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ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as the A41 Trunk Road (Watford Way/Hendon Way, Barnet) Temporary Prohibition of Traffic Order 1996 and shall come into force on the 23rd November 1996. 2 This Order is made because the Traffic Director for London is satisfied that traffic on the roads, or lengths of road, mentioned in the schedule to this Order should be prohibited because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near those roads or lengths of road. 3 During the period starting at 00.01 hours on 23rd November 1996 for a period of six months or when those works have been completed, whichever is the sooner, the prohibitions specified in article 4 below shall have effect. 4 Subject to the provisions of article 5 below, no person shall cause or permit any vehicle to enter or proceed in the lengths of road specified in the schedule to this Order. 5 1 The prohibitions specified in article 4 above shall apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by traffic signs specified by regulations or authorised under section 64 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. 2 The prohibitions specified in article 4 above shall not apply in respect of— i any vehicle being used for the purpose of those works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purpose, or ii anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden. TRO 218 Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State for Transport. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 22nd November 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption of Ground Maintenance in Trunk Road Work Agreements) (Scotland) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997. 2 In this Order– “maintenance of ground” has the meaning as in section 2(2)(f) of the Local Government Act 1988; “trunk road work let in competition” means work– carried out with respect to trunk roads in Scotland by– a local authority in Scotland pursuant to an agreement entered into under section 4 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (agreements between authorities); or any other defined authority pursuant to a contract for the carrying out of such work entered into with the Secretary of State; carried out following the acceptance by or on behalf of the Secretary of State of a competitive tender; and which principally comprises general highway works within the meaning of section 10(3) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 . Exemption in respect of maintenance of ground 2 Maintenance of ground undertaken by a defined authority shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is undertaken as part of trunk road work let in competition. George Kynoch Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 20th November 1996
FIRE SERVICES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Buckinghamshire Fire Services (Combination Scheme) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Combination Scheme 2 The combination scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order, which shall be known as the Buckinghamshire Fire Services Combination Scheme, shall have effect. Blatch Minister of State Home Office 19th November 1996
FIRE SERVICES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Hampshire Fire Services (Combination Scheme) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Combination Scheme 2 The combination scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order, which shall be known as the Hampshire Fire Services Combination Scheme, shall have effect. Blatch Minister of State Home Office 19th November 1996
FIRE SERVICES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the East Sussex Fire Services (Combination Scheme) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Combination Scheme 2 The combination scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order, which shall be known as the East Sussex Fire Services Combination Scheme, shall have effect. Blatch Minister of State Home Office 19th November 1996
FIRE SERVICES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Durham Fire Services (Combination Scheme) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Combination Scheme 2 The combination scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order, which shall be known as the Durham Fire Services Combination Scheme, shall have effect. Blatch Minister of State Home Office 19th November 1996
PENSIONS Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Occupational Pensions (Revaluation) Order 1996. 2 This Order shall come into force on 1st January 1997. The revaluation percentage for each revaluation period 2 For the purposes of paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3 to the Pension Schemes Act 1993, the revaluation percentage for each revaluation period specified in column 1 below is the appropriate percentage specified in column 2. Column 1 Column 2 Revaluation Period Revaluation Percentage January 1986 — 31st December 1996 61.3% 1st January 1987 — 31st December 1996 56.4% 1st January 1988 — 31st December 1996 50.1% 1st January 1989 — 31st December 1996 42.0% 1st January 1990 — 31st December 1996 32.0% 1st January 1991 — 31st December 1996 19.0% 1st January 1992 — 31st December 1996 14.3% 1st January 1993 — 31st December 1996 10.4% 1st January 1994 — 31st December 1996 08.4% 1st January 1995 — 31st December 1996 06.1% 1st January 1996 — 31st December 1996 02.1% Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Oliver Heald Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 21st November 1996
FIRE SERVICES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Derbyshire Fire Services (Combination Scheme) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Combination Scheme 2 The combination scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order, which shall be known as the Derbyshire Fire Services Combination Scheme, shall have effect. Blatch Minister of State Home Office 19th November 1996
FIRE SERVICES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Dorset Fire Services (Combination Scheme) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Combination Scheme 2 The combination scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order, which shall be known as the Dorset Fire Services Combination Scheme, shall have effect. Blatch Minister of State Home Office 19th November 1996
FIRE SERVICES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Staffordshire Fire Services (Combination Scheme) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Combination Scheme 2 The combination scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order, which shall be known as the Staffordshire Fire Services Combination Scheme, shall have effect. Blatch Minister of State Home Office 19th November 1996
FIRE SERVICES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Wiltshire Fire Services (Combination Scheme) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Combination Scheme 2 The combination scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order, which shall be known as the Wiltshire Fire Services Combination Scheme, shall have effect. Blatch Minister of State Home Office 19th November 1996
