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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities Etc. (Allowances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995, shall come into force on 1st April 1995 and shall apply only to Scotland. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Local Authorities Etc. (Allowances) (Scotland) Regulations 1991 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 The principal Regulations shall be amended as follows:— a in paragraph (c)(iii) of regulation 13 for “£8,291” there shall be substituted “£8,523”; b in paragraph (2) of regulation 19 for “£8,291” there shall be substituted “£8,523”; c in regulation 22— i in paragraph (a) for “£21.45” there shall be substituted “£22.30”; and ii in each of paragraphs (b) and (c) for “£42.90” there shall be substituted “£44.60”; d in paragraph (2) of regulation 23 for “£25.20” there shall be substituted “£26.20”; e in regulation 24 for “£8,291” there shall be substituted “£8,523”; and f for Schedule 2 (determination of the standard maximum) there shall be substituted the following Schedule:— SCHEDULE 2 DETERMINATION OF THE STANDARD MAXIMUM Regulation 12(2) The Table below is the Table referred to in the definition of “standard maximum” in regulation 12(2). TABLE (1) (2) Authority or description of authority Amount £ 1 A regional council with a population— a exceeding 1 million 6,920 b exceeding 600,000 but not exceeding 1 million 6,425 c exceeding 250,000 but not exceeding 600,000 5,440 d not exceeding 250,000 4,705 2 An islands council 3,960 3 A district council with a population— a exceeding 600,000 6,175 b exceeding 400,000 but not exceeding 600,000 5,440 c exceeding 150,000 but not exceeding 400,000 4,705 d exceeding 100,000 but not exceeding 150,000 4,070 e exceeding 75,000 but not exceeding 100,000 3,405 f not exceeding 75,000 and with planning function 2,720 g not exceeding 75,000 and with no planning function 1,980 . Revocation and savings 3 1 Subject to paragraph (2) below, regulation 2 of the Local Authorities Etc. (Allowances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1994 is hereby revoked. 2 Without prejudice to section 16 of the Interpretation Act 1978 , any provision revoked by virtue of paragraph (1) above shall continue to have effect in relation to claims made for allowances or other payments in respect of duties performed before 1st April 1995. George Kynoch Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 9th March 1995
ELECTRICITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Electricity (Standards of Performance) (Amendment) Regulations 1995, and shall come into force on 1st April 1995. Amendment of the Electricity (Standards of Performance) Regulations 1993 2 Schedules 2 to 4 to the Electricity (Standards of Performance) Regulations 1993 (“the Principal Regulations”) are revoked and substituted by Schedules 2 to 4 in Schedule 1 to these Regulations. 3 Schedules 6 to 14 to the Principal Regulations are revoked and substituted by Schedules 6 to 14 in Schedule 2 to these Regulations. S. C. Littlechild, The Director General of Electricity Supply 8th March 1995 We consent Richard Page, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Industry and Energy, Department of Trade and Industry 8th March 1995 George Kynoch, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office 9th March 1995
MAGISTRATES' COURTS Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Justices' Chief Executives and Justices' Clerks (Appointment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st April 1995. Submission of application for approval of persons to be appointed 2 Before appointing a person to the office of justices' chief executive or justices' clerk for a petty sessions area— a every magistrates' courts committee shall submit to the Lord Chancellor an application for approval of one or more persons (up to a maximum of four) who have offered themselves for appointment; and b the application shall contain the items set out in regulation 3. Matters to be contained in the application 3 The items referred to in regulation 2(b) are the following— a in relation to each person for whom approval is sought— i a copy of his written application for the office to which he wishes to be appointed; ii a statement by the magistrates' courts committee that he satisfies the requirements of section 26 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 in relation to the appointment; b a job description relating to the office to which appointment is to be made; c a copy of any advertisement relating to the office to which appointment is to be made; d in the case of an appointment to the office of justices' chief executive, a copy of any written appraisal by Her Majesty’s Magistrates' Courts Service Inspectorate of the manner in which the magistrates' courts committee have undertaken the process of obtaining candidates for appointment; e in the case of an appointment to the office of justices' clerk, a statement that the magistrates' courts committee have, in relation to each person for whom approval is sought, consulted the magistrates for the petty sessions area to which the appointment is to be made in accordance with section 25(6)(a) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979. Dual appointments as justices' chief executive and justices' clerk 4 Where a magistrates' courts committee propose that a person be appointed both as justices' chief executive and as justices' clerk for a petty sessions area, the application referred to in regulation 2 shall also state— a in relation to the area of the magistrates' courts committee— i the number of petty sessions areas; ii the number and locality of the courthouses; iii the number of justices' clerks holding office; and b the reason why the magistrates' courts committee consider it desirable that the person should hold both appointments. Transitional provision 5 Regulation 3(a)(ii) shall not apply in relation to applications by the magistrates' courts committees for Hampshire, Kent and Lincolnshire for approval of one or more persons for appointment to the office of justices' chief executive until the coming into force of section 75 of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 so far as it inserts section 24D(5) in the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 in relation to appointments of justices' chief executives by the magistrates' courts committees for those areas. Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 9th March 1995
PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Operators' Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st April 1995. 2 For regulation 5 of the Public Service Vehicles (Operators' Licences) Regulations 1986 there shall be substituted the following regulation— 5 1 The prescribed time within which an objection under section 14A must be made is the period of 21 days beginning with the day after the date when the notice of the application is published in Notices and Proceedings. 2 The prescribed manner for making an objection for the purposes of section 14A is by serving on the traffic commissioner a document— a setting out the objection, and b signed by or on behalf of the person making the objection. 3 Service of a document on the traffic commissioner shall, for the purposes of this regulation, be effected by— a delivering it to him, b sending it to him by post, or c by transmitting it to him by FAX , at the Traffic Area Office. 4 A copy of every objection shall be sent by the objector to the applicant on the day or the next working day after it is made. 5 In this regulation— “FAX” means the making of a facsimile copy of a document by the transmission of electronic signals; and “Traffic Area Office” means the office for the time being appointed by the traffic commissioner as the Traffic Area Office for the purposes of these Regulations. . 3 Regulation 2 of these Regulations shall not apply in relation to an application made before the 1st April 1995 for the grant of a PSV operator’s licence under the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State. Steven Norris Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of Transport 9th March 1995
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Loans) (Increase of Limit) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 31st March 1995. 2 The limit in section 1(2) of the Northern Ireland (Loans) Act 1975 is hereby increased by £300 million to£2,000 million. P. B. B. Mayhew One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 11th February 1995 We approve Timothy Wood Andrew Mitchell Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 7th March 1995
TELEGRAPHS Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st April 1995. 2 In these Regulations “the 1991 Regulations ” means the Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) Regulations 1991 . 3 Except as provided in regulation 2(2) below, these Regulations extend to the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Amendment of 1991 Regulations 2 1 The 1991 Regulations shall be further amended as follows: a in Schedule 2 — i for “28.00” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “28.50”; ii for “84.50” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “86.50”; b in entry 1 in Schedule 3 — i for “£42.26” there shall be substituted “£43.26”; ii for “£21.12” there shall be substituted “£21.62”; and c in entry 2 in Schedule 3 — i for “£22.39” there shall be substituted “£22.89”; ii for “£22.37” there shall be substituted“£22.87.” 2 The 1991 Regulations as they have effect in the United Kingdom, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Isle of Man shall be further amended by substituting for entry 3 in Schedule 3 the entry set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Stephen Dorrell Secretary of State for National Heritage 6th March 1995 We consent to these Regulations Andrew Mitchell Timothy Wood Two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 8th March 1995
MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES 1 This Order may be cited as the Natural History Museum (Authorised Repositories) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 31st March 1995. 2 For paragraph 4 of Part II of Schedule 3 to the British Museum Act 1963 there shall be substituted the following paragraph:— 4 The site in Wandsworth known as 75 Kimber Road SW18 4NX. . Stephen Dorrell Secretary of State for National Heritage 6th March 1995
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1995. 2 The provisions of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 referred to in the left-hand column of the Schedule to this Order (which relate to the matters described in the right-hand column) shall come into force on 10th April 1995. Michael Howard One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 11th March 1995
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Transport) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 1st April 1995. 2 Group 8 (Transport) of Schedule 8 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 shall be amended in accordance with articles 3 to 6 of this Order. 3 After item 6 there shall be inserted — 6A Air navigation services. 4 In paragraph (b) of item 11 after the words “of item 6,” there shall be inserted — item 6A,. 5 After Note (6) there shall be inserted — 6A “Air navigation services” has the same meaning as in the Civil Aviation Act 1982 . 6 In Note (7) after the words “of item 6,” there shall be inserted — item 6A,. Tim Wood Timothy Kirkhope Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 8th March 1995
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Supply of Pharmaceutical Goods) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 1st April 1995. 2 Group 12 (Drugs, Medicines, Aids for the Handicapped, Etc) of Schedule 8 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 shall be varied in accordance with the provisions of this Order. 3 After item 1 there shall be inserted— 1A The supply of any goods in accordance with a requirement or authorisation under— a regulation 20 of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 1992 ; b regulation 34 of the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995 ; or c regulation 41 of the Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1973 , by a person registered in the register of medical practitioners or the register of medical practitioners with limited registration. . 4 In Note (1), after the words “items 1” there shall be added “or item 1A”. 5 In Note (5), after the words “item 1” there shall be inserted “,1A”. Timothy Wood Timothy Kirkhope Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 8th March 1995
GOVERNMENT TRADING FUNDS 1 This Order may be cited as the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency Trading Fund Order 1995 and shall come into force on 1st April 1995. 2 The 1993 Order shall be varied in accordance with the following articles. 3 The operations of the Defence Research Agency Trading Fund shall, from 1st April 1995, be extended to those parts of the Ministry of Defence which carry out operational analysis and technical programmes functions and to the operations of the following parts of the Ministry of Defence: the Atomic Weapons Establishment, Foulness; the British Underwater Test and Evaluation Centre; the Centre for Human Sciences; the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment; the Defence Operational Analysis Centre; the Defence Research Information Centre; the Directorate General of Test and Evaluation. 4 The Defence Research Agency Trading Fund, as its operations are extended by this Order, shall be known as the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency Trading Fund. 5 The Crown assets set out in the Schedule to this Order (“the additional assets”) and the Crown liabilities so set out (“the additional liabilities”), being assets and liabilities properly attributable to those extended operations, shall be appropriated as assets and liabilities of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency Trading Fund. 6 68% of the amount by which the value of the additional assets exceeds the amounts of the additional liabilities shall be treated as public dividend capital of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency Trading Fund. Malcolm Rifkind Secretary of State for Defence 22nd February 1995 We concur Timothy Kirkhope Andrew Mitchell Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 2nd March 1995
POLICE Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Discipline) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st April 1995. Amendment of the Police (Discipline) (Scotland) Regulations 1967 2 1 The Police (Discipline) (Scotland) Regulations 1967 are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation. 2 In regulation 2 (procedure in relation to all constables), for the words “the deputy” there are substituted the words “any assistant”. 3 In the heading to Part III , the words “, deputy chief constables” are omitted. 4 In regulation 3 (interpretation) — a after the definition of “appropriate disciplinary authority” there is inserted the following definition:— “assistant chief constable” means (other than where those words appear in regulation 4) the constable of that rank who is required by the chief constable to exercise any function of the assistant chief constable specified in these Regulations in relation to any particular report, allegation or complaint which is the subject of investigation or consideration in terms of these Regulations and shall include a constable acting in place of that assistant chief constable; ; and b the definition of “deputy chief constable” is omitted. 5 In regulation 4 (scope) , the words “, a deputy chief constable,” are omitted. 6 In regulation 5 (investigation of charge) — a in paragraph (1), for the word “deputy” in each place where it occurs there is substituted the word “assistant”; and b in paragraph (2)— i for the words “a deputy” there are substituted the words “the assistant”; and ii for the word “deputy” where it occurs for the second and third times there is substituted the word “assistant”. 7 In regulations 6 (formulation and withdrawal of charges) , 7 (alleged criminal offence , 8 (documents to be supplied to the accused) , 9 (information from the accused in response to the discipline form) , 9A (variation of election on legal representation) , 10 (arrangements for the hearing) , 13 (statements in lieu of oral evidence) , 19 (suspension) ), 20 (offences by constables of different police forces) ) and 21 (records) ) and in Schedule 3 ) for the word “deputy” in each place where it occurs there is substituted the word “assistant”. 8 In regulation 11A(1) (representation of parties) ), for the words “a deputy” there are substituted the words “the assistant”. Amendment of the Police (Discipline) (Senior Officers) (Scotland) Regulations 1990 3 1 The Police (Discipline) (Senior Officers) (Scotland) Regulations 1990 ) are amended in accordance with the following paragraph of this regulation. 2 In regulation 2 (interpretation and application)— a in paragraph (1), in the definition of “senior officer”, the words “, a deputy chief constable,” are omitted; and b in paragraph (3), the words “, deputy chief constable” are omitted. Fraser of Carmyllie Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 7th March 1995
