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HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Health and Personal Social Services (2001 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001. 2 In this Order: “ the Act ” means the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001; “ the Council ” means the Northern Ireland Social Care Council. Appointed days 2 1 1st June 2001 is the day appointed for the coming into operation of: a section 1(1), (3) and (4) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Act (the establishment, and exercise of functions, of the Council); b for the purpose only of the exercise of any power of the Council to make rules and prepare codes of practice, sections 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 18 of the Act; and c sections 2, 20, 21 and 22 of the Act (interpretation). 2 The day appointed for the coming into operation of section 54(1) and (2) of the Act (public access to meetings of certain bodies), is 1st June 2001. 3 The day appointed for the coming into operation of section 53 of the Act (regulations under section 11 of the Medical Act 1983 ) and section 55 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Act (sale of medical practices: goodwill), is 2nd July 2001. 4 The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Act set out in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order (the subject matter of each provision being set out in column (2)), is 2nd April 2001. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 23rd March 2001. P. Simpson Senior Officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
AGRICULTURE Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Additional payments under Article 14(2) of Regulation 1255/1999 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Withholding or recovery 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
EDUCATION Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PENSIONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Perpetuities and Contracting-out) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2001. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. Amendment of the Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Perpetuities) Regulations 2 In regulation 2 of the Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Perpetuities) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990 (occupational pension schemes to which section 159 of the Act applies) — a in paragraph (3) after “fund” there shall be inserted “to which section 615(3) of the Taxes Act (fund established in connection with foreign trade or undertaking) applies, or”; b in paragraph (5) for the words from “Taxes Act” to “section 604” there shall be substituted “Taxes Act or a personal pension scheme (within the meaning of that Part) so approved for the purposes of Chapter IV of that Part; and where an application has been made for approval (in either such case)”, and c in paragraph (6)— i after “under” there shall be inserted “section 192(3) or”, and ii after “Chapter I” there shall be inserted “or, as the case may be, Chapter IV ”. Amendment of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) Regulations 3 In regulation 40 of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (schemes which may not be contracted-out under section 5(3) of the Act) for the words from “a scheme” to “Taxes Act” there shall be substituted “an occupational pension scheme which is not an exempt approved scheme within the meaning of section 592(1) of the Taxes Act or which is not an approved personal pension scheme under Chapter IV of Part XIV of that Act”. Amendment of the Personal Pension Schemes (Appropriate Schemes) Regulations 4 In regulation 2 of the Personal Pension Schemes (Appropriate Schemes) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (forms of schemes which may be appropriate schemes) — a for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 1 A personal pension scheme can be an appropriate scheme only if— a it is approved by the Inland Revenue— i under Chapter IV of Part XIV of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 , or ii under Chapter I of that Part by reference to section 591(2)( h ) of that Act, and b it is a scheme— i which is a stakeholder pension scheme under Part II of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 , but which is not a self-invested personal pension scheme, or ii which takes one of the forms (but not more than one) specified in paragraph (2). , and b after paragraph (3) there shall be added the following paragraph— 4 In this regulation, “self-invested personal pension scheme” has the meaning given by regulation 3 of the Personal Pension Schemes (Restriction on Discretion to Approve) (Permitted Investments) Regulations 2001 . . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 15th March 2001. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2001. Amendment of the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 2 In regulation 8(1) of the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1976 (circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as gainfully employed)–– a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b for “£50” in the second place where it occurs there shall be substituted “that amount”. Revocation 3 The Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 16th March 2001. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 9th April 2001. Revocation 2 The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 are hereby revoked. Amendment to Schedule 2 3 For the table set out in Schedule 2 to the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 there shall be substituted the following table— Disposable Income Range Maximum Contribution Exceeding £79 but not exceeding £86 £7 Exceeding £86 but not exceeding £93 £14 Exceeding £93 but not exceeding £100 £21 Exceeding £100 but not exceeding £107 £28 Exceeding £107 but not exceeding £114 £35 Exceeding £114 but not exceeding £121 £42 Exceeding £121 but not exceeding £128 £49 Exceeding £128 but not exceeding £135 £56 Exceeding £135 but not exceeding £142 £63 Exceeding £142 but not exceeding £149 £70 Exceeding £149 but not exceeding £156 £77 Exceeding £156 but not exceeding £163 £84 Exceeding £163 but not exceeding £170 £91 Exceeding £170 but not exceeding £177 £98 Exceeding £177 but not exceeding £186 £107 Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 14th March 2001
STREET TRADING Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Street Trading (Form of Licence) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2001. Form of licence for street trading 2 A street trading licence shall be in the form set out in the Schedule. Revocation 3 The Street Trading Regulations 1929 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 11th April 2001. J. V. Allister Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the New Deal (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 9th April 2001. 2 In this Order— “facilities” means facilities provided for the participant in pursuance of the Preparation for Employment Programme or the Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus. “the Preparation for Employment Programme” means the arrangements known by that name and made under section 1 of the 1950 Act for which only persons who are aged 25 years or over and less than 50 years on the day of entry are eligible and which are designed to help participants to obtain work or to improve their prospects of obtaining work; “the Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus” means the arrangements known by that name and made under section 1 of the 1950 Act for which only persons who are aged 50 years or over on the day of entry are eligible and which are designed to help participants to obtain work or to improve their prospects of obtaining work; “training allowance” means a payment made directly by the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment to a participant in the Preparation for Employment Programme or the Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus in connection with his participation. Treatment of persons and payments for the purposes of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and specified subordinate legislation 2 1 The provisions of this Article apply for the purposes of— a Part I of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 , b the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and c the subordinate legislation specified in the Schedule to this Order. 2 If, for any period or periods commencing with or falling after the date on which this Order comes into operation, during which a person is participating in the Preparation for Employment Programme or the Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus, that person receives, or is eligible to receive, a training allowance, he is to be treated for that period or those periods and in respect of his participation as not being employed but as participating in arrangements for training under section 1 of the 1950 Act; and accordingly, subject to paragraph (3), any payment made to such a person during that period or those periods in connection with his use of facilities shall be treated in the same manner as a payment of training allowance made in respect of such training. 3 Paragraph (2) shall not apply in respect of any trading payment made to a person receiving assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment, whilst participating in the Preparation for Employment Programme or the Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment on 14th March 2001. R. Gamble A Senior Officer of the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Commencement and citation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fees — application for Department’s approval certificate 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fees — general provisions 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fees — replacement certificates 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Provisions as to notices 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
STREET TRADING Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Street Trading (Fixed Penalty) (Notice and Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2001. 2 In these Regulations— “ the Act ” means the Street Trading Act (Northern Ireland) 2001; “notice” means a fixed penalty notice under Schedule 1 to the Act. Fixed penalty notice 2 A fixed penalty notice under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act shall be as specified in the form set out in the Schedule. Information to clerks of petty sessions 3 For the purposes of paragraph 3(4)( b ) of Schedule 1 to the Act the following information shall be supplied to clerks of petty sessions: a the name and address of the person to whom a notice has been issued; b the serial number of the notice; c the offence specified on the notice; d the amount of the fixed penalty concerned; e the date of the notice; and f the date by which the fixed penalty may be paid. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 11th April 2001. J. V. Allister Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 9th April 2001. 2 In these Regulations— a “ the Order ” means the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981; b “personal injuries” includes any death and any disease or other impairment of a person’s physical or mental condition. Saving and revocation 2 1 These Regulations shall apply to any application for legal aid where the period of computation, as defined in Regulation 1(2) of the Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 , begins on or after 9th April 2001. 2 The Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 are hereby revoked save in their application to any case to which paragraph (1) does not apply. Persons eligible for legal aid 3 For the yearly sums specified in Article 9(1) of the Order there shall be substituted— a where legal aid is sought in connection with taking, defending or being a party to proceedings which include a claim in respect of personal injuries, for the yearly sum of “£8,891”, the yearly sum of “£9,034”; and b in any other case, for the yearly sum of “£8,067”, the yearly sum of “£8,196”. Contributions from persons receiving legal aid 4 For the yearly sum of “£2,723” specified in Article 12(1)( a ) of the Order there shall be substituted the yearly sum of “£2,767”. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 14th March 2001.
HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal Regulations 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HISTORIC MONUMENTS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL OBJECTS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Historic Monuments (Class Consents) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001, and shall come into operation on 23rd April 2001. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “ the Order ” means the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (Northern Ireland) Order 1995; “carried out lawfully” means carried out in accordance with the terms of a consent granted by order under Article 5 of the Order, or which would have been so carried out if during the period in question the monument had been a scheduled monument; “consent” means scheduled monument consent; “domestic gardening works” includes works carried out in the non-commercial cultivation of allotments; and “horticultural works” includes domestic gardening works. Scheduled monument consent granted by this Order 3 1 Subject to the provisions of this Article, consent is hereby granted under Article 5 of the Order for the execution of works of any class or description specified as permitted works in the Schedule to this Order. 2 The consent granted is subject to any condition specified in the Schedule in relation to works of a particular class or description. 3 Nothing in this Article shall operate so as to grant consent contrary to any limitation or condition specified in a consent granted under Part II of the Order otherwise than by this Order. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 8th March 2001. Sam Foster Minister 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) 2001 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2001. 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 7th March 2001. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
PENSIONS; SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) 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. Amendment of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 3) Order 2 In Part V of the Schedule to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 , the entry in respect of Article 5 (duty of employers to facilitate access to stakeholder pension schemes) shall be omitted. Amendment of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 3 In Article 3(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (1999 Order) (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 (transitional provision in relation to incapacity benefit), for “sections 30A to 30E”, where it first occurs, there shall be substituted “section 30A, 40 or 41”. Appointed days 4 The day appointed for the coming into operation of— a paragraph 26 (income support) of Schedule 8 (welfare benefits: minor and consequential amendments) and Article 67 (welfare benefits: miscellaneous amendments) in so far as it relates to that paragraph, is 19th March 2001; b the following provisions of Article 5 (duty of employers to facilitate access to stakeholder pension schemes), in so far as not already in operation— i the second paragraph of paragraph (2) and paragraph (6), and paragraph (7) in so far as relating thereto, ii paragraph (8), and iii paragraph (9) in so far as relating to the definitions of “employer” and “relevant employees”, and paragraph (1) in so far as it relates to those provisions, is 6th April 2001; c Article 5, in so far as not already in operation, is 8th October 2001. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 15th March 2001. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
AGRICULTURE Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Pig Industry Restructuring (Non-Capital) Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 30th March 2001. Pig Industry Restructuring (Non-Capital Grant) Scheme 2 The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development hereby makes the Scheme set out in the Schedule. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 5th March 2001. R. S. Johnston A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves the foregoing Order. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 5th March 2001. J. Layberry A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 This order may be cited as the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 9th April 2001. Modification or adaptation of Acts 2 The Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 shall be modified or adapted to such extent as may be required to give effect to the alterations set out in Schedule 1 to this order, which are proposed to the agreements set out in the Orders in Council, or orders made by the Secretary of State, specified in Schedule 2 to this order. John Reid One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Dated this 26th day of February 2001.
ANIMALS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Controlled Area) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st March 2001. Declaration of controlled area 2 Northern Ireland is hereby declared to be a controlled area for the purposes of Article 29(1) of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 1962 and the provisions of that Order shall have effect accordingly subject to the variations, and disapplied to the extent, set out in the Schedule. Interpretation 3 In Article 3 of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 1962, after the definition of “controlled area” there shall be inserted the following definition— “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 1st March 2001. R. S. Johnston A senior Officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development