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NORTHERN IRELAND 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Modification) (No. 2) Order 2003 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. 2 In Article 2, “the current suspension period” means the period during which section 1 of the Northern Ireland Act 2000 continues to be in force, that period having commenced on 15th October 2002 . 2 In relation to the current suspension period, paragraph 1(3) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000, as previously modified under paragraph 1(4) of that Schedule , is to have effect as if the number of months mentioned there were increased by six months. Paul Murphy One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 6th October 2003
POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Police Reform Act 2002 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2003. 2 The following provisions of the Police Reform Act 2002 shall come into force on 15th November 2003— a section 24 (consultation on regulations) to the extent not already in force; b section 87 (police members of NCS ) to the extent not already in force; c section 91 (supplementary provisions about police membership of NCS) to the extent not already in force; and d paragraph 1(2)(a) of Schedule 4. Caroline Flint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 14th October 2003
POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 15th November 2003. 2 In these Regulations “the 2003 Regulations ” means the Police Regulations 2003 . Amendments to the 2003 Regulations 2 1 Regulation 3 of the 2003 Regulations shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (1)— a in the definition “Conduct Regulations” after the words “section 50 of the Act” there shall be added “or section 81 of the Police Act 1997”; and b in the definition “Promotion Regulations” after the words “section 50 of the Act” there shall be added “or section 79A of the Police Act 1997”. 3 In paragraph (2) for “Police Service of Northern Ireland” on the first occasion it occurs there shall be substituted “National Crime Squad, the Police Service of Northern Ireland”. 4 The following paragraphs are inserted— 2A In these Regulations a reference to a police authority shall include a reference to the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad. 2B In these Regulations a reference to a chief officer shall include a reference to the Director General of the National Crime Squad. 2C In their application to the National Crime Squad, these Regulations shall have effect as if regulations 11 to 13, 21 and 39 were omitted. 3 1 Regulation 4 of the 2003 Regulations shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (1) for “(2) and (3)” there shall be substituted “(2), (3) or (4)”. 3 The following paragraph is inserted— 4 In its application to the National Crime Squad, paragraph (1) shall have effect as if the reference to Deputy Chief Constable was omitted. 4 1 Regulation 5 of the 2003 Regulations shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (1) before “A chief officer” there shall be inserted “Subject to paragraph (8),” 3 The following paragraph is inserted— 8 In its application to the National Crime Squad— a paragraph (1) shall have effect as if the reference to “a chief officer” was omitted and a reference to “the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad” inserted; and b paragraph (7) shall have effect as if sub-paragraph (a) was omitted. 5 1 Regulation 8 of the 2003 Regulations is amended as follows. 2 The following paragraph is inserted— 6 In its application to the National Crime Squad, this regulation shall have effect as if the reference to the “area of a police force” was omitted and a reference to “England and Wales” inserted. 6 1 Regulation 21 of the 2003 Regulations shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (1) before “present force by reason only of one or more such statutory transfers” there shall be inserted “former force and became a member of his”. Caroline Flint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 14th October 2003
INCOME TAX Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Double Taxation Relief (Manufactured Overseas Dividends) (Revocation) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st November 2003. Revocations 2 The following regulations are revoked— a the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (General) (Manufactured Overseas Dividends) Regulations 1993 ; b the Double Taxation Relief (Manufactured Overseas Dividends) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 ; c the Double Taxation Relief (Manufactured Overseas Dividends) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 . Ann Chant Dave Hartnett Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue 9th October 2003
COMPETITION 1 This Order may be cited as the Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Amendment and Specification) (No.2) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 31st October 2003. 2 In this Order, “ the Act ” means the Enterprise Act 2002. 3 Schedule 14 to the Act (specified functions) is amended in accordance with the Schedule to this Order. Gerry Sutcliffe, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Competition and Consumers, Department of Trade and Industry 2nd October 2003
