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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) 1996 and shall come into force on 1st May 1996. 2 This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt. Amendment of Table of Fees 2 In Chapter IV (Shorthand Writers) of the Table of Fees in rule 42.16 of the Rules of the Court of Session 1994 , in the paragraphs specified in column 1 of the following table, for the figures set out in column 2 as applying to those paragraphs, there shall be substituted the figures set out in column 3 of that table; and the fees so substituted shall apply to work, for which those fees are chargeable, done on or after the date on which this Act of Sederunt comes into force:— TABLE Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 (paragraph) (old fees) (new fees) £ £ 1 (minimum fee per day) 56.40 58.30 1 (per hour) 18.80 19.40 2(a) 4.00 4.10 (b) 4.85 5.00 (c) 0.31 0.35 Saving 3 The fees set out in column 2 of the table in paragraph 2 above, shall continue to apply to work done before the date on which this Act of Sederunt comes into force. Hope of Craighead Lord President, I.P.D. Edinburgh, 6th March 1996
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers) (Scotland) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 In this Order— “local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994; “local government area” means the area of a local authority; and references to European Parliamentary constituencies are references to the European Parliamentary constituencies established by the European Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1984 . Returning Officers 2 In the case of each of the European Parliamentary Constituencies named in the first column of the Schedule to this Order, being constituencies situated in more than one local government area, the returning officer for an European Parliamentary Election shall be the person who, under section 41 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 , is, or may discharge the functions of, the returning officer at elections of councillors for the local authority for the local government area named opposite thereto in the second column of the said Schedule. Revocation 3 The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers) (Scotland) Order 1984 is hereby revoked. James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 7th March 1996
HOUSING, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Variation Order 1996 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Variation of Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1995 2 In the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1995 — a in article 2 (aggregate amount of housing support grants for 1995-96) for “£22,300,701” there shall be substituted “£21,960,220”; b in article 3(2) (general portion) for “£19,657,652” there shall be substituted “£19,330,435”; and c in article 3(3) (hostel portion) for “£2,643,049” there shall be substituted “£2,629,785”. Raymond S Robertson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 7th March 1996 We consent, Simon Burns Michael Bates Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 13th March 1996
HOUSING, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 In this Order— a “the number of houses of the authority” means the estimate of the number of houses to which the housing revenue account of the authority at 30th September 1996 relates; and b any reference to any type of expenditure, charge or income which is estimated is a reference to such an estimate made by the Secretary of State. Aggregate amount of grants for 1996-97 2 The aggregate amount of the housing support grants for the year 1996-97 shall be £19,433,189. Apportionment of grants for 1996-97 3 1 The aggregate amount of the housing support grants for the year 1996-97 shall be divided into 2 portions, the “general portion” and the “hostel portion”. 2 The general portion shall amount to £16,375,682 and shall be apportioned among the local authorities listed in Schedule 1 to this Order according to their respective estimated net expenditures for the year 1996-97 assessed in the manner provided for in Schedule 2 to this Order. 3 The hostel portion shall amount to £3,057,507 and shall be apportioned among the local authorities listed in Schedule 3 to this Order according to their respective estimated net expenditures for the year 1996-97 on those buildings specified in paragraph 1(1)(e) of Schedule 15 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (which provides for lodging houses and hostels as buildings for the purposes of a local authority’s housing revenue account). Raymond S Robertson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 7th March 1996 We consent, Simon Burns Michael Bates Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 13th March 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Discretionary Expenditure) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Determination of relevant population 2 For the purposes of section 83(4)(b) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 , the relevant population of the area of a local authority in relation to a financial year (“the relevant year”) shall be the resident population of that area in the financial year beginning two years before the relevant year, as estimated by the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland before the beginning of the relevant year. George Kynoch Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 6th March 1996
GOVERNMENT TRADING FUNDS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Land Registry Trading Fund (Additional Assets) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Appropriation of additional assets to the Fund 2 1 Crown assets consisting of: a freehold land and buildings forming the site of the Nottingham District Land Registry; and b freehold land and buildings adjoining the site of the Tunbridge Wells District Land Registry, used or allocated for use in the funded operations which are financed by means of the Fund shall be appropriated as additional assets of the Fund. 2 The whole of the amount of the value of the assets referred to in paragraph (1) shall be treated as public dividend capital of the Fund. Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 8th March 1996 We concur, Bowen Wells Michael Bates Two of the Lord Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 11th March 1996
MENTAL HEALTH Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Health (Prescribed Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Interpretation 2 Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to “the Act” is a reference to the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984, and any reference to a numbered section is a reference to the section bearing that number in that Act. Prescribed forms 3 Any application, recommendation, report or certificate, the form of which is required or authorised to be prescribed under the Act shall be in accordance with whichever one of the forms in Schedule 2 to these Regulations is appropriate or in a form to the like effect. Revocation 4 The Mental Health (Prescribed Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1984 are hereby revoked. James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 7th March 1996
