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RATING AND VALUATION, WALES Citation, commencement and application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the BG plc (Rateable Value) (Wales) Order 2000 and shall come into force on the 1st April 2000. 2 This Order applies only to Wales. Interpretation 2 In this Order– “the Act” (“ y Ddeddf ”) means the Local Government Finance Act 1988; “BG plc” (“ BG plc ”) means the company registered bearing that name on 9th November 1999; “Welsh gas hereditaments” (“ hereditamentau nwy Cymru ”) means non-domestic hereditaments occupied (or, if unoccupied, owned) by BG plc and required by virtue of regulation 3(1) of, and Part 3 of the Schedule to, the Central Rating List (Wales) Regulations 1999 to be shown in a central rating list; and “year” (“ blwyddyn ”) means a chargeable financial year. Rateable value 3 In the case of Welsh gas hereditaments, paragraphs 2 to 2B of Schedule 6 to the Act shall not apply in any year for which the central non-domestic rating list for Wales compiled on 1st April 2000 is in force and in any such year the rateable value of the Welsh gas hereditaments shall be £32,059,000. Revocation and savings 4 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the British Gas plc (Rateable Values) Order 1994 is hereby revoked with effect from 1st April 2000. 2 The British Gas plc (Rateable Values) Order 1994 shall continue to have effect on and after 1st April 2000 for the purposes of or for purposes connected with– a any alteration of a list in force immediately before 1st April 2000; or b any provision made by regulations made under section 58 of the Act (special provision for 1995 onwards) as to the chargeable amount as regards a hereditament for a relevant period as defined in that section. Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998 . Dafydd Elis Thomas The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
CONTRACTING OUT Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Contracting Out (Functions in Relation to Petroleum Royalty Payments) Order 2000. 2 This Order shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Contracting out of the functions of the Secretary of State 2 Any function of the Secretary of State (not being a function excluded from section 69 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 by section 71(1) of that Act) which relates to or is connected with the payment or repayment of any sum by way of royalty which is conferred on him by: a any provision of any licence granted or treated as having been granted under the provisions of section 3(1) of the Petroleum Act 1998 ; or b section 6 of that Act, may, to such extent as may be specified in the authorisation, be exercised by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State. Supplementary 3 Anything which is authorised or required by or under any provision referred to in article 2 above to be given, delivered, served, taken or done to, on or against the Secretary of State may be given, delivered, served, taken or done to, on or against such person (if any) as may be authorised by virtue of that article. Helen Liddell, Minister for Energy and Competitiveness in Europe, Department of Trade and Industry 14th February 2000
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Deemed Supply of Goods) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000 but shall have effect only in relation to a person who ceases to be a taxable person on or after that date. 2 In paragraph 8(1)(c) of Schedule 4 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (no deemed supply on person ceasing to be taxable if VAT would not exceed £250) for “£250” there shall be substituted “£1,000”. Greg Pope Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 8th February 2000
GAS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Gas Act 1995 (Standards of Performance) (Extension of Period) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st March 2000. Extension of period 2 Section 10(2) of the Gas Act 1995 shall have effect as if the period there mentioned ended on 2nd February 2002. Helen Liddell, Minister for Energy and Competitiveness in Europe, Department of Trade and Industry 5th February 2000
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WALES, FINANCE Enwi, cychwyn a dehongli 1 1 Enw'r Rheoliadau hyn yw Rheoliadau Ardollau Awdurdodau'r Parciau Cenedlaethol (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2000 a byddant yn dod i rym ar 7 Chwefror 2000. 2 Yn y Rheoliadau hyn ystyr “y Prif Reoliadau ” yw Rheoliadau Awdurdodau'r Parciau Cenedlaethol (Ardollau) (Cymru) 1995 Diwygio rheoliad 3 o'r Prif Reoliadau 2 Rhodder yn lle rheoliad 3 o'r Prif Reoliadau (cymhwyso) y rheoliad canlynol– 3 These Regulations apply in relation to any levy of a National Park authority to be issued to, or anticipated by, a relevant billing authority in respect of financial years beginning on 1st April 2000 and 1st April 2001. Diwygio rheoliad 4 o'r Prif Reoliadau 3 Yn rheoliad 4 o'r Prif Reoliadau (gosod ardollau) hepgorer paragraffau (1) a (2) Diwygio rheoliad 6 o'r Prif Reoliadau 4 Yn rheoliad 6 o'r Prif Reoliadau (mwyafswm ardollau) yn lle paragraffau (5), (6) a (7) mewnosoder y paragraff canlynol 5 In this regulation –“the agreed proportion” and “the relevant proportion” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 5, “maximum amount” means the amount specified for each National Park authority in the following table — National Park Authority Maximum Amount £ Brecon Beacons National Park 621,661 Pembrokeshire Coast National Park 677,779 Snowdonia National Park 878,558 Diwygio rheoliad 7 o'r Prif Reoliadau 5 Yn rheoliad 7 o'r Prif Reoliadau (amnewid ardollau) yn lle paragraff (4) mewnosoder –“A new levy shall be issued in accordance with these Regulations.” Eithriadau 6 Bydd darpariaethau'r Prif Reoliadau fel yr oeddent yn bodoli yn union cyn y diwygiadau sy'n cael eu gwneud gan y Rheoliadau hyn yn parhau mewn grym mewn perthynas ag unrhyw ardoll gan awdurdod Parc Cenedlaethol a osodir ar awdurdod bilio perthnasol ar gyfer unrhyw flwyddyn ariannol sy'n dechrau cyn 1 Ebrill 2000. Llofnodwyd ar ran Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru o dan adran 66(1) o Ddeddf Llywodraeth Cymru 1998 Dafydd Elis Thomas Y Llywydd, Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru 3 Chwefror 2000
ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 This Order may be cited as the A23 Trunk Road (Croydon) Red Route (Prohibited Turns) (No. 3) Experimental Traffic Order 1998 Revocation Order 2000, and shall come into force on 22nd February 2000. Revocation 2 The A23 Trunk Road (Croydon) Red Route (Prohibited Turns) (No. 3) Experimental Traffic Order 1998 is hereby revoked. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 7th February 2000
OSTEOPATHS This Order may be cited as the General Osteopathic Council (Health Committee) (Procedure) Rules Order of Council 2000 and shall come into force on 8th March 2000. A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
OSTEOPATHS This Order may be cited as the General Osteopathic Council (Health Committee) (Appeals) Rules Order of Council 2000 and shall come into force on 8th March 2000. A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
OSTEOPATHS This Order may be cited as the General Osteopathic Council (Professional Conduct Committee) (Procedure) Rules Order of Council 2000 and shall come into force on 8th March 2000. A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Kent and Sussex Weald and the Mid Kent Healthcare National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. Dissolution of NHS trusts 2 The Kent and Sussex Weald National Health Service Trust established by the Kent and Sussex Weald National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order and the Mid Kent Healthcare National Health Service Trust established by the Mid Kent Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order are hereby dissolved, and accordingly those Orders are revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Gisela Stuart Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 3rd February 2000
FOOD, ENGLAND Title, extent and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Poultry Meat, Farmed Game Bird Meat and Rabbit Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene) Regulations 1995 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Meat Hygiene Appeals Tribunal (Procedure) Regulations 1992 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations 1996 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
FOOD, ENGLAND Title, extent and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) (Charges) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000, shall extend to England only and shall come into force on 1st March 2000. Amendments to the Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) (Charges) Regulations 1998 2 1 Insofar as they extend to England, the Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) (Charges) Regulations 1998 are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation. 2 In the definition of “occupier” in paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation) the phrase “, cold store or a re-packaging centre,” is substituted for the phrase “or a cold store,”. 3 In the definition of “premises” in paragraph (1) of regulation 2 the phrase “, cold store or re-packaging centre” is substituted for the words “or cold store”. 4 In the table in paragraph (2) of regulation 2 the words “re-packaging centre” are inserted below the words “cold store” in each of columns (1) and (2). 5 In paragraph (1) of regulation 3 (charges) the phrase “slaughterhouse, cutting premises, cold store and re-packaging centre” is substituted for the phrase “slaughterhouse, cutting premises and cold store”. 6 The following regulation is inserted between regulation 3 and regulation 4 (information)— Withdrawal of inspections 3A Where the Minister has had judgment entered against an occupier for any sum which is recoverable by the Minister as a debt from that occupier under regulation 3(4) above and the occupier fails within a reasonable time thereafter to satisfy the judgment the Minister may (regardless of any other legal remedy open to him) refuse to carry out any further inspections at the premises in respect of which the debt accrued until the judgment has been satisfied. . 7 In paragraph 2 of the Schedule (calculation of the inspection charge)— a the word “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (b) is revoked; and b the following sub-paragraph is inserted between sub-paragraphs (b) and (c)— bA at a re-packaging centre; or . Hayman Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 23rd January 2000 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Gisela Stuart Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Department of Health 3rd February 2000
