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AGRICULTURE Title, commencement and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Selective Cull (Enforcement of Community Compensation Conditions) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 24th January 1997. 2 These Regulations extend to Great Britain. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— “approved operator” means the operator of an incinerator or rendering plant, as the case may be, approved under the Specified Bovine Material ( No. 3) Order 1996 ; “the Commission Regulation” means Commission Regulation ( EC ) No. 1484/96 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom by application of Commission Decision 96/385/EC ; “licensed operator” means the owner or occupier of a slaughterhouse licensed under the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 ; “selective cull” means the compulsory slaughter programme introduced under section 32 of the Animal Health Act 1981 in accordance with the plan for the control and eradication of bovine spongiform encephalopathy drawn up by the United Kingdom and approved by Commission Decision 96/385/EC ; and “specified Community provision” means a provision of the Commission Regulation specified in the Schedule to these Regulations. Offences 3 1 Where there is, in a slaughterhouse, a contravention of, or failure to comply with, any specified Community provision referred to in Part I of the Table in the Schedule to these Regulations, the licensed operator of that slaughterhouse shall be guilty of an offence. 2 Where there is, at premises housing an incinerator or at a rendering plant, a contravention of, or failure to comply with, any specified Community provision referred to in Part II of the Table in the Schedule to these Regulations, the approved operator of that incinerator or plant shall be guilty of an offence. Penalties 4 A person guilty of an offence under regulation 3 of these Regulations shall be liable on conviction on indictment to a fine, and on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. Offences by bodies corporate 5 1 Where an offence under regulation 3 of these Regulations committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or approval of any director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. 2 In paragraph (1) above a reference to a body corporate includes a Scottish partnership and a reference to a director includes a partner in a Scottish partnership. Angela Browning Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 18th December 1996 Lindsay Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 16th December 1996
ANIMALS Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Specified Bovine Material (No. 3) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 24th January 1997. Amendment of the Specified Bovine Material (No. 3) Order 1996 2 1 In Article 2(1) of the Specified Bovine Material (No. 3) Order 1996 the definition of scheme animal shall be replaced by the following definition– “scheme animal” means a bovine animal– which has been slaughtered pursuant to the purchase scheme introduced under Commission Regulation ( EC ) No. 716/96 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom; or which, being an animal which has been exposed to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the Minister has caused to be slaughtered under section 32(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981. . Angela Browning Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 16th December 1996 Lindsay Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Scottish Office 16th December 1996 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jonathan Grans Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Welsh Office 17th December1996
ENERGY CONSERVATION Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 (Commencement No. 4) (Wales) Order 1996. Commencement 2 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 shall come into force on 1st April 1997. 2 Sections 3(1) and 4(1) and (2) of that Act shall come into force on 10th January 1997. Application 3 This Order shall apply in relation only to energy conservation authorities whose areas are in Wales. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jonathan Evans Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 17th December 1996
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Child Minding and Day Care (Registration and Inspection Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st February 1997. Amendment of the Child Minding and Day Care (Registration and Inspection Fees) Regulations 1991 2 1 The Child Minding and Day Care (Registration and Inspection Fees) Regulations 1991 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 In regulation 3 (registration)— a in paragraph (1) for the sum “£10.00” there shall be substituted the sum “£12.50”; and b in paragraph (2)— i in sub-paragraph (a) for the sum “£100.00” there shall be substituted the sum “£110.00”; and ii in sub-paragraph (b) for the sum “£10.00” there shall be substituted the sum “£12.50”. 3 In regulation 4 (fee on annual inspection)— a in paragraph (a) for the sum “£7.50” there shall be substituted the sum “£10.00”; b in paragraph (b) for the sum “£75.00” there shall be substituted the sum “£85.00”; and c in paragraph (c) for the sum “£7.50” there shall be substituted the sum “£10.00”. Stephen Dorrell One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, Department of Health 18th December 1996
