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VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Insurance) Order 2004 and comes into force on 1st January 2005. 2 Group 2 (insurance) of Schedule 9 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (exemptions) is varied in accordance with the following articles. 3 For items 1 to 3 substitute — 1 Insurance transactions and reinsurance transactions. . 4 In item 4(a) — a after “a contract of insurance” insert “or reinsurance”, and b for “any such provision of insurance or reinsurance as falls, or would fall, within item 1, 2 or 3” substitute “an insurance transaction or a reinsurance transaction”. 5 Omit Notes (A1) to (C1). 6 In Note (2)(a), for “any insurance or reinsurance the provision of which falls within item 1, 2 or 3” substitute “insurance or reinsurance”. Jim Murphy Derek Twigg Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 24th November 2004
CRIMINAL LAW Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breaches of the EC Regulation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Penalties and proceedings 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MERCHANT SHIPPING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution and General Provisions) (Isle of Man) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 17th December 2004. Revocations 2 The following Orders are hereby revoked— a The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 (Isle of Man) Order 1981 ; and b The Merchant Shipping Act 1974 (Isle of Man) Order 1981 . A.K.Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
MERCHANT SHIPPING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Gibraltar) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 17 th December 2004. Revocations 2 The following Orders are hereby revoked— a The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Gibraltar) Order 1976 ; and b The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Gibraltar) (Amendment) Order 1981 . A.K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Primary Medical Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2004 and shall come into force on the day after the Order is made. 2 The extent of the amendments made by the Schedule is the same as that of the enactments amended, except that paragraph 4(2)(a), (3)(a), (4)(a) and (5) do not extend to Northern Ireland . Consequential amendments 2 The enactments listed in the Schedule are amended as there specified. Saving of certain provisions of the Medical Act 1983 3 Notwithstanding the coming into force of the amendments to sections 11 and 12 of the Medical Act 1983 made by paragraph 1 of the Schedule, in relation to any employment before the date on which those amendments came into force in— a an approved medical practice; or b a health centre, sections 11(4) and 12(2)(a) of the Medical Act 1983 shall have effect as if those amendments had not come into force. A.K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2004 . 2 In this Order, “ the Act ” means the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 2 The provisions of the Act shall, in so far as they are not already in force, come into force on 1st January 2005. Falconer of Thoroton Secretary of State Department for Constitutional Affairs 26th November 2004
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Designation of Ministers or government departments 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ROAD TRAFFIC Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 8th December 2004. Amendment of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 2 The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4. 3 In regulation 35 (fees in respect of practical or unitary tests) for paragraph (6) substitute— 6 For the purposes of this regulation and Schedule 5, a test— a for a licence authorising the driving of a motor vehicle in category A, B, F, G , H K or P or subcategory A1 or B1 commences during normal hours if the time for which the test appointment is made is any time between 0730 hours and 1630 hours on a working day, b for a licence authorising the driving of a motor vehicle in any other category commences during normal hours if the time for which the test appointment is made is any time between 0830 hours and 1630 hours on a working day; and c commences out of hours, if the time for which the test appointment is made is at a time not specified above for the type of licence in question. 4 For the table in Schedule 5 substitute the following table— (1) Category or sub-category of vehicle (2) Test,other than extended driving test commencing: (3) Extended driving test commencing: (a) During normal hours (b) Out of hours (a) During normal hours (b) Out of hours 1. A1, A and P £51.00 £60.00 £102.00 £120.00 2. B1, B, F, G, H and K £42.00 £51.00 £84.00 £102.00 3. B+E, C1, C1+E, D1, D1+E, C, C+E, D and D+E £80.00 £98.00 - - Signed by authority of the Secretary of State David Jamieson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Transport 17th November 2004 We approve the making of these Regulations Derek Twigg John Heppell Two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 17th November 2004
PENSIONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational Pension Schemes (Minimum Funding Requirement and Actuarial Valuations) Amendment Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 21st December 2004. 2 In these Regulations “the Minimum Funding Requirement Regulations ” means the Occupational Pension Schemes (Minimum Funding Requirement and Actuarial Valuations) Regulations 1996 . Amendment of regulation 2 of the Minimum Funding Requirement Regulations 2 In regulation 2(1) of the Minimum Funding Requirement Regulations (interpretation) for the definition of “transitional period” substitute— “transitional period” means the period beginning on the commencement date and ending on— for the purposes of regulation 6(2) (excluded assets), 31st December 2004; and for all other purposes, 5th April 2006. . Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Minimum Funding Requirement Regulations 3 In Part I of Schedule 1 to the Minimum Funding Requirement Regulations (minimum funding valuation statements – the actuary’s statement) for paragraph 6 substitute— 6 References to section 73(3) in paragraph 5 above and in paragraph 2 of the actuary’s statement as set out in Part II are references to that section as modified— a where that section has effect in relation to the scheme on the effective date; or b where sub-paragraph (a) does not apply in relation to a scheme, as if that scheme had commenced winding up on the effective date, and the actuary may modify the description of liabilities in paragraph 2 of that statement accordingly. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Malcolm Wicks Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions 17th November 2004
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, NORTHERN IRELAND Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Landfill (Maximum Landfill Amount)(Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made. 2 These Regulations extend to Northern Ireland only. Maximum amount of waste sent to landfills from Northern Ireland in non-target years 2 The maximum amount by weight of biodegradable municipal waste allowed in a scheme year (being a scheme year that is not a target year) mentioned in the Table to be sent to landfills from Northern Ireland shall be in accordance with that Table. Table Scheme Year Maximum Amount (in tonnes) 6th Year 469,937 7th Year 465,950 Elliot Morley Minister of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 17th November 2004
FOOD, WALES Title, application and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 2004. 2 The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 2003 is revoked. 3 In the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986 , for Schedules 1 and 2 there shall be substituted Schedules 1 and 2 set out in the Schedule to this Order. A.K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 2004, section 22(2), (Appointed Day) Order 2004. 2 The day appointed as the day on which section 22(2) of the Finance Act 2004 comes into force is 1st January 2005. John Heppell Nick Ainger Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 25th November 2004
FOOD, ENGLAND Title, commencement and application 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences and penalties 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enforcement 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modification of section 29 of the Food Safety Act 1990 (procurement of samples) and analysis of samples 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defence in relation to exports 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application of various sections of the Food Safety Act 1990 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re–export or destruction of food imported into England that does not comply with these Regulations 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secondary treatment of food imported into England that does not comply with these Regulations 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional provisions 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consequential amendments 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocations 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
IMMIGRATION Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2004. Commencement 2 Section 127 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 shall come into force on 10th December 2004. Des Browne Minister of State Home Office 16th November 2004
IMMIGRATION Citation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2004. 2 In this Order “the 1999 Act ” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and “the 2004 Act ” means the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004. Commencement 2 The provisions of the 2004 Act specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on the date specified in column 2 of that Schedule, but where a particular purpose is specified in relation to any such provision in column 3 of that Schedule, the provisions concerned shall come into force on that date only for that purpose. Modification 3 Section 9 of the 2004 Act shall, until the commencement of section 44 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 , have effect as if the reference to section 94(3A) of the 1999 Act were a reference to section 94(5) of that Act. Transitional provision 4 Notwithstanding the coming into force of section 9 of the 2004 Act, an appeal may be brought under section 103 of the 1999 Act against a decision if the letter giving notice of the decision is dated before 1st December 2004. Des Browne Minister of State Home Office 16th November 2004
SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Rules may be cited as the Criminal Appeal (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2004 and shall come into force on 15th December 2004 or on the day that sections 98 to 110 of the 2003 Act (Evidence of Bad Character) come into force, whichever is later. Criminal Appeal Rules 1968 2 1 The Criminal Appeal Rules 1968 shall be amended as follows. 2 After rule 9C there is inserted– Procedure for the admission of evidence of bad character 9D 1 A party who wants to introduce evidence of a non-appellant’s bad character or who wants to cross-examine a witness with a view to eliciting such evidence, under section 100 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”) must apply in Form 21 and the application must be received by the Registrar and all other parties to the proceedings not more than 28 days after leave to appeal is given, where leave is required, or after notice of appeal is given in any other case. 2 A party who receives a copy of an application under paragraph (1) may oppose that application by giving notice in writing to the Registrar and all other parties to the proceedings not more than 14 days after receiving that application. 3 A party who wants to introduce evidence of an appellant’s bad character or who wants to cross-examine a witness with a view to eliciting that evidence, under section 101 of the 2003 Act (defendant’s bad character) must give notice in Form 22 to the Registrar and all other parties to the proceedings not more than 28 days after leave to appeal is given, where leave is required, or after notice of appeal is given in any other case. 4 An appellant’s application to exclude bad character evidence must be in Form 23 and received by the Registrar and all other parties to the proceedings not more than 7 days after receiving a notice under paragraph (3). 5 An appellant entitled to receive a notice under this rule may waive his entitlement by so informing the court and the party who would have given the notice. 6 The court may– a allow a notice or application required under this rule to be given in a different form, or orally; or b shorten a time-limit under this rule or extend it even after it has expired, if it is in the interests of justice to do so. 7 Where this rule requires a notice or application to be given or sent it may, with the consent of the addressee, be sent by fax or other means of electronic communication. . 3 There shall be inserted after Form 20 in the Criminal Appeal Rules 1968, Forms 21, 22 and 23 set out in the Schedule to these Rules. Falconer of Thoroton, C. Woolf, C.J. Master Venne Potter, L.J. C.Hagen Q.C. D. Matheson, Q.C. P. Carter, Q.C. J.V. Pegden, Q.C. E. Barnett, J.P. G. White Dated 15th November 2004
CONSUMER PROTECTION Citation, Commencement and Interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment to the Principal Regulations 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CINEMAS AND FILMS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 1st December 2004. Amendment 2 The Schedule to the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production Order 1994 shall be amended by inserting at the appropriate place in alphabetical order the word “Belgium”. 3 The Schedule to the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production Order 1994 shall be amended by inserting at the appropriate place in alphabetical order the word “Croatia”. A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
FOOD Title, extent and commencement 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Food Safety Act 1990 (Amendment) Regulations 2004; they extend to Great Britain and come into force on 7th December 2004. 2 Regulation 7 also extends to Northern Ireland. Amendment of the Food Safety Act 1990 2 The Food Safety Act 1990 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 6. 3 In section 1 (meaning of “food” and other basic expressions) for subsections (1) and (2) there shall be substituted the following subsections — 1 In this Act “food” has the same meaning as it has in Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 . 2 In this Act “Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 ” means Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety. . 4 In section 40 (power to issue codes of practice) — a in subsection (4)(a) there shall be inserted at the beginning the words “subject to subsection (4B) below,”; b after subsection (4A) there shall be inserted — 4B Subsection (4)(a) above shall not apply in any case in which consultation is required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 . . 5 In section 48 (regulations and orders) — a in subsection (4) there shall be inserted at the beginning the words “Subject to subsection (4C) below,”; b after subsection (4B) there shall be inserted — 4C Subsection (4) above shall not apply in any case in which consultation is required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 . . 6 In section 53(2) (general interpretation) — a for the entry for “food” there shall be substituted — food section 1(1)” ; b after the entry for “public analyst” there shall be inserted — Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 section 1(2) . Consequential amendment 7 Paragraph (14) of regulation 9 of the Medicines for Human Use (Marketing Authorisations Etc.) Regulations 1994 (amendment of section 1 of the Food Safety Act 1990) shall be omitted. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Melanie Johnson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 16th November 2004
EDUCATION, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) ( No. 6) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 12 th November 2004. Interpretation 2 In this Order “the relevant religion or religious denomination” means the religion or religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets education is provided at the school or the school is conducted (or, as the case may be, each such religion or religious denomination). Designation of Schools 3 The schools listed in column (1) of the Schedule are hereby designated as schools having a religious character. 4 The relevant religion or religious denomination in relation to a school listed in column (1) of the Schedule is stated opposite thereto in column (2). P S A Jones A Divisional Manager in the Department for Education and Skills 12th November 2004
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2004, and shall come into force on 9th December 2004. Amendment of Regulations 2 In paragraph 11A of Schedule 1A to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (excluded tenancies - property acquired by social landlords) — a in sub-paragraph (1)(a) after “the Housing Act 1985” there shall be added “or section 12 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987” ; b in sub-paragraph (1)(b) after “the Housing Act 1985” there shall be added “or section 12 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987”; and c in sub-paragraph (1)(c) after “Part III of that Act” there shall be added “or in respect of which the house has been acquired under the right conferred by Part III of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988” . d in sub-paragraph (1)(d) after “disposal under those Regulations” there is added “or in respect of a dwelling disposed of pursuant to powers contained in the New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968 to a housing association”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Chris Pond Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions 14th November 2004
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Functions) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 1st January 2005. 2 In this Order– “the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation ( EC ) No. 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations ( EEC ) No. 2019/93 , (EC) No. 1452/2001 , (EC) No. 1453/2001 , (EC) No. 1454/2001 , (EC) 1868/94 , (EC) No. 1251/1999 , (EC) No. 1254/1999 , (EC) No. 1673/2000 , (EEC) No. 2358/71 and (EC) No. 2529/2001 ; “Scottish farmer” means a farmer whose holding is situated wholly or partly in Scotland and “farmer” and “holding” shall have the same meaning as in Article 2 of the Council Regulation; and “specified function under Community law” means any function related to the implementation of any legislative instrument of the European Community adopted in pursuance of its common agricultural policy, which applies in relation to an agricultural activity by reference to a holding; and “agricultural activity” shall have the same meaning as in Article 2 of the Council Regulation. Agriculture 2 So far as a specified function under Community law, or a function to which section 53(2)(a) of the Scotland Act 1998 applies, is exercisable by a Minister of the Crown in relation to a Scottish farmer it may be exercised separately. ANNE McGUIRE Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scotland Office, Department for Constitutional Affairs Dover House, London 10th November 2004
LEGAL SERVICES, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2004. 2 The following provisions of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 shall come into force on 7 th December 2004 — a section 53 (the Council for Licensed Conveyancers) and Schedule 8 Part I to the extent that it is not already in force; b section 55 (preparation of probate papers etc : exemption from section 23(1) of Solicitors Act 1974) and Schedule 9. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State David Lammy Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs Dated 11th November 2004