HOUSING, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing (Valuation Bands for Improvement and Repairs Grants) (Scotland) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Valuation bands 2 For the purposes of— a section 240(2)(c)(i) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987— i where a house is to be improved or repaired, valuation band E is hereby prescribed; and ii where a house is to be converted into more than one house, valuation band F is hereby prescribed; and b section 240(2)(c)(ii) of that Act valuation band E is hereby prescribed. Raymond S Robertson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 5th March 1996 We consent, Simon Burns Michael Bates Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 8th March 1996
WATER SUPPLY, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Water and Sewerage Authorities (Rate of Return) (Scotland) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994; “accounts requirement” means a requirement notified under section 87(2) of the Act; “authority” means a new water and sewerage authority within the meaning of Part II of the Act. Value of net assets 3 The value of an authority’s net assets for a financial year shall, for the purposes of section 83 of the Act, be the aggregate of— a the deemed value of that authority’s capital at the beginning of the year (as shown in the statement of accounts prepared by the authority under section 87 of the Act); and b the average level of investment by that authority in net operating assets during that year. Return on value of net assets 4 1 6.5% is hereby specified as the rate of return which the Secretary of State considers it reasonable for an authority to achieve on the value of their net assets for a financial year (in this article referred to as “the specified rate”). 2 It is hereby directed that, during each financial year commencing after 31st March 1996, each authority shall discharge their functions with a view to securing that their achievement for that year, expressed as a percentage of the value of their net assets for that year, is not less than the specified rate. 3 For the purposes of paragraph (2) above, the achievement of an authority for a year means— a in respect of the financial year commencing on 1st April 1996, that authority’s operating surplus for that year; b in respect of any subsequent financial year, that authority’s operating surplus for that year— i reduced, where the achievement of that authority for the immediately preceding financial year was less than that provided for in paragraph (2) above, by the amount by which it was less (adjusted to take account of the effects of inflation in accordance with any accounts requirement); or ii increased, where the achievement of that authority for the immediately preceding financial year was greater than that provided for in paragraph (2) above, by the amount by which it was greater (adjusted to take account of the effects of inflation in accordance with any accounts requirement). George Kynoch Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 5th March 1996 We approve, Derek Conway Simon Burns Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 7th March 1996
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 1989 . Amendments to the principal Regulations: amounts specified 2 1 In regulation 3(1)(b) of the principal Regulations (supply of drugs and appliances by chemists), for the figure “£5.25” there shall be substituted the figure “£5.50”. 2 In regulation 8(5) of the principal Regulations (pre-payment certificates)— a for the figure “£27.20” there shall be substituted the figure “£28.50”; and b for the figure “£74.80” there shall be substituted the figure “£78.40”. 3 For Schedules 1, 2 and 3 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted those Schedules as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Application 3 These Regulations shall apply in relation to supplies of drugs and appliances made after 31st March 1996 except that— a the substitution of Schedule 3 by regulation 2(3) above shall apply only where the examination or first examination leading to the supply of the specified appliance takes place after that date; and b the amendment of regulation 8 (pre-payment certificates) of the principal Regulations by regulation 2(2) above shall apply only where the application referred to in paragraph (1) of the said regulation 8 is received after that date. James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 7th March 1996
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as The Richmond Adult and Community College (Incorporation) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996 (“the Commencement Date”). 2 On the Commencement Date there shall be established a body corporate called “Richmond Adult and Community College” for the purpose of conducting from the operative date the educational institution of that name presently maintained by the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. 3 The “operative date” in relation to the further education corporation established by this Order shall be 1st August 1996, and the corporation shall conduct Richmond Adult and Community College from that date. James Paice Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 11th March 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Armorial Bearings) (Wales) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 14th March 1996. 2 The armorial bearings which, immediately before 1st April 1974, were borne and used by the corporation of the borough of Newport may be borne and used by the Borough Council of Newport, provided they have first been exemplified according to the law of arms and recorded in the College of Arms. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
AGRICULTURE 1 This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Breadalbane) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 1 The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Breadalbane) Designation Order 1992 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article. 2 In the Schedule there shall be added after the word “interest” at the end of paragraph 10(b)(vi) the following:— ; and vii if the farmer so wishes, a grazing plan and other measures necessary to conserve, enhance or extend water margins, the width of which must be at least 6 metres. . Lindsay Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 4th March 1996 We consent, Simon Burns Bowen Wells Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 8th March 1996
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Wiltshire Health Care National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 In this Order— “the Authority” means the Wiltshire and Bath Health Authority; “the Trust” means the Wiltshire Health Care 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 February 1996, which schedule has been signed on behalf of both the Authority and the Trust. Transfer of trust property 2 On 1st April 1996 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 11th March 1996
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and Commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as The Richmond Adult and Community College (Government) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Application 2 It is hereby prescribed that the instrument of government and articles of government of the further education corporation to be established under the name of “Richmond Adult and Community College” shall be as set out in Schedules 1 and 2 to these Regulations respectively.
