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ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 This Order may be cited as The A12 Trunk Road (Redbridge) Red Route Traffic Order 1996 Variation Order 1997, and shall come into force on 14th July 1997. Variations 2 The A12 Trunk Road (Redbridge) Red Route Traffic Order 1996 is varied in accordance with the following provisions of this Order. 3 In the table in Schedule 2B for the words “No items.” substitute the following item— 1. Eastern Avenue (A12)—north side, between a point 2.5 metres east of the party wall of Nos. 743 and 745 Eastern Avenue and a point 0.5 metres west of the party wall of Nos. 747 and 749 Eastern Avenue. 7am–7pm Monday–Saturday Inclusive 20 minutes 40 minutes 4 In the table in Schedule 3A a new item 3 is added as follows— Eastern Avenue (A12)—north side, between a point 0.5 metres west of the party wall of Nos. 747 and 749 and a point 6.5 metres west of the flank wall of No. 755 Eastern Avenue. 5 In the table in Schedule 4 for item 1 substitute the following item— Between a point 2.0 metres east of the party wall of Nos. 369 and 371 Eastern Avenue and a point 2.5 metres east of the party wall of Nos. 743 and 745 Eastern Avenue, including Gants Hill roundabout. 6 In the table in Schedule 4 after item 1 insert the following new item— Between a point 6.5 metres west of the flank wall of No. 755 Eastern Avenue and a point 1.0 metre east of the western wall of Nos. 153 and 169 Bawdsey Avenue. TRO 193 Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 2nd July 1997
ARMS AND AMMUNITION 1 This Order may be cited as the Firearms (Museums) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 28th July 1997. 2 A museum or similar institution of the following description is hereby specified for the purposes of paragraph 5 (2) of the Schedule to the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988, that is to say a museum or similar institution which is for the time being fully registered with the Museums and Galleries Commission . Alun Michael Minister of State Home Office 7th July 1997
SEA FISHERIES Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Third Country Fishing (Enforcement) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 4th July 1997. Amendment of the Third Country Fishing (Enforcement) Order 1997 2 The Schedule to the Third Country Fishing (Enforcement) Order 1997 shall be amended as follows: a in paragraph 1, in column 1, after the words “flying the flag of Norway” there shall be inserted the words “as amended by Council Regulation ( EC ) No 1131/97 ”; b in paragraph 2, in column 1, after the words “flying the flag of the Faroe Islands” there shall be inserted the words “as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1132/97 ”. Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 26th June 1997 Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 26th June 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 26th June 1997 Marjorie Mowlam Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 2nd July 1997
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Increase of Registration Limits) Order 1997 and shall come into force on the following dates— articles 1 and 2 1st December 1997 article 3 1st January 1998. 2 Schedule 1 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 shall be amended as follows— a in paragraphs 1(1)(a), 1(1)(b), 1(2)(a) and 1(2)(b) for “£48,000” there shall be substituted “£49,000”; and b in paragraphs 1(3), 4(1) and 4(2) for “£46,000” there shall be substituted “£47,000”. 3 Schedule 3 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 shall be amended in paragraphs 1(1), 1(2), 2(1)(a), 2(1)(b) and 2(2) by substituting “£49,000” for “£48,000”. Bob Ainsworth Graham Allen Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 2nd July 1997
INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Insurance Premium Tax (Taxable Insurance Contracts) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st October 1997 in relation to premiums received or treated as received on or after that date. 2 Paragraph 2 of Schedule 7A to the Finance Act 1994 shall be amended as follows— a in sub-paragraph (1) for the words “A contract falls” there shall be substituted “Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, a contract falls”; b after sub-paragraph (2) there shall be inserted— 3 A contract which would otherwise fall within this paragraph does not do so if it is for medical insurance. 4 Subject to sub-paragraph (5) below, for the purposes of this paragraph a contract is a contract for medical insurance if it provides one or more of the following benefits, whether or not their provision is subject to conditions or limitations— a medical, dental or optical, consultation, diagnosis or treatment; b alternative or complementary medical treatment or therapy; c convalescent care; d goods or services related to any of the above; e payment or reimbursement of, or a grant towards, the whole or part of the cost of any of the above; f payment of a specified sum for optical, dental or medical appointments; g payment of a specified sum for each specified period of treatment as a hospital in-patient; h payment of a specified sum for each specified period of convalescent care; or i payment of a specified sum, except one to which sub-paragraph (6) below applies, when a person is diagnosed as requiring or has undergone a specified medical procedure. 5 A benefit which would apart from this sub-paragraph fall within sub-paragraph (4) above shall not do so if, before he can become entitled to the benefit, the insured is required— a to be suffering from a disability which so impairs his ability to carry out normal activities of daily living that he requires long term care, supervision or assistance; and b to have been suffering from the disability for a continuous period of not less than 4 weeks. 6 This sub-paragraph applies to a payment of a specified sum if the contract under which it is payable provides that only one such payment in relation to each specified medical procedure will be made in respect of each person in relation to whom benefit is payable under the contract. . Bob Ainsworth Graham Allen Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 2nd July 1997
SEA FISHERIES Title and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Variation of the Fishing Boats (Specified Countries) Designation Order 1996 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement, application and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Disability Statements for Local Education Authorities) (England) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st August 1997. 2 These Regulations apply in relation to local education authorities in England. 3 In these Regulations “the authority” means the local education authority by whom the disability statement is published. Information to be contained in disability statements 2 Information contained in a disability statement about the provision of facilities for further education made by the authority in respect of disabled persons shall cover the following matters— a the policies of the authority relating to the provision of facilities for further education; b the names of, and the titles of posts held by, members of the staff of the authority with special responsibilities for disabled persons specifying in each case whether the member of the staff has such responsibilities in respect of all facilities for further education secured by the authority or in respect only of such facilities provided at particular institutions; c the names of, and the titles of the posts held by, members of the staff of the authority from whom information about admission arrangements can be obtained; d educational facilities and support provided by the authority specifically for disabled persons; e arrangements for handling complaints and (where applicable) appeals in respect of any of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (d) above or (f) and (g) below; f additional support or special arrangements during examinations and assessments; g physical access to educational and other facilities; and h any special arrangements made by the authority as to fees charged for the provision of further education (including special arrangements for the provision of such facilities without charge). Intervals at which disability statements must be published 3 1 The interval between the date on which these Regulations come into force and the date of publication by the authority of its first disability statement shall be such that the first disability statement is published by 15th December 1997. 2 The interval between publication of subsequent disability statements shall be such that each statement is published by 31st December in the year following the year in which the previous statement was required to be published. Andrew Smith Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 30th June 1997
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1997. Provisions coming into force on 1st July 1997 2 The following provisions of the Environment Act 1995 shall come into force on 1st July 1997— a section 60(3), (4), (5)(a) and (7); and b section 116 in so far as it relates to paragraph 2(4) of Schedule 21 except for the purposes of the application of the substituted section 222 of the Water Resources Act 1991 to Part II of that Act. Transitional provisions 3 1 Any application by the Crown for a consent for the purposes of section 88(1)(a) of the Water Resources Act 1991 made before 1st July 1997, and anything done before that date in relation to that application, shall be treated on and after that date as if it had been made or done under the relevant provisions of Schedule 10 to that Act or the Control of Pollution (Applications, Appeals and Registers) Regulations 1996 . 2 Where— a any application to which paragraph (1) above applies has not been finally disposed of before 1st July 1997; and b the application relates to discharges which are substantially the same as discharges lawfully made by the Crown before that date without a consent, the Environment Agency shall be deemed to have given unconditionally the consent applied for and the deemed consent shall continue in force until the application is finally disposed of. 3 An application shall be treated as finally disposed of for the purposes of paragraph (2) above— a on the date on which the Agency gives the consent applied for unconditionally or the application is withdrawn; b if the Agency gives its consent subject to conditions or refuses its consent, on the expiration of the time limit for appealing against that decision; or c if an appeal is duly made against the Agency’s decision, on the date on which that appeal is determined or withdrawn. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Angela Eagle Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 27th June 1997
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Education Act 1996 (Commencement No. 2 and Appointed Day) Order 1997. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Education Act 1996. 2 1 Section 528 of the Act in its application to England shall come into force on 1st August 1997. 2 The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 1st September 1997— Section 8. Section 348. Part II of Schedule 37 and section 582(1) so far as relating thereto. Part II of Schedule 38 and section 582(2) so far as relating thereto. 3 1st September 1997 is hereby appointed for the purposes of section 517(6) of the Act and that day is appointed for all the provisions referred to in that subsection and for all purposes. Andrew Smith Minister of State Department for Education and Employment 30th June 1997
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Worcestershire Community Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 30th July 1997. 2 In this Order, “the first Trust” means the Worcester Royal Infirmary National Health Service Trust; “the second Trust” means the Worcestershire Community Healthcare National Health Service Trust; “the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by and agreed upon by the first Trust and the second Trust on 3rd June 1997, which schedule has been signed on behalf of both those NHS trusts. Transfer of trust property 2 On 30th July 1997 the trust property shall be transferred from the first Trust to the second Trust. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health. Alan Milburn Minister of State Department of Health 1st July 1997
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the North and East Devon Health Authority (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 30th July 1997. 2 In this Order— “the first Authority” means the Gloucestershire Health Authority; “the second Authority” means the North and East Devon Health Authority; “the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared, agreed upon and signed on behalf of the first Authority and the second Authority on 12th March 1997. Transfer of trust property 2 On 30th July 1997 the trust property shall be transferred from the first Authority to the second Authority. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn Minister of State Department of Health 1st July 1997
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Avon Health Authority (Transfers of Trust Property) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 30th July 1997. 2 In this Order:— “the Authority” means the Avon Health Authority; “the Schedule” means the Schedule to this Order; “the trust property” means, in the case of each NHS trust specified in column (1) of the Schedule, the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared, agreed upon and signed on behalf of the Authority and that NHS trust on the date specified in column (2) of the Schedule in relation to that NHS trust. Transfer of trust property 2 On 30th July 1997 the trust property which is trust property in relation to an NHS trust specified in the Schedule shall be transferred from the Authority to that NHS trust. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn Minister of State Department of Health 1st July 1997
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Change of Landlord) (Payment of Disposal Cost by Instalments) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 29th July 1997. 2 In regulation 3(3) of the Housing (Change of Landlord) (Payment of Disposal Cost by Instalments) Regulations 1990 (payment by instalments) for “7.18 per cent.” substitute “7.35 per cent.”. 3 The Housing (Change of Landlord) (Payment of Disposal Cost by Instalments) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 are revoked. 4 Regulations 2 and 3 do not apply in respect of any period before the date these Regulations come into force (notwithstanding that interest included in the amount of an instalment is paid on or after that date). Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 30th June 1997
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Cars) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 3rd July 1997. 2 The Value Added Tax (Cars) Order 1992 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order. 3 For article 8(2)(c) there shall be substituted— c a transaction except one relating to the transfer of the assets of a business or part of a business as a going concern which was treated by virtue of any Order made or having effect as if made under section 5(3) of the Act or under the corresponding provisions of the Manx Act as being neither a supply of goods nor a supply of services, . 4 After article 8(2)(c) there shall be inserted— d a transaction relating to the transfer of the assets of a business or part of a business as a going concern which was treated as neither a supply of goods nor a supply of services if the transferor took possession of the goods in any of the circumstances described in this paragraph. . Bob Ainsworth Graham Allen Two of the Lord Commissionersof Her Majesty’s Treasury 2nd July 1997
OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS 1 This order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 26th July 1997. 2 A safety zone is hereby established around each installation specified in column 1 of the Schedule hereto (being an installation stationed in waters to which subsection (7) of section 21 of the Act applies) having a radius of five hundred metres from the point as respects that installation which has the co-ordinates of latitude and longitude according to European Datum (1950) specified in columns 2 and 3 of the Schedule. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Angela Eagle Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 5th July 1997
EDUCATION, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Grants for School Education (Early Intervention and Alternatives to Exclusion) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 25th July 1997. Grants for early intervention and alternatives to exclusion 2 The Secretary of State may pay to education authorities in accordance with these Regulations grants in respect of expenditure approved by him, incurred or to be incurred by the education authorities for or in connection with either of the following purposes:– a developing and implementing provision, directed at particular pupils, schools or areas, to improve the basic reading, writing or numeracy skills of pupils in primary schools; and b developing and implementing arrangements to enable pupils to continue to receive education in circumstances where they might otherwise be excluded from a school. Determination and payment of grants 3 1 Grants under these Regulations shall be of such amounts and paid at such rates and in respect of such periods as the Secretary of State may determine. 2 Grants under these Regulations may be paid as single payments or by instalments of such amounts and at such times as the Secretary of State may determine. Conditions for payment of grant 4 1 No payment of grant shall be made except in response to an application in writing from an education authority to the Secretary of State. 2 The Secretary of State may from time to time determine further conditions on the fulfilment of which the making of any payment in pursuance of these Regulations shall be dependent. 3 Where conditions have been determined in pursuance of paragraph (2) no grant shall be payable unless such conditions have either been fulfilled or been withdrawn in pursuance of paragraph (4). 4 The Secretary of State may determine to withdraw or, after consulting the education authority, vary conditions determined in pursuance of paragraph (2). Requirements relating to grants 5 1 An education authority to whom a payment of grant has been made shall, if so required by the Secretary of State, provide him with such further information as may be required to enable him to verify that any grant paid has been properly paid and applied under these Regulations. 2 An education authority to whom a payment of grant has been made shall comply with such requirements as may be determined by the Secretary of State in the case in question. 3 Requirements determined under paragraph (2) may include requirements as to– a the repayment of grant; b the payment to the Secretary of State of sums related to the value of assets acquired, provided or improved with the aid of grant; or c the payment of interest on sums due to the Secretary of State. Brian Wilson Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 30th June 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities Etc. (Allowances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st August 1997. Amendment of Regulations 2 The Local Authorities Etc. (Allowances) (Scotland) Regulations 1995 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5 below. 3 In regulation 20– a in paragraph (a), for “£22.30” there shall be substituted “£23.58”; and b in each of paragraphs (b) and (c), for “£44.60” there shall be substituted “£47.16”. 4 In regulation 21, for “£26.20” there shall be substituted “£27.70”. 5 In column (2) of Schedule 2– a for “6,000” there shall be substituted “6,344”; b for “5,500” there shall be substituted “5,815”; and c for “5,000” there shall be substituted “5,286”. Malcolm Chisholm Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 1st July 1997
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Horserace Betting Levy (Bookmakers' Committee) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 24th July 1997. 2 The Bookmakers' Committee shall consist of 12 members of whom— a 6 shall be appointed by the Betting Office Licensees Association Ltd; b 3 shall be appointed by the National Association of Bookmakers Ltd from amongst persons nominated for the purpose by associations for the time being affiliated to the National Association of Bookmakers Ltd; c 2 shall be appointed by the British Betting Office Association Ltd; and d 1 shall be appointed by the Scottish S. P. Bookmakers' Association. 3 The appointment of a member of the Committee shall be for a term of 3 years, but a person ceasing to be a member on the expiry of his term of office shall not on that account be ineligible for re-appointment. 4 A person may be removed at any time from membership of the Committee by the body by which he was appointed. 5 Where any vacancy occurs in the membership of the Committee, the body by which the person whose office has been vacated was appointed shall, as soon as practicable, make a fresh appointment to the Committee (that is to say an appointment for a term of 3 years). 6 The members of the Committee shall appoint one of their number to be the chairman of the Committee and, subject to his remaining a member of the Committee, he shall hold office as chairman for such period as they may determine and shall be eligible for re-appointment as such. 7 Seven members present (or such larger number of members as the Committee may from time to time determine) shall be a quorum at any meeting of the Committee. 8 The Horserace Betting Levy (Bookmakers' Committee) Regulations 1982 are hereby revoked. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 26th June 1997
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Title and Commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the International Monetary Fund (Limit on Lending) Order 1997 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Increase in Limit on Lending 2 The limit on lending imposed by section 2(1) of the 1979 Act is hereby raised to 2,577 million special drawings rights. Jon Owen Jones Graham Allen Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 26th June 1997
COAL INDUSTRY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as The British Coal Corporation (Change of Quorum) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997. Amendment to the Coal Industry Nationalisation (National Coal Board) Regulations 1946 2 In regulation 4 (Quorum) of the Coal Industry Nationalisation (National Coal Board) Regulations 1946 :— for the word “three” there shall be substituted “two”. John Battle, Minister of State for Science, Energy and Industry, Department of Trade and Industry 25th June 1997
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (Commencement) (No. 1) Order 1997. 2 Paragraphs 14 and 19 of Schedule 1 to the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 shall come into force on 25th June 1997. Joyce Quinn Minister of State Home Office 23rd June 1997