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PLANNING Citation and commencement 1 These regulations may be cited as the Planning (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2000. Amendment of the Planning (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 2 In regulation 17(1) of the Planning (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (fees for appeals) for “£120” substitute “£126”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 29th February 2000. J. McConnell A senior officer of the Department of the Environment
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Superannuation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 13th April 2000 and, except as provided in paragraph (2) shall have effect from that date. 2 Regulation 2 shall have effect from 6th April 1988. 3 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Local Government (Superannuation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 . 4 So far as is necessary for the purpose of these regulations, the principal Regulations shall be deemed to have effect from and including 6th April 1988. Outward transfers 2 Regulation J2 of the principal Regulations shall be amended by the deletion of paragraph (5). Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 24th February 2000. John McConnell Assistant Secretary of the Department of Environment
SEEDS Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Cereal Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional provisions 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
EMPLOYMENT Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Working Time (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 5th March 2000. Interpretation 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendments to Regulations 3 The Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 shall have effect as amended by Regulations 4, 5 and 6. Maximum weekly working time 4 1 In regulation 4— a for the words “Subject to regulation 5” in paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the words “Unless his employer has first obtained the worker’s agreement in writing to perform such work”; b at the end of paragraph (2) there shall be added the words “and shall keep up-to-date records of all workers who carry out work to which it does not apply by reason of the fact that the employer has obtained the worker’s agreement as mentioned in paragraph (1)”; and c for the words “by virtue of regulation 5” in paragraph (7)( d ) there shall be substituted the words “by reason of the fact that the employer has obtained the worker’s agreement as mentioned in paragraph (1)”. 2 In regulation 5— a paragraphs (1) and (4) shall be omitted; and b in both paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), for the words “paragraph (1)” there shall be substituted the words “regulation 4(1)”. Unmeasured working time 5 Regulation 20 shall be re-numbered as paragraph (1) of that regulation, and after that provision the following paragraph shall be inserted— 2 Where part of the working time of a worker is measured or predetermined or cannot be determined by the worker himself but the specific characteristics of the activity are such that, without being required to do so by the employer, the worker may also do work the duration of which is not measured or predetermined or can be determined by the worker himself, regulations 4(1) and (2) and 6(1), (2) and (7) shall apply only to so much of his work as is measured or predetermined or cannot be determined by the worker himself . Guidance 6 The following regulation shall be inserted after regulation 34— Guidance 34A 1 The Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment shall, after consulting persons appearing to it to represent the two sides of industry, arrange for the publication, in such form and manner as it considers appropriate, of information and advice concerning the operation of these Regulations. 2 The information and advice shall be such as appear to that Department best calculated to enable employers and workers affected by these Regulations to understand their respective rights and obligations under them. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment on 3rd February 2000. R. B. Gamble Senior Officer of the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment
SEEDS Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Fodder Plant Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional provisions 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 17th February 2000. Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2 1 The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 2 In regulation 7 (date from which a decision superseded under Article 11 takes effect) for paragraph (9) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 9 A decision relating to attendance allowance or disability living allowance which is advantageous to the claimant and which is made under Article 11 on the basis of a relevant change of circumstances shall take effect from— a where the decision is made on the Department’s own initiative, the date of that decision; b where— i the change is relevant to the question of entitlement to a particular rate of benefit; and ii the claimant notifies the change before a date one month after he satisfied the conditions of entitlement to that rate or within such longer period as may be allowed under regulation 8, the first pay day (as specified in Schedule 6 to the Claims and Payments Regulations ) after he satisfied those conditions; c where— i the change is relevant to the question of whether benefit is payable; and ii the claimant notifies the change before a date one month after the change or within such longer period as may be allowed under regulation 8, the first pay day (as specified in Schedule 6 to the Claims and Payments Regulations) after the change occurred; or d in any other case, the date of the application for the superseding decision. . 3 In regulation 8 (effective date for late notifications of change of circumstances)— a in paragraph (1) after “regulation 7(2)” there shall be inserted “and (9)”; and b in paragraphs (2) and (5) after “regulation 7(2)” there shall be inserted “or (9)”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 26th January 2000. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
HOUSING; RATES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Information from Landlords and Agents) Regulations 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 2B of the principal Regulations 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 11 of the principal Regulations 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 66 of the principal Regulations 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Schedule 1A to the principal Regulations 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Schedule 1B to the principal Regulations 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Schedule 5A to the principal Regulations 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendment No. 2) Regulations 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ANIMALS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 28th February 2000. Amendment of the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order (Northern Ireland) 1977 2 After Article 4(B) of the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order (Northern Ireland) 1977 (“the 1977 Order ”) there shall be inserted the following Article: The Pet Travel Scheme (Pilot Arrangements) Order 4C 1 The following provisions shall not apply in the case of pet cats or pet dogs which have been a brought into England under and in accordance with the provisions of the Pet Travel Scheme (Pilot Arrangements) (England) Order 1999 ; or b released from quarantine there in accordance with Article 5A of the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974 and subsequently brought to Northern Ireland, that is to say— i the prohibition and restrictions on landing contained in Articles 4(1), (7) and (8); ii the requirements in respect of detention and isolation in quarantine contained in Article 5(2); iii the controls on the movement of animals on landing contained in Article 7; and iv the prohibitions and requirements in respect of detention and isolation on board vessels in harbour contained in Article 12 . 2 In paragraph (1) “pet cats” and “pet dogs” shall have the same meaning as in the Pet Travel Scheme (Pilot Arrangements) (England) Order 1999. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 11th February 2000. R. S. Johnston A Senior Officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 7th January 2000. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 2 In regulation 42 of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (notional income)— a in paragraph (3), for “or (3B)” there shall be substituted “, (3B) or (3C)”; b after paragraph (3B) there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 3C This paragraph applies to any earnings which are due to an employed earner on the termination of his employment by reason of redundancy but which have not been paid to him. . Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 3 1 The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 2 In regulation 19(3) (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as actively seeking employment), in the definition of “employment or training programme” after “Department” there shall be inserted “of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment”. 3 After regulation 105(7)( c ) (notional income) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph— d any earnings which are due to an employed earner on the termination of his employment by reason of redundancy but which have not been paid to him. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 20th December 1999. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
PENSIONS Now, therefore, the Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 105 of 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 Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2000. 2 In this Order— “relevant period” has the same meaning as in section 109(3A) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 . 3 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. Increase of guaranteed minimum pensions 2 For the purposes of section 105(1) of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 the percentage by which there is to be an increase in the rate of that part of any guaranteed minimum pension which is attributable to earnings factors for the tax years in the relevant period shall be 1·1 per cent. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 29th February 2000. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 3rd April 2000. Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2 1 The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5). 2 In regulation 4 (interpretation of Parts II, IV and V), in the definition of “employment officer” for “11 and 12 of the Order” there shall be substituted “10 or 11 and 12 of the Order, as the case may be;”. 3 In regulation 23 (attendance), for “the Department” there shall be substituted “an employment officer”. 4 In regulation 24— a in paragraph (6)( a ) , ( b ) and ( c ) after “Department” there shall be added “or an employment officer, as the case may be”; b in paragraph (7) after “Department”, in the first place where that word occurs, there shall be inserted “or an employment officer, as the case may be”; c in paragraph (10) after “Department” there shall be inserted “or an employment officer, as the case may be,”. 5 In regulation 25(1)( b )(i) (entitlement ceasing on failure to comply), for “the Department” there shall be substituted “an employment officer”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 29th February 2000. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
PUBLIC HEALTH Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the principal Regulations 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Competition scrutiny: revocations 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999. 2 In this Order any reference to a numbered Article or Schedule is to the Article of, or the Schedule to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999. Appointed days 2 1 The day appointed for the coming into operation of— a Article 50 (extension of entitlement to state maternity allowance)— i for the purpose only of the exercise of any power to make regulations, is 12th January 2000; ii for all other purposes, is 2nd April 2000; b for the purposes of cases to which Article 50 applies, Part VI of Schedule 8 (maternity allowance) and Article 67 in so far as it relates to that Part— i for the purpose only of the exercise of any power to make regulations, is 12th January 2000; ii for all other purposes, is 2nd April 2000; and c for the purposes of cases to which Article 50 applies, the entries in Part V of Schedule 10 (repeals) relating to— i section 21 of, and Schedule 3 and 4 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 ; ii the Maternity Allowance and Statutory Maternity Pay Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 , and Article 76 in so far as it relates to them, is 2nd April 2000. 2 The day appointed for the coming into operation of— a Article 58 (incapacity for work: personal capability assessments), paragraph 22(3) of Schedule 8 (requirement to have a medical examination), in so far as those provisions are not already in operation, and paragraph 23 of Schedule 8 (own occupation test) and Article 67 in so far as it relates to those paragraphs, is 3rd April 2000; b paragraph 22(1), (2) and (4) of Schedule 8 (test of incapacity for work), in so far as not already in operation, and Article 67 in so far as it relates to that paragraph, is 16th December 1999. 3 The day appointed for the coming into operation of Article 63 (attendance allowance) and Article 64(1) and (2) (disability living allowance) is 12th January 2000. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 15th December 1999. C. Radcliffe Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
