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ROAD TRAFFIC Citation and Commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited the Vehicle Excise Duty (Reduced Pollution) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 5th January 2001. Amendment of the Vehicle Excise Duty (Reduced Pollution) Regulations 1998 2 The Vehicle Excise Duty (Reduced Pollution) Regulations 1998 shall be amended in accordance with the following regulations. 3 In regulation 2— 1 in paragraph (1), after the definition of “authorised examiner” shall be inserted— “Directive 1999/96” means Directive 1999/96/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures to be taken against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from compression ignition engines for use in vehicles, and the emission of gaseous pollutants from positive ignition engines fuelled with natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas for use in vehicles and amending Council Directive 88/77/ EEC ; 2 after paragraph (2) shall be inserted— 3 For the purposes of these Regulations a reduced pollution certificate shall be deemed to be issued, and a written notice or notification shall be deemed to be given, by an authorised examiner if it is signed on behalf of that examiner by a person authorised by him to sign it on his behalf. 4 In regulation 5— 1 in paragraph (1), for the words “paragraph (3)” shall be substituted “paragraphs (3) or (3A)”; 2 in paragraph (3)— a for the word “In” shall be substituted “Subject to paragraph (3A), in”; and b in the table— i at item 3 in column (3), for the figure “0.08” shall be substituted “0.03”; ii at item 4 in column (2), for the words “European Commission Proposal (COM (97) 627) for a European and Council Directive amending Council Directive 88/77” shall be substituted “Directive 1999/96 Annex I paragraph 6.2.1.Rows A of Tables 1 and 2”; iii at item 4 in column (3), for the figure “0.04” shall be substituted “0.03”; and 3 after paragraph (3) shall be inserted— 3A In the case of a vehicle in respect of which a reduced pollution certificate was in force on 4th January 2001, the reduced pollution requirements are satisifed if the vehicle continues to meet the reduced pollution requirements in respect of which that certificate was issued. 5 In regulation 12(2), for the words “regulation 10(3)” in both places where those words occur there shall be substituted “regulation 10(1)”. 6 After regulation 12 shall be inserted the following— Replacement Certificates 12A At any time when a reduced pollution certificate is in force in respect of a vehicle the Secretary of State may, on surrender of the certificate or its identifiable remains, issue a replacement certificate for the remainder of the period for which the surrendered certificate was in force. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Larry Whitty Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 14th December 2000
EMERGENCY POWERS 1 These directions may be cited as the Control of Gold, Securities, Payments and Credits (Republic of Iraq) (Revocation) Directions 2000 and shall come into force on 14th December 2000. 2 The Control of Gold, Securities, Payments and Credits (Republic of Iraq) Directions 1990 are hereby revoked. Clive Betts Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 13th December 2000
POSTAL SERVICES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Post Office Users' National Council (Appointed Day) Order 2000 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. The Appointed Day 2 The day appointed for the purposes of section 118 of the Postal Services Act 2000 is 1st January 2001. Alan Johnson, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Competitiveness, Department of Trade and Industry 12th December 2000
DERELICT LAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Derelict Land Clearance Area (Reading) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 10th January 2001. Specification of locality 2 Subsections (1) to (6) of section 1 of the Derelict Land Act 1982 shall have effect in relation to land in the borough of Reading which is in the locality bounded by: i the south east kerb line of Coley Avenue from its junction with Berkeley Avenue (A4) to its junction with Castle Hill (A4155); ii the south kerb line of Castle Hill (A4155) from its junction with Coley Avenue to its junction with the A33 and Castle Street at the roundabout; iii the west kerb line of the A33 from its junction with Castle Street and Castle Hill at the roundabout to the point where it meets the northern end of Brook Street West and then the west kerb line of Brook Street West to its junction with Garnet Street and then the western bank of the Holy Brook to the point where the bridge carrying Berkeley Avenue (A4) crosses it; iv the northern kerb line of Berkeley Avenue (A4) from its junction with Coley Avenue to the western bank of the Holy Brook; as those subsections have effect in relation to land in a development area or intermediate area. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Beverley Hughes Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 7th December 2000 We consent, Clive Betts Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 11th December 2000
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND 1 This Order may be cited as the Severn Bridges Tolls Order 2000 and shall, in accordance with section 9(2)(b) of the Severn Bridges Act 1992 (in this Order referred to as “ the Act ”), come into force on 1st January 2001. 2 The tolls leviable in respect of vehicles within the categories referred to in section 8(1) of the Act using either of the bridges shall be as follows:— Category 1 vehicles £4.40 Category 2 vehicles £8.70 Category 3 vehicles £13.10 3 The Severn Bridges Tolls Order 1999 is hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Larry Whitty Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 11th December 2000
