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PUBLIC RECORDS 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Public Record Office (Fees) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. 2 1 Subject to paragraph (3), the fees to be charged for the authentication of copies of or extracts from records under the charge of the Keeper of Public Records and for other services afforded by officers of the Public Record Office shall be those set out in column A of the Schedule in place of those set out in column B. 2 In the Schedule, where a charge is made by reference to an hour, the full hourly charge shall be payable in respect of part of an hour. 3 The Keeper of Public Records may remit a fee where the service performed or to be performed by him has been or is likely to be exceptionally simple. 3 The Public Record Office (Fees) Regulations 1996 are hereby revoked. Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 14th February 1997 We concur, Patrick McLoughlin Roger Knapman Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 18th February 1997
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the North and Mid Hampshire Health Authority (Transfers of Trust Property) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 20th March 1997. 2 In this Order— “the Authority” means the North and Mid Hampshire Health Authority; “the Schedule” means the Schedule to this Order; “the trust property” means, in the case of each body specified in column (1) of the Schedule, the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared, agreed upon and signed on behalf of the Authority and that body on 16th January 1997. Transfer of trust property 2 On 20th March 1997 the trust property which is trust property in relation to an NHS trust specified in the Schedule shall be transferred from the Authority to that NHS trust. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health John Horam Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of Health 19th February 1997
EDUCATION, SCOTLAND Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1997. 2 Section 70 of the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (appraisal of teachers) shall come into force on 19th February 1997. M B Forsyth Secretary of State, Scottish Office London 18th February 1997
COUNCIL TAX, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 18th March 1997. Amendment of Demand Notices regulations 2 The Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (England) Regulations 1993 are amended as provided below. Statement of amount of council tax in respect of earlier years 3 In paragraph 13(a) (statement of amount of council tax) of Schedule 1, after the words ‘and a financial year’ there is added ‘or years’. Council Tax (Transitional Reduction) Scheme 4 In paragraph 16 (matters to be included in explanatory notes) of Schedule 1, in sub-paragraph (b), the words from ‘or the Council Tax’ to the end of paragraph (iii) are omitted. Non-domestic rating: calculation of chargeable amounts 5 In paragraph 5 (applicable days for different chargeable amounts) of Schedule 2, sub-paragraph (b) is omitted. Non-domestic rating: information about relief for small hereditaments 6 1 Subject to paragraph (2) below, on the explanatory notes in paragraph 6 of Part I of, and paragraph 3 of Part II of, Schedule 2, after the paragraph headed ‘Transitional Arrangements’ the following paragraph is inserted— Relief for small non-domestic properties Where the transitional arrangements do not apply, non-domestic properties outside Greater London whose rateable value shown in the local rating list is less than £10,000, and those within Greater London whose rateable value shown in the local rating list is less than £15,000, will, subject to any changes in the circumstances of the property, have their rate bills for 1997/8 frozen at the same level as for 1996/7. In 1998/9 and 1999/2000 their rate bills will, also subject to any such changes, be lower by approximately 2 per cent than they would have been if calculated by reference to the National Non-Domestic Rating Multiplier for each year. 2 Nothing in these Regulations requires the paragraph inserted by paragraph (1) above to be included in any notice served in respect of any amount payable in respect of any day before 1st April 1997. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Paul Beresford Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 18th February 1997
COUNCIL TAX, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 18th March 1997. Amendment of principal regulations 2 The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992 are amended as provided below. Notices in respect of earlier periods 3 In regulation 18(2) (demand notices), for the words from ‘and the preceding financial year’ to the end of the paragraph there is substituted ‘and any preceding financial year, nothing in paragraph (1) shall require a billing authority to serve more than one notice’. Reminder notices 4 In regulation 23 (reminder notices)— a in paragraph (1)— i in sub-paragraph (b), after the words ‘a Part II scheme’ there is inserted ‘or a determination under regulation 21(7)’; ii at the end of sub-paragraph (c) there is inserted ‘or determination’; and b in each of paragraphs (3) and (4), after the words ‘the estimated amount’ there is inserted ‘(or, as the case may be, the chargeable amount)’. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Paul Beresford Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 17th February 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 18th February 1997
