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NATIONAL LOTTERY Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the New Opportunities Fund (Specification of Initiatives) Order 1999 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Specification of initiatives 2 For the purposes of section 43B(1) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 the initiatives set out in article 3 are specified. 3 1 An initiative to improve– a the prevention, detection, diagnosis and treatment of cancer, including by promoting awareness of, and access to, facilities for preventing, detecting, diagnosing and treating cancer; b the provision of palliative care for persons suffering from cancer; and c the provision to such persons, or to their families or others caring for them, of support and information services associated with such palliative care. 2 An initiative to help communities to understand, improve and care for their environment (including the living and social environment), which may involve– a the acquisition of land; b the promotion and management of access to the countryside or to other land which is (or is to be) open to the public; and c the promotion of the use of land for the benefit of the community. 3 An initiative to promote access to education for persons aged 16 or over, particularly through the development of facilities for providing such access by means of information and communications technology. 4 In paragraph (3)– a the reference to the development of facilities includes a reference to the training of persons (“users”) in the use of facilities, and to the training of persons to assist or train users; and b the reference to access to education includes a reference to access to information to be used for the purposes of education. Chris Smith Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 25th March 1999
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Specification of Contracts) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999. Application of section 22(5) of the Act in relation to specified contracts 2 Subsection (5) of section 22 of the Act (which makes special provision with respect to rights and liabilities under certain contracts) shall have effect in place of subsection (3) of that section in relation to the contracts which are specified in the Schedule to this Order, by reference– a in column (1) of that Schedule, to the person who (apart from the Secretary of State) is the party to the contract; b in column (2) of that Schedule, to the date on which the contract was entered into; and c in column (3) of that Schedule, to the subject-matter of the contract. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Stephen C. Timms Minister of State, Department of Social Security 25th March 1999
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Inspection of Vocational Training) (Prescribed Persons and Bodies Awarding or Authenticating Vocational Qualifications) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 23rd April 1999. 2 In these Regulations “the 1998 Act ” means the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998. Vocational qualifications specified for the purposes of section 34 of the 1998 Act 2 For the purposes of section 34(9) of the 1998 Act (which provides that “external qualification” for the purposes of inspections under that section of training leading to an external qualification which is provided in Wales in pursuance of arrangements made by the Secretary of State under section 2(2)(f) of the Employment and Training Act 1973 means a vocational qualification awarded or authenticated by such person or body as may be specified in or under regulations) the Secretary of State hereby specifies the persons and bodies listed in the Schedule. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 24th March 1999
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Secondary Education in Further Education Institutions) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 15th April 1999. 2 In these Regulations “the 1992 Act ” means the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. Presence of a teacher 2 1 The circumstances referred to in section 52A(2) of the 1992 Act shall be that a teacher is present in the room. 2 For the purposes of paragraph (1) a teacher means a member of the teaching staff of– a a school maintained by a local education authority; b an institution maintained or assisted by a local education authority other than a school; c a grant-maintained school (until 1st September 1999); d a grant-maintained special school (until 1st September 1999); e a city technology college; f a city college for the technology of the arts; or g a institution within the further education sector. 3 For the purposes of paragraph (1) a teacher shall be considered to be present in the room at a particular time even though no teacher is present if– a it would be impracticable to secure the presence of a teacher in a room at that time, and b the absence of a teacher at that time has not lasted more than five minutes. Tessa Blackstone Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 19th March 1999 Peter Hain Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 22nd March 1999
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Priority of Charges) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 14th April 1999. Specified Body 2 The following body is hereby specified as an approved lending institution for the purposes of section 156 of the Housing Act 1985 (priority of charges)— Finsbury Park Mortgage Funding Limited—Company No. 3437350 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State. Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 24th March 1999
WILDLIFE Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 28th April 1999. Variation of Schedule 9 2 The following animals are added to Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 – Common name Scientific name Deer, any hybrid one of whose parents or other lineal ancestor was a Sika Deer Any hybrid of Cervus nippon With respect to the Outer Hebrides and the islands of Arran, Islay, Jura and Rum– Deer, Cervus (all species) Cervus b Deer, any hybrid one of whose parents or other lineal ancestor was a species of Cervus Deer Any hybrid of the genus Cervus Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Alan Meale Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 29th March 1999
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE 1 This Order may be cited as the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 5th April 1999. 2 Schedule 3 to the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) Order 1995 shall be amended by substituting for the district named in the right-hand column of that Schedule opposite to the name of any county constituency which– a is listed in the left-hand column of that Schedule, and b is also listed in the left-hand column of the Table below, the district named in the right-hand column of that Table opposite to the name of the county constituency in question. TABLE Name of county constituency District of which registration officer is acting returning officer Chatham and Aylesford Medway Hereford Herefordshire Leominster Herefordshire Medway Medway Newbury West Berkshire North Swindon Swindon South Swindon Swindon The Wrekin Telford and Wrekin George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 23rd March 1999
