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PENSIONS 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Superannuation (Application of the Superannuation Act 1972, Section 1) Order 1999 and, subject to article 2, shall come into force on 23rd March 1999. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Superannuation Act 1972. 2 With effect from 1st September 1998: a section 1 of the Act shall apply to employment by the New Opportunities Fund, being employment remunerated out of the National Lottery Distribution Fund; and b employment by the New Opportunities Fund is added to the employments listed in Schedule 1 to the Act. 3 Employment by the Data Protection Registrar is added to the employments listed in Schedule 1 to the Act. Jack Cunningham Minister for the Cabinet Office for the Minister for the Civil Service 3rd March 1999
COMPETITION Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Competition Act 1998 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1999. Provisions of the Act commenced by this Order 2 1st April 1999 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act listed in the first column of the Schedule to this Order for the purposes set out in the second column. Kim Howells Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 2nd March 1999
DISABLED PERSONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Midland Metro T69 Vehicles) Exemption Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999. 2 Any reference in this Order to a numbered regulation is a reference to a regulation bearing that number in the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 . 3 This order applies to the rail vehicles numbered 1 to 16 of the class known as “Light Rail Vehicle Type T69” (‘the exempted vehicles’) as manufactured by Ansaldo Transport S.p.A. for use on Line 1 of the Midland Metro System. 4 1 Subject to articles 5 and 6 below, the exempted vehicles are hereby authorised to be used for carriage even though they do not conform with those provisions of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 referred to in paragraph (2) below. 2 The provisions with which the exempted vehicles are not required to conform are regulations– 4(3)(a); 11(1)(a) and (b), (2)(c) and (3); 13(7); and 16(1)(a), (c) and (e)(ii), (iii) and (iv). 5 1 The exemption given in respect of regulations 4(3)(a), 11(2)(c), and (3) and 16(1)(a), (c) and (e)(ii), (iii) and (iv) shall cease on 31st July 1999. 2 The exemption given in respect of regulation 13(7) shall cease on 31st December 2010. 3 The exemption given in respect of regulation 11(1)(a) and (b) shall cease on 31st December 2038. 6 1 The exemption given in respect of regulation 4(3)(a) shall have effect only if all the exempted vehicle’s doors which may be used by passengers at a station or a tram stop are opened by a member of the operator’s staff at that station or tram stop. 2 If any alteration is made to an external doorway of an exempted vehicle or to the door-operating mechanism of such a doorway then the authorisation to use that vehicle even though that doorway does not have handrails which conform to regulation 11(1)(a) shall cease to have effect in relation to that vehicle. 3 If any alteration is made to the layout of the seats or handrails inside an exempted vehicle then the authorisation to use that vehicle even though such handrails do not conform to regulation 11(1)(b) shall cease to have effect in relation to that vehicle. 4 The exemption given in respect of the requirements of regulation 11(3) shall have effect only if a member of the operator’s staff provides assistance on request to a disabled person who wants to travel in the upper passenger saloon of an exempted vehicle. 5 The authorisation shall cease forthwith in respect of an exempted vehicle: a which is operated by a person other than West Midlands Travel Limited unless the Secretary of State has been given written notice in advance specifying the name and address of that other person; or b which is operated on a route other than that authorised to be constructed by the Midland Metro Act 1989 unless the Secretary of State has been given written notice in advance of that other route with a plan showing that route. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Glenda Jackson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 2nd March 1999
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Weights and Measures (Prescribed Stamp) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 30th March 1999. 2 The Weights and Measures (Prescribed Stamp) Regulations 1968 shall be amended as follows– a in regulation 1– i by substituting “by any person authorised by or under section 11 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 ” for the word “inspectors”; and ii in paragraph (a), by substituting “,” for “or” in the first place where it occurs and by inserting between “enamelled metal,” and “either” the words “or plastic,”; and b in paragraph (ii) of Schedule 1 and paragraph (iii) of Schedule 2, by substituting “person authorised by or under section 11 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985” for “inspector”. Kim Howells, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 2nd March 1999
LAND DRAINAGE 1 This Order may be cited as the Amalgamation of the Hilgay Great West Fen and Southery and District Internal Drainage Districts Order 1998 and shall, unless subject to special Parliamentary procedure, come into force on the date of its confirmation by the Minister, in accordance with paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 3 to the 1991 Act. 2 The Scheme is hereby confirmed. 3 The expenses of the Minister in connection with the making and confirmation of this Order shall be borne by the Environment Agency. In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 19th November 1998. J.R. Park Assistant Secretary
TAXES 1 This Order may be cited as the Capital Gains Tax (Annual Exempt Amount) Order 1999. 2 The amount specified, which by virtue of section 3 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 is, unless Parliament otherwise determines, the exempt amount for the year 1999–00, is £7,100. David Jamieson Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 9th March 1999
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the A638 Trunk Road (B6273 Garmil Lane, West of Wragby to King Royd Lane, Brackenhill Common, Ackworth) (Detrunking) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999. 2 In this Order– i “the plan” means the plan numbered HA10/PS/211 marked “The A638 Trunk Road (B6273 Garmil Lane, West of Wragby to King Royd Lane, Brackenhill Common, Ackworth) (Detrunking) Order 1999”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and deposited at the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR; ii “principal road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is a principal road for the purposes of enactments and instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads and is also classified for the purpose of every other enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State, and iii “the trunk road” means the A638 Trunk Road. 3 The length of the trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a principal road from the date on which this Order comes into force. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Derek Oddy Divisional Director, The Highways Agency 22nd February 1999
