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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Hereford and Worcester Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998 and shall come into force on 30th November 1998. Amendment of Establishment Order 2 For article 3 of the Hereford and Worcester Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 (nature and functions of the trust) there shall be substituted the following article:— Nature and functions of the trust 3 1 The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the Act. 2 The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more Health Authorities) shall be— a to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act Ambulance Headquarters, Bransford, Worcester WR6 5JD and associated premises, and from there to manage ambulance and associated transport services, and to manage such other services, relating to the provision of care, as can reasonably be carried out in conjunction with the management of ambulance and associated transport services; and b to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act:— i Leominster Ambulance Station, Unit 1 and 2, Western Close Industrial Estate, Southern Avenue, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0DD, ii Hartlebury Lodge Training Centre, Unit 60D, Hartlebury Trading Estate, Hartlebury, Near Kidderminster DY10 4JB, and iii Dudley Ambulance Station, Unit 16, Enterprise Trading Estate, Hurst Lane, Brierley Hill, West Midlands DY5 1TX, and from there to manage ambulance and associated transport services, and to manage such other services, relating to the provision of care, as can reasonably be carried out in conjunction with the management of ambulance and associated transport services. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn Minister of State, Department of Health 18th November 1998
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Commencement No. 3 and Saving and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998. 2 In this Order— “the 1996 Act ” means the Education Act 1996 ; and “the 1998 Act ” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. Commencement of paragraph 139 of Schedule 30 2 Paragraph 139 of Schedule 30 to the 1998 Act (which amends section 519 of the 1996 Act: allowances for governors etc. ) shall come into force— a on 20th November 1998 for the purposes of making schemes and regulations under the said section 519; and b on 1st April 1999 for all other purposes. Commencement of paragraph 153 of Schedule 30 3 Paragraph 153 of Schedule 30 to the 1998 Act (which substitutes a new section 537A in the 1996 Act: individual pupil information) shall come into force on 20th November 1998. Saving and transitional provisions 4 The amendment of section 519 of the 1996 Act by paragraph 139 of Schedule 30 to the 1998 Act shall not affect the operation of section 519 in its unamended form and schemes made thereunder in relation to the period ending immediately before 1st April 1999. 5 Section 537A of the 1996 Act in the form in which it existed immediately before its substitution by paragraph 153 of Schedule 30 to the 1998 Act and any subordinate legislation made thereunder, shall continue to have effect until 1st April 1999 in relation to the provision of individual performance information. Estelle Morris Minister of State,Department for Education and Employment 13th November 1998
CHEMICAL WEAPONS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Chemical Weapons Act 1996 (Isle of Man) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 17th December 1998. Application of section 2 of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996 2 The application of section 2 of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996, so far as it applies to acts done outside the United Kingdom, shall extend to bodies incorporated under the law of the Isle of Man. Extension of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996 to the Isle of Man 3 The Chemical Weapons Act 1996 shall extend to the Isle of Man with the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order. A.K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
FAMILY LAW Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1998. 2 In this Order, except where the context otherwise requires, references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of and Schedules to the Social Security Act 1998. Appointed days 2 Subject to article 3 of this Order, the day appointed for the coming into force of– a section 40 (child support: revision of decisions), in so far as it introduces provisions authorising the making of Regulations, paragraph 46(a) of Schedule 7 and section 86(1) in so far as it relates to it is 16th November 1998; b section 76 (power to anticipate pensions up-rating order) is 16th November 1998; and c section 40 in so far as not already in force is 7th December 1998. Savings and transitional provisions 3 1 From and including 16th November 1998 the references in section 16(1) and (6) of the Child Support Act 1991 to a decision of the Secretary of State shall be treated as including references to a decision of the child support officer made on or before the coming into force of section 1(c). 2 From and including 16th November 1998 until the coming into force of section 41, section 16(1) of the Child Support Act 1991 shall have effect as if the reference to section 17 were omitted. 3 From and including 16th November 1998 until the coming into force of section 44, section 16(3) of the Child Support Act 1991 shall have effect as if the reference to section 28ZC were omitted. 4 Notwithstanding the commencement of section 40, section 16 of the Child Support Act 1991 shall continue to apply with respect to any maintenance assessment which takes effect for the purposes of that Act on or before 8th December 1996 as though section 40 had not been commenced. 5 Notwithstanding the commencement of paragraph 46(a) of Schedule 7, section 5192)(a)(iii) of the Child Support Act 1991 shall continue to apply with respect to– a reviews under section 16 of that Act of maintenance assessments to which paragraph (4) of this article applies; and b reviews under sections 17 to 19 of that Act as though paragraph 46(a) had not been commenced until such time as section 41 is commenced. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. P. Hollis Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 12th November 1998
DEVOLUTION, WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Government of Wales Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1998. 2 The date of 1st December 1998 is appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Government of Wales Act 1998– Sections 1 to 20 (The National Assembly for Wales) including Schedule 1. Sections 21 to 45 (Assembly Functions) including Schedules 2, 3 and 4. Sections 46 to 49 (Assembly Procedure–introductory, and initial provisions). Sections 52 to 79 (Assembly Procedure) including Schedule 5. Sections 80 to 103 (Assembly Finance). Section 106 (Community Law). Sections 108 to 110 (International Obligations and Decisions about Assembly Functions) including Schedule 8. Sections 113 to 115 (Local Government, the Voluntary Sector and Business) including Schedule 11. Sections 119 to 124 (Miscellaneous Provisions about the Assembly). Sections 144 to 149 (Reform of Welsh Public Bodies–accountability and miscellaneous) including Schedule 17. Alun Michael Secretary of State for Wales 10th November 1998