FIRE SERVICES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Bedfordshire Fire Services (Combination Scheme) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Combination Scheme 2 The combination scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order, which shall be known as the Bedfordshire Fire Services Combination Scheme, shall have effect. Blatch Minister of State Home Office 19th November 1996
FIRE SERVICES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Leicestershire Fire Services (Combination Scheme) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Combination Scheme 2 The combination scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order, which shall be known as the Leicestershire Fire Services Combination Scheme, shall have effect. Blatch Minister of State Home Office 19th November 1996
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No. 8 and Saving Provisions) Order 1996. Provisions coming into force on 21st November 1996 2 Section 120(1) of the Environment Act 1995 shall come into force on 21st November 1996 in so far as it relates to paragraphs 142, 143, 169, 170 and 183 of Schedule 22 in so far as the amendments made by those provisions confer any power to make regulations. Provisions coming into force on 31st December 1996 3 Subject to article 4, the following provisions of the Environment Act 1995 shall come into force on 31st December 1996— section 120(1) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 142, 143, 169, 170 and 183 of Schedule 22 in so far as those paragraphs are not already in force; and section 120(3) in so far as it relates to the repeals made in Schedule 24 in relation to sections 91 and 190(1) of the Water Resources Act 1991 . Saving provisions 4 1 Nothing in this Order shall affect— a the application of— i paragraphs 1 to 5 of Schedule 10 to the Water Resources Act 1991 as originally enacted or as modified by the Control of Pollution (Discharges by the National Rivers Authority) Regulations 1989 ; and ii regulations 2 to 6 of the Control of Pollution (Consents for Discharges etc. ) (Secretary of State Functions) Regulations 1989 , in relation to any application made under paragraph 1 of that Schedule (applications for discharge consents) before 31st December 1996 or any consent given under paragraph 5 of that Schedule (discharge consents granted without applications) before that date; b the application of section 91 of the Water Resources Act 1991 as originally enacted (appeals in respect of consents under Chapter II of Part III of that Act), and regulations 2 and 7 of the Control of Pollution (Consents for Discharges etc.) (Secretary of State Functions) Regulations 1989, in relation to any appeal under that section made in relation to a decision taken before 31st December 1996; c the power to amend or revoke any of the regulations mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above. 2 Paragraph (1)(a) above shall not apply in relation to an application made under paragraph 1 of Schedule 10 to the Water Resources Act 1991 before 31st December 1996 if— a the application relates to discharges of a kind which the applicant, or a predecessor of his, was authorised to make by virtue of a consent to which paragraph 21 of Schedule 23 to the Environment Act 1995 (transitional provisions in relation to discharge consents) applied; and b notice in accordance with sub-paragraph (2)(b)(ii) of that paragraph was not given by him or his predecessor. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment Robert Jones Minister of State, Department of the Environment 20th November 1996
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as the A40 Trunk Road (Western Avenue, Hillingdon) (30 mph Speed Limit) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 22nd November 1996. 2 In this Order — “the relevant length”means that length of the westbound access slip road between its junction with the western kerb line of Hercies Road and a point 319 metres to the west of that junction; “the westbound access slip road”means that length of trunk road that links Long Lane (A437) to the westbound main carriageway of the trunk road; “Long Lane”and “Hercies Road”mean the roads so named in the London Borough of Hillingdon; “the trunk road”means that part of the A40 Trunk Road in the London Borough of Hillingdon. 3 No person shall drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 30 miles per hour in the relevant length. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport P J Bevis Assistant Director Highways Agency London Network Management Division 18th November 1996
OPTICIANS This Order may be cited as the General Optical Council (Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules) Order of Council 1996. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
SEA FISHERIES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Conservation of Seals (England) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 19th December 1996. 2 Without prejudice to its earlier revocation this Order shall cease to have effect on the expiration of three years beginning with the date of its coming into force. 2 There is hereby prohibited, within the territorial limits set out in article 3 below, the killing, injuring or taking of seals of the species known as Halichoerus grypus (grey seals) and Phoca vitulina (common seals). 3 For the purposes of article 2 above, the terrritorial limits of this Order are: a the counties of Durham, East Sussex, Essex, Greater London, Kent, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, North Yorkshire, Northumberland, Suffolk, and Tyne and Wear and the non-metropolitan districts of Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees, East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston-upon-Hull, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire. b those territorial waters adjacent to England which are: i to the south of a line drawn at 055° true from the point on the mainland at 55° 48'.67 North latitude and 02° 02'.0 West longitude; and ii adjacent to any of the counties or non-metropolitan districts specified in paragraph (a) above and, in the case of East Sussex, not further west than a line drawn true south from Newhaven Breakwater Head Light which is at 50° 46'.5 North latitude and 00° 03'.6 East longitude. Tom Sackville Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 13th November 1996
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 15th December 1996. 2 These Regulations shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant— a in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in arrears, in accordance with paragraph 7(1)(i) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations (date when change of circumstances is to take effect)— i from the first day of the benefit week which includes 22nd December 1996; or ii if the claim for income support is for a period beginning after 22nd December 1996, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 15th December 1996; b in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in advance, in accordance with paragraph 7(1)(ii) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 22nd December 1996; and for this purpose, the expressions “claimant” and “benefit week” have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations (interpretation). 3 In these Regulations, “the Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 and “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 . Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations 2 In paragraph 12(1)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations (standard rate of interest on qualifying loans), for the words “7.16 per cent.” there shall be substituted the words “6.89 per cent.”. Revocation of the Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1996 3 The Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1996 are hereby revoked save that those Regulations shall continue to have effect until the day before the first day of the benefit week having effect in relation to any particular claimant for the purpose of Regulation 1(2) of these Regulations. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Roger Evans Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 19th November 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and Commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Harborough District Council) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 18th December 1996. Exemption of refuse collection 2 The collection of refuse by the Harborough District Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is undertaken in their area before 1st October 1997. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Paul Beresford Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 19th November 1996
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Education Act 1996 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1996. 2 Section 317(6) of the Education Act 1996 shall come into force on 1st January 1997. Henley Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 19th November 1996
LEGAL PROFESSION Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (Commencement No. 13) Order 1996. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990; and “the Board” means the Scottish Conveyancing and Executry Services Board. Commencement 3 The prvisions of the Act, which are specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, and described by refernece to the subject matter in column 2 of that Schedule, shall come into force on 5th December 1996 but, where a particular purpose is specified in relation to any provision in column 3 of that Schedule, that provision shall come into force on that day only for that purpose. James Duglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St. Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 6th November 1996
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Renewal Grants (Prescribed Form and Particulars) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 17th December 1996. 2 In these Regulations, “ the Act ” means the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996. Forms of application for grant 2 The form set out in the Schedule shall be the prescribed form of application for a grant under section 2(4) of the Act in the case of— a an application for a renovation grant which is— i an owner’s application accompanied by an owner-occupation certificate, or ii a tenant’s application; b any application (other than a landlord’s application) for a disabled facilities grant; or c a tenants' application for common parts grant (whether or not the landlord is also applying as a participating landlord). Particulars for applications for grant 3 The particulars prescribed under section 2(2)(d) of the Act in respect of any application falling within regulation 2 are the particulars required for that application by the form set out in the Schedule. Application of Regulations 4 These Regulations shall not have effect in relation to applications for a grant made before 17th December 1996. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 15th November 1996 William Hague Secretary of State for Wales 20th November 1996
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES 1 This Order may be cited as the Horserace Totalisator Board (Extension of Powers) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 20th December 1996. 2 The outcome of any lottery conducted outside the United Kingdom is an event approved for the purposes of section 1(1)(b) of the Horserace Totalisator and Betting Levy Boards Act 1972. Timothy Kirkhope Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Home Office 19th November 1996
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing Renewal Grants (Services and Charges) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 17th December 1996. Specified services and charges 2 1 The services and charges specified for the purposes of section 2(3)(b) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (meaning of preliminary or ancillary services and charges) are those for which the applicant is liable in respect of— a confirmation, if sought by the local authority, that the applicant has an owner’s interest, b technical and structural surveys, c design and preparation of plans and drawings, d preparation of schedules of relevant works, e assistance in completing forms, f advice on financing the costs of the relevant works which are not met by grant; g applications for building regulations approval (including application fee and preparation of related documents), h applications for planning permission (including application fee and preparation of related documents), i applications for listed building consent (including application fee and preparation of related documents), j applications for conservation area consent (including application fee and preparation of related documents), k obtaining of estimates, l advice on contracts, m consideration of tenders, n supervision of the relevant works, o disconnection and reconnection of electricity, gas, water or drainage utilities where this is necessitated by the relevant works, and p payment of contractors. 2 In a case where the application is for disabled facilities grant, the services and charges of an occupational therapist in relation to the relevant works are also specified for those purposes. David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 15th November 1996 William Hague Secretary of State for Wales 18th November 1996
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing (Maximum Charge for Enforcement Action) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 17th December 1996. Maximum charge 2 The amount of the charge made by a local housing authority under section 87 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 shall not exceed £300. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 15th November 1996 William Hague Secretary of State for Wales 18th November 1996