IMMIGRATION 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration Employment Document (Fees) (Amendment No.3) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 31st October 2003. 2 1 The Immigration Employment Document (Fees) Regulations 2003 shall be amended as follows. 2 In regulation 4, after “4C,” there shall be inserted “4D,”. 3 After regulation 4C, there shall be inserted: Fee in relation to an application made in respect of a highly skilled migrant 4D Subject to regulation 5(a), an application made in respect of a person seeking to enter, or remain, in the United Kingdom under the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme shall be accompanied by a fee of £150. . 4 In regulation 5, paragraph (b) is hereby revoked. Caroline Flint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 8th October 2003
EDUCATION, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Teacher Training Agency (Additional Functions) (No. 3) (England) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 3rd November 2003. 2 This Order shall only apply in relation to England. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “the Agency” means the Teacher Training Agency; “higher level teaching assistant” means a person who assists or supports the work of a teacher in a school and who has met any standards for higher level teaching assistants published by the Secretary of State; and “training for higher level teaching assistants” includes any training or education with the object of fitting persons to be higher level teaching assistants or better higher level teaching assistants and any assessment of persons against any standards for higher level teaching assistants published by the Secretary of State. Conferring of additional functions 3 The additional functions contained in the Schedule are hereby conferred on the Agency. David Miliband Minister of State, Department for Education and Skills 6th October 2003
HEALTH AND SAFETY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Pipelines Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 3rd November 2003. Amendment of the Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996 2 After regulation 13 of the Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996 there shall be inserted the following regulation— Iron pipelines 13A 1 Subject to paragraph (3), the Executive shall approve— a with or without modification by it, a programme prepared by the operator of a pipeline; or b a programme which after approval has been modified by the operator or by itself, if it is satisfied that the programme or modified programme is suitable and sufficient for the period to which it relates. 2 Subject to paragraph (3), the Executive may prepare and approve a programme for a period for which no suitable and sufficient programme has been prepared by the operator. 3 The Executive shall consult the operator before it approves a programme which it has itself modified or prepared. 4 An approval under this regulation— a shall be in writing; b shall be notified to the operator and published in such manner as the Executive may approve; and c may be withdrawn by the Executive by reasonable notice in writing at any time. 5 The operator shall so far as is practicable comply with a programme approved under this regulation. 6 In any proceedings for an offence for a contravention of regulation 13 it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that at the relevant time— a any pipe to which the contravention related was of a description, apart from its geographical location, to which a programme— i approved by the Executive; and ii not then due for completion, applied; and b where the proceedings arise from an event involving a failure of a pipe, the operator did not know and could not reasonably be expected to have known that there was a risk to safety concerning the pipe which required immediate attention. 7 Any reference in this regulation to a programme is a reference to a programme for the decommissioning of any description of iron pipe used in a pipeline. 8 In paragraph (7) “iron” does not include steel. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Des Browne Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions 2nd October 2003
LEGAL SERVICES, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Access to Justice Act 1999 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2003. 2 Section 50 (funding of Ombudsman by professional bodies), section 51 and Schedule 8 (Commissioner) and section 52 (Commissioner’s functions) of the Access to Justice Act 1999 shall come into force on 1st November 2003. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Lord Filkin Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 4th October 2003
MERCHANT SHIPPING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution Compensation Limits) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st November 2003 in relation to occurrences on or after that date. Amendment of compensation limits for oil pollution 2 1 The Merchant Shipping Act 1995 is amended as follows. 2 In section 157 (limitation of liability for oil pollution by tankers), in subsection (2)— a in paragraph (a), for “three million” substitute “4.51 million”; b in paragraph (b)— i for “three million” substitute “4.51 million”; ii for “420” substitute “631”; iii for “59.7 million” substitute “89.77 million”. 3 In Part 1 of Schedule 5 (text of paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 4 of the Fund Convention), in the text of paragraph 4— a in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), for “135 million” substitute “203 million”; b in sub-paragraph (c), for “200 million” substitute “300.74 million”. David Jamieson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Transport 3rd October 2003