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1998. Appointed days 2 The day appointed for the coming into force of sections 20(1), in so far as not already in force, and 21(1) of the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (return of social security post and information about redirection of post) is 16th November 1998. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. P. Hollis Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 12th November 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Bethlem and Maudsley National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 8th December 1998. 2 In this Order– “the Special Trustees” means the King’s College Hospital Special Trustees; “the Trust” means the Bethlem and Maudsley National Health Service Trust; “the trust property” means the item specified in part B of the Certificate of Authentication of trust property prepared by and agreed upon by the Special Trustees and the Trust on 15th August 1996; which certificate has been signed on behalf of both the Special Trustees and the Trust. Transfer of trust property 2 On 8th December 1998 the trust property shall be transferred from the Special Trustees to the Trust. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health. Alan Milburn Minister of State, Department of Health 12th November 1998
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Schools and Further Education) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 10th December 1998. 2 Regulation 10 of the Education (Schools and Further Education) Regulations 1981 , shall be amended by the following provisions of these Regulations. 3 In paragraph (2) , for the words, “In each academic year a school shall meet for not less than 380 sessions which shall constitute the school year”, there shall be substituted the words, “At least 380 sessions shall be held at a school during any school year”. 4 For paragraphs (6A) and (7) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs– 7 Where a school session in the 1998/99 school year is devoted wholly or mainly to the provision to teachers employed at that school of training to which this paragraph applies, that session shall be regarded for the purposes of this regulation as a session on which that school has met: Provided that this paragraph shall– a apply only in relation to schools situated in England; b apply only in relation to sessions on or after 1st May; and c not have effect in relation to more than two such sessions. 8 Paragraph (7) applies to training related to the teaching of numeracy or literacy, or both, for pupils in the first or second key stage. 9 In this regulation– “school year” means the period beginning with the first school term to begin after July and ending with the beginning of the first such term to begin after the following July; and the reference to the first or second key stage is a reference to the period set out in section 355(1)(a) or (b), as the case may be, of the Education Act 1996. Estelle Morris Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 12th November 1998
MAGISTRATES' COURTS 1 This Order may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts Committees (West Yorkshire) Amalgamation Order 1998 and shall come into force for the purposes of articles 2 and 4 on 1st April 2000 and for all other purposes on 4th December 1998. 2 The magistrates' courts committees for the areas of West Riding, Calderdale and Leeds City shall be abolished. 3 There shall be constituted as a body corporate a new magistrates' courts committee which shall be known as the West Yorkshire magistrates' courts committee. 4 The area of the West Yorkshire magistrates' courts committee shall consist of the metropolitan districts of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield. 5 The transitional and consequential provisions set out in the Schedule to this Order shall have effect in connection with the provisions of articles 2 and 3 of this Order. Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor G.W. Hoon Minister of State, Lord Chancellor’s Department Dated 11th November 1998
BROADCASTING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Limit in Relation to Provision of Digital Programme Services Order 1998 and shall come into force on 14th November 1998. Amendment to paragraph 7 of Part III of Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Act 1990 2 Paragraph 7 of Part III of Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Act 1990 shall be amended as follows:– a in sub-paragraph (7)(b) the number “24” shall be substituted by the number “40” and the number “4” shall be substituted by the number “10”; b in sub-paragraph (7)(c) the number “24” shall be substituted by the number “40”. Chris Smith Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 12th November 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 15th December 1998. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 . Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations 2 In paragraph (2)(b) of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations (entitlement to full remission and payment) after the word “Act” there shall be added the words “or of section 20(1) of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 ”. Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations 3 1 Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations (persons entitled to remission in part or payment in part) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 In paragraph (2) after the words “section 71(1) of the Act” there shall be inserted the words “or of section 20(1) of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997”. 3 For sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (4) there shall be substituted– b in the case of a charge– i for dental treatment or for the supply of a dental appliance under Part II of the Act, or ii for dental treatment under Part I of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997, the charge made for one course of treatment, including any charge made for a dental appliance supplied in that course of treatment; . 4 In paragraph (4)(c) after the word “Act” there shall be inserted the words “or under Part I of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997”. Sam Galbraith Minister for Health, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 6th November 1998
