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ANTARCTICA Citation and commencement 1 —This Order may be cited as the Antarctic Act 1994 (Gibraltar) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 15th November 1996. Amendment to the principal Order 2 —The Antarctic Act 1994 (Overseas Territories) Order 1995 shall be amended by adding Gibraltar to the list of territories in Schedule 2 to the Order. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 1 This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Ordinary Cause Rules Amendment) (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) 1996 and shall come into force on 31st October 1996. 2 This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt. Revocation 2 Paragraph 2 of the Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Ordinary Cause Rules Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 1996 is hereby revoked. Rodger of Earlsferry Lord President, IPD Edinburgh, 9th October 1996
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Central Nottinghamshire Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1996 and shall come into force on 12th November 1996. Amendment of Establishment Order 2 In Article 3(2) of the Central Nottinghamshire Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 (functions of the trust)— a in sub-paragraph (a) for “Newark General Hospital, London Road, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire NG24 1TG” there shall be substituted “Newark Hospital, Bowbridge Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG24 4DK”; and b in sub-paragraph (b) for “Pine House, Ransom Hospital, Rainworth, Nr Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG21 0ER” there shall be substituted “Central Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust Headquarters, Southwell Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG18 4HH”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health John Horam Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of Health 12th October 1996
COUNTY COURTS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment No. 3) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 4th November 1996. Interpretation 2 In this Order, “the 1983 Order ” means the Civil Courts Order 1983 , and an article or Schedule referred to by number alone means the article or Schedule so numbered in that Order. Amendments to the 1983 Order 3 In paragraph (2) of article 4: — a the following words shall be inserted at the end: — “and the name of the district registry at Torquay shall be the Torquay and Newton Abbot District Registry”; and “,” shall be substituted for the word “and”. 4 In Schedule 1 the word “Goole” shall be omitted from the second column opposite the entry for Kingston upon Hull and reinserted in the second column opposite the entry relating to Doncaster. 5 In Schedule 1 the words “Torquay and Newton Abbot” shall be substituted for the word “Torquay” in the second column opposite the entry relating to Torquay. 6 In Schedule 3 in the entry relating to Doncaster, the words “Kingston upon Hull” shall be substituted for the word “Leeds” in the third column. 7 In Schedule 3 in the entry relating to Goole, the word “Doncaster” shall be substituted for the word “Wakefield” in the fourth column. 8 In Schedule 4 after paragraph 11 there shall be inserted the following: — 11A The name of the county court at Torquay shall be the Torquay and Newton Abbot County Court.. Mackay of Clashfern, C. 10th October 1996
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (Inspectors of Schools in England) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 18th November 1996. 2 The persons named in the Schedule to this Order are hereby appointed Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools in England with effect from 19th November 1996. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1996. 2 The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 1996 , the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1993 and the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1993 are revoked. 3 The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986 is amended by deleting Schedules 1 and 2 and substituting therefor Schedules 1 and 2 which are set out in the Schedule to this Order. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (Recognised Awards) (Richmond College) (No. 2) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 31st October 1996. Designation of awards 2 Any award granted or to be granted before 31st December 2006 by Richmond College, the American International University in London is hereby designated as a recognised award for the purposes of section 214 of the Education Reform Act 1988. Revocations 3 The Orders set out in the Schedule to this Order are hereby revoked. Henley Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 9th October 1996
COUNTRYSIDE Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Environment Act (Commencement No. 6 and Repeal Provisions) Order 1996. Provisions coming into force on 1st April 1997 2 The following provisions of the Environment Act 1995 shall come into force on 1st April 1997— section 78 insofar as it relates to paragraphs 10(2)(b), 22(2), (4)(c), (6) and (7), 27, 32(14) and 33(6) to (8), 35 (insofar as that paragraph is not already in force), and 38(2) of Schedule 10; section 120(3) insofar as it relates to the repeal of the enactments mentioned in Schedule 24 to the Environment Act 1995 (to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule) and listed in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order, insofar as those repeals are not already in force, subject to the exceptions indicated in column (2); and paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 7. Revocation 3 The following provisions of article 3 (provisions coming into force on 1st April 1996) of the Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No. 4 and Saving Provisions) Order 1995 are revoked with effect from 1st April 1997— in paragraph (1), the words “—(1) Subject to paragraph (2),”; and paragraph (2). Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment David Curry Minister of State Department of the Environment 7th October 1996
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the A3 Trunk Road (Woolmer Road Junction Improvement Slip Road) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st November 1996. 2 In this Order all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway. 2 The new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in the Schedule to this Order which connects the trunk road with other highways at the place stated in that Schedule (the highway along that route being in this Order referred to as “the slip road”), shall become a trunk road from the date when this Order comes into force. 3 The centre line of the slip road is indicated by a heavy black line on the deposited plan. 4 The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of the slip road that— a where the highway is a highway maintainable at the public expense by a local highway authority, the part in question shall be maintained by that authority; and b where the highway is not so maintainable and is not maintainable under a special enactment or by reason of tenure, enclosure or prescription, the Secretary of State shall be under no duty to maintain the part in question, until, in either case, a date to be specified in a notice given by the Secretary of State to the highway authority for that highway. The date specified will not be later than the date on which the slip road is opened for traffic. 5 In this Order:— 1 “the deposited plan” means the plan numbered SNPR96/9, marked “The A3 Trunk Road (Woolmer Road Improvement Slip Road) Order 1996”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at the Department of Transport, Great Minster House, Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR; and 2 “the trunk road” means the A3 Trunk Road. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport A. D. Rowland Director Southern Network Management Division Highways Agency 7th October 1996
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC. Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st November 1996. Amendment of the Registration of Marriages Regulations 1986 2 In the Registration of Marriages Regulations 1986 , in form 12 in Schedule 1 (instructions for the solemnization of a marriage in a registered building without the presence of a registrar), after paragraph 5 there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 5A If the marriage is solemnized on or after 1st February 1997 , as an alternative to the declaration set out in paragraph 5, the persons contracting the marriage may make the declaration— a by saying “I declare that I know of no legal reason why I [ name ] may not be joined in marriage to [ name ]”; or b by replying “I am” to the question put to them successively “Are you [ name ] free lawfully to marry [ name ] ?” and as an alternative to the words of contract set out in paragraph 5, the persons to be married may say to each other “I [ name ] take you [ or thee] [ name ] to be my wedded wife [ or husband]”. . Given under my hand on 8th October 1996 Dr. D. Holt Registrar General I approve, Kenneth Clarke Chancellor of the Exchequer 8th October 1996
BROADCASTING 1 This Order may be cited as the Foreign Satellite Service Proscription Order 1996 and shall come into force on 31st October 1996. 2 The foreign satellite service which at the date of making this Order is known as Rendez-Vous is hereby proscribed for the purposes of section 178 of the Broadcasting Act 1990. Virginia Bottomley Secretary of State for National Heritage 10th October 1996
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.3) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st November 1996. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1989 . Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations 2 In regulation 1(2) of the principal Regulations (interpretation) in the definition of “ NHS sight test fee”– a in sub-paragraph (a) for “£36.65” there is substituted “£37.83”; and b in sub-paragraph (b) for “£13.41” there is substituted “£13.71”. George Kynoch Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 8th October 1996
AGRICULTURE Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Beef (Marketing Payment) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st November 1996. Amendment 2 Regulation 9 of the Beef (Marketing Payment) Regulations 1996 , shall be replaced by— 9 Except where the appropriate Minister recovers from any applicant a payment or part of a payment paid to that applicant as a result of an error of that Minister, he may charge interest on any payment recovered under regulation 8 at the rate of one percentage point above the sterling three months London Interbank Offered Rate on a day to day basis for the period from the date of payment to the date of reimbursement by the applicant. . Douglas Hogg Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 7th October 1996 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jonathan Evans Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 8th October 1996
INCOME TAX 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income Tax (Employments) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st November 1996. 2 The Income Tax (Employments) Regulations 1993 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4. 3 In regulation 29, for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 1 This regulation applies to an employee within regulation 28(1)(a) who certifies, on a form provided by the Board and delivered to the employer— a that he is taking up employment for the first time after a period of full-time education, b that he has not made a claim as defined in regulation 81, and c that he is not in receipt of a pension. 4 In regulation 30, for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 1 This regulation applies to an employee within regulation 28(1)(a), who is not within regulation 29, and who certifies, on a form provided by the Board and delivered to the employer— a that the employment is his only or main employment, and b that he is not in receipt of a pension. S C T Matheson G H Bush Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue 7th October 1996
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Swindon and Marlborough National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1996, and shall come into force on 6th November 1996. 2 In this Order — “the Authority” means the Wiltshire Health Authority established on 1st April 1996; “the old Authority” means the Wiltshire and Bath Health Authority established on 1st April 1994 and abolished on 1st April 1996 ; “the Trust” means the Swindon and Marlborough Health National Health Service Trust; “the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by and agreed upon by the old Authority and the Trust on 4th March 1996, which schedule has been signed on behalf of both the old Authority and the Trust. Transfer of trust property 2 On 6th November 1996 the trust property shall be transferred from the Authority to the Trust. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health John Horam Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of Health 3rd October 1996
EXTRADITION 1 This Order may be cited as the European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the date, to be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes, on which the Agreement becomes applicable in respect of the United Kingdom. 2 The European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 (“the 1990 Order ”) shall have effect as between the United Kingdom and those States listed at Schedule 2 to this Order as if the terms embodied in Schedule 1 to the 1990 Order were amended, subject to the declarations set out in Schedule 3 to this Order, by the terms of the Agreement recited at Schedule 1 to this Order. 3 The operation of this Order is limited to the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
TRANSPORT 1 This Order may be cited as the Railtrack Group PLC (Target Investment Limit) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 4th November 1996. 2 The target investment limit for the Government shareholding in Railtrack Group PLC shall be 1.25 per cent. of the voting rights which are exercisable in all circumstances at general meetings of the company. George Young Secretary of State for Transport 2nd October 1996 We consent, Roger Knapman Bowen Wells Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 8th October 1996
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Contempt of Court Proceedings (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st November 1996. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Legal Aid in Contempt of Court Proceedings (Scotland) Regulations 1992 . Application 2 The amendments made to the principal Regulations by regulation 4 of these Regulations shall apply only to work done on or after 1st November 1996. Amendment of the principal Regulations 3 In the definition of “legal representative” in regulation 2 of the principal Regulations, before the words “curator bonis” there shall be inserted the words “person having parental responsibilities within the meaning of section 1(3) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 or a”. 4 After regulation 7 of the principal Regulations there shall be inserted– Prior approval of the Board for work of an unusual nature or likely to involve unusually large expenditure 7A The prior approval of the Board shall be required for work of an unusual nature or likely to involve unusually large expenditure. . James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 3rd October 1996
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Parental Responsibilities and Parental Rights Agreement (Scotland) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st November 1996. Form of parental responsibilities and parental rights agreement 2 The agreement between the mother and father of a child under section 4(1) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (the acquisition of parental rights and parental responsibilities by that child’s natural father) shall be in the form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations or in a form substantially to the like effect. James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 6th October 1996
CRIMINAL LAW, SCOTLAND 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Prosecutor’s Right of Appeal in Summary Proceedings (Scotland) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st November 1996. 2 This Order shall extend to Scotland only. 2 The class of case in summary proceedings which is specified by this Order is any case in which, on or after 1st November 1996,– a sentence is passed, or b a probation order, community service order or order deferring sentence is made, or c the person is admonished or discharged absolutely. James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 6th October 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Changes (Rent Act Registration Areas) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. Amendment of registration areas 2 For the purposes of Part IV of the Rent Act 1977 (registration of rents under regulated tenancies) there shall be— a the Bedfordshire registration area comprising the counties of Bedfordshire and Luton; b the Buckinghamshire registration area comprising the counties of Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes; c the Derbyshire registration area comprising the counties of Derbyshire and Derby; d the Dorset registration area comprising the counties of— i Bournemouth; ii Dorset; and iii Poole; e the Durham registration area comprising the counties of Darlington and Durham; f the East Sussex registration area comprising the counties of Brighton and Hove and East Sussex; g the Hampshire registration area comprising the counties of— i Hampshire; ii Portsmouth; and iii Southampton; h the Leicestershire registration area comprising the counties of— i Leicestershire; ii Leicester; and iii Rutland; i the Staffordshire registration area comprising the counties of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent; j the Wiltshire registration area comprising the counties of Thamesdown and Wiltshire. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 7th October 1996
CANALS AND INLAND WATERWAYS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the British Waterways Board (Sheffield and Tinsley Canal) (Reclassification) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 6th November 1996. Reclassification of the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal 2 In Part II of Schedule 12 to the Transport Act 1968 (cruising waterways), after the entry relating to the Ripon Canal, there shall be inserted the following entry:— The Sheffield and Tinsley Canal from its commencement at the Sheffield Canal Basin to its junction with the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation at the tail of the bottom lock at Tinsley. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Robert Jones Minister of State, Department of the Environment 7th October 1996
COUNTRYSIDE Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the National Park Authorities (England) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 6th November 1996. Amendment of Order 2 Paragraph 10 (standing orders) of Schedule 7 (transitional provisions: general) of the National Park Authorities (England) Order 1996 is amended by the substitution, for sub-paragraph (2), of the following— 2 On and after 1st April 1997, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part I, and paragraph 3(a) of Part II, of the Schedule to the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) Regulations 1993 shall apply to a National Park authority and, accordingly, a National Park authority shall, not later than its first meeting after that date, take all the action required by regulations 2 and 4 of those Regulations in respect of the standing orders provided for in those paragraphs. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment. David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 7th October 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Braintree and South Bedfordshire District Councils) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 4th November 1996. Exemption of grounds maintenance 2 The maintenance of ground by the council of the district of Braintree shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out within any cemetery in their area before 1st January 1998. Exemption of cleaning of buildings 3 The cleaning of buildings by the council of the district of South Bedfordshire shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out before 1st October 1997 in relation to buildings within their area other than— a The District Offices, High Street North, Dunstable, and b public conveniences. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Paul Beresford Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 5th October 1996