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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Reorganisation (Wales) (Charities) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Supplemental provision to section 49 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 2 1 The following provisions shall have effect in relation to the application of section 49 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (Charities). 2 Where, immediately before the commencement of section 49, any power with respect to a charity was vested in an old authority, that power shall vest in the appropriate council as determined in accordance with the provisions of section 49(4) or, where section 49(4) does not apply, in accordance with section 49(5). 3 References in paragraph (2) and section 49(2) to a power with respect to a charity do not include any power vested in an old authority, proper officer or other office holder by virtue of being a trustee thereof. 4 Where— a section 49(2) applies, but section 49(1) does not apply, or b section 49(3) applies, the provisions of subsection (4) shall nevertheless apply if the property of the charity in question is held for the benefit of any area or persons as referred to in that subsection. 5 Where there are more than two principal councils in whose areas fall— a the specified area under section 49(4), or b the area of the old authority in question under section 49(5), the reference in each of those provisions to “the greater part” shall, in any such case, be construed as a reference to “the greatest part”. 6 Any rights and liabilities of an old authority arising from that authority holding as trustee property to which section 49 applies shall transfer to the new principal council in which the property is vested. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 29th January 1996
PENSIONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 These regulations may be cited as the Local Government Pension Scheme (Appropriate Pension Fund) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force for the purposes of regulation 2 on 1st April 1996 and for the purposes of regulation 3 on 1st April 1997. Appropriate pension fund with effect from 1st April 1996 2 The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1995 shall be amended by adding the following to the end of Part III of Schedule C1 — Bath and North East Somerset District Council North Somerset District Council South Gloucestershire District Council City of Bristol Council East Riding of Yorkshire District Council Kingston upon Hull City Council North Lincolnshire District Council North East Lincolnshire District Council Middlesbrough Borough Council Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Hartlepool Borough Council Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council North Yorkshire County Council York District Council Appropriate pension fund with effect from 1st April 1997 3 The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1995 shall be amended by adding the following to the end of Part III of Schedule C1— Bedfordshire County Council Luton Borough Council Buckinghamshire County Council Milton Keynes Borough Council Derbyshire County Council Derby City Council Dorset County Council Bournemouth Borough Council Poole Borough Council Durham County Council Darlington Borough Council East Sussex County Council Brighton and Hove District Council Hampshire County Council Portsmouth City Council Southampton City Council Staffordshire County Council Stoke-on-Trent City Council Wiltshire County Council Thamesdown Borough Council Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State Paul Beresford Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 31st January 1996
CONTRACTING OUT Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Contracting Out (Administration of the Teachers' Superannuation Scheme) Order 1995 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Interpretation 2 In this Order “the functions” means the functions, with respect to the pensions, allowances or gratuities that are to be, or may be, paid to or in respect of teachers (as defined in section 9(6) of the Superannuation Act 1972 ), conferred on the Secretary of State by regulations made under all or any of sections 9, 12 and 24 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Superannuation Act 1972 and sections 16(2) to (4) and 130(a) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 . Contracting out of functions 3 The functions, or any of them, may be exercised by, or by the employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State. Robin Squire Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 30th January 1996
COPYRIGHT 1 This Order may be cited as the Copyright (Certification of Licensing Scheme for Educational Recording of Broadcasts) (Open University Educational Enterprises Limited) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 In paragraph 5 of the licensing scheme set out in the Schedule to the Principal Order, there shall be inserted after subparagraph (2)(c) the following: Note 1 Under the Licensing Scheme discounted rates below the above tariffs may be negotiated covering large user groups and may form part of Licences agreed to operate for more than one year. Ian Taylor, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry 31st January 1996
CHARITIES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Charities (Exception from Registration) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st March 1996. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— “advancement of religion” includes the relief of ministers and former ministers of religion and their families; “ the Act ” means the Charities Act 1993. Revocations 3 The Charities (Exception from Registration and Accounts) Regulations 1963 , and the Charities (Exception from Registration and Accounts) Regulations 1964 , are hereby revoked. Temporary exception of certain religious charities connected with certain bodies 4 1 A charity to which this regulation applies is hereby excepted until 1st March 2001 from the duty to be registered under section 3(2) of the Act. 2 This regulation shall apply to a charity wholly or mainly concerned with the advancement of religion, being a charity connected with a body named in paragraph (3) below and either— a having as a trustee a trust corporation connected with that body; or b established wholly or mainly to make provision for public religious worship; or c in respect of which accounts are sent annually to the Methodist Conference, a Methodist Synod or any connexional or other committee or department appointed or established by the Methodist Conference. 3 The bodies referred to in paragraph (2) above are— a church within the meaning of section 2 of the Baptist and Congregational Trusts Act 1951 ; a church which is affiliated to the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches; a church which is a member of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches; the Calvinistic Methodist or Presbyterian Church of Wales; the Church of England; the Church in Wales; the Methodist Church; the Religious Society of Friends; the United Reformed Church. Permanent exception of trusts conditional upon the upkeep of graves 5 1 A charity to which this regulation applies is hereby excepted from the duty to be registered under section 3(2) of the Act. 2 This regulation shall apply to a charity for the advancement of religion where— a the application of its income in a particular manner is conditional upon a grave, tomb or personal monument being kept in good order; and b the income of the charity does not amount to more than £1,000 a year. Blatch Minister of State Home Office 1st February 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement, interpretation and application 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Alteration of Requisite Calculations) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 2nd February 1996. 2 In these Regulations “the 1992 Act ” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992. 3 These Regulations have effect in relation to the financial year beginning in 1996. Police grant and relevant special grant 2 For subsection (12) of section 32 of the 1992 Act there shall be substituted the following subsection— 12 In this section and section 33 below— “police grant” means so much of the grant payable in accordance with paragraph 3.1 of the relevant police grant report as excludes the amount shown in column (c) of the Table set out below that paragraph; “relevant special grant” means either of the following grants, that is to say— the special grant payable in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 6 of the special grant report (Special Grant Report ( No. 16)) approved by a resolution of the House of Commons pursuant to section 88B of the 1988 Act on 31st January 1996; and the special grant payable in accordance with paragraphs 5 and 7 of that special grant report; and in this subsection “the relevant police grant report” means the police grant report (Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 1996–97) approved by a resolution of the House of Commons pursuant to section 31 of the Police Act 1964 on 30th January 1996. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 1st February 1996 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 1st February 1996
INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Insurance Premium Tax (Prescribed Rates of Interest) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 6th February 1996. 2 In article 2 of the Insurance Premium Tax (Prescribed Rates of Interest) Order 1994 for “5.5” there shall be substituted “6.25”. Simon Burns Derek Conway Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 31st January 1996
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (Interest on Tax) (Prescribed Rate) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 6th February 1996. 2 For the purposes of section 74 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 the prescribed rate shall be 6.25 per cent. per annum. Simon Burns Derek Conway Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 31st January 1996
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Air Passenger Duty (Prescribed Rates of Interest) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 6 February 1996. Rate of interest carried by amount assessed as air passenger duty due. 2 There shall be substituted “6.25 per cent. per annum”for“5.5 per cent. per annum”in paragraph (a) of Article 2 of the Air Passenger Duty (Prescribed Rates of Interest) Order 1994 (prescribing the rate of interest carried by an amount of air passenger duty assessed as duty due by an assessment made under Section 12 of the Finance Act 1994). Simon Burns Derek Conway Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 31 January 1996
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Priority of Charges) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 20th February 1996. Specified Bodies 2 The following bodies are hereby specified as approved lending institutions for the purposes of section 156 of the Housing Act 1985 (priority of charges)— a Bradford & Bingley Loans Limited; b Bradford & Bingley Management Limited; c Bradford & Bingley Secured Loans Limited; d Bradford & Bingley Secured Loans Management Limited; e Chelsea Mortgage Services Limited; f City Mortgage Corporation Limited; g Pickering Finance Limited; h Swift Advances Plc; i Swift Securities Plc. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 25th January 1996 We consent, Liam Fox Simon Burns Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 30th January 1996
SEA FISHERIES Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Sea Fish Industry Authority (Levy) Regulations 1995 Confirmatory Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st March 1996. Confirmation 2 1 The Regulations, having been modified in the manner specified in paragraph (2) below, are hereby confirmed and are set out in the Schedule to this Order. 2 The modifications mentioned in paragraph (1) above are as follows— a in regulation 2, for the definition of “canned or bottled fish”, there shall be substituted the following definition— “canned or bottled fish” means fish or sea fish products packed in an hermetically sealed container which is processed to inhibit microbial growth at ambient temperature, in regulation 4(1) after the words “by every person” there shall be inserted the words “engaged in the sea fish industry”. Revocation 3 The Sea Fish Industry Authority (Levy) Regulations 1988 Confirmatory Order 1989 and the Sea Fish Industry Authority (Levy) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 Confirmatory Order 1992 are hereby revoked. Tony Baldry Minister of State,Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 30th January 1996 Raymond S. Robertson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 18th January 1996 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Rod Richards Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 19th January 1996 Patrick Mayhew Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 26th January 1996
PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Carrying Capacity) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st May 1996. 2 1 Regulation 5 of the Public Service Vehicles (Carrying Capacity) Regulations 1984 shall be amended as follows. 2 For paragraphs (2) and (3) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs— 2 For the purposes of paragraph (1)— a a child under 5 years of age who is not occupying a seat does not count as a passenger; and b subject to sub-paragraph (a) above, three seated children each of whom is under 14 years of age and none of whom are occupying a seat provided with a seat belt shall count as two passengers. 3 In this Regulation “seat belt” has the meaning given in regulation 47 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 4 For the purposes of this Regulation, in relation to a continuous seat which is designed for the accommodation of more than one adult, each part of the seat which is designed to accommodate one adult shall be regarded as a separate seat. 5 For the purposes of this Regulation, a child shall be deemed to be under 14 years of age until the last day of August following his fourteenth birthday. . Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State Steven Norris Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Transport 31st January 1996
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Instrument may be cited as “The County Council of Norfolk (Reconstruction of Acle Wey Bridge) Scheme 1995 Confirmation Instrument 1996” and shall come into force on the date on which notice that it has been confirmed is first published in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Highways Act 1980. 2 The County Council of Norfolk (Reconstruction of Acle Wey Bridge) Scheme 1995 (“the Scheme”) is hereby confirmed with modifications. 3 The Scheme as confirmed is set out in the Schedule hereto and copies of the Scheme with its accompanying plans as modified are deposited at the offices of the Department of Transport, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR and at the offices of the County Council of Norfolk at County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2DH. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Pamela Denham Regional Director Government Office for the North East 30th January 1996
NATIONAL DEBT 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Savings Stock Register (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st March 1996. 2 The National Savings Stock Register Regulations 1976 shall be amended by substituting for Schedule 1 thereto, the text contained in the Schedule to these Regulations. Simon Burns Liam Fox Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 29th January 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Housing Management) (Rossendale) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 28th February 1996. Postponement of date 2 In its application to the Rossendale Borough Council regulation 3 of the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Housing Management) (England) Regulations 1994 shall have effect as if for the reference to 1st April 1996 there were substituted a reference to 1st December 1996. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Paul Beresford Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of the Environment 29th January 1996
HEALTH AND SAFETY PART I PRELIMINARY Citation, commencement, extent and revocation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART II APPLICATION Equipment, Protective Systems, Devices and Components 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Excluded equipment, protective systems, devices and components 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exclusion until 30th June 2003 of equipment and protective systems complying with health and safety provisions in force on 23rd March 1994 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART III GENERAL REQUIREMENTS General duty relating to the placing on the market of equipment, protective systems or devices by a responsible person 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General duty relating to the supply of equipment, protective systems or devices by a person other than the responsible person 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General duty relating to the placing on the market of components by a responsible person 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exceptions to placing on the market in respect of certain equipment, protective systems, devices and components 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conformity assessment procedures 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notified bodies appointed by the Secretary of State 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fees 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supplementary provisions Conditions for equipment, protective systems, devices and components being taken to comply with the provisions of the ATEX Directive 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART IV ENFORCEMENT Application of Schedule 14 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defence of due diligence 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liability of persons other than the principal offender 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment and disapplication of law in Great Britain General provisions 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consequential amendment of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1992 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Wales) (Alternative Community Names) (Prescribed Steps) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 Where section 27(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 applies in relation to a community, the following steps are prescribed as the steps which the principal council, within whose area the community lies, shall take, before 1st October 1997, with a view to securing that there is both an English and Welsh name for the community— a the principal council shall determine, after consultation with the council for the community concerned (if there is such a council), what is to be the correct form of the alternative name or, as the case may be, the alternative form of name; b as soon as practicable thereafter the principal council shall— i if there is a council for the community concerned, notify that council of the details of its determination; and ii publish in the community (and elsewhere if it considers this to be appropriate), in such manner as it considers appropriate, notice of the details of its determination. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 29th January 1996
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Change of Landlord) (Payment of Disposal Cost by Instalments) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 29th February 1996. 2 In regulation 3(3) of the Housing (Change of Landlord) (Payment of Disposal Cost by Instalments) Regulations 1990 (payment by instalments) for “7.99 per cent.” substitute “7.48 per cent.”. 3 The Housing (Change of Landlord) (Payment of Disposal Cost by Instalments) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1995 are revoked. 4 Regulations 2 and 3 do not apply in respect of any period before the date these Regulations come into force (notwithstanding that interest included in the amount of an instalment is paid on or after that date). Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 25th January 1996 William Hague Secretary of State for Wales 31st January 1996
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Health Authorities (Wales) Establishment Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Establishment of Health Authorities in Wales 2 1 There shall be five Health Authorities in Wales, each of which shall be known, in addition to the title “Health Authority”, by the name specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, such name appearing to the Secretary of State appropriately to signify the connection of the Health Authority with the area for which the authority is to act. 2 Each such Health Authority shall act for the area specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order opposite to its name in column 1. 3 Each such Health Authority shall have the title in Welsh of “Awdurdod Iechyd” and be known in Welsh by the name immediately after the English name in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order. William Hague Secretary of State for Wales 28th January 1996
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 The Tameside (Ashton Northern By-Pass Stage 1 Ashton-under-Lyne) (Special Roads) Scheme 1994 is hereby confirmed with modifications. 2 The said Scheme as confirmed (hereinafter referred to as “the Scheme”) is set out in the Schedule hereto and copies of the Scheme and its accompanying plan are deposited at the offices of the Department of Transport, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1 4DR and at the offices of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, Ashton Information Office, Council Offices, Wellington Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside OL6 6DL. 3 The Scheme will come into force on the date on which notice that it has been confirmed is first published in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Highways Act 1980. 4 This Instrument may be cited as the Tameside (Ashton Northern By-Pass Stage 1 Ashton-under-Lyne) (Special Roads) Scheme 1994 Confirmation Instrument 1996. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Pamela Denham Regional Director, Government Office for the North East 24th January 1996