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Offenders (Additional Offences and Prescribed Devices) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 18th March 1997. 2 Section 20(2) of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 shall be amended by the addition, after paragraph (e), of the following paragraph— f an offence under Part I or II of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 of contravening or failing to comply with an order or regulations made under either of those Parts relating to the use of an area of road which is described as a bus lane or a route for use by buses only. . 3 The following device is prescribed for the purposes of section 20 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988— a camera designed or adapted to record the presence of a vehicle on an area of road which is a bus lane or a route for use by buses only. David Maclean Minister of State Home Office 17th February 1997
SEEDS Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. Amendment of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1994 2 The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1994 shall be amended as follows— a in regulation 3 (payment of fees)— i in paragraph (1), in the first line for the words “paragraphs (2) and (3)” there shall be substituted the words “paragraph (2)”; ii paragraph (3) shall be omitted; and b for the Schedules there shall be substituted the Schedules set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Tim Boswell Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 13th February 1997 Lindsay Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 14th February 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jonathan Evans Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 17th February 1997 Denton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office 13th February 1997
PLANT BREEDERS’ RIGHTS Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Breeders’ Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. Amendment of the Plant Breeders’ Rights (Fees) Regulations 1990 2 The Plant Breeders’ Rights (Fees) Regulations 1990 shall be amended as follows— a in regulation 4 (renewal fees), paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be omitted; b for the Schedule there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Tim Boswell Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 13th February 1997 Lindsay Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 14th February 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jonathan Evans Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 17th February 1997 Denton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office 13th February 1997 Michael Howard Secretary of State for the Home Department (being the Secretary of State concerned with matters relating to the Isle of Man) 17th February 1997 We approve, Richard Ottaway Patrick McLoughlin Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 18th February 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Capital Finance) (Rate of Discount for 1997/98) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. 2 The percentage rate of discount prescribed for the financial year beginning on 1st April 1997 for the purposes of defining “r” in section 49(2) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 shall be 8.9 per cent. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 17th February 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 17th February 1997
COURT OF SESSION, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 1 This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Lands Valuation Appeal Court) 1997 and shall come into force on 10th March 1997. 2 This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt. Lands Valuation Appeal Court 2 1 The judges named for the purposes of appeal under section 7 of the Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Amendment Act 1879 shall be as follows:— The Honourable Lord Prosser The Honourable Lord Coulsfield The Honourable Lord Milligan The Honourable Lord Gill The Honourable Lord Philip 2 The Act of Sederunt (Lands Valuation Appeal Court) 1996 is revoked. Rodger of Earlsferry Lord President, I.P.D. Edinburgh 14th February 1997
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Secure Tenancies (Notices) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 12th February 1997. Amendment 2 1 The notice in Part I of the Schedule to the Secure Tenancies (Notices) Regulations 1987 (notice of seeking possession), as substituted by regulation 2 of the Secure Tenancies (Notices) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 , is amended as follows. 2 In the last sentence of the words substituted as mentioned in paragraph (1), for “the date inserted above” substitute “the date this Notice is given”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State James Clappison Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 11th February 1997
INCOME TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Income Tax (Charge to Tax) (Payments out of Surplus Funds) (Relevant Rate) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 6th April 1997. 2 The relevant rate for the purposes of section 599A(2) of the Income and Corporation Tax Act 1988 shall, in relation to payments made on or after 6th April 1997, be 33 per cent. Richard Ottaway Gyles Brandreth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 17th February 1997
COURT OF SESSION, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 1 This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Registration Appeal Court) 1997 and shall come into force on 10th March 1997. 2 This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt. Registration Appeal Court 2 1 The Court of three judges for hearing registration appeals under section 57 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 shall be the Honourable Lord Sutherland, the Honourable Lord Kirkwood and the Honourable Lord Marnoch. 2 The Act of Sederunt (Registration Appeal Court) 1995 is revoked. Rodger of Earlsferry Lord President, I.P.D. Edinburgh 14th February 1997
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 13th March 1997. Interpretation of section 19 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and Part V of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 2 1 Regulation 75 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 In paragraph (1)(a)(iii), the word “and” shall be deleted where it occurs on the second occasion. 3 After paragraph (1)(a)(iii) there shall be inserted the following head— iiia Jobfinder, being a programme of up to 7 interviews to give advaice, support and guidance in jobsearch and with emphasis on obtaining employment as soon as possible; and . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Education and Employment. Eric Forth Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 14th February 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Dorset County Council (Boroughs of Poole and Bournemouth) (Staff Transfer) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. 2 This Order makes provisions which are consequential or supplementary to the Dorset (Boroughs of Poole and Bournemouth) (Structural Change) Order 1995 . Interpretation 2 In this Order “contract of employment” means a contract under which a person works for another person whether under a contract of service or apprenticeship or otherwise but does not include a contract for services; “designated list” means the list marked “The Dorset County Council (Boroughs of Poole and Bournemouth) (Staff Transfer) Order 1997 Designated List” which is signed by the Secretary of State for the Environment, one copy of which is deposited with the Poole Borough Council, one with the Bournemouth Borough Council, one with the Dorset County Council and one in the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment; “employee” means a person employed under a contract of employment including a person employed under a fixed term contract the expiry date for which is after 31st March 1997, but does not include a person whose employment is on a temporary basis and who on 31st March 1997 has had a continuous period of employment (when calculated in accordance with sections 210 to 219 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 ) of less than two years. Transfer of staff 3 1 This article shall apply to any employee (a “designated employee”)— a who immediately before 1st April 1997 (“the reorganisation date”) was employed by the Dorset County Council; b whose employment would continue but for the transfer of functions to the Councils of the Boroughs of Poole and Bournemouth; and c whose name is mentioned, or who falls within a class or description of employees which is mentioned, in the designated list. 2 The contract of employment of a designated employee shall not be terminated on the reorganisation date but shall have effect— a in the case of an employee who falls within a class or description of employees mentioned in any section of Part I of the designated list, as if originally made between that employee and the borough council mentioned at the head of that section; b in the case of an employee who falls within a class or description of employees mentioned in any section of Part II of the designated list, as if originally made between that employee and the borough council mentioned at the head of that section. 3 This article is without prejudice to any provision of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 24th February 1997
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Northampton Community Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 25th March 1997. 2 In this Order— “the Authority” means Northamptonshire Health Authority; “the Trust” means the Northampton Community Healthcare National Health Service Trust; “the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by and agreed upon by the Authority and the Trust on 29th November 1996, which schedule has been signed on behalf of both the Authority and the Trust. Transfer of trust property 2 On 25th March 1997 the trust property shall be transferred from the Authority to the Trust. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health. John Horam Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 24th February 1997
COUNCIL TAX, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax (Demand Notices) (Wales) (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 12th March 1997. 2 In these Regulations— “the principal Regulations ” means the Council Tax (Demand Notices) (Wales) Regulations 1993 ; “demand notice” has the same meaning as in the principal Regulations; and “the relevant year” has the same meaning in relation to a demand notice, as in the principal Regulations. Transitional provision for the financial year beginning in 1997 2 1 This regulation applies where the relevant year is the financial year beginning on 1st April 1997. 2 Schedule 1 of the principal Regulations shall have effect as if— a after paragraph 6(1) there were added the following sub-paragraphs— 1A Where the dwelling to which the notice relates is situated in a community area named in the Schedule to the Local Government Reorganisation (Wales) (Council Tax Reduction Scheme) Regulations 1997, a statement as regards— a the relevant community area, and b the relevant valuation band, of the amount prescribed in the Schedule to the Local Government Reorganisation (Wales) (Council Tax Reduction Scheme) Regulations 1997. 1B In sub-paragraph (1A) above, “community area” and “the relevant community area” have the meanings given in the Local Government Reorganisation (Wales) (Council Tax Reduction Scheme) Regulations 1997. ; and b after paragraph 13 there were added the following paragraph— 13A As regards any case to which regulations made under section 13 of the 1992 Act apply so that the amount required to be paid under the notice is less than it would be apart from those Regulations, a statement of the amount of the reduction. . 3 Part I of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations shall have effect as if— a after sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 6 there were added the following sub-paragraph— ba grant under section 88A of the Local Government Finance Act 1988; and b in paragraph 15(b), after paragraph (iii) there were added the following paragraph— iiia a person may be liable to pay an amount in respect of council tax which, by virtue of the provisions of the Local Government Reorganisation (Wales) (Council Tax Reduction Scheme) Regulations 1997, is less than the amount it would be apart from those Regulations; . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 17th February 1997
RATING AND VALUATION Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 12th March 1997. 2 In these Regulations— “the principal Regulations ” means the Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (Wales) Regulations 1993 ; “demand notice” has the same meaning as in the principal Regulations. Amendments of principal Regulations 2 1 The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs. 2 In paragraph 5 (applicable days for different chargeable amounts) of Schedule 1, sub-paragraph (b) shall be omitted. 3 In paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 2, after the note headed “Transitional arrangements” there shall be added the following— Small property relief For cases where the transitional arrangements do not apply, the rates bills of small properties, i.e. those with a rateable value of less than £10,000, will generally be frozen at the same level in 1997/98 as in 1996/97, and will be approximately 2% lower in real terms in 1998/99 and 1999/2000 than they would otherwise have been. 4 In paragraph 1 of Part II of Schedule 2, after the note headed “Trefniadau trosiannol” there shall be added the following— Rhyddhad Rhag Trethi i Eiddo Bach Ar gyfer achosion lle nad yw’r trefniadau trosiannol yn gymwys, bydd biliau trethi eiddo bach, h.y. y rhai sydd â gwerth trethiannol lai na £10,000, yn cael eu rhewi’n gyffredinol ar yr un lefel ym 1997–98 ag ym 1996–97, a byddant yn rhyw 2% yn is mewn termau real ym 1998–99 a 1999–2000 nag y byddent wedi bod fel arall. 5 Nothing in this regulation shall affect the operation of the principal Regulations in relation to demand notices issued by a billing authority which relate to a financial year beginning on or before 1st April 1996. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 17th February 1997
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Kent and Canterbury Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Transfers of Trust Property) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 14th March 1997. 2 In this Order, “the Authority” means the West Kent Health Authority; “the first Trust” means the Mid-Kent Healthcare National Health Service Trust; “the second Trust” means the Kent and Canterbury Hospitals National Health Service Trust; “the trust property” means— in the case of trust property to be transferred from the first Trust, the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by and agreed upon by the first Trust and the second Trust on 27th November 1995, which schedule has been signed on behalf of both those NHS trusts; in the case of trust property to be transferred from the Authority, the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by and agreed upon by the former West Kent Health Authority and the second Trust on 20th March 1995, which schedule has been signed on behalf of both that Authority and the second Trust. Transfer of trust property 2 On 14th March 1997 the trust property shall be transferred from the first Trust and the Authority to the second Trust. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health. John Horam Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health 17th February 1997
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE,ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the University Hospital Birmingham National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 14th March 1997. 2 In this Order— “the Authority” means the Sandwell Health Authority; “the Trust” means the University Hospital Birmingham National Health Service Trust; “the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by and agreed upon by the Authority and the Trust on 22nd July 1996, which schedule has been signed on behalf of both the Authority and the Trust. Transfer of trust property 2 On 14th March 1997 the trust property shall be transferred from the Authority to the Trust. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health John Horam Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health, Department of Health 17th February 1997