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RACE RELATIONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Race Relations (Questions and Replies) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 4th August 1997. 2 In this Order— “ the Order ” means the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997; and “tribunal” means an industrial tribunal. Forms for asking and answering questions 2 The forms respectively set out in Schedules 1 and 2 are, respectively, hereby prescribed pursuant to Article 63(1) of the Order as forms— a by which the person aggrieved may question the respondent on his reasons for doing any relevant act, or on any other matter which is or may be relevant; b by which the respondent may if he so wishes reply to such questions. Period for service of questions — county court cases 3 In proceedings before a county court a question shall only be admissible as evidence in pursuance of Article 63(2)( a ) of the Order— a where it was served before those proceedings had been instituted, if it was so served during— i the period of six months beginning when the act complained of was done, or ii in a case to which Article 54(5) of the Order applies, the period of eight months so beginning; b where it was served when those proceedings had been instituted, if it was served with the leave of, and within a period specified by, the court. Period for service of questions — tribunal cases 4 In proceedings before a tribunal, a question shall only be admissible as evidence in pursuance of Article 63(2)( a ) of the Order— a where it was served before a complaint had been presented to a tribunal, if it was so served within the period of three months beginning when the act complained of was done; b where it was served when a complaint had been presented to a tribunal, either if it was so served within the period of twenty-one days beginning with the day on which the complaint was presented or if it was so served later with leave given, and within a period specified, by a direction of the tribunal. Manner of service of questions and replies 5 A question and any reply thereto may be served on the respondent or, as the case may be, on the person aggrieved— a by delivering it to him; or b by sending it by post to him at his usual or last known residence or place of business; or c where the person to be served is a body corporate or is a trade union or employers' association within the meaning of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 , by delivering it to the secretary or clerk of the body, union or association at its registered or principal office or by sending it by post to the secretary or clerk at that office; or d where the person to be served is acting by a solicitor, by delivering it at, or by sending it by post to, the solicitor’s address for service; or e where the person to be served is the person aggrieved, by delivering the reply, or sending it by post, to him at his address for reply as stated by him in the document containing the questions. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on G. I. O'Doherty Assistant Secretary 30th June 1997.
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Administration (Fraud) (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 Social Security Administration (Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 specified in the Schedule to this Order is 1st July 1997. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 24th June 1997.
COMPANIES 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Companies (Forms) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 22nd August 1997. 2 In these Regulations— “the 1986 Order ” means the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986; and “the 1990 Regulations ” means the Companies (Forms) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990 . 2 With effect from 22nd August 1997, form 233 in the Schedule, with such variations as circumstances require, is the form prescribed for the purposes of Article 233 of the 1986 Order, including that Article as applied by Article 650 of the 1986 Order. 3 1 With effect from 22nd August 1997, forms 233(1), 233(2), 650b and 650c in Schedule 2 to the 1990 Regulations are revoked, save that those forms may be used until 22nd August 1998 for those purposes of Article 233 of the 1986 Order (including that Article as applied by Article 650) which correspond to the purposes for which the forms were originally prescribed. 2 With effect from 22nd May 1998, forms 232 and 650a in Schedule 2 to the 1990 Regulations are revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on A. L. Brown Assistant Secretary 24th June 1997.
SALARIES Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Salaries (Comptroller and Auditor General) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 7th August 1997. Revocation 2 The Salaries (Comptroller and Auditor General) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995 is hereby revoked. Salary 3 The annual salary payable to the holder of the office of Comptroller and Auditor General shall be increased as follows— a from £69,728 to £74,784 from 1st April 1996, b from £74,784 to £75,510 from 1st December 1996, c from £75,510 to £80,144 from 1st April 1997, d from £80,144 to £80,930 from 1st December 1997. Marjorie Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 16th June 1997
AGRICULTURE Citation and commencement and interpretation 1 This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (West Fermanagh and Erne Lakeland) Designation (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 28th July 1997. Amendments to the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (West Fermanagh and Erne Lakeland) Designation Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 2 The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (West Fermanagh and Erne Lakeland) Designation Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 shall be amended as provided by Articles 3 to 6. 3 In Article 2 (Interpretation) for the definition of “the Commission Regulation” there shall be substituted— “the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation ( EC ) No. 746/96 laying down detailed rules for the application of the Council Regulation, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 435/97 ”; ; 4 In Article 6(3) for the words “£30 per annum” there shall be substituted “£58 per annum”. 5 1 In Article 7(1) for the words “£60 per annum” there shall be substituted “£80 per annum”. 2 In Article 7(2) for sub-paragraphs ( a ) to ( c ) there shall be substituted— a If the land is unimproved grassland at the rate of £150 per annum. b If the land is improved land at the rate of £300 per annum. c If the land is rough moorland grazing at the rate of £75 per annum. 6 In Article 8 (Rates of payments under enhancement provisions) for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted— 2 Payments made by virtue of this Article shall not exceed— a £9,000 in any period of 3 years; or b subject to sub-paragraph ( c ), £3,000 in any year; c where the operation carried out under the provisions of Part IV of Schedule 3 is wholly or mainly the renovation of traditional farm buildings, or the provision of protective fencing, sub-paragraph ( b ) shall have effect as if for the figure “£3,000” there were substituted “£9,000”. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on Liam McKibben Assistant Secretary 20th June 1997. The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to the foregoing Order. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on D. Thomson Assistant Secretary 20th June 1997.
EDUCATION Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (1996 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997. Interpretation 2 In this Order “ the Order ” means the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996. Commencement 3 The following provisions of the Order, namely— a Article 3; b Articles 6 to 28; c Schedules 1 and 2; d Part I of Schedule 5 and so much of Article 43 as relates thereto; and e Part I of Schedule 6 and so much of Article 44 as relates thereto, shall come into operation on 1st September 1997. 4 Articles 4 and 5 of the Order shall come into operation on 1st September 1998. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on David Woods Assistant Secretary 20th June 1997.
LANDS TRIBUNAL Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Lands Tribunal (Salaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 7th August 1997. Revocation 2 The Lands Tribunal (Salaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 is hereby revoked. Increases in salaries 3 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the annual salary payable to the President of the Lands Tribunal shall be increased as follows— a from £89,123 to £91,478 from 1st April 1997; b from £91,478 to £92,378 from 1st December 1997. 2 The annual salary payable to a President of the Lands Tribunal appointed after this Order comes into operation shall be £79,667 and shall be increased to £83,586 from 1st December 1997. 3 The annual salary payable to any other member of the Lands Tribunal shall be increased as follows— a from £76,716 to £79,667 from 1st April 1997; b from £79,667 to £80,430 from 1st December 1997. M. Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 17th June 1997
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Offenders (Appropriate Driving Test) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st October 1997. 2 In this Order “the Order of 1996 ” means the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996. Circumstances in which a person is disqualified until appropriate driving test passed 2 The circumstances prescribed for the purposes of Article 41(3)(a) of the Order of 1996, in relation to a person who is disqualified under Article 35 of that Order, are where a person is convicted of an offence under any of the following provisions of the Order of 1995, that is— a Article 14 (causing death, or grievous bodily injury, by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs), b Article 15(1) (driving or attempting to drive while unfit), c Article 16(1)(a) (driving or attempting to drive with excess alcohol), and d Article 18(7) (failing to provide a specimen), where that is an offence involving obligatory disqualification. Offences prescribed for extended driving test 3 The offences prescribed for the purposes of sub-paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of “appropriate driving test” in Article 41(5) of the Order of 1996 are— a manslaughter by the driver of a motor vehicle, b an offence under Article 9 of the Order of 1995 (causing death, or grievous bodily injury, by dangerous driving), c an offence under Article 10 of that Order (dangerous driving), d an offence under Article 14 of that Order (causing death, or grievous bodily injury, by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs). Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on J. Ritchie Assistant Secretary 14th August 1997.
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Offenders (1996 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997. Commencement 2 The day appointed for the coming into operation of Article 23 of the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 shall be 1st August 1997. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on J. Ritchie Assistant Secretary 12th June 1997.
LICENSING Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Licensing (Conditions for Mixed Trading) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 25th July 1997. 2 In these Regulations “the 1996 Order ” means the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996. 3 In these Regulations, any reference to a specified area or to specified areas shall be construed in accordance with regulation 2(2). Application 2 1 These Regulations apply to premises of a kind mentioned in Article 5(1)( b ) of the 1996 Order other than such kind of premises where the whole of the premises are delineated in the plan thereof kept under Article 34(2) of that Order by the Clerk of Petty Sessions as the part or parts of the premises in which intoxicating liquor is permitted to be sold. 2 The part or parts of premises to which these Regulations apply which are delineated in the plan thereof kept under that Article 34(2) by the Clerk of Petty Sessions as the part or parts of the premises in which intoxicating liquor is permitted to be sold are, in these Regulations, referred to as a specified area or as specified areas, as the case may be. Conditions for businesses authorised by licence 3 The conditions under which any business authorised by a licence may be carried on in any premises to which these Regulations apply are set out in the Schedule. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on Jeremy Harbison Under Secretary 12th June 1997.
RACE RELATIONS Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Race Relations (Formal Investigations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 4th August 1997. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— “the Commission” shall have the meaning assigned to it by the Order except that in regulations 4 and 5 as respects any of the functions of the Commission in relation to a formal investigation which the Commission has delegated under Article 46(3) of the Order, “the Commission” shall mean the persons, being either Commissioners or additional Commissioners, to whom those functions have been so delegated; and “the Order” means the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997. Service of notices 3 Any reference to a person being served with a notice, in regulations 4, 5 and 6, is a reference to service of the notice on him being effected— a by delivering it to him; or b by sending it by post to him at his usual or last-known residence or place of business; or c where the person is a body corporate or is a trade union or an employers' association within the meaning of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 , by delivering it to the secretary or clerk of the body, union or association at its registered or principal office or by sending it by post to that secretary or clerk at that office; or d where the person is acting by a solicitor by delivering it at, or by sending it by post to, the solicitor’s address for service. Notice of holding of formal investigation 4 1 Where, in pursuance of Article 47 of the Order, notice of the holding of a formal investigation falls to be given by the Commission to a person named in the terms of reference for the investigation, that person shall be served with a notice of the holding of the investigation. 2 Where the terms of reference for a formal investigation are revised, paragraph (1) shall apply in relation to the formal investigation so revised as it applied to the original. Requirement to furnish or give information or produce documents 5 Where, in pursuance of Article 48(1) of the Order, the Commission requires a person to furnish written information, give oral information or produce documents, that person shall be served with a notice in the form set out in Schedule 1, with such variations as the circumstances may require. Non-discrimination notice 6 A non-discrimination notice served by the Commission in pursuance of Article 55(2) of the Order shall be in the form set out in Schedule 2, with such variations as the circumstances may require. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on G. I. O'Doherty Assistant Secretary 30th June 1997.
PENSIONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Register of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 29th June 1997. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Assembly. Amendment of the Register of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes Regulations 2 1 The Register of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4). 2 In regulation 1 for paragraph (5) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 5 Notwithstanding section 24(1) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954, a notice under regulation 2(2)( b ) or 6(3) may be sent by ordinary post to the trustees. . 3 In regulation 2(2)( b ) (information required in respect of registrable schemes) for the words from “receipt of a written notice” to “these Regulations,” there shall be substituted “Registrar's, on or after the date of coming into operation of these Regulations, sending by post to the trustees a written notice requiring that information to be furnished,”. 4 In regulation 6(3) (transitional provisions) for “by 30th June 1997” there shall be substituted “within 3 months of the Registrar’s sending by post to the trustees a written notice requiring that information to be furnished”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 4th June 1997.
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (Offensive Weapons) (Exemption) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 25th July 1997. Exemptions 2 Article 54(1) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (sale of knives or certain other articles with blade or a point to persons under sixteen) shall not apply to— a a folding pocket-knife if the cutting edge of its blade does not exceed 7.62 centimetres (3 inches), or b razor blades permanently enclosed in a cartridge or housing where less than 2 millimetres of any blade is exposed beyond the plane which intersects the highest point of the surfaces preceding and following such blades. Marjorie Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 2nd June 1997
DEREGULATION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Model Appeal Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 16th July 1997. Model Provisions 2 The Department of Economic Development hereby prescribes, as model provisions with respect to appeals against enforcement action, the model rules set out in the Schedule, of which— a the Rules contained in Chapter I of the model Rules concern the conduct of appeals against enforcement action, and b the rule set out in Chapter II of the model Rules determines the procedure to be followed before enforcement action is taken, with a view to their being incorporated, if thought fit and with or without modifications, in enactments which include provision the effect of which is to impose, or authorise or require the imposition of, a restriction, requirement or condition affecting any person in the carrying on of any trade, business or profession or otherwise. 3 In any enactment, any reference to the “model provisions with respect to appeals” shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be taken as a reference to the provisions set out in the Schedule. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on M. J. Briant Assistant Secretary 4th June 1997.
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (1996 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997. Appointed day 2 The following provisions of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 shall come into operation on 25th July 1997: a Articles 1 and 2; b Article 33; c Article 35; d Articles 44, 45, 46 and 47; e Articles 53, 54, 55 and 56; f Article 57 to the extent that it relates to Articles 54(3)( c ) and 56(3); g Article 58 to the extent that it activates the amendments, transitional provisions, savings and repeals mentioned in sub-paragraphs ( h ), ( i ) and ( j ); h In Schedule 5, paragraphs 1 and 18; i In Schedule 6, paragraph 1 so far as it relates to Article 33; j In Schedule 7, the repeal of parts of section 2 and section 3 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 ; the repeal of Article 7 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 ; and the repeal of Articles 3(2)(ii), 4(4)( b ), 5(2)(ii) and 6(2)(ii) of the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 . Marjorie Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 2nd June 1997
SUPREME COURT, NORTHERN IRELAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Rules may be cited as the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) (Amendment No. 2) 1997 and shall come into operation on 30th June 1997. 2 In these Rules— “the principal rules” means the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980 and an Order referred to by number or an Appendix referred to by letter means the Order so numbered and the Appendix so lettered in the principal rules. Arrangement of Orders 2 The Arrangement of Orders at the beginning of the principal rules shall be amended by adding at the end— 118 The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 . Business of the Supreme Court 3 Order 1 rule 11 shall be amended by adding after paragraph ( h ), the following new paragraph— i applications under section 54(3) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996. . Contents of affidavit 4 Order 41 rule 5(1) shall be amended by inserting after sub-paragraph ( g ), the following new sub-paragraph— h Order 118 rule 5(2), rule 7, rule 8(1) and rule 9; . Amendment of the principal rules 5 1 After Order 117 there shall be inserted the Order set out in Schedule 1 to these Rules. 2 For Form No. 38 in Appendix A there shall be substituted the Form set out in Schedule 2 to these Rules. R. D. Carswell John MacDermott Anthony Campbell Brian Kerr Hugh P. Kennedy R. E. Weatherup Tony Caher Dated 15th May 1997. I concur Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 2nd June 1997.
LEGAL AID, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Rules may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 29th June 1997. 2 In these Rules, “the principal Rules ” means the Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1992 . Alteration of date 2 In rules 6(3) and 9(5)( a ) of the principal Rules for the date “30th June 1997” there shall be substituted “30th June 1998”. Amendment to the principal rules 3 In rule 12(6) of the principal Rules for the reference to “rule 11(3)” there shall be substituted “rule 11(1)( b )”. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 20th May 1997 We approve Graham Allen John McFall Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 2nd June 1997