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE 1 This Order may be cited as the European Parliamentary Elections (Day of Poll) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st May 1999. 2 The poll at the next general election of MEPs shall be held on 10th June 1999. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 23rd March 1999
YOUNG OFFENDER INSTITUTIONS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Rules may be cited as the Young Offender Institution (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 1999 and shall come into force– a as respects this rule and rule 2, on 31st March 1999; and b as respects all other provisions, on 1st April 1999. 2 The Young Offender Institution (Amendment) Rules 1999 are hereby revoked. 3 The Young Offender Institution Rules 1988 shall have effect subject to the amendments set out in the Schedule to these Rules. 4 Without prejudice to the Interpretation Act 1978 , where an inmate committed an offence against discipline contrary to rule 50(21) of the Young Offender Institution Rules 1988 (“the 1988 Rules ”) prior to the coming into force of the amendments to that rule made by these Rules, charges may be laid, disciplinary proceedings may be continued and punishment imposed for such an offence as if the 1988 Rules had not been amended by these Rules. Jack Straw One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 24th March 1999
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE 1 1 This Order may be cited as the European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st May 1999. 2 In this Order a reference to an electoral region or a constituency is a reference to that region or constituency as it is for the time being. 2 The returning officer at a European Parliamentary election for the electoral region in England specified in the left-hand column of the Schedule to this Order shall be the person who is the acting returning officer at a parliamentary election for the constituency specified opposite thereto in the right-hand column of that Schedule. 3 The returning officer at a European Parliamentary election for the electoral region of Scotland shall be the person who is the returning officer at a parliamentary election for the Edinburgh South constituency. 4 The returning officer at a European Parliamentary election for the electoral region of Wales shall be the person who is the acting returning officer at a parliamentary election for the Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire constituency. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 23rd March 1999
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Amendment Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 24th March 1999. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means The Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1996 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (Special Health Authorities of which the chairman and members are not disqualified under regulation 10(1)(g)) , the following entries are inserted at the appropriate point in the alphabetical order: “National Health Service Information Authority”, “National Institute for Clinical Excellence”. Frank Dobson One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, Department of Health 23rd March 1999
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Amendment Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 24th March 1999. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means The National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1990 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 In paragraph (5) of regulation 11 of the principal Regulations (disqualification for appointment of chairmen and non-executive directors) , after the words “National Blood Authority” there are inserted the words “, the National Health Service Information Authority, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence”. Frank Dobson One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, Department of Health 23rd March 1999
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 1 This Order may be cited as the National Assembly for Wales (First Meeting) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 6th May 1999. 2 The first meeting of the National Assembly for Wales shall be held on Wednesday 12th May 1999 commencing at 11 am in the Assembly Chamber at Crickhowell House, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff. Alun Michael Secretary of State for Wales 17th March 1999
COUNCIL TAX, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax (Reductions for Disabilities) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. Extension of reductions to Band A dwellings 2 1 The Council Tax (Reductions for Disabilities) Regulations 1992 are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 In regulation 4(3), for the words from “A is the amount” to “in substitution for that amount” there is substituted– A is the amount determined in accordance with paragraph (3A). 3 After regulation 4(3) there is inserted– 3A For the purposes of this regulation– a in respect of a dwelling in relation to which the relevant valuation band is any of valuation bands B to H, A is the amount which, for the financial year in which the day falls and the alternative valuation band, has been set by the authority for its area or (as the case may be) the part of its area in which the dwelling is situated; and b in respect of a dwelling in relation to which the relevant valuation band is valuation band A, A is an amount equal to five ninths of the amount which, for the financial year in which the day falls and valuation band D, has been set by the authority for its area or (as the case may be) the part of its area in which the dwelling is situated. 3B References in paragraph (3A) to an amount set by an authority include a reference to an amount set in substitution for such an amount. 4 The following provisions are revoked: a in regulation 3(1), the words “Subject to paragraph (4),”; and b regulation 3(4). Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Nick Raynsford Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 26th March 1999 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 29th March 1999
COUNTY COURTS 1 This Order may be cited as the High Court and County Courts (Allocation of Arbitration Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 26th April 1999. 2 For paragraph (5) of article 5 of the High Court and County Courts (Allocation of Arbitration Proceedings) Order 1996 , substitute:– 5 The value of any claim or counterclaim shall be calculated in accordance with rule 16.3(6) of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 . . Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 25th March 1999
PATENTS 1 These Rules may be cited as the Register of Patent Agents and the Register of Trade Mark Agents (Amendment) Rules 1999 and shall come into force on 16th April 1999. 2 In rule 8 (qualifying examinations) of the Register of Patent Agents Rules 1990 , for the words “the Institute of Trade Mark Agents” substitute “the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys”. 3 In rule 2 (interpretation) of the Register of Trade Mark Agents Rules 1990 , for the words ““the Institute” means the Institute of Trade Mark Agents” substitute ““the Institute” means the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys”. Kim Howells Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 25th March 1999
