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HARBOURS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Carrickfergus Harbour Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 11th March 1998. Direction 2 Subject to section 13(1) of the Harbours Act (Northern Ireland) 1970, the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 shall apply in relation to Carrickfergus Harbour as if section 33 of that Act were omitted. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on J. Ritchie Assistant Secretary 28th January 1998.
HEALTH AND SAFETY Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 54(1) and (2) of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, and after consultation in accordance with Article 54(5) of that Order with such bodies as appeared to it to be appropriate, the Department of Economic Development hereby makes the following Regulations: Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Section 2(1)(a) of the Petroleum Act 1987 (Modification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 20th January 1998. Modification of section 2(1)(a) of the Petroleum Act 1987 2 In section 2(1)(a) of the Petroleum Act 1987 (persons who may be required to submit abandonment programmes) the words preceding “the person having the management” shall be omitted. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on Philip B. Strong Assistant Secretary 10th December 1997.
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (1996 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997. Provisions of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 brought into operation by this Order 2 The following provisions of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 shall come into operation on 1st January 1998: a Articles 3 to 22; b Articles 24 to 32; c Article 34; d Articles 36 and 37; e Articles 48 to 52; f Article 57 to the extent that it relates to Articles 2(2), 4(4), 10(8), 13(10), 17 and 26(5); g Article 58 to the extent that it activates the amendments, transitional provisions, savings and repeals mentioned in sub-paragraphs ( i ), ( j ) and ( k ); h Schedules 1, 2, 3 and 4; i In Schedule 5, paragraphs 2 to 17; j In Schedule 6, paragraph 1 so far as it relates to Articles 8 to 11, 13, 15, 19 to 22, 24 to 32, 36 and 37; and paragraphs 2 and 3; k In Schedule 7, the repeal of those provisions whose repeal was not brought into operation by the Criminal Justice (1996 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 , except the repeal of section 72(3) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 . Day appointed for the coming into operation of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 1996. 3 The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 1996 is the 1st January 1998. Marjorie Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 3rd December 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Citation and commencement 1 These regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Competition in Functional Work) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 31st January 1998. Amendment to provisions relating to specified dates 2 In Column 2 of the Schedule to the Local Government (Competition in Functional Work) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 , for “1st April 1998”, wherever it appears, there shall be substituted “1st November 1998”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on R. McMinnis Assistant Secretary 4th December 1997.
HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES Citation 1 This order may be cited as the Health Services (Primary Care) (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997. Appointed day 2 The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Health Services (Primary Care) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 set out in column 1 of the Schedule (the subject matter of each provision being set out in column (2)), is 12th January 1998. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on Joan Dixon Assistant Secretary 5th December 1997.
AGRICULTURE Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Deseasonalisation Premium (Protection of Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1998. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Deseasonalisation Premium (Protection of Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 . 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of the principal Regulations 3 1 The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 2 In regulation 2(2) for the definition of “animal” there shall be substituted the following— “animal” means a castrated male animal of the bovine species which is slaughtered during the period 1st January 1998 to 10th June 1998 (both dates inclusive) . 3 The following paragraph shall be substituted for regulation 3(2) (application for premium payments)— 2 An application under paragraph (1) shall be lodged with the Department during the period 1st July 1998 to 12th September 1998 (both dates inclusive) . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on Evelyn Cummins Assistant Secretary 2nd December 1997.
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 12th January 1998. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989 . Amendment of regulation 35 (audible warning instruments) 2 In regulation 35(5) of the principal Regulations, after paragraph ( h ) there shall be inserted the following paragraph— i used as a cardiac response vehicle, being a vehicle used only for the purposes of transporting medical or nursing personnel and equipment to cardiac incidents. . Amendments to Schedule 9A (exemptions relating to combined transport operations) 3 1 Schedule 9A to the principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4). 2 In paragraph 9(1)— a in the definition of “loading unit” after the words “bi-modal vehicle” there shall be inserted “, road-rail semi-trailer”; b after paragraph ( b ) of the definition of “railhead” there shall be inserted— or, c road-rail semi-trailers from the ground onto railway vehicles on the track of a railway, ; and c after the definition of “relevant receptacle” there shall be inserted the following definition— “road-rail semi-trailer” means a semi-trailer constructed or adapted so as to be capable of being both used as a semi-trailer on roads and carried on a railway vehicle; . 3 In paragraph 9(3)— a the word “and” after paragraph ( a ) shall be omitted; and b at the end of sub-paragraph ( b ) there shall be inserted— ; and c a road-rail semi-trailer shall be regarded as being transported by railway in a relevant manner if and only if it is being carried on a railway vehicle which forms part of a train. . 4 After paragraph 9(4) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph— 5 A road-rail semi-trailer shall be regarded, for the purposes of this Schedule, as not being transported by railway in a relevant manner at any time when it is being carried on a railway vehicle as part of an articulated vehicle. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on J. Ritchie Assistant Secretary 1st December 1997.
HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income-Related Benefits (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and, subject to paragraph (2), shall come into operation on 1st June 1998. 2 In so far as these Regulations amend provisions relating to disability working allowance or family credit they shall come into operation on 2nd June 1998 and in relation to any particular claimant they shall have effect, where that claimant has an award of either of those benefits— a which expires on 1st June 1998, on 2nd June 1998, or b which expires after 1st June 1998, on the day following the expiration of that award. 3 For the purposes of paragraph (2) “claimant” means a person claiming the benefit concerned. 4 In these Regulations— “the Disability Working Allowance Regulations ” means the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 ; “the Family Credit Regulations ” means the Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 ; “the Housing Benefit Regulations ” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 . 5 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Common amendments 2 1 In each of the regulations specified in paragraph (2) (maximum deductions from income in respect of child care charges) for “£60 per week” there shall be substituted “whichever of the sums specified in paragraph (1A) applies in his case”. 2 The specified regulations to which paragraph (1) refers are— a regulation 15(1)( c ) of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations ; b regulation 13(1)( c ) of the Family Credit Regulations , and c regulation 21(1)( c ) of the Housing Benefit Regulations . 3 After paragraph (1) of each of the regulations specified in paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph— (1A) The maximum deduction to which paragraph (1)( c ) refers shall be— where the claimant’s family includes only one child in respect of whom relevant child care charges are paid, £60 per week; where the claimant’s family includes more than one child in respect of whom relevant child care charges are paid, £100 per week. . 4 In the definition of “relevant child care charges” in each of the regulations specified in paragraph (5) (treatment of child care charges) for “eleventh birthday” there shall be substituted “twelfth birthday”. 5 The regulations to which paragraph (4) refers are— a regulation 15A(2) of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations; b regulation 13A(2) of the Family Credit Regulations, and c regulation 21A(2) of the Housing Benefit Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 26th November 1997. The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland hereby consents to regulation 2(1), (2)( c ), (3), (4) and (5)( c ) of the foregoing Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland on J. Ritchie Assistant Secretary 26th November 1997.
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Penalty Notice) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 18th December 1997. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Assembly. Notice 2 1 Where the Department or the Housing Executive gives to a person a written notice under section 109A(2) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, the notice shall contain the information that— a the penalty only applies to an overpayment which is recoverable under section 69 , 69A or 73 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992; b the penalty only applies where it appears to the Department or the Housing Executive that the making of the overpayment was attributable to an act or omission by the person and that there are grounds for instituting proceedings for an offence relating to the overpayment; c the penalty is 30 per cent. of the amount of the overpayment, is payable in addition to repayment of the overpayment and is recoverable by the same methods as those by which the overpayment is recoverable; d a person who agrees to pay a penalty may withdraw the agreement within 28 days (including the date of the agreement) by notifying the Department or the Housing Executive in the manner specified by the Department or the Housing Executive; if the person withdraws the agreement, so much of the penalty as has already been recovered shall be repaid and the person will no longer be immune from proceedings for an offence; e if it is decided on review or appeal (or in accordance with regulations) that the overpayment is not recoverable or due, so much of the penalty as has already been recovered shall be repaid; f if the amount of the overpayment is revised on review or appeal, except as covered by a new agreement to pay the revised penalty, so much of the penalty as has already been recovered shall be repaid and the person will no longer be immune from proceedings for an offence; g the payment of a penalty does not give the person immunity from prosecution in relation to any other overpayment or any offence not relating to an overpayment. 2 The notice shall set out— a the manner specified by the Department or the Housing Executive by which the person may agree to pay a penalty; b the manner specified by the Department or the Housing Executive by which the person may notify the withdrawal of his agreement to pay a penalty. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 26th November 1997.
PLANT HEALTH Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 2nd March 1998. Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 2 1 The Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 2 In Article 3(1) (Interpretation) for the term “Directive 95/44/EC ” there shall be substituted the following— “Directive 95/44/EC ” means Commission Directive 95/44/EC establishing the conditions under which certain harmful organisms, plants, plant products and other objects listed in Annexes I to V to Council Directive 77/93/EEC may be introduced into or moved within the Community or certain protected zones thereof, for trial or scientific purposes and for work on varietal selections, as amended by Commission Directive 97/46/EC ; . 3 In Schedule 14 there shall be added at the end— Council Directive 97/3/EC O.J. No. L.27, 30.1.97, p. 30. Commission Directive 97/46/EC O.J. No. L.204, 31.7.97, p. 43. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on R. S. Johnston Assistant Secretary 26th January 1998.
