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representation of the people Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocations 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Designation of returning officers at parliamentary elections 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Designation of acting returning officers at parliamentary elections 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
health and safety Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Work at Height (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 6 th April 2007. Amendment of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 2 The Work at Height Regulations 2005 are amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations. 3 In regulation 3 (application) — a in paragraph (4) — i at the end of sub-paragraph (b), insert “or”; and ii omit sub-paragraph (d) and the word “or” preceding it; and b in paragraph (6), omit sub-paragraphs (a) and (b). 4 After regulation 14 (duties of persons at work), insert — Special provision in relation to caving and climbing 14A 1 Paragraph (2) applies in relation to the application of these Regulations to work concerning the provision of instruction or leadership to one or more persons in connection with their engagement in caving or climbing by way of sport, recreation, team building or similar activities. 2 Where this paragraph applies, an employer, self-employed person or other person shall be taken to have complied with the caving and climbing requirements, if, by alternative means to any requirement of those requirements, he maintains in relation to a person at such work as is referred to in paragraph (1) a level of safety equivalent to that required by those requirements. 3 For the purposes of paragraph (2), in determining whether an equivalent level of safety is maintained, regard shall be had to — a the nature of the activity; b any publicly available and generally accepted procedures for the activity; and c any other relevant circumstances. 4 In this regulation — a “caving” includes the exploration of parts of mines which are no longer worked; b “climbing” means climbing, traversing, abseiling or scrambling over natural terrain or man-made structures; and c “the caving and climbing requirements” means regulation 8(d)(ii), so far as it relates to paragraph 1 in Part 3 of Schedule 5, and that paragraph. . 5 In paragraph 1 of Part 3 of Schedule 5 — a at the beginning, insert “Except as provided in paragraph 3,”; and b in sub-paragraph (a), omit “subject to paragraph 3”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Bill McKenzie Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions 23rd January 2007
social security Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Civil Partnership (Employee Share Ownership Plans) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 13th February 2007. Amendment to the Employee Share Ownership Plans (Partnership Shares – Notice of Effects on Benefits, Statutory Sick Pay and Statutory Maternity Pay) Regulations 2000 2 1 The Employee Share Ownership Plans (Partnership Shares – Notice of Effects on Benefits, Statutory Sick Pay and Statutory Maternity Pay) Regulations 2000 are amended as follows. 2 In regulation 2 in the second paragraph of the prescribed form of notice, omit the words “wife or husband” and substitute “spouse or civil partner”. Frank Roy Claire Ward Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 22nd January 2007
Banks and banking Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Credit Institutions (Protection of Depositors) Regulations 1995 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Cross-Border Credit Transfers Regulations 1999 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Financial Markets and Insolvency (Settlement Finality) Regulations 1999 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Electronic Commerce Directive (Financial Services and Markets) Regulations 2002 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Money Laundering Regulations 2003 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Insurers (Reorganisation and Winding Up) Regulations 2004 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Credit Institutions (Reorganisation and Winding up) Regulations 2004 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Financial Services (Distance Marketing) Regulations 2004 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Investment Recommendation (Media) Regulations 2005 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
FOOD, WALES Title, commencement, application and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Notification of Marketing of Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (England and Wales) Regulations 2002. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Industrial development Commencement 1 The Order may be cited as the Assisted Areas Order 2007 and shall come into force on 13th February 2007. Interpretation 2 1 In this Order— “the 1982 Act ” means the Industrial Development Act 1982; and “the 2000 Order ” means the Assisted Areas Order 2000 . 2 In Schedule 1— a any reference to a local authority area in England and Wales shall be a reference to that area as it existed on 21 June 2003; b any reference to a local government area in Scotland shall be a reference to that area as it existed on 21 June 2003; and c any reference to a parish or a former district council in Scotland shall be a reference to that area as it existed on 31 December 1993. 3 In Schedule 2— a any reference to a ward shall be a reference to the Census Area Statistic ward relating to the 2001 Census; and b any reference to a local authority area shall be a reference to that area as it existed on 21 June 2003. Specification 3 1 In this Order the specification of an area as a development area is for the purposes of the 1982 Act and section 1 of the Derelict Land Act 1982 . 2 On and after 13th February 2007 the areas described in Schedules 1 and 2 shall be development areas. 3 The area in Scotland in Schedule 1 shall be a development area until 31st December 2010. Revocation 4 The 2000 Order is revoked. Margaret Hodge Minister of State for Industry and the Regions Department of Trade and Industry 22nd January 2007
social security Citation and commencement 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2007. 2 These Regulations shall come into force on 6th April 2007. Amendments to the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 2 The Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 are amended as follows. 3 Amend regulation 10 (earnings limits and thresholds) as follows— a for “2006” substitute “2007”; b in paragraph (a) for “£84” substitute “£87”; c in paragraph (b) for “£645” substitute “£670”; and d in paragraphs (c) and (d) for “£97” substitute “£100”. 4 Amend regulation 11(3) (prescribed equivalents) as follows— a in sub-paragraph (a) for “£420” substitute “£435”; and b in sub-paragraph (b) for “£5,035” substitute “£5,225”. Kevin Brennan Claire Ward Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 23rd January 2007
EDUCATION, ENGLAND Citation, commencement, application and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as The School Admissions (Adjudicator Determinations Relating to Looked After and Certain Other Children) (England) Regulations 2007 and come into force on 27th February 2007. 2 These Regulations apply only in relation to England. 3 In these Regulations “ the Act ” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. Required consultation under sections 95A, 97 or 97B of the Act 2 Before making a determination in connection with a reference made pursuant to sections 95A(3), 97(3) or 97B(4) of the Act, and in the event that the adjudicator wishes to determine that a school in England is to be required to admit the child, the adjudicator must consult the following persons— a the admission authority for any school that he is considering may be required to admit the child; b the governing body of any such school if not the admission authority; and c the local authority for the area in which any such school is situated if not the admission authority. Information to be provided to the Adjudicator 3 An admission authority for a maintained school must provide such information relating to the circumstances of the school as may be requested by the adjudicator for the purposes of any determination he is considering making in relation to the school in connection with a reference under sections 95A(3), 97(3) or 97B(4) of the Act. Jim Knight Minister of State Department for Education and Skills 20th January 2007
ROAD TRAFFIC Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) (Amendment) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 31st January 2007. Amendment of Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) Order 1999 2 In the Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) Order 1999 , in the Schedule, omit the word “Kenya”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport S.J Ladyman Minister of State Department for Transport 17th January 2007
ROAD TRAFFIC Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 31st January 2007. Interpretation 2 In this Order— a “ driving test ” means a test corresponding to the practical test of driving skills and behaviour prescribed under section 89 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 as part of the test of competence to drive; b “ vehicle with automatic transmission ” means a vehicle in which either— i the driver is not provided with any means whereby he may vary the gear ratio between the engine and the road wheels independently of the accelerator and the brakes, or ii he is provided with such means but they do not include a clutch pedal or lever which he may operate manually, (and accordingly, a vehicle with manual transmission is any other class of vehicle); ... c a reference to a licensing category is a reference to the category identified by the same letter or combination of letters in Schedule 2 to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 ; and d the reference in paragraph (c) to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 is, after 18th January 2013, a reference to those Regulations as amended by the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012. Designation of Faroe Islands 3 1 Subject to paragraph (3), the Faroe Islands is designated under section 108(2)(b) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 as respects licences of the description specified in paragraph (2). 2 The licences referred to in paragraph (1) are licences which— a authorise the driving of a class of vehicles corresponding to a class of vehicles included in licensing category AM, B, B+E, F, K, or Q , and b have been granted by the licensing authority of the Faroe Islands— i to a person who has passed a driving test in the Faroe Islands, or ii by way of exchange for a licence granted in the United Kingdom or an EEA State ... or in a country or territory named in the Schedule to a person who had passed a driving test in such a State, country or territory. 3 Notwithstanding that a licence of a description specified in paragraph (2) authorises the driving of vehicles with manual transmission, that licence shall be exchangeable only to the extent that it authorises the driving of vehicles with automatic transmission if it was granted to a person who passed a driving test in a vehicle with automatic transmission. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport S.J Ladyman Minister of State Department for Transport
companies Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Uncertificated Securities (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and come into force on 1st November 2007. Amendment of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001 2 In regulation 3, in the definition of “settlement”, after ““settlement,”“ insert “except in paragraph 28 of Schedule 1,”. 3 After paragraph 27 of Schedule 1 to the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001 insert— Access to central counterparty, clearing and settlement facilities 28 1 The Operator must make transparent and non-discriminatory rules, based on objective criteria, governing access to his settlement facilities. 2 The rules under sub-paragraph (1) must enable an investment firm or a credit institution authorised by the competent authority of another EEA State (including a branch established in the United Kingdom of such a firm or institution) to have access to those facilities on the same terms as a UK firm for the purposes of finalising or arranging the finalisation of transactions in financial instruments. 3 The Operator may refuse access to those facilities on legitimate commercial grounds. 4 In this paragraph— “ “banking consolidation directive” means Directive 2006/48/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14th June 2006 relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions ; “branch” in relation to an investment firm has the meaning given in Article 4.1.26 of the markets in financial instruments directive and in relation to a credit institution has the meaning given in Article 4.3 of the banking consolidation directive; “competent authority”, in relation to an investment firm or credit institution, means the competent authority in relation to that firm or institution for the purposes of the markets in financial instruments directive; “credit institution” means— a credit institution authorised under the banking consolidation directive, or an institution which would satisfy the requirements for authorisation as a credit institution under that directive if it had its registered office (or if it does not have a registered office, its head office) in an EEA State; “EEA State” has the meaning given by paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to the 2000 Act ; “financial instrument” has the meaning given by Article 4.1.17 of the markets in financial instruments directive; “investment firm” has the meaning given by section 424A of the 2000 Act ; “markets in financial instruments directive” means Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21st April 2004 on markets in financial instruments ; “regulated activity” has the meaning given by section 22 of the 2000 Act; “settlement” has the same meaning as in the markets in financial instruments directive; “UK firm” means an investment firm or credit institution which has a permission given by the Authority under Part 4 of the 2000 Act (or having effect as if so given) to carry on one or more regulated activities. . Kevin Brennan Claire Ward Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 24th January 2007
agriculture, england Title, commencement and application 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powers of authorised persons 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistance to authorised persons 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cross-compliance 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payment of rural development payments 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transfers of land 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breaches of commitments etc 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powers of recovery etc. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recovery of interest 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sums payable to be recoverable as a debt 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Set off 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences and penalties 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the England Rural Development Programme (Enforcement) Regulations 2000 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TRANSPORT Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Railways Act 2005 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2007. Commencement 2 1 The provisions of the Railways Act 2005 specified in paragraph (2) shall come into force on 29th January 2007. 2 Those provisions are— a section 3 to the extent that it is not already in force; b section 4; c section 59(6) in so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 13 brought into force by this Order; d Schedule 4; and e in Part 1 of Schedule 13— i the entry relating to Schedule 4A of the Railways Act 1993 to the extent that it is not already in force; and ii the entry relating to paragraph 11 of Schedule 28 to the Transport Act 2000 . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Tom Harris Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 16th January 2007 Department for Transport
PROTECTION OF WRECKS, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Protection of Wrecks (Designation) (England) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 9th February 2007. Identification of site and designation of restricted area 2 1 The site in respect of which this Order is made is hereby identified as the site where a vessel lies, or may lie, wrecked on the sea bed in position Latitude 51°16.443 North, Longitude 01°34.537 East . 2 The area within a distance of 150 metres of Latitude 51°16.443 North, Longitude 01°34.537 East, but excluding any part of that area which lies above the high water mark of ordinary spring tides, shall be a restricted area for the purposes of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973. David Lammy Minister for Culture Department for Culture, Media and Sport 13th January 2007
pensions Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 6th April 2007. Amendment of regulations 2 The Schedule to these Regulations shall have effect. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. James Purnell Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions 15th January 2007
criminal law, england and wales Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2007. Commencement 2 The following provisions of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 shall come into force on 12th February 2007— a section 42 (increase of maximum sentences for offences of having knives etc. ); b section 54 and Schedule 4 (sexual offences: forfeiture and detention of vehicles etc.); c section 55 (continuity of sexual offences law); and d section 57 (amendment of section 82 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 ). Tony McNulty Minister of State Home Office 15th January 2007
DIOGELU'R AMGYLCHEDD, CYMRU Enwi, cychwyn a chymhwyso 1 1 Enw'r Rheoliadau hyn yw Rheoliadau Niwsansau Statudol (Darpariaethau Amrywiol) (Cymru) 2007. 2 Mae'r Rheoliadau hyn yn dod i rym ar 31 Ionawr 2007. 3 Mae'r Rheoliadau hyn yn gymwys o ran Cymru. Mangreoedd diwydiannol perthnasol etc : eithriadau pellach 2 At ddibenion paragraff (d) o adran 79(7C) o Ddeddf 1990 , rhagnodir tir o ddisgrifiad a grybwyllir yn yr Atodlen i'r Rheoliadau hyn. Diwygio Rheoliadau Niwsans Statudol (Apelau) 1995 3 1 Mae Rheoliad 2 (apelau o dan adran 80(3) o Ddeddf 1990) o Reoliadau Niwsans Statudol (Apelau) 1995 wedi'i ddiwygio fel a ganlyn: 2 Ym mharagraff (2)(e)— a ym mharagraff (i), ar ôl “(f)” mewnosoder “, (fa)” ; b ar ôl paragraff (iii) mewnosoder— or iv is a nuisance falling within section 79(1)(fb) of the 1990 Act and— aa the artificial light is emitted from industrial, trade or business premises, or bb the artificial light (not being light to which sub-paragraph (aa) applies) is emitted by lights used for the purpose only of illuminating an outdoor relevant sports facility (within the meaning given by section 80(8A) of the 1990 Act), Llofnodwyd ar ran Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru o dan adran 66(1) o Ddeddf Llywodraeth Cymru 1998 D. Elis-Thomas Llywydd y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol 23 Ionawr 2007
Food Title and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 2005 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HEALTH AND SAFETY Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 31st January 2007. Establishment of safety zones 2 A safety zone is established around each installation specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 (being an installation stationed in waters to which subsection (7) of section 21 of the Petroleum Act 1987 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 Schedule 1. Amendment to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997 3 In the Schedule to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997 the entry relating to Brent South Subsea Wellhead shall be omitted. Amendment to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) ( No. 2) Order 2003 4 In the Schedule to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.2) Order 2003 the entries relating to the installations specified in Schedule 2 shall be omitted. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Bill McKenzie Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions 10th January 2007
Income Tax 1 This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 2004, Section 61(2), (Relevant Percentage) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 1st February 2007. 2 For the purposes of section 61(1) of the Finance Act 2004 (deductions on account of tax from contract payments) the relevant percentage is— a 20% if the person for whose labour (or for whose employees’ or officers’ labour) the payment in question is made is registered for payment under deduction, or b 30% if that person is not so registered. Kevin Brennan Claire Ward Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 11th January 2007