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HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income-Related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003. 2 This regulation, regulation 2 and Schedule 1 shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant for income support from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 6th April 2003 and in this paragraph “benefit week” and “claimant” shall have the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations . 3 Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), regulation 3 and Schedule 2 shall come into operation on 1st April 2003. 4 Paragraphs 1, 7, 10, 11 and 12 of Schedule 2 and regulation 3 in so far as it relates to those paragraphs shall come into operation on 7th April 2003. 5 In a case where rent is or rates are payable at intervals of a week or any multiple thereof, paragraphs 2 to 6, 8 and 9 of Schedule 2 and regulation 3 in so far as it relates to those paragraphs shall come into operation on 7th April 2003. 6 This regulation, regulation 4 and Schedule 3 shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 6th April 2003 and in this paragraph “benefit week” shall have the same meaning as in regulation 1(2) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations . 7 In these Regulations– ... “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 ; “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 . 8 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. Amendment of the Income Support Regulations 2 The Income Support Regulations shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 1 and references in that Schedule to regulations and Schedules are to regulations of and Schedules to those Regulations. Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 4 The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 3 and references in that Schedule to regulations and Schedules are to regulations of and Schedules to those Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 2nd January 2003. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to regulation 3 of and Schedule 2 to the foregoing Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 2nd January 2003. N. Taylor Senior Officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
JUSTICE 1 This Order may be cited as the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (Amendment of section 46(1)) Order 2002 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. 2 1 Section 46(1) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (organisations subject to inspection by the Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland) shall be amended as follows. 2 At the end of paragraph (i) omit “and”. 3 After paragraph (j) insert– k the Northern Ireland Child Support Agency, l the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, m the Department of the Environment, n the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland, o the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, p the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, q the Royal Mail Group plc, and r the Northern Ireland Social Security Agency. . 3 In section 63(1) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (restriction on disclosure of information), after paragraph (c) there shall be inserted– ca for the purposes of an inspection of the Ombudsman carried out by the Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland under Part 3 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002; . Paul Murphy One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 19th December 2002
RATES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Making and levying of different rates 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation and saving 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SEEDS Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (Fees) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 29th January 2003. Fees 2 1 Subject to regulation 3 there shall be paid to the Department in respect of matters arising under the Regulations referred to in Schedules 1 to 6 the fees set out in Column (3) of each of those Schedules opposite the respective references to such matters in Column (1), and in accordance with Column (2), of each of those Schedules. 2 Paragraph (1) shall apply to matters listed in Column (1) of Schedules 1 to 6 arising in relation to breeder’s confirmations as it does to matters so listed arising in relation to official certificates. Exemption 3 The Department may exempt any person or class of persons, or persons generally, from compliance with any of the provisions of these Regulations and the exemptions may be made subject to conditions. Revocation 4 The Seeds (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 18th December 2002. D. Small A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves the foregoing Regulations in regard to the licensing fee for licensed testing establishments. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 18th December 2002. Jack Leyberry A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 24th February 2003. Amendment of the Social Security Administration Act 2 1 Section 103B of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (power to require information) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4) of this Article. 2 In subsection (2A) – a after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraph– aa the Director of National Savings; ; b for paragraph (c) there shall be substituted the following paragraph– c any insurer; ; c for paragraph (g) there shall be substituted the following paragraph– g any person who is the holder of a licence under Article 8(1) of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 which relates to the conveyance or supply of gas through pipes; ; and d for paragraph (h) there shall be substituted the following paragraph– h any person who is the holder of a licence under Article 10(1) of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 which relates to the transmission or supply of electricity; . 3 In subsection (7) – a for the definition of “bank” there shall be substituted the following definition– “bank” means– a person who has permission under Part IV of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to accept deposits; an EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(b) of Schedule 3 to that Act, which has permission under paragraph 15 of that Schedule (as a result of qualifying for authorisation under paragraph 12 of that Schedule) to accept deposits or other repayable funds from the public; or a person who does not require permission under that Act to accept deposits, in the course of his business in the United Kingdom; ; and b after the definition of “credit” there shall be inserted the following definition– “insurer” means– a person who has permission under Part IV of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to effect or carry out contracts of insurance; or an EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(d) of Schedule 3 to that Act, which has permission under paragraph 15 of that Schedule (as a result of qualifying for authorisation under paragraph 12 of that Schedule) to effect or carry out contracts of insurance; . 4 After subsection (7) there shall be added the following subsection– 7A The definitions of “bank” and “insurer” in subsection (7) above must be read with– a section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000; b any relevant order under that section; and c Schedule 2 to that Act. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 23rd December 2002. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Fraud (2001 Act) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Social Security Fraud Act (Northern Ireland) 2001. Appointed days 2 1 The day appointed for the coming into operation of section 1(4) and (9) of the Act (additional powers to obtain information)– a for the purpose only of authorising the making of an order, is 23rd December 2002; and b for all other purposes, is 24th February 2003. 2 The day appointed for the coming into operation of– a section 1(1) to (3) and (5) to (8) of the Act; b section 2 of the Act (electronic access to information); c section 4 of the Act (arrangements for payments in respect of information); and d the Schedule to the Act (repeals), and section 16 of the Act in so far as it relates to that Schedule, in so far as not already in operation, is 24th February 2003. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 20th December 2002. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
JUSTICE 1 This Order may be cited as the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2002. 2 Section 66 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (Display of Royal Arms at courts) shall come into operation on 6 January 2003. Paul Murphy One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 10th December 2002 9
ROAD AND RAILWAY TRANSPORT Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Road Service Licensing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 20th February 2003. Amendment of the Road Service Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989 2 In regulation 10 (exemptions from Part II of the Act) of the Road Service Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989 – a for the words “Part II of the Act shall not apply to”, there shall be substituted– Except where a person must obtain a road service licence for the use of a vehicle on a road in order to comply with Part II of the Act, Part II of the Act shall not apply to ; b in paragraphs (b) and (e), for “six persons” there shall be substituted “eight persons”; and c after paragraph (e), there shall be added– f the use of a vehicle which– i has a seating capacity for not more than eight persons in addition to the driver, and ii is licensed under Article 61 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 to carry passengers for hire (but not to stand or ply for hire). . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 8th January 2003. Wesley Shannon A senior officer of the Department of the Environment
LAND REGISTRATION Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Compulsory Registration of Title (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 1st May 2003. 2 In this Order “local government district” means a local government district constituted by the Local Government (Boundaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 1992 . Compulsory registration area 2 It is hereby declared that the local government districts listed in column (1) of the Schedule to the extent that they fall within the County or the County Borough specified opposite thereto in column (2) shall be compulsory registration areas for the purposes of entry 2 in Part I of Schedule 2 to the Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 from 1st May 2003. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 18th December 2002. D. Sterling A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
EDUCATION Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the principal Regulations 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HARBOURS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Londonderry Port and Harbour (Variation of Pilotage Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 17th February 2003. Extension of limits of jurisdiction for purposes of pilotage 2 1 The limits within which Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners shall have jurisdiction for the purposes of pilotage under Part I of the Pilotage Act 1987 shall include (in addition to the existing harbour) the area shown on the map bounded by– a a straight line drawn from reference point Latitude 55° 11.60 North, Longitude 006° 57.90 West (Magilligan Point) to reference point Latitude 55° 13.60 North, Longitude 006° 51.00 West (marked (b) on the map); b a straight line drawn from reference point Latitude 55° 13.60 North, Longitude 006° 51.00 West to reference point Latitude 55° 15.50 North, Longitude 006° 51.00 West (marked (c) on the map); c a straight line drawn from reference point Latitude 55° 15.50 North, Longitude 006° 51.00 West to reference point Latitude 55° 15.50 North, Longitude 006° 55.30 West (marked (d) on the map); d a straight line drawn from reference point Latitude 55° 15.50 North, Longitude 006° 55.30 West to reference point Latitude 55° 14.20 North, Longitude 006° 55.30 West (marked (e) on the map). 2 In this Article “harbour” means the harbour at Londonderry as described in section 57 of the Londonderry Port and Harbour Act 1854 . “The map” means the map marked “Londonderry Port and Harbour (Variation of Pilotage Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002” which has been signed and sealed with reference to this Order and deposited at the office of the Department for Regional Development, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Belfast BT2 8GB. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Regional Development on 18th December 2002. R. McMinnis A senior officer of the Department for Regional Development
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Fraud (2001 Act) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002. Appointed day 2 The day appointed for the coming into operation of section 3 of the Social Security Fraud Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (code of practice about use of information powers) is 19th December 2002. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 18th December 2002. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
AIRPORTS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Airports Byelaws (Designation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 3rd February 2003. Designation 2 The following airports are hereby designated for the purposes of Article 18 of the Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994, that is to say– a Belfast International Airport; and b Belfast City Airport. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Regional Development on 18th December 2002. R. McMinnis A senior officer of the Department for Regional Development
FAMILY LAW Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Child Support Appeals (Jurisdiction of Courts) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002. 2 Subject to paragraph (3), this Order shall come into operation on 28th January 2003. 3 This Order shall not have effect in relation to a particular type of case until the day on which section 10 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 comes into operation for the purposes of that type of case. 4 In this Order– a “ the Order ” means the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991; and b “ the Regulations ” means the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 . Revocation 2 The Child Support Appeals (Jurisdiction of Courts) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 is revoked. Parentage appeals 3 An appeal under Article 22 of the Order shall be made to a court of summary jurisdiction, rather than an appeal tribunal, in the circumstances mentioned in Article 4. 4 The circumstances are that– a the appeal will be an appeal under Article 22(1)(a) or (b) of the Order; b the decision to be appealed against includes a determination that a particular person (whether the applicant or some other person) either is, or is not, a parent of the qualifying child in question (“a parentage determination”); and c the ground of the appeal will be that the decision should not have included that parentage determination. 5 Regulations 31 and 32 of the Regulations shall apply to appeals made to a court of summary jurisdiction in accordance with this Order with the following modifications– a for the words “an appeal tribunal” and the words “a legally qualified panel member” there shall be substituted the words “a court of summary jurisdiction”; b for the words “the legally qualified panel member” there shall be substituted the words “the court”; and c in regulation 32(10) for the words “who determines an application under this regulation shall record a summary of his decision in such written form as has been approved by the President” there shall be substituted the words “shall record a summary of its decision in written form”. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 16th December 2002.
POLICE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These regulations may be cited as the Police (Recruitment) (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2002. 2 These regulations shall come into operation on 17th January 2003. 3 In these regulations “the recruitment regulations” means the Police (Recruitment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001 . Qualified candidate 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appointment of qualified candidate 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Police recruitment agent 4 In regulation 5 of the recruitment regulations (police recruitment agent) in paragraph (4) (Chief Constable to determine terms and conditions, with the approval of the Board) the words “with the approval of the Policing Board” shall be omitted. Advertising of vacancies 5 1 Regulation 6 of the recruitment regulations (advertising of vacancies) shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (1) (notice of vacancies to be published) for “trainee members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and trainee part time members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve” substitute “police trainees and police reserve trainees”. 3 In paragraph (2) (agent to have regard to recommendations of the Report of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland) for “to the recommendations contained in paragraph 15.8 of the Report of the Independent Commission” substitute– a in the case of vacancies for police trainees, to the recommendations contained in paragraph 15.8 of the Report of the Independent Commission; b in the case of vacancies for police reserve trainees, to the first of the two recommendations contained in that paragraph . Independent community observers 6 In regulation 10(3) of the recruitment regulations (reports by independent community observers)– a in sub-paragraph (b) (reports to deal with whether same procedures are being applied to all candidates) at the end there shall be added “for appointment as police trainees; and”; and b after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be added– c whether, so far as practical, the same procedures are being applied to all candidates for appointment as police reserve trainees. . Vetting panel 7 1 Regulation 12 of the recruitment regulations (vetting panel) shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (1) (function of vetting panel) after “decide” insert “, in any case which is referred to it,”. 3 After paragraph (1) insert– 1A No decision may be made that a candidate is unsuitable for appointment as a police trainee or police reserve trainee, except– a by the vetting panel, or b in accordance with regulation 13(7). . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Murphy One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 12th December 2002
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 30th April 2003. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 . Amendment of regulation 44 (audible warning instruments) 2 In regulation 44 of the principal Regulations– a in paragraph (2), after the words “other than a reversing alarm” there shall be inserted “, a boarding aid alarm”; b in paragraph (3), after the words “A reversing alarm” there shall be inserted “or a boarding aid alarm”; and c in paragraph (10) – i at the end of the definition of “reversing alarm” the word “and” shall be omitted, and ii at the end of the definition of “two-tone horn” there shall be inserted– ; and “boarding aid alarm” means an alarm for a power operated lift or ramp fitted to a bus to enable wheelchair users to board and alight and designed to warn persons that the lift or ramp is in operation. . Amendment of regulation 114 (use of audible warning instruments) 3 In regulation 114 of the principal Regulations– a in paragraph (2), at the end there shall be added “or in respect of the sounding of a boarding aid alarm”; and b in paragraph (3), after the words “on a road a reversing alarm” there shall be inserted “or a boarding aid alarm”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 23rd January 2003. Wesley Shannon A senior officer of the Department of the Environment
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations shall be cited as the Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 25th February 2003. Amendment to Schedule 19 2 In Part III of Schedule 19 to the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 for diagrams 1 to 5 there shall be substituted the diagrams set out in the Schedule. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 13th January 2003. Wesley Shannon A senior officer of the Department of the Environment
LIVESTOCK AND MEAT COMMISSION FOR NORTHERN IRELAND Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payment and Rates of levy 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Collection 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences and penalties 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .