase price calculated in accordance with paragraph (5) below. . Bob Ainsworth David Jamieson Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 19th November 1999
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Treatment of Transactions) (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st January 2000. 2 The Value Added Tax (Treatment of Transactions) Order 1995 shall be amended as follows. 3 For article 2 there shall be substituted– 2 In this Order “work of art” has the same meaning as in section 21 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994. . Bob Ainsworth David Jamieson Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 19th November 1999
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Input Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st January 2000. 2 The Value Added Tax (Input Tax) Order 1992 shall be amended as follows. 3 In article 2: a for the definition of “collectors' items” there shall be substituted– “collectors' items” means any collection or collector’s piece falling within section 21(5) of the Act but excluding investment gold coins within the meaning of Note 1(b) and (c) to Group 15 of Schedule 9 to the Act; b for the definition of “works of art” there shall be substituted– “work of art” has the same meaning as in section 21 of the Act. . Bob Ainsworth David Jamieson Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 19th November 1999
DISTRESS, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Rules may be cited as the Distress for Rent (Amendment) (No. 3) Rules 1999 and shall come into force: a as to rule 2(b), on 31st January 2000; and b as to the remainder of these Rules, on 20th December 1999. Amendments to Distress for Rent Rules 1988 2 The following entries in Appendix 3 to the Distress for Rent Rules 1988 shall be deleted: a the entry relating to Bridgwater; and b the entries relating to Grays Thurrock and Great Yarmouth. Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor Jane Kennedy Parliamentary Secretary Lord Chancellor’s Department 26th November 1999
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Importation of Investment Gold) Relief Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st January 2000. 2 In this Order– “Investment gold” has the same meaning as in Group 15 of Schedule 9 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994. 3 VAT shall not be chargeable on the importation of investment gold .... Bob Ainsworth David Jamieson Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 19th November 1999
SUPREME COURT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 1999 and shall come into force: a as to articles 3 and 4(3), on 31st January 2000; and b as to the remainder of this Order, on 20th December 1999. 2 In this Order, a Schedule referred to by number alone means the Schedule so numbered in the Civil Courts Order 1983 . Amendments to the Civil Courts Order 1983 2 In Schedules 1 and 3 the entry relating to Bridgwater shall be deleted . 3 1 In Schedule 1: a in the entry relating to Romford, “Grays Thurrock” shall be deleted from the second column; b the entry relating to Great Yarmouth shall be deleted. 2 In Schedule 3: a the entries relating to Grays Thurrock and Great Yarmouth shall be deleted; b in column 4 of the entry relating to Lowestoft, for “Great Yarmouth” there shall be substituted “Norwich”. Transitional provisions in relation to Admiralty proceedings 4 1 Article 5 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1999 shall continue to have effect, subject to the following paragraphs of this article. 2 Bristol County Court shall have jurisdiction in respect of Admiralty proceedings which were commenced in or transferred to Bridgwater County Court before 26th April 1999, and are in existence in Bridgwater County Court immediately before this paragraph comes into force. 3 Lowestoft County Court shall have jurisdiction in respect of Admiralty proceedings which were commenced in or transferred to Great Yarmouth County Court before 26th April 1999, and are in existence in Great Yarmouth County Court immediately before this paragraph comes into force. Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor Jane Kennedy Parliamentary Secretary Lord Chancellor’s Department 26th November 1999
TRANSPORT Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Docklands Light Railway (Lewisham Extension) (Exemptions) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 13th December 1999. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “the 1993 Act ” means the Railways Act 1993; “the Lewisham 1993 Act ” means the London Docklands Railway (Lewisham) Act 1993 ; “ DLR ” means Docklands Light Railway Limited; “the specified network” means the network constructed in consequence of the making of any of the works authorised by section 4 of the Lewisham 1993 Act; “specified station” means any station, or part of a station, constructed as part of the specified network pursuant to powers conferred by the Lewisham Act 1993 and from which no regular scheduled railway passenger services are provided by any person other than DLR. Franchise exemption 3 Exemption from designation under section 23(1) of the 1993 Act (designation of passenger services as eligible for franchising) is granted to DLR in respect of every railway passenger service provided by DLR on the specified network. Disapplication of closure provisions 4 1 Every railway passenger service provided by DLR on the specified network is hereby designated as a service in relation to which section 37 of the 1993 Act (closure of non-franchised etc. passenger services) is not to have effect. 2 The specified network is hereby designated as a network in relation to which section 39 of the 1993 Act (closure of operational passenger networks) is not to have effect. 3 Every specified station is hereby designated as a station in relation to which section 41 of the 1993 Act (closure of railway facilities used in connection with passenger services) is not to have effect. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Gus MacDonald Minister for Transport, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 19th November 1999