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the A21 Trunk Road (Tonbridge Bypass to Pembury Bypass Dualling) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 5th April 1996. 2 In this Order all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway. 2 The new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in the Schedule to this Order shall become a trunk road from the date when this Order comes into force. 3 The centre line of the new trunk road is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan numbered HA 10/1/SWM/125 marked “The A21 Trunk Road (Tonbridge Bypass to Pembury Bypass Dualling) Order 1996”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at the Department of Transport, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR. 4 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 new trunk road is opened for traffic. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport D Ward Director Southern Operations Division Highways Agency 4th March 1996
INCOME TAX Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Lloyd’s Underwriters (Tax) (1992-93 to 1996-97) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 5th April 1996. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Lloyd’s Underwriters (Tax) (1992-93 to 1996-97) Regulations 1995 and “regulation” means a regulation of those Regulations. Amendments to the principal Regulations 3 In regulation 2— a after the definition of “syndicate gains” there shall be inserted the following definition— “the Taxes Act ” means the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 ; ; b after the definition of “the Taxes Acts” there shall be added the following definition— “tax credit” means a tax credit under section 231 of the Taxes Act . 4 After regulation 10 there shall be inserted the following regulation— Repayment of tax— taxed income and tax credits 10A 1 The like provisions as are contained in section 824 of the Taxes Act (as that section has effect for the year of assessment 1995-96) shall have effect in relation to— a any repayment of tax which was paid by way of deduction at source in respect of income charged to tax in accordance with section 171, and falling within section 172(1)(c), of the Finance Act 1993 , and b any payment of the whole or part of a tax credit (to which section 824 of the Taxes Act applies by virtue of subsection (2) of that section) in respect of such income, as if “the relevant time” for the purposes of subsection (1) of that section was the end of the period of 12 months following the year of assessment for which the tax was assessed on the member concerned. 2 This regulation shall have effect for the year of assessment 1995-96 only. S C T Matheson G H Bush Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue 13th March 1996
DEFENCE 1 This Order may be cited as the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (Jersey) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st June 1996. 2 1 The Naval Discipline Act 1957 (“the 1957 Act ”) shall have effect in the Bailiwick of Jersey subject to the modifications specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order. 2 The provisions of— a the Naval Forces (Enforcement of Maintenance Liabilities) Act 1947 , and b section 10 and Part III of the Armed Forces Act 1991 (“the 1991 Act ”), shall have effect in the Bailiwick of Jersey subject to the modifications specified in Parts II and III respectively of the Schedule to this Order. 3 In relation to any reference to a law for the time being in force in the Bailiwick of Jersey, the modifications made by this Order have effect for all purposes of the 1957 Act (and not only in the application of that Act to the Bailiwick of Jersey). N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Revenue Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by a resolution of the House of Commons. Revenue support grants for 1991-92 2 1 The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 1991-92 are specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order. 2 The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order in respect of the financial year 1991-92 shall be the amount redetermined in relation to that local authority set out in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority. Revenue support grants for 1992-93 3 1 The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 1992-93 are specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order. 2 The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order in respect of the financial year 1992-93 shall be the amount redetermined in relation to that local authority set out in column 3 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority. Revocations 4 Articles 3 and 4 of the Revenue Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1995 and the Schedule to that Order so far as relating to those articles (which previously redetermined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial years 1991-92 and 1992-93) are hereby revoked. Michael Forsyth One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State St. Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 7th February 1996 We consent, Bowen Wells Liam Fox Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 12th February 1996
DEFENCE 1 This Order may be cited as the Army Act 1955 (Jersey) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st June 1996. 2 1 The Army Act 1955 (“the 1955 Act ”) shall have effect in the Bailiwick of Jersey subject to the modifications specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order. 2 Section 10 and Part III of the Armed Forces Act 1991 shall have effect in the Bailiwick of Jersey subject to the modifications specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order. 3 In relation to any reference to a law for the time being in force in the Bailiwick of Jersey, the modifications made by this Order have effect for all purposes of the 1955 Act (and not only in the application of that Act to the Bailiwick of Jersey). N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
DEFENCE 1 This Order may be cited as the Army Act 1955 (Isle of Man) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st June 1996. 2 1 The Army Act 1955 (“the 1955 Act ”) shall have effect in the Isle of Man subject to the modifications specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order. 2 Section 10 and Part III of the Armed Forces Act 1991 shall have effect in the Isle of Man subject to the modifications specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order. 3 In relation to any reference to a law for the time being in force in the Isle of Man, the modifications made by this Order have effect for all purposes of the 1955 Act (and not only in the application of that Act to the Isle of Man). N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council