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PROFESSIONS SUPPLEMENTARY TO MEDICINE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Professions Supplementary to Medicine (Arts Therapists Board) Order of Council 1997 and shall come into force on the day after the date on which it is made. 2 In this Order, “the Act” means the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960. Extension of application of the Act to the profession of arts therapist 2 The Act shall have effect as if the profession of arts therapist were mentioned in section 1(2) of the Act, and accordingly the First Schedule to the Act (constitutions of the Council and boards, and supplementary provisions) shall have effect as if there were made the further alterations, additions or omissions specified in the Schedule to this Order. N. H. Nicholls, Clerk of the Privy Council
METROPOLITAN AND CITY POLICE DISTRICTS Citation, commencement and introduction 1 This Order may be cited as the London Cab Order 1997 and shall come into force on 26th April 1997. 2 The London Cab Order 1934 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order. Scale of fares 3 For paragraph 40 (scales of fares excluding extras) there shall be substituted the following— 40 1 Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the fare payable for the hiring of a motor cab shall be according to the following scale— a a hiring charge of £1.00, and b in respect of any part of the hiring during which the cab travels at a speed exceeding 10.01 miles an hour, at the rate of 20p for 241.5 metres or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £9.00 or more, at the rate of 20p for 161 metres, and c in respect of any part of the hiring during which the cab is stationary or travels at a speed not exceeding 10.01 miles an hour, at a rate of 20p for 54 seconds or, if the fare shown on the taximeter is £9.00 or more, at the rate of 20p for 36 seconds. 2 In any case where the sum arrived at in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) above— a is less than £1.40, the fare payable shall be £1.40; or b exceeds £1.40 but is not a multiple of 20p, the fare payable shall be the sum so arrived at rounded up to the next highest multiple of 20p . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport John Bowis Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport 20th March 1997
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order 1997 and shall come into force on 25th April 1997. Revaluation of earnings factors 2 The earnings factors relevant— a to the calculation— i of the additional pension in the rate of any long-term benefit; or ii of any guaranteed minimum pension; or b to any other calculation required under Part III of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (including that Part as modified by or under any other enactment), are directed to be increased for the tax years specified in the Schedule to this Order by the percentage of their amount shown opposite those tax years in that Schedule. Rounding of fractional amounts 3 Where any earnings factor relevant to the calculation specified in article 2(a)(i) of this Order, as increased in accordance with this Order, would not but for this article be expressed as a whole number of pounds, it shall be so expressed by the rounding down of any fraction of a pound less than one half and the rounding up of any other fraction of a pound. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. MacKay of Ardbrecknish Minister of State, Department of Social Security 1st April 1997
SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 1 This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court)(Amendment) 1997 and shall come into force on 1st May 1997. 2 This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt. Amendment of Fees 2 1 For Schedule 2 to the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Witnesses and Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) 1992( substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Act of Sederunt. 2 The fees substituted by the said Schedule 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. Saving 3 The fees set out in column 3 of the table in paragraph 2 of the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court)(Amendment) 1996( shall continue to apply to work done before the date on which this Act of Sederunt comes into force. Rodger of Earlsferry Lord President, I.P.D. Edinburgh, 27th March 1997
DEREGULATION Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Provision of School Action Plans) Order 1997 and shall come into force fourteen days after the day on which it is made. 2 This Order does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland. 3 In this Order “ the Act ” means the School Inspections Act 1996. Provision of school action plans 2 In section 17 of the Act (duty of appropriate authority for county, voluntary, maintained special, grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school to provide copies of statement of action following school inspection), after subsection (6) there shall be inserted— 6A The duty under subsection (6)(c) shall be taken to be satisfied by the appropriate authority if they— a take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that every registered parent of a registered pupil at the school receives, as soon as is reasonably practicable, a copy of a document prepared by them which— i summarises the statement, and ii contains a statement of the right to request a copy of it under paragraph (b) below, and b provide a copy of the statement to every registered parent of a registered pupil at the school who asks for one. 3 In section 21 of the Act (corresponding duty in relation to other schools), at the end there shall be inserted— 6 The duty under subsection (5)(c) shall be taken to be satisfied by the appropriate authority if they— a take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that every registered parent of a registered pupil at the school receives, as soon as is reasonably practicable, a copy of a document prepared by them which— i summarises the statement, and ii contains a statement of the right to request a copy of it under paragraph (b) below, and b provide a copy of the statement to every registered parent of a registered pupil at the school who asks for one. . Robin Squire, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 18th March 1997 William Hague, Secretary of State for Wales 21st March 1997
