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SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 25th April 2001. Amendment of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations 2 1 The Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4) of this regulation. 2 In regulation 1B(2)( a ) (relaxation of the first contribution condition in certain cases) for “relevant tax year” there shall be substituted “last complete tax year”. 3 In regulation 14(3) (age exception — persons aged 20 and under 25) for sub-paragraph ( b ) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph— b ended no earlier than the beginning of the last two complete tax years before the benefit year which would have governed a claim for incapacity benefit under section 30A(1)( a ) of the Contributions and Benefits Act had he been eligible for that benefit. . 4 In regulation 17(3)( b ) (circumstances in which a previous claimant who does not satisfy the age condition becomes entitled)— a after “earnings”, in the first place where it occurs, there shall be inserted “factor”; and b for “were” there shall be substituted “was”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 6th April 2001. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
FOOD Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Capital Disregards Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 16th April 2001. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. Income support, housing benefit and jobseeker’s allowance: capital disregard 2 There shall be added as— a paragraph 60 of Schedule 10 to the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (capital to be disregarded); b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c paragraph 53 of Schedule 7 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (capital to be disregarded); the following paragraph— Where an ex-gratia payment has been made by the Secretary of State to members of the families of the disappeared, but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of that payment. . Amendment of the Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) Regulations 3 In regulation 7 of the Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (deductions from an award of funeral payment)— a in paragraph (1) for “paragraph (2)” there shall be substituted “paragraphs (2) and (3)”; b after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph— 3 The amount of an ex-gratia payment made by the Secretary of State to members of the familes of the disappeared shall be disregarded from any deduction made under this regulation. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 6th April 2001. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to regulation 2( b ) of the foregoing Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 6th April 2001. Brian Delaney Senior Officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 9th April 2001. 2 In these Regulations— “the principal Regulations ” means the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 1 The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 2 After regulation 16 (provision in relation to entitlement to child benefit for the purposes of a widowed mother’s allowance) there shall be inserted— Provision in relation to entitlement to child benefit for the purposes of a widowed parent’s allowance 16ZA 1 For the purpose only of determining whether a man or a woman who has been widowed (“the surviving spouse”) satisfies the requirements of section 39A(2)( a ) of the Contributions and Benefits Act (description of a child for the purposes of widowed parent’s allowance)— a a person shall be treated for the purposes of section 39A(3)( b ) or ( c ) of that Act as having been entitled to child benefit in respect of a child where that person would have been so entitled had— i that child not been absent from Northern Ireland, and ii a claim for child benefit been made in respect of the child in the manner prescribed under section 11 of the Administration Act (necessity of application for child benefit) ; and b the surviving spouse shall be treated, for the purposes of section 39A(2)( a ) of the Contributions and Benefits Act, as entitled to child benefit in respect of the child who, by virtue of sub-paragraph ( a ) falls within subsection (3) of that section. 2 In determining whether a surviving spouse who has been more than once married and who was not residing with the deceased spouse immediately before his or her death is entitled to a widowed parent’s allowance under section 39A of the Contributions and Benefits Act, the deceased spouse shall, for the purposes of subsection (3)( b ) of that section, be treated as having been entitled to child benefit in respect of any child in respect of whom— a a previous spouse of that surviving spouse by a marriage which ended with that previous spouse’s death was, immediately before his or her death, entitled or treated as entitled to child benefit; and b that surviving spouse was entitled or treated as entitled to child benefit immediately before the death of the deceased spouse. . 3 In regulation 16A (disapplication of section 1(1A) of the Administration Act for the purposes of widowed mother’s allowance), and in the heading, after “widowed mother’s allowance” there shall be inserted “or widowed parent’s allowance”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 2nd April 2001. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation, and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Cycles (Protective Headgear) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 14th May 2001. Amendment of the Motor Cycles (Protective Headgear) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 2 1 The Motor Cycles (Protective Headgear) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 2 In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation), for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted— 2 In these Regulations— “ ECE Regulation 22” means Regulation No. 22 set out in Addendum 21 to the UN ECE Agreement; “ECE Regulation 22.05” means ECE Regulation 22 as amended by the 05 series of amendments and all previous amendments in operation on 14th May 2001; “ EEA State” means a State which is a contracting party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 ; “the UN ECE Agreement” means the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concluded at Geneva on 20th March 1958 as amended concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted to and/or used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for the reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions, to which the United Kingdom is a party by virtue of an instrument of accession dated 14th January 1963 deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations on 15th January 1963. . 3 In regulation 3 (prescribed types of recommended helmet) for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted— 1 The types of helmet hereby prescribed as types of helmet recommended as affording protection to persons on or in motor cycles from injury in the event of an accident are helmets which as regards their shape, construction and other qualities conform— a with British Standard 6658:1985 as amended by Amendment Slip number 1 published on 28th February 1986 and are marked with the number of that standard; b with any other standard accepted by an EEA State which offers in use equivalent levels of safety, suitability and fitness for purpose and are marked with a mark to indicate that standard; and in each case are marked with an approved certification mark of an approved body (whether or not they are required to be so marked by the standard in point); or c with ECE Regulation 22.05 including the approval, marking and conformity of production requirements of that Regulation. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 30th March 2001. Sam Foster Minister of the Environment
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation, and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Cycles (Eye Protectors) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 14th May 2001. Amendment of the Motor Cycles (Eye Protectors) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 2 1 The Motor Cycles (Eye Protectors) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 2 In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation), for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted— 2 In these Regulations— “ ECE Regulation 22” means Regulation No. 22 set out in Addendum 21 to the UN ECE Agreement; “ECE Regulation 22.05” means ECE Regulation 22 as amended by the 05 series of amendments and all previous amendments in operation on 14th May 2001; “ EEA State” means a State which is a contracting party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 ; “eye protector” means an appliance designed or adapted for use with any headgear or by being attached to or placed upon the head by a person driving or riding on a motor bicycle and intended for the protection of the eyes; “motor bicycle” means a two-wheeled motor cycle, whether or not having a side-car attached, and for the purposes of this definition, where the distance measured between the centre of the area of contact with the road surface of any two wheels of a motor cycle is less than 460 millimetres, those wheels shall be counted as one wheel; “the UN ECE Agreement” means the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concluded at Geneva on 20th March 1958 as amended concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted to and/or used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for the reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions, to which the United Kingdom is a party by virtue of an instrument of accession dated 14th January 1963 deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations on 15th January 1963. . 3 In regulation 2(1) (prescribed types of authorised eye protector) after sub-paragraph ( a ) there shall be inserted— aa those which conform with ECE Regulation 22.05 including the approval, marking and conformity of production requirements of that Regulation; . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 30th March 2001. Sam Foster Minister of the Environment
FISH INDUSTRY Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Assistance of Fish Farming Scheme (Revocation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st May 2001. Revocation and saving 2 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the Assistance of Fish Farming Scheme (Northern Ireland) 1973 (“the Scheme”) is hereby revoked. 2 The revocation in paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to any application under the Scheme received by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development or the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure before the coming into operation of this Order. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 2nd April 2001. E. Cummins (Mrs) Senior Official of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure on 2nd April 2001. N. Carson Senior Official of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure
EDUCATION Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Teachers' Superannuation (Sharing of Pension on Divorce or Annulment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st May 2001. 2 In these Regulations— “the 1998 Regulations ” means the Teachers' Superannuation Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 ; and “the 1996 Regulations ” means the Teachers' Superannuation (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 . Amendment to the 1998 Regulations 2 1 There shall be inserted after Part H of the 1998 Regulations the Part contained in Schedule 1. 2 The definitions in Schedule 2 shall be inserted in the appropriate place in alphabetical order in Schedule 1 to the 1998 Regulations. 3 Further amendments to the 1998 Regulations are contained in Schedule 3. Amendments to the 1996 Regulations 3 1 After regulation 13 of the 1996 Regulations there shall be inserted the regulation contained in Schedule 4. 2 Further amendments to the 1996 Regulations are contained in Schedule 5. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on 3rd April 2001. N. Jackson A Senior Officer of the Department of Education The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 3rd April 2001. D. S. Trelford A Senior Officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
HEALTH AND SAFETY Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
FISHERIES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Lobster (Conservation of Stocks) (Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 7th May 2001. Revocation 2 The Lobster (Conservation of Stocks) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 2nd April 2001. E. Cummins (Mrs) A Senior Officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
WELFARE FOODS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Welfare Foods (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2001. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Welfare Foods Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 . Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations 2 In regulation 1(2) of the principal Regulations (Citation, commencement and interpretation) the definition of “family credit” shall be deleted. Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations 3 1 Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (purchase of dried milk at a reduced price) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 In paragraph (1): a the words “to family credit awarded with effect from a date falling before 5th October 1999 or” shall be deleted; b the words “family credit or” shall be deleted; c for “£3·90” there shall be substituted “£4·05”. 3 In paragraph (1A), for “£70” there shall be substituted “£71”. 4 In paragraph (2), for the words “family credit”, there shall be substituted the words “working families' tax credit for the purposes of paragraph (1)”. 5 In paragraph (4)( a ), for the words “to family credit awarded with effect from a date falling before 5th October 1999 or”, there shall be substituted the words, “working families' tax credit for the purposes of paragraph (1)”. Amendment of regulation 9 of the principal Regulations 4 In regulation 9(1) (inability to purchase dried milk at a reduced price), the words, “family credit”, shall be deleted. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 29th March 2001. W. B. Smith Assistant Secretary
SEEDS Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exemption 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing of seed potatoes 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Test and trial seed potatoes 4A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seed potatoes from third countries: information 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production measures in the interests of plant health 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Composition of lots of seed potatoes and separation in the interests of varietal purity 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Certification and classification 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Community grading of basic seed potatoes 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Packages and containers 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genetically modified seed potatoes 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Labelling of packages and containers 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Withholding or withdrawal of sealing devices or official labels 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sealing of packages and containers 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Separate note, etc., of Schedule 7 particulars 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retail sales 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tolerances 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taking of samples 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sub-standard seed potatoes 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Records and information 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Power to exempt 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modifications of the Act 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocations 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHILD SUPPORT Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security (2000 Act) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000. Appointed days 2 1 The day appointed for the coming into operation of— a the provisions of the Act specified in Part I of the Schedule, is 2nd April 2001; b except for the purposes specified in paragraph (2), the provisions of the Act specified in Part II of the Schedule, is 2nd July 2001; and c the provisions of the Act specified in Part III of the Schedule, is 2nd July 2001. 2 The purposes referred to in paragraph (1)( b ) are where, pursuant to a request for a further review of a determination under Article 34 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 relating to housing benefit— a an oral hearing by a Review Board constituted under the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 has been held and completed before 2nd July 2001, the purpose of enabling the Review Board on or after that date to record its decision, or to give or send its decision to persons likely to be affected by it; or b a decision on the further review has been given by such a Review Board, whether before, on or after that date— i the purpose of enabling the Review Board to correct any accidental error in the record of its decision, ii where proceedings are brought by way of judicial review in connection with that decision, the purpose of enabling the Review Board to participate in those proceedings or in any appeal arising out of those proceedings, or iii the purpose of giving effect to the Review Board’s decision. Amendment of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security (2000 Act) (Commencement No. 2) Order 3 In Article 2( e ) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security (2000 Act) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 sub-paragraph (ii) shall be omitted. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 30th March 2001. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
POLICE 1 This Order may be cited as the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2001. 2 The provisions of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 specified in the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 30th March 2001. John Reid One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 21st March 2001
PENSIONS Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 8) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001. 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 bearing that number. Appointed day 2 The day appointed for the coming into operation of— a Article 16 (compensating occupational pension schemes) in so far as not already in operation; and b in Part I of Schedule 10 (repeals) the repeal in Article 81(3)( a ) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and Article 76 in so far as it relates to that repeal, is 23rd April 2001. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 29th March 2001. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development