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COUNTY COURTS 1 1 This Order may be cited as the High Court and County Courts (Allocation of Arbitration Proceedings) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 31st January 1997. 2 In this Order,“ the Act ” means the Arbitration Act 1996. 2 Subject to articles 3 to 5, proceedings under the Act shall be commenced and taken in the High Court. 3 Proceedings under section 9 of the Act (stay of legal proceedings) shall be commenced in the court in which the legal proceedings are pending. 4 Proceedings under sections 66 and 101(2) (enforcement of awards) of the Act may be commenced in any county court. 5 1 Proceedings under the Act may be commenced and taken in the Central London County Court Business List. 2 Where, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 41 and 42 of the County Courts Act 1984 the High Court or the judge in charge of the Central London County Court Business List orders the transfer of proceedings under the Act which were commenced in the Central London County Court Business List to the High Court, those proceedings shall be taken in the High Court. 3 Where, in exercise of its powers under section 40(2) of the County Courts Act 1984 the High Court orders the transfer of proceedings under the Act which were commenced in the High Court to the Central London County Court Business List, those proceedings shall be taken in the Central London County Court Business List. 4 In exercising the powers referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3) regard shall be had to the following criteria— a the financial substance of the dispute referred to arbitration, including the value of any claim or counterclaim; b the nature of the dispute referred to arbitration (for example, whether it arises out of a commercial or business transaction or relates to engineering, building or other construction work); c whether the proceedings are otherwise important and, in particular, whether they raise questions of importance to persons who are not parties, and d the balance of convenience points to having the proceedings taken in the Central London County Court Business List, and, where the financial substance of the dispute exceeds £200,000, the proceedings shall be taken in the High Court unless the proceedings do not raise questions of general importance to persons who are not parties. 5 In this article— “the Central London County Court Business List” means the business list established at the Central London County Court by Order 48C of the County Court Rules 1981 ; “value” shall be construed in accordance with articles 9 and 10 of the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991 . 6 Nothing in this Order shall prevent the judge in charge of the commercial list (within the meaning of section 62(3) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 ) from transferring proceedings under the Act to another list, court or Division of the High Court to which he has power to transfer proceedings and, where such an order is made, the proceedings may be taken in that list, court or Division as the case may be. Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 19th December 1996
DEFENCE 1 This Order may be cited as the Naval Medical Compassionate Fund (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 20th December 1996. 2 The Standing Orders and Regulations for the Constitution and Government of the Naval Medical Compassionate Fund, approved by the Order in Council dated 28th July 1915 , shall be amended as follows— a for paragraph (2) of Article 8, there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 2 A person eligible to become or continue as a Subscriber to the Fund may pay to the Honorary Treasurer of the Fund a Life Subscription. The amount to be paid by a person for a Life Subscription shall be such as may from time to time be determined by the Trustees as the amount payable by a person of his age and sex. ; b in Article 9 after the word “Orphans” in both places where it occurs there shall be inserted the word “, Widowers”; c for Article 12 there shall be substituted the following Article— 12 The annual statements of account prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 1993 shall be made accessible to all Members of the Fund attending the annual meeting held for the purpose of electing from among their numbers two Directors. ; and d the Schedule shall be deleted. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Severn Bridges Tolls Order 1996 and shall, in accordance with section 9(2)(b) of the Act, come into force on 1st January 1997. 2 The tolls leviable in respect of vehicles within the categories referred to in section 8(1) of the Act using either of the bridges shall be as follows:— Category 1 vehicles £3.90 Category 2 vehicles £7.80 Category 3 vehicles £11.70 3 The Severn Bridges Tolls Order 1995 is hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport John Watts Minister of State, Department of Transport 16th December 1996
INCOME TAX 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1996, shall come into force on 13th January 1997 but shall take effect as from 1st January 1997. 2 In regulation 4ZA(2)(b)(ii) of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1988 for the words “on or after 1996” there shall be substituted the words “on or after 1st January 1997”. A M W Battishill G H Bush Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue 20th December 1996
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Education Act 1996 (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 10th January 1997. Amendments 2 1 Schedule 17 to the Education Act 1996 (governors' annual report to parents in the case of county, voluntary and maintained special schools) shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph 1(1), for “9” there shall be substituted “9F”. 3 After paragraph 7, there shall be added the following paragraph— 7A The report shall give the information about public examinations and other assessments of pupils' achievements— a at schools in England (where the school is in England), or b at schools in Wales (where the school is in Wales), which has most recently been made available to the governing body by the Secretary of State. . 4 After paragraph 9, there shall be added the following paragraphs— 9A The report shall summarise, where the school is in England, the nature, amount and purpose of training and professional development undertaken by the school’s teaching staff in the period since the last governors' report was prepared under section 161, identifying in particular the nature, amount and purpose of any training and professional development so undertaken on any day when the staff were required to be available for work but were not required to teach pupils. 9B The report shall give, where the school is in Wales, such information about any targets for improvement set by the governing body in respect of the performance of pupils at the school as is required to be published by virtue of regulations made under section 414(6). 9C The report shall describe in general terms— a the arrangements made for the security of the pupils and staff at the school and the school premises, and b any changes to those arrangements since the last governors' report was prepared under section 161. 9D The report shall indicate in relation to the period since the last governors' report was prepared under section 161— a to what extent the aims of the governing body with respect to sport at the school have been attained; and b any notable sporting achievements of the school’s teams during that period. 9E The report shall give the dates of the beginning and end of each school term, and of half-term holidays, for the next school year. 9F The report shall summarise any changes to information contained in the school prospectus since it was last published pursuant to regulations made under section 414(6). . Cheryl Gillan Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 16th December 1996 William Hague Secretary of State for Wales 17th December 1996
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES 1 This Order may be cited as the Lotteries (Prizes and Expenses: Variation and Prescription of Percentage Limits) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 10th February 1997. 2 The percentage specified in section 11(11) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (which is the maximum percentage of the proceeds of a society’s lottery or a local lottery that may be appropriated for the provision of prizes) shall, instead of 50 per cent, be 55 per cent. 3 The percentage specified in section 11(13)(a) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (which is the maximum percentage of the proceeds of a society’s lottery or a local lottery that, in the case of a lottery the proceeds of which do not exceed £20,000, may be appropriated on account of expenses) shall, instead of 30 per cent, be 35 per cent. 4 The second percentage specified in section 11(13)(b) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (which is the maximum percentage of the proceeds of a society’s lottery or a local lottery that the Gaming Board may allow, in the case of a lottery the proceeds of which exceed £20,000, to be appropriated on account of expenses) shall, instead of 30 per cent, be 35 per cent. 5 The percentage prescribed for the purposes of section 11(16) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (which is the percentage of the proceeds of a society’s lottery or a local lottery that may be appropriated on account of expenses and prizes together), shall be 80 per cent of the whole proceeds of the lottery. Timothy Kirkhope Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 13th January 1997
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 27th January 1997. 2 This Order shall not extend to Scotland. 2 In section 16(3) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (conditions on which the provision of amusements is permitted in certain commercial entertainments) paragraph (c) shall have effect as if, for the sum specified in that paragraph, there were substituted the sum of £5. 3 In article 2 of the Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1984 — for the words “Paragraphs (a) and (c)” there shall be substituted the words “Paragraph (a)”; in paragraph (a) the words “in paragraph (a),” shall be omitted; and paragraph (c) shall be omitted. Timothy Kirkhope Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 18th December 1996
ROAD TRAFFIC Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Driving Licences (Designation of Relevant External Law) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st January 1997. Designation of relevant external law: Isle of Man and Jersey 2 The law for the time being in force in the Isle of Man and the law for the time being in force in Jersey which each correspond to Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1988 are hereby designated as laws which make satisfactory provision for the granting of licences to drive all classes of goods vehicle and all classes of passenger-carrying vehicle. Revocation of existing Orders 3 The Driving Licences (Designation of Relevant External Law) Order 1992 and the Driving Licences (Designation of Relevant External Law) Order 1994 are hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport John Bowis Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport 18th December 1996
CONTRACTING OUT Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Allocation of Housing and Homelessness Functions) Order 1996. 2 This article and article 3 of this Order shall come into force on 20th January 1997 and article 2 of this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1997. 3 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Housing Act 1996 ; “an authority” means a local housing authority as defined in the Housing Act 1985 . 4 Any expressions used in this Order which are also used in the Act have the same meaning as they have in the Act. Contracting out of allocation of housing functions 2 Any function of an authority which is conferred by or under Part VI of the Act (allocation of housing accommodation), except one which is listed in Schedule 1 to this Order, may be exercised by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by the authority whose function it is. Contracting out of homelessness functions 3 Any function of an authority which is conferred by or under Part VII of the Act (homelessness), except one which is listed in Schedule 2 to this Order, may be exercised by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by the authority whose function it is. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment James Clappison Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 18th December 1996 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jonathon Evans Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 20th December 1996
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 20th January 1997. Matters to be taken into account 2 In determining whether it would be, or would have been, reasonable for a person to continue to occupy accommodation and in determining whether accommodation is suitable for a person there shall be taken into account whether or not the accommodation is affordable for that person and, in particular, the following matters— a the financial resources available to that person, including, but not limited to,— i salary, fees and other remuneration; ii social security benefits; iii payments due under a court order for the making of periodical payments to a spouse or a former spouse, or to, or for the benefit of, a child; iv paymrnts of child support maintenance due under the Child Support Act 1991 v contributions to the costs in respect of the accommodation which are or were made or which might reasonably be expected to be, or have been, made by other members of his household; vi pensions vii financial assistance towards the costs in respect of the accommodation, including loans, provided by a local authority, voluntary organisation or other body; viii benefits derived from a policy of insurance; ix savings and other capital sums; b the costs in respect of the accommodation, including, but not limited to,— i payments of, or by way of, rent; ii payments in respect of a licence or permission to occupy the accommodation; iii mortgage costs; iv payments of, or by way of, service charges; v mooring charges payable for a houseboat; vi where the accommodation is a caravan or a mobile home, payments in respect of the site on which it stands; vii the amount of council tax payable in respect of the accommodation; viii payments by way of deposit or security in respect of the accommodation; ix payments required by an accommodation agency; c payments which that person is required to make under a court order for the making of periodical payments to a spouse or a former spouse, or to, or for the benefit of, a child and payments of child support maintenance required to be made under the Child Support Act 1991; c that person’s other reasonable living expenses. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment James Clappison Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 18th December 1996 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jonathan Evans Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 19th December 1996
GAS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Gas Act 1995 (Repeal of Superseded Provisions of the Gas Act 1986) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 8th January 1997. Repeal 2 Paragraph 22 of Schedule 2B to the Gas Act 1986 shall cease to have effect upon the date of the coming into force of this Order. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Paul Beresford Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment. 18th December 1996
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 1 This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Civil Legal Aid Rules) (Amendment No. 2) 1996 and shall come into force on 1st January 1997. 2 This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt. Amendment of Act of Sederunt (Civil Legal Aid Rules) 1987 2 The Act of Sederunt (Civil Legal Aid Rules) 1987 shall be amended by substituting for the definition of “the Regulations” in rule 1(2) (interpretation) the following– “ the Regulations ” means the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1996. Rodger of Earlsferry Lord President, I.P.D. Edinburgh 10th December 1996
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (Commencement No.3) Order 1996. Interpretation 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Children (Scotland) Act 1995. Commencement 3 1 Sections 17, 19, 20, 31, 33, 38, 40, 42, 62, 70, 74, 75, 87, 94 and 101 of the Act shall come into force on 12th December 1996 but only for the purpose of enabling directions, rules or, as the case may be, regulations to be made under those sections so as to come into force on or after 1st April 1997. 2 Section 98 of and paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Act, insofar as not then in force, shall come into force on 12th December 1996 but only for the purpose of inserting after paragraph (a) of section 3(3) of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 a new paragraph (aa) for the purpose only of enabling regulations to be made, so as to come into force on or after 1st April 1997. 3 Section 98 of and paragraph 19 of Schedule 2 to the Act, insofar as not then in force, shall come into force on 12th December 1996 but only for the purpose of substituting new subsection (1) and (2) in section 27 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 for the purpose only of enabling regulations to be made, so as to come into force on or after 1st April 1997. 4 Section 98 of and paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 of the Act shall come into force, insofar as not then in force, on 12th December 1996 but only for the purpose of amending section 9 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 and inserting a new subsection (3A) in that section of that Act for the purpose only of enabling regulations to be made thereunder so as to come into force on or after 1st April 1997. 5 Section 98 of and paragraph 25 of Schedule 2 to the Act shall come into force on 12th December 1996 but only for the purpose of inserting new section 51A into the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 for the purpose only of enabling regulations to be made, so as to come into force on or after 1st April 1998 or, as the case may be, enabling the Secretary of State to make a direction. 6 Section 105(4) of and paragraph 15 of Schedule 4 to the Act shall come into force on 12th December 1996 but only for the purpose of amending the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 for the purpose of enabling regulations to be made, so as to come into force on or after 1st April 1997. 7 The provisions of the Act, insofar as not already in force, shall come into force on 1st April 1997 except– a section 98 of and paragraph 25 of Schedule 2 to the Act insofar as they insert new section 51A into the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978, which shall come into force on 1st April 1998; and b the entry in Schedule 5 to the Act relating to the Trusts (Scotland) Act 1921 . James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 11th December 1996
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as The A312 Trunk Road (The Parkway, Hounslow) Red Route (Temporary Prohibition of Traffic) Order 1997 and shall come into force on the 6th January 1997. 2 This Order is made because the Traffic Director for London is satisfied that traffic in the A312 The Parkway should be restricted at its junction with Cranford High Street because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near the junction of those roads. 3 During the period starting at 00.01 hours on 6th January 1997 and ending at 23:59 on 7th April 1997 or when those works have been completed, whichever is the sooner, subject to the provisions of article 4 below, no person shall cause or permit any vehicle proceeding southbound on the A312 The Parkway, Hounslow, to turn left into Cranford High Street. 4 1 The provisions of article 3 above shall apply only during such times and to such extent as may from time to time be indicated by traffic signs. 2 The provisions specified in article 3 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. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State for Transport Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 5th January 1997
ROADS AND BRIDGES, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Road Works (Permission under Section 109) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 13th January 1997. Persons to whom section 109 applies 2 1 A road works authority may grant permission under section 109 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 to persons carrying out works of any class except works of the class described in paragraph (2) below. 2 The class of works referred to in paragraph (1) above is that of inspecting and maintaining fire hydrants in roads. James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 13th December 1996
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Nursery Education and Grant-Maintained Schools Act 1996 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1996. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Nursery Education and Grant-Maintained Schools Act 1996. Commencement of provisions 2 Section 5 of the Act shall come into force, so far as not in force, on the relevant dates relating to the provisions of Schedule 1 brought into force by this Order. 3 Paragraph 6(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Act shall come into force on 10th December 1996 for the purpose of empowering the making of regulations under that provision and on 1st January 1997 for all other purposes. 4 Paragraph 6(5) of Schedule 1 to the Act shall come into force on 10th December 1996. 5 The following paragraphs of Schedule 1 to the Act shall come into force on 1st January 1997: 6(2) and (3) insofar as it is not in force, 8(2) insofar as it is not in force, 16. 6 Paragraph 14 (insofar as it is not in force) shall come into force on 1st April 1997. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Robin Squire Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 10th December 1996
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Atomic Energy Establishments Special Development) (Revocation) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 10th January 1997. Revocation 2 The Town and Country Planning (Atomic Energy Establishments Special Development) Order 1954 , the Town and Country Planning (Atomic Energy Establishments Special Development) Order 1957 and the Town and Country Planning (Atomic Energy Establishments Special Development) Order 1961 are hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Paul Beresford Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 18th December 1996
LIBRARIES 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variations) (No. 2) Order 1996. 2 The variation made by the Secretary of State on 23rd December 1996 to Article 46 of the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 whereby paragraph (1)(a) was varied by substituting “2.07p” for “2.00p” shall come into force on 13th January 1997. Virginia Bottomley Secretary of State for National Heritage 23rd December 1996