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SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing Benefit (Permitted Totals) (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. Substitution of Schedule to the Housing Benefit (Permitted Totals) Order 1996 2 For the Schedule to the Housing Benefit (Permitted Totals) Order 1996 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security Angela Eagle Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 1st March 2000
RATING AND VALUATION, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and extent 1 These Regulations, which extend to England only, may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 1989 (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. Valuation on the contractor’s basis 2 1 Regulation 2 of the Non-Domestic Rating (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 1989 is amended in accordance with the following paragraphs. 2 After paragraph (1A) there is inserted– 1B Paragraph (2B) of this regulation applies in relation to a hereditament shown in a non-domestic rating list compiled on or after 1st April 2000 the rateable value of which is being ascertained using the contractor’s basis of valuation. . 3 After paragraph (2A) there is inserted– 2B In applying the provisions of the Act referred to in paragraph (2) of this regulation in circumstances where paragraph (1B) of this regulation applies, the appropriate rate shall be assumed to be– a in the case of a defence hereditament, an educational hereditament or a healthcare hereditament, 3.67%; and b in any other case, 5.5%. . 4 In paragraph (3)– a after the definition of “the appropriate rate” there is inserted– “defence hereditament” means a hereditament which is occupied or, if unoccupied, owned by the Secretary of State for Defence; ; b in the definition of “educational hereditament”– i in paragraph (b), for the words “section 41” to “(“the 1992 Act ”)” there is substituted the words “section 2(3) of the Education Act 1996 ”; ii at the end there is inserted– ; or (except in paragraphs (2) and (2A) of this regulation)– c consists of premises with respect to which a person is registered under section 71(1)(b) of the Children Act 1989 and which are used mainly for the purpose of providing day care for children who have attained the age of two; ; c for the definition of “school” there is substituted– “school” has the meaning given by section 4 of the Education Act 1996; . Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 2nd March 2000
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Work Abroad) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 2nd April 2000. Amendment of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Work Abroad) Regulations 1987 2 1 Regulation 2 of the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Work Abroad) Regulations 1987 (special provision for certain persons who have been employed abroad) shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (2)– a for the words from “Where a woman has paid” to “at the reduced rate either” there shall be substituted the words “Where a woman has paid, or is treated as having actually paid, Class 1 contributions under the Act either”; b for the words from “and as having actually paid Class 1 contributions ” to the end there shall be substituted the words “and for any such week, and for any weeks following the period of that liability and before the date of her return to Great Britain so far as those weeks are relevant to her claim for a maternity allowance, as having received an amount of specified payments for the purposes of section 35A(4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 equal to the lower earnings limit in force on the last day of that week”. 3 In paragraph (3)– a in sub-paragraph (a) the words “otherwise than at the reduced rate” shall be omitted; b for the words “and as having actually paid Class 1 contributions for each week of her absence” there shall be substituted the words “and for each week of her absence as having received an amount of specified payments for the purposes of section 35A(4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 equal to the lower earnings limit in force on the last day of that week”. 4 In paragraph (4) – a in sub-paragraph (a) the words “otherwise than at the reduced rate” shall be omitted; b for the words “and in which she actually paid Class 1 contributions ” there shall be substituted the words “and in each week of which she received an amount of specified payments for the purposes of section 35A(4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 equal to the lower earnings limit in force on the last day of that week”. 5 In paragraph (6) for the words “and as having actually paid Class 1 contributions” there shall be substituted the words “and as having received an amount of specified payments for the purposes of section 35A(4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 equal to the lower earnings limit in force on the last day of each of those weeks”. Bob Ainsworth Greg Pope Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 8th March 2000 Alistair Darling The Secretary of State for Social Security hereby concurs 9th March 2000
ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 This Order may be cited as The A406 Trunk Road (Gunnersbury Avenue, Hounslow) Red Route (Prescribed Route) Traffic Order 2000, and shall come into force on 17th March 2000. Interpretation 2 In this Order– a a reference to an article followed by a number is a reference to the article of this Order so numbered; b causing includes permitting. Prescribed Routes 3 Subject to the provisions of article 4, no person shall cause any vehicle on entering the A406 Gunnersbury Avenue from the northernmost exit of the unnamed service road fronting Nos. 127 to 139 and The International School of London, Gunnersbury Avenue in the London Borough of Hounslow to proceed in any direction other than left and northbound into A406 Gunnersbury Avenue. Exemptions 4 The provisions of article 3 shall not apply– a to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden; or b to a vehicle being used for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 29th February 2000
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 27th March 2000. 2 In these Regulations, “the General Regulations ” means the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 1987 . Amendment of regulation 3 of the General Regulations 2 In regulation 3 of the General Regulations (interpretation), after the definition of “funeral payment” there shall be inserted— “health professional” means— a registered medical practitioner; a midwife, nurse or health visitor registered as a midwife, nurse or health visitor with the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting under the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997 ; . Amendment of regulation 5 of the General Regulations 3 1 Regulation 5 of the General Regulations (entitlement to a payment to meet maternity expenses) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation. 2 In paragraph (1), after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph— bb subject to paragraph (3)— i the claimant or partner has received advice on health and welfare matters relating to the child from a health professional; and ii where the claim is made before the child is born, the claimant or partner has received advice on health and welfare matters relating to maternal health from a health professional; and . 3 In paragraph (2) (amount of a maternity payment), in each place where the amount “£100” appears there shall be substituted the amount “£200”. 4 After paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph— 3 Paragraph (1)(bb)(i) shall not apply where a claim is made after the birth of a still-born child. . Supplemental amendments 4 In regulations 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9 of the General Regulations, in each place where the words “maternity payment” occur, there shall be substituted the words “Sure Start Maternity Grant”. Transitional arrangements 5 1 Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations shall not apply in a case where a claim is made and— a the expected date of confinement; b the date of birth of the child (including any still-born); c the date of the adoption order; or d in the case of a child in respect of whom an order has been granted pursuant to section 30 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 , the date of the order, are both before 11th June 2000. 2 Subject to paragraph (3), where a payment has been made on the basis that the expected date of confinement is before 11th June 2000 and the date of birth of that child (including any still-born) occurs after 10th June 2000, a further payment may be made in accordance with these Regulations. 3 The amount payable as a consequence of paragraph (2) shall be reduced by a sum equal to the payment already made. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Angela Eagle Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 29th February 2000
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Benefits Up-rating and Miscellaneous Increases Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 10th April 2000. Amendment of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations 1994 2 In regulation 8 of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations 1994 (limit of earnings from councillor’s allowance) for the sum of “£49.50” substitute the sum of “£58.50”. Revocation 3 Regulation 5 of the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 1999 is hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Jeff Rooker Minister of State, Department of Social Security 29th February 2000
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 10th April 2000. 2 In these Regulations— “the Administration Act ” means the Social Security Administration Act 1992; and “the Up-rating Order ” means the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2000 . Exceptions relating to payment of additional benefit under awards made before the commencing date 2 Section 155(3) of the Administration Act (effect of alteration of rates of benefit under Parts II to V of the Contributions and Benefits Act) shall not apply if a question arises as to either— a the weekly rate at which the benefit is payable by virtue of the Up-rating Order, or b whether the conditions for receipt of the benefit at the altered rate are satisfied, until that question has been determined in accordance with the provisions of the Administration Act. Persons not ordinarily resident in Great Britain 3 Regulation 5 of the Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations 1975 (application of disqualification in respect of up-rating of benefit) shall apply to any additional benefit payable by virtue of the Up-rating Order. Amendment of the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982 4 In regulation 16 of the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982 . (earnings level for the purpose of unemployability supplement) for the sum of “£3,016” substitute the sum of “£3,042”. Amendment of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations 1995 5 In regulation 17(2)(a) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations 1995 . (weekly limit in relation to exempt work) for the sum of “£58.00” substitute the sum of “£58.50”. Revocations 6 Regulations 2 and 3 of the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 1999 . and the Social Security Benefits Up-rating and Miscellaneous Increases Regulations 1999 . are hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Jeff Rooker Minister of State, Department of Social Security 29th February 2000
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Avon and Western Wiltshire Mental Health Care National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 7th April 2000. 2 In this Order— “the first Trust” means the North Bristol National Health Service Trust; “the second Trust” means the Avon and Western Wiltshire Mental Health Care National Health Service Trust; “the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by, agreed upon by and signed on behalf of the first and second Trusts on 21st January 2000. Transfer of trust property 2 On 7th April 2000 the trust property shall be transferred from the first Trust to the second Trust. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Gisela Stuart Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health 16th March 2000
RATING AND VALUATION, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order, which extends to England only, may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. Amendment of Order 2 In relation to a local non-domestic rating list for a chargeable financial year beginning on or after 1st April 2000, article 3 of the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) Order 1997 shall be amended as follows: a in paragraph (1) for “£5,000” substitute “£6,000”; and b in paragraph (2), for “£10,000” substitute “£12,000”. Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 28th February 2000
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Professions Supplementary to Medicine) Amendment Regulations 2000, and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (Professions Supplementary to Medicine) Regulations 1974 . 3 These Regulations extend to England Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations 2 1 Regulation 3 of the principal Regulations (employment of officers) shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (1), for “radiographer or remedial gymnast” there shall be substituted “or radiographer” . 3 After paragraph (1), there shall be inserted the following paragraph– 1A No person shall be employed as an officer of an authority to which this regulation applies, in the capacity of prosthetist and orthotist or arts therapist unless– a he is registered in respect of that profession; or b he is a person who has never been registered as a prosthetist and orthotist or arts therapist, but who, immediately before 1st April 2000, was employed in that capacity by an authority to which this regulation applies. . 4 For paragraph (2) there shall be substituted– 2 The authorities to which this regulation applies are– a Health b Special Health Authorities. . Alan Milburn One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, Department of Health 29th February 2000
DISABLED PERSONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (North Western Trains Class 175/0 and Class 175/1 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2000 and shall come into force on 22nd March 2000. 2 Any reference in this Order to a numbered regulation is a reference to a regulation bearing that number in the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 . 3 This order applies to the rail vehicles which are numbered 50701 to 50711 and 79701 to 79711 and which form the diesel multiple-units numbered 175001 to 175011 of the class known as “Class 175/0” and to the rail vehicles which are numbered 50751 to 50766, 56751 to 56766 and 79751 to 79766 and which form the diesel multiple-units numbered 175101 to 175116 of the class known as “Class 175/1” (“the exempted vehicles”) as manufactured by ALSTOM Transport Limited for use by North Western Trains Company Limited. 4 1 Subject to article 5 below, the exempted vehicles are hereby authorised to be used for carriage even though they do not conform with those provisions of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 referred to in paragraph (2) below. 2 The provisions with which the exempted vehicles are not required to conform are– regulation 4(2), but only in so far as it relates to the emission of warning sounds outside an exempted vehicle; regulation 4(3)(b); regulation 6(1)(d); regulation 18(3); and regulation 20(1)(f)(ii), but only in so far as the handrail does not comply with regulation 11(2)(b). 5 1 The authorisation given by article 4(1) above shall cease forthwith in respect of an exempted vehicle which is operated by a person other than North Western Train Company Limited, unless the Secretary of State has been given written notice in advance specifying the name and address of that other person. 2 The authorisation given by article 4(1) above shall cease at the end of 31st December 2000. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Keith Hill Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 1st March 2000
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent 1 1 This Order may be cited as the National Health Service Trusts and Primary Care Trusts (Pharmaceutical Services Remuneration—Special Arrangement) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. 2 In this Order– “ the Act ” means the National Health Service Act 1977, “relevant Health Authority” in relation to an NHS Trust means the Health Authority who is the main commissioner of services provided by that NHS Trust and in relation to a Primary Care Trust means the Health Authority in whose area the area of that Primary Care Trust falls. 3 This Order extends only to England. Payments in respect of pharmaceutical services 2 1 Where pharmaceutical services consisting of the supply of drugs, medicines or listed appliances are ordered by a medical practitioner or a dental practitioner– a in pursuance of the functions of an NHS Trust, or b in pursuance of the functions of a Primary Care Trust providing services under Part I of the Act or in accordance with arrangements made under section 1(1) of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 , that NHS Trust or Primary Care Trust respectively shall pay to the relevant Health Authority, a sum equal to the remuneration payable in respect of such pharmaceutical services to the person providing those pharmaceutical services. Revocation 3 The National Health Service Trusts (Pharmaceutical Services Remuneration—Special Arrangement) Order 1991 is revoked in so far as it relates to England. Signed by Authority of the Secretary of State for Health Hunt Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 6th March 2000
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Drugs, Medicines, Aids for the Handicapped and Charities Etc) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000 in relation to supplies made on or after that date. 2 Schedule 8 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (zero-rating) shall be amended in accordance with Articles 3 and 4 below. 3 Note (5H) in Group 12 (supplies of drugs, medicines, aids for the handicapped, etc ) shall be amended by inserting after paragraph (e) the following– ea a Primary Care Trust established under section 16A of the National Health Service Act 1977 ; . 4 Note (4) in Group 15 (charities etc) shall be amended by adding after paragraph (i) the following– j a Primary Care Trust established under section 16A of the National Health Service Act 1977 . Clive Betts Greg Pope Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 29th February 2000
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Teachers' Pensions (Employers' Supplementary Contributions) Regulations 2000. 2 These Regulations shall come into force on 21st March 2000. 3 In these Regulations “the 1997 Regulations ” means the Teachers' Pensions Regulations 1997 and expressions used in these Regulations for which a meaning is given in the 1997 Regulations have that meaning in these Regulations. Supplementary contributions 2 1 The supplementary contribution to be paid by employers of persons in pensionable employment for the period 1st April 2000 to 31st March 2002 shall be fixed at the rate of 0.4% of the contributable salaries from time to time of persons in pensionable employment. 2 The Government Actuary shall make a supplementary report to the Secretary of State in respect of the deficiency between scheme assets and scheme liabilities as at 31st March 1996 stated in the Government Actuary’s report made pursuant to paragraph 7 of Schedule 15 to the 1997 Regulations. 3 The supplementary report shall specify the rate at which supplementary contributions shall be paid from 1st April 2002 so as to remove the deficiency referred to in paragraph (2) within the period of 40 years beginning on 1st April 2000, taking account of the supplementary contribution referred to in paragraph (1). 4 The rate referred to in paragraph (3) shall be expressed as a percentage of the contributable salaries from time to time of persons in pensionable employment; the percentage must either be or be a multiple of 0.05. 5 The supplementary report shall be laid by the Secretary of State before each House of Parliament. Malcolm Wicks Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 24th February 2000 We consent Greg Pope Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 29th February 2000
INSOLVENCY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Insolvency (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 31st March 2000. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations, references to “the principal Regulations” are to the Insolvency Regulations 1994 and a regulation referred to by number means the regulation so numbered in the principal Regulations. Amendment of the principal Regulations 3 The principal Regulations shall have effect subject to the amendments set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Kim Howells, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Consumers and Corporate Affairs Department of Trade and Industry 28th February 2000