SEA FISHERIES Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prohibition of scallop fishing 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exemption 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PESTICIDES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000, and shall come into operation on 30th March 2000. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of the Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 2 Regulation 2(1) of the Plant Protection Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 shall be amended by substituting for the definition of “the Directive” the following definition— “the Directive” means Council Directive 91/414/ EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market , as amended by— Commission Directive 93/71/EEC ; Commission Directive 94/37/ EC ; Commission Directive 94/79/EC ; Commission Directive 95/35/EC ; Commission Directive 95/36/EC ; Commission Directive 96/12/EC ; Commission Directive 96/46/EC ; Commission Directive 96/68/EC ; Council Directive 97/57/EC ; Commission Directive 97/73/EC ; Commission Directive 98/47/EC ; Commission Directive 1999/1/EC ; Commission Directive 1999/73/EC ; Commission Directive 1999/80/EC ; . Revocation 3 The Plant Protection Products (Amendment) ( No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 24th February 2000. Liam McKibben Senior Officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
FISHERIES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Eel Fishing (Licence Duties) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2000. Licence Duties 2 There shall be payable to the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland by way of licence duties in respect of licences for the use of fishing engines for the taking of eels referred to in column 1 of the Schedule the amounts respectively specified in column 2 of the Schedule. Revocation 3 The Eel Fishing (Licence Duties) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure on 10th December 1999. N. Carson Senior Officer of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure
EDUCATION Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Class Sizes in Primary Schools Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 31st March 2000. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations a reference to pupils in— a “Year 1” means those pupils undertaking their first year of compulsory education; b “Year 2” means those pupils undertaking their second year of compulsory education; c “Year 3” means those pupils undertaking their third year of compulsory education; and d “Year 4” means those pupils undertaking their fourth year of compulsory education. 2 In these Regulations— “the 1986 Order ” means the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 “the 1996 Order ” means the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 ; “the 1997 Order ” means the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 ; and “the 1998 Order ” means the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998. Application 3 These Regulations shall not apply in relation to any school year which begins before 1st August 2000. The class sizes statutory limit 4 For the purposes of Article 16(2) of the 1998 Order, the statutory limit in relation to pupils in Year 1, Year 2, Year 3 and Year 4 shall, in each case, be 30 Exceptions to the statutory limit on class sizes 5 In exercising its power under Article 16(4) of the 1998 Order, a board shall have regard to the following matters— a the requirements on a school to comply with— i a direction of an admissions appeal tribunal, under Article 15(5)( a ) of the 1997 Order; ii a direction of a board, under Article 42 of the 1996 Order; iii a school attendance order under Article 45(2) of, and Schedule 13 to, the 1986 Order; iv a statement of special educational needs, under Article 16 of the 1996 Order; b the need to avoid unreasonable public expenditure. Revocation and transitional provision 6 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the Class Sizes in Primary Schools Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 are hereby revoked. 2 The Class Sizes in Primary Schools Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 shall continue to apply in relation to any school year ending on or before 31st July 2000 as if these Regulations had not been made. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on 28th February 2000. Dr. M. Browne Assistant Secretary
EMPLOYMENT Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Employment Relations (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000. 2 In this Order “the 1999 Order ” means the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999. Commencement 2 Subject to Article 3, the following provisions of the 1999 Order shall come into operation on 2nd February 2000— a paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (5) and (6) of Article 33; b in Article 35, paragraph (1) (to the extent that it is not already in operation) and paragraph (2); c Article 40 and the repeals specified in column 3 of Schedule 9 to the 1999 Order, to the extent specified in column 3 of the Schedule to this Order. Transitional provision 3 Article 33 of the Order shall have effect, in relation to the first Order made under that Article, as if for the reference in paragraph (2) to “the previous September” there were substituted a reference to “September 1997”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment on 2nd February 2000. R. B. Gamble Senior Officer of the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment
NORTHERN IRELAND DEPARTMENTS Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Departments (1999 Order) (Commencement) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999. Appointed day 2 The provisions of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (except for Article 8 and the repeal of section 4 of the Ministries Act (Northern Ireland) 1944) shall come into operation on 1st December 1999. Peter Mandelson One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Dated this 30th day of November 1999