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SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Adjudication) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 28th April 1997. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Assembly. Amendment of the Social Security Adjudication Regulations 2 1 The Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6). 2 In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) after the definition of “disability question” there shall be inserted the following definition— “full statement of the tribunal’s decision” means the statement referred to in regulations 23(3A), 29(6A) and 38(5A) ; . 3 In regulation 24 (application for leave to appeal to a Commissioner from an appeal tribunal)— a for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 1 Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, an application to the chairman of an appeal tribunal for leave to appeal to a Commissioner from a decision of an appeal tribunal shall— a be made in accordance with regulation 3 and Schedule 2; and b have annexed to it a copy of the full statement of the tribunal’s decision. ; and b in paragraph (3) “made under paragraph (1)( a ) shall be recorded in the record of the proceedings of the tribunal, and on an application under paragraph (1)( b )” shall be omitted. 4 In regulation 32 (application for leave to appeal to a Commissioner from a disability appeal tribunal) for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 1 Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, an application to the chairman of a disability appeal tribunal for leave to appeal to a Commissioner from a decision of a disability appeal tribunal shall— a be made in accordance with regulation 3 and Schedule 2; and b have annexed to it a copy of the full statement of the tribunal’s decision. . 5 In regulation 39 (application for leave to appeal to a Commissioner from a medical appeal tribunal) for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 1 Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, an application to the chairman of a medical appeal tribunal for leave to appeal to a Commissioner from a decision of a medical appeal tribunal shall— a be made in accordance with regulation 3 and Schedule 2; and b have annexed to it a copy of the full statement of the tribunal’s decision. . 6 In Schedule 2 (time limits for making applications, appeals or references) in column (3) of paragraphs 7, 8 and 9 for “a copy of the record of the decision was given to the applicant” there shall be substituted “a copy of the full statement of the tribunal’s decision was given or sent to the applicant”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 19th March 1997.
LICENSING Revocation 1 These Regulations revoke the Licensing (Requirements for Accommodation for Guests) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on Jeremy Harbison Under Secretary 21st February 1997. The Department of Economic Development hereby concurs with the foregoing Regulations Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on Malcolm J. Briant Assistant Secretary 24th February 1997.
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 7th April 1997. 2 In these Regulations, “ the Order ” means the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981. Revocation 2 The Legal Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 are hereby revoked. Persons eligible for advice and assistance 3 For the weekly sum of £162 specified in Article 3(1) of the Order there shall be substituted the weekly sum of £166. Contributions from persons receiving advice and assistance 4 For the weekly sum of £67 specified in Article 7(2) of the Order there shall be substituted the weekly sum of £69. Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 21st February 1997
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 7th April 1997. Revocation 2 The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 are hereby revoked. Amendment to Schedule 2 3 For the table set out in Schedule 2 to the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 , there shall be substituted the following table— Disposable Income Range Maximum Contribution Exceeding £69 but not exceeding £76 £7 Exceeding £76 but not exceeding £83 £14 Exceeding £83 but not exceeding £90 £21 Exceeding £90 but not exceeding £97 £28 Exceeding £97 but not exceeding £104 £35 Exceeding £104 but not exceeding £111 £42 Exceeding £111 but not exceeding £118 £49 Exceeding £118 but not exceeding £125 £56 Exceeding £125 but not exceeding £132 £63 Exceeding £132 but not exceeding £139 £70 Exceeding £139 but not exceeding £146 £77 Exceeding £146 but not exceeding £153 £84 Exceeding £153 but not exceeding £166 £95 Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 21st February 1997