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 1 This Order may be cited as The A57 Trunk Road (Swallownest Roundabout to M1 Junction 31) (Detrunking) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999. 2 In this Order all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway. 2 In this Order– i “the plan” means the plan HA10/PS/213 marked “The A57 Trunk Road (Swallownest Roundabout to M1 Junction 31) (Detrunking) Order 1999”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and deposited at the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1; ii “principal road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is a principal road for the purposes of enactments and instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads and is also classified for the purpose of every other enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State; and iii “the trunk road” means the A57 Trunk Road. 3 The length of the trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a principal road from the date on which this Order comes into force. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Derek Oddy Divisional Director, The Highways Agency 22nd February 1999
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the A1 Trunk Road (Tempsford Junction Improvements Slip Roads) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 19th March 1999. 2 For the purpose of connecting the trunk road with other highways, so as to effect junctions at the places stated in the Schedule to this Order, the Secretary of State is authorised to construct along the routes described in the said Schedule, new highways. Those new highways shall become trunk roads as from the date when this Order comes into force. 3 The centre line of each of the new slip roads is indicated by heavy black lines on the deposited plan. 4 In this Order: i “the deposited plan” means the plan folio numbered HA10/RPD/190, marked “The A1 Trunk Road (Tempsford Junction Improvements Slip Roads) Order 1999”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and deposited at the Highways Agency, St Christopher House, Southwark Street, London SE1 OTE. ii “the trunk road” means the A1 Trunk Road; and iii “the new slip roads” means the new highways which the Secretary of State is authorised to construct by Article 2 of this Order. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions J.P. Boud A Divisional Director in the Highways Agency 16th February 1999
ROAD TRAFFIC Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Removal and Disposal of Vehicles (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 24th March 1999. 2 These Regulations extend to Scotland only. Amendments 2 The Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations. 3 After regulation 4A there shall be inserted the following– Power of traffic warden to remove vehicles 4B 1 A traffic warden may, subject to sections 99 and 100 of the 1984 Act, remove or arrange for the removal of a vehicle to which regulation 3 applies to a place which is not on that or on any other road, or may move it or arrange for its removal to another position on that or another road. 2 This regulation applies only in respect of– a a vehicle which is on a road in, and b its removal in and to a place in Scotland. . 4 In regulation 6, after “4A” insert “, 4B”. Calum Macdonald Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, The Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 22nd February 1999
RIVER, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the River Tay Estuary Limits Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st March 1999. Estuary limits 2 The estuary limits for the River Tay shall be as set out in the Schedule to this Order. G M Thomson Assistant Secretary, Scottish Office Pentland House, Edinburgh 22nd February 1999
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Crime and Disorder Strategies (Prescribed Descriptions) (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999. 2 In article 3(2) of the Crime and Disorder Strategies (Prescribed Descriptions) Order 1998 , at the end there shall be added: v the chief officer of the fire brigade for an area any part of which lies within that area; w the British Transport Police. . Paul Boateng Minister of State Home Office 26th February 1999
OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS Citation and commencement 1 This order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 31st March 1999. Establishment of safety zones 2 A safety zone is hereby established around each installation specified in column 1 of the Schedule hereto (being an installation stationed in waters to which subsection (7) of section 21 of the Act applies) having a radius of five hundred metres from the point as respects that installation which has the co-ordinates of latitude and longitude according to European Datum (1950) specified in columns 2 and 3 of the Schedule. Removal of safety zones 3 1 In Schedule 1 to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) Order 1997 the entry relating to Staffa Field Subsea Wells is deleted. 2 In the Schedule to the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) ( No. 2) Order 1998 the entry relating to Rubie Field is deleted. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Alan Meale Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 1st March 1999
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Capital Finance) (Rate of Discount for 1999/2000) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999. 2 The percentage rate of discount prescribed for the financial year beginning on 1st April 1999 for the purposes of defining “r” in section 49(2) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 shall be 8.4 per cent. 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 23rd February 1999 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office 24th 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) (Havering London Borough Council and Scarborough Borough Council) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999. Exemption of catering 2 1 Catering for purposes of schools and welfare by Havering London Borough Council (“the Council”) shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as– a it is limited to providing ingredients for, and preparing on premises occupied by or under the control of the Council, meals for provision to persons in their own homes under section 45 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 , section 2(1)(g) of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 , or Part II of Schedule 9 to the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 ; and b it is carried out during the period beginning with 1st April 1999 and ending immediately before 1st April 2000. 2 Other catering by the Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as– a it is limited to the provision of ingredients for, and the preparation and service of, meals, and the provision of refreshments, to persons working for or on behalf of the Council; and b it is carried out during the period beginning with 1st April 1999 and ending immediately before 1st April 2000. Exemption of financial services 3 The provision of financial services by Scarborough Borough Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with 1st April 1999 and ending immediately before 1st April 2001. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 25th February 1999
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as The National Health Service (Dental Charges) Amendment Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999. Amendment of The National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulations 1989 2 In regulation 4 of The National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulations 1989 (calculation of charges), in paragraph (5), for “£340” in both places where it occurs there shall be substituted “£348”. Revocation 3 The National Health Service (Dental Charges) Amendment Regulations 1998 are hereby revoked. Transitional Provisions 4 Where, on or after 1st April 1999, appliances are supplied, or other general dental services are provided, in pursuance of a contract or arrangement for the provision of general dental services made before that date, regulation 4(5) of The National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulations 1989 shall have effect in respect of that supply or other provision as if these Regulations had not come into force. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health John Denham Minister of State, Department of Health 3rd March 1999
LANDMINES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Landmines Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 1999. Appointed day 2 The day appointed for the coming into force of the Landmines Act 1998 is 1st March 1999. Robin Cook One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Foreign and Commonwealth Office 23rd February 1999
POLICE 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Police Act 1996 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 31st March 1999. 2 This Order extends to England and Wales only. 2 Subject to article 3 below, 1st April 1999 is hereby appointed for the purposes of– a the coming into force of the provisions of the Police Act 1996 specified in section 104(2) of that Act; and b paragraph 11 of Schedule 8 to the Police Act 1996 (modification of enactments pending commencement of new discipline procedures). 3 1 Until the coming into force of regulations made under section 75(4) or, as the case may be, (5) of the Police Act 1996, each of those subsections shall have effect as if the words “, in such cases as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State,” were omitted. 2 Notwithstanding anything in paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the Police Act 1996, section 85 of that Act shall not have effect in relation to any decision taken in proceedings under regulations in force immediately before the date specified in article 2 above. Jack Straw One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 3rd March 1999
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Grants for Education Support and Training) (England) Regulations 1998 (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 19th March 1999. 2 The Education (Grants for Education Support and Training) (England) Regulations 1998 shall be amended as follows. 3 In regulation 2(1) in subparagraph (a) of the definition of “prescribed expenditure” for “20–24” there shall be substituted “20–36”. 4 In the Schedule for paragraph 35 there shall be substituted the following paragraph– 35 Support for additional literacy and numeracy classes for pupils in maintained schools who will be completing key stage 2 in the summer of 1999. Estelle Morris Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 25th February 1999
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 31st March 1999. Amendment of Regulations 2 The Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) Regulations 1990 are amended– a in regulation 5 (sub-committees where persons may have voting rights), by the substitution– i in paragraph (1)(a), of “mentioned or referred to in regulation 4” for “mentioned in regulation 4”; and ii in paragraph (2)(c), of “mentioned or referred to in regulation 4(1)” for “mentioned in regulation 4(1)”; and b in regulation 16B (joint area committees of county and district councils) by the substitution for sub-paragraphs (c) and (d), of the following– c at least one member elected for each county electoral division which is wholly or partly within that area is appointed a voting member of the joint committee by the county council which is a relevant authority for the purposes of appointments to that committee ; d each district council which is a relevant authority for those purposes appoints as voting members at least the same number of members of the district council as has been appointed by the county council in accordance with sub-paragraph (c); but– i no district council member may be so appointed unless he is elected for a district ward which is wholly or partly within the area in respect of which the joint committee’s functions are discharged; and ii nothing in this sub-paragraph shall require the appointment of any district council member who is not so elected; e not more than two of the voting members of the joint committee appointed by each relevant authority have been elected for electoral divisions or wards which are outside that area. . Revocation of Regulations 3 Regulation 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Local Government (Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 are revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 1st March 1999
SUCCESSION, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Prior Rights of Surviving Spouse (Scotland) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999. Amendment of Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 2 The amounts fixed in the provisions of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 that are specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order shall be the amounts specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 instead of the amounts specified opposite thereto in column 3 . Revocation 3 The Prior Rights of Surviving Spouse (Scotland) Order 1993 is hereby revoked. Henry McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 17th February 1999