PESTICIDES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 23rd December 1997. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of the Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 2 The Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5. 3 In regulation 2(1) (Interpretation), in the definition of “the Directive” after sub-paragraph ( g ) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraphs— h Commission Directive 96/68/ EC ; i Council Directive 97/57/EC . . 4 At the end of paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 there shall be inserted the following paragraphs— 1A Notwithstanding paragraph 1 and subject to paragraphs 1B and 1C, regulations 1, 2 and 9 and (insofar as they relate to approvals granted under regulation 9) regulations 13(2) and (5) to (8), 14, 17 and 20 to 27 shall apply to a relevant plant protection product. 1B Regulation 9 shall not apply to a relevant plant protection product to which any of the exemptions provided in regulation 3(2)( a ) to ( c ) and ( e ) to ( i ) of the 1987 Regulations applies. 1C Notwithstanding regulation 27(2), a pesticide approval in respect of a relevant plant protection product given in the form of an experimental permit under regulation 5(2)( a ) of the 1987 Regulations which was in force on 23rd December 1997 shall continue to be subject to the 1987 Regulations and shall continue in force until the date of such expiry of approval or earlier revocation under those Regulations. . 5 For paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 there shall be substituted the following paragraph— Interpretation 8 For the purposes of this Schedule— “approved pesticide” means a pesticide which is the subject of a pesticide approval; “pesticide approval” means approval of a pesticide given under regulation 5 of the 1987 Regulations; “pesticide approval holder” means any person who holds a current pesticide approval; “relevant active substance” means an active substance contained in a relevant plant protection product which is an approved pesticide; “relevant plant protection product” means any plant protection product— which is a pesticide, or substance, preparation or organism prepared or used for any of the purposes mentioned in regulation 3(1)( b ) of the 1987 Regulations; and at least one of whose active ingredients is an old active substance; and “active ingredient”, “advertisement”, “organism”, “pesticide”, “preparation”, “sale”, “storage”, “substance”, “supply” and “use” have the same meanings as in the 1987 Regulations. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on Liam McKibben Assistant Secretary 21st November 1997.
FISHERIES Citation and commencement 1 These Byelaws may be cited as the Fisheries (Licence Duties) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1998. Substitution 2 There shall be substituted for Schedule 1 to the Fisheries Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1997 the following Schedule: SCHEDULE 1 Fishing Engines and Licence Duties Byelaws 4, 5 and 7 Part I Licences to fish with rod and line and hand line Fishing Licence Duty £ Season game fishing rod licence 19·35 Eight day game fishing rod licence 9·60 One day game fishing rod licence 3·45 Additional amount payable by the holder of a Foyle Fisheries Commission season game fishing rod licence to use a single game rod 15·40 Season coarse fishing rod licence 7·40 Eight day coarse fishing rod licence 3·70 Three day coarse fishing rod licence for use only by the holder of a three day coarse fishing permit issued by the Department of Agriculture to fish in waters in which that Department has the fishing rights 1·60 Part II Licences for fishing engines other than rod and line or hand line Fishing Licence Duty £ Draft net for the capture of salmon and freshwater fish on Lough Neagh 91·40 Draft net for the capture of freshwater fish other than trout and rainbow trout on Lough Erne 59·50 Draft net for use in freshwater other than Lough Neagh or Lough Erne 231·60 Single wall set net or trammel net for the capture of trout in Lough Neagh per 91 metres (100 yards) 12·60 Single wall set net or trammel net for the taking of freshwater fish other than trout or rainbow trout, per 91 metres (100 yards) 12·60 Bait net for the taking of freshwater fish other than trout or rainbow trout for use as bait — per net 4·05 Fixed tidal draft net 306·30 Fixed tidal draft net which operates in the estuary of a river upstream of the defined mouth 1,388·60 Tidal draft net 254·40 Drift net for the taking of salmon in the sea 254·40 Bag net used in tidal waters 574·70 Salmon box or crib 691·20 Part III Dealer’s Licence £38 ·20 Revocation 3 The Fisheries (Licence Duties) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 1996 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Common Seal of the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland on Dr. J. Parsons Chairman W. F. Smith Secretary 17th November 1997. The Department of Agriculture hereby approves the foregoing Byelaws. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on G. Lavery Assistant Secretary 21st November 1997.
PENSIONS Now, therefore, the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2 to the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order: Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Occupational Pensions (Revaluation) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1998. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Assembly. Revaluation percentage for each revaluation period 2 For the purposes of paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2 to the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993, the revaluation percentage for each revaluation period specified in column 1 of the Schedule is the percentage specified opposite thereto in column 2. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 26th November 1997.
JUDICATURE, NORTHERN IRELAND Citation and commencement 1 These Rules may be cited as the Court Funds (Amendment No. 3) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 15th December 1997. Prescribed rates of interest 2 in Rule 32A of the Court Funds Rules (Northern Ireland) 1979 — a In paragraph (2) for the words “4% per annum” substitute the words “4.5% per annum.”; b in paragraph (3) for the words “5% per annum” substitute the words “6% per annum.”. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 10th November 1997. We concur John McFaul Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 12th November 1997.