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SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Scheme may be cited as the Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit (Amendment) Scheme 1997 and shall come into force for the purposes of articles 1 and 2 on 7th April 1997 and for all other purposes on 9th April 1997. 2 “The principal Scheme” means the Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme 1983 . Substitution of article 17 of the principal Scheme 2 For article 17 of the principal Scheme (sums not payable when delay in claiming) there shall be substituted the following article— 17 1 An allowance, or an increase of allowance, shall not be payable to any person in respect of any period more than three months before the claim for the allowance or the increase, as the case may be, is made. 2 Death benefit shall not be payable in respect of the death of any person to or for the benefit of any dependant who fails to make a claim for that benefit within a period of three months beginning with the day of the death. . Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Scheme 3 1 Schedule 1 to the principal Scheme shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article. 2 In column 2 of the entry relating to disease number 5 (primary malignant neoplasm of the mesothelium etc. ) for the present entry there shall be substituted the following entry— Exposure to asbestos, asbestos dust or any admixture of asbestos at a level above that commonly found in the environment at large. . 3 In column 1 of the entry relating to disease number 8 (primary carcinoma of the lung etc.) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph— b unilateral or bilateral diffuse pleural thickening extending to a thickness of 5mm or more at any point within the area affected as measured by a plain chest radiograph (not being a computerised tomography scan or other form of imaging) which— i in the case of unilateral diffuse pleural thickening, covers 50 per cent or more of the area of the chest wall of the lung affected; or ii in the case of bilateral diffuse pleural thickening, covers 25 per cent or more of the combined area of the chest wall of both lungs. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. A. J. B. Mitchelol Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 13th March 1997 We consent Roger Knapman Patrick McLoughlin Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 13th March1997
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 6th April 1997. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979 and “Schedule 1” means Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (containing the provisions of the Income Tax (Employments) Regulations 1973 as (with extensions and modifications) they apply to earnings-related contributions and Class 1A contributions under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ). Amendment of regulation 19 of the principal Regulations 2 1 Paragraph (1) of regulation 19 of the principal Regulations (payments to be disregarded) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 In sub-paragraphs (w) and (x) for “pilot”, substitute “(including a pilot)”. 3 After sub-paragraph (y), add— z a payment by way of an allowance— i which by virtue of section 319 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (Crown Servants: foreign service allowance) is not regarded as income for any income tax purpose; or ii made to any person in the service of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission or the British Council with a view to compensating him for the extra cost of having to live outside the United Kingdom in order to perform his duties. . Amendment of Schedule 1 3 In regulation 26D(5)(b) of Schedule 1 (payment of Class 1A contributions on succession to, or cessation of, business) for “6th April or 6th May”, substitute “6th April, 6th May or 6th June”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. A. J. B. Mitchell Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 13th March 1997 The Commissioners of Inland Revenue hereby concur. A. M. W. Battishill G. H. Bush Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue 13th March 1997
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Wirral Community Healthcare National Health Service Trust Dissolution Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. Dissolution of NHS trust 2 The Wirral Community Healthcare National Health Service Trust established by the Wirral Community Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 is hereby dissolved, and accordingly that Order is hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health John Horam Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of Health 13th March 1997
FINANCIAL SERVICES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Financial Services Act 1986 (Corporate Debt Exemption) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 3rd April 1997. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Financial Services Act 1986. Corporate debt exemption 2 Part I of Schedule 5 to the Act shall be amended as follows: a for paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 2(2) there shall be substituted— a a debenture or other instrument falling within paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to this Act which is issued on terms requiring repayment not later than five years from the date of issue; b in paragraphs (d), (e), (f)(i) and (g)(i) of paragraph 2(2), for “paragraph (a), (b) or (c)” there shall be substituted “paragraph (a) or (c)”. 3 In Part II of Schedule 5 to the Act, in paragraph 5(2), for “paragraph (2)(a), (b), (c) or (e)” there shall be substituted “paragraph (2)(a), (c) or (e) above”. Revocation 4 Articles 1(2) and 2 of the Financial Services Act 1986 (Listed Money Market Institutions and Miscellaneous Exemptions) Order 1990 are hereby revoked. 5 Paragraph 23 of Schedule 10 to the Banking Coordination (Second Council Directive) Regulations 1992 is hereby revoked. Roger Knapman Patrick McLoughlin Two of the Lord Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 13th March 1997
PENSIONS Citation and commencement 1 This Scheme may be cited as the War Pensions (Mercantile Marine) (Amendment) Scheme 1997 and shall come into force on 7th April 1997. Commencing dates of awards 2 For Schedule 7 (commencing dates of awards of benefit) of the War Pensions (Mercantile Marine) Scheme 1964 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Scheme. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Mackay of Ardbrecknish Minister of State, Department of Social Security 12th March 1997 We consent, Patrick McLoughlin Gyles Brandreth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 12th March 1997
CONSUMER PROTECTION 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicle Tyres (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 14th April 1997. 2 1 Regulation 1 of the Motor Vehicle Tyres (Safety) Regulations 1994 shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (3) for “1st June 1997” there shall be substituted “1st January 1998”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport John Bowis Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport 13th March 1997