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, SCOTLAND 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 7th April 1997. 2 In these Regulations, “ the Act ” means the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986. 2 These Regulations shall apply only in relation to any case where an application for advice and assistance is made on or after 7th April 1997. 3 For the weekly sum of £162 specified in section 8(a) of the Act , there shall be substituted the weekly sum of £166. 4 For the weekly sum of £67 specified in section 11(2)(a) of the Act , there shall be substituted the weekly sum of £69. 5 The maximum amount of fees or outlays which a client shall be liable to pay under section 11(2) of the Act , where his disposable income falls within a range specified in the first column of the following table, shall be the amount specified in relation to that range in the second column:– Disposable income Range Maximum contribution 1 Exceeding £69 but not exceeding £76 a week £ 7 2 Exceeding £76 but not exceeding £83 a week £14 3 Exceeding £83 but not exceeding £90 a week £21 4 Exceeding £90 but not exceeding £97 a week £28 5 Exceeding £97 but not exceeding £104 a week £35 6 Exceeding £104 but not exceeding £111 a week £42 7 Exceeding £111 but not exceeding £118 a week £49 8 Exceeding £118 but not exceeding £125 a week £56 9 Exceeding £125 but not exceeding £132 a week £63 10 Exceeding £132 but not exceeding £139 a week £70 11 Exceeding £139 but not exceeding £146 a week £77 12 Exceeding £146 but not exceeding £153 a week £84 13 Exceeding £153 but not exceeding £166 a week £95 6 The Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 are hereby revoked except in relation to any case where an application for advice and assistance is made before 7th April 1997. James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House Edinburgh 24th March 1997
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, SCOTLAND 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 7th April 1997. 2 In these Regulations, “ the Act ” means the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986. 2 These Regulations shall apply only in relation to any case where an application for civil legal aid is made to the Scottish Legal Aid Board on or after 7th April 1997. 3 For the yearly amount of £8,158 specified in section 15(1) of the Act , there shall be substituted the yearly amount of £8,370. 4 For the yearly amount of £2,498 specified in section 17(2)(a) of the Act , there shall be substituted the yearly amount of £2,563. 5 Regulations 3 and 5 of the Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 are hereby revoked except in relation to any case where an application for civil legal aid is made to the Scottish Legal Aid Board before 7th April 1997. James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House Edinburgh 24th March 1997
RATING AND VALUATION Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1997. Commencement of certain rating provisions 2 The following provisions of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (“ the act ”) shall come into force on 1st April 1997: a section 2; b section 33(1), in so far as it relates to the provisions mentioned in paragraph (c) below; c in Schedule 3— paragraph 2; paragraph 22 in so far as it relates to paragraph 23; paragraph 23. Parish and community council powers and minor amendments 3 The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 19th May 1997— a Part III; b section 33, in so far as it relates to the provisions mentioned in paragraphs (c) and (d) below; c in Schedule 3, paragraphs 1 and 11 to 16; d in Schedule 4, the repeals set out in the Schedule to this Order. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 26th March 1997
ROAD TRAFFIC Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 22nd April 1997. Preliminary 2 The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations. Amendment of regulation 80 3 In regulation 80(1), for the words “paragraph (2), (2A), (2B) and (2C)” there shall be substituted “paragraphs (2), (2A) and (2B)”. Amendments of Schedule 11A (exemptions for combined transport) 4 1 Schedule 11A shall be amended as follows. 2 In the heading to the Schedule for “80(2C)” there shall be substituted “80(2B)”. 3 In paragraph 9(1)— a in the definition of “loading unit” after the words “bi-modal vehicle” there shall be inserted “, road-rail semi-trailer”; b after paragraph (b) of the definition of “railhead” there shall be inserted— or, c road-rail semi-trailers from the ground onto railway vehicles on the track of a railway, ; c after the definition of “relevant receptacle” there shall be inserted the following definition— “road-rail semi-trailer” means a semi-trailer constructed or adapted so as to be capable of being both used as a semi-trailer on roads and carried on a railway vehicle; . 5 In paragraph 9(4)— a the word “and” after paragraph (a) shall be omitted; and b at the end of sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted— and c a road-rail semi-trailer shall be regarded as being transported by railway in a relevant manner if and only if it is being carried on a railway vehicle which forms part of a train . 6 After paragraph 9(5) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph— 6 A road-rail semi-trailer shall be regarded, for the purposes of this Schedule, as not being transported by railway in a relevant manner at any time when it is being carried on a railway vehicle as part of an articulated vehicle. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport John Watts Minister of State, Department of Transport 25th March 1997