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force: a as to regulation 5 of these Regulations, on the date on which section 1 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 comes into force; b as to the remainder of these Regulations, on 1st December 1998. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations a reference to a regulation by number alone means the regulation so numbered, and “ Arrangement of Regulations ” means the Arrangement of Regulations, in the Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) Regulations 1989 . Amendments to Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) Regulations 1989 3 In the Arrangement of Regulations after “8. Proceedings in county courts.” there shall be inserted: 8A Proceedings in the Crown Court. . 4 After regulation 7(4) there shall be inserted: 5 Part III of the Act applies to ABWOR given to: a a respondent in proceedings in a magistrates' court under the following sections of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998: i section 2 (sex offender orders); ii section 11 (child safety orders); or iii section 8 (parenting orders), where the application is for a parenting order by virtue of section 8(1)(a), (b) or (c); or b an applicant in proceedings in a magistrates' court to vary or discharge an order made against that applicant, or a respondent in proceedings in a magistrates' court to vary or discharge an order made against that respondent, under any of the provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above. . 5 After regulation 7(5) there shall be inserted: 6 Part III of the Act applies to ABWOR given to: a a respondent in proceedings in a magistrates' court under section 1 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (anti-social behaviour orders); or b an applicant in proceedings in a magistrates' court to vary or discharge an anti-social behaviour order made against that applicant, or a respondent in proceedings in a magistrates' court to vary or discharge an anti-social behaviour order made against that respondent, under that section. . 6 After regulation 8 there shall be inserted: Proceedings in the Crown Court 8A Part III of the Act applies to ABWOR given to: a an appellant in an appeal to the Crown Court under section 4 or section 10 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; b a respondent in proceedings in the Crown Court under section 8 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, where the application is for a parenting order made against him by virtue of section 8(1)(c) of that Act; or c an applicant in proceedings in the Crown Court to vary or discharge an order made against that applicant, or a respondent in proceedings in the Crown Court to vary or discharge an order made against that respondent, under the provision referred to in sub-paragraph (b) above. . Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 17th November 1998
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning General (Amendment) Regulations 1998, and shall come into force on 15th December 1998. Effect of planning permission: exclusion of certain interested authorities 2 After regulation 9 of the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992 , insert– Exclusion of certain authorities from regulation 9—England 9A Regulation 9 shall not apply where, in England, the interested planning authority is– a the council of a district for which there is no county council; b the council of a county in which there are no district councils; or c the council of a London borough. Exclusion of certain authorities from regulation 9—Wales 9B Regulation 9 shall not apply where, in Wales, the interested planning authority is– a the council of a county; or b the council of a county borough. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Richard Caborn Minister of State, Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions 10th November 1998 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 13th November 1998
PESTICIDES Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 11th December 1998. Amendment of the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995 2 Regulation 2(1) of the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995 shall be amended by substituting for the definition of “the Directive” the following definition– “the Directive” means Council Directive 91/414/ EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market , as amended by– Commission Directive 93/71/EEC ; Commission Directive 94/37/ EC ; Commission Directive 94/79/EC ; Commission Directive 95/35/EC ; Commission Directive 95/36/EC ; Commission Directive 96/12/EC ; Commission Directive 96/46/EC ; Commission Directive 96/68/EC ; Council Directive 97/57/EC ; Commission Directive 98/47/EC ; . Amendment of the Plant Protection Products (Fees) Regulations 1995 3 Regulation 2 of the Plant Protection Products (Fees) Regulations 1995 shall be amended by substituting for the definition of “ principal Regulations ” the following definition– “principal Regulations” means the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995 as amended by– the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 1996 ; the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 1997 ; the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) ( No. 2) Regulations 1997 ; the Plant Protection Products (Amendment) Regulations 1998; . Jeff Rooker Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 10th November 1998 Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 8th November 1998 We consent to the making of regulation 3 of these Regulations, Jim Dowd Jane Kennedy Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 6th November 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Tendring District Council) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 9th December 1998. Exemption of sports and leisure facilities management and ground maintenance 2 1 The management of sports and leisure facilities by the council of the district of Tendring (“the council”) shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with 9th December 1998 and ending immediately before 1st August 1999. 2 The maintenance of ground by the council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out– a on land within the former urban district of Clacton; b during the period beginning with 9th December 1998 and ending immediately before 1st August 1999. 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 10th November 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Edinburgh Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998 and shall come into force on 6th November 1998. 2 In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Edinburgh Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 . Amendment of Article 3 of the principal Order 2 For article 3 of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following:– 3 1 The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 12A(1) of the Act. 2 The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more Health Boards) shall be– a to own and manage under section 12A(1)(a) of the Act the hospital establishments or facilities known as the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Astley Ainslie Hospital, Corstorphine Hospital, Gogarburn Hospital, Ferryfield House and Southfield Hospital, all in Edinburgh, and establishments associated with those hospitals, including management of the facilities provided at and from those establishments, and also including the management of any teaching and research facilities associated with these establishments and the support services related thereto; and b to provide and manage under section 12A(1)(b) of the Act Ellen’s Glen House, a new hospital and associated facilities to replace Southfield Hospital, Edinburgh. . Sam Galbraith Minister for Health, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 5th November 1998