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MARINE POLLUTION 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Limits) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 5th September 1996. 2 —The areas of sea defined in the Schedule to these Regulations, being above areas for the time being designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 , are hereby specified as areas within which the jurisdiction and rights of the United Kingdom are exercisable in accordance with Part XII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea for the protection and preservation of the marine environment. Malcolm Rifkind Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 9th August 1996
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Scheme may be cited as the M62 (East) to M606 Link and Connecting Roads Scheme 1996 and shall come into force on 6th September 1996. 2 In this Scheme: 1 all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway; 2 i “the connecting road” ii “the link roads” iii “the plan” iv “the special roads” 3 The Secretary of State is authorised to provide special roads for the exclusive use of traffic of Classes I and II of the classes of traffic set out in Schedule 4 to the Highways Act 1980. 4 The centre line of the special roads is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan. 5 Each of the special roads shall become a trunk road on the date when this Scheme comes into force. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport R. R. Bineham Director Northern Operations Division Highways Agency 12th August 1996
IMMIGRATION 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1996. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996. 2 The provisions of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 19th August 1996; the provisions specified in Part II of the Schedule shall come into force on 7th October 1996; the provision specified in Part III of the Schedule shall come into force on 21st October 1996; and the provisions specified in Part IV of the Schedule shall come into force on 1st November 1996. Home Office Timothy Kirkhope Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State 11th August 1996
PRISONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Closure of Prisons (H.M. Prison Oxford) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 7th September 1996. 2 The prison known as H.M. Prison Oxford and situate in the county of Oxfordshire shall close on the coming into force of this Order. Timothy Kirkhope Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 14th August 1996
MEDICAL PROFESSION This Order may be cited as the General Medical Council (Constitution of Fitness to Practise Committees) Rules Order of Council 1996, and shall come into force on 1st September 1996. The following Orders are revoked as from 1st January 1997: The General Medical Council (Constitution of Fitness to Practise Committees) Rules Order of Council 1986 The General Medical Council (Constitution of Fitness to Practise Committees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 1987 The General Medical Council (Constitution of Fitness to Practise Committees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 1994 The General Medical Council (Constitution of Fitness to Practise) (Amendment No. 2) Rules Order of Council 1994 . N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Guarantee Payments (Exemption) (No.30) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 25th September 1996. Exemption 2 Section 12 of the Act shall not apply to any employee to whom the collective agreement relates. Revocation 3 The Guarantee Payments (Exemption) (No. 29) Order 1994 is revoked. John M Taylor Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Corporate and Consumer Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 14th August 1996
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as The Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for the Core Subjects) (Key Stage 1) (England) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 12th August 1996. Amendment of Order 2 1 The Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for the Core Subjects) (Key Stage 1) (England) Order 1995 shall be amended as follows. 2 At the end of article 4(3) (teacher assessment) there shall be added “or 4th July falling in that term, if earlier”. 3 In paragraph (4) of article 5, for “paragraph (5)” there shall be substituted “paragraphs (4A) and (5)”, and there shall be inserted after that paragraph the following paragraph— 4A In the case of English, if the document in which the standard tasks are published so requires, the record of the pupil’s level of attainment in AT3 (writing) shall include a statement of the pupil’s level of attainment in spelling. . Cheryl Gillan Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 8th August 1996
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 The length of trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order and shown by broad striped hatching on the deposited plan shall cease to be a trunk road as from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies the County Council of Denbighshire that the adjoining widened length of trunk road is open for through traffic. 2 In this Order:— a All measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway: b “the deposited plan” means the plan numbered HA10/2 WO118 marked “The Chester to Bangor Trunk Road (A55) (Pont Dafydd to Waen Improvement, Detrunking) Order 1996” signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales and deposited at the Welsh Office Repository, Curran Embankment, Cardiff. 3 This Order shall come into force on 11th September 1996 and may be cited as The Chester–Bangor Trunk Road (A55) (Pont Dafydd to Waen Improvement, Detrunking) Order 1996. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales. D. M. Timlin A Grade 6 Officer in the Welsh Office 14th August 1996