SEA FISHERIES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Conservation of Scallops Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 31st March 1997. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations:— “ the Act ” means the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966; “belly rings” means rings which make up the floor of a scallop dredge; “dredge bar” or “tooth bar” means a horizontal bar with teeth on the bottom of a scallop dredge; “French dredge” means a scallop dredge of the type known as a “French dredge” incorporating paravanes, diving plates, pressure plates, water deflecting plates or any similar device, and having rigid fixed teeth; “scallop” means fish of the species Pecten maximus ; “scallop dredge” includes any appliance with a rigid framed mouth which is towed through the water and is manufactured, adapted, used or intended for use for the purpose of fishing for scallops or other shell fish; “width” in relation to any scallop dredge means the distance across the mouth of a dredge when measured horizontally. Prohibition of fishing and fishing methods 3 1 The prohibitions in this regulation are subject to the exceptions in regulation 4. 2 A person shall not use or carry on board any fishing vessel in waters within British fishery limits which are adjacent to Northern Ireland— a a scallop dredge or system of scallop dredges with a width, or in the case of a system of scallop dredges, an aggregate width, of more than 1219 cms (40 feet); b a scallop dredge with more than 9 teeth per dredge or tooth bar; c a scallop dredge with a tooth spacing between the internal edges of less than 75 mm on the dredge or tooth bar; d a scallop dredge with belly rings having a clear opening of less than 75 mm internal diameter; e a scallop dredge with a minimum mesh size of 100 mm in the netting cover; and f a French dredge. 3 A person shall not fish for scallops in waters within British fishery limits which are adjacent to Northern Ireland using more than 8 scallop dredges from each side of any fishing vessel. 4 A person shall not, while diving, take scallops during the period 1st June to 31st October, both days inclusive, in any year, in waters within British fishery limits which are adjacent to Northern Ireland. 5 A person shall not take and retain on board any vessel, in waters within British fishery limits which are adjacent to Northern Ireland, scallops with a minimum size of less than 110 mm. 6 A person shall not, in waters within British fishery limits which are adjacent to Northern Ireland, take and retain on board scallops which are more than 1% by weight of the total of all catches on board. Exceptions 4 The prohibitions contained in these Regulations shall not apply to any person who is not a British citizen or to any person who is operating under the authority of and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a fish culture licence granted under section 11 of the Act or a permit granted under section 14 of the Act. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on G. Lavery Assistant Secretary 24th February 1997.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 11th April 1997. Interpretation 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 the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (the principal Regulations ) 3 The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 shall be amended as provided in regulations 4 to 9. Registration of dealers 4 At the end of regulation 8 there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 4 For the purposes of paragraph (1) the Department shall keep a register of dealers engaging in intra-Community trade who have applied for registration in accordance with that paragraph. . Approval of bodies, institutes or centres 5 At the end of regulation 9 there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 4 For the purposes of Article 11 of Council Directive 92/65/ EEC , the Department shall approve any equine semen collection centre or equine embryo collection team which has applied for that approval in accordance with Article 11 of that Directive and which meets the conditions applicable to it in respect of approval and the performance of its duties as required by Article 11 and Annex D to that Directive. . Illegal consignments 6 After regulation 13(1) there shall be inserted— 1A Where any animal detained or isolated, or any animal product detained, under paragraph (1)( a ) has been in contact with any other animal or animal product, the Department may serve a notice on the person appearing to have charge of that other animal or animal product and sub-paragraphs ( a ) and, as the case may be, ( b ) or ( c ) of paragraph (1) shall apply in relation to such an animal or animal product as if it were an animal or animal product mentioned in paragraph (1). . Post import controls 7 In regulation 23, after paragraph (2), there shall be inserted— 3 Where the Department exercises the powers granted under paragraph (2) to place any animal in quarantine or isolation, it may also, by notice served on the person appearing to have charge of any other animal which has been in contact with such an animal, require him to place that other animal in quarantine or isolation at such place as may be specified in the notice. . Community legislation 8 For Schedules 1, 2 and 4 there shall be substituted respectively the Schedules set out in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 to these Regulations. Disapplication of legislation 9 In Schedule 5 for the entry which relates to the Artificial Reproduction of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1975 there shall be substituted the entry set out in Schedule 4 to these Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on R. S. Johnston Assistant Secretary 21st February 1997.