PROBATION 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Combined Probation Areas (Lincolnshire) Order 1997. 2 This Order shall come into force on 1st April 1997 save that for the purpose of making appointments to the probation committee for the Lincolnshire Probation Area 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 that relates to the Lincolnshire Probation Area there shall be substituted the following: (1) (2) (3) Petty Sessions Area Probation Area Number of Justices on Probation Committee Elloes Lincolnshire 1 Bourne/Stamford 1 Grantham 1 Sleaford 1 Spilsby/Skegness 1 Wolds 1 Boston 1 Lincoln District 2 Gainsborough 1 Caistor 1 Market Rasen 1 Blatch Minister of State Home Office 11th March 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (Greater London Enterprise Limited) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 4th April 1997. Designation of public body 2 Greater London Enterprise Limited, being a person appearing to the Secretary of State to be exercising functions of a public nature, shall be a public body for the purposes of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970. Restrictions on agreements which may be entered into 3 Agreements which may be entered into by Greater London Enterprises Limited (“ GLE ”) shall be restricted to agreements with a local authority for the provision of administrative, professional or technical services, by that authority to GLE, in connection with GLE’s regeneration or economic development activities in England and Wales. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State. Paul Beresford Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 12th March 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office Gwilym Jones 12th March 1997
GOVERNMENT TRADING FUNDS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Medicines Control Agency Trading Fund (Variation) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Medicines Control Agency Trading Fund Order 1993 2 In Schedule 1 to the Medicines Control Agency Trading Fund Order 1993 there shall be added after paragraph 2 the following paragraph: 2A All the operations of the Medicines Control Agency carried on in connection with functions of the Secretary of State relating to the application of the principles of good laboratory practice and the verification of their application for tests on chemical substances and to the inspection and verification of good laboratory practice as laid down in Council Directive 87/18/ EEC of 16th December 1986 and Council Directive 88/320/EEC of 9th June 1988 and as arising out of the United Kingdom’s membership of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Stephen Dorrell One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 10th March 1997 We concur Bowen Wells Roger Knapman Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 11th March 1997
ENERGY CONSERVATION Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Energy Information (Washing Machines) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 15th May 1997. Amendments 2 The Energy Information (Washing Machines) Regulations 1996 are amended as follows— a in regulation 2 (interpretation)— i in the definition of “the Directives”, for “and Commission Directive 95/12/ EC ” substitute “Commission Directive 92/75/ EEC and Commission Directive 96/89/EC ” ; and ii after that definition add— “enforcement action” means the instituting of proceedings (whether criminal or otherwise) for failing to observe or comply with these Regulations; ; and b in regulation 3(3) (application)— i omit “or” from the end of sub-paragraph (e); and ii at the end add— g until 30th June 1998 machines with no internal means to heat water. . John Gummer One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Department of the Environment 10th March 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (Trunk Roads) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 8th April 1997. 2 1 The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (Trunk Roads) Order 1996 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this article. 2 In the definition of “ DBFO contractor” in article 2, insert at the end “and includes a sub-contractor of such person”. 3 In paragraph (c) of article 5, insert at the beginning “unless the agreement is entered into on or before 30th June 1997 and is substantially identical in form including its termination date to one purporting to subsist between a DBFO contractor and a local authority immediately prior to 8th April 1997”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport John Watts Minister of State, Department of Transport 12th March 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 14th March 1997
MENTAL HEALTH Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Consent to Treatment) Amendment Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 7th April 1997. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Consent to Treatment) Regulations 1983 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 After regulation 10 of the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following regulation— Detention or guardianship after absence without leave for more than 28 days 10A Any report for the purposes of section 21B(2) (authority for detention or guardianship of patients who are taken into custody or return after more than 28 days)— a in relation to a patient who is liable to be detained, shall be in the form set out in Part I of Form 31A; and b in relation to a patient who is subject to guardianship, shall be in the form set out in Part I of Form 31B and the receipt of that report shall be recorded by the managers of the hospital in which the patient is liable to be detained or, as the case may be, the responsible local social services authority in the form set out in Part II of Form 31A or, as the case may be, 31B. . Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations 3 In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (forms for use in connection with compulsory admission to hospital, guardianship and consent to treatment) after Form 31 there shall be inserted the Forms 31A and 31B set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health. Simon Burns Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of Health 13th March 1997
