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PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicle Operators (Qualifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2004. 2 These Regulations shall come into force on 1st January 2005. 3 These Regulations do not extend to Northern Ireland. 2 1 The Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 3 for “such a licence authorising the use of vehicles for international operations” substitute “a standard licence”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Charlotte Atkins Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Transport 7th December 2004
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicle Operators (Qualifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2004. 2 These Regulations shall come into force on 1st January 2005. 3 These Regulations do not extend to Northern Ireland. 2 1 The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995 shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 3 the words “authorising the use of vehicles for international transport operations” shall be omitted. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport David Jamieson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Transport 7th December 2004
AGRICULTURE, WALES Title, commencement and application 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Submission of applications for authorisation to market products 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enforcement 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences and Penalties 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application of various provisions of the Act 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application of various provisions of the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inspection, seizure and detention of suspected animal feed 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Time Limit for prosecutions 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ELECTRICITY Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Electricity (Exemption from the Requirement for a Generation Licence) (Scotland) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 30th December 2004. 2 This Order does not extend to England and Wales. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Electricity Act 1989; “Braes of Doune generating station” means the wind farm known as the Braes of Doune Wind Farm and situated near Dunblane, Stirling; “Braes of Doune Limited” means Braes of Doune (Scotland) Limited, registered in Scotland with number SC255020; “licensed generator” means the holder of a licence under section 6(1)(a) of the Act; “licensed distributor” means the holder of a licence under section 6(1)(c) of the Act. Exemption from section 4(1)(a) of the Act 3 Exemption is granted from section 4(1)(a) of the Act to Braes of Doune Limited in respect of the Braes of Doune generating station. Conditions on exemptions 4 1 The exemption granted by article 3 to Braes of Doune Limited is subject to compliance with the following conditions— a Braes of Doune Limited is not a licensed generator; and b The Braes of Doune generating station is connected to a distribution system in Scotland operated by a licensed distributor and is not normally capable of exporting more electrical power than 100 megawatts to that system, disregarding power temporarily provided in excess of 100 megawatts due to technical circumstances outside the reasonable control of Braes of Doune Limited. Mike O'Brien, Minister of State for Energy and E-Commerce, Department of Trade and Industry 7th December 2004
FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Fire and Rescue Services (National Framework) (England) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005. 2 This Order shall apply in relation to fire and rescue authorities in England only. The Fire and Rescue National Framework 2 The Fire and Rescue National Framework prepared by the Secretary of State and entitled “The Fire and Rescue National Framework 2005/06” which was published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in December 2004 shall have effect as a revision, which appears to the Secretary of State to be significant, of the Fire and Rescue National Framework 2004/05. Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State Nick Raynsford Minister of State Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 7th December 2004
ARDRETHU A PHRISIO, CYMRU Enwi, cychwyn a chymhwyso 1 1 Enw'r Rheoliadau hyn yw Rheoliadau Cyfraniadau Ardrethu Annomestig (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2004 a deuant i rym ar 31 Rhagfyr 2004. 2 Mae'r Rheoliadau hyn yn gymwys mewn perthynas â Chymru. Dehongli 2 Yn y Rheoliadau hyn ystyr “ Rheoliadau 1992 ” (“ the 1992 Regulations ”) yw Rheoliadau Cyfraniadau Ardrethu Annomestig (Cymru) 1992 . Diwygio Rheoliadau 1992 3 O ran y blynyddoedd ariannol sy'n dechrau ar neu ar ôl 1 Ebrill 2005, diwygir Atodlenni 2 a 4 i Reoliadau 1992 fel a ganlyn:— a ym mharagraff 2(12) o Atodlen 2, yn lle “0.998” rhoddir “1.009”; a b yn lle Atodlen 4 i Reoliadau 1992, rhoddir yr Atodlen a nodir yn yr Atodlen i'r Rheoliadau hyn. Llofnodwyd ar ran y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru o dan adran 66(1) o Ddeddf Llywodraeth Cymru 1998 D. Elis-Thomas Llywydd y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol 8 Rhagfyr 2004
POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 1st January 2005. Amendments to the Police Regulations 2003 2 For paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Police Regulations 2003 (restrictions on the private lives of members of police forces) there is substituted the following paragraph– 1 1 A member of a police force shall at all times abstain from any activity which is likely to interfere with the impartial discharge of his duties or which is likely to give rise to the impression amongst members of the public that it may so interfere. 2 A member of a police force shall in particular– a not take any active part in politics; b not belong to any organisation specified or described in a determination of the Secretary of State. Hazel Blears Minister of State Home Office 7th December 2004
CIVIL AVIATION Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods)(Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 1st January 2005. Amendment of the Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations 2002 2 1 Regulation 3(1) of the Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations 2002 (interpretation) shall be amended as follows. 2 For the definitions of ’Technical Instructions’ applying until and including 31st December 2002 and on and after 1st January 2003 there is substituted the following— ’Technical Instructions’ means the 2005-2006 English language edition of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air, approved and published by decision of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation; . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Charlotte Atkins Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Transport 6th December 2004
ROAD TRAFFIC Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of Hertfordshire) (District of North Hertfordshire) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 17th January 2005. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “the 1984 Act ” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 ; “the 1991 Act ” means the Road Traffic Act 1991; and “the parking area” means the area designated as a permitted parking area and as a special parking area by article 4 of this Order. Application 3 This Order applies to the whole of the district of North Hertfordshire except the entire length of the A1 (M) (and its on and off slip roads) within the district. Designation of permitted parking area and special parking area 4 The Secretary of State hereby designates the area to which this Order applies as— a a permitted parking area; and b a special parking area. Modification and application of Part II of the 1991 Act 5 Sections 66, 69 to 74, 78, 79 and 82 of, and Schedule 6 to, the 1991 Act, shall apply in relation to the parking area and as so applied shall have effect subject to the modifications specified in Schedule 1 to this Order. Modification of other provisions 6 The 1984 Act shall be modified in relation to the parking area as specified in Schedule 2 to this Order. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Charlotte Atkins Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Transport 8th December 2004
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENGLAND PART 1 General Citation, commencement and application 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giving notices and notifications, and the submission of forms and returns 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic registers and forms 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 Allocation and the banking, borrowing and transfer of landfill allowances Allocation of allowances 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Banking landfill allowances 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Borrowing of landfill allowances 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transfer of landfill allowances 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suspension of banking, borrowing and transferring of landfill allowances 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 Monitoring Monitoring authority and keeping the provisions in regulation 13(2) under review 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obligation for waste disposal authorities to keep records and make returns 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obligation for operators of landfills to keep records and make returns 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Determining the amount of biodegradable local authority collected municipal waste in amounts of waste 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calculation of the amount of biodegradable local authority collected municipal waste sent to landfills 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilisation of landfill allowances 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4 Registers Landfill allowances register 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Penalties register 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of information on registers 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Availability of registers 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 5 Penalties Penalties: exceeding allowances 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Penalties: failure to comply with requirements imposed by regulation 11 of these Regulations 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Penalties: general 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 6 Guidance Guidance to waste disposal authorities 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Categorisation) (England) (No.2) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 31st December 2004. 2 This Order applies in relation to English local authorities . Categorisation report 2 The English local authorities, to which the report of the Audit Commission dated 8th November 2004 relates, are, by this Order, categorised in accordance with their categorisation in that report. Excellent authