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SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 11th April 2005. 2 In these Regulations “the Up-rating Order ” means the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 . Exceptions relating to payment of additional benefit under awards made before the commencing date 2 Section 135(3) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (effect of alteration of rates of benefit under Parts II to V of the Contributions and Benefits Act) shall not apply if a question arises as to either – a the weekly rate at which the benefit is payable by virtue of the Up-rating Order; or b whether the conditions for receipt of the benefit at the altered rate are satisfied, until that question has been determined in accordance with the provisions of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 . Persons not ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland 3 Regulation 5 of the Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978 (application of disqualification in respect of up-rating of benefit) shall apply to any additional benefit payable by virtue of the Up-rating Order. Amendment of the Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations 4 In paragraph 2B of Schedule 2 to the Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1977 (prescribed circumstances for increase of a carer’s allowance) – a in sub-paragraph (a) for “£165” there shall be substituted “£170”; and b in sub-paragraph (b) for “£21” and “£165” there shall be substituted “£22” and “£170” respectively. Revocation 5 The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 11th March 2005. John O'Neill A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Weights and Measures (Passing as Fit for Use for Trade and Adjustment Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 18th April 2005. Revocation and saving 2 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the Weights and Measures (Passing as Fit for Use for Trade and Adjustment Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 are hereby revoked. 2 The Regulations referred to in paragraph (1) shall continue to apply in relation to any item of weighing or measuring equipment passed as fit for use for trade and where necessary stamped or adjustment service provided before 18th April 2005. Interpretation 3 In these Regulations – “ the Order ” means the Weights and Measures (Northern Ireland) Order 1981; “the 1984 Regulations ” means the Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel by Road Tanker) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984 ; and “the 1998 Regulations ” means the Measuring Equipment (Liquid Fuel and Lubricants) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 . Prescribed fees 4 1 In the Schedule – a Part I shall have effect for prescribing the fee to be paid with a view to having any item of weighing or measuring equipment to which Article 9 of the Order applies passed as fit for use for trade and where necessary stamped; and b Part II shall have effect for prescribing the fee to be paid with a view to having any item of weighing or measuring equipment to which Article 9B of the Order applies passed as fit for use for trade and where necessary stamped. 2 The appropriate fee shall be payable whether or not the equipment is passed as fit for use for trade and stamped. 3 The fee to be paid for the adjustment of any weight or measure in the course of a service provided pursuant to Article 43 of the Order shall be an amount calculated in accordance with the fee prescribed in paragraph D of Part I of the Schedule. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 16th March 2005. M. Bohill A senior officer of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2005. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations – “the principal Regulations ” means Council Regulation ( EEC ) No. 259/93 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community ; “ the Department ” means the Department of the Environment. 2 The expressions “notifier”, “notification” and “consignment note” used in these Regulations shall have the same meaning they bear in the principal Regulations. 3 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly. 3 1 A notifier shall pay £450 to the Department in respect of a notification. 2 A notifier shall pay £25 to the Department in respect of a consignment note relating to a notification. 3 The Department shall not acknowledge a notification where a notifier has not paid a fee required to be paid under this regulation, in respect of that notification. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 11th March 2005. R. Ramsay A senior officer of the Department of the Environment
PENSIONS Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Pension Protection Fund (Eligible Schemes) Appointed Day Order (Northern Ireland) 2005. Appointed day 2 The day appointed by the Department for the purposes of paragraph (2) of Article 110 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (eligible schemes) is 6th April 2005. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 10th March 2005. John O'Neill A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
PENSIONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2005. 2 In this Order “relevant period” has the same meaning as in section 109(3A) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 . 3 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. Increase of guaranteed minimum pensions 2 For the purposes of section 105(1) of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 the percentage by which there is to be an increase in the rate of that part of any guaranteed minimum pension which is attributable to earnings factors for the tax years in the relevant period shall be 3 per cent. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 10th March 2005. John O'Neill A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
PENSIONS Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Contracting-out, Protected Rights and Safeguarded Rights (Transfer Payment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2005. Amendment of the Protected Rights (Transfer Payment) Regulations 2 1 The Protected Rights (Transfer Payment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 2 In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) after the definition of “money purchase contracted-out scheme” there shall be inserted – “overseas arrangement” means a scheme or arrangement, other than an occupational pension scheme, which – has effect, or is capable of having effect, so as to provide benefits on termination of employment or on death or retirement to, or in respect of, earners; is not an appropriate personal pension scheme, and is administered wholly or primarily outside the United Kingdom; . 3 In regulation 5(b) (transfer payments to overseas schemes) for the words from “the member” to the end there shall be substituted “, where the receiving scheme is an occupational pension scheme, the member is in employment to which the receiving scheme applies”. Amendment of the Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) Regulations 3 1 The Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 2 In regulation 6 (transfer payments in respect of guaranteed minimum pensions to overseas schemes) – a after “an overseas scheme” there shall be inserted “or an overseas arrangement”; b in paragraph (b), for the words from “the earner” to the end there shall be substituted “, where the receiving scheme is an occupational pension scheme, the earner is in employment to which the receiving scheme applies”, and c in paragraph (d) – i after “the scheme” there shall be inserted “or arrangement”, and ii after “receiving scheme” there shall be inserted “or arrangement”; d in paragraph (e) after “receiving scheme” there shall be inserted “or arrangement”. 3 In regulation 11(b) (transfer payments to overseas schemes or arrangements in respect of section 5(2B) rights) – a the words from “the earner” to “and” shall be omitted, and b for “that he” there shall be substituted “the earner”. Amendment of the Pension Credit Benefit Regulations 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 10th March 2005. John O'Neill A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
FAIR EMPLOYMENT Citation, commencement and revocation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overriding objective 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Establishment of Fair Employment Tribunal for Northern Ireland 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Panels of members of the Tribunal 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Composition of tribunals 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Practice directions 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Power to prescribe 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calculation of time limits 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application of Schedules 1-3 to proceedings 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Register 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Proof of decisions of tribunals 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional provisions 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION CONTROL Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Industrial Pollution Control (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005. Appointed Day 2 The day appointed for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the Industrial Pollution Control (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 namely – a in Schedule 5, the entry relative to the Alkali, &c. Works Regulation Act 1906 ; and b Article 35(2) so far as it relates to that entry, shall be 3rd April 2005. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 9th March 2005. Ian T. Maye A senior officer of the Department of the Environment
FOOD Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Administration of Regulation 2065/2003 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Condemnation of food 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences and penalties 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application of various provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enforcement 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
FOOD Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Colours in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Dental Charges (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2005. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Dental Charges Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989 . Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations 2 In regulation 4(5) of the principal Regulations (calculation of charges) for “£378·00” there shall be substituted “£384·00”. Revocation 3 Regulation 2 of the Dental Charges (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 is hereby revoked. Application of regulations 4 The amendment made by regulation 2 applies only in relation to the supply of any dental appliances or the provision of other dental services in pursuance of a contract or arrangement for the provision of general dental services, or services under a pilot scheme, made on or after 1st April 2005. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 9th March 2005. Deirdre Kenny Senior Officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves the foregoing Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 9th March 2005. Dr. Mary McIvor Senior Officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
EMPLOYMENT Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Employment Relations (2004 Order) (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005. Interpretation 2 In this Order – “the 2004 Order ” means the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 2004; and “the 1995 Order ” means the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 . Appointed day 3 The following provisions of the 2004 Order shall come into operation on 13th March 2005 – a Articles 17, 19 and 28; and b in Schedule 1 to the 2004 Order (Amendments to Schedule 1A to the 1995 Order), paragraphs 15 and 18. Transitional provisions 4 The coming into operation of the provisions mentioned in Article 3 is subject to the transitional provisions in Article 5. 5 Until the appointed day for the coming into operation of paragraphs 16, 17 and 20 of Schedule 1 to the 2004 Order, in paragraph 166(2) of Schedule 1A to the 1995 Order (which paragraph 15 substitutes for the original paragraph 166(2) of that Schedule) for “166A, 166B, 169A, 169B and 171A” there shall be substituted “169A and 169B”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 13th March 2005. T. Devine A senior officer of the Department for Employment and Learning
AGRICULTURE Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Financial Assistance for Young Farmers Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 4th April 2005. Financial Assistance for Young Farmers Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2005 2 The Department hereby makes the Scheme set out in the Schedule. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 3rd March 2005. Tom Stainer A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
GAS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Gas (Designation of Pipelines) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 19th March 2005. 2 In this Order – “assigned” has the meaning as in Article 12 of the Gas Order ; “the Energy Order ” means the Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003; “the Gas Order” means the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 ; “the Insolvency Order ” means the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 ; and “relevant licensee” shall be construed in accordance with Article 3(1)(a). Designated pipeline 2 The pipeline specified in column (1) of the Schedule, being a high pressure pipeline, is hereby designated as a pipeline to which Article 60 of the Energy Order applies for the period beginning on and including the date of commencement of this Order and ending on the date specified opposite thereto in column (2) of the Schedule. Cessation of Designation 3 1 This Order shall cease to have effect where, on any date subsequent to the date on which this Order comes into operation – a a licence granted under Article 8(1)(a) of the Gas Order authorising a person (“a relevant licensee”) to convey gas through that pipeline is revoked or assigned; or b there is an insolvency event occurring in respect of a relevant licensee. 2 For the purpose of paragraph (1)(b) an “insolvency event” occurs in relation to a relevant licensee if it: a is deemed unable to pay its debts (within the meaning of Article 103(1) or (2) of the Insolvency Order) or if any voluntary arrangement is proposed in relation to it under Article 14 of the Insolvency Order; b has a receiver (which expression shall include an administrative receiver within the meaning of Article 5(1) of the Insolvency Order) of the whole or any material part of its assets or undertaking appointed; c has an administration order under Article 21 of the Insolvency Order made in relation to it; d has any resolution for winding up passed in relation to it; or e becomes subject to an order for winding up by a court of competent jurisdiction. 3 In paragraph 2(a) the reference to Article 103(1) of the Insolvency Order shall be construed as, a reference to that provision as if in sub-paragraph (a) for “£750” there was substituted “£250,000”. 4 For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) a licensee shall not be deemed to be unable to pay its debts if any such demand as is mentioned in Article 103(1)(a) of the Insolvency Order, is being contested in good faith by that licensee with recourse to all appropriate measures and procedures. 4 In the Schedule to the Gas (Designation of Pipelines) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004, the first item (relating to part of the Scotland to Northern Ireland pipeline) shall be deleted. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 7th March 2005. J. Pyper A senior officer of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 11th April 2005. 2 In these Regulations – a “ the Order ” means the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981; b “personal injuries” includes any death and any disease or other impairment of a person’s physical or mental condition. Saving and revocation 2 1 These Regulations shall apply to any application for legal aid where the period of computation, as defined in Regulation 1(2) of the Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 , begins on or after 11th April 2005. 2 The Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 are hereby revoked save in their application to any case to which paragraph (1) does not apply. Persons eligible for legal aid 3 For the yearly sums specified in Article 9(1) of the Order there shall be substituted – a where legal aid is sought in connection with taking, defending or being a party to proceedings which include a claim in respect of personal injuries, for the yearly sum of “£9,475”, the yearly sum of “£9,570”; and b in any other case, for the yearly sum of “£8,595”, the yearly sum of “£8,681”. Contributions from persons receiving legal aid 4 For the yearly sum of “£2,902” specified in Article 12(1)(a) of the Order there shall be substituted the yearly sum of “£2,931”. Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor Baroness Ashton Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs Dated 3rd March 2005
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 11th April 2005. Revocation 2 The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 are hereby revoked. Amendment to Schedule 2 3 For the table set out in Schedule 2 to the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 there shall be substituted the following table – Disposable Income Range Maximum Contribution Exceeding £86 but not exceeding £93 a week £7 Exceeding £93 but not exceeding £100 a week £14 Exceeding £100 but not exceeding £107 a week £21 Exceeding £107 but not exceeding £114 a week £28 Exceeding £114 but not exceeding £121 a week £35 Exceeding £121 but not exceeding £128 a week £42 Exceeding £128 but not exceeding £135 a week £49 Exceeding £135 but not exceeding £142 a week £56 Exceeding £142 but not exceeding £149 a week £63 Exceeding £149 but not exceeding £156 a week £70 Exceeding £156 but not exceeding £163 a week £77 Exceeding £163 but not exceeding £170 a week £84 Exceeding £170 but not exceeding £177 a week £91 Exceeding £177 but not exceeding £184 a week £98 Exceeding £184 but not exceeding £191 a week £105 Exceeding £191 but not exceeding £198 a week £112 Exceeding £198 but not exceeding £203 a week £117 Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor Baroness Ashton Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs Dated 3rd March 2005
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 11th April 2005. 2 In these Regulations, “ the Order ” means the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981. Revocation 2 The Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 are hereby revoked. Persons eligible for advice and assistance 3 For the weekly sum of “£197” specified in Article 3(1) of the Order there shall be substituted the weekly sum of “£203”. Contributions from persons receiving advice and assistance 4 For the weekly sum of “£83” specified in Article 7(2) of the Order there shall be substituted the weekly sum of “£86”. Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor Baroness Ashton Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs Dated 3rd March 2005
PHARMACY Citation and commencement 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 1st June 2005. 2 In these Regulations “the principal regulations” means the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 . Amendment of the principal regulations 2 In regulation 2 of the principal regulations (registration fees) for “£150” there shall be substituted “£217” and for “£100” there shall be substituted “£145”. 3 In regulation 3 of the principal regulations (restoration fees) for “£57” there shall be substituted “£87”. 4 In regulation 4 of the principal regulations (retention fees) – a in paragraph (1)(a) for “£170” there shall be substituted “£245”; b in paragraph (2)(a) for “£78” there shall be substituted “£113”; c in paragraph (2)(b) for “£62” there shall be substituted “£90”; d in paragraph (2)(c) for “£28” there shall be substituted “£41”. Sealed with the Common Seal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland on 3rd March 2005 in the presence of K. McClelland President T. Hannawin Acting Chief Executive, Secretary & Registrar The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety hereby approves the foregoing Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 3rd March 2005. D. C. Gowdy Permanent Secretary, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety