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HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 1 This Act of Adjournal may be cited as the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No. 5) 1997 and shall come into force on 1st September 1997. 2 This Act of Adjournal shall be inserted in the Books of Adjournal. Amendment of the Criminal Procedure Rules 2 1 Schedule 2 (criminal procedure rules) to the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996 shall be amended in accordance with this Act of Adjournal. 2 After rule 20.3 insert– Sexual offences to which Part I of Sex Offenders Act 1997 applies 20.3A – 1 A certificate in terms of section 5(2) of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 (certificate for the purposes of Part I of that Act that an accused has been convicted of, found not guilty by reason of insanity of, or found to be under a disability and to have done an Act charged against him in respect of, a sexual offence to which that Part applies) shall be in Form 20.3A-A. 2 Subject to paragraph (3) of this rule, when a certificate such as is mentioned in paragraph (1) of this rule is prepared, the accused shall be given a copy of it by the clerk of the court, together with a notice in Form 20.3A-B. 3 If the certificate is not prepared immediately after the statement in open court but is to be prepared subsequently, the clerk of the court shall forthwith give the accused the notice required by paragraph (2) of this rule and shall in due course send a copy of the certificate to the accused. 4 The clerk of the court shall retain a copy of the notice given to the accused and shall record on that copy the fact that notice has been so given. 5 The record made under paragraph (4) of this rule shall be sufficient evidence of the fact recorded; and a certificate of posting sufficient evidence of the sending of a copy under paragraph (3) of this rule. . 3 After rule 27.4 insert– Notice under section 16B(4) of Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 27.5 – 1 Any notice under section 16B(4) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (notice served on prosecutor by person accused of sexual offence disputing whether an act done by him abroad constituted an offence under the law in force in the country or territory in question) shall be in Form 27.5 and may be served on the prosecutor by any of the methods of service mentioned in rule 2.3. 2 Any such notice shall be served not later than 21 days before the trial diet; and when he serves such a notice the accused shall serve a copy of it on any co-accused or on the solicitor of any co-accused. . 4 In the Appendix– a after Form 20.3 insert– i as Form 20.3A-A the form which is in Schedule 1; and ii as Form 20.3A-B the form which is in Schedule 2; and b after Form 27.4 insert as Form 27.5 the form which is in Schedule 3, to this Act of Adjournal Rodger of Earlsferry Lord Justice General, I.P.D. Edinburgh, 26th August 1997
SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 1 This Act of Adjournal may be cited as the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No.6) 1997 and shall come into force on 1st September 1997. 2 This Act of Adjournal shall be inserted in the Books of Adjournal. Amendment of the Criminal Procedure Rules 2 1 The Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996 shall be amended in accordance with this Act of Adjournal. 2 After Chapter 37 insert– CHAPTER 37A PROCEEDINGS UNDER SECTION 7 OF THE KNIVES ACT 1997 37A An application to the sheriff under section 7(3) of the Knives Act 1997 (recovery order for delivery of property to applicant if it appears to court that he owns it) shall be made by petition in Form 37A. . 3 After Form 36.4B insert as Form 37A the form which is in the Schedule. Rodger of Earlsferry Lord Justice General, I.P.D. Edinburgh, 26th August 1997
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st October 1997. 2 This Order does not extend to Northern Ireland. 2 In section 16(3) of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (conditions on which the provision of amusements is permitted at certain commercial entertainments), paragraph (b) shall have effect as if, for the sum specified in that paragraph, there were substituted the sum of £50. 3 The Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1995 and the Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) (Scotland) Order 1995 are hereby revoked. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 23rd August 1997
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) (No. 2) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st October 1997. 2 This Order does not extend to Northern Ireland. 2 For the purposes of section 31(3) of the Gaming Act 1968 (which provides for the maximum charge for playing a game once by means of a machine to which Part III of that Act applies on licensed or registered premises) there shall be specified the sum of 30p. 3 The provisions of section 34 of the Gaming Act 1968 which are specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order (which specify maximum sums permitted in respect of the matters mentioned in column 2 of that Schedule) shall have effect as if, for the sums specified in those provisions (and which currently have effect as if there were substituted for those sums the sums specified in column 3 of that Schedule), there were substituted the sums specified in column 4 of that Schedule. 4 1 The provisions listed in paragraph (2) are hereby revoked. 2 Those provisions are: a article 2 of the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) (No. 2) Order 1995 ; b all the entries in the Schedule to that Order in respect of subsections (2), (3) and (4) of section 34 of the Gaming Act 1968 except the entries in respect of non-monetary prizes in subsection (3)(b) and (c); c article 2 of the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) (Scotland) (No. 2) Order 1995 ; and d all the entries in the Schedule to that Order in respect of subsections (2), (3) and (4) of section 34 of the Gaming Act 1968 except the entries in respect of non-monetary prizes in subsection (3)(b) and (c). George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 23rd August 1997
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 (Commencement) Order 1997. 2 In this Order, “the 1997 Act ” means the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997. Appointed days 2 1 The following provisions of the 1997 Act shall come into force on 3rd September 1997 for the purpose of conferring on the Secretary of State the powers to make regulations: section 1(2) insofar as it relates to paragraphs 4 and 8 of Part I of Schedule 1 section 4(9) section 11(5) and (6) section 12(6) and (7) section 13(3) section 14(2), (3) and (4) section 16(1) and (2) section 18 section 19 section 21(3) section 23(1), (2), (5) and (7). 2 The 1997 Act to the extent it is not already in force shall come into force on 6th October 1997. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Patricia Hollis Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 1st September 1997
FOOD Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Animal By-Products (Identification) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 21st September 1997. Amendment to the Animal By-Products (Identification) Regulations 1995 2 1 The Animal By-Products (Identification) Regulations 1995 shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2) below. 2 In regulation 3— a in paragraph (1), after the words “paragraph (2)” there shall be inserted the words “and paragraph (3)”; and b after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph— 3 In these Regulations, the definition of “animal by-product” shall also include any carcase or part of a carcase which is derived from a bovine animal which has been slaughtered for human consumption and has been shown to be more than two years and six months old at the time of slaughter but was not accompanied, at the time of slaughter, by a slaughter certificate issued under the Beef Assurance Scheme or any other scheme made by the Minister or any Secretary of State which provides an exception to the prohibition of sale of meat from bovine animals which are older than that age at slaughter. . Jeff Rooker Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 19th August 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Tessa Jowell Minister of State for Public Health, Department of Health 21st August 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Scotland Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 21st August 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 27th August 1997
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE 1 This Order may be cited as the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (Detention by Customs Officers) (Specification of Titles) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st October 1997. 2 The following titles are specified for the purposes of the definition of “superior officer” in section 26(11) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995— a Anti-Smuggling Manager; b Cargo Operational Manager; c Investigation Team Leader; d Passenger Services Division Operations Manager; and any other title within job band 9. Graham Allen Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 26th August 1997
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1997. Appointed day 2 The day appointed for the coming into force of section 20(1) of the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (return of social security post) in relation to the area falling within the London Borough of Richmond and the area falling within the London Borough of Hounslow is 25th August 1997. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Patricia Hollis Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 24th August 1997
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 21st September 1997. 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 7(1)(i) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations (date when change of circumstances is to take effect)— i from the first day of the benefit week which includes 28th September 1997; or ii if the claim for income support is for a period beginning after 28th September 1997, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 21st September 1997; b in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in advance in accordance with paragraph 7(1)(ii) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 28th September 1997; 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 Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 and “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 . Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations 2 In paragraph 12(1)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations (standard rate of interest on qualifying loans), for the words “7.20 per cent.” there shall be substituted the words “7.57 per cent.”. Revocation of the Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment) Regulations 1997 3 The Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment) Regulations 1997 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 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Patricia Hollis Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,Department of Social Security 24th August 1997
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 27th August 1997. 2 In these Regulations— “the Allocation Regulations ” means the Allocation of Housing Regulations 1996 ; and “the Homelessness Regulations ” means the Homelessness Regulations 1996 . Amendment of regulation 6 of the Allocation Regulations 2 In regulation 6 of the Allocation Regulations (classes prescribed under section 161(3) of the Housing Act 1996 who are not qualifying persons), in the description of Class F, at the end, add— iv a person who left the territory of Montserrat after 1st November 1995 because of the effect on that territory of a volcanic eruption; . Amendment of regulation 4 of the Homelessness Regulations 3 In regulation 4 of the Homelessness Regulations (descriptions of persons who are to be treated as persons from abroad ineligible for housing assistance), in paragraph (a), at the end, add— iv a person who left the territory of Montserrat after 1st November 1995 because of the effect on that territory of a volcanic eruption; . Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State Michael Meacher Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 26th August 1997
MEDICINES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 1997 and shall come into force on 16th September 1997 except for article 2(c) which shall come into force on 16th September 1998. 2 In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997 . Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Order 2 In Schedule 1 to the principal Order (which specifies substances which if included in medicinal products make those products prescription only medicines and exemptions from restrictions on the sale and supply of prescription only medicines) a in the entry for “Carbenoxolone Sodium”, there is substituted for “506mg” in column 5, “560mg”; b the entry for “Terfenadine” is amended by the deletion of the entries “120mg (MDD)” in column 4 and “Container or package containing not more than 1,200mg of Terfenadine” in column 5; and c there are inserted in column 1 and, as the case may be, columns 2, 3 and 5, at the appropriate point in the alphabetical order of the entries as they appear in column 1, each of the entries set out in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order, together with the corresponding text in columns 2, 3 and 5 respectively of that Schedule. Frank Dobson, Secretary of State for Health 12th August 1997 Win Griffiths, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,Welsh Office 20th August 1997 Sam Galbraith, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,The Scottish Office 26th August 1997 Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on D. C. Gowdy, Permanent Secretary 20th August 1997.
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Lambeth Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 19th September 1997. 2 In this Order— “the Special Trustees” means the Special Trustees for St. Thomas' Hospital; “the Trust” means the Lambeth Healthcare National Health Service Trust; “the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by and agreed upon by the Special Trustees and the Trust on 3rd February 1997, which schedule has been signed on behalf of both the Special Trustees and the Trust. Transfer of trust property 2 On 19th September 1997 the trust property shall be transferred from the Special Trustees to the Trust. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health, Alan Milburn Minister of State, Department of Health 21st August 1997
MEDICINES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (General Sale List) Amendment Order 1997 and shall come into force on 16th September 1997. 2 In this Order, “the principal Order ” means the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (General Sale List) Order 1984 . 3 In this Order, references to “Table A” or “Table B” are references to Table A or Table B respectively of Schedule 1 to the principal Order and a reference to a numbered column in a Table, unless otherwise indicated, is a reference to the column bearing that number in Table A, or as the case may be, Table B. Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Order 2 1 Schedule 1 to the principal Order (which specifies the class of medicinal products, other than products the subject of a product licence of right, on general sale by virtue of article 2(a) of the principal Order) is amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article. 2 In Table A (internal and external use)— a against the entry in column 1 for “Camphor”, there shall be substituted in column 4 for the entry “10mg (MD)”, the entry “20mg (MD)”; b in column 1 there are added— i in the entry for “Methionine, DL”, after the words “Methionine, DL”, the words “except when combined with Paracetamol”, and ii in the entry for “Paracetamol”, after the word “Paracetamol”, the words “except when combined with Methionine, DL”; c against the entry in column 1 for “Paracetamol” there are added— i in column 2 the entries “(3) 2.5 per cent (adults and persons aged 12 years and above)” and “(4) 2.4 per cent (persons under 12 years)”, ii in column 3 the entries “(3) liquid preparations” and “(4) liquid preparations”, and iii in column 4 the entry “(4) 480 mg (MD) 1920 mg (MDD)”; and d there are inserted in column 1 and, as the case may be, columns 2, 3 and 4, at the appropriate point in the alphabetical order of the entries as they appear in column 1, each of the entries set out in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order, together with the corresponding text in columns 2, 3 and 4 respectively of that Schedule. 3 In Table B (external use only), there are inserted in column 1 and, as the case may be, columns 2 and 3, at the appropriate point in the alphabetical order of the entries as they appear in column 1, each of the entries set out in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order, together with the corresponding text in columns 2 and 3 respectively of that Schedule. Frank Dobson, Secretary of State for Health 12th August 1997 Win Griffiths, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office 20th August 1997 Sam Galbraith, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, The Scottish Office 21st August 1997 Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on D. C. Gowdy, Permanent Secretary 21st August 1997.
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as the London North Circular Trunk Road (A406) (East of Finchley High Road, Barnet) (Prohibition of Use of Gap in Central Reserve) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 11th August 1997. 2 In this Order— “central reserve” means that part of North Circular Road which separates its two carriageways for the safety and guidance of vehicles using that road; and “North Circular Road” means that length of the London North Circular Trunk Road (A406) in the London Borough of Barnet known as North Circular Road. 3 No person shall cause or permit any vehicle to enter or proceed through the gap in the central reserve which lies approximately 800 metres east of Finchley High Road (A1000). Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport N J K Atkinson A Grade 7 Officer Highways Agency London Network & Customer Services 4th August 1997
PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Oil and Chemical Pollution of Fish and Plants) (Revocation) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 12th September 1997. Revocation 2 The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Oil and Chemical Pollution of Fish and Plants) Order 1996 is hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 11th September 1997
PRISONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Rules may be cited as the Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 1997 and shall come into force on 10th September 1997. 2 In these Rules, “the principal Rules ” means the Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 1994 . Amendment of rule 3 of the principal Rules 2 1 Rule 3 of the principal Rules (interpretation) is amended in accordance with paragraph (2) of this rule. 2 In paragraph (1), in the definition of “Governor”, in paragraph (a) of that definition, for the words “rules 102 and” there is substituted “rule”. Amendment of rule 97 of the principal Rules 3 1 Rule 97 of the principal Rules (inquiry into disciplinary charges) is amended in accordance with the paragraph (2) of this rule. 2 At the beginning of sub-paragraph (c) of rule 97(4) there are inserted the words– subject to rule 98(2A), . Amendment of rule 98 of the principal Rules 4 1 Rule 98 of the principal Rules (adjudication of charges) is amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this rule. 2 At the beginning of paragraph (2) there are inserted the words– Subject to paragraph (2A), . 3 After paragraph (2), there is inserted the following paragraph:– 2A In any inquiry into a charge of a breach of discipline contrary to paragraph (x) of Schedule 3, the Governor may take into account written evidence of any person (other than an officer or employee) relating to an analysis of a sample required to be provided in accordance with rule 88A which was carried out by that person, without requiring the attendance of that person, if– a notwithstanding an objection by the prisoner, he has afforded the prisoner the opportunity to make representations why the person should give oral evidence; and b having heard the prisoner, he is satisfied that it is appropriate to admit the evidence and that there is no sufficient reason why the person need give oral evidence. . Substitution of rule 102 of the principal Rules 5 For rule 102 of the principal Rules (requests to speak to an officer of the Secretary of State, a member of the visiting committee, a sheriff or a justice of the peace) there is substituted the following rule:– Requests to speak to an officer of the Secretary of State, a member of the visiting committee, a sheriff or a justice of the peace 102 Where a prisoner makes a request to speak to– a an officer of the Secretary of State; b a member of the visiting committee; or c a sheriff or a justice of the peace visiting the prison in terms of section 15 of the Act, the officer to whom the request is made shall, without delay, record the request in writing and shall arrange for the request to be brought to the attention of the person with whom the prisoner wishes to speak. . Henry B McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 13th August 1997