AGRICULTURE Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Essex Coast) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st September 1996. Amendment of the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Essex Coast) Designation Order 1994 2 1 The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Essex Coast) Designation Order 1994 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this article. 2 In article 7 (rates of payment under agreement)— a in the table in paragraph (3), for “£210” there shall be substituted “£230”; b in paragraph (4), for “£220” there shall be substituted “£260”; and c for paragraph (5), there shall be substituted the following— 5 Where an agreement includes a conservation plan, the Minister shall also make payments in respect of operations included in the plan, subject to a maximum of £15,000 for that agreement. 3 In Schedule 3 (additional provisions relating to permanent grassland)— a in paragraph (1)(a) of Option 1— i for “1st August” there shall be substituted “1st September”, and ii for “28th February” there shall be substituted “31st January”; b in paragraph (1)(b) of Option 1 for “1st March” there shall be substituted “1st February”; c in paragraph (1)(c) of Option 1— i for “1st April” there shall be substituted “1st March”, and ii for “31st July” there shall be substituted “30th April”; d for paragraph (8) of Option 1, there shall be substituted the following— 8 the farmer shall— a within two years of the start of the agreement agree in writing with the Minister a programme for the management of ditches and dykes for which he is responsible; and b carry out that programme in accordance with the agreement. ; and e for paragraph (7) of Option 2, there shall be substituted the following— 7 the farmer shall— a within two years of the start of the agreement agree in writing with the Minister a programme for the mangement of the ditches and dykes for which he is responsible; and b carry out that programme in accordance with the agreement. 4 In Schedule 4 (additional provisions relating to the reversion of arable land to permanent grassland), after paragraph (3) there shall be added the following paragraph— 4 the farmer shall not exceed a stocking level of 1.4 livestock units per hectare. 5 In Schedule 5 (conservation plan operations), after the word “restoration” in paragraph 4 there shall be added the words “or creation”. Saving 3 1 Article 2(2) of this Order shall not apply in respect of any annual payment to a farmer which relates wholly or in part to any period before 1st September 1996. 2 Article 2(4) of this Order shall not apply in relation to any agreement made before 1st January 1997. Tony Baldry Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 7th August 1996 We consent, Bowen Wells Simon Burns Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 12th August 1996
SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 1 This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Family Proceedings in the Sheriff Court) 1996 and shall come into force on 1st November 1996. 2 This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt. Amendments to Ordinary Cause Rules 1993 2 Schedule 1 to the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907 (Ordinary Cause Rules 1993) shall be amended in accordance with the Schedule to this Act of Sederunt. Amendment to Judicial Factors Rules 3 In paragraph 3(1) of the Act of Sederunt (Judicial Factors Rules) 1992 – a at the end of sub-paragraph (b), omit the word “and”; b at the end of sub-paragraph (c), for the full-stop, substitute “; and”; and c after sub-paragraph (c), insert the following sub-paragraph:– d judicial factors appointed under section 11(2)(g) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 , except where such appointment is sought in the crave of a family action within the meaning of rule 33.1(1) of the Ordinary Cause Rules 1993. . Summary applications to appoint or remove guardian under Children (Scotland) Act 1995 4 An application for the appointment or removal of a person as a guardian under section 11(2)(h) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (except where such appointment or removal is sought in the crave of a family action within the meaning of rule 33.1(1) of the Ordinary Cause Rules 1993) shall be made by summary application. Hope of Craighead Lord President, I.P.D. Edinburgh, 15th August 1996
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as The Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for the Core Subjects) (Key Stage 2) (England) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 12th August 1996. Amendment of Order 2 1 The Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for the Core Subjects) (Key Stage 2) (England) Order 1995 shall be amended as follows. 2 In article 3(1) (interpretation) for the paragraph beginning ““NC tests” and “NC tasks”” there shall be substituted the following paragraph— “NC tests” means National Curriculum tests administered to pupils for the purpose of assessing the level of attainment which they have achieved in any core subject and “NC assessment timetable” means a timetable for the administration of NC tests, being respectively tests and a timetable laid down in provisions made by the Secretary of State under article 9 which have been published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office; . 3 At the end of article 4(3) (teacher assessment) there shall be added “or 4th July falling in that term, if earlier”. 4 For article 5 there shall be substituted the following article— NC test assessment 5 1 It shall be the duty of the head teacher to make arrangements for each pupil to whom this article applies in respect of any core subject to be assessed in that subject in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (3). 2 This article applies to a pupil in respect of a core subject if, in the opinion of his head teacher, his level of attainment in that subject, if he were to be assessed by the administration to him of NC tests in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (3), would be level 3 or higher. 3 Where this article applies to a pupil in respect of a core subject NC tests shall be administered to him in accordance with the provisions of the document in which they are published at the times specified in the relevant NC assessment timetable and as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter the pupil’s responses to the NC tests shall be provided to the external marking agency determined by the Authority and notified by them to the head teacher to be marked. 4 Following the marking of NC tests the external marking agency shall provide to the head teacher a record of the results consisting of each level of attainment achieved by the pupil. . 5 In article 9 the words “and NC tasks” and the words “and tasks”, in each place where they appear, shall be omitted. Cheryl Gillan Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 8th August 1996
BROADCASTING 1 This Order may be cited as the Broadcasting Act 1996 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1996. 2 In this Order— a “the 1990 Act ” means the Broadcasting Act 1990 ; and b “the 1996 Act ” means the Broadcasting Act 1996. 3 1 Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the following provisions of the 1996 Act shall come into force on the day after this Order is made— Section 73 so far as relating to the provisions of Schedule 2 brought into force by this Article; Section 104; Paragraphs 12 and 13 of the substituted Part IV of Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act; Part I of Schedule 2 so far as relating to the interpretation of paragraphs 12 and 13 of the substituted Part IV of Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act; and Paragraph 11 of Schedule 2 so far as relating to paragraphs 12 and 13 of the substituted Part IV of Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act or to paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11 and 14 of that substituted Part in their application to the interpretation of paragraphs 12 and 13. 2 For the purposes of paragraph 12(5)(b) of the substituted Part IV of Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act, any determination made by the relevant authority before 1st November 1996 shall be taken to have been made on that date. 3 The coming into force of the provisions referred to in paragraph (1) does not affect the continued operation until 1st November 1996 of the restrictions contained in Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act as it had effect immediately before the passing of the 1996 Act. 4 1 Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below, the provisions of the 1996 Act which are specified in Schedule 1 to this Order shall come into force on 1st October 1996. 2 Section 2 shall come into force on 15th September 1996 for the purposes of the notification by the independent analogue broadcasters of their intention to provide their respective services for broadcasting in digital form, but not for any other purposes. 3 Paragraph (1) above does not bring section 41 into force for the purposes of the notification by the independent national broadcasters of their intention to provide a service for broadcasting in digital form pursuant to section 41(2). 5 1 Subject to paragraph (2) below, the provisions of the 1996 Act which are specified in Schedule 2 to this Order shall come into force on 1st November 1996. 2 Where the holder of any licence specified in paragraphs 9(4), 10(2), 11(1) and 11(3) of the substituted Part IV of Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act becomes connected with a national or local newspaper by virtue of the commencement of Part I of Schedule 2 to the 1996 Act, the “relevant day” shall for the purposes of paragraph 9(5) be 1st November 1996. Inglewood Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of National Heritage 9th August 1996
LANDFILL TAX 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Landfill Tax (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 2nd September 1996. 2 The Landfill Tax Regulations 1996 (“the Regulations”) shall be amended in accordance with the following regulations. 3 The following regulation shall be inserted in PART XII of the Regulations before regulation 48: A48 In this Part— “Job Band” followed by a number between “1” and “12” means the band for the purposes of pay and grading in which the job an officer performs is ranked in the system applicable to Customs and Excise. . 4 In regulations 48(1) and 49(a) and (b) for the words “Higher Executive Officer” there shall be substituted “Job Band 7”. E. Woods Commissioner of Customs and Excise New King’s Beam House22 Upper Ground London 12th August 1996
INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Insurance Premium Tax (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 2nd September 1996. 2 The Insurance Premium Tax Regulations 1994 (“the Regulations”) shall be amended in accordance with the following regulations. 3 The following regulation shall be inserted in PART VIII of the Regulations before regulation 42: A42 In this Part— “Job Band” followed by a number between “1” and “12” means the band for the purposes of pay and grading in which the job an officer performs is ranked in the system applicable to Customs and Excise. . 4 In regulations 42(1) and 43(a) and (b) for the words “Higher Executive Officer” there shall be substituted “Job Band 7”. New King’s Beam House 22 Upper Ground London E. Woods Commissioner of Customs and Excise 12th August 1996
FIRE SERVICES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st September 1996. 2 Regulation 6 of the Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) Regulations 1978 shall be amended as follows— a in paragraph (6)— i the number “(i)” shall be omitted; ii for the number “(ii)” there shall be substituted the letter “(b)”, and iii the words “or” to the end shall be omitted; b in paragraph 6A for the letter “(a)” there shall be substituted the letter “(b)”; c paragraphs (6B) and (6C) shall be omitted; d in paragraph (7) for the words “(in that or an earlier year)” in each place where they occur there shall be substituted “, on one of the three successive immediately preceding occasions on which it was held,” and e after paragraph (7) there shall be inserted— 7A A member of a brigade who has, prior to September 1996, passed Part I of the examination referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or, as the case may be, in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (7) above, shall be treated for the purposes of those sub-paragraphs as if he had passed that part of the examination in September 1996. . Home Office David Maclean Minister of State 8th August 1996
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as The A501 Trunk Road (Marylebone Road/Upper Harley Street, Westminster) (Temporary Prohibition of Turns) Traffic Order 1996 and shall come into force on the 19th August 1996. 2 This Order is made because the Traffic Director for London is satisfied that traffic in Marylebone Road at its junction with Upper Harley Street should be prohibited because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near that road. 3 During the period starting at 00.01 hours on 19th August 1996 and ending at 23:59 hours on 19th November 1996 or when those works have been completed, whichever is the sooner, subject to the provisions of article 4 below: a no person shall cause or permit any vehicle on reaching Marylebone Road from Upper Harley Street — i to turn right into Marylebone Road; ii to proceed ahead into Harley Street; b no person shall cause or permit any vehicle proceeding in Marylebone Road — i to turn left into Upper Harley Street; ii to turn right into Upper Harley Street. 4 1 The provisions of article 3 above shall apply only during such times and to such extent as may from time to time be indicated by traffic signs. 2 The provisions specified in article 3 above shall not apply in respect of — i any vehicle being used for the purpose of those works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purpose, or ii anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden. 5 During the period specified in article 3 above, the provisions of the City of Westminster (Prescribed Routes) ( No. 10) Traffic Order 1984 is hereby suspended so far as they relate to movements at the junction of Marylebone Road and Upper Harley Street. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State for Transport Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 19th August 1996
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Application of Enactments) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st September 1996. 2 In these Regulations a reference to the principal Regulations is a reference to the Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Application of Enactments) Regulations 1994 . Amendment of principal Regulations 2 1 In Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations the following paragraph is inserted after paragraph 3— Education (Schools) Act 1992 (c. 38) 3A Section 9 of the Education (Schools) Act 1992 applies in relation to units as if they were schools mentioned in subsection (3) of that section. . 2 In Part II of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations for paragraphs 7 and 8 there are substituted the following paragraphs— 7 Parts I and II of the Education (School Inspection) (Wales) ( No. 2) Regulations 1993 apply in relation to a unit with the modification that in regulation 4 for paragraph (a) there is substituted the following paragraph a on or after 1st September 1996 but before 1st August 2001; . 8 Parts I and II of the Education (School Inspection) (No. 2) Regulations 1993 apply in relation to a unit with the modification that in regulation 4 for paragraph (a) there is substituted the following paragraph— a on or after 1st September 1996 but before 1st August 2000; . Eric Forth Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 31st July 1996 William Hague Secretary of State for Wales 8th August 1996
ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 2nd September 1996. Preliminary 2 The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations. Amendments to Regulation 61 (emission of smoke, vapour, gases, oily substances, etc. ) 3 1 Regulation 61 shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (10AB), the word “or” shall be inserted immediately after sub-paragraph (b) and — a in sub-paragraph (b), the words “and before 1st August 1996”; b the word “or” immediately after sub-paragraph (c); and c sub-paragraph (d), shall be omitted. 3 For paragraph (10AD) there shall be substituted the following paragraph — 10AD Paragraph (10A) does not apply to — a a vehicle to which paragraph (10AA) applies; or b a vehicle if, at the date that the engine was manufactured, that engine was incapable of meeting the requirements specified in that paragraph. . 4 After paragraph (10AD), there shall be inserted the following paragraph — 10AE Paragraph (10AA) does not apply to a vehicle if, at the date that the engine was manufactured, that engine was incapable of meeting the requirements specified in that paragraph. 5 In paragraph (10B), sub-paragraph (a) shall be omitted. Amendments to Schedule 7B (Emissions from certain motor vehicles) 4 1 Schedule 7B shall be amended as follows. 2 For sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 7, there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph — b “the emissions publication” is the publication entitled “In-Service Exhaust Emissions Standards for Road Vehicles — Second Edition” ( ISBN 0-9526457-1-8) published by the Department of Transport. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport John Bowis Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport 8th August 1996