CHIROPRACTORS A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
EDUCATION, ENGLAND 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (Recognised Bodies) (England) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 22nd December 2000. 2 This Order extends to England only . 2 The bodies which are specified in the Schedule to this Order are hereby designated as bodies which appear to the Secretary of State to be recognised bodies. 3 The Education (Recognised Bodies) Order 1999 is hereby revoked. Tessa Blackstone Minister of State Department for Education and Employment 11th December 2000
SPORTS GROUNDS AND SPORTING EVENTS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Football Spectators (Designation of Football Matches in England and Wales) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 31st December 2000. Designation of football matches 2 1 Football matches of the description specified in paragraph (2) below are hereby designated for the purposes of Part I of the Football Spectators Act 1989. 2 The football matches to which paragraph (1) above applies are any association football match which is played at Wembley Stadium, at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff or at a sports ground in England and Wales which is registered with the Football League or the Football Association Premier League as the home ground of a club which is a member of the Football League or the Football Association Premier League at the time the match is played. Steve Bassam Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Home Office 18th December 2000
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Modifications of Schedule 5) Order 2000 and shall come into force on the day after it is made. 2 In this Order, references to numbered Sections are to the Sections bearing those numbers in Part II of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998. Postal Services Act 2000 2 1 For Section C11 there is substituted– C11 Posts The subject matter of the Postal Services Act 2000 . Exception Financial assistance for the provision of services (other than postal services and services relating to money or postal orders) to be provided from public post offices. Interpretation Paragraph 5(1) of Part III of this Schedule does not apply to this Section. The reference to the subject matter of the Postal Services Act 2000 is to be read as a reference to the subject matter of that Act as at the date when it received Royal Assent. “postal services” and “public post offices” have the same meaning as in the Postal Services Act 2000. . 2 In Part III of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998 (reserved matters, general provisions), in paragraph 4(2)(c) (financial assistance to industry), after “reservations in Sections” there is inserted “C11,”. Transport 3 1 In Section E2, after the exception relating to grants there is inserted– Imposing requirements about the preparation and submission of strategies relating to the provision of rail services on Scottish public authorities with mixed functions relating to such services. . 2 In Section E2, after the exception relating to rail services inserted by article 3(1) above there is inserted– The transfer of functions of passenger transport executives or passenger transport authorities relating to the provision and regulation of rail services conferred by Part II of the Transport Act 1968 and sections 32 to 36 of the Railways Act 1993 to, and the allocation of such functions among, Scottish public authorities (other than cross-border public authorities and public authorities exercising functions solely in relation to reserved matters) which may be set up wholly or mainly to exercise functions relating to transport. . 3 In Section E4, after the exception relating to sections 59 to 60 of the Airports Act 1986 there is inserted– Imposing requirements about the preparation and submission of strategies relating to the provision of air services on Scottish public authorities with mixed functions relating to such services. . Pesticides 4 In the exceptions to each of Sections C5 and C8, after “pesticides” there is inserted “(including anything treated as if it were a pesticide by virtue of section 16(16) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 )”. Product standards 5 In Section C8, after the reservation relating to technical standards and requirements in relation to products there is inserted– The national accreditation body and the accreditation of bodies which certify or assess conformity to technical standards in relation to products or environmental management systems. . A.K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements)(Specification) (No. 2) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 29thJanuary 2001. 2 In this Order “the 1998 Act ” means the Scotland Act 1998. Specification of functions 2 1 The functions exercisable by the Scottish Ministers under theenactments mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Order are hereby specified forthe purposes of section 93(1) of the 1998 Act. 2 The functions of the Scottish Ministers described in Schedule 2 to thisOrder are hereby specified for the purposes of section 93(1) of the 1998Act. A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
CENSUS, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Census (Amendment) Order 2000. Amendment of Schedule 2 to the Census Order 2000 2 In Schedule 2 to the Census Order 2000 (particulars to be stated in returns) after item 9 there shall be inserted the following item— 9A As regards religion, whether— a None, b Christian, c Buddhist, d Hindu, e Jewish, f Muslim, g Sikh, or h any other religion, if so stating which. . A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council.
