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TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Atlantic Telecommunications Limited) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 23rd December 1997. 2 Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system. Barbara Roche, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Firms, Trade and Industry Department of Trade and Industry 19th November 1997
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the South Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance and Paramedic Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st December 1997. Amendment of NHS trust Establishment Order 2 In Article 4 of the South Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance and Paramedic Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991 for “5 non-executive” there shall be substituted “4 non-executive” and for “5 executive” there shall be substituted “4 executive”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn Minister of State, Department of Health 20th November 1997
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (First Telecom plc) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 23rd December 1997. 2 Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system. Barbara Roche, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Firms, Trade and Industry Department of Trade and Industry 20th November 1997
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Scheme may be cited as the M40 Motorway (Wheatley Service Area Access) Connecting Roads Scheme 1997 and shall come into force on 8th December 1997. 2 In this Scheme— 1 all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway; 2 i “connecting road” means a special road along a route described in the Schedule to this Scheme; ii “the Motorway” means the M40 Motorway in Oxfordshire; iii “the plan” means the plan numbered HA16/1M/001 marked “The M40 Motorway (Wheatley Service Area Access) Connecting Roads Scheme 1997”, signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR; and iv “the special roads” means each connecting road. 3 The Secretary of State is authorised to provide the special roads for the exclusive use of traffic of Classes I and II of the classes of traffic set out in Schedule 4 to the Highways Act 1980. 4 The centre line of each of the special roads is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan. 5 Each of the special roads shall become a trunk road on the date when this Scheme comes into force. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport W. S. C. Wadrup Network and Customer Services (Midland) The Highways Agency 24th November 1997
EDUCATION, SCOTLAND Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (Schools) Act 1997 (Commencement) Order 1997. Commencement of provisions 2 The following provisions of the Education (Schools) Act 1997 shall come into force on 1st December 1997:– section 5(2), section 6(3) so far as relating to Part II of the Schedule, and Part II of the Schedule. Brian Wilson Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 18th November 1997
SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment No. 4) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 15th December 1997, except for articles 3(b) and 4(b) which shall come into force on 24th December 1997. Interpretation 2 In this Order, “the 1983 Order ” means the Civil Courts Order 1983 , and a Schedule referred to by number alone means the Schedule so numbered in that Order. Amendments to the 1983 Order 3 In Schedule 1— a “Alnwick”, “Berwick-upon-Tweed” and “Blyth” shall be deleted from their positions in the second column opposite the entry for “Newcastle upon Tyne” in the first column; b “Bridlington” shall be deleted from its position in the second column opposite the entry for “Scarborough” in the first column; and c “Morpeth and Berwick” shall be substituted for “Morpeth” in the second column opposite the entry for “Newcastle upon Tyne” in the first column. 4 In Schedule 3— a the entries relating to “Alnwick”, “Berwick-upon-Tweed” and “Blyth” shall be deleted ; and b the entry relating to “Bridlington” shall be deleted. 5 In Schedule 4, paragraph 10, there shall be inserted— 10A The name of the county court at Morpeth shall be the Morpeth and Berwick County Court. . Irvine of Lairg, C. 20th November 1997
FIRE SERVICES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Nottinghamshire Fire Services (Combination Scheme) Order 1997 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 Nottinghamshire Fire Services Combination Scheme, shall have effect. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 18th November 1997
