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ANIMALS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Spring Traps Approval Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 20th November 1996. Approval of spring traps 2 1 For the purposes of section 21(2) of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972, the following spring traps are approved namely— a any spring trap of a type and make specified in any entry in column 1 of the Schedule; and b any spring trap which is equivalent in all relevant respects to a spring trap of a type and make specified in any entry in column 1 of the Schedule. 2 The approvals given by paragraph (1) relating to any spring trap specified in any entry in column 1 of the Schedule and to any spring trap equivalent in all relevant respects to a spring trap so specified are subject to the conditions as to the animals for which and the circumstances in which the spring trap may be used specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of the Schedule. 3 For the purposes of this Order, a spring trap is equivalent in all relevant respects to a spring trap of a type and make specified in the Schedule if it corresponds to the spring trap so specified in construction, in materials, in impact force or momentum, and in all other respects which are relevant to its effect or manner of operation as a trap. Revocation 3 The Spring Traps Approval Order (Northern Ireland) 1961 is hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on 30th October 1996. P. T. Toal Assistant Secretary
WELFARE OF ANIMALS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Welfare of Animals (Scheduled Operations) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 11th December 1996. Amendment of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 2 In Schedule 1 to the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (Operations which may be performed without an anaesthetic) for paragraph 8 there shall be substituted— 8 The disbudding of calves by chemical cauterisation applied before the second week of life. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on 30th October 1996. P. T. Toal Assistant Secretary
HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This order may be cited as the Health and Social Services Trusts (Establishment Orders) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 4th November 1996. 2 In this order— “relevant establishment orders” means— the Armagh and Dungannon Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995 , the Causeway Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995 , the Craigavon and Banbridge Community Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 , the Down Lisburn Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 , the Foyle Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995 , the Homefirst Community Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 , the Newry and Mourne Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 , the North and West Belfast Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 , the North Down and Ards Community Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 , the South and East Belfast Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 and the Sperrin Lakeland Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 . Amendment of the relevant establishment orders 2 1 Each of the relevant establishment orders shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 2 In Part I of the Schedule— a in the first column (Statutory Provision) there shall be added at the end the words “Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 ”; and b in the second column (Relevant Function) there shall be added at the end, opposite the reference to the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, the words “All relevant functions”. 3 In Part II of the Schedule— a in the first column (Statutory Provision) there shall be added at the end the words “Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995”; b in the second column (Relevant Function) there shall be added at the end, opposite the reference to the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, the words “Articles 21, 23, 26, 27, 32, 54, 66 and Schedule 3”; and c in the second column (Relevant Function), in the entry relating to the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 , references to Part VII and sections 94(2), 105(3), 152, 154 to 159 and 164 shall cease to have effect. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on 31st October 1996. P. Simpson Assistant Secretary
DISABLED PERSONS Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Disability Discrimination (Guidance and Code of Practice) (Appointed Day) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996. Appointed Day for Guidance 2 The day appointed as the day on which the Guidance (on matters to be taken into account in determining questions relating to the definition of disability) issued pursuant to section 3 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 shall come into force is 2nd December 1996. Appointed Day for Code of Practice 3 The day appointed as the day on which the Code of Practice (for the elimination of discrimination in the field of employment against disabled persons or persons who have had a disability) issued pursuant to section 53 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 shall come into force is 2nd December 1996. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on 28th November 1996. Derek Noble Assistant Secretary
AGRICULTURE Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Moorland (Livestock Extensification) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 25th November 1996. Amendment to the Moorland (Livestock Extensification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 2 In regulation 8 (amounts of aid and claims) of the Moorland (Livestock Extensification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 in paragraph (2) for “£25” there shall be substituted “£30”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on 22nd October 1996. Liam McKibben Assistant Secretary
FAIR EMPLOYMENT Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1997. Interpretation 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) Order (Northern Ireland) 1989 3 For the Schedule to the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) Order (Northern Ireland) 1989 there shall be substituted the Schedule to this Order. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on 21st October 1996. W. D. A. Haire Assistant Secretary
