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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Highland Communities National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 17th February 1999. 2 In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Highland Communities National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 . Amendment of Article 3 of the principal Order 2 For article 3 of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following:– 3 1 The Trust is established for the purposes specified in section 12A(1) of the Act. 2 The Trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the Trust for one or more Health Boards) shall be:– a to own and manage under section 12A(1)(a) of the Act and to provide and manage under section 12A(1)(b) of the Act, the hospital establishments or facilities specified in the Schedule to this order and establishments associated with those hospitals, including any refurbishments and replacements thereof and including the management of the facilities provided at and from those establishments, and also including the management of any teaching and research facilities associated with these establishments and the support services related thereto; and b to acquire and dispose of land, buildings and other property whether referred to in the Schedule or not, which appears to the Trust to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of, or in connection with the carrying out of its functions referred to in paragraph (2)(a) of this article. . Sam Galbraith Minister for Health, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 15th February 1999
RIVER, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the River Tay Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st March 1999. Specification of baits and lures 2 Natural prawns and shrimps (whether fresh or preserved, dyed or natural colour) and any part thereof are hereby specified as baits and lures for the purposes of the definition of “rod and line” and section 24(1) of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act 1951 . Areas of application 3 These regulations shall apply to the River Tay Salmon Fishery District. Revocation 4 The River Tay Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures) Regulations 1992 are hereby revoked. G M Thomson Assistant Secretary, Scottish Office Pentland House, Edinburgh 17th February 1999
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating) Consequential Amendment Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 6th April 1999 immediately after the coming into force of the Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating and National Insurance Fund Payments) Order 1999 . Amendment of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979 2 In regulation 98 of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979 (modification of provisions of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 in relation to share fishermen) , in paragraph (c) (weekly rate of any Class 2 contributions payable by share fishermen) for “£7” substitute “£7.20”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Stephen C. Timms Minister of State, Department of Social Security 16th February 1999
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1999 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by a resolution of the House of Commons. Revenue support grant for 1999-2000 2 1 The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 1999-2000 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order. 2 The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order in respect of the financial year 1999-2000 shall be the amount determined in relation to that local authority set out in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority. Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 1999-2000 3 1 The distributable amount of non-domestic rate income arrived at under paragraph 9 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 in respect of the financial year 1999-2000 is £1,440,522,000. 2 The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 1999-2000 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order. 3 The amount of non-domestic rate income distributed to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order in respect of the financial year 1999-2000 shall be that part of the distributable amount for that year determined in relation to that local authority set out in column 3 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority. Revenue support grant for 1998-99 4 1 The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 1998-99 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order. 2 The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order in respect of the financial year 1998-99 shall be the amount redetermined in relation to that local authority set out in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority. Revocations 5 Article 2 of, and column 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1998 (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of financial year 1998-99) are hereby revoked. Donald Dewar One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 27th January 1999 We consent, Clive Betts Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 28th January 1999
INSOLVENCY Citation and commencement 1 These Rules may be cited as the Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 1999 and shall come into force on 22nd March 1999. Interpretation 2 In these Rules references to “the principal Rules” are to the Insolvency Rules 1986 and a Rule referred to by number means the Rule 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. Irvine of Lairg, C. 11th February 1999 I concur, on behalf of the Secretary of State Kim Howells Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 16th February 1999
ROAD TRAFFIC Citation and commencement 1 These regulations may be cited as the Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) (Admission of Community Licence Holders) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999. Amendment of the Road Traffic Act 1988: Community licence holders 2 1 The Road Traffic Act 1988 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5) below. 2 In section 125– a for subsection (3)(b) there shall be substituted– b he is the holder of– i a current licence to drive a motor car (not being a provisional licence) granted under Part III of this Act, ii a current licence to drive a motor car (not being a licence corresponding to a provisional licence) granted under the law in force in Northern Ireland, or iii a Community licence by which he is authorised to drive a motor car in Great Britain and a counterpart of that licence, ; b for subsection (3)(c)(ii), there shall be substituted– ii a current foreign licence, that is to say a document issued under the law of a country or territory other than an EEA State (within the meaning of Part III of this Act ), authorising the holder to drive a motor car in that country or territory. ; c after subsection (9), there shall be inserted– 10 In this Part of this Act, “Community licence” and “counterpart”, in relation to a Community licence, have the same meanings as in Part III of this Act. . 3 In section 125A(8), in the definition of “disabled person’s limited driving licence”– a in paragraph (a), the word “and” shall be omitted, and b after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted , and c a Community licence authorising the driving of a motor car which is similarly limited by virtue of any corresponding provision of the law under which it was issued and a counterpart of that licence; . 4 In sections 128(2)(a) and 130(2)(a), for the word “neither” there shall be substituted “none”. 5 In section 142, in the table, after the entry for “Appropriate motor car”, there shall be inserted– “Community licence” and “counterpart” in relation thereto Section 125(10) . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Larry Whitty Parliamentary Under Secretary, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 15th February 1999
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) Amendment Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 6th April 1999. Amendment of the Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) and Miscellaneous Amendment Regulatiosn 1994 2 In regulation 3 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) and Miscellaneous Amendment Regulations 1994 (determination of the amount of additional payment to which a small employer shall be entitled)– a for “6th April 1998” substitute “6th April 1999”; and b for “7 per cent.” substitute “5 per cent.”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Stephen C. Timms Minister of State, Department of Social Security 16th February 1999
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 1999 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. 2 The day hereby appointed for the purposes of section 2(2)(b) of the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (“the 1997 Act ”) is 24th February 2000, being not more than 12 months after the day on which this Order is made or more than five years after the day on which the 1997 Act was passed. 3 The Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 1998 is hereby revoked. Marjorie Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 25th February 1999
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations a reference to any regulation or Schedule by number alone means the regulation or Schedule so numbered in the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 . Transitional provisions 3 These Regulations apply to all proceedings in the Crown Court initiated by committal or otherwise on or after 1st April 1999, and the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 shall apply to all other proceedings as if these Regulations had not come into force. Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 4 In the Arrangement of Regulations, the following shall be inserted after the entry relating to regulation 54A:– Power to certify for attendance 54B . 5 The following shall be inserted after regulation 54A:– Power to certify for attendance 54B 1 A judge of the Crown Court shall have power to certify that attendance on the authorised advocate instructed in those proceedings is required for the whole or part of any hearing specified in regulation 6(5A) of the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989 . 2 In deciding whether attendance is required for the whole or any part of a hearing, the judge shall have regard to the following factors, in addition to any other factors which he considers to be relevant:– a on which days if any the attendance of a significant number of defence witnesses is likely to be required; b where the hearing is a trial, the amount of documentary evidence likely to be adduced on behalf of the defence; c the likelihood of the legally assisted person disrupting the proceedings if the authorised advocate were to appear alone; d whether the authorised advocate represents more than one legally assisted person; e on which days if any the authorised advocate is likely to require notes of the proceedings to be taken for the proper conduct of the defence. 3 An application for a certificate under paragraph (1) may be made at or at any time after the pleas and directions hearing or, if there is to be no pleas and directions hearing, at or at any time after the listing of the first hearing of the case; and in either case the application may be made orally or in writing. . Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor G.W. Hoon Minister of State, Lord Chancellor’s Department Dated 4th February 1999 We consent Bob Ainsworth Jane Kennedy Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 10th February 1999
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Benefits Up-rating (No. 2) Order 1999. 2 This Order shall come into force immediately after the coming into force of article 3 of the Social Security Up-rating Order 1999 (increase in rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act). Amendment to Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 2 In paragraph 11 of Part V of Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act (rates of industrial injuries benefit: widower’s pension), for the sum of £66.25 there shall be substituted the sum of £66.75. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Stephen C. Timms Minister of State, Department of Social Security 9th February 1999 We consent, Jane Kennedy Clive J. C. Betts Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 12th February 1999
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1999. 2 In this Order, “the 1998 Act ” means the Northern Ireland Act 1998. 2 1 A provision of the 1998 Act mentioned in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force, for the purpose of making appointments to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, on 15th February 1999 and for all other purposes on 1st March 1999. 2 A provision of the 1998 Act mentioned in column (1) of Part 2 of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 15th February 1999 for the purpose mentioned opposite thereto in column (2) of that Part. 3 A provision of the 1998 Act mentioned in Part 3 of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st March 1999. 4 Section 75(3)(a) and (d) of the 1998 Act shall come into force on 1st March 1999 for the purpose of making designations under either of those paragraphs of sub section (3) of that section. 5 A provision of the 1998 Act mentioned in Part 4 of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st June 1999. Paul Murphy Minister of State Northern Ireland Office 11th February 1999
EDUCATION, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Self-Governing Schools (Publication of Proposals for Discontinuance) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1999. Publication of proposals for discontinuance 2 1 For the purposes of section 31(2) of the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989, proposals for discontinuance of a self-governing school shall be published by– a causing to be inserted in a local newspaper circulating in the area served by the school a notice stating– i that proposals for discontinuance of the school have been submitted to the Secretary of State and that the proposals may be inspected at the places specified, being the places where they are deposited under sub-paragraph (b) below, during the period of two months beginning with the date of publication of the notice, and ii that representations may be made to the Secretary of State before the end of that period; and b depositing copies of the proposals on the date of publication of the notice– i at the school, and ii if the appropriate library authority have consented, in any public library within the area served by the school, and making them available there for reference on request during normal working hours on any working day during the said period of two months. 2 The board of management shall take all reasonable steps to obtain the consent referred to in paragraph (1)(b)(ii) above. Helen Liddell Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 8th February 1999
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE 1 This Order may be cited as the Export of Goods (Control) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 12th February 1999. 2 In Schedule 3 to the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994 , there shall be inserted after “Democratic Republic of the Congo”– Eritrea Ethiopia . A.J. Mantle An Official of the Department of Trade and Industry authorised to Act on behalf of the Secretary of State 11th February 1999
NATIONAL LOTTERY Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Apportionment of Money in the National Lottery Distribution Fund Order 1999 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Apportionment of Money in the National Lottery Distribution Fund 2 1 With effect from 15th February 1999 section 22(3) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (apportionment of money in Distribution Fund) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6) below. 2 In subsection (3)(a) (16⅔ per cent. to be allocated for expenditure on or connected with the arts) for “16⅔ per cent.” there shall be substituted “5 per cent.”. 3 In subsection (3)(b) (16⅔ per cent. to be allocated for expenditure on or connected with sport) for “16⅔ per cent.” there shall be substituted “5 per cent.”. 4 In subsection (3)(c) (16⅔ per cent. to be allocated for expenditure on or connected with the national heritage) for “16⅔ per cent.” there shall be substituted “5 per cent.”. 5 In subsection (3)(d) (16⅔ per cent. to be allocated for charitable expenditure) for “16⅔ per cent.” there shall be substituted “5 per cent.”. 6 In subsection (3)(f) (13⅓ per cent. to be allocated for expenditure on or connected with health, education or the environment) for “13⅓ per cent.” there shall be substituted “60 per cent.”. 3 1 With effect from 17th May 1999 section 22(3) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (apportionment of money in Distribution Fund) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6) below. 2 In subsection (3)(a) (5 per cent. to be allocated for expenditure on or connected with the arts) for “5 per cent.” there shall be substituted “16⅔ per cent.”. 3 In subsection (3)(b) (5 per cent. to be allocated for expenditure on or connected with sport) for “5 per cent.” there shall be substituted “16⅔ per cent.”. 4 In subsection (3)(c) (5 per cent. to be allocated for expenditure on or connected with the national heritage) for “5 per cent.” there shall be substituted “16⅔ per cent.”. 5 In subsection (3)(d) (5 per cent. to be allocated for charitable expenditure) for “5 per cent.” there shall be substituted “16⅔ per cent.”. 6 In subsection (3)(f) (60 per cent. to be allocated for expenditure on or connected with health, education or the environment) for “60 per cent.” there shall be substituted “13⅓ per cent.”. Chris Smith Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 14th February 1999
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Costs of Inquiries etc.) (Standard Daily Amount) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 15th March 1999. Application 2 1 These Regulations apply in relation to any person, other than a person described in paragraph (2) below, appointed by the Secretary of State to hold, or as one of the persons who are to hold, a qualifying inquiry opening on or after the date on which these Regulations come into force. 2 These Regulations do not apply in relation to any person who is appointed to conduct, or is appointed as one of the persons who are to conduct, an examination in public under section 35B(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act ”) and whose remuneration and travelling or subsistence allowances (if any) in respect of that appointment are to be paid as mentioned in subsection (7) of section 303A of the 1990 Act. Standard daily amount 3 The standard daily amount prescribed under section 303A(5) of the 1990 Act is £430. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Richard G. Caborn Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 5th February 1999 Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 10th February 1999
COUNCIL TAX, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax (Demand Notices) (Wales) (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 11th March 1999. 2 In these Regulations– “the principal Regulations ” means the Council Tax (Demand Notices) (Wales) Regulations 1993 ; “demand notice” has the same meaning as in the principal Regulations; and “the relevant year” has the same meaning in relation to a demand notice, as in the principal Regulations. Transitional provision for the financial year beginning in 1999 2 1 This regulation applies where the relevant year is the financial year beginning on 1st April 1999. 2 Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations shall have effect as if– a after paragraph 6(1) there were added the following sub-paragraphs– 1A Where the dwelling to which the notice relates is situated in a community area referred to in the Schedule to the Council Tax Reduction Scheme (Wales) Regulations 1999 , a statement as regards– a the relevant community area, and b the relevant valuation band, of the amount prescribed in the Schedule to the Council Tax Reduction Scheme (Wales) Regulations 1999. 1B In sub-paragraph (1A) above, “community area” and “the relevant valuation band” have the meanings given in the Council Tax Reduction Scheme (Wales) Regulations 1999 ; and b after paragraph 13 there were added the following paragraph– 13A As regards any case to which regulations made under section 13 of the 1992 Act apply so that the amount required to be paid under the notice is less than it would be apart from those regulations, a statement of the amount of the reduction. . 3 Part I of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations shall have effect as if– a after sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 6 there were added the following sub-paragraph– ba grant under section 88A of the Local Government Finance Act 1988; and b in paragraph 15(b), after paragraph (iii) there were added the following paragraph– iiia a person may be liable to pay an amount in respect of council tax which, by virtue of the provisions of the Council Tax Reduction Scheme (Wales) Regulations 1999, is less than the amount it would be apart from those Regulations; . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 15th February 1999