ROADS AND BRIDGES, SCOTLAND Citation and Commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Invergarry-Kyle of Lochalsh Trunk Road (A87) Extension (Skye Bridge Crossing) Toll Order (Variation) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st January 1998. Variation 2 1 Schedule 1 to the Invergarry-Kyle of Lochalsh Trunk Road (A87) Extension (Skye Bridge Crossing) Toll Order 1992 shall be varied as follows. 2 For the table forming that Schedule substitute the following:– Vehicle Description Toll Category Base Toll (£) Motorcycle High 2.25 Low 1.85 Discount 0.53 Car High 4.50 Low 3.70 Discount 1.06 LGV High 8.50 Low 8.50 Discount 6.19 HGV1 High 11.00 Low 11.00 Discount 8.00 HGV2 High 22.00 Low 22.00 Discount 16.00 Local Service Bus High 12.90 Low 12.90 Discount 9.68 Midi Coach High 18.65 Low 12.40 Discount N/A Coach High 32.50 Low 22.00 Discount N/A . 3 For the definition of “Discount” substitute the following:– “Discount” applies in respect of a single use of the crossing where an agreement entered into by virtue of section 36(3)(b) of the Act (compounding in advance for the payment of tolls) provides for the purchase of a book of– 20 non-transferable tickets in the case of a motorcycle or car; and 10 non-transferable tickets in all other cases. . Donald C Dewar One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 9th December 1997
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Direct Labour Organisations) (Competition) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 12th December 1997. Amendment of the Local Government (Direct Labour Organisations) (Competition) Regulations 1989 2 The Local Government (Direct Labour Organisations) (Competition) Regulations 1989 are amended— a by the insertion, after regulation 7A, of the following— Exempted works contracts—schools 7B Section 7(1) of the Act shall not apply to any contract for the carrying out of work for, or on behalf of, a school maintained by a local authority. ; b by the substitution, in paragraph (1) of regulation 8 (functional work), for the words “regulations 9 and 9A”, of the words “regulations 9, 9A and 9B”; and c by the insertion, after regulation 9A (exempted functional work: England), of the following— Exempted functional work—schools 9B Regulation 8 shall not apply to any functional work comprising a job carried out for, or on behalf of, a school maintained by a local authority. . Amendment of the Local Authorities (Direct Labour Organisations) (Competition) (Wales) Regulations 1997 3 The Local Authorities (Direct Labour Organisations) (Competition) (Wales) Regulations 1997 are amended— a in regulations 4 (prescribed amount for works contracts) and 6 (requirement to tender for certain works contracts), by the substitution for the words “regulation 8” of the words “regulations 8 and 8A”; b by the insertion, after regulation 8 (exempted works contracts), of the following— Exempted works contracts—schools 8A Section 7(1) of the Act shall not apply to any contract for the carrying out of work for, or on behalf of, a school maintained by a local authority. ; c by the substitution, in paragraph (1) of regulation 9 (regulated functional work), for the words “regulation 10”, of the words “regulations 10 and 10A”; and d by the insertion, after regulation 10 (exempted functional work) of the following— Exempted functional work—schools 10A Regulation 9 shall not apply to any functional work comprising a job carried out for, or on behalf of, a school maintained by a local authority. . Saving 4 These Regulations do not apply to work contracts or functional work relating to work for, or on behalf of, a school maintained by a local authority where— a an invitation such as is mentioned in section 7(3)(c) of the Act; or b an invitation such as is mentioned in section 9(4)(a) of the Act, has been issued in respect of that work before the date on which these Regulations come into force. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 17th November 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 18th November 1997
RATING AND VALUATION Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1997. Commencement of rural settlement provisions in England and Wales 2 1 Section 1 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (which introduces Schedule 1) shall come into force on the day following the making of this Order. 2 Notwithstanding paragraph (1) above, no rural settlement list shall have effect for a financial year before that beginning on 1st April 1998. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 18th November 1997
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Southend Health Care Services National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 19th December 1997. 2 In this Order— “ the Order ” means the Southend Health Care Services NHS Trust (Establishment) Order 1990 ; “ the trust ” means the National Health Service trust established by the order. Change of name of NHS trust 2 The trust shall be called the Southend Hospital National Health Service Trust instead of the Southend Health Care Services National Health Service Trust, and accordingly in Article 1 of the Order in the definition of “the trust”, and in Article 2 of the Order, for the words “Southend Health Care Services” there shall be substituted the words “Southend Hospital”. Transitional provisions 3 The change of name under this Order shall not— a affect any right or obligation of any person; or b be taken as invalidating any instrument (whether made before, on or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the trust by its previous name; and all instruments and other documents which refer to the trust under its previous name shall be construed as referring to it under its new name. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health. Alan Milburn Minister of State Department of Health 9th December 1997
ROAD TRAFFIC Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 31st December 1997. Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 1996 2 1 The Motor Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 1996 shall be further amended as follows. 2 In regulation 14(3) (obligatory certificates) for “1st January 1998” there shall be substituted “1st May 1998”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Helene Hayman Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 10th December 1997
ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 This Order may be cited as The A23 Trunk Road (Croydon) Red Route Traffic Order 1997 Variation Order 1997, and shall come into force on 1st December 1997. Variations 2 The A23 Trunk Road (Croydon) Red Route Traffic Order 1997 is varied as provided by the following provisions of this Order. 3 In the title preceding article 10 the word “Suspension” is substituted with the word “Revocation”. 4 For Article 10(1) substitute— 10 1 The Croydon (Waiting and Loading Restriction) Order 1977, Order No. 23; the Croydon (Waiting and Loading Restriction) Order 1991, Order No. 20; the Croydon (Waiting and Loading Restriction) Order 1991, Order No. 27; the Croydon (Waiting and Loading Restriction) Order 1991, Order No. 34; and the Croydon (Waiting and Loading Restriction) Order 1993, Order No. 23; as amended, are hereby revoked, in so far as their provisions relate to any part of the trunk road red route. 5 Article 10(2) is deleted. 6 In the table in Schedule 2B for item 8 substitute— Brighton Road, Purley – north west side, between a point 2 metres south west of the party wall between Nos. 102 and 104 Brighton Road and a point level with the party wall of Nos. 116 and 118 Brighton Road. 7 In the table in Schedule 2D item 1 is deleted. 8 In the table in Schedule 3B for item 2 substitute— between a point level with the party wall of Nos. 116 and 118 Brighton Road and a point 15 metres south west of that point. 9 In the table in Schedule 4 item 43 is deleted. TRO 296 Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 19th November 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and application 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Revocations) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 12th December 1997. 2 Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations apply to work which is proposed to be carried out in England and Wales on or after the date on which these Regualtions come into force. 3 These Regulations do not apply to work in respect of which a notice has been published in accordance with subsection (1) of section 7 (the conditions) of the Local Government Act 1988 before that date. Revocation of Regulations and Savings 2 1 Subject to paragraph (2) the Regulations listed in column (1) of the Schedule to these Regulations are revoked to the extent indicated in column (3). 2 Nothing in paragraph (1) shall affect the application of the Local Government (Direct Services Organisations) (Competition) Regulations 1993 to defined authorities in Scotland. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 17th November 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Welsh Office 18th November 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement, and application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Schools) Order 1997 and shall come into force— a in relation to authorities in England— i for the purposes of the activities specified in section 2(2)(a) to (i) of the Local Government Act 1988, on 12th December 1997; ii for the purposes of the activities specified in section 2(2)(j) and (k) of that Act, on 1st October 1998; iii for the purposes of the activities specified in section 2(2)(l) and (n) of that Act, on 1st January 1999; and iv for the purposes of the activity specified in section 2(2)(m) of that Act, on 1st April 1999; and b in relation to authorities in Wales, on 12th December 1997. 2 Where, as regards particular work comprised within an activity mentioned in paragraph (1), a notice has been published by the authority which intends to carry out the work (in accordance with subsection (1) of section 7 (the conditions) of the Local Government Act 1988) before the date specified in that paragraph as the date on which this Order comes into force for the purposes of that activity and as regards that authority, this Order does not apply to that work. Exemption 2 An activity specified in any of paragraphs (a) to (n) of subsection (2) of section 2 (defined activities) of the Local Government Act 1988 , if carried out by a defined authority, shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is so carried out for or on behalf of a school maintained by a defined authority. Revocation and saving 3 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Small Schools) Order 1992 is hereby revoked. 2 The exemption for which the Order revoked by paragraph (1) provides shall continue to have effect in relation to any relevant work (within the meaning of that Order) to which this Order does not apply. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 17th November 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 18th November 1997
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 5) Order 1997. 2 In this Order, references to “the Act” are references to the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997. Appointed days 2 1 The day appointed for the coming into force of section 15 of the Act (penalty as alternative to prosecution)— a for the purposes only of authorising the making of regulations is 21st November 1997; and b for all other purposes is 18th December 1997. 2 The day appointed for the coming into force of paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Act and section 22 of the Act in so far as it relates to that paragraph is 18th December 1997. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. John Y. Denham Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 20th November 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) (National Health Service Trusts) Order 1997 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by resolution of each House of Parliament. Amendment of Schedule to the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 2 1 The Schedule to the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 (bodies to which that Act applies) shall be amended as follows. 2 After paragraph 1(k), there shall be added the following sub-paragraph— l National Health Service trusts established under section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990. . 3 After paragraph 2(d), there shall be added the following sub-paragraph— dd National Health Service trusts established under section 12A of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 . . Frank Dobson Secretary of State for Health 20th November 1997 Sam Galbraith Minister for Health, Scottish Office St. Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 20th November 1997
FIRE SERVICES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Lancashire Fire Services (Combination Scheme) Order 1997 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 Lancashire Fire Services Combination Scheme, shall have effect. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 18th November 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Changes for England (Housing Management) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 12th December 1997. Amendments to the Local Government Changes for England (Direct Labour and Service Organisations) Regulations 1994 2 The Local Government Changes for England (Direct Labour and Service Organisations) Regulations 1994 are amended, in regulation 12 (interpretation etc. )— a by the omission, after “12.”, of “—(1)”; b by the substitution, for sub-paragraph (d), of the following— d “other housing work” means work falling within the defined activity in section 2(2)(h) (housing management) of the Act which is not excepted housing work; ; and c by the addition, at the end, of the following— e “the reorganisation period”— i where the reorganisation date is 1st April 1996 and the work in question is excepted housing work, means the period beginning on the order date and ending 24 months after the reorganisation date; ii where the reorganisation date is 1st April 1997 or 1st April 1998 and the work in question is excepted housing work, means the period beginning on the order date and ending 30 months after the reorganisation date; iii where the reorganisation date is 1st April 1997 or 1st April 1998 and the work in question is other housing work, means the period beginning on the order date and ending 24 months after the reorganisation date; iv in any other case, means the period of 18 months beginning on the reorganisation date. Amendment of the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Housing Management) (England) Regulations 1994 3 The Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Housing Management) (England) Regulations 1994 are amended, in regulation 3 (application of section 6), by the substitution, for “Section 6”, of “Subject to regulation 14A (housing management: disapplication of competition provisions) of the Local Government Changes for England (Direct Labour and Service Organisations) Regulations 1994, section 6” . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 17th November 1997
ANIMALS Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Mink (Keeping) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st January 1998. Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 The Mink (Keeping) Regulations 1975 shall be amended in regulation 5 by the substitution for paragraph (3) thereof (fee payable in respect of the granting of a licence in accordance with section 3 of the Act ) of the following paragraph— 3 On the granting of a licence in accordance with section 3 of the Act or, as the case may be, section 8 of the Act, there shall be paid to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Wales or the Secretary of State for Scotland, as the case may be, the following fee— a in the case of a licence granted in accordance with section 3 of the Act, £630; and b in the case of a licence granted in accordance with section 8 of the Act— i in England and Wales, £185; and ii in Scotland, £60. Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 17th November 1997 Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 17th November 1997 Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 17th November 1997 Bob Ainsworth Jon Owen Jones Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Approved on 17th November 1997