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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (No. 4) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 27th January 1999. Exemption of collection of refuse 2 The collection of refuse by Kennet District Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with 27th January 1999 and ending immediately before 1st April 2001. Exemption of construction and property services 3 1 The provision of construction and property services by the local authorities listed in paragraph (2) shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with 27th January 1999 and ending immediately before 1st April 2001. 2 The local authorities referred to in paragraph (1) are– Bournemouth Borough Council Dorset County Council Lancashire County Council Norfolk County Council Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Council of the City of Salford Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Staffordshire County Council Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Swindon Borough Council. Exemption of financial services 4 The provision of financial services by Bath & North East Somerset District Council and Ryedale District Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with 27th January 1999 and ending immediately before 1st April 2001. Exemption of other cleaning 5 Other cleaning by Kennet District Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with 27th January 1999 and ending immediately before 1st April 2001. Exemption of repair and maintenance of vehicles 6 The repair and maintenance of vehicles by Dorset County Council and Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with 27th January 1999 and ending immediately before 1st April 2001. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 21st December 1998
PRISONS 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Parole Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 1998. 2 This Order shall come into force on the expiry of seven days after the day on which it is made. 3 Any reference in this Order to a section is a reference to a section of the Criminal Justice Act 1991. 4 In this Order, “long-term prisoner” has the meaning assigned to it by section 33(5), as extended by section 43(1). 2 For the purposes of section 50(1), the class of case specified in this Order is that of a long-term prisoner serving a sentence of imprisonment for a term of less than fifteen years. 3 In relation to the class of case specified in article 2 above, sections 35 (power to release long-term and life prisoners) and 37 (duration and conditions of licences) shall have effect subject to the modifications specified in subsections (2) and (3), respectively, of section 50. 4 1 This Order shall apply to cases where the Board makes a recommendation under section 35(1) after the date of coming into force of this Order but shall not apply to any case where such a recommendation was made before that date. 2 The Parole Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 1992 is hereby revoked. Jack Straw One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 18th December 1998
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Modification) (No. 2) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 12th January 1999. Education development plans and intervention by the Secretary of State 2 In relation to the period beginning on 1st April 1999 and ending immediately before 1st September 1999— a section 6(2)(a)(i) and (3)(b) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (education development plans), and b sections 497A(1)(b) and 497B(5) of the Education Act 1996 (intervention by the Secretary of State) , shall have effect as if the references (however framed) to schools maintained by the authority included grant-maintained schools and grant-maintained special schools maintained by that authority pursuant to regulation 2 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Modification) Regulations 1998 . Tessa Blackstone Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 21st December 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities Etc. (Allowances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 14th January 1999. Amendment of Regulations 2 The Local Authorities Etc. (Allowances) (Scotland) Regulations 1995 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5 below. 3 In regulation 20– a in paragraph (a), for “£23.58” there shall be substituted “£24.29”; and b in each of paragraphs (b) and (c), for “£47.16” there shall be substituted “£48.57”. 4 In regulation 21, for “£27.70” there shall be substituted “£28.53”. 5 In column (2) of Schedule 2– a for “6,344” there shall be substituted “6,534”; b for “5,815” there shall be substituted “5,989”; and c for “5,286” there shall be substituted “5,445”. Revocation 6 The Local Authorities Etc. (Allowances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997 are hereby revoked. Henry McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 17th December 1998