DOGS 1 This Order may be cited as the Dangerous Dogs (Amendment) Act 1997 (Commencement) Order 1997. 2 The Dangerous Dogs (Amendment) Act 1997 shall come into force on 8th June 1997. Tom Sackville Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 3rd April 1997
FOOD Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Dairy Produce Quotas (Amendment) (Time Limits) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 23rd April 1997. Amendment of previous Regulations 2 1 The Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1997 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) below. 2 In paragraph (2)(a) of regulation 6 (adjustment of purchaser quota), for the words “28th April in the quota year following the end of the quota year in which such a transaction or conversion of quota takes place”, there shall be substituted the words “21st May 1997 or 28 days after the date on which the transaction or conversion of quota takes place (whichever is the later)”. 3 In paragraph (1) of regulation 11 (transfer of quota without transfer of land), for the words“ten working days before the end of the quota year in which that transfer takes place”, there shall be substituted the words “8th May 1997 or ten working days before the intended date of the transfer (whichever is the later)”. Tony Baldry Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 25th March 1997 James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office 26th March 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Daventry District Council) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 16th April 1997. Exemption of ground maintenance work 2 The maintenance of ground by Daventry District Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is undertaken before 1st October 1997 at any of the sites (or the parts of sites) listed in Specification Contract A dated June 1994 which was approved by the Leisure and Community Services Committee of the Daventry District Council on 30th March 1995. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Paul Beresford Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 25th March 1997
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as the A40 Trunk Road (Western Avenue, Ealing) (Prescribed Routes) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 31st March 1997. 2 In this Order— “Concord Road” means a road known by that name in the London Borough of Ealing; and “Western Avenue” means that length of the A40 Trunk Road known by that name in the London Borough of Ealing. 3 No person shall cause or permit any vehicle proceeding in the westbound main carriageway of Western Avenue to turn left into Concord Road. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport A R Mellors Assistant Director Highways Agency London Network Management Division 21st March 1997
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the South and West Devon Health Authority (Transfers of Trust Property) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 29th April 1997. 2 In this Order— “the Authority” means the South and West Devon Health Authority; “the Schedule” means the Schedule to this Order; “the trust property” means, in the case of each NHS trust 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 NHS trust on the date specified in column (2) of the Schedule in relation to that NHS trust. Transfer of trust property 2 On 29th April 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 7th April 1997
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Reporters (Conduct of Proceedings before the Sheriff) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires– “the Principal Regulations ” means the Reporters (Conduct of Proceedings before the Sheriff) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 . Amendment of Principal Regulations 3 Article 2 of the Principal Regulations shall be amended by substituting in the definition of “reporter” “1996” for “1997”. Mackay of Drumadoon Lord Advocate 19th March 1997 James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 20th March 1997
MERCHANT SHIPPING 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1997. 2 The provisions of the Act specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order (which relate to the matters specified in the second column of that Schedule) shall come into force on 23rd March 1997. George Young Secretary of State for Transport 22nd March 1997
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Essex and Herts Community National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. 3 In this Order— “the Authority” means the North Essex Health Authority established on 1st April 1996 ; “the old Authority” means the former North Essex Health Authority established on 1st April 1993 and abolished on 1st April 1996 ; “the Trust” means the Essex and Herts Community National Health Service Trust; “the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by and agreed upon by the old Authority and the Trust on 13th December 1995, which schedule has been signed on behalf of both the old Authority and the Trust. Transfer of trust property 2 On 1st April 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 March 1997
FAMILY PROCEEDINGS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 This Order may be cited as the Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 27th March 1997. Amendment to the Family Proceedings Fees Order 1991 2 In article 3(b) of the Family Proceedings Fees Order 1991 , after “income support” there shall be inserted “or family credit”. Mackay of Clashfern , C. Dated 21st March 1997 We concur, Bowen Wells Gyles Brandreth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 24th March 1997
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (General) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st May 1997. 2 In these Regulations, a regulation referred to by number alone means the regulation so numbered in the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989 . Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989 2 In the Arrangement of Regulations, after the title to regulation 26 “Power to notify other parties of application.”, there shall be inserted the following:— 26A Meeting with a mediator in family matters. . 3 In regulation 3(1):— a in the definition of “assessment officer” after the words “Secretary of State”, there shall be inserted the words “or the Board”; and b after the definition of “patient”, there shall be inserted the following:— “recognised mediator” means a mediator who is recognised by the Board for the purposes of conducting a meeting described in section 15 (3F) of the Act ; . 4 After regulation 26, there shall be inserted the following regulation:— Meeting with a mediator in family matters 26A Subsection (3F) of section 15 of the Act shall not apply:— a where there is no recognised mediator available to the applicant or any other party to the proceedings to hold a meeting under that subsection; or b where:— i the applicant is likely to fulfil the conditions under which legal aid may be granted under the Act and these Regulations; ii it is in the interests of justice that the applicant should, as a matter of urgency, be granted legal aid; and iii an application for an emergency certificate under regulation 19 has been made. . Mackay of Clashfern , C. Dated 21st March 1997 We consent, Bowen Wells Gyles Brandreth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 24th March 1997
FAMILY LAW 1 This Order may be cited as the Family Law Act 1996 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1997. 2 The following provisions of the Family Law Act 1996 shall come into force forthwith— a Part I (principles of Parts II and III ); b section 22 (marriage support services); c Part III (legal aid for mediation in family matters); d section 66(1) (minor and consequential amendments) so far as it relates to Part II of Schedule 8; and e section 66(3) (repeals) so far as it relates to the entry in Schedule 10 in respect of the Legal Aid Act 1988 . Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 21st March 1997
DEREGULATION Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Betting and Bingo Advertising etc.) Order 1997 and shall come into force 28 days after the day on which it is made. 2 This Order does not extend to Northern Ireland. Interpretation 2 In this Order “the 1963 Act ” means the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 and “the 1968 Act ” means the Gaming Act 1968. Relaxation of advertising restrictions in relation to bingo 3 1 Section 42 of the 1968 Act (restrictions on advertisements relating to gaming) shall be amended as follows. 2 In subsection (1), paragraphs (d) and (e), together with the word “or” preceding paragraph (d), are hereby repealed. 3 Subsection (1A) is hereby repealed. 4 After subsection (2)(e) there shall be inserted— or, f gaming in the form of playing bingo . 5 In subsection (3)— a the words “other than bingo club premises” in paragraph (a) are hereby repealed; and b paragraphs (d) to (g), together with the word “or” preceding paragraph (d), are hereby repealed. 6 Subsections (3A) to (3C) are hereby repealed. 7 In subsection (8), the definitions of “bingo club premises”, “inducement”, “multiple bingo” and “relevant premises” are hereby repealed. Repeals consequential on article 3 above 4 In consequence of the amendments made by article 3 above, subsections (2), (3), (5), (6) and (7) of section 1 of the Bingo Act 1992 are hereby repealed. Relaxation of advertising restrictions in relation to licensed betting offices 5 1 Section 10 of the 1963 Act (conduct of licensed betting offices) shall be amended as follows. 2 In subsection (5) (which makes it an offence to publish an advertisement for a licensed betting office other than an advertisement to which subsection (6) applies) after “other than” there shall be inserted “an advertisement published in a material form or”. 3 In subsection (6)— a after “if” there shall be inserted “it is published otherwise than in a material form and”; and b in paragraph (b), sub-paragraph (iii) (which relates to advertisements in a material form), together with the word “or” preceding it, are hereby repealed. Repeal of prohibition on encouraging persons on licensed betting offices to bet 6 Paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the 1963 Act (which prohibits the licensee from encouraging persons on licensed betting offices to bet) is hereby repealed. Timothy Kirkhope Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 22nd March 1997