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 7th April 1997. 2 In these Regulations— a “ the Order ” means the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981; b “personal injuries” includes any death and any disease or other impairment of a person’s physical or mental condition. Saving and revocation 2 1 These Regulations shall apply to any application for legal aid where the period of computation, as defined in Regulation 1(2) of the Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 , begins on or after 7th April 1997. 2 The Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 are hereby revoked save in their application to any case to which paragraph (1) does not apply. Persons eligible for legal aid 3 For the yearly sums specified in Article 9(1) of the Order there shall be substituted— a where legal aid is sought in connection with taking, defending or being a party to proceedings which include a claim in respect of personal injuries, for the yearly sum of “£8,158”, the yearly sum of “£8,370”; and b in any other case, for the yearly sum of “£7,403”, the yearly sum of “£7,595”. Contributions from persons receiving legal aid 4 For the yearly sum of “£2,498” specified in Article 12(1)( a ) of the Order there shall be substituted the yearly sum of “£2,563”. Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 21st February 1997
JUDICATURE, NORTHERN IRELAND Citation and commencement 1 These Rules may be cited as the Court Funds (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 11th April 1997. Interpretation 2 In these Rules a reference to a Rule by number is a reference to that Rule as so numbered in the Court Funds Rules (Northern Ireland) 1979 . Establishment and maintenance of interest bearing accounts 3 For Rule 32 substitute the following Rules— National Debt Commissioners 32 1 Where, in the opinion of the Accountant General, the cash balance in his account at the Bank exceeds the amount that he requires to satisfy current demands, he shall remit the excess to the National Debt Commissioners; and where, in his opinion, the balance is insufficient to meet such demands, the Commissioners shall remit to that account such amount as the Accountant General may in writing request. 2 As soon as practicable after yearly interest accruing on money placed to an interest bearing account has been credited to the appropriate account in accordance with these Rules, the Accountant General shall certify to the National Debt Commissioners the amount of the interest and the Commissioners shall credit that amount to the account kept by them of money received from the Accountant General. Interest bearing accounts 32A 1 There shall be established and maintained in the Court Funds Office the following two interest bearing accounts, namely a deposit account and a short term investment account to which shall accrue, in accordance with these Rules, interest derived from the transfer to, and investment by, the National Debt Commissioners of the money placed to all the accounts of those kinds. 2 Interest on money placed to the deposit account shall be paid at the rate of 4%. 3 Interest on money paid to the short term investment account shall be paid at the rate of 5%. 4 Interest on money placed to a deposit account or a short term investment account shall accrue from day to day from the third day after the day on which the money is placed to the account until the day preceding its withdrawal from the account. 5 Accrued interest shall be credited:— i on the capital sum when it is withdrawn from the account; or ii on transfer of the capital sum from a deposit account to a short-term investment account; and iii on the last Friday in November each year in respect of money placed to the deposit account and in respect of money placed to the short term investment account. 6 Accrued interest shall be credited without deduction of income tax. . Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 19th March 1997. We concur, Richard Ottaway Roger Knapman Two of the Lord’s Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 19th March 1997.
PRISON AND YOUNG OFFENDERS CENTRES Citation and commencement 1 These rules may be cited as the Prison and Young Offenders Centre (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1997. Interpretation 2 In these rules any reference to the “principal rules” is a reference to the Prison and Young Offenders Centre Rules (Northern Ireland) 1995 . General Principles 3 In paragraph (1)( f ) of Rule 2 of the principal rules after the word “sex” insert “religion”. Temporary release 4 In Rule 27 of the principal rules add: 5 In considering any application for temporary release under this rule previous applications, including any fraudulent applications, may be taken into account . Offences against prison discipline 5 After paragraph (11) of Rule 38 of the principal rules insert: 11b provides false information in an application for temporary release. Police Interviews 6 In paragraph (1) of Rule 69 of the principal rules after the word “prisoner” insert the words “willing to see him” P. B. B. Mayhew One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 20th February 1997
RATES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Valuation for Rating (Docks) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1997. 2 In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977. Amendment of Part X of Schedule 12 to the Principal Order 2 In Part X of Schedule 12 to the principal Order— a in paragraph 2 for “£2,500” there shall be substituted “£1,000,000”; b in paragraph 4— i sub-paragraph ( a ) is hereby repealed; and ii for sub-paragraph ( d ) there shall be substituted— d the rents of parts of the dock undertaking which are let as separate hereditaments; e any amount received by the undertaking in respect of the disposal of land; f grants or subsidies received by the undertaking in respect of capital works for the purpose of improving port facilities. ; and c in paragraph 5(2)— i in head ( a )— i for “1977” there shall be substituted “1998”; and ii for ( 4.25 × 140.5 160.6 ) there shall be substituted “9”; ii in head ( b )— i for “1978” there shall be substituted “1999”; and ii for ( 4.25 × 140.5 X ) there shall be substituted ( 9 × 153.8 X ) Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on V. N. Hewitt Assistant Secretary 21st February 1997.
RATING AND VALUATION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Valuation for Rating (Plant and Machinery) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1997. Classes of plant and machinery 2 For paragraph 3 of Part III of Schedule 12 to the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 there shall be substituted the paragraph set out in the Schedule. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on V. N. Hewitt Assistant Secretary 21st February 1997.
RATING AND VALUATION Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Valuation for Rating (Decapitalisation Rate) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1997. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations— “the 1977 Order ” means the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977; “church property” means any premises to the extent of which may fall within Article 41(2)( b ) of the 1977 Order; “contractors principle” means the method of ascertaining the net annual value of hereditaments by reference to their costs of construction or provision or to their capital value; “decapitalisation rate” means the percentage rate which is applied to the cost of construction or provision or to the capital value of any hereditaments for the purpose of the contractors principle; “hereditaments” means any hereditaments or any part of them. 2 In these Regulations “educational establishment” means any hereditaments which are constructed or adapted for use, and which are wholly or mainly used for the purpose of— a a school within the meaning of Article 2(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 ; b an institution for the provision of further education within the meaning of Article 100 of the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 which is managed by— i an Education and Library Board; or ii a body not established for profit; c a higher education institution within the meaning of Article 30(3) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 or a facility provided by an Education and Library Board under Article 101 of the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989. 3 In these Regulations “healthcare property” means any hereditament constructed or adapted wholly or mainly either— a for the reception or treatment of persons suffering from any illness, injury or infirmity; or b as a maternity home, and used for such a purpose. 4 Any reference in these Regulations to hereditaments used for any particular purpose includes a reference to hereditaments which are not for the time being in use but which when last in use were used for that purpose. Application of Regulations 3 These Regulations apply in relation to the ascertainment of the net annual value of any hereditament for the purpose of any valuation list which comes into force on or after 1st April 1997. Decapitalisation Rate 4 Where, for the purposes of paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 12 to the 1977 Order, the net annual value of a hereditament is ascertained by reference to the contractor’s principle in circumstances where these Regulations apply, the decapitalisation rate shall be— a 3.67 per cent in the case of any hereditaments consisting of any church property, healthcare property or an educational establishment; and b 5.5 per cent in any other case. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on V. N. Hewitt Assistant Secretary 21st February 1997.
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Roads (Speed Limit) (No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 7th April 1997. Speed restrictions on certain roads 2 The Department hereby directs that the road and each of the lengths of road specified in the Schedule shall be a restricted road for the purposes of Article 50 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981. Revocation 3 Item 9 of Schedule 2 to the Roads (Speed Limit) Order (Northern Ireland) 1979 is hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on J. Carlisle Assistant Secretary 20th February 1997.
HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Personal Social Services (Direct Payments) (1996 Order) (Commencement) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997. Appointed day 2 The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Personal Social Services (Direct Payments) (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 is 1st April 1997. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on P. A. Conliffe Assistant Secretary 6th March 1997.
REGISTRATION OF CLUBS Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Clubs (Certificate of Registration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 25th March 1997. Form of Certificate of Registration 2 A certificate of registration shall be in the form set out in the Schedule and shall in addition to the matters specified in Article 6(1)( a ) to ( d ) of the Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 also specify the matters prescribed in Parts IV to VI of that Schedule. Revocation 3 The Registration of Clubs (Certificate of Registration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on Jeremy Harbison Under Secretary 21st February 1997.
HOUSING Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Assistance for Minor Works to Dwellings (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 7th April 1997. Amendment of Assistance for Minor Works to Dwellings Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 2 In regulation 4( c ) of the Assistance for Minor Works to Dwellings Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 the words “or income based jobseekers allowance under Part II of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 ” shall be inserted at the end. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on J. McCormick Assistant Secretary 20th February 1997.