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Family Credit and Disability Working Allowance (General) Amendment Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 7th October 1997. 2 In relation to any particular claimant for either family credit or disability working allowance, regulations 2, 3 and 4 of these Regulations shall have effect, where a claimant has an award of either of those benefits— a which expires on 6th October 1997, on 7th October 1997; b which expires after 6th October 1997, on the day following the expiration of that award. 3 In these Regulations— “the Disability Working Allowance Regulations ” means the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 ; “the Family Credit Regulations ” means the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 . Family credit: remunerative work 2 In regulation 4(4)(c)(ii)(bb) of the Family Credit Regulations (remunerative work), after the words “the date of claim”, there shall be inserted the words “or he has, in the five weeks immediately preceding the week of claim, increased the number of hours that he works from below 16 hours to 16 hours or more per week,”. Family credit: determination of maximum credit 3 For the entries in column (2) of Schedule 4 to the Family Credit Regulations against paragraph 3 (maximum credits in respect of young persons) there shall be substituted the entry “£24.80.”. Disability working allowance: determination of maximum allowance 4 For paragraph 4 in column (2) of Schedule 5 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (maximum allowances in respect of young persons) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 4. £24.80. Amendment of the Income-related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Personal Allowances for Children and Young Persons) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 5 1 The Income-related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Personal Allowances for Children and Young Persons) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation. 2 In regulation 1(5) (citation, commencement and interpretation), for the words from “which is current” to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted the words— — a which expires on 6th October 1997, on 7th October 1997; b which expires after 6th October 1997, on the day following the expiration of that award. . 3 In regulation 10(3) (transitional provisions), after the words “of these Regulations” there shall be inserted the words— or regulation 3 or 4 of the Family Credit and Disability Working Allowance (General) Amendment Regulations 1997 . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Roger Evans Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 12th March 1997
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Homelessness (Isles of Scilly) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 3rd April 1997. 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Housing Act 1996; “the Council” means the Council of the Isles of Scilly. Eligibility for assistance by the Council and local connection with the district of the Council 2 1 Where— a a person applies to the Council for assistance under Part VII of the Act (homelessness); or b a person applies to a local housing authority other than the Council for such assistance and, but for the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3), the conditions specified in section 198(2) of the Act (referral of case to another authority) for referral of the case to the Council are satisfied, sections 183 to 218 of the Act shall be subject to the following provisions of this article. 2 A person is not eligible for assistance by the Council if he has not been resident in the district of the Council for a period of two years and six months during the period of three years immediately prior to his application. 3 Where a person is not excluded from assistance by the Council by paragraph (2)— a he has a local connection with the district of the Council; and b section 199 of the Act (local connection) shall not apply for the purpose of determining whether he has a local connection with the district of the Council. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 12th March 1997
COURT OF SESSION, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 1 This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No. 1) (Part I Orders) 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. 2 This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt. Amendment of Chapter 71 of the Rules of the Court of Session 2 1 Chapter 71 of the Rules of the Court of Session 1994 shall be amended in accordance with the following sub-paragraphs. 2 In the heading of the Chapter, for “CUSTODY ORDERS” substitute “PART I ORDERS”. 3 In rule 71.1 (interpretation)– a for “custody order” substitute “Part I order”; and b in the definition of “register”, for “custody orders” substitute “Part I orders”. 4 In rule 71.2 (register to be maintained)– a in the heading, for “ Custody orders ” substitute “ Part I orders ”; b for “custody orders”, in both places where those words occur, substitute “Part I orders”; and c for “custody order” substitute “Part I order”. 5 In each of rules 71.3 (application for registration of order in another court), 71.5 (registration of order from another court), 71.6 (cancellation or variation of registered order) and 71.7 (enforcement of registered order in Scotland)– a in the heading, for “ custody orders ” substitute “ Part I orders ”; and b for “custody order”. wherever those words occur, substitute “Part I order”. 6 In each of rules 71.4 (transmission of application for registration) and 71.8(1) (application to sist or refuse enforcement proceedings), for “custody order”, wherever those words occur, substitute “Part I order”. Rodger of Earlsferry Lord President, I.P.D. Edinburgh, 7th March 1997
PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 (Continuance) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 22nd March 1997. 2 In this Order “the 1989 Act ” means the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989. 2 This Order applies to the provisions of Parts I to V and section 27(6)(c) of the 1989 Act except the provisions of Parts III and V so far as they have effect in Northern Ireland and relate to proscribed organisations for the purposes of section 30 of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 or offences or orders under that section. 3 The provisions of the 1989 Act to which this Order applies shall continue in force for a period of twelve months beginning with 22nd March 1997. Home Office Michael Howard One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 12th March 1997
FAMILY PROCEEDINGS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 This Order may be cited as the Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 13th March 1997. Amendment to the Family Proceedings Fees Order 1991 2 For articles 3 and 4 of the Family Proceedings Fees Order 1991 there shall be substituted the following:– 3 No fee shall be payable under this Order by a party who, at the time when a fee would otherwise become payable, a is in receipt of legal advice and assistance under Part III of the Legal Aid Act 1988 in connection with the matter to which the proceedings relate, or b is in receipt of income support under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and is not in receipt of representation under Part IV of the Legal Aid Act 1988 for the purposes of the proceedings, or c is not a beneficiary of a trust fund in court of a value of more than £50,000 and is– i under the age of eighteen, or ii a person for whose financial relief an order under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 is in force or is being applied for. 4 Where it appears to the Lord Chancellor that the payment of any fee prescribed by this Order would, owing to the exceptional circumstances of the particular case, involve undue hardship, he may reduce or remit the fee in that case. . Amendment to the Family Proceedings (Amendment) Order 1996 3 Articles 4 and 5 of the Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 1996 shall be omitted. Mackay of Clashfern, C Dated 11th March 1997 We concur, Patrick McLoughlin Roger Knapman Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 11th March 1997