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (Subordinate Legislation under the Act) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 25th January 1999. Interpretation 2 1 In this Order– “ the Act ” means the Scotland Act 1998; and “subordinate legislation” includes a statutory instrument containing subordinate legislation. 2 In this Order a reference to a type of procedure identified by a letter is a reference to the type of procedure identified by that letter in paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to the Act. Modification of the Act 3 Any subordinate legislation made under section 15 of the Act (disqualification from membership of the Parliament) in the period beginning with 25th January 1999 and ending immediately before the principal appointed day shall be subject to the type B procedure instead of the type D procedure. 4 Any subordinate legislation made under section 126(8) of the Act (offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices) in the period beginning with 25th January 1999 and ending immediately before the principal appointed day shall be subject to the type I procedure instead of the type H procedure. 5 1 Any subordinate legislation made under section 129(1) of the Act (transitional provisions etc. ) in the period beginning with 25th January 1999 and ending immediately before the principal appointed day and which makes provision as mentioned in section 112(2) of the Act (appropriation etc. orders) shall be subject to the type of procedure specified in paragraph (2) below instead of the type D procedure. 2 No recommendation to make the legislation is to be made to Her Majesty in Council unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the House of Commons. Section 115(3) of the Act 6 For the purposes of section 115(3) of the Act (subordinate legislation: procedure), any subordinate legislation made in the exercise of the power conferred by any of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the following Table in the period beginning with 25th January 1999 and ending immediately before the principal appointed day shall be subject to the type of procedure specified in column 3 instead of the type of procedure specified in column 2 of the Table. Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provision of the Act Type of procedure Type of procedure Section 38 (Letters Patent and proclamations) Type J Type I Section 97 (Assistance for opposition parties) Type A Type B Schedule 2, paragraph 7 (Crown status of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body) Type H Type I Henry B McLeish Minister of State, The Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 20th December 1998
POLICE 1 This Order may be cited as the Number of Members of South Wales Police Authority Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999. 2 The number of members of the South Wales Police Authority shall be nineteen, of which six members shall be persons appointed under paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Police Act 1996 (and, accordingly, by virtue of paragraph 1(2)(a) and (c) of that Schedule, ten members shall be members of relevant councils appointed under paragraph 2 of it and the remainder shall be magistrates appointed under paragraph 8 of it). Paul Boateng Minister of State Home Office 18th December 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and Citation 1 This Order may be cited as The A41 Trunk Road (Camden) Red Route Traffic Order 1998 Variation Order 1998, and shall come into force on 11th January 1999. Variations 2 The A41 Trunk Road (Camden) Red Route Traffic Order 1998 is varied as provided by the following provision of this Order. 3 In schedule 2B, the following text is added after item 6: 6A Finchley Road, south-west side, from a point 1 metre south-east of the party wall of 303 and 305 Finchley Road south-eastward for a distance of 12 metres. 4 In schedule 3B, item 11 is substituted as follows: Finchley Road, north-east side, from the party wall of 144 and 146 Finchley Road south-eastwards for a distance of 18 metres. 5 In schedule 4, item 14 is substituted as follows: Finchley Road, north-east side, between a point 26 metres north-west of the north-western kerb-line of Frognal Court and the party wall of 144 and 146 Finchley Road. 6 In schedule 4, item 15 is substituted as follows: Finchley Road, north-east side, between a point 18 metres south-east of the party wall of 144 and 146 Finchley Road and a point 2 metres north-west of the north-western boundary of No. 134 Finchley Road. 7 In schedule 4, item 33 is substituted as follows: Finchley Road, south-west side, from the party wall of 307 and 309 Finchley Road to a point 1 metre south-east of the party wall of 303 and 305 Finchley Road. 8 In schedule 4 the following text is added after item 33: 33A Finchley Road, south-west side, from a point 13 metres south-east of the party wall of 303 and 305 Finchley Road to a point 16 metres north-west of the party wall of 283 and 285 Finchley Road. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 18th December 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 This Order may be cited as The A205 Trunk Road (Lewisham) Red Route (Cycle Lane) Traffic Order 1998, and shall come into force on 11th January 1999. Interpretation 2 In this Order— a a reference to an article followed by a number is a reference to the article of this order so numbered; b causing includes permitting; and c “carriageway” has the same meaning as in section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980 ; d “pedal cycle”, has the meaning given in regulation 4 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 ; e “cycle lane” means an area of the carriageway of a length of road specified in the schedule to this Order and marked with the traffic signs shown in diagram 1049 in schedule 6 to the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994; and f “disabled person”, “disabled person’s badge” and “disabled person’s vehicle” have the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Exemptions for Disabled Persons) (England and Wales) Regulations 1986 , and “relevant position” in relation to a disabled person’s badge has the same meaning as in regulation 2A of those regulations. Cycle lane controls 3 Except as provided in article 4, no person shall cause any vehicle other than a pedal cycle to enter or proceed in the cycle lane at any time. Exemptions 4 The controls specified in article 3 do not apply to:— a a vehicle being used under a licence under section 6 of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869 for the sole purpose of stopping for a period not exceeding two minutes to pick up or set down any passenger; b a vehicle being used for ambulance, fire brigade or police purposes; c a vehicle being used in connection with the removal of any obstructions to traffic; d a vehicle being used in connection with the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of a cycle lane; e a vehicle entering a cycle lane so as to avoid an accident; f a vehicle entering a cycle lane to get or give help in consequence of an accident or an emergency or otherwise taking action for public safety; g a vehicle which bears the Royal Mail livery for so long as may be required for the purpose of collecting or delivering letters in pursuance of any statutory duty of the Post Office to collect or deliver letters; h a vehicle entering and forthwith leaving a cycle lane in order to gain access to or egress from any vehicular access way to premises adjacent to the cycle lane or crossing over the footway adjacent to the cycle lane; i a disabled person’s vehicle which displays a disabled person’s badge in the relevant position to stop for so long as may be required to enable a disabled person to get on or off the vehicle; or j anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 18th December 1998
POLICE Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Police Act 1997 (Authorisation of Action in Respect of Property) (Code of Practice) Order 1998 and shall come into force on the date on which Part III of the 1997 Act comes fully into force. Code of Practice 2 The code of practice laid in draft before Parliament on 18th November 1998 in connection with the performance of functions under Part III of the 1997 Act by persons other than Commissioners appointed under section 91 shall come into operation on the date of the coming into force of this Order in relation to applications for authorisations, and authorisations given, under the said Part III, and any action taken in pursuance of an authorisation so given. Paul Boateng Minister of State Home Office 22nd December 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Special Parking Area) (London Borough of Redbridge) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st February 1999. 2 1 The Schedule to the Road Traffic (Special Parking Area) (London Borough of Redbridge) Order 1994 shall be amended as follows. 2 After paragraph 78 there shall be inserted– 78A Unnamed service road (off Woodford Avenue–north east side) between its junction with (A1400) Woodford Avenue and a point adjacent to the north western wall of No. 42a Woodford Avenue. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Glenda Jackson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 22nd December 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (Borough of Luton) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 19th January 1999. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “the 1984 Act ” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 ; “the 1991 Act ” means the Road Traffic Act 1991; and “the parking area” means the Borough of Luton. Designation of permitted parking area and special parking area 3 The Secretary of State hereby designates the parking area as— a a permitted parking area; and b a special parking area. Modification and application of Part II of the 1991 Act 4 Sections 66, 69 to 74, 78, 79 and 82 of, and Schedule 6 to, the 1991 Act shall apply in relation to the parking area and as so applied shall have effect subject to the modifications specified in Schedule 1 to this Order. Modification of other provisions 5 The 1984 Act shall be modified in relation to the parking area as specified in Schedule 2 to this Order. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Glenda Jackson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 19th December 1998