AGRICULTURE Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Pig Production Development (Levy) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 2nd December 1996. Rate of levy on pigs sold for slaughter or exported 2 There shall be payable to the Department on behalf of the Committee a levy of 21p by:— a every holder of a licence under section 1 of the Slaughter-houses Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 in respect of each pig slaughtered in the slaughter-house to which the licence relates, not being a pig imported into Northern Ireland for immediate slaughter; and b every person exporting pigs from Northern Ireland in respect of each pig so exported by him. Keeping of records 3 1 A person required to pay a levy in accordance with Article 2( a ) in respect of a pig shall keep a record showing— a the date on which that pig was slaughtered; and b the total number of such pigs slaughtered on that day. 2 A person required to pay a levy in accordance with Article 2( b ) in respect of a pig shall keep a record showing— a the date on which that pig was exported from Northern Ireland; b the destination to which that pig was exported; and c the total number of pigs so exported on that day. 3 A record kept in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) shall— a be produced at all reasonable times for inspection by the Department; and b be retained for a period of at least 2 years from the date of the last entry therein. Payment of levies 4 1 A person required to pay a levy in accordance with Article 2 shall make a return in writing to the Department within 7 days of the end of each month showing— a the total number of pigs (other than pigs imported into Northern Ireland for immediate slaughter) slaughtered in a slaughter-house to which a licence under section 1 of the Slaughter-houses Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 relates; and b the total number of pigs exported from Northern Ireland, in that month. 2 A return made in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by the appropriate amount of levy in respect of those pigs. Recovery of levy and payment of expenses 5 1 Any sum due in respect of levy under this Order shall be recoverable by the Department as a civil debt. 2 Any reasonable expenses incurred by the Department in recovering the levy shall be paid out of the Development Fund. Revocations 6 The following Orders are hereby revoked— a the Pig Production Development (Levy) Order (Northern Ireland) 1981 ; b the Pig Production Development (Levy) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995 . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on 21st October 1996. L. McKibben Assistant Secretary
MARRIAGES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Marriage of Children (Consents) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into force on 2nd December 1996. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Marriage of Minors (Consents) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1954. Amendments to the principal Regulations 2 1 In the principal Regulations— a in regulation 1(2) for the word “minors” there shall be substituted the word “children”; and b in regulations 3 and 13, for the word “minor” there shall be substituted the word “child”. 2 For the First Schedule of the principal Regulations, there shall be substituted the following Schedule— FIRST SCHEDULE Part A Consent to the Marriage of a Child Part B Consent to the Marriage of a Child Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 21st October 1996. Edgar F. Jardine Assistant Secretary
FOOD Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 24th October 1996. Amendment of the Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 2 1 The Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 shall be amended as provided in paragraphs (2) to (4). 2 In Article 2, after the definition of “the Department” there shall be inserted the following definition— “mammalian meat and bone meal” shall have the meaning given to it in the Specified Bovine Material ( No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 ; . 3 In Part I of Schedule 1— a for paragraph 7(1) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph— 7 1 The herd shall have been in existence for four years, except where, at the time of the application, every bovine animal in the herd came from a registered herd. ; b in paragraphs 8 and 9( a ), there shall be inserted before the word “meat” in both places where it occurs the word “mammalian”; and c in paragraph 9( b ), for the words “which only produced feed for ruminants” there shall be substituted the words “in which, over the four years prior to the application, mammalian meat and bone meal has not knowingly been stored or used”; 4 For paragraph 5 of Part II of Schedule 1 there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 5 A bovine animal in the herd shall not be fed any feed or compound feed, which contains mammalian meat and bone meal. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on 23rd October 1996. Evelyn Cummins Assistant Secretary
AGRICULTURE Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as The Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 15th November 1996. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means The Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 . 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment 3 The following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (2) of regulation 8 (Application for compensatory allowances) of the principal Regulations— 2 An application for a compensatory allowance for ewes in respect of any Scheme year shall be lodged with the Department between 15th November in the preceding Scheme year and 13th January in the Scheme year in respect of which the application is made (both dates inclusive). Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on 18th October 1996. Evelyn Cummins Assistant Secretary
AGRICULTURE Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as The Sheep Annual Premium (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 15th November 1996. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means The Sheep Annual Premium Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 . 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment 3 The following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph 2 of regulation 3 (application for a premium) of the principal Regulations— 2 A producer who applies for a premium in respect of a given marketing year shall deliver his application to the competent authority— a on or after the 15th November in the preceding calendar year; and b not later than 13th January in that marketing year (both dates inclusive) or if 13th January is a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday the next following working day. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on 18th October 1996. Evelyn Cummins Assistant Secretary
MAGISTRATES' COURTS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 4th November 1996. 2 After Section H in Schedule 1 to the Magistrates' Courts Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 , there shall be inserted the following section: I Applications under the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 56. An application for an order under Parts II or III not otherwise provided for £30·00 57. An application for an order under Article 50, (care or supervision order) 55, (education supervision order) or 62 (child assessment order) £50·00 58. An application for an order under Article 53 (contact or refusal of contact with a child in care) or 13 (change of child’s surname or removal from the jurisdiction) £20·00 59. An application for a financial provision order under Schedule 1 £30·00 60. An application to vary, extend or discharge an order made under any of the provisions of the Order mentioned at items 56 to 59 above £20·00 61. An application under Article 129 (affecting the registration of a child minder) or an appeal under Article 131 (appeal in relation to registration of child minder) £50·00 62. An appeal under Article 113 (appeal in relation to foster parenting) £50·00 63. An appeal under Article 145 (appeal in relation to licence to take part in public performance) £50·00 Note: Where an application under the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 requires the leave of the Court the relevant fee applies where leave is sought but no further fee may be charged if leave is granted and the application is made. . Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 10th October 1996 We concur Patrick McLoughlin Roger M. Knapman Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 15th October 1996
FAMILY PROCEEDINGS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Family Proceedings Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 4th November 1996. Interpretation 2 In this Order a expressions used in the Family Proceedings Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996 have the same meaning as in those rules; b a rule referred to by number means the Rule so numbered in the Family Proceedings Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996; and c “the Schedule” means the Schedule to this Order. Revocation 3 The Matrimonial Causes Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 is hereby revoked. Fees payable in family proceedings 4 1 The fees set out in column 2 of the Schedule shall be payable in respect of the items specified in column 1 of that Schedule whether the proceedings are in the High Court or in a county court. 2 If any question arises with regard to the payment of a fee, the proper officer or the chief clerk, as the case may be, may report the matter to the Lord Chancellor and obtain his directions thereon. 3 Where it appears to the Lord Chancellor that the payment of any fee specified in the Schedule would, owing to the exceptional circumstances of the particular case involve undue hardship, he may reduce or remit the fee in that case. Manner in which Fees are to be taken 5 1 Subject to Article 7 of this Order the fees prescribed in the Schedule shall be taken in cash. 2 Payment of the appropriate court fee shall be endorsed on the relevant document (that is the document indicated in column 3 of the Schedule) by mechanical means or, where this means is not available, the person to whom the fee is paid shall endorse the relevant document by writing thereon the amount and date of payment and shall sign the endorsement. 3 Where fees are payable under this Order in respect of any item and there is no document in reference to that item on which an endorsement can be made, the person requesting the action to which the item relates shall make the request by a requisition or note in writing which shall be endorsed as to payment of the appropriate fee in accordance with paragraph (2). Application of Fees 6 All fees received by virtue of the Schedule shall, unless otherwise appropriated in aid, be paid into the Consolidated Fund. Disapplication of county court fees 7 Fees numbered 5, 14, 17, 21, 22, 23, 26 and 27 in Section 1 of Schedule 1 to the County Court Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 shall not apply to family proceedings in a county court. Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 10th October 1996 We concur Patrick McLaughlin Roger M. Knapman Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 15th October 1996
FAMILY LAW Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Child Support (1995 Order) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996. Days appointed for the coming into operation of certain provisions of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 2 1 The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order is 16th October 1996. 2 The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 specified in Part 11 of the Schedule to this Order is 2nd December 1996. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 16th October 1996.
EDUCATION Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Loans) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 15th November 1996. Amendment of the Education (Student Loans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 2 In regulation 13 of the Education (Student Loans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 — a after paragraph (4) there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 4A The loans administrator on receiving an eligibility form completed and certified in accordance with paragraph (4) shall pay £4 to the governing body which sent it. ; and b after paragraph (5) there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 5A The loans administrator on receiving an eligibility form completed and certified in accordance with paragraph (5) shall pay £2 to the governing body which sent it. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on 11th October 1996. Robson Davison Assistant Secretary
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 8th November 1996. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of regulation 21(3A) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 2 In regulation 21(3A) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (applicable amounts for persons in residential accommodation) the words from “and the Department” to the end shall be omitted. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on 14th October 1996. John O'Neill Assistant Secretary
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 20th November 1996. 2 In these Regulations— a “ the Order ” means the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers' Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979; b “the principal Regulations ” means the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 1 The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4) in relation to any case in which a person first satisfies the conditions of entitlement to a payment under the Order on or after 20th November 1996. 2 For the Schedule to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. 3 In regulations 5(2) (Payment where death results from diffuse mesothelioma) and 7 (Minimum amount payable to dependant) for “£1,766” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£1,803”. 4 In regulation 6(1) (Payment where pneumoconiosis is accompanied by tuberculosis) for “£3,654” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£3,731”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on 9th October 1996. W. D. A. Haire Assistant Secretary