INCOME TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Double Taxation Relief (Shipping Transport) (Hong Kong) Order 2000. 2 It is hereby declared— a that the arrangements specified in the Agreement set out in the Schedule to this Order have been made with the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China with a view to affording relief from double taxation in relation to income tax, corporation tax or capital gains tax and taxes of a similar character imposed by the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; and b that it is expedient that those arrangements should have effect. A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
CIVIL AVIATION 1 This Order may be cited as the Air Navigation (Jersey) (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 3rd January 2001. 2 The Schedule to the Air Navigation (Jersey) Order 2000 shall be amended as follows: a by substituting for paragraph 28— 28 For article 90 and its heading, substitute: Aerodromes 90 An aircraft shall not take off or land at any place in Jersey other than a Government aerodrome or an aerodrome licensed under this Order and in accordance with any condition subject to which the aerodrome may have been notified under article 91 or licensed under article 92 of this Order. ; b by omitting from the article substituted by paragraph 29, the words from “engaged” to the end. A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Adaptation of Functions etc.) (No. 2) Order 2000 and shall, except as provided in paragraph (2) below, come into force on the day following that on which it is made. 2 This Order shall come into force on 1st April 2001 for the purposes of the following provisions, namely– a paragraphs (4) to (6) of article 4; and b Schedules 2 and 3. 3 In this Order “the 1998 Act ” means the Scotland Act 1998. Adaptation of functions etc. 2 The modifications mentioned in Part II of each of Schedules 2 to 6 to this Order, which modifications relate to the cross-border public authority or authorities mentioned in Part I of each of those Schedules, shall have effect. Modification of enactments 3 Sections 94 and 118 to 121 of the 1998 Act shall apply in relation to any function exercisable by the Scottish Ministers alone by virtue of this Order as they apply in relation to functions of the Scottish Ministers exercisable within devolved competence. Transitional and savings provision 4 1 The transfer, by virtue of this Order, of any function exercisable by a Minister of Crown to the Scottish Ministers shall not affect the validity of anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to a Minister of the Crown before the transfer takes effect. 2 Anything (including legal proceedings) which, at the time when that transfer takes effect, is in the process of being done by or in relation to a Minister of the Crown may, so far as it relates to any function transferred, be continued by or in relation to the Scottish Ministers. 3 Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to a Minister of the Crown for the purposes of or in connection with any function transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of this Order shall, if in force at the time when the transfer takes effect, have effect as if done by or in relation to the Scottish Ministers insofar as that is required for continuing its effect after that time. 4 A Minister of the Crown shall designate two members of the British Waterways Board holding office at the time when this Order comes into force as the persons designated for the purposes of this Article. 5 The first appointment to be made by the Scottish Ministers under section 1(6) of the Transport Act 1962 shall not require to be made until the end of the current term of appointment of a person so designated (or, the termination of that appointment, if earlier); and the second such appointment shall not require to be made until the end of the current term of appointment of the other person so designated (or, the termination of that appointment, if earlier). 6 The first two appointments to be made by the Scottish Ministers under section 110(1) of the Transport Act 1968 may be made before, but shall not require to be made until, 1st August 2001. A.K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
UNITED NATIONS Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 This Order may be cited as the United Nations (International Tribunals) (Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001. 2 This Order extends to the United Kingdom. Amendment of 1996 Orders 2 In the United Nations (International Tribunal) (Former Yugoslavia) Order 1996 and in the United Nations (International Tribunal) (Rwanda) Order 1996 — a in article 7 (statement of case by competent court) of each Order, in paragraph (2)(c), for the words “clerk of” there shall be substituted the words “justices' chief executive for” and in paragraph (2)(d) for the word “clerk” there shall be substituted the words “justices' chief executive”; and b in article 14 (discontinuance of relevant proceedings) of each Order, in the first line of the table in paragraph (2), for the words “Clerk of the Court” there shall be substituted the words “Justices' Chief Executive for the Court”. A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
CARIBBEAN AND NORTH ATLANTIC TERRITORIES Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Caribbean Territories (Control of Gold, Securities, Payments and Credits: Kuwait and Republic of Iraq) Revocation Order 2000. 2 This Order shall come into force on 14th December 2000. Extent of Order 2 1 This Order extends to the following territories— Anguilla British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Montserrat Turks and Caicos Islands. Revocation 3 The Caribbean Territories (Control of Gold, Securities, Payments and Credits: Kuwait and Republic of Iraq) 1990 Order is revoked. A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specification as Community Treaty 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