TRANSPORT Citation and Commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Docklands Light Railway (Miscellaneous Closure Exemptions) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 13th December 1999. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Railways Act 1993; “the specified networks” means the networks consisting of— the stretch of railway line running for a distance of 400 metres (or thereabouts) northwards from a point 100 metres (or thereabouts) south of the southern end of West India Quay Station in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to the junction situated between that station and Westferry Station in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, and the stretch of railway line running for a distance of 245 metres (or thereabouts) northwards from a point 100 metres (or thereabouts) south of the southern end of West India Quay Station in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to the junction situated between that station and Poplar Station in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Disapplication of closure provisions 3 1 The specified networks are designated as networks in relation to which section 39 of the Act (closure of operational passenger networks) is not to have effect. 2 Pudding Mill Lane Station in the London Borough of Newham is designated as a station in relation to which section 41 of the Act (closure of railway facilities used in connection with passenger services) is not to have effect. Signed by authority of the Secretary of Statefor the Environment, Transport and the Regions Gus MacDonald Minister for Transport, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 19th November 1999
TRANSPORT Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Railways (Alternative Closure Procedure) (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 13th December 1999. 2 In this Order “the 1994 Order ” means the Railways (Alternative Closure Procedure) Order 1994 . Amendment of the 1994 Order 2 Article 2 of the 1994 Order shall be amended as follows— a the word “and” at the end of paragraph (i) shall be deleted; b at the end of paragraph (ii) there shall be inserted— and iii article 4(1) of the Docklands Light Railway (Lewisham Extension) (Exemptions) Order 1999 ; and c in the Schedule to the 1994 Order, at the end there shall be inserted— London Docklands Railway (Lewisham) Act 1993 . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment Transport and the Regions Gus MacDonald Minister for Transport, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 19th November 1999
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Terminal Markets) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st January 2000 and shall have effect in relation to supplies made on or after that date. 2 The Value Added Tax (Terminal Markets) Order 1973 shall be amended in accordance with articles 3 to 8 below. 3 In article 2(2) for “the London Gold Market” there shall be substituted “the London Bullion Market” and the words “the London Silver Market” shall be deleted. 4 After article 2(3) there shall be inserted— 4 Notwithstanding paragraph 3 above, for the purposes of this Order a person is to be regarded as being a member of the London Bullion Market only if that person is a member of the London Bullion Market Association. . 5 After article 2(4) there shall be inserted— 5 In this Order— “investment gold” has the same meaning as that expression has for the purposes of Group 15 of Schedule 9 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994; “ the Act ” means the Value Added Tax Act 1994. . 6 In article 3(1)(a) after the word “goods” there shall be inserted “, other than investment gold,”. 7 In article 3(1)(c) after the word “made” there shall be inserted “, or where a supply of a description falling within article 4 or 5 below is made,”. 8 After article 3 there shall be added— 4 Supplies between taxable persons which but for Note 4(a) to Group 15 of Schedule 9 to the Act (exemption for investment gold) would have fallen within that Group are hereby zero-rated. 5 Subject to articles 6 and 7 below, section 55(1) to (4) of the Act (customers to account for tax on supplies of gold) shall apply to any supply between taxable persons which but for Note 4(b) to Group 15 of Schedule 9 to the Act would have fallen within that Group. 6 Subject to article 7 below, where a taxable person who is not a member of the London Bullion Market Association makes or receives a supply falling within the description in article 5 is liable to be registered under Schedule 1 or under Schedule 3 to the Act solely by virtue of that supply or acquisition, paragraphs 5 to 8 of Schedule 1 or paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Act (notification of liability and registration) shall not apply. 7 Notwithstanding section 55(2) of the Act, where articles 5 and 6 above apply, it shall be for the London Bullion Market Association member, on the non-member’s behalf, to keep a record of the supplies and to pay to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise the net amount of VAT , and not for the person who is not a member. . Bob Ainsworth David Jamieson Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 19th November 1999
HEALTH AND SAFETY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st January 2000. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations" means the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 1994 . Amendments to the principal Regulations 3 In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations, in the definition of “approved classification and labelling guide", for the words “3rd edition" and “25th March 1997" there shall be substituted the words “Fourth edition" and “12th October 1999" respectively. 4 For regulation 4 of the principal Regulations, there shall be substituted the following regulation— 4 In these Regulations, the “approved supply list" means the document entitled “Information Approved for the Classification and Labelling of Substances and Preparations Dangerous for Supply (Fifth Edition)" approved by the Health and Safety Commission on 12th October 1999. . Transitional provisions 5 Until 1st July 2000, it shall be sufficient compliance with the requirements of the principal Regulations, if the requirements of those Regulations are complied with as in force immediately before these Regulations came into force. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Larry Whitty Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 23rd November 1999
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1999. 2 Section 4 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 and, to the extent that each of them is not already in force, the following provisions of that Act shall come into force on 1st December 1999— a section 3; b sections 5 and 6; c section 39; d section 55; and e paragraphs 8, 12(2), 13, 15 and 17 of Schedule 4. Jack Straw One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 17th November 1999
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on the fourteenth day after the day on which they are made. 2 In these Regulations, “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations ” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 . Part-time students 2 In regulation 11(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, for the words “pursuant to its arrangement with the Secretary of State (whether that arrangement is known as an Operating Agreement or by any other name)” there shall be substituted the words “, or a Chamber of Commerce, Training and Enterprise, under its contractual arrangement with the Secretary of State”. Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as available for employment 3 In regulation 14(1) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, after sub-paragraph (n) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph— o if i he is available for employment, or is treated as such, on the day he makes his claim for a jobseeker’s allowance; and ii the Secretary of State has directed that the prescribed time for claiming a jobseeker’s allowance be extended under regulation 19(6) of the Claims and Payments Regulations where the circumstances specified in regulation 19(7)(d) of those Regulations applied in relation to an entitlement to incapacity benefit or an entitlement to income support by virtue of paragraph 7 of Schedule 1B to the Income Support Regulations , for the period of that extension. Actively seeking employment in the period at the beginning of a claim 4 In regulation 18A(1) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, after the words “in any case” there shall be inserted the words “, other than a case which falls within regulation 19(1)(i) or (s),”. Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as actively seeking employment 5 1 Regulation 19(1) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 After sub-paragraph (h) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph— i for any period if he is treated as available for employment to any extent in that period under regulation 14(1)(h); . 3 After sub-paragraph (r) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph— s for any period if he is treated as available for employment to any extent in that period under regulation 14(l)(o). . Tessa Jowell Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 16th November 1999
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND 1 This Order may be cited as the A13 Trunk Road (A112 Prince Regent Lane Junction Improvement, Trunk Road and Slip Roads) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 2nd December 1999. 2 In this Order— 1 all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway; 2 i “the main new road” means the new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct as part of the trunk road along the route described in Schedule 1 to this Order; ii “the new trunk roads” means the main new road and the slip roads; iii “the plan” means the plan numbered HA 10/PS/226, marked “The A13 Trunk Road (A112 Prince Regent Lane Junction Improvement, Trunk Road and Slip Roads) Order 1999”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions deposited at the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Zone 2/c8 Ashdown House, Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE; iv “the slip roads” means the new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the routes described in Schedule 2 to this Order and which connect the main new road with other highways at the places stated in that Schedule; and v “the trunk road” means the part of the A13 Trunk Road known as Newham Way. 3 The main new road and the slip roads shall become trunk roads from the date when this Order comes into force. 4 The centre line of each of the new trunk roads is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan. 5 The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of any of the new trunk roads that— a where the highway is maintainable at the public expense by a local highway authority, the part in question shall be maintained by that authority, and b where the highway is not so maintainable and is not maintainable under a special enactment or by reason of tenure, enclosure or prescription, the Secretary of State shall be under no duty to maintain the part in question, until, in either case, a date to be specified in a notice given by the Secretary of State to the highway authority for that highway. The date specified will not be later than the date on which the relevant route is opened for traffic. Signed by authority of the Secretary of Statefor the Environment, Transport and the Regions J Boud Divisional Director Highways Agency 17th November 1999
FINANCIAL SERVICES 1 This Order may be cited as the Financial Services Act 1986 (Exemption) Order 1999 and shall come into force on registration of the memorandum and articles of association of CDC Group plc in accordance with section 4 of the Commonwealth Development Corporation Act 1999 . 2 In the Financial Services Act 1986 (Miscellaneous Exemptions) Order 1995 for article 3 there shall be substituted the following— 3 CDC Group plc shall be an exempted person. Jim Dowd Gordon Brown Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 17th November 1999
HOUSING, WALES Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Home Repair Assistance (Extension) (Wales) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 17th November 1999. 2 These Regulations extend to Wales only. Extension of home repair assistance 2 The availability of home repair assistance shall be extended by treating income-based jobseeker’s allowance as one of the benefits listed in subsection (1)(e) of section 77 (entitlement to home repair assistance) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996. Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998 Dafydd Elis Thomas The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly