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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Special Waste (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 28th February 1997. Transitional provisions for certificates of technical competence for handling special waste 2 In the Special Waste Regulations 1996 : a in regulation 20(1)(b)(ii), for “5” there shall be substituted “5(1)”; b after regulation 20, the following regulation shall be inserted: Transitional provisions and “grandfather rights” 20A A person who by virtue of paragraph (2) of regulation 5 of the 1994 Regulations is treated as being technically competent for the purposes of section 74(3)(b) of the 1990 Act, shall continue to be so treated in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (4) of that regulation as if waste now defined as special waste within the meaning of regulation 20(1)(a) were not special waste. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Ferrers Minister of State, Department of the Environment 6th February 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) (Partial Revocation) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 7th February 1997. Partial Revocation 2 1 The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Oil and Chemical Pollution of Fish and Plants) Order 1996 is hereby revoked insofar as it applies in relation to whelks which are in the part of the area designated by that Order which is described in the Schedule to this Order. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jonathan Evans Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 6th February 1997
PENSIONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Additional requirement for independent trustee 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multi-employer schemes 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cases where a partnership is the employer 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exemptions 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meaning of “employer” in relation to schemes with no members in employment to which the scheme relates 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disclosure requirements and penalty 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional arrangements 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Lichfield Cable Communications Limited) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 7th March 1997. 2 Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system. Ian Taylor, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry 5th February 1997
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Telewest Communications (Southport) Limited) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 7th March 1997. 2 Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system. Ian Taylor, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry 5th February 1997
PENSIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Superannuation (Admission to Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 26th February 1997, but shall have effect from 1st July 1994. 2 Section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972 shall apply to persons serving in employment which is remunerated out of the National Lottery Distribution Fund, being a fund established by the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 . 3 Employment by the National Lottery Charities Board is hereby added to the employments listed in Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972. Roger Freeman Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster for the Minister for the Civil Service 5th February 1997
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 1997 and shall come into force on 6th February 1997. 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 on 1st April 1997. 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 amounts shown in columns (c) and (d) of the Table set out below that paragraph; “relevant special grant” means any of the following grants, that is to say— the special grant payable in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 6 of the special grant report for England (Special Grant Report ( No. 23)) approved by a resolution of the House of Commons pursuant to section 88B of the 1988 Act on 3rd February 1997; the special grant payable in accordance with paragraphs 5 and 7 of that special grant report; and the special grant payable in accordance with paragraphs 3 to 5 of the special grant report for Wales (Special Grant Report (Wales) 1997) approved by a resolution of the House of Commons pursuant to section 88B of the 1988 Act on 4th February 1997; and in this subsection “the relevant police grant report” means the police grant report (The Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 1997/98) approved by a resolution of the House of Commons pursuant to section 46 of the Police Act 1996 on 29th January 1997. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 5th February 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 5th February 1997
DEFENCE Citation, commencement and revocation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Royal Air Force Terms of Service (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st March 1997. 2 The Royal Air Force Terms of Service (Amendment) Regulations 1986 shall be revoked. Amendments to Regulations 2 1 The Royal Air Force Terms of Service Regulations 1985 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 In regulation 2 (interpretation), after the definition of “the Act”there shall be inserted the following definition — “air force service” means service in the regular air force; 3 In regulation 3 (duration of terms of enlistment) — a in paragraph (2), there shall be omitted the words “, or a term as provided for in Regulation 4”; and b in paragraph (3), there shall be omitted the words “Subject to Regulation 4,”. 4 Regulation 4 (special terms of engagement) shall be omitted. 5 In regulation 5 (engagement with right to transfer to the reserve on notice) — a in paragraph (1), for the word “man”there shall be substituted the word “person”; b paragraph (2) shall be omitted; and c after paragraph (3), there shall be inserted the following paragraph — 4 A person enlisted pursuant to this regulation may apply by notice in writing to his commanding officer to be treated as if he had been enlisted pursuant to regulation 3 for a term equal in length to the term for which he was enlisted under this regulation; and, if the competent air force authority approves his application, he shall be so treated from the date on which his application is approved. 6 In Schedule 1 (competent air force authorities) — a for the entry relating to regulation 4 there shall be substituted the following entry — Regulation 5 For the purpose of approving an application to convert from a Notice to a fixed term engagement Director of Personnel Management (Airmen) and Controller of Reserve Forces ( RAF ) ; b for the words “Director of Personnel Management (Airmen) (RAF) Ministry of Defence”, wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the words “Director of Personnel Management (Airmen) and Controller of Reserve Forces (RAF)”; and c for the words “Director of Personnel (Air) (RAF) Ministry of Defence”, wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the words “Director of Personnel (Officers and Airmen Aircrew) (RAF)”. On behalf of the Defence Council. Michael Graydon Frederick Howe Members of the Defence Council 5th February 1997
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Instrument may be cited as “The County Council of the Royal County of Berkshire (River Kennet, Fobney Bridge Reading) Scheme 1996 Confirmation Instrument 1997” 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 the Royal County of Berkshire (River Kennet, Fobney Bridge Reading) Scheme 1996 (“the Scheme”) is hereby confirmed with modifications. 3 The Scheme as confirmed is set out in the Schedule hereto and copies of the Scheme as modified with its accompanying plan 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 Council of the Royal County of Berkshire at Shire Hall, Shinfield Park, Reading. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport. Pamela Denham Regional Director Government Office for the North East 31st January 1997
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Houses in Multiple Occupation (Fees for Registration Schemes) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 3rd March 1997. Maximum Fee 2 The maximum fee that may be charged by a local housing authority for first registration of a house in multiple occupation under a scheme is— 1 in the case of a registration scheme without control provisions, £80; and 2 in the case of a registration scheme with control provisions, £60 multiplied by the number of habitable rooms; and, for the purposes of paragraph (2) above, a room is habitable if it is of a type normally used in the locality either as a living room or a bedroom. Transitional Provisions 3 Where— 1 a house in multiple occupation to which a registration scheme (“the new scheme”) applies is already registered under a scheme which is to be revoked by the registration scheme, and 2 a fee has been paid to the local housing authority on its registration under the revoked scheme in the five year period prior to the date the new scheme comes into force, then the fee paid shall be deducted from the fee payable to the local housing authority under the new scheme. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State James Clappison Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 3rd February 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jonathan Evans Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 4th February 1997
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing (Enforcement Procedures for Houses in Multiple Occupation) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 3rd March 1997. Right to make Representations 2 Except in a case where it appears to the local housing authority necessary to take such action immediately, before a local housing authority serve a works notice on any person they— 1 shall give to that person a written notice stating: a that they are considering serving the works notice; b the reasons why they are considering serving the works notice and the works which should be undertaken to remedy the relevant defect; c that the person may, within a period specified in the notice (not being less than 14 days) make either written representations to the authority or, if the person so requests, make oral representations to the authority in the presence of an officer appointed by the authority (such a request being made not later than the expiry of 7 days beginning with the day on which that notice is given); and 2 shall consider any representations which are duly made and not withdrawn. Sanctions for Non-compliance 3 Where a works notice is served and the authority have failed to comply with article 2, that failure shall be a ground for appeal additional to those specified in section 353(2) and 373(2) of the Housing Act 1985. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State James Clappison Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 3rd February 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jonathan Evans Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 4th February 1997
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and Commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing (Recovery of Expenses for Section 352 Notices) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 3rd March 1997. Maximum Charge 2 The amount of the charge made by a local housing authority under section 352A of the Housing Act 1985 shall not exceed £300. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State James Clappison Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,Department of the Environment 3rd February 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jonathan Evans Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office 4th February 1997
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing Act 1996 (Commencement No. 7 and Savings) Order 1997. 2 In this Order “the commencement date” means 28th February 1997. Commencement and Savings 2 The following provisions of the Housing Act 1996 shall come into force on the commencement date, subject to the savings in the Schedule to this Order— section 96 to the extent that it is not already in force, sections 97 to 104, sections 148 to 151, and section 227 in so far as it relates to the repeals in Part IV of Schedule 19.
URBAN DEVELOPMENT Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Sheffield Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. Urban development area 2 1 Articles 2 and 3 of the Sheffield Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1988 are hereby revoked. 2 So much of the Sheffield Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1988 as has not previously been revoked shall be revoked with effect from 1st July 1997. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 6th January 1997
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Approval of Fitters and Workshops) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 3rd March 1997. 2 In regulation 3 of the Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Approval of Fitters and Workshops) (Fees) Regulations 1986 for “£240” there shall be substituted “£230” and for “£97.30” there shall be substituted “£93”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport John Bowis Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport 20th January 1997 We consent to the making of these Regulations Bowen Wells Roger Knapman Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 3rd February 1997
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and Commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Common Lodging Houses (Repeal) Consequential Provisions Order 1997 and shall come into force on 3rd March 1997. Repeals 2 The following enactments are repealed to the extent specified; 1 sections 80 to 82 of the Poole Corporation Act 1928 ; 2 section 16(e) of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1981 ; 3 section 10(2)(m) of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1984 ; and 4 section 70(1)(j) of the Leicestershire Act 1985 . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State James Clappison Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,Department of the Environment 3rd February 1997
Title and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Theft (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997. 2 This Order shall come into operation on the expiration of one month from the day on which it is made. Interpretation 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Obtaining a money transfer by deception 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dishonestly retaining a wrongful credit 4 1 After section 23 of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 there shall be inserted the following section— Dishonestly retaining a wrongful credit. 23A 1 A person is guilty of an offence if— a a wrongful credit has been made to an account kept by him or in respect of which he has any right or interest; b he knows or believes that the credit is wrongful; and c he dishonestly fails to take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to secure that the credit is cancelled. 2 References to a credit are to a credit of an amount of money. 3 A credit to an account is wrongful if it is the credit side of a money transfer obtained contrary to section 15A. 4 A credit to an account is also wrongful to the extent that it derives from— a theft; b an offence under section 15A; c blackmail; or d stolen goods. 5 In determining whether a credit to an account is wrongful, it is immaterial (in particular) whether the account is overdrawn before or after the credit is made. 6 A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years. 7 Subsection (8) applies for purposes of provisions of this Act relating to stolen goods (including subsection (4)). 8 References to stolen goods include money which is dishonestly withdrawn from an account to which a wrongful credit has been made, but only to the extent that the money derives from the credit. 9 In this section “account” and “money” shall be construed in accordance with section 15B. . 2 This Article applies to wrongful credits made on or after the day on which this Order comes into operation. The new offences: jurisdiction 5 1 In Article 38(2) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (Group A offences for the purposes of the jurisdictional provisions) sub-paragraph (a) (list of offences under the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969) shall be amended as follows. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 After the entry relating to section 21 there shall be added— section 23A (dishonestly retaining a wrongful credit); . Application to loans of offence of obtaining services by deception 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
INCOME TAX Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income Tax (Employments) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Income Tax (Employments) Regulations 1993 and “regulation” means a regulation of the principal Regulations. Amendments to the principal Regulations 3 In paragraph (1) of regulation 59, in the definition of “reserve and auxiliary forces”, for the word “includes” there shall be substituted the word “means”. 4 For paragraph (2) of that regulation there shall be substituted the following paragraphs— 2 The forces specified in this paragraph are— a Royal Fleet Reserve (including officers of the retired and emergency lists of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines), b Royal Naval Reserve (including Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service Reserve), c Royal Marines Reserve, d Army Reserve (including Regular Army Reserve of Officers), e Territorial Army, f Air Force Reserve, g Royal Auxiliary Air Force, h Officers, Adult Instructors and Adult Warrant Officers of the Sea Cadet Corps, Army Cadet Force, Air Training Corps or Combined Cadet Force, and j Merchant Navy Reserve. 3 In paragraph (2)(f) “Air Force Reserve” includes Royal Air Force Reserve of Officers, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (including University Air Squadron members) and Class E Reserve of Airmen. S C T Matheson G H Bush Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue 3rd February 1997
PENSIONS Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Pensions Act 1995 (Commencement No. 9) Order 1997. 2 In this Order “the Act” means the Pensions Act 1995. Appointed days 2 1 The day appointed for the coming into force of section 80(4) of the Act (review of decisions of the Pensions Compensation Board), paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 to the Act and section 78(8) of the Act insofar as it relates to that paragraph (proceedings of the Pensions Compensation Board)— a for the purpose only of authorising the making of regulations, is 4th February 1997, and b for all other purposes, is 6th April 1997. 2 The day appointed for the coming into force of section 55 of the Act (end of annual increase in GMP) is 4th February 1997. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Oliver Heald Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 3rd February 1997
CONSUMER CREDIT 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Consumer Credit (Quotations) (Revocation) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 10th March 1997. 2 The Consumer Credit (Quotations) Regulations 1989 are hereby revoked. John M. Taylor, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Corporate and Consumer Affairs Department of Trade and Industry 4th February 1997
TERRITORIAL SEA 1 This Order may be cited as the Territorial Sea Act 1987 (Jersey) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 31st March 1997. 2 The Territorial Sea Act 1987 shall extend to the Bailiwick of Jersey with the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
EDUCATION, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the General Teaching Council for Scotland (Amendment of Constitution) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 28 February 1997. Amendment of Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965 2 Schedule 1 to the Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965 is hereby amended as follows:– a in paragraph 1(1)(b)(i) for “four” substitute “three”; b at the end of paragraph 1(1)(b) add “(viii) one by the boards of management of colleges of further education within the meaning of Part I of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 ;”; and c in paragraph 1(3) for the words from “and institutions in the higher education sector” to the words “falls to be made;” there shall be substituted the words “, institutions in the higher education sector and colleges of further education shall be construed, in relation to any appointment, as references to the universities of Scotland, such institutions or, as the case may be, such colleges of further education established at the time the appointment falls to be made;”. Transitional provision 3 On the coming into force of this Order one of the four members of the Council appointed by the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities shall go out of office; and the member to go out of office shall be determined by agreement among the four members or failing such agreement shall be nominated by the Convention. Raymond S Robertson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 29th January 1997