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (England) (No. 4) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 31st October 2003. Designation as a public body 2 Yorkshire and Humberside Grid for Learning Foundation , being a person appearing to the Secretary of State to be exercising a function of a public nature, shall be a public body for the purposes of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970, in its application to England . Restrictions on agreements 3 Agreements which may be entered into by Yorkshire and Humberside Grid for Learning Foundation, by virtue of this Order, shall be subject to the following restrictions— a that any such agreements are for legal or secretarial services to be provided to Yorkshire and Humberside Grid for Learning Foundation; and b that any such agreements are for services provided by North Lincolnshire District Council. Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State Phil Hope Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 27th September 2003
BROADCASTING 1 This Order may be cited as the Dissolution of the Independent Broadcasting Authority Order 2003. 2 The Independent Broadcasting Authority are hereby dissolved with effect from 2nd October 2003. Andrew McIntosh Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport 2nd October 2003
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and application 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Adoption Agencies (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 27th October 2003. 2 These Regulations apply to England only. Amendment of regulation 5A of the Adoption Agencies Regulations 1983 2 In regulation 5A of the Adoption Agencies Regulations 1983 (tenure of office of members), after paragraph (1), there is inserted — 1A Where — a a member of an adoption panel holds office and is in his second consecutive term as a member of that panel; and b his term of office is due to expire on or after 31st October 2003, the adoption agency may extend the term of office of that member for a further period not exceeding two years. . Margaret Hodge Minister of State, Department for Education and Skills 6th October 2003
BWYD, CYMRU Enwi, cychwyn a chymhwyso 1 Enw'r gorchymyn hwn yw Gorchymyn Bwyd (Coed Anis o Drydydd Gwledydd) (Rheolaeth Frys) (Cymru) (Dirymu) 2003 a daw i rym ar 17 Hydref 2003 a bydd yn gymwys i Gymru'n unig. Dirymu 2 Caiff Gorchymyn Bwyd (Coed Anis o Drydydd Gwledydd) (Rheolaeth Frys) (Cymru) 2002 ei ddirymu. Llofnodwyd ar ran Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru o dan adran 66(1) o Ddeddf Llywodraeth Cymru 1998 . D. Elis-Thomas Llywydd y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol 14 Hydref 2003
ADDYSG, CYMRU Enwi, cymhwyso a dehongli 1 1 Enw'r Gorchymyn hwn yw Gorchymyn Deddf Anghenion Addysgol Arbennig ac Anabledd 2001 (Cychwyn Rhif 2) (Cymru) 2003. 2 Mae'r Gorchymyn hwn yn gymwys mewn perthynas â Chymru yn unig. 3 Yn y Gorchymyn hwn, onid yw'n dweud fel arall, mae cyfeiriadau at adrannau yn gyfeiriadau at adrannau o Ddeddf Anghenion Addysgol Arbennig ac Anabledd 2001. Y diwrnod penodedig 2 Y diwrnod penodedig pan ddaw'r darpariaethau a bennir yn yr Atodlen i'r Gorchymyn hwn i rym yw 8 Hydref 2003. Llofnodwyd ar ran y Cynulliad o dan adran 66(1) o Ddeddf Llywodraeth Cymru 1998 D. Elis-Thomas Llywydd y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol 1 Hydref 2003
SEEDS, WALES Title, commencement and application 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the principal Regulations 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
POBL ANABL, CYMRU Enwi, cychwyn a chymhwyso 1 1 Enw'r Rheoliadau hyn yw Rheoliadau Gwahaniaethu ar Sail Anabledd (Cyfnodau Rhagnodedig ar gyfer Strategaethau a Chynlluniau Hygyrchedd ar gyfer Ysgolion) (Cymru) 2003 a deuant i rym ar 8 Hydref 2003. 2 Mae'r Rheoliadau hyn yn gymwys i Gymru. Cyfwng rhagnodedig ar gyfer paratoi strategaethau hygyrchedd a chynlluniau hygyrchedd 2 At ddibenion is-adrannau (1) ac (8) o adran 28D o Ddeddf Gwahaniaethu ar Sail Anabledd 1995, rhaid paratoi strategaethau hygyrchedd a chynlluniau hygyrchedd bob tair blynedd. Cyfnod rhagnodedig ar gyfer strategaethau hygyrchedd a chynlluniau hygyrchedd 3 At ddibenion is-adrannau (2) a (9) o adran 28D o Ddeddf Gwahaniaethu ar Sail Anabledd 1995, tair blynedd fydd y cyfnod rhagnodedig ym mhob achos, gan gychwyn ar 1 Ebrill a bydd cyfnod y strategaeth hygyrchedd cyntaf ac (yn ddarotyngedig i reoliad 4) y cynllun hygyrchedd gyntaf yn cychwyn ar 1 Ebrill 2004. 4 Mewn perthynas ag ysgol sydd yn cael ei sefydlu wedi 1 Ebrill 2004, at ddibenion adran (9) o adran 28D o Ddeddf Gwahaniaethu ar Sail Anabledd 1995, bydd cyfnod rhagnodedig cynllun hygyrchedd yr ysgol honno yn cychwyn ar y dyddiad y mae'r ysgol yn cael ei sefydlu ac yn gorffen ar y dyddiad y byddai'r cynllun hygyrchedd presennol wedi gorffen pe bai'r ysgol wedi ei sefydlu ar 1 Ebrill 2004, neu cyn hynny. Llofnodwyd ar ran Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru o dan adran 66(1) o Ddeddf Llywodraeth Cymru 1998 . D.Elis-Thomas Llywydd y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol 1 Hydref 2003
EDUCATION, ENGLAND 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (Funding for Teacher Training) Designation (No.2) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 4th November 2003. 2 The following are hereby designated as institutions eligible for funding under Part I of the Education Act 1994— a Undergraduate Ambassadors Limited, a company limited by guarantee having the registration number 4861135, b Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, and c Southend Education Action Forum. David Miliband Minister of State, Department for Education and Skills 13th October 2003
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and Commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 5th October 2003. Amendment of the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003 2 In regulation 5(3) of the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003 , in inserted paragraph (7C), for the words from “paragraph 4 of Schedule 7” to the end of that paragraph, substitute “section 9 or 10 of the 1998 Act or on an appeal under section 12 of that Act.”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. P. Hollis Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions 30th September 2003
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Protection (Restriction on Use of Lead Shot) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 31st October 2003. Amendment 2 1 Schedule 1 to the Environmental Protection (Restriction on Use of Lead Shot) (England) Regulations 1999 shall be amended as follows. 2 Delete the following entries— Avon Valley 9/8/1985 SP066476 River Derwent And Tributaries 11/9/1997 NY159239 Stanford Training Area 23/8/1985 TL866945 The New Forest 28/2/1996 SU224075 3 After the entry in relation to “Turnford And Cheshunt Pits” insert the following entry— Tweed Estuary 1/3/1988 NT993531 Ben Bradshaw Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 29th September 2003
GOFAL CYMDEITHASOL, CYMRU Enwi, dehongli a chymhwyso 1 1 Enw'r gorchymyn hwn yw Gorchymyn Deddf Safonau Gofal 2000 (Cychwyn Rhif 12) (Cymru) 2003. 2 Yn y Gorchymyn hwn — ystyr “y Ddeddf ” (“ the Act ”) yw Deddf Safonau Gofal 2000; 3 Mae'r Gorchymyn hwn yn gymwys i Gymru. Dyddiau penodedig 2 2 Hydref 2003 yw'r diwrnod a benodwyd ar gyfer dwyn i rym ddarpariaethau canlynol y Ddeddf— a Adrannau 8, 9(1) a (2), 11 i 15, 17 i 21, 24, 26 i 32, 36 a 37 i'r graddau y mae eu darpariaethau'n ymwneud ag asiantaethau nyrsys ac nad ydynt eisoes mewn grym; b is-adran (1) o adran 111, ac is-adran (2) o'r adran honno i'r graddau y mae'n hepgor, yn adran 13 o Ddeddf Cyflogaeth Asiantaethau 1973, baragraffau (b) ac (c) o is-adran (7) a'r amod sydd ynddi; c adran 117(2) o, ac Atodlen 6 i'r Ddeddf, i'r graddau y maent yn ymwneud â Deddf Asiantaethau Nyrsys 1957 a Deddf Cyflogaeth Asiantaethau 1973. Llofnodwyd ar ran Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru o dan adran 66(1) o Ddeddf Llywodraeth Cymru 1998 . D. Elis-Thomas Llywydd y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol 1 Hydref 2003
LAND CHARGES, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Rules may be cited as the Local Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 2003 and shall come into force on 3rd November 2003. Amendment to Schedule 3 to the Local Land Charges Rules 1977 2 For Schedule 3 to the Local Land Charges Rules 1977 substitute the Schedule in the Schedule to these Rules. Revocation 3 The Local Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 1998 are revoked. Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor David Lammy Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs Dated 8th September 2003 We concur, John Heppell Joan Ryan Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 25th September 2003
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS Citation and commencement 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) (Extension) (No. 2) Regulations 2003. 2 These Regulations shall come into force on 31st October 2003 immediately after the Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002 (Commencement) Order 2003 has come into force. Application of the E-Commerce Regulations 2 The Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 (“the E-Commerce Regulations”) shall apply to— a the enactments listed in Part 1 of the Schedule, as amended by the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 ; and b the enactments listed in Part 2 of the Schedule, notwithstanding regulation 3(2) of the E-Commerce Regulations. Sainsbury of Turville, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science and Innovation, Department of Trade and Industry 29th September 2003
COPYRIGHT Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002 (Commencement) Order 2003. Commencement of provisions 2 The Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002 shall come into force on 31st October 2003 immediately after the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 have come into force. Sainsbury of Turville, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science and Innovation, Department of Trade and Industry 28th September 2003
INCOME TAX Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 2003, Section 168 (Appointed Day) Order 2003. Appointed day 2 The day appointed for the purposes of section 168 of the Finance Act 2003 (relief for research and development) is 27th September 2003. John Heppell Joan Ryan Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 26th September 2003