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FAIR EMPLOYMENT Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2000. 2 In this Order— “the 1998 Order” means the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 ; “member of the home service forces” means any member of the armed forces whose service (or service otherwise than for the purposes of training) is restricted to Northern Ireland and who is in such service there for not less than sixteen hours weekly; “Northern Ireland civil servant” means any person appointed to a situation in the Northern Ireland Civil Service, other than a person whose service in such a situation normally involves less than sixteen hours weekly; “police force” has the same meaning as in the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 ; “reserve force” means a reserve force within the meaning of section 1(2) of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 ; “reservist” means a member of any reserve force who serves wholly or mainly in Northern Ireland, other than a person whose service normally involves less than sixteen hours weekly; and “United Kingdom civil servant” means any person serving wholly or mainly in Northern Ireland in the civil service of the Crown other than— a person whose service normally involves less than sixteen hours weekly; or a Northern Ireland civil servant. Specification of public authorities 2 For the purposes of Articles 52 to 61 of the 1998 Order:— a the Minister for the Department of Finance and Personnel shall be a public authority and all Northern Ireland civil servants shall be treated as employees of that authority; b the Minister for the Civil Service shall be a public authority and all United Kingdom civil servants shall be treated as employees of that authority; c the Secretary of State for Defence shall be a public authority and all reservists and members of the home service forces shall be treated as employees of that authority; and d the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary shall be a public authority and all members of the police force shall be treated as employees of that authority. 3 Each of the persons specified in Part I of Schedule 1 shall be a public authority for the purposes of Articles 52 to 65 of the 1998 Order. 4 Each of the persons specified in Part II of Schedule 1 shall be a public authority for the purposes of Articles 62 to 65 of the 1998 Order. Revocation 5 The Orders specified in column (1) of Schedule 2 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister on 25th May 2000. J. A. Canavan A senior officer of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 19th June 2000. Amendment of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations 2 1 The Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5) of this regulation. 2 In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) the definition of “ HSS trust” shall be omitted. 3 In regulation 6(2A) (hospitalisation) after “and to end on the day” there shall be inserted “before the day”. 4 In regulation 7A(2)( b )(ii) (persons to whom regulations 7 and 8 apply with modifications) for “paragraphs (4) to (7)” there shall be substituted “paragraphs (4) to (6)”. 5 In regulation 8 (exemption from regulations 6 and 7)— a in paragraphs (4) and (6) “, except in a case to which paragraph (7) applies,” shall be omitted; and b paragraph (7) shall be omitted. Amendment of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 3 1 The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4) of this regulation. 2 In regulation 8(2A) (hospitalisation) and regulation 12A(3) (hospitalisation in mobility component cases) after “and to end on the day” there shall be inserted “before the day”. 3 In regulation 9A(2)( b )(ii) (persons to whom regulations 9 and 10 apply with modifications) for “paragraphs (6) to (9)” there shall be substituted “paragraphs (6) to (8)”. 4 In regulation 10 (exemption from regulation 8 and 9)— a in paragraphs (6) and (8) “, except in a case to which paragraph (9) applies,” shall be omitted; and b paragraph (9) shall be omitted. Revocations 4 The following provisions are hereby revoked— a regulations 2(3)( a ), ( c ) and ( d ) and 3(3)( a ), ( c ) and ( d ) of the Social Security Benefits (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 ; and b Schedule 16 and paragraph 1( c ) of Schedule 17 to the Health and Social Services Trusts (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 24th May 2000. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 18th June 2000. 2 These Regulations shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant— a in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in arrears in accordance with paragraph 7(1)( a ) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations (date when change of circumstances is to take effect)— i from the first day of the benefit week which includes 25th June 2000, or ii if the claim for income support is for a period commencing after 25th June 2000, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 18th June 2000; b in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in advance in accordance with paragraph 7(1)( b ) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 25th June 2000, and for this purpose, the expressions “claimant” and “benefit week” have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations (interpretation). 3 In these Regulations— “the Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 ; “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 . 4 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations 2 In Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations (housing costs), in paragraph 12(1)( a ) (standard rate of interest on qualifying loans) for “6·92 per cent.” there shall be substituted “7·44 per cent.”. Revocation 3 The Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 are hereby revoked save that those Regulations shall continue to have effect until the day before the first day of the benefit week having effect in relation to any particular claimant for the purpose of regulation 1(2) of these Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 24th May 2000. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
EMPLOYMENT Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Employment Rights (Time Off for Study or Training) (1998 Order) (Commencement) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000. 2 In this Order “the 1998 Order ” means the Employment Rights (Time Off for Study or Training) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998. Appointed day 2 The provisions of the 1998 Order shall come into operation on 1st September 2000. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment on 23rd May 2000. R. B. Gamble A senior officer of the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment
HEALTH AND SAFETY Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duties of Employer 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duties of the Practitioner, Operator and Referrer 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justification of Individual Medical Exposures 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Optimisation 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clinical audit 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Expert advice 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Equipment 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Training 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enforcement 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defence of due diligence 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PUBLIC HEALTH Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Shellfish Emergency Prohibitions) (Strangford Lough) (Revocation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 23rd May 2000. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Revocation 2 The following Orders, that is to say— a the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Strangford Lough) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 , b the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Strangford Lough) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 , are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 22nd May 2000. Don Hill Senior Officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
FOOD Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food to which Regulation 1139/98 or Regulation 50/2000 applies Exemptions 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manner of marking or labelling: general requirement 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manner of marking or labelling: special rules 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intelligibility of marking or labelling 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Offences and penalties 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enforcement 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defence in relation to exports 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application of various provisions of the Order 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consequential amendments 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional provisions 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
FOOD Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Poultry Meat, Farmed Game Bird Meat and Rabbit Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
FOOD Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Colours in Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 3rd July 2000. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Colours in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 In the principal Regulations, at the end of the definition of “Directive 95/45/ EC ” in regulation 2(1) there shall be added “as amended by Directive 99/75/EC .”. Consequential provision 3 1 Reference to the principal Regulations in the provisions listed in paragraph (2) shall be taken to be references to the principal Regulations as amended by these Regulations. 2 The provisions to which paragraph (1) refers are— a the definition of “permitted colour” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Jam and Similar Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982 ; b the definition of “additive” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Meat Products and Spreadable Fish Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984 ; c the definition of “colour” in Part II of Schedule 1 (categories of food additives) to the Food Additives Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 ; d the definition of “colour” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 ; and e the definition of “the additives Regulations” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 22nd May 2000. Don Hill Senior Officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
SEA FISHERIES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Crabs and Lobsters (Minimum Size) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 30th June 2000. Interpretation 2 1 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966; ... “ foreign fishing boat ” has the same meaning as in the Fisheries Act 2020 (see section 52 of that Act); “lobster” means lobster of the species Homarus gammarus . 2 For the purposes of this Order, the size of:— a lobsters, shall be measured as shown in the illustration of a lobster set out in Schedule 1 as the length of the carapace, parallel to the midline from the back of either eye socket to the distal edge of the carapace; b spider crabs shall be measured as shown in the illustration of a spider crab set out in Schedule 1 as the length of the carapace measured along the midline, from the edge of the carapace, between the rostrums to the posterior edge of the carapace; and c velvet crabs, shall be measured as shown in the illustration of a velvet crab set out in Schedule 1 as the width of the carapace measured across the broadest part, excluding spines, of the back. “spider crab” means crab of the species Maia squinado ; “velvet crab” means crab of the species Necora puber . Prescribed minimum size 3 For the purpose of section 127(1) of the Act there are hereby prescribed in Schedule 2 to this Order the minimum sizes in relation to lobsters, male spider crabs and velvet crabs. Exemptions 4 The prohibitions imposed by section 127(1) of the Act, as read with Article 3 and the Schedule, do not apply in relation to sea-fish caught by a foreign fishing boat in waters lying outside British fishery limits. Revocation 5 The Undersized Lobsters Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 is hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 26th May 2000. G. Lavery Senior Officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
FOOD Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Food (Animal Products from Belgium) (Emergency Control) (Revocation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 23rd May 2000. Revocation 2 The Food (Animal Products from Belgium) (Emergency Control) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 is hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 22nd May 2000. Don Hill Senior Officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 14th June 2000. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2 In paragraph 6 of Schedule 8B to the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (deductions of mortgage interest from benefit and payment to qualifying lenders) for “£0·60” there shall be substituted “£0·54”. Revocation 3 The Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 19th May 2000. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation and commencement 1 These Bye-Laws may be cited as the Motor Hackney Carriage (Newry) (Amendment) Bye-Laws (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 7th July 2000. Bye-Laws amended 2 For the Schedule to the Bye-Laws made in respect of Motor Hackney Carriages standing or plying for hire by the Urban District Council of Newry on 8th April 1968 and confirmed by the Ministry of Home Affairs on 25th April 1968 there shall be substituted— SCHEDULE (1) (2) (3) Street Site in Street Number of Motor Hackney Carriages Margaret Square North-East and North- West sides. Motor hackney carriages to face south. 8 Merchants Quay East Side: from a point approximately 15 metres south of Needham Bridge to a point approximately 39 metres south of that bridge. Motor hackney carriages to face north. 4 Revocation 3 The Motor Hackney Carriage (Newry) (Amendment) Bye-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1983 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 26th May 2000. J. Ritchie A senior officer of the Department of the Environment
SOCIAL SECURITY Now, therefore, the Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 130 and 165(5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 , and now vested in it , and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order: Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 22nd June 2000. Revaluation of earnings factors 2 The earnings factors for tax years specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order, in so far as they are relevant — a to the calculation— i of the additional pension in the rate of any long-term benefit, or ii of any guaranteed minimum pension, or b to any other calculation required under Part III of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (including that Part as modified by or under any other enactment), are directed to be increased for those tax years by the percentage of their amount shown opposite those tax years in the second column of that Schedule. Rounding of fractional amounts 3 Where any earnings factor relevant to the calculation specified in Article 2( a )(i) of this Order, as increased in accordance with this Order, would not but for this Article be expressed as a whole number of pounds, it shall be so expressed by the rounding down of any fraction of a pound less than one half and the rounding up of any other fraction of a pound. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 22nd May 2000. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
PENSIONS; FAMILY LAW Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000. Appointed day 2 The following provisions of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 shall come into operation on 1st December 2000:— a Articles 18, 19 and 20; b Article 74(1) so far as relating to paragraphs 1 to 3 and 52 of Schedule 9; c Article 75(3) and (4); d Article 76 so far as relating to the entries in Part II of Schedule 10; e Schedules 3 and 4; f paragraphs 1 to 3 and 52 of Schedule 9; and g the entries in Part II of Schedule 10. Irvine of Lairg, C. 27th May 2000
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 19th June 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 (4). 2 In regulation 69(1)( b ) (prescribed period for purposes of Article 21(2)) after “in any case” there shall be inserted “(other than a case where a jobseeker’s allowance is determined not to be payable in circumstances relating to the employment programme known as “Core Gateway” specified in regulation 75(1)( a )(iv) )”. 3 In regulation 69(1)( c ) after “in any case” there shall be inserted “(other than a case where a jobseeker’s allowance is determined not to be payable in circumstances relating to the employment programme known as “Core Gateway” specified in regulation 75(1)( a )(iv))”. 4 In regulation 75(1) (interpretation of Article 21 of the Order and Part V of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations)— a in sub-paragraph ( a ) after “and” in the first place where that word occurs there shall be added “, except in the case of head (iv),”, and b after head (iii) there shall be added the following— iv Core Gateway, being a programme of up to two weeks' duration, consisting of advice and assistance on job search activity and the development of job search skills. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 24th May 2000. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government (General Grant) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 20th June 2000. General Grant 2 For the purpose of paragraph 3(1) of Part I of Schedule 1 to the Local Government &c. (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 the districts specified for the year ending 31st March 2001 shall be districts listed below— Ards Armagh Ballymoney Banbridge Belfast Carrickfergus Castlereagh Cookstown Craigavon Derry Down Dungannon & South Tyrone Fermanagh Larne Limavady Lisburn Magherafelt Moyle Newry & Mourne Newtownabbey Omagh Srabane Revocation 3 The Local Government (General Grant) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 is hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 9th May 2000. John McConnell A senior officer of the Department of the Environment
FOOD Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Tetrachloroethylene in Olive Oil (Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 3rd July 2000. Revocation and amendment 2 1 The Tetrachloroethylene in Olive Oil Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989 are hereby revoked. 2 The Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (Consequential Modifications) Order (Northern Ireland) 1991 is hereby amended by omitting the entries relating to the Tetrachloroethylene in Olive Oil Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989 in Part I of Schedule 1, in Schedule 4 and in Schedule 10. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 22nd May 2000. Don Hill Senior Officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety