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AGRICULTURE Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Fertilisers (Mammalian Meat and Bone Meal) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 20th April 1996. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations— “agricultural land” means land used or capable of use for the purposes of a trade or business in connection with agriculture; “agriculture” includes fruit growing, seed growing, dairy farming and livestock breeding and keeping, the use of land as grazing land, meadow land, osier land, the use of land for woodlands and horticulture (except the propagation of plants and the growing of plants within greenhouses and glass or plastic structures; and “mammalian meat and bone meal” means proteinaceous material derived from the whole or part of any dead mammal by a process of crushing, cooking and grinding. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Prohibition of mammalian meat and bone meal as or in fertiliser on agricultural land 3 1 A person shall not sell, or have in possession with a view to sale, for use as a fertiliser on agricultural land, any mammalian meat and bone meal or material derived from or containing mammalian meat and bone meal. 2 A person shall not use on agricultural land as a fertiliser any mammalian meat and bone meal or any material derived from or containing mammalian meat and bone meal. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on P. T. Toal Assistant Secretary 19th April 1996.
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 24th May 1996. Revaluation of earnings factors 2 The earnings factors relevant— a to the calculation— i of the additional pension in the rate of any long-term benefit, or ii of any guaranteed minimum pension, or b to any other calculation required under Part III of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (including that Part as modified by or under any other enactment), are directed to be increased for the tax years specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order by the percentage of their amount shown opposite those tax years in the second column of that Schedule. Rounding of fractional amounts 3 Where any earnings factor relevant to the calculation specified in Article 2( a )(i) of this Order, as increased in accordance with this Order, would not but for this Article be expressed as a whole number of pounds, it shall be so expressed by the rounding down of any fraction of a pound less than one half and the rounding up of any other fraction of a pound. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on W. G. Purdy Assistant Secretary 22nd April 1996.
MAGISTRATES' COURTS Citation and commencement 1 These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Children’s Evidence) (Notices of Transfer) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 8th April 1996. Interpretation 2 1 In these Rules— “ the Order ” means the Children’s Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and a reference to an Article or Schedule by number is a reference to the Article or Schedule so numbered in the Order; “notice of transfer” means a notice referred to in Article 4(1). 2 Any reference in these Rules to a form by number is a reference to that form so numbered in the Schedule to these Rules. Transfer in custody 3 Where a magistrates' court, in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1, orders a person to be kept in custody, a warrant of commitment in Form 1 shall be issued. Notification of enlargement of recognizance 4 Where a magistrates' court, in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 2(5)( b ) of Schedule 1 enlarges, in a surety’s absence, a recognizance conditioned in accordance with Article 47(1)( b ) or 48 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, the clerk of petty sessions shall notify the surety of the decision of the court and inform him that he is bound to secure that the person charged appears before the Crown Court. Documents to be sent to Crown Court 5 As soon as practicable and in any event within 7 days after a magistrates' court to which a notice of transfer has been given has discharged the functions reserved to it under Article 4(3), the clerk of petty sessions shall send to the chief clerk of the Crown Court— a the complaint, if it is in writing; b any recognizance entered into by any person in connection with the proceedings, together with a note of any enlargement thereof; c any documents or exhibits produced in evidence before the court which have been retained by him; d a copy of any criminal legal aid certificate granted by the court. Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 27th March 1996.
FOOD Title, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Beef (Emergency Control) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 29th March 1996. 2 In this Order— “the 1991 Order ” means the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991; and “meat” means any part of the carcase of an animal intended for human consumption. Prohibition of sale of meat from older bovine animals 2 1 A person shall not sell any meat derived from any bovine animal slaughtered after the commencement of this Order and which, at the time of slaughter, was more than 2½ years of age. 2 For the purposes of paragraph (1) the age of a bovine animal shall be ascertained— a in the first instance by reference to records kept in relation to that animal by the Department of Agriculture (in whatever form); or b where necessary, by dentition. Enforcement 3 This Order shall be enforced and executed by each district council within its district. Application of various provisions of the 1991 Order 4 The following provisions of the 1991 Order shall apply for the purposes of this Order as they apply for the purposes of the 1991 Order and, accordingly, any reference in those provisions to the 1991 Order shall be construed as a reference to this Order— a Articles 2(4) and 3 (extended meaning of “sale” etc ); b Article 4 (presumptions that food is intended for sale for human consumption); c Article 19 (offences due to fault of another person); d Article 20 (defence of due diligence); e Article 34 (obstruction etc of officers). Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on D. A. Baker Assistant Secretary 28th March 1996.
HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES Citation 1 This order may be cited as the Health and Personal Social Services (Amendment) (1995 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996. Appointed day 2 The day appointed for the coming into operation of Articles 3 and 4 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 for all remaining purposes shall be 29th March 1996. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on . Joan Dixon Assistant Secretary 27th March 1996
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Urban Clearways (Belfast) (No. 2) Order (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 10th June 1996. Amendment 2 The Schedule to the Urban Clearways (Belfast) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1981 shall be amended by— a the addition of the items specified in Schedule 1; b the substitution for the items relating to Andersonstown Road, Annadale Embankment, Belmont Road, Great Victoria Street, Ravenhill Road (from Ormeau Embankment/Dublin Street to Albert Bridge/Albertbridge Road) and Springfield Road of the items specified in Schedule 2. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on. T. Pearson Assistant Secretary 23rd April 1996
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 21st April 1996. 2 These Regulations shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant— a in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in arrears in accordance with paragraph 7(1)( a ) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations (date when change of circumstances is to take effect)— i from the first day of the benefit week which includes 28th April 1996, or ii if the claim for income support is for a period beginning after 28th April 1996, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after that date; b in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in advance in accordance with paragraph 7(1)( b ) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 28th April 1996, and for this purpose the expressions “claimant” and “benefit week” have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations (interpretation). 3 In these Regulations— “the Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 ; “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987. 4 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations 2 In Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations (housing costs) in paragraph 12(1)( a ) (the standard rate) for “8·00 per cent.” there shall be substituted “7·74 per cent.”. Revocations 3 1 Regulation 2( b ) of the Income Support (General) (Amendment and Transitional) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 is hereby revoked. 2 The Income Support (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 are hereby revoked save that those regulations shall continue to have effect until the first day of the benefit week having effect in relation to any particular claimant for the purposes of regulation 1(2) of these Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on W. G. Purdy Assistant Secretary 26th March 1996.
HEALTH AND SAFETY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Fees Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 20th May 1996. Amendment of the Road Traffic (Training of Drivers of Vehicles Carrying Dangerous Goods) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 2 In each of the regulations 6(2)( c ) and 6(5)( b ) of the Road Traffic (Training of Drivers of Vehicles Carrying Dangerous Goods) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 for the sum “£2·50” there shall be substituted “£2·70”. Amendment of the Notification of New Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 3 For Schedule 4 of the Notification of New Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 1. Amendment of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 4 The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 shall be amended to the extent specified in Schedule 2. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on . Philip B. Strong Assistant Secretary 15th April 1996
HOUSING Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Repairs Grants (Eligible Expense) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 1st May 1996. 2 In this Order— “ the Order ” means the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992; and “owner” has the meaning assigned to it by Section 2 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878 . Application 2 This Order applies to a repairs grant payable by the Executive towards the cost of works specified in a notice served in respect of a dwelling house under the Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878 where:— a the owner thereof (who also occupies it) makes an application for that grant in accordance with Schedule 3 to the Order; and b that notice is served; on or after the coming into operation of this Order. Specification of eligible expense 3 Except where the Department approves a higher eligible expense, the eligible expense for the purpose of a repairs grant shall be so much of the sum determined under paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 3 to the Order as does not exceed £500. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on . C. D. Doake Assistant Secretary 2nd April 1996
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 3rd June 1996. Amendment of the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985 2 For Schedule 7 to the Public Service Vehicles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985 there shall be substituted— SCHEDULE 7 Fees for Vehicle Licences (See Regulation 5(3) 9(2) and (3) and 12(1)) 1 Fee payable with initial application for a vehicle licence (see regulation 5(3)) a Taxi £32·00 b Bus £35·00 2 Fee payable with re-application for a vehicle licence (see regulation 9(2)) a Taxi £32·00 b Bus £35·00 3 Fee payable with re-application for a vehicle licence made within 21 days from the date of service of the notice of refusal (see regulation 9(3)) a Taxi £10·00 b Bus £11·00 4 Fee payable for a duplicate vehicle licence (see regulation 12(1)) a Taxi £9·00 b Bus £9·00 . Revocation 3 The Public Service Vehicles (Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on . Trevor Pearson Assistant Secretary 2nd April 1996 The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves these Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on J. G. Sullivan Assistant Secretary 2nd April 1996
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Testing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 3rd June 1996. Amendment of the Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 2 The Goods Vehicles (Testing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 shall be amended as follows— 1 In regulation 24(1) (computation of time), in the first line, for the words “Save in regulation 18(1)( d )” there shall be substituted “Save in regulations 13(4), 17(2), 18(1)( d )”. 2 In Schedule 1— a in Part I for “£21·00” there shall be substituted “£22·00”; and b in Part II for “£10·50” there shall be substituted “£11·00”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on. Trevor Pearson Assistant Secretary 2nd April 1996
HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES Citation and commencement 1 This order may be cited as the Foyle Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 25th March 1996. Amendment of the establishment order 2 1 The Foyle Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995 shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2). 2 For Article 4 (operational area of the trust) there shall be substituted— 4 The operational area of the trust shall be— a for the purposes of the statutory provisions specified in Part I of the Schedule, the local government districts of Derry, Limavady and the following wards in the local government district of Strabane, that is to say Artigarvan, Ballycolman, Dunnamanagh, East, Finn (with the exception of the following townlands, that is to say Ballyfolliard, Creevy Lower, Creevy Upper, Dunrevan, Erganagh, Inisclan, Listymore, Lurganboy, Priestsessagh, Tullydoortans and Tullywhisker), North, the following townlands in the ward of Plumbridge, that is to say Ballykerry and Meendamph, the wards of Sion Mills, Slievekirk, South, Victoria Bridge (with the exception of the following townlands, that is to say Ardstraw, Beagh, Brocklis, Carnkenny, Clady Blair, Clady Haliday, Fyfin, Glenglush, Kileen, Kilstrull, Kinkit, Knockiniller, Knockroe, Ligfordrum, Miltown, Skinboy, Stonewalls, Stoneyfalls, Tievenny and Urbalreagh), and West; b for the purposes of the statutory provisions specified in Part II of the Schedule, Northern Ireland. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on John McGrath Assistant Secretary 22nd March 1996
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation and commencement 1 These By-Laws may be cited as the Motor Hackney Carriages (Belfast) (Amendment) By-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 1st May 1996. By-Laws amended 2 For the entries relating to Donegall Square North and Donegall Square East in the Schedule to the Bye-Laws made in respect of Motor Hackney Carriages standing or plying for hire made by the Council of the County Borough of Belfast on 4th June 1951 there shall be substituted— DONEGALL SQUARE NORTH North Side: from a point 12.5m east of the east kerbline of Donegall Place for a distance of 30m in an easterly direction. Carriages shall stand in single line by the kerbline and parallel therewith, facing east 6 At any time DONEGALL SQUARE EAST East Side: from a point 7m south of the south kerbline of Chichester Street for a distance of 20m in a southerly direction. Carriages shall stand in single line by the kerbline and parallel therewith, facing south. 4 At any time b from a point 7m south of the south kerbline of Chichester Street for a distance of 20m in a southerly direction. Carriages shall stand in single line by the east kerbline of the island of Donegall Square East and parallel therewith, facing south. 4 At any time Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on . Trevor Pearson Assistant Secretary 19th March 1996
HEALTH AND SAFETY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Health and Safety (Medical Devices) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 29th April 1996. Amendment of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 2 In Schedule 1 to the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 after paragraph 21 there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 22 Council Directive 93/42/ EEC concerning medical devices (O.J. No. L169, 12.7.1993, p. 1). . Amendment of the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 3 In the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 for Schedule 1 there shall be substituted the following Schedule— SCHEDULE 1 Relevant Community Directives Regulation 4(3)( e ) 1 Council Directive 89/686/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment (O.J. No. L399 30.12.89, p. 18) as amended by Council Directive 93/95/EEC (O.J. No. L276, 9.11.93, p. 11) and Article 7 of Council Directive 93/68/EEC (O.J. No. L220, 30.8.93, p. 1). 2 Council Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices (O.J. No. L169, 12.7.93, p. 1). . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on Philip B. Strong Assistant Secretary 19th March 1996.
HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These regulations may be cited as the Dental Charges (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1996. 2 In these regulations “the principal regulations” means the Dental Charges Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989 . Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal regulations 2 In regulation 4(5) of the principal regulations (calculation of charges) for “£300·00” there shall be substituted “£325·00”. Revocation 3 Regulation 3 of the Health and Personal Social Services Dental Charges (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 is hereby revoked. Application of regulations 4 The amendment made by regulation 2 applies only in relation to the supply of any dental appliances or the provision of other dental services in pursuance of a contract or arrangement for the provision of general dental services made on or after 1st April 1996. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on Joan Dixon Assistant Secretary 15th March 1996. The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves the foregoing Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on J. G. Sullivan Assistant Secretary 15th March 1996.
MATRIMONIAL CAUSES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Matrimonial Causes Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1996. Interpretation 2 In this Order— a expressions used in the Matrimonial Causes Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981 , have the same meaning as in those Rules; b a rule referred to by number means the rule so numbered in the Matrimonial Causes Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981; c “the County Court Fees Order ” means the County Court Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 ; and d Schedules 1 and 2 mean Schedules 1 and 2 respectively to this Order. Revocation 3 The Orders specified in Schedule 2 are hereby revoked. Fees payable in all matrimonial proceedings 4 1 The fees set out in column 2 of Schedule 1 shall be payable in all matrimonial proceedings, whether in the High Court or a divorce county court, in respect of the items set out in column 1 of that Schedule. 2 If any question arises with regard to the payment of a fee, the proper officer or the chief clerk, as the case may be, may report the matter to the Lord Chancellor and obtain his directions thereon. 3 Where it appears to the Lord Chancellor that the payment of any fee specified in Schedule 1 would, owing to the exceptional circumstances of the particular case, involve undue hardship, he may reduce or remit the fee in that case. Manner in which fees are to be taken 5 1 Subject to Article 7 the fees prescribed in Schedule 1 shall be taken in cash. 2 Payment of the appropriate court fee shall be endorsed on the relevant document (that is, the document indicated in column 3 of Schedule 1 by mechanical means or, where this means is not available, the person to whom the fee is paid shall endorse the relevant document by writing thereon the amount and date of payment and shall sign the endorsement. 3 Where fees are payable under this Order in respect of any item and there is no document in reference to that item on which an endorsement can be made, the person requesting the action to which the item relates shall make the request by a requisition or note in writing which shall be endorsed as to payment of the appropriate fee in accordance with paragraph (2). Application of fees 6 All fees received by virtue of Schedule 1 shall, unless otherwise appropriated in aid, be paid into the Consolidated Fund. Disapplication of county court fees 7 Fees numbered 5, 14, 17, 21, 23, 26 and 27 in Section 1 of Schedule 1 to the County Court Fees Order shall not apply to matrimonial proceedings in a divorce county court. Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 11th March 1996 We concur Derek Conway Simon Burns Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 14th March 1996