EDUCATION, ENGLAND 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (Chief Inspector of Schools in England) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 14th December 2000. 2 Michael John Tomlinson is hereby appointed Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in England for the period commencing on the day on which this Order comes into force until 30th November 2001. 3 The Education (Chief Inspector of Schools in England) Order 1994 and the Education (Chief Inspector of Schools in England) Order 1999 are hereby revoked. A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 These Regulations, which extend to England only , may be cited as the Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounts) (England) Regulations 2000. 2 These Regulations shall come into force on 1st April 2001. Amendment of the Local Authorities (Capital Finance) Regulations 1997 2 1 The Local Authorities (Capital Finance) Regulations 1997 shall be amended as follows: 2 Insert the following regulation after regulation 12— Expenditure not required to be charged to a revenue account—expenditure for capital purposes on property within the Housing Revenue Account 12A Expenditure which— a is expenditure for capital purposes in respect of any land, houses or other property to which section 74(1) of the Act (duty to keep Housing Revenue Account) for the time being applies; b does not fall within either section 42(2)(a) to (i) of the Act or regulation 12; and c but for this regulation, would be required to be carried to the debit of the Housing Revenue Account of the authority under item 2(a) of Part II of Schedule 4 to the Act, shall be expenditure falling within section 42(2). . 3 Insert the following regulation after regulation 59— Disposal of mortgage portfolio 59A A sum received by a local authority in respect of the disposal of the authority’s rights and obligations as mortgagee of any land, house or other real property, if it is not a capital receipt by virtue of section 58(1) (capital receipts), shall be a capital receipt. . Amendment of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 1996 3 Insert the following paragraph after paragraph (4) of regulation 6 of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 1996 ; 4A In the case of a local authority which is required by section 74 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (“the 1989 Act ”) to keep a Housing Revenue Account, the statement of accounts required by paragraph (1) shall include also an account in respect of a reserve for major repairs to property of the authority to which section 74(1) of the 1989 Act for the time being applies (to be called a major repairs reserve), showing in particular both: a a debit in respect of expenditure which is— i excluded from the obligation in section 41(1) of the 1989 Act because of regulation 12A of the Local Authorities (Capital Finance) Regulations 1997, and ii not carried to the debit of the Housing Revenue Account of the authority under item 2(b) of Part II of Schedule 4 to the 1989 Act; and b a credit of an amount in respect of any charge for depreciation included in the Housing Revenue Account under item 8 of Part II of Schedule 4 to the 1989 Act. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Nick Raynsford Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 11th December 2000
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Designation of Ministers or Departments 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocations 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES ETC. Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Reporting of Suspicious Marriages (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st January 2001. 2 In these Regulations— “registrar” means a registrar or deputy registrar in Northern Ireland as referred to in subsection (1)(d) or (2)(a) of section 24 of the 1999 Act ; “the 1999 Act” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. Reporting suspicious marriages 2 For the purposes of section 24 of the 1999 Act (reporting suspicious marriages) a registrar shall— a report his suspicions to the Secretary of State by making a report in writing or other permanent form giving the information and evidence specified in the Schedule to these Regulations, and b forward that report to the Secretary of State at the Home Office Immigration and Nationality Directorate, INDIS, Status 3, Status Park, Nobel Drive, Harlington UB3 5EY, or such other address for that purpose as the Secretary of State may from time to time notify to the registrar. Jack Straw One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 8th December 2000
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC. Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Reporting of Suspicious Marriages (Scotland) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st January 2001. 2 In these Regulations— “registrar” means a district registrar as referred to in subsection (1)(c), or an authorised registrar as referred to in subsection (2)(a), of section 24 of the 1999 Act ; “the 1999 Act” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. Reporting suspicious marriages 2 For the purposes of section 24 of the 1999 Act (reporting suspicious marriages) a registrar shall— a report his suspicions to the Secretary of State by making a report in writing or other permanent form giving the information and evidence specified in the Schedule to these Regulations, and b forward that report to the Secretary of State at the Home Office Immigration and Nationality Directorate, INDIS, Status 3, Status Park, Nobel Drive, Harlington UB3 5EY or such other address as the Secretary of State shall, from time to time, notify to the registrar. Jack Straw One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 8th December 2000