POLICE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Police Grant (Scotland) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 15th April 1999. 2 In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires– “the Act” means the Police (Scotland) Act 1967; “authority” means a police authority (not being a constituent authority) or a joint police board; “financial year 1999-2000” means the period of 12 months commencing on 1st April 1999; “police grant” means the grant made under section 32(1) of the Act. Aggregate amount of grants for financial year 1999-2000 2 The aggregate amount of police grant to be made for the financial year 1999-2000 shall be £362,545,000. Amount of grant to an authority for financial year 1999-2000 3 The amount of police grant to be made for the financial year 1999-2000 to each authority specified in column 1 of the Table below shall be the amount determined in relation to that authority which is set out in column 2 of that Table opposite to the name of that authority– TABLE (1) (2) Authority Amount of Grant Central Scotland Joint Police Board £16,454,000 Dumfries and Galloway Council £10,616,000 Fife Council £19,549,000 Grampian Joint Police Board £31,235,000 Lothian and Borders Joint Police Board £65,992,000 Northern Joint Police Board £18,149,000 Strathclyde Joint Police Board £172,544,000 Tayside Joint Police Board £28,006,000 Payment of grant 4 The police grant payable to an authority by virtue of this Order for the financial year 1999-2000 shall be paid to that authority in equal monthly instalments on the 15th day of each month during that year. Henry B McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 18th March 1999 We approve, Bob Ainsworth Jane Kennedy Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 22nd March 1999
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the United Kingdom Ecolabelling Board (Abolition) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 19th April 1999. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations “the Board” means the body corporate established by regulation 2(1) of the United Kingdom Ecolabelling Board Regulations 1992 . Abolition of the Board 3 The Board is hereby abolished. Designation of the Secretary of State as competent body 4 The Secretary of State shall be the body in the United Kingdom responsible for carrying out the tasks of the competent body provided for in Council Regulation ( EEC ) No. 880/92 . Transfer of property, rights and liabilities 5 All the property, rights and liabilities to which the Board is entitled or subject immediately before the date on which these Regulations come into force are transferred on that date to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Provision for continuity in exercise of functions 6 Anything duly done by, or any request or decision duly made by, the Board is deemed to have been duly done by, or made by, the Secretary of State. Investigation of complaints by Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Superannuation Act 1972 8 In Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972 (bodies whose employees etc. may be covered by superannuation schemes), under the heading “Other bodies” the entry “United Kingdom Ecolabelling Board” is omitted. Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation of the United Kingdom Ecolabelling Board Regulations 1992 10 The United Kingdom Ecolabelling Board Regulations 1992 are hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Michael Meacher Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 22nd March 1999
ANIMALS Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 12th April 1999. Amendments to the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) Order 1978 2 The Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) Order 1978 is amended as follows— a for the provisions of Schedule 1 to that Order (which lists disinfectants approved by the Minister) there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to this Order; b for the provisions of Schedule 2 to that Order (which lists disinfectants subject to transitional provisions) there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to this Order; and c in article 6(2) of that Order (which specifies the date until which the disinfectants subject to the transitional provisions remain approved) for the words “31st December 1997” there shall be substituted “30th June 1999”. Revocation 3 The Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Amendment) Order 1997 is revoked. Jeff Rooker Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 22nd March 1999 Calum MacDonald Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 16th March 1999 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales. Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales 15th March 1999
GOVERNMENT TRADING FUNDS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Ordnance Survey Trading Fund Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999. Establishment of the Fund 2 1 From 1st April 1999, there shall be established a trading fund to be known as The Ordnance Survey Trading Fund (“the Fund”). 2 The operations of the Crown service known as Ordnance Survey described in Schedule 1 shall be financed by means of the Fund. Source of loans 3 The National Loans Fund is designated as the source of issues to the Fund by way of loan. Assets, liabilities, reserves and public dividend capital 4 1 The Crown assets and liabilities set out in Schedule 2 shall be appropriated as assets and liabilities of the Fund. 2 £4,500,000 of the amount by which the values of the assets of the Fund exceeds the amounts of the liabilities shall be treated as a revaluation reserve in the accounts of the Fund, and the reserve so treated shall be maintained as a revaluation reserve. 3 £14,000,000, being part of the amount by which the value of the assets of the Fund exceeds the amount of the liabilities of the Fund, shall be treated as public dividend capital of the Fund. Maximum borrowing etc 5 The aggregate of the following shall not exceed £30,000,000: a the total outstanding at any given time in respect of amounts issued to the Fund under section 2B of the Government Trading Funds Act 1973 (other than as originating debt) and, b the total at that time constituting public dividend capital issued to the Fund under section 2A(2A) of that Act. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Nick Raynsford Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 23rd March 1999 We concur, Jane Kennedy Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 24th March 1999
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Central Middlesex Hospital and the Northwick Park and St. Mark’s National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999. Dissolution of NHS trusts 2 1 The Central Middlesex Hospital National Health Service Trust established by the Central Middlesex Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1990 shall be dissolved on 1st April 1999, and accordingly that Order revoked on that date. 2 The Northwick Park and St. Mark’s National Health Service Trust established by the Northwick Park Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 shall be dissolved on 1st April 1999, and accordingly that Order revoked on that date. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health John Denham Minister of State, Department of Health 19th March 1999