DEFAMATION 1 This Order may be cited as the Defamation Act 1996 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2000. 2 This Order extends to England and Wales only. 3 The following provisions of the Defamation Act 1996 shall come into force on 28th February 2000: a sections 2, 3 (apart from subsection (9)) and 4 (offer to make amends), section 7 (meaning of a statement), and sections 8 to 10 (summary disposal of a claim); and b so far as they are not already in force, section 17(1) (interpretation), and section 16 and Schedule 2 (repeals) except the entries relating to— i the Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955 ; ii the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 ; iii the British Nationality Act 1981 , Schedule 7, the entry relating to the Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955; iv the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 , Schedule 2, paragraph 3; v the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 ; and vi the Broadcasting Act 1990 , Schedule 20, paragraph 3. 4 Section 4 of the Defamation Act 1952 shall continue to apply as if it had not been repealed to any offer of amends made before 28th February 2000, and to any legal proceedings relating to that offer. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 31st January 2000
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 4th February 2000. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992 . Amendment of regulation 7 of the principal Regulations 2 In regulation 7 of the principal Regulations (removal from the medical list) omit “or” at the end of paragraph 1(b), and at the end of paragraph 1(c) insert– ; d has been convicted in the United Kingdom of murder; or e has been convicted in the United Kingdom of a criminal offence and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of at least six months, . Amendment of regulation 18E of the principal Regulations 3 After paragraph (1)(b) of regulation 18E (criteria for approval and nomination) insert– bb if the Health Authority, having considered the declaration required by paragraph 6A of Part III of Schedule 3, consider he is unsuitable; . Amendment of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations 4 In paragraph 8 of Part I of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (information to be included in a report by a Health Authority when making a reference to the Medical Practices Committee) after “considers to be relevant” insert “, including details of the declaration made under paragraph 6A of Part III of this Schedule.”. 5 After paragraph 6 of Part III of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (information and undertakings to be given by a practitioner in connection with an application for nomination or approval for a practice vacancy), there shall be inserted– 6A Declaration as to whether– a he has been convicted of a criminal offence, bound over or cautioned in the UK or elsewhere, or is currently the subject of any proceedings which might lead to such a conviction, order to bind over or caution; b he has been, or is currently, subject to any action by his professional body or by any licensing or regulatory body in the UK or elsewhere, and if so, give details, including approximate dates, of where the action or proceedings were or are to be brought, the nature of that action or proceedings, and any outcome. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State John Denham Minister of State, Department of Health 3rd February 2000
MINISTERS OF THE CROWN Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 2000. 2 This Order shall come into force on 1st April 2000. Transfer of functions relating to computers and telecommunications 2 The functions of the Minister for the Civil Service with respect to the centralised procurement or provision of goods, services and facilities in the fields of computers and telecommunications shall be exercisable concurrently with the Treasury. Supplementary 3 1 Any rights and liabilities to which the Minister for the Civil Service is entitled or subject in connection with those functions under any contract– a made before the commencement of this Order, and b in relation to which he acts or acted through the executive agency known as the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency, are hereby transferred to the Treasury. 2 Accordingly, any such contract made before the commencement of this Order shall have effect so far as necessary for the purpose or in consequence of any transfer effected by this Order as if any reference to the Minister for the Civil Service or any officer of his (including any reference which is to be construed as such a reference) were a reference to the Treasury or an officer of the Treasury. 3 This Order shall not affect the validity of anything done by or in relation to the Minister for the Civil Service before the commencement of this Order; and anything (including legal proceedings) which at the commencement of this Order is in process of being done by or in relation to the Minister for the Civil Service may, if it relates to any such contract, be continued by or in relation to the Treasury. 4 Anything done (or having effect as if done) by the Minister for the Civil Service for the purpose of or in connection with any such contract shall, if in force at the commencement of this Order, continue in force and have effect as if done by the Treasury. A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
TRUSTEES 1 This Order may be cited as the Trustee Delegation Act 1999 (Commencement) Order 2000. 2 Sections 1 to 12 of, and the Schedule to, the Trustee Delegation Act 1999 shall come into force on 1st March 2000. Irvine of Lairg, C. 1st February 2000
POWERS OF ATTORNEY 1 This Order may be cited as the Powers of Attorney (Welsh Language Forms) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st March 2000 immediately after the coming into force of the Trustee Delegation Act 1999 . 2 The form of words in Part I of the Schedule to this Order may be used instead of that set out in section 25(6) of the Trustee Act 1925 . 3 The form of words in Part II of the Schedule to this Order may be used instead of that set out in Schedule 1 to the Powers of Attorney Act 1971 . Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 1st February 2000
OSTEOPATHS Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Osteopaths Act 1993 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2000. 2 In this Order, “ the Act ” means the Osteopaths Act 1993. Appointed Day 2 8th March 2000 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the whole of the Act so far as it is not already in force, except— a section 1(4) (which introduces Part I of the Schedule) so far as it relates to the paragraphs in the Schedule to the Act referred to in paragraph (d) of this article; b section 7(3) (which provides that an osteopath whose registration has been suspended ceases to be a registered osteopath for the purposes of section 32(1)); c section 32(1) (which provides that a person who describes himself in certain ways is guilty of an offence unless he is a registered osteopath) and section 32(3) so far as it relates to section 32(1); and d in the Schedule (the General Council and its Committees), paragraphs 3, 9, 10, 12, 14(1), 14(3)(d), 14(4) and 14(5)(a). Alan Milburn Secretary of State for Health 2nd February 2000
JUDICIAL COMMITTEE 1 This Order may be cited as the Judicial Committee (Osteopaths Rules) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 8th March 2000. 2 The Rules set out in the Schedule to this Order shall take effect for the purpose of regulating appeals to Her Majesty in Council under the Osteopaths Act 1993. A.K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st March 2000. Variation of section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 2 In section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (purposes for which financial assistance may be given) for paragraph (bb) there shall be substituted— bb the programme known as Radon Measurement and Support for Remedial Works Campaigns in England; . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Chris Mullin Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 2nd February 2000
COUNTRYSIDE, ENGLAND Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the 1994 Regulations 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Major Precepting Authorities (Excessive Budget Requirements—Payments) (England) Regulations 2000, and shall come into force on 25th February 2000. 2 These Regulations extend to England only and apply to sums payable by a major precepting authority under section 31 of the Local Government Act 1999 in respect of the financial year beginning with 1st April 2000. 3 In these Regulations— “the 1992 Act ” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992 ; “the 1999 Act ” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999 . Calculation of payment 2 The sum which a major precepting authority must pay to a billing authority under section 31(3) of the Local Government Act 1999 shall be equal to— E × Tb × Q Tz where— E (the authority’s contribution to council tax benefit) is the amount calculated in accordance with the Schedule to these Regulations; Tb is the amount of the council tax base of the billing authority for its area, or, where the precept relates to a part of the billing authority’s area only, for that part of the area, and which in either case is included in the aggregate of amounts of council tax bases which is T for the purpose of section 44 of the 1992 Act or section 88 of the 1999 Act , as the case may be; Q (estimated proportions of council tax yield accounted for by council tax benefit) is the amount shown for the billing authority in column 2 of Table A in the Schedule to the Collection Fund (General) (England) Directions 2000 made by the Secretary of State on 2nd February 2000; Tz is the aggregate of Tb multiplied by Q for all the billing authorities to which the precepting authority has issued a precept. Time for payment 3 1 Where the precepting authority and the billing authority have not before 1st April 2000 agreed when the sum calculated under regulation 2 is to be paid then that sum shall be paid in equal instalments on the instalment days in the financial year beginning with 1st April 2000. 2 In this regulation, “instalment days” means, in relation to a billing authority, the days in the financial year contained in the schedule of instalments determined by that billing authority under regulations 4 and 6 of the Local Authorities (Funds) (England) Regulations 1992 . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 3rd February 2000
AGRICULTURE, ENGLAND Title, commencement and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Agriculture (Closure of Grant Schemes) (England) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st March 2000. 2 These Regulations extend to England only. Closure of scheme for processing and marketing grants 2 The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food shall not accept any further applications for the approval of expenditure under the Agricultural Processing and Marketing Grant Regulations 1995 . Closure of scheme for rural development grants 3 The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food shall not accept any further applications for the approval of operations under the Rural Development Grants (Agriculture) (No. 2) Regulations 1995 . Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 31st January 2000