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PENSIONS Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Contracting-out, Protected Rights and Safeguarded Rights (Transfer Payment) Amendment Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 6th April 2005. Amendment of the Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) Regulations 1996 2 1 The Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) Regulations 1996 shall be amended in accordance with this regulation. 2 In regulation 6 (transfer payments in respect of guaranteed minimum pensions to overseas schemes)— a after “an overseas scheme” insert “or an overseas arrangement”; b in paragraph (b) for “the earner” to “applies” substitute “, where the receiving scheme is an occupational pension scheme, the earner is in employment to which the receiving scheme applies”; c in paragraph (d) insert “or arrangement”— i after “scheme” where that word first appears; and ii after “receiving scheme”; and d in paragraph (e) insert “or arrangement” after “receiving scheme”. 3 In regulation 11 (transfer payments to overseas schemes or arrangements in respect of section 9(2B) rights) in paragraph (b)— a omit from “the earner” to “and”; and b for “that he” substitute “the earner”. Amendment of the Protected Rights (Transfer Payment) Regulations 1996 3 1 The Protected Rights (Transfer Payment) Regulations 1996 shall be amended in accordance with this regulation. 2 In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) after the definition of ““money purchase contracted-out scheme”” insert— “overseas arrangement” means a scheme or arrangement, other than an occupational pension scheme, which— has effect, or is capable of having effect, so as to provide benefits on termination of employment or on death or retirement to, or in respect of, earners; is not an appropriate personal pension scheme; and is administered wholly or primarily outside the United Kingdom; . 3 In regulation 5 (transfer payments to overseas schemes) in paragraph (b) for “the member” to “applies” substitute “, where the receiving scheme is an occupational pension scheme, the member is in employment to which the receiving scheme applies”. Amendment of the Pension Sharing (Pension Credit Benefit) Regulations 2000 4 1 The Pension Sharing (Pension Credit Benefit) Regulations 2000 shall be amended in accordance with this regulation. 2 In regulation 19 (transfer payments to overseas schemes or overseas arrangements) in paragraph (b)— a omit from “the person” to “and”; and b for “that he” substitute “the person with pension credit rights”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Malcolm Wicks Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions 7th March 2005
MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Justice Areas Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005. Local Justice Areas 2 The local justice areas into which England and Wales is divided are specified in the Schedule to this Order. Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor Christopher Leslie Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Constitutional Affairs 8th March 2005
ANIMALS, ENGLAND Title and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the TSE (England) Regulations 2002 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RATING AND VALUATION, ENGLAND Citation, application, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations, which apply to England only, may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Communications and Light Railways) (England) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005. 2 Any reference in these Regulations to a person by name is a reference to the company or body registered by or bearing that name on 1st October 2004. Effect 2 These Regulations shall have effect only in respect of local non-domestic rating lists compiled on or after 1st April 2005. Communications hereditaments 3 1 Where a person listed in Part 1 of the Schedule occupies or, if it is unoccupied, owns any hereditament which comprises posts, wires, fibres, cables, ducts, telephone kiosks, switching equipment, or other equipment, or easements or wayleaves, being property used for the monitoring, processing or transmission of communications or other signals for the provision of electronic communications services, and if, apart from these Regulations, those hereditaments would be more than one hereditament, those separate hereditaments shall be treated as one hereditament. 2 The hereditament described in paragraph (1) shall be treated— a as occupied by the person named in respect of it; and b as situated in the area of the billing authority listed against the person’s name in Part 1 of the Schedule. Light railway hereditaments 4 1 Where a person listed in Part 2 of the Schedule occupies or, if it is unoccupied, owns any hereditament which— a is used wholly or mainly for the purposes of the parts of its undertaking which are concerned with the carriage of goods or passengers by rail, or for purposes ancillary to those purposes (including the purpose of exhibiting advertisements); and b is not an excepted hereditament, and if, apart from these Regulations, those hereditaments would be more than one hereditament, those separate hereditaments shall be treated as one hereditament. 2 For the purposes of paragraph (1), “excepted hereditament” means a hereditament consisting of or comprising— a premises used as a shop, hotel, museum or place of public refreshment; b premises used wholly or mainly as office premises which are occupied by that person, where those premises are not situated on the operational land of that person; c premises or rights so let out as to be capable of separate assessment; and d premises, other than premises used in connection with the collection and delivery of parcels, goods or merchandise conveyed or to be conveyed by rail, used wholly or in part for purposes concerned with the carriage of goods or passengers by road transport or sea transport or with harbours, or for purposes incidental to such purposes. 3 The hereditament described in paragraph (1) shall be treated— a as occupied by the person named in respect of it; and b as situated in the area of the billing authority listed against the person’s name in Part 2 of the Schedule. Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State Phil Hope Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 8th March 2005
LAND DRAINAGE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Welsh Local Flood Defence Scheme 1996 (Revocation) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005. 2 This Order extends to England and Wales only. 3 In this Order— a “ the Act ” means the Environment Act 1995; b “the Scheme” means the Welsh Local Flood Defence Scheme 1996, approved on 19th April 1996 by the Secretary of State for Wales acting under section 17(8) of the Act, as varied by the Welsh Local Flood Defence Scheme (Variation) Scheme 2000, approved on 31st January 2001 by the National Assembly for Wales acting under section 17(8) of the Act. Abolition of the Scheme 2 The Scheme is revoked. Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998 Dafydd Elis Thomas The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly 25th January 2005
INSOLVENCY, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Insolvency Proceedings (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1 st April 2005 (“the commencement date”). Interpretation 2 In this Order references to the “principal Order” are to the Insolvency Proceedings (Fees) Order 2004 and a reference in this Order (other than in article 3) to a numbered article or Schedule is to the article or Schedule so numbered in the principal Order. Transitional provision 3 The amendments made by article 6 of this Order only apply in relation to any case where a winding-up or a bankruptcy order is made on or after the commencement date. Amendments to the principal Order 4 The principal Order shall be amended as set out in this Order. Amendments to article 6 of the principal Order 5 In article 6— a in paragraph (1)(c) after the words “sections 264(1)(a),” there is inserted “(ba), (bb),”; and b in paragraph (2) for the words “The deposit” there are substituted “Where a bankruptcy or winding-up petition is presented the appropriate deposit is payable by the petitioner and the deposit”. Amendments to Schedule 2 to the principal Order 6 In Schedule 2 for paragraph 1(2)(b) there is substituted— b does not include anything done by the official receiver in connection with or for the purposes of— i the appointment of agents for the purposes of, or in connection with, the realisation of assets; ii the making of a distribution to creditors (including preferential or secured creditors or both such classes of creditor); iii the realisation of assets on behalf of the holder of a fixed or floating charge or both types of those charges; or iv the supervision of a special manager. . Falconer of Thoroton, C 3rd March 2005 We concur Nick Ainger Jim Murphy Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 7th March 2005
MAGISTRATES' COURTS 1 These Rules may be cited as the Justices' Clerks Rules 2005 and shall come into force on 1 April 2005. 2 The things specified in the Schedule to these Rules, being authorised to be done by, to or before a single justice of the peace, may be done by, to or before a justices' clerk. 3 1 The things specified in paragraphs 1 to 36 in the Schedule to these Rules, being authorised to be done by, to or before a justices' clerk, may be done by, to or before an assistant clerk, provided that that person has been specifically authorised by the justices' clerk for that purpose, and any reference in the Schedule to a justices' clerk shall be taken to include such a person. 2 The powers authorised to be exercised by a justices' clerk at an early administrative hearing under section 50 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 may be exercised instead by an assistant clerk who has been specifically authorised by the justices' clerk for that purpose. 3 Any authorisation by the justices' clerk under paragraph (1) or (2) above shall be recorded in writing at the time the authority is given or as soon as practicable thereafter. 4 The Justices' Clerks Rules 1999 are hereby revoked. Christopher Leslie Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Constitutional Affairs 8th March 2005
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005. 2 In this Order, “the 1998 Order ” means the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 . 3 This Order extends to England and Wales. Amendment of the 1998 Order 2 Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order (rent rebate limitation deductions) is amended in accordance with the Schedule to this Order. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Malcolm Wicks Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions 3 March 2005 We consent Jim Murphy John Heppell Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 3 March 2005
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1 st April 2005. 2 This Order applies to school teachers within the meaning of section 122 of the Act in England and Wales. 2 The School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 2004 is amended as follows— a in paragraph 19.1 insert “Except in the case of a teacher to whom paragraph 20 applies,” before “a post-threshold teacher”. b for paragraph 20.2 substitute— Subject to paragraphs 20.3 and 20.4, after 31 st March 2005, the teacher shall be treated as if he had been placed at point U3 on the pay scale for post-threshold teachers and his salary shall be determined accordingly. ; c for paragraph 20.3 substitute— The teacher shall, in addition to his salary determined in accordance with paragraph 20.2, be paid a sum (“the safeguarded sum”) equivalent to the difference between the value at 1 st April 2004 of the point he was awarded under the 2003 Document and the value of point U3 for the area in which he served on 31 st March 2005. ; and d after paragraph 20.3 insert— 20.4 Payment of the safeguarded sum shall continue until either: a 31 st March 2008; or b the teacher ceases to be a classroom teacher, whichever is the earlier. . e paragraph 52.1 is amended as follows— i after “the sum of £33” insert “per year”; ii before “registration fee” insert “annual”; and iii omit “payable in the year 1 st April 2004 to 31 st March 2005”. Stephen Twigg Minister of State Department for Education and Skills 8th March 2005
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 13th April 2005. Increase of earnings limits in respect of dependent children 2 In paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992— a in paragraph (a), for the amount of £165 there shall be substituted the amount of £170, and b in paragraph (b), for the amount of £21 there shall be substituted the amount of £22 and for the amount of £165 there shall be substituted the amount of £170. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Malcolm Wicks Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions 10 March 2005
INSOLVENCY, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and Commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Insolvency Practitioners and Insolvency Services Account (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005. Amendments to the Insolvency Practitioners and Insolvency Services Account (Fees) Order 2003 2 1 The Schedule to the Insolvency Practitioners and Insolvency Services Account (Fees) Order 2003 shall be amended as set out below. 2 After paragraph 1(2) there is inserted— 2A In this Schedule “working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day or a Bank Holiday in England and Wales in accordance with the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 . . 3 For paragraph 1(4) there is substituted— 4 An account ceases to be maintained with the Secretary of State in the case of a winding up by the court or a bankruptcy where— a the liquidator or the trustee has filed a receipts and payments account with the Secretary of State pursuant to regulation 14 or regulation 28; b the account contains, or is accompanied by, a statement that it is a final receipts and payments account; and c four working days have elapsed since the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) have been met, but an account is revived in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (5). 4A An account ceases to be maintained with the Secretary of State in the case of a voluntary winding up where— a no monies to which that account relates are held in the Insolvency Services Account (other than any unclaimed dividends or any amount that it is impracticable to distribute to creditors or is required for the payment of fees that are or will become payable while the account is maintained); and b notice in writing has been given to the Secretary of State that the account is no longer required and four working days have elapsed since the receipt of that notice by the Secretary of State, but an account is revived in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (5). . 4 In paragraph 1(5) for the words “paragraph (4)” there is substituted “paragraphs (4) and (4A)”. Gerry Sutcliffe Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Consumers and Postal Services Department of Trade and Industry 2nd March 2005
PUBLIC HEALTH Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Health Protection Agency Act 2004 (National Radiological Protection Board and Health Protection Agency Special Health Authority (Yr Asiantaeth Diogelu Iechyd)) (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005. 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Health Protection Agency Act 2004; “the HPA SHA ” means the Health Protection Agency (Yr Asiantaeth Diogelu Iechyd), a special health authority established by article 2 of the Health Protection Agency (Yr Asiantaeth Diogelu Iechyd) (Establishment) Order 2003 ; “the NRPB ” means the National Radiological Protection Board established by section 1(1) of the Radiological Protection Act 1970 . NRPB and HPA SHA – accounts 2 1 The Agency must prepare annual accounts in respect of the year beginning on 1st April 2004 and ending on 31st March 2005 in such form as the Secretary of State, with the approval of the Treasury, may direct— a of the NRPB; and b of the HPA SHA. 2 The Agency must send copies of each of those annual accounts on or before 31st October 2005 to the Comptroller and Auditor General. 3 The Comptroller and Auditor General must examine, certify and report on each of those annual accounts. 4 The Agency must lay copies of each of those annual accounts and of each of the reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General before each House of Parliament. 5 The Agency must send each of those annual accounts to the Secretary of State. NRPB and HPA SHA - consequential amendments 3 The enactments specified in the Schedule are amended as specified there. HPA SHA - revocation 4 The Health Service Commissioner for England (Health Protection Agency (Yr Asiantaeth Diogelu Iechyd)) Order 2003 is revoked.
PENSIONS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2005 and shall come into force on 6th April 2005. Increase of guaranteed minimum pensions 2 For the purposes of section 109(2) and (3) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 the percentage by which there is to be an increase in the rate of that part of any guaranteed minimum pension which is attributable to earnings factors for the tax years in the relevant period shall be 3 per cent. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Malcolm Wicks Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions 8th March 2005
FOOD, ENGLAND Title, commencement and application 1 These Regulations — a may be cited as the Colours in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005; b shall come into force on 1st April 2005; and c shall apply in relation to England only. Amendment of the Colours in Food Regulations 1995 2 1 The Colours in Food Regulations 1995 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation. 2 In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation) in the definition of “Directive 95/45/EC ” , for the words “and Directive 2001/50/EC ” there shall be substituted the words — Directive 2001/50/EC and Directive 2004/47/EC ; . 3 In regulation 13 (transitional provision and exemption) after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 1A In any proceedings for an offence against these Regulations it shall be a defence to prove that — a the colour or food which is the subject of the allegation was put on the market or labelled before 1st April 2005; and b the matter constituting the offence would not have constituted an offence under these Regulations as they stood immediately before the coming into force of the Colours in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005. . Signed by the Authority of the Secretary of State for Health Melanie Johnson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of Health 4th March 2005
EDUCATION, ENGLAND Citation, commencement, and application 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the LEA Budget, Schools Budget and Individual Schools Budget (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 31st March 2005. 2 Regulation 2 amends the LEA Budget, Schools Budget and Individual Schools Budget (England) Regulations 2004 (“the Budget regulations”). 3 These Regulations apply in relation to the financial year beginning on 1st April 2005. Amendment to the Budget regulations 2 In respect of each of the local education authorities named in the first column in the table in the Schedule, the words set out in the second column against each authority’s name are added after the formula and before the word “where” in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2. Stephen Twigg Minister of State Department for Education and Skills 8th March 2005
POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revisions to Code C) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005. 2 In this Order “ PACE Code C” means the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 Code of Practice for the Detention, Treatment and Questioning of Persons by Police Officers . Revisions to PACE Code C 2 1 PACE Code C is amended as follows. 2 In Annex I (Police areas where the power to test persons aged 18 and over for specified Class A drugs under section 63B of PACE has been brought into force)— a after “Greater Manchester”, insert “Gwent”; b after “Metropolitan Police District”, insert “Northamptonshire”; and c after “Nottinghamshire”, insert “South Wales”. Caroline Flint Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Home Office 9th March 2005
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND Citation, commencement, application and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the National Health Service Litigation Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Amendment Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005. 2 This Order applies in relation to England. 3 In this Order “the principal Order ” means the National Health Service Litigation Authority (Establishment and Constitution )Order 1995 . Amendment of article 3 of the principal Order 2 For regulation 3 of the principal Order substitute — Functions of the Authority 3 Subject to and in accordance with such directions as the Secretary of State may give to the Authority, the Authority shall perform on behalf of the Secretary of State - a such of his functions in connection with the establishment and administration of a scheme under section 21 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (scheme for meeting liabilities of health service bodies); b such of his appellate and other functions in connection with the decisions and functions of Primary Care Trusts; and c such other functions as the Secretary of State may direct. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Rosie Winterton Minister of State, Department of Health 8th March 2005