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st March 1997. 2 Roy Lewis James, Esquire, is hereby appointed Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales for a period commencing on 1st March 1997 and expiring on 31st May 1997. 3 The Education (Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales) Order 1994 is hereby revoked. N.H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
JUDICIAL COMMITTEE 1 The Table of fees set out in Part II of Schedule B to the Judicial Committee (General Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules Order 1982 is deleted and the Table set out in the Schedule to this Order substituted therefor. 2 The Judicial Committee (Fees) Order 1989 is revoked. 3 This Order may be cited as the Judicial Committee (Fees) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st January 1997. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
CINEMAS AND FILMS 1 This Order may be cited as the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 2nd February 1997. 2 The Schedule to the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production Order 1994 shall be amended by inserting at the appropriate places in alphabetical order the words “Hungary” and “Spain”. N H Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
INCOME TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Republic of Korea) Order 1996. 2 It is hereby declared— a that the arrangements specified in the Convention set out in Part I of the Schedule to this Order and in the Exchange of Notes constituting an Agreement set out in Part II of that Schedule have been made with the Government of the Republic of Korea 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 Republic of Korea; b that those arrangements include provisions with respect to the exchange of information necessary for carrying out the domestic laws of the United Kingdom and the laws of the Republic of Korea concerning taxes covered by the arrangements; and c that it is expedient that those arrangements should have effect. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
INCOME TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Latvia) Order 1996. 2 It is hereby declared— a that the arrangements specified in the Convention set out in Part I of the Schedule to this Order and in the Exchange of Notes constituting an Agreement set out in Part II of that Schedule have been made with the Government of the Republic of Latvia 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 Latvia; b that those arrangements include provisions with respect to the exchange of information necessary for carrying out the domestic laws of the United Kingdom and the laws of Latvia concerning taxes covered by the arrangements including, in particular, provisions about the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to those taxes; and c that it is expedient that those arrangements should have effect. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
HOVERCRAFT 1 This Order may be cited as the Hovercraft (General) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st February 1997. 2 The Hovercraft (General) Order 1972 is hereby amended as follows. 3 In article 3 the definition of “The CAA ” shall be omitted. 4 In article 4, sub-paragraph (i) of the proviso shall be omitted. 5 In Part II there shall be inserted before article 8 the following article: 7A This Part does not apply to hovercraft to which the Merchant Shipping (High-Speed Craft) Regulations 1996 apply. 6 In article 8, paragraph (a) of the proviso shall be omitted. 7 In the following provisions, for the reference to “the CAA” there shall be substituted “the Secretary of State”— i article 8, paragraph (b) of the proviso; ii articles 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16. 8 Articles 9 and 10 shall be omitted. 9 In article 11(1), sub-paragraph (a) shall be omitted. 10 In article 15(1) “10(3) or” shall be omitted. 11 In article 16 for “an Experimental or” there shall be substituted “a” 12 In Part III there shall be inserted before article 18 the following article: 17A This Part does not apply to hovercraft to which the Merchant Shipping (High-Speed Craft) Regulations 1996 apply. . 13 In article 18(1) the last sentence shall be omitted. 14 In article 23— a in paragraph (1) the words “or operating unregistered in the United Kingdom in accordance with proviso (i) in Article 4” shall be omitted; and b in paragraph (1) (a) “or Experimental Certificate if any” shall be omitted. 15 In article 24(2) the words “or was operating unregistered in accordance with proviso (i) in Article 4 of this Order” shall be omitted. 16 In article 33 for paragraphs (3) to (5) there shall be substituted the following— 3 If any person contravenes any provision of this Order, not being a provision referred to in paragraph (4) or paragraph (5) of this article, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale. 4 If any person contravenes any provision specified in Part A of the Schedule to this Order he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale. 5 If any person contravenes any provision specified in Part B of the said Schedule he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. N.H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Iron and Steel Employees Re-adaptation Benefits Scheme) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 8th January 1997. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations, “the 1988 Regulations ” mean the European Communities (Iron and Steel Employees Re-adaptation Benefits Scheme) (No. 2) Regulations 1988 as they continue to apply by virtue of regulation 4 of the European Communities (Iron and Steel Employees Re-adaptation Benefits Scheme) (No. 2) (Scheme Termination) Regulations 1994 . Amendment to the 1988 Regulations 3 Paragraph (1)(a) of Article 2 of Schedule 1 to the 1988 Regulations shall be amended by inserting after the words “transferred employee” the words “on or before 31st March 1996”. Application of the Scheme 4 The Scheme set out in the Schedule to these Regulations (hereinafter referred to as “the Supplemental Scheme”) shall apply to those classes of persons prescribed therein who, but for the provisions of regulation 3 of these Regulations, would have been eligible for payments under the Scheme set out in Schedule 1 to the 1988 Regulations. Greg Knight Minister for Industry Department of Trade and Industry 17th December 1996
INCOME TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (China) Order 1996. 2 It is hereby declared— a that the arrangements specified in the Protocol set out in the Schedule to this Order, which vary the arrangements set out in the Schedule to the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (China) Order 1984 , have been made with the Government 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 China; and b that it is expedient that those arrangements should have effect. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
INCOME TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Denmark) Order 1996. 2 It is hereby declared— a that the arrangements specified in the Protocol set out in Part I of the Schedule to this Order and in the Exchange of Notes constituting an Agreement set out in Part II of that Schedule, which vary the arrangements set out in the Schedule to the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Denmark) Order 1980 , as amended by the arrangements set out in the Schedule to the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Denmark) Order 1991 , have been made with the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark 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 Denmark; and b that it is expedient that those arrangements should have effect. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS Citation and commencement 1 These Rules may be cited as the Employment Appeal Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 1996 and shall come into force on 10th January 1997. Amendment of Rules 2 After rule 23 of the Employment Appeal Tribunal Rules 1993 , there shall be inserted:— Restricted reporting orders in disability cases 23A 1 This rule applies to proceedings to which section 32(1) of the Industrial Tribunals Act 1996 applies. 2 In proceedings to which this rule applies the Appeal Tribunal may, on the application of the complainant or of its own motion, make a restricted reporting order having effect, if not revoked earlier by the Appeal Tribunal, until the promulgation of its decision. 3 Where the Appeal Tribunal makes a restricted reporting order under paragraph (2) of this rule in relation to an appeal which is being dealt with by the Appeal Tribunal together with any other proceedings, the Appeal Tribunal may direct that the order is to apply also in relation to those other proceedings or such part of them as it may direct. 4 Paragraphs (5) to (9) of rule 23 apply in relation to the making of a restricted reporting order under this rule as they apply in relation to the making of a restricted reporting order under that rule. . Mackay of Clashfern,C. Dated 19th December 1996
ARBITRATION 1 This Order may be cited as the Unfair Arbitration Agreements (Specified Amount) Order 1996, and shall come into force on 31st January 1997. 2 The amount of £3,000 is hereby specified for the purposes of section 91 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (arbitration agreement unfair where modest amount sought). John M. Taylor, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Corporate and Consumer Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 16th December 1996 I concur, Mackay of Clashfern, C. 17th December 1996 I concur, Mackay of Drumadoon, Lord Advocate's Department 19th December 1996
PROBATION 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Combined Probation Areas (North Yorkshire) Order 1996. 2 This Order shall come into force on 1st January 1997 save that, for the purpose of making appointments to the probation committee for North Yorkshire to take effect on that date, this Order shall come into force forthwith. 2 That part of Schedule 2 to the Combined Probation Areas Order 1986 which relates to the North Yorkshire Area , shall be amended by— a omitting the entry in respect of the petty sessions area of Easingwold; b substituting “4” for “3” in the entry in respect of the petty sessions area of Northallerton in column 3; c substituting “6” for “5” in the entry in respect of the petty sessions area of York in column 3. Blatch Minister of State Home Office 12th December 1996
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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Falkland Islands) Order 1996, and shall come into force on 1 March 1997. 2 Sections 1 to 24A, inclusive, section 25(1) and (2), sections 26 and 27 of and Schedules 1 to 3, inclusive, to the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985, modified as in the Schedule hereto, shall extend to the Falkland Islands. 3 For the purpose of the Schedule hereto, the term “ Governor ” means the officer for the time being administering the Government of the Falkland Islands. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC. Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997. 2 In this Order a reference to a numbered column is to the column in the Schedule to this Order bearing that number. Fees payable 2 In each enactment specified in column (2) in relation to which there is an entry in column (5), for the sum specified in column (5) there is substituted the sum specified in relation to it in column (4); and the fee payable in England and Wales under each of the enactments specified in column (2) in respect of a matter or case specified in column (3) is that specified in relation to that matter or case in column (4). Revocation of The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1995 3 The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1995 (under which the fees payable were as respectively set out in column (5) of the Schedule to this Order) is hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Angela Knight Economic Secretary to the Treasury 16th December 1996
INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Industrial Tribunals Act 1996 (Commencement) Order 1996. Commencement 2 The day appointed as that from which the Industrial Tribunals Act 1996 has effect with the inclusion of sections 12(3) to (6) and 32(3) to (6) of the Act is the day after the day on which this Order is made. John M Taylor, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Corporate and Consumer Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 17th December 1996
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st January 1997. 2 1 Regulation 70 of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1996 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) below. 2 In paragraph (6)— a the word “and” after the definitions of “old category” and “class included in an old category” shall be omitted; and b after the definition of “new category”, there shall be inserted— and “section 19 permit” means a permit granted under section 19 of the Transport Act 1985 . 3 In the table at the end of the regulation, for the entry beginning “D, limited to vehicles not driven for hire or reward” there shall be substituted— “D, limited to vehicles not driven for hire or reward Vehicles in category D which are either driven while being used in accordance with a section 19 permit or, if not being so used, driven otherwise than for hire or reward”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport John Bowis Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport 18th December 1996
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT Citation, commencement and revocation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Protection (Continuity of Employment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 13th January 1997. 2 The Employment Protection (Continuity of Employment) Regulations 1993 are revoked. Application 2 These Regulations apply to any action taken in relation to the dismissal of an employee which consists of— a his making a claim in accordance with a dismissal procedures agreement designated by an order under section 110 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, b the presentation by him of a relevant complaint of dismissal, c any action taken by a conciliation officer under section 18 of the Industrial Tribunals Act 1996 , or d the making of a relevant compromise contract. Continuity of employment where employee re-engaged 3 1 The provisions of this regulation shall have effect to preserve the continuity of a person’s period of employment for the purposes of— a Chapter I of Part XIV of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (continuous employment), and b that Chapter as applied by subsection (2) of section 282 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 for the purposes of that section. 2 If in consequence of any action to which these Regulations apply a dismissed employee is reinstated or re-employed by his employer or by a successor or associated employer of the employer— a the continuity of that employee’s period of employment shall be preserved, and b the period beginning with the date on which the dismissal takes effect and ending with the date of reinstatement or re-engagement shall count in the computation of the employee’s period of continuous employment. Exclusion of operation of section 214 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 where redundancy or equivalent payment repaid 4 1 Section 214 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (continuity broken where employee re-employed after the making of a redundancy payment or equivalent payment) shall not apply where— a in consequence of any action to which these Regulations apply a dismissed employee is reinstated or re-employed by his employer or by a successor or associated employer of the employer, b the terms upon which he is so reinstated or re-engaged include provision for him to repay the amount of a redundancy payment or an equivalent payment paid in respect of the relevant dismissal, and c that provision is complied with. 2 For the purposes of this regulation the cases in which a redundancy payment shall be treated as having been paid are the cases mentioned in section 214(5) of the Employment Rights Act 1996. John M Taylor, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Corporate and Consumer Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 16th December 1996