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HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 1 This Act of Adjournal may be cited as the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment) 1999 and shall come into force on 1st March 1999. 2 This Act of Adjournal shall be inserted in the Books of Adjournal. Amendment of Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 2 In Schedule 2 (criminal procedure rules) to the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996 in Chapter 8 (the indictment), after role 8.1 insert the following rules. Further provision as respects extension of twelve months period for commencement of trial on indictment 8.1A Where all the parties join in an application to extend, by a specific length of time, the period mentioned in subsection (1) of section 65 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland)(Act) 1995 (that is to say, the period of twelve months within which a trial is to be commenced) the court may proceed, under subsection (3) of that section, to hear the parties without the attendance of an accused who has signed a minute, lodged with the Clerk of Justiciary or as the case may be with the sheriff clerk, consenting to the extension applied for; but the court shall not, on so hearing the parties, grant an extension which exceeds the extension applied for. Fresh indictment as alternative to serving notice fixing new trial diet 8.1B Where the court, under section 80(3) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (discharge of trial diet), has given leave to the prosecutor to serve a notice fixing a new trial diet, the prosecutor may if he thinks fit instead serve, under section 66 of that Act (service and lodging of indictment etc. ), a further indictment containing the same, or amended, charges; but the list of witnesses and list of productions lodged under subsection (5) of the said section 66 with the record copy of the further indictment shall not include any witness, or as the case may be any production, not included in either— a the lists copies of which were so lodged with the record copy of the indictment which was not brought to trial; or b a written notice which was timeously given to the accused under section 67(5) of that Act (provision for examining any witness or putting in evidence any production not included in the lists lodged) before leave was given to the prosecutor as mentioned above. . Rodger of Earlsferry Lord President I.P.D. Edinburgh, 7th January 1999
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Enfield London Borough Council) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 8th February 1999. Exemption of maintenance— of ground 2 The maintenance of ground by the council of the London borough of Enfield shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with the date on which this Order comes into force and ending immediately before 1st October 1999, at the following sites within the borough– a Forty Hall Park and Estate, Forty Hill, b Gough Park, Clay Hill, c Hillyfields, Browning Road, d Whitewebbs Park, Whitewebbs Road. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 12th January 1999
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Orkney Islands (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st February 1999. 2 This Order shall apply only for the purposes of elections to be held after 30th April 1999. Interpretation 2 In the Schedule to this Order– a a reference to– i an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and ii a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and b the following abbreviations are used:– “EW” for electoral ward; “NG Ref” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps. Electoral arrangements 3 The area of Orkney Islands Council shall be divided into 21 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order. Revocation 4 The Orkney Islands Area (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1992 is hereby revoked. Henry McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 15th January 1999
SEA FISHERIES Title and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Sea Fish (Specified Sea Area) (Regulation of Nets and Prohibition of Fishing Methods) (Variation) Order 1999, and shall come into force on 15th February 1999. Variation 2 1 The Sea Fish (Specified Sea Area) (Regulation of Nets and Prohibition of Fishing Methods) Order 1989 shall be varied in accordance with the following paragraphs of this article. 2 In paragraph (1)(a) of article 2 for the words “65 millimetres” there shall be substituted the words “71 millimetres”. 3 For paragraph (b) of article 3 there shall be substituted the following new paragraph: b The carriage of drift nets, beach seines, and ring nets or the use of such nets where they are attended in that area of sea bounded by a line beginning at the southernmost point of Portland Bill (002°27'18" west longitude); thence due south to 050°30'00" north latitude; thence due east to 000°47'06" west longitude; thence due north to the southernmost tip of Selsey Bill. . Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 12th January 1999 Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 14th January 1999 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 12th January 1999 Marjorie Mowlam Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 12th January 1999
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Shetland Islands Council (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st February 1999. 2 This Order shall apply only for the purposes of elections to be held after 30th April 1999. Interpretation 2 In the Schedule to this Order– a a reference to– i an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and ii a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and b the following abbreviations are used:– “EW” for electoral ward; “NG Ref” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps. Electoral arrangements 3 The area of Shetland Islands Council shall be divided into 22 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order. Revocation 4 The Shetland Islands Area (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1992 is hereby revoked. Henry McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 15th January 1999
ROAD TRAFFIC Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force— a for the purposes of regulation 4 and regulation 2 to the extent that it refers to that regulation, on 1st April 1999; b for the purposes of regulation 3 and regulation 2 to the extent that it refers to that regulation, on 6th April 1999; c for all other purposes, on 10th February 1999. Amendment of Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1996 2 The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1996 (“the Principal Regulations”) are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 6 below. 3 In regulation 31(1)(b) for “£15” there shall be substituted “£15.50”. 4 For the table in Part 1 of Schedule 3 (Table of licence fees) there shall be substituted the table in Schedule 1 below. 5 Subject to regulation 7 below, for the table in Schedule 5 (Fees for tests) there shall be substituted the table in Schedule 2 below. 6 After regulation 69 there shall be inserted— Examination by an officer of the Secretary of State 69A 1 There are prescribed for the purposes of section 94(5)(b)(ii) of the Traffic Act (examination of a licence applicant or holder by an officer of the Secretary of State) the following disabilities— a impairment of visual acuity or of the central or peripheral visual field; b a disability consisting of any one or more of the following— i the absence of one or more limbs, ii the deformity of one or more limbs, iii the loss of use of one or more limbs whether or not progressive in nature, and iv impairment of co-ordination of movement of the limbs or of co-ordination between a limb and the eye; c impairment of cognitive functions or behaviour. 2 In paragraph (1)(b), a reference to a limb includes a reference to part of a limb, and the reference to loss of use in relation to a limb includes a reference to impairment of limb movement, power or sensation. . Transitional provision 7 Regulation 5 shall not apply in the case of an application for an appointment for a practical or unitary test (as defined in the Principal Regulations) to be conducted on or before 3rd May 1999, in respect of which the provisions of the table in Schedule 5 to the Principal Regulations in force immediately before the making of these Regulations shall apply. 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 11th January 1999 We approve the making of these Regulations Bob Ainsworth Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 14th January 1999
CHARITIES 1 This Order may be cited as the Charities (Seamen’s Hospital Society) Order 1999 and shall come into force on the fourteenth day after the day on which it is made. 2 The Scheme set out in the Appendix to this Order shall have effect. Jack Straw One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 15th January 1999
BUILDING AND BUILDINGS Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Building Regulations (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999. Amendment of the Building Regulations 1991 2 The Building Regulations 1991 (“the Principal Regulations”) shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4 of these Regulations. Interpretation 3 In regulation 2(1), the definitions of “Construction Products Directive”, “European technical approval” and “harmonized standard” shall be omitted. 4 For regulation 7 there shall be substituted the following– Materials and workmanship 7 Building work shall be carried out– a with adequate and proper materials which– i are appropriate for the circumstances in which they are used, ii are adequately mixed or prepared, and iii are applied, used or fixed so as adequately to perform the functions for which they are designed; and b in a workmanlike manner. . Transitional provisions 5 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the Principal Regulations shall continue to apply to any building work as if these Regulations had not been made where– a before 1st April 1999 a building notice, an initial notice, an amendment notice or a public body’s notice has been given to, or full plans have been deposited with, a local authority in respect of the building work; and b that work is carried out thereafter in accordance with any such notice or plans, whether with or without any departure from such plans. 2 Where an initial notice given before 1st April 1999 is varied by an amendment notice given on or after that date, the Principal Regulations shall continue to apply as if these Regulations had not been made, to so much of the building work as could have been carried out under that initial notice if the amendment notice had not been given. 3 In this regulation, “building notice” and “building work” shall have the same meaning as in the Principal Regulations. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Nick Raynsford Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 18th January 1999
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing Renewal Grants (Common Parts) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 10th February 1999. Occupying tenants 2 For the purposes of section 14(2)(d) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (common parts grants: occupation of flats by occupying tenants), a condition is specified in relation to a tenancy that it is for a term of years absolute of which not less than five years remain unexpired at the date of the application. Application 3 This Order shall not apply in relation to applications made before this Order comes into force. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 12th January 1999 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 14th January 1999
OPTICIANS This Order may be cited as the General Optical Council (Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules)—Order of Council 1999. A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Sandwell Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 25th January 1999. Amendment of NHS trust Establishment Order 2 For article 3 of the Sandwell Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1994 (functions of the trust) there shall be substituted the following article— Nature and functions of the trust 3 1 The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the Act. 2 The trust’s functions shall be— a to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act Sandwell District General Hospital, Lyndon, West Bromwich B71 4HJ and associated hospitals and there to provide and manage hospital accommodation and services and community health services; b to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act premises at:— i Neptune Health Park, Sedgley Road, West Tipton, ii Hateley Heath Family Education and Training Centre, Huntingdon Road, Hateley Heath, West Bromwich B17 2RP, iii Parkside Centre, Corbett Street, Smethwick, and iv Asian Sheltered Accommodation, Fenton Street, Smethwick, and there to provide community health services.. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health. John Denham Minister of State, Department of Health 13th January 1999
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) (Second General System) (Amendment) Regulations 1999. 2 These Regulations shall come into force on 12th February 1999. 3 In these regulations, references to the “principal Regulations” are references to the European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) (Second General System) Regulations 1996 . Amendment of principal Regulations 2 1 The principal Regulations are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (7) below. 2 In Regulation 25, a after paragraph (2) there is inserted the following: 2A A migrant who has a right of appeal under this regulation and, in respect of the same issue, a right of appeal under any law, regulation or administrative provision or, as the case may be, rules governing a profession or professional association may not exercise the two rights separately but may take advantage of whichever right of appeal is, in any respect, the more favourable to him. ; b in paragraph (4), after “sheriff courts,” there is inserted the following: but subject always to paragraph (4B), below, ; and c after paragraph (4) there is inserted the following: 4B In the case of a migrant exercising the composite right described in paragraph (2A) above, the rules of procedure governing the hearing and determination of the appeal shall apply subject to any modification necessary to give effect to the more favourable provision. . 3 The list set out in Schedule 1 to these regulations is substituted for the list set out in Part III of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations. 4 The lists set out in Parts I and II of Schedule 2 to these regulations are substituted for the lists set out in Parts I and II, respectively, of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations. 5 The list set out in Schedule 3 to these regulations is substituted for the list set out in Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations. 6 In the list of training in Part II of Schedule 5 to the principal Regulations, which lists certain United Kingdom courses accredited as National Vocational Qualifications or Scottish Vocational Qualifications, after the entry for “engineer officer–freight/passenger ships–unlimited trading area” there shall be added, on a new line “–trade mark agent”. 7 The list set out in Schedule 4 to these regulations is substituted for the list set out in Schedule 7 to the principal Regulations. Signed by order of the Secretary of State. Tessa Blackstone Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 13th January 1999
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Government of Wales Act 1998 (Housing) (Amendments) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 15th January 1999. Consequential amendments 2 The enactments referred to in the Schedule have effect with the amendments specified therein. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 13th January 1999
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Warrington Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 25th January 1999. Amendment of Establishment Order 2 For article 3 of the Warrington Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 (nature and functions of the trust) there shall be substituted the following article:— Nature and functions of the trust 3 1 The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1)(b) of the Act. 2 The trust’s functions shall be to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act— a Warrington District Hospital, Lovely Lane, Warrington, Cheshire WA5 1QG; b Highfield Hospital, Highfield Road, Widnes, Cheshire WA7 3JA; and other associated hospitals, establishments and facilities in the area of North Cheshire Health Authority, and from there to provide and manage Hospital Accommodation and Services. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health John Denham Minister of State, Department of Health 12th January 1999
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Durham County Priority Services National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 25th January 1999. 2 In this Order— “ the Order ” means the Durham County Priority Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1998 ; “ the trust ” means the National Health Service trust established by the Order. Change of name of NHS trust 2 The trust shall be called the County Durham and Darlington Priority Services National Health Service Trust instead of the Durham County Priority Services National Health Service Trust, and accordingly in Article 1 of the Order in the definition of “the trust”, and in Article 2 of the Order, for the words “Durham County” there shall be substituted the words “County Durham and Darlington”. Transitional provisions 3 The change of name under this Order shall not— a affect any right or obligation of any person; or b be taken as invalidating any instrument (whether made before, on or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the trust by its previous name; and all instruments and other documents which refer to the trust under its previous name shall be construed as referring to it under its new name. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health. John Denham Minister of State, Department of Health 13th January 1999
HEALTH AND SAFETY Citation, commencement and extent 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application to Environmentally Hazardous Substances) Regulations 1996 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 This Order may be cited as The A40 Trunk Road (Ealing) Red Route Traffic Order 1995 Variation Order 1999, and shall come into force on 25th January 1999. Variations 2 The A40 Trunk Road (Ealing) Red Route Traffic Order 1995 is varied by the following provisions of this Order. 3 In schedule 1, the following item is added: 4 The slip road linking A40 Western Avenue with Argyle Road, between a point 56 metres east of the party wall of 1 and 1a Central Parade, Western Avenue and a point 99 metres west of the western flank wall of 5 Central Parade. 4 In schedule 2B, the following item is added: 1. The slip road linking A40 Western Avenue with Argyle Road, the south side, between a point 17 metres east of the party wall of 1 and 1a Central Parade and a point 13 metres west of the western flank wall of 5 Central Parade. 7am to 7pm 20 mins 40 mins 5 In schedule 4, the following items are added: 4 The slip road linking A40 Western Avenue with Argyle Road, the north side, between a point 56 metres east of 1 and 1a Central Parade and a point 99 metres west of the western flank wall of 5 Central Parade. 5 The slip road linking A40 Western Avenue with Argyle Road, the south side, between a point 56 metres east of the party wall of 1 and 1a Central Parade and a point 17 metres east of the same party wall. 6 The slip road linking A40 Western Avenue with Argyle Road, the south side, between a point 13 metres west of the western flank wall of 5 Central Parade and a point 99 metres west of the same flank wall. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 11th January 1999