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EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the New Deal (Lone Parents) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 14th January 2002. 2 In this Order— “the New Deal for Lone Parents” means the arrangements known by that name and made under section 1 of the 1950 Act for which only persons who are lone parents are eligible and which are designed to help participants to obtain work or to improve their prospects of obtaining work; “lone parent” means a person who has no partner and who is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child or young person; “the self-employment route” means receiving assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment whilst participating in the New Deal for Lone Parents. Treatment of payments for the purposes of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and specified subordinate legislation 2 1 The provisions of this Article apply for the purposes of— a Part 1 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 ; b the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 ; and c the subordinate legislation specified in the Schedule to this Order. 2 If during any period or periods commencing with or falling after the date on which this Order comes into operation a person is participating in the New Deal for Lone Parents within the self-employment route and that person receives, or is eligible to receive, either a top-up payment or other payment made to him in order to assist with the expenses of participation, any such payments made to such a person during that period or those periods in connection with his use of those facilities shall be treated— a for the purposes of regulation 6(1)( d ) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern ireland) 1987 as a training allowance; b for all other purposes, as a training premium. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 6th December 2001. R. B. Gamble A Senior Officer of the Department for Employment and Learning
FAIR EMPLOYMENT Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) ( No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Notification of Change of Circumstances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 7th January 2002. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. Notification for purposes of sections 105A and 106 of the Social Security Administration Act 2 Regulations 3 to 5 prescribe the person to whom, and manner in which, a change of circumstances must be notified for the purposes of sections 105A(1A) to (1G) and 106(1A) to (1F) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (offences relating to failure to notify a change of circumstances). Change affecting jobseeker’s allowance 3 1 Where the benefit affected by the change of circumstances is a jobseeker’s allowance, notice must be given or sent to the Department in writing (except where it determines in any particular case that it will accept a notice other than in writing) at the office that the claimant is required to attend in accordance with a notification given to him under regulation 23 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (attendance). 2 In this regulation “Department” includes a person designated as an employment officer by an order made by the Department under Article 10(3) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (attendance, information and evidence). Change affecting housing benefit 4 1 Where the benefit affected by the change of circumstances is housing benefit, notice must be given or sent in writing to the relevant authority at— a the designated office; or b in a case where notification at another office is permitted under regulation 75 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (duty to notify changes of circumstances), that other office. 2 In this regulation— a “designated office” and “relevant authority” have the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (interpretation); and b “the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 . Change affecting other benefit, payment or advantage 5 1 Where the benefit or other payment or advantage affected by the change of circumstances is not jobseeker’s allowance or housing benefit, notice must be given or sent to the Department in writing (except where it determines in any particular case that it will accept a notice other than in writing) at the appropriate office. 2 In this regulation “the appropriate office” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (interpretation). Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 3rd December 2001. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to regulation 4 of the foregoing Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 3rd December 2001. William Pauley Senior Officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
MAGISTRATES' COURTS Citation and commencement 1 These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 11th January 2002. Amendment of principal rules 2 Rule 143 of the Magistrates' Courts Rules (Northern Ireland) 1984 shall be amended by substituting for paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: 1 Subject to this Rule, a warrant issued by a resident magistrate or justice of the peace in proceedings upon complaint shall be addressed to the district commander for the police district in which the warrant is issued. . Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 17th December 2001
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Fraud (2001 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001. Appointed days 2 The day appointed for the coming into operation of section 15 of the Social Security Fraud Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (offence of failing to notify a change of circumstances)— a for the purpose only of authorising the making of regulations, is 3rd December 2001; and b for all other purposes, is 7th January 2002. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 30th November 2001. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Gaming (Bingo) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ROADS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Street Works (Maintenance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st March 2002. 2 In these Regulations— “ the Order ” means the Street Works (Northern Ireland) Order 1995; and “relevant apparatus” means manholes or other surface boxes and covers at or about the level of the street surface and manhole chambers, tunnels and other structures affecting the integrity of the structure of the street. 2 If an undertaker has failed to afford the street authority the facilities required by Article 41(1) of the Order in relation to relevant apparatus the street authority may, where it has reasonable cause to believe, by reason of subsidence or disturbance of the road surface, that the undertaker’s apparatus has not been maintained as required by that sub-paragraph, execute such works as are needed to enable it to inspect the apparatus. 3 The street authority may execute any emergency works needed in consequence of the failure of an undertaker to secure that its relevant apparatus is maintained to the satisfaction of the street authority as required by Article 41(1) of the Order where it has made such an inspection in accordance with regulation 2 and has found that such apparatus has not been so maintained. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Regional Development on 26th November 2001. J. Carlisle A senior officer of the Department for Regional Development
FOOD Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PENSIONS Now, therefore, the Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2 to the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 , and now vested in it , and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order: Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Occupational Pensions (Revaluation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2002. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. Revaluation percentage for each revaluation period 2 For the purposes of paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2 to the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993, the revaluation percentage for each revaluation period specified in column 1 of the Schedule is the percentage specified opposite thereto in column 2. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 23rd November 2001. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 16th December 2001. 2 These Regulations shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant— a in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in arrears in accordance with paragraph (1)( a ) of Schedule 2A to the Decisions and Appeals Regulations (date when change of circumstances is to take effect in certain cases where a claimant is in receipt of income support or a jobseeker’s allowance)— i from the first day of the benefit week which includes 23rd December 2001, or ii if the claim for income support is for a period commencing after 23rd December 2001, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 16th December 2001; b in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in advance in accordance with paragraph (1)( b ) of Schedule 2A to the Decisions and Appeals Regulations, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 23rd December 2001, and for this purpose, the expressions “claimant” and “benefit week” have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations (interpretation). 3 In these Regulations— “the Decisions and Appeals Regulations” means the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 ; “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 . 4 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations 2 In Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations (housing costs), in paragraph 12(1)( a ) (standard rate of interest on qualifying loans) for “6·65 per cent.” there shall be substituted “6·19 per cent.”. Revocation 3 The Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 are hereby revoked save that those Regulations shall continue to have effect until the day before the first day of the benefit week having effect in relation to any particular claimant for the purpose of regulation 1(2) of these Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 20th November 2001. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
AGRICULTURE Citation and commencement 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Sheep Annual Premium (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 4th December 2001. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Sheep Annual Premium Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 . 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Norhern Ireland Assembly. Amendments 3 1 The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs. 2 For paragraph (2) of regulation 3 ( Application for premium ) there shall be substituted— 2 A producer who applies for a premium in respect of a given marketing year shall deliver his application to the competent authority— a on or after 4th December in the preceeding calendar year; and b not later than 4th January in that marketing year (both dates inclusive) or if 4th January is a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday the next following working day. . 3 In paragraph (1)( a ) of regulation 5 (Powers of authorised officers), for the existing text substitute “carrying out any check which a member state is required to carry out by Article 6 of the Commission Regulation”. 4 In paragraph (5)( a ) of regulation 5, after “record” insert “the producer is required to keep by article 4 of the Animal (Records) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 ”. 5 In paragraph (2) of regulation 9 ( Offence and penalties )— a substitute “; or” for the comma at the end of sub-paragraph ( b ); and b insert the following sub-paragraph after that sub-paragraph— c fails to notify the competent authority in writing of a change in a material particular within 10 working days of that change, . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 23rd November 2001. R. Jordan Senior Officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
FOOD Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment to the Colours in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on the day after the day on which it is affirmed by resolution of the Assembly. 2 In this Order “the 1985 Order ” means the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985. Maximum amount of weekly winnings in games of bingo played simultaneously on different bingo club premises 2 For the purposes of Article 75(2)(ii) of the 1985 Order instead of £30,000 the amount £55,000 is hereby specified. Maximum amount by which weekly winnings on bingo club premises may exceed the stakes hazarded 3 For the purposes of Article 76(5) of the 1985 Order instead of £5,500 the amount £10,000 is hereby specified. Conditions governing gaming for prizes on bingo club premises 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maximum amounts permitted in gaming at entertainments not held for private gain 5 1 In Article 126 of the 1985 Order— a in paragraph (3) for “£3” there shall be substituted “£4”; b in paragraph (4) for “£300” there shall be substituted “£400”; and c in paragraph (11)( b ) for “£300” and “£600”( e ) there shall be substituted respectively “£400” and “£700”. 2 Paragraph (1) shall have effect only in relation to entertainments held on or after the date on which this Order comes into operation. Maximum daily charges for play at certain clubs 6 1 In Article 128(2) of the 1985 Order for “£0·50” there shall be substituted “£0·60”. 2 For the purposes of Article 128(2) of the 1985 Order, in the case of gaming which consists exclusively of playing bridge or whist, or bridge and whist, and which takes place on a day on which the premises used therefor are not used for any other gaming, or for any other gaming except gaming by means of a gaming machine, instead of £6 the sum £15 is hereby specified. Revocations 7 The following are hereby revoked— a Articles 2 and 3 of the Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 ; b Article 2 of the Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 ; c Articles 7 and 8 of the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Fees and Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995 ; d the Betting and Gaming (Fees and Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1987 . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 29th November 2001. Pauline Keegan A Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 10th December 2001. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2 1 For paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (housing costs: the calculation for loans), there shall be substituted the following paragraph— The calculation for loans 10 The weekly amount of existing housing costs or, as the case may be, new housing costs to be met under this Schedule in respect of a loan which qualifies under paragraph 15 or 16 shall be calculated by applying the formula— A × B 52 where— A = the amount of the loan which qualifies under paragraph 15 or 16; B = the standard rate for the time being specified in respect of that loan under paragraph 12. . 2 For paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (housing costs: the calculation for loans) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— The calculation for loans 9 The weekly amount of existing housing costs or, as the case may be, new housing costs to be met under this Schedule in respect of a loan which qualifies under paragraph 14 or 15 shall be calculated by applying the formula— A × B 52 where— A = the amount of the loan which qualifies under paragraph 14 or 15; B = the standard rate for the time being specified in respect of that loan under paragraph 11. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 19th November 2001. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
AGRICULTURE Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grants to improve processing and marketing of agricultural products 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Approval of expenditure 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claims 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payments 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Record keeping 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powers of authorised persons 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breaches of obligations 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other cases in which recovery etc. powers apply 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Department’s powers 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recovery of interest 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recovery of payments 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences and penalties 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocations and transitional savings 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 14th January 2002. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 . Amendment to regulation 2 (interpretation) 2 In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations, after the definition of “controlled by a pedestrian” there shall be inserted the following definitions— “disability assessment licence” means a provisional licence granted to enable a person to drive a motor vehicle for the purpose of preparing for, and taking, a disability assessment test; “disability assessment test” means a test of competence to drive for which a person is required, by notice under Article 11(5)( c ) of the Order to submit himself; . Amendent to regulation 12 (conditions attached to provisional licences) 3 In regulation 12 of the principal Regulations, after paragraph (8) there shall be inserted the following— 8A The holder of a disability assessment licence shall not drive a vehicle of a class which he is authorised to drive by virtue of the licence otherwise than during a period which— a commences with the beginning of such period prior to the taking of the disability assessment test required by a relevant notice as is specified in writing by the Department when serving that notice; and b ends with the completion of the test, and, for these purposes, a “relevant notice” is a notice under Article 11(5)( c ) of the Order requiring the person to submit to a disability assessment test. . Amendments to regulation 18 (persons by whom practical and unitary tests may be conducted) 4 1 Regulation 18 of the principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 2 In paragraph (1), for the words “in paragraph (2)” there shall be substituted “in paragraph (1A) or (1B)”. 3 After paragraph (1A) there shall be inserted— 1B A practical test which is conducted as a disability assessment test shall be conducted by— a an examiner appointed for the purposes of paragraph (1)( a ); or b a person appointed by the Department for the purpose of conducting the test. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 14th November 2001. Sam Foster Minister of the Environment
PLANT HEALTH Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Plant Health (Wood and Bark) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .