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WATER INDUSTRY, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Water (Compulsory Works Powers) (Notice) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 8th March 1999. Notice to be given to prescribed persons 2 Where an order is applied for under section 167 of the Water Industry Act 1991 or under section 168 of the Water Resources Act 1991 (compulsory works orders) which would authorise the stopping-up or diversion of a footpath or bridleway in an area specified in column 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations, a copy of the notice of the application shall be served on the persons specified in relation to that area in column 2 of that Schedule, in addition to the persons specified in paragraph 1(3)(a) to (f) of Schedule 11 to the Water Industry Act 1991 or, as the case may be, paragraph 1(3)(a) to (e) of Schedule 19 to, the Water Resources Act 1991. Revocation 3 The Water (Compulsory Works Powers) (Notice) Regulations 1991 are hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Alan Meale Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 23rd January 1999 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 27th January 1999 E. A. Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 2nd February 1999
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Broxtowe Borough Council, South Somerset District Council and Thurrock Borough Council) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 4th March 1999. Exemption of maintenance of ground 2 1 The maintenance of ground by Broxtowe Borough Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with the date on which this Order comes into force and ending immediately before 1st January 2001, in the following parishes of the borough– Awsworth Brinsley Cossall Eastwood Greasley Kimberley Nuthall Strelley Trowell 2 The maintenance of ground by Thurrock Borough Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with 1st October 1999 and ending immediately before 1st October 2000. Exemption of collection of refuse and other cleaning 3 1 The collection of refuse and other cleaning by South Somerset District Council shall not be treated as defined activities so long as they are carried out during the period beginning with the date on which this Order comes into force and ending immediately before 1st May 2001. 2 The collection of refuse and other cleaning by Thurrock Borough Council shall not be treated as defined activities so long as they are carried out during the period beginning with 1st October 1999 and ending immediately before 1st October 2000. 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 1st February 1999
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 26th February 1999. 2 In this Order, “the Institute” means the National Institute for Clinical Excellence established by this Order. Establishment of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence 2 There is hereby established a Special Health Authority which shall be known as the National Institute for Clinical Excellence. Functions of the Institute 3 Subject to and in accordance with such directions as the Secretary of State may give , the Institute shall perform such functions in connection with the promotion of clinical excellence in the health service as the Secretary of State may direct. Constitution of the Institute 4 The Institute shall consist of– a a chairman; b seven members who are not officers of the Institute; and c four members who are officers of the Institute, and who shall include the persons who for the time being hold the offices of Chief Officer, Chief Finance Officer and Clinical Director. Remuneration of members 5 The Institute is hereby specified for the purposes of paragraph 9(7)(b) of Schedule 5 to the National Health Service Act 1977 (definition of “relevant authority” for the purposes of paying remuneration to members of Health Authorities and certain Special Health Authorities). Frank Dobson One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, Department of Health 2nd February 1999
TRANSPORT AND WORKS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Airport Extension Order 1997) (Moor Road Modification) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 18th February 1999. Interpretation 2 In this Order– “the 1997 Order ” means the Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Airport Extension) Order 1997 ; and “authorised street tramway”, “the scheduled works”, “street tramway” and “the undertaker” have the same meaning as in the 1997 Order. Modification of Works 3 1 The undertaker may construct and maintain Work No. 10A as specified in the Schedule to this Order in lieu of a part of Works Nos. 10 and 11 authorised by the 1997 Order (being the part of Work No. 10 40 metres in length and the part of Work No. 11 88 metres in length extending in each case from the junction of those works) and may construct and maintain the remainder of Works Nos. 10 and 11 authorised by the 1997 Order so as to form a junction with the commencement and termination of Work No. 10A respectively. 2 The 1997 Order shall have effect as if– a the works specified in the Schedule to this Order formed part of the scheduled works; b Work No. 10A were an authorised street tramway; c there were added to Schedule 4 of the 1997 Order, in the second and third column respectively after the reference to Crewe Road, the following– Moor Lane Kerb line to be realigned between WS89 and WS90 on east and west sides between a point 115 metres south of Newlands Road and a point 190 metres south of that road; and d the Order Plans, sections and book of reference deposited with the application for this Order formed part of the Order Plans, sections and the book of reference respectively of the 1997 Order. Certification of plans, etc. 4 The undertaker shall, as soon as practicable after the making of this Order, submit copies of the book of reference, the Order Plans and the sections to the Secretary of State for certification that they are true copies of, respectively, the book of reference, the Order Plans and the sections referred to in this Order; and a document so certified shall be admissible in any proceedings as evidence of the contents of the document of which it is a copy. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions A S D Whybrow Head of Charging and Local Transport Division, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 27th January 1999
COUNTY COURTS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st March 1999. Interpretation 2 In this Order, “the 1983 Order ” means the Civil Courts Order 1983 , and a Schedule referred to by number alone means the Schedule so numbered in that Order. Amendments to the 1983 Order 3 In Schedule 1, “Corby” shall be deleted from its position in the second column opposite the entry for “Northampton” in the first column. 4 In Schedule 3, the entry relating to Corby shall be deleted. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 2nd February 1999
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Prescribed Proceedings) Amendment Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 16th February 1999. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Prescribed Proceedings) Regulations 1997 . Amendment of principal Regulations 2 In regulation 3 (Proceedings in which criminal legal aid shall not be available) of the principal Regulations– a at the end of paragraph (i), “and” shall be deleted; and b at the end of paragraph (k), the full stop shall be deleted and there shall be inserted– ; l under section 234E, 234F or 234G of the 1995 Act in relation to the variation or revocation of a drug treatment and testing order, the review of a drug treatment and testing order, or, as the case may be, the failure to comply with any requirement of a drug treatment and testing order; and m under section 245E or 245F of the 1995 Act in relation to the variation or revocation of a restriction of liberty order, or, as the case may be, the failure to comply with any of the requirements of a restriction of liberty order. . Henry McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 29th January 1999
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 16th February 1999. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 . Amendment of principal Regulations 2 In regulation 4 (Application of Part II of the Act to assistance by way of representation: proceedings under the 1995 Act) of the principal Regulations, at the end of paragraph (2)(g), the full stop shall be deleted and there shall be inserted: ; h under section 234E, 234F or 234G in relation to the variation or revocation of a drug treatment and testing order, the review of a drug treatment and testing order, or, as the case may be, the failure to comply with any requirement of a drug treatment and testing order; and i under section 245E or 245F in relation to the variation or revocation of a restriction of liberty order, or, as the case may be, the failure to comply with any of the requirements of a restriction of liberty order. . Henry McLeish Minister of State, The Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 24th January 1999
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Child Benefit (Residence and Persons Abroad) Amendment Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st March 1999. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Child Benefit (Residence and Persons Abroad) Regulations 1976 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 Subject to regulation 3 (saving), in regulation 2(2)(c) of the principal Regulations (child benefit to remain payable during a child’s absence abroad in specified cases)– a in head (i) for the number “8” there shall be substituted the number “12”; b for head (ii) there shall be substituted the following head– ii is a week, not falling within the period specified in sub-paragraph (c)(i) above, in which the child’s absence is by reason only of his receiving full-time education by attendance at a recognised educational establishment in another 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 or his being engaged in an educational exchange or visit made with the written approval of the recognised educational establishment which he normally attends; . Saving 3 Where child benefit was payable, in any week in the 12 weeks immediately preceding 1st March 1999 in the case of a child, by virtue of regulation 2(2)(c)(ii) of the principal Regulations as then in force, and that child either– a remains continuously absent from Great Britain; or b returns to Great Britain for any period not exceeding 12 weeks; that regulation as originally in force shall continue to have effect in his case, as if regulation 2 above had not been made, up to and including either 6th September 1999 or the Monday of the 156th week following the date the child first started being educated abroad, whichever is the later. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. P. Hollis Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 29th January 1999
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1999. 2 In this Order references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of and Schedules to the Social Security Act 1998. Appointed days 2 1 The day appointed for the coming into force of section 51 (Class 1 contributions)– a for the purpose only of authorising the making of Regulations is 23rd February 1999; and b for all other purposes is 6th April 1999. 2 The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions specified in paragraph (3) below is 6th April 1999. 3 The provisions specified in this paragraph are– a paragraphs 16, 58(1), 59 to 61, 71(b), (c) and (e), 74, 75, 77(2) to (5), 90, 92 to 94, 99(3), 110(1)(b), 126 to 128 and 133 of Schedule 7 and section 86(1) in so far as it relates to those paragraphs; b in Schedule 8 the repeals of the provisions of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 specified below and section 86(2) in so far as it relates to them– i section 146; ii in section 147(1), (2) and (3) the words “or 146”; and iii in section 190, in subsection (1)(a) the word “146,”; and c in Schedule 8 the repeals of the provisions specified below and section 86(2) in so far as it relates to them– i the definitions of “initial primary percentage” and “main primary percentage” in section 122(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ; and ii section 137(2) of the Pensions Act 1995 . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Stephen C. Timms Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 22nd February 1999
PENSIONS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 1999 and shall come into force on 6th April 1999. Increase of guaranteed minimum pensions 2 For the purposes of section 109(2) and (3) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 the percentage by which there is to be an increase in the rate of that part of any guaranteed minimum pension which is attributable to earnings factors for the tax years in the relevant period shall be 3 per cent. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Stephen C. Timms Minister of State, Department of Social Security 29th January 1999
SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 1 This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Witnesses in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 1999 and shall come into force on 1st March 1999. 2 This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt. Increase in fees 2 In the table of fees set out in Schedule 1 to the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Witnesses and Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) 1992( in the provisions mentioned in column 1 of the Schedule to this Act of Sederunt, for the amounts respectively specified in column 2, substitute the amounts so specified in column 3. Saving 3 Paragraph 2 does not affect such fees as are incurred before 1st March 1999. Rodger of Earlsferry Lord President I.P.D. Edinburgh, 27th January 1999.
HEALTH AND SAFETY Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional provisions 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 This Order may be cited as The A20 Trunk Road (Greenwich) Red Route Traffic Order 1996 Variation Order 1999, and shall come into force on 25th February 1999. Variations 2 The A20 Trunk Road (Greenwich) Red Route Traffic Order 1996 is varied by the following provisions of this Order. 3 In schedule 2A item 1 is substituted as follows:– 1 A20 Sidcup Road west side, area of footway adjacent and parallel to the western kerbline of Sidcup Road between a point in line with the common boundary of Nos. 186 and 188 Sidcup Road to a point 26 metres north of the common boundary of Nos. 130 and 132 Sidcup Road and having a width of 2.5 metres throughout. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 11th February 1999
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Stoke on Trent City Council) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 10th March 1999. Exemption of repair, maintenance and management of vehicles 2 The repair and maintenance of vehicles , and the management of vehicles by Stoke on Trent City Council shall not be treated as defined activities so long as they are carried out during the period beginning with 10th March 1999 and ending immediately before 1st June 1999. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 10th February 1999
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 8th March 1999. 2 In these Regulations, “the 1992 Regulations ” means the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992 . Amendment of regulation 2 of the 1992 Regulations 2 In regulation 2(1) of the 1992 Regulations (interpretation), in the appropriate alphabetical positions, insert– “nurse prescriber” has the meaning ascribed to it by regulation 2 of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulation 1992 ; “professional register” means the register maintained by the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting under section 7 of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997 ; . Amendment of Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulations 3 In Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulations (terms of service for doctors), after paragraph 28 (employees), there shall be inserted the following paragraph– 28A 1 Where– a a doctor employs a nurse prescriber whose functions will include prescribing in his practice; or b the functions of a nurse prescriber whom he already employs are extended to include prescribing, he shall notify the Health Authority within the period of seven days beginning with the date on which the event occurred. 2 Where– a the doctor ceases to employ a nurse prescriber whose functions included prescribing in his practice; b the functions of a nurse prescriber whom he employs in his practice are changed so that they no longer include prescribing in his practice; or c the doctor becomes aware that a nurse prescriber whom he employs has been removed or suspended from the professional register, he shall notify the Health Authority by the end of the second day after the day when the event occurred. 3 A doctor shall provide the following information when he notifies the Health Authority in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)– a the nurse’s full name; b her professional qualifications; c her identifying number which appears in the professional register; d the date on which her entry in the professional register was annotated to the effect that she was qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances for patients; e the date– i on which she was employed, if her functions include prescribing in his practice, or ii on which one of her functions became to prescribe in his practice. 4 A doctor shall provide the following information when he notifies the Health Authority in accordance with sub-paragraph (2)– a the nurse’s full name; b her professional qualifications; c her identifying number which appears in the professional register; d the date– i she ceased to be employed in his practice, ii her functions changed so as no longer to include prescribing, or iii on which she was removed or suspended from the professional register. . Frank Dobson One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, Department of Health 10th February 1999
PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Midland Metro (Penalty Fares) (Activating) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 18th January 1999. Activation of penalty fare provisions 2 Sections 4 to 7 of the Midland Metro (Penalty Fares) Act 1991 shall have effect on and after 18th January 1999 with respect to travel on any Metro vehicle. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Richard Bird Director of Integrated and Local Transport, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 14th January 1999
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Offenders (Prescribed Devices) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st March 1999. 2 The following device is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 20 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, that is to say, a device designed or adapted for recording a measurement of the speed of motor vehicles by– a capturing by means of unattended cameras images of the motor vehicle at each of two pre-determined positions on the road; b digitally recording each image and the time at which it is captured; and c calculating the average speed of the motor vehicle over the distance between the two positions mentioned in paragraph (a) above by reference to the times mentioned in paragraph (b) above. Paul Boateng Minister of State Home Office 26th January 1999
PETROLEUM Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Petroleum Act 1998 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1999. Commencement of Petroleum Act 1998 2 1 The Petroleum Act 1998 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) shall come into force in accordance with section 52(4) thereof on 15th February 1999, and, accordingly, all the provisions of the Act other than the excepted provisions mentioned in the following paragraph shall come into force on that day. 2 The excepted provisions referred to in the preceding paragraph are– a section 5(1) to (4) and (11) and section 52 of the Act (which, as provided in section 52(1), came into force on the passing of the Act), and b paragraphs 8, 10, 11, 13, 34 and 40 of Schedule 4 and the repeals in Schedule 5 to the Act of the Employment (Continental Shelf) Act 1978 , of section 287(5) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 and of section 201(5) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (which, as provided in section 52(2), come into force in accordance therewith). John Battle Minister for Energy and Industry, Department of Trade and Industry 27th January 1999
HOUSING, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing Revenue Account General Fund Contributions Limits (Scotland) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 23rd February 1999. General fund contribution limits 2 The amount of contribution out of their general fund which a local authority may estimate that they will carry to the credit of their housing revenue account for the year 1999-2000 shall be limited to nil. Calum MacDonald Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House Edinburgh 26th January 1999