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC. Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces (Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st April 1995. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— “the principal Regulations ” means the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 1993 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 3 After regulation 3 of the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following regulation:— Priority handling fee 3A Subject to regulation 5 where— a a person applies for a service which is described in the entry numbered 1 or 3 in column 2 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations; b the application is made i in person before 1300 hours and the person requests that the extract be issued after 1600 hours on the same day; or ii in person after 1300 hours and the person requests that the extract be issued after 1000 hours on the next working day following the application; or iii by post and the person requests that the extract be issued by post on the next working day following receipt of the application; and c the Registrar General considers that the request can reasonably be complied with, then, in addition to the amount specified in column 4 of that Schedule as the fee payable for that service, a further fee of £10 per extract issued shall be payable, but, if the extract is not issued within the time requested, the further fee shall be refunded. . 4 In the entry numbered 11 in column 2 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (general search in both the parochial registers and in the indexes to the statutory registers), there shall be substituted, for the words “(b) in any other case” in that column to the end of that entry (including the corresponding entries in columns 3 and 4 of that Schedule), the following entries :— b in any other case— Per afternoon or part thereof (being any time after 1300 hours) Not applicable 9 Per day or part thereof 16 16 Per week 60 60 Per 4 weeks 185 200 Per quarter 420 455 Per year 1,250 1,350 . James Meldrum Registrar General New Register House, Edinburgh 27th February 1995 Approved by the Secretary of State Fraser of Carmyllie Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 7th March 1995
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Discretionary Expenditure Limits) (England) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 1st April 1995. 2 This Order applies to local authorities in England only. Expenditure limits 2 For the purposes of section 137(4)(a) of the Local Government Act 1972, there is hereby specified the sum of£3.80 in relation to — a a county council which is also exercising the functions of a district council pursuant to an order made under section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992 (“a structure change order”); and b a district council which is also exercising the functions of a county council pursuant to a structure change order. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 9th March 1995
POLICE Extent, citation and commencement 1 These Regulations, which extend to England and Wales and Scotland, may be cited as the Police (Disposal of Sound Equipment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 10th April 1995. Property to which Regulations apply 2 1 Subject to paragraph (2) below, these Regulations apply to property in the possession of the police which has been forfeited by order under section 66(1) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (“the 1994 Act ”) provided that — a not less than six months have expired from the date on which the order was made, and b either — i no application by a claimant of the property has been made under section 66(5) of the 1994 Act, or by virtue of section 66(6); or ii no such application has succeeded. 2 Where, within the period specified in paragraph (1)(a) above— a an application by a claimant of the property has been made under section 66(5) of the 1994 Act or by virtue of section 66(6), or b the person upon whose conviction the court ordered the forfeiture of the property under section 66(1) of that Act has appealed against his conviction or sentence, these Regulations shall not apply to the property until the application or appeal has been determined. Disposal of property 3 Property to which these Regulations apply shall be disposed of by sale or, if a police officer not below the rank of superintendent is satisfied that the nature of the property is such that it is not in the public interest that it should be sold, by other means in accordance with his directions. Application of proceeds of sale 4 1 The proceeds of any sale under regulation 3 above shall be paid to the police authority and shall be kept in a separate account (referred to in this regulation as “the Fund”). 2 The Fund, or any part thereof, may be invested as the police authority think fit and the income derived from the investments shall be added to and become part of the Fund. 3 The money, including income from investments, standing to the credit of the Fund shall be applicable — a to defray expenses incurred in the conveyance, storage and safe custody of the property to which these Regulations apply and in connection with its sale and otherwise in executing these Regulations; b to make such payments of such amounts as the police authority may determine for such charitable purposes as they may select. 4 The Fund shall be audited by an auditor nominated for that purpose by the police authority. 5 In this Regulation, references to the police authority shall, in respect of the metropolitan police district, be taken instead to be references to the Receiver for that district. Home Office Michael Howard One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 10th March 1995