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. Commencement of provisions 2 1 Section 89 of the Act (so far as it is not already in force) shall come into force on 6th January 1999. 2 The provisions of the Act specified in the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st February 1999. Transitional provisions relating to section 89 of the Act 3 1 Section 89 of the Act shall not apply in relation to the determination of admission arrangements for any school year earlier than the school year 2000/2001. 2 For the purposes of this Article and Article 4, admission arrangements are to be treated as being for the particular school year in which pupils are to be admitted to the relevant school in consequence of the arrangements. 4 1 Any step taken, before the coming into force of section 89, by an admission authority for the purpose of consultation about their proposed admission arrangements for the school year 2000/2001 shall, except as specified in paragraph (2), be taken into account in determining whether that authority have complied with their duty to consult under that section. 2 Paragraph (1) does not apply to the extent that the step in question, had it been taken after the commencement of section 89, would have contravened any requirement applying under or for the purposes of that section. Estelle Morris Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 15th December 1998
GOVERNMENT TRADING FUNDS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Forensic Science Service Trading Fund Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999. Establishment of the fund 2 1 As from 1st April 1999, there shall be established a trading fund to be known as the Forensic Science Service Trading Fund (hereinafter referred to as “the fund”). 2 All operations of the Home Department known as the Forensic Science Service, which operations are more particularly described in Schedule 1 to this Order, shall be financed by means of the fund. Source of loans 3 The Secretary of State for the Home Department is hereby designated as the source of issues to the fund by way of loan. Assets, liabilities, reserves and public dividend capital 4 1 The Crown assets and liabilities set out in Schedule 2 to this Order shall be appropriated as assets and liabilities of the fund. 2 2 per cent of the amount by which the values of the assets exceed the amounts of the liabilities shall be treated as a revaluation reserve in the accounts of the fund, and the reserve so treated shall be maintained as a revaluation reserve. 3 50 per cent of the balance of– a the amount by which the values of the assets exceed the amounts of the liabilities, less b the amount to be treated as a revaluation reserve in accordance with paragraph (2) above, shall be treated as public dividend capital of the fund. Maximum borrowing etc. 5 The aggregate of the following shall not exceed £40,000,000 a the total outstanding at any given time in respect of amounts issued to the fund under section 2B of the 1973 Act (other than as originating debt), and b the total at that time constituting public dividend capital issued to the fund under section 2A(2A) of that Act. Jack Straw One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 14th December 1998 We concur, Jane Kennedy Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Home Office 16th December 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Aberdeenshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 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 Aberdeenshire Council shall be divided into 68 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order. Henry B McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 21st December 1998
BROADCASTING Citation and commencement 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Television Broadcasting Regulations 1998. 2 These Regulations shall come into force on 30th December 1998. Amendments to the Broadcasting Act 1990 and the Broadcasting Act 1996 2 The Broadcasting Act 1990 and the Broadcasting Act 1996 are amended in accordance with the Schedule to these Regulations. Modification of licence conditions 3 1 In any licence to provide a multiplex service (within the meaning of Part I of the Broadcasting Act 1996) granted before the commencement of these Regulations— a any condition that all digital programme services broadcast under that licence are provided by the holder of a licence under section 18 of the Broadcasting Act 1996 shall be taken to be a condition that all digital programme services broadcast under the licence are provided either by the holder of such a licence or by an EEA broadcaster, and b any condition that all digital additional services broadcast under that licence are provided by the holder of a licence under section 25 of the Broadcasting Act 1996 shall be taken to be a condition that all digital additional services broadcast under the licence are provided either by the holder of such a licence or by an EEA broadcaster. 2 In this regulation “EEA broadcaster” has the meaning given by section 12(3A) of the Broadcasting Act 1996. Revocations 4 In the Schedule to the Satellite Television Service Regulations 1997 , paragraphs 1(2)(a), 3 and 14(3) are hereby revoked. Chris Smith Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 18th December 1998
PROBATION 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Combined Probation Areas (North Yorkshire) (No. 2) Order 1998. 2 This Order shall come into force on 1st April 1999 save that, for the purposes of making appointments to the probation committee for North Yorkshire to take effect on that date, this Order shall come into force forthwith. 2 For that part of Schedule 2 to the Combined Probation Areas Order 1986 which relates to the North Yorkshire Area , there shall be substituted the following– (1) (2) (3) Petty Sessions Area Probation Area Number of Justices on Probation Committee Harrogate North Yorkshire 2 Northallerton & Richmond 2 Scarborough 3 Selby 1 Skipton 1 York 2 Gareth Williams Minister of State Home Office 16th December 1998