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MEDICINES Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 6th May 1998. Amendment of the Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1980 2 The Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1980 shall be amended in accordance with the following regulation. 3 1 In regulation 1(2)(a) (interpretation) for the definition of “the Veterinary Drugs Exemption Order” there shall be substituted the following definition: “the Veterinary Drugs Exemption Order ” means the Medicines (Exemptions for Merchants in Veterinary Drugs) Order 1998 ; , 2 in regulation 2 (enforcement of sections 53, 54 and 66) for the words “specified in Articles 3 and 4 of the Veterinary Drugs Exemption Order” in each place where they appear there shall be substituted the words “to which the Veterinary Drugs Exemption Order applies”, 3 regulation 3 (safekeeping of certain veterinary drugs) shall be revoked, and 4 in regulation 9 (offences) for “regulations 3, 4 or 6” there shall be substituted “regulation 4 or 6”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Jay Minister of State, Department of Health 1st April 1998 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office Sewel 1st April 1998 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 3rd April 1998 Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Jeff Rooker 9th April 1998 Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this D C Gowdy Permanent Secretary 9th day of April 1998 Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland this P J Small Permanent Secretary 9th day of April 1998
PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Plant Breeders' Rights (Farm Saved Seed) (Specification of Species and Groups) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 8th May 1998. Specification of species and groups 2 The species and groups listed in the Schedule to this Order are specified for the purposes of section 9(2) of the Plant Varieties Act 1997. Donoughue Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 7th April 1998 Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 8th April 1998 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 7th April 1998 Dubs Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office 8th April 1998
PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Breeders' Rights (Information Notices) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 8th May 1998. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations— “ the Act ” means the Plant Varieties Act 1997; and “the holder of rights” in relation to a variety means the holder of plant breeders' rights in that variety. 2 Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in that regulation bearing that number. Information notice as to harvested material 3 1 An information notice for the purposes of section 14(4) of the Act (harvested material)— a shall be in the form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations; b shall contain the particulars set out in paragraph (2); and c shall contain a request for the information set out in paragraph (3). 2 The particulars referred to in paragraph (1)(b) are— a the registered name of the variety; b the species of the variety; c the date on which plant breeders' rights were granted in the variety; d confirmation that the rights were granted under the Act; e the name and address of the holder of rights; f the name and address of the agent of the holder of rights, if one has been appointed; and g the date on which the information notice was served. 3 The information referred to in paragraph (1)(c) is— a the name and address of the recipient of the information notice; b the name and address of the person from whom the recipient of the information notice acquired possession of the material specified in the information notice; c the date on which the recipient of the information notice acquired possession of the material specified in the information notice; and d the size of the consignment of which the material specified in the information notice formed part. Prescribed time 4 The prescribed time for the purposes of section 14(2)(b) of the Act (presumptions in proceedings relating to harvested material) is 21 days. Donoughue Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 7th April 1998 Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 8th April 1998 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 7th April 1998 Dubs Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office 8th April 1998
PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS Title and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Extension of Regulations to Community plant variety rights 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SEEDS Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 8th May 1998. Amendment of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1994 2 For the Schedules to the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Fees) Regulations 1994 there shall be substituted the Schedules set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Donoughue Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 7th April 1998 Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 8th April 1998 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 7th April 1998 Dubs Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office 8th April 1998
EDUCATION, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Academic Awards and Distinctions (Queen Margaret College) (Scotland) Order of Council 1998 and shall come into force on 1st June 1998. 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992; “ the Institution ” means Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh; and “the 1993 Order ” means the Academic Awards and Distinctions (Queen Margaret College) (Scotland) Order of Council 1993 Competence to grant academic awards and distinctions 2 1 The Institution is hereby specified as competent to grant all such degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic awards and distinctions as may be granted in pursuance of subsections (2) and (3) of section 48 of the Act. 2 The appropriate date for the purposes of paragraph (a) of section 48(2) of the Act shall be 1st June 1998. 3 In the event that the name of the Institution is changed under section 49 of the Act, or under any other power, the competence to grant any of the awards and distinctions specified in paragraph (1) above shall continue to apply to the Institution as re-named. Revocation 3 The 1993 Order is hereby revoked. Transitional provision 4 Notwithstanding the date specified in Article 2(2) of this Order, where a course of study was completed before that date and in accordance with the 1993 Order the Institution was competent to grant an award or distinction in respect of it, the Institution shall remain competent to grant that award or distinction. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the A420 Trunk Road (Majors Road Junction) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 8th May 1998. 2 In this Order— 1 all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway; 2 i “the new trunk road” means the new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in the Schedule to this Order; and ii “the plan” the plan numbered HA10/PS/202, marked “The A420 Trunk Road (Majors Road Junction) Order 1998.”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and deposited at the Highways Agency, St Christopher House, Southwark Street, London SE1 0TE. 3 The new trunk road shall become a trunk road from the date when this Order comes into force. 4 The centre line of the new trunk road is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan. 5 The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of the new trunk road that— a where the highway is maintainable at the public expense by a local highway authority, the part in question shall be maintained by that authority, and b where the highway is not so maintainable and is not maintainable under a special enactment or by reason of tenure, enclosure or prescription, the Secretary of State shall be under no duty to maintain the part in question. until, in either case, a date to be specified in a notice given by the Secretary of State to the highway authority for that highway. The date specified will not be later than the date on which the relevant route is opened for traffic. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Derek Oddy Divisional Director Highways Agency 17th April 1998
OSTEOPATHS This Order may be cited as the General Osteopathic Council (Transitional Period) (Application for Registration and Fees) Rules Order of Council 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
OSTEOPATHS This Order may be cited as the General Osteopathic Council (Constitution and Procedure) Rules Order of Council 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
CHANNEL TUNNEL Citation and Commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Channel Tunnel (Carriers' Liability) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 9th April 1998. Interpretation 2 In this Order, “through train” means a train, other than a shuttle train as defined in section 1(9) of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987, which for the purposes of sections 11 and 12 of that Act is engaged on an international service, within the meaning of section 13(6) of that Act. Extension of Carriers' Liability to the Channel Tunnel 3 1 Section 1 of the Immigration (Carriers' Liability) Act 1987 shall have effect in relation to a person requiring leave to enter the United Kingdom who arrives in the United Kingdom on a through train as it has effect in relation to such a person who so arrives by ship or aircraft, subject to the following modifications. 2 Section 1 shall so have effect as if: a for the words “ship or aircraft” where they appear— i for the first time in subsection (1); and ii in subsection (2), there were substituted the words “through train”; b for the words “owners or agents of the ship or aircraft” in subsection (1) and for the words “owners or agents” in subsection (2), there were substituted the words “relevant train operator”; c for the words “to them or an employee of theirs” where they appear in subsection (2), there were substituted the words “to an employee or an agent of his”; d for the words “voyage or flight” where they appear in subsection (2), there were substituted the word “journey”; e the following subsection were inserted after subsection (2): 2A Nor shall any liability be incurred under subsection (1) if, under the law of the country in which the person embarked on the through train for carriage to the United Kingdom, the employees or agents of the relevant train operator could not lawfully have— a required him when embarking to produce the document or documents specified in subsection (1); and b refused him carriage for failing to produce the document or documents so specified. ; and f the following were substituted for subsection (3): 3 In this section: “prescribed” means prescribed by an order made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament; “relevant train operator” means the operator of through trains who embarked the person concerned for carriage to the United Kingdom on the through train on which he arrived; and “through train” means a train, other than a shuttle train as defined in section 1(9) of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987, which for the purposes of sections 11 and 12 of that Act is engaged on an international service, within the meaning of section 13(6) of that Act. Transitional 4 This Order shall not have effect in relation to the arrival of a person in the United Kingdom on a through train whose journey on that train began prior to its coming into force. Jack Straw One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 8th April 1998
OSTEOPATHS This Order may be cited as the General Osteopathic Council (Conditional Registration) Rules Order of Council 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
MERCHANT SHIPPING 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Sovereign Base Areas) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 23rd April 1998. 2 In the section 177(1) set out in the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Sovereign Base Areas) Order 1997 the words “damage done to a ship” shall be replaced by the words “damage done by a ship”. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Entertainments Licences (Drug Misuse) Act 1997 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998. 2 Sections 1 to 3 of the Public Entertainments Licences (Drug Misuse) Act 1997 shall come into force on 1st May 1998 subject to the transitional provision in article 3 below. 3 Section 1(5) and section 2(5) shall not apply in respect of any offence committed before 1st May 1998. George Howarth Minister of State Home Office 6th April 1998
FIRE SERVICES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Firemen’s Pension Scheme (Amendment) Order 1998, shall come into force on 11th May 1998, and shall have effect as from 6th April 1997. Amendment of the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992 2 1 The Schedule to this Order has effect for varying the Scheme set out in Schedule 2 to the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992 . 2 A reference in the Schedule to this Order to a numbered rule is a reference to the rule identified by that number in the 1992 Scheme. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 26th March 1998 We approve Graham Allen Jon Owen Jones Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 7th April 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC Citation, commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 30th April 1998. Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) Regulations 1982 2 1 The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) Regulations 1982 shall be amended as follows. 2 In regulation 18A(2) (obligatory certificates) for the words following sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted “is 1st July 1998”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Helene Hayman Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 7th April 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC Citation, commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 30th April 1998. Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) Regulations 1984 2 1 The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) Regulations 1984 shall be amended as follows. 2 In regulation 13A(2) (obligatory certificates) for the words following sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted “is 1st July 1998”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Helene Hayman Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 7th April 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Crime Squad Service Authority (Standing Order) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st May 1998. 2 No later than the first ordinary meeting of the National Crime Squad Service Authority falling after the day on which these Regulations come into force, the Authority shall in respect of the recording of votes, and signing of minutes— a make standing orders incorporating the provisions set out in Schedule 2 to the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) Regulations 1993 or provisions to the like effect, and b modify any existing standing orders in so far as necessary to conform with those provisions. Alun Michael Minister of State Home Office 7th April 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Crime Squad Service Authority (Members' Interests) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st May 1998. 2 The Local Authorities (Members' Interests) Regulations 1992 are amended as provided in regulations 3 and 4 below. 3 In regulation 2— a in the definition of “authority” after sub-paragraph (iii)(b) there is inserted— c the National Crime Squad Service Authority; ; b in the definition of “relevant member” for sub-paragraph (iii) there is substituted— iii in the case of the National Crime Squad Service Authority, means any member of the authority; iv in any other case, means an elected member of the authority. . 4 In regulation 3— a after paragraph (2) there is inserted— 2A A person who is relevant member of the National Crime Squad Service Authority immediately before 1st May 1998 shall give the general notice not later than one month after the date, being a date on or after that date, on which he first attends a relevant meeting. ; b after paragraph (3A) there is inserted— 3B A person who becomes a relevant member of the National Crime Squad Service Authority (other than by a re-appointment taking effect immediately after cessation of his membership) on or after 1st May 1998 shall give the relevant notice not later than— a one month after that date, or b one month after the date on which he first attends a relevant meeting, whichever is the later. ; c in paragraph (5) after “police authority” there is inserted “, the National Crime Squad Service Authority”. Alun Michael Minister of State Home Office 7th April 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC Citation, commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 30th April 1998. Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 2 1 The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 shall be further amended as follows. 2 In paragraphs (10) and (10B)(c) of regulation 61 (emissions) for “1st May 1998” in both places where those words occur there shall be substituted “1st July 1998”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Helene Hayman Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 7th April 1998
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (No. 3) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 24th April 1998, except for article 3 which shall come into force on 23rd April 1998. Variation of section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 2 In section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (purposes for which financial assistance may be given) there shall be inserted after paragraph (gg)— hh Environmental Campaigns Limited. Revocation 3 The Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (No. 2) Order 1998 is hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Angela Eagle Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 7th April 1998
ANTARCTICA Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Antarctic (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st May 1998. The Antarctic Regulations 1995 (“the principal Regulations”), as amended , and these Regulations may be cited together as the Antarctic Regulations 1995 to 1998. Amendment of Regulation 18 of the principal Regulations 2 In paragraph (2) of Regulation 18 of the principal Regulations, after the words “British ship or British aircraft” shall be inserted “or British hovercraft”. Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2 to the principal Regulations 3 The Schedules to the principal Regulations shall be amended as follows: a There shall be added to Schedule 1 the areas listed and described in Schedule 1 to these Regulations. b In Schedule 2: i The description of Historic Site number 14 shall be replaced by: Site of ice cave at Inexpressible Bay, Terra Nova Bay (Lat. 74°54'S, Long. 163°43'E), constructed in March 1912 by Victor Campbell’s Northern Party, British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13. . ii The description of Historic Site number 41 shall be replaced by: Stone hut on Paulet Island (Lat. 63°35'S, Long. 55°47'W), built in February 1903 by the Norwegian C. A. Larsen, of the Swedish South Polar Expedition led by Otto Nordenskjold, together with the grave of a member of that expedition, and the rock cairn, built by survivors of the wreck at the highest point of the island to draw the attention of rescue expeditions. . iii There shall be added at the end of the Schedule the sites and monuments listed in Schedule 2 to these Regulations. Tony Lloyd For the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 19th March 1998
IMMIGRATION 1 This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Transit Visa) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 10th April 1998. 2 For the Schedule to the Immigration (Transit Visa) Order 1993 there shall be substituted the Schedule to this Order. 3 Article 2 of the Immigration (Transit Visa) Order 1993 shall be amended by the insertion, after the words “Northern Cyprus”, of the words “or the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,”. 4 The Immigration (Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 1995 and the Immigration (Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 1996 are hereby revoked. Jack Straw One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 7th April 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles Registration Fee (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 9th April 1998. 2 In regulation 2(1) of the Road Vehicles Registration Fee Regulations 1998 for the words “section 22” there shall be substituted “section 21”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Helene Hayman Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 7th April 1998
COURT OF SESSION, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 1 This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No.2) (Fees of Shorthand Writers) 1998 and shall come into force on 1st May 1998. 2 This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt. Increase in fees 2 Chapter IV of the Table of Fees in rule 42.16(3) of the Rules of the Court of Session 1994 (fees of shorthand writers)( shall be amended by substituting, in the provisions mentioned in column 1 of the Schedule to this Act of Sederunt, for the amounts respectively specified in column 2, the amounts so specified in column 3. Saving 3 Paragraph 2 does not affect such fees as are chargeable for work done before 1st May 1998. Rodger of Earlsferry Lord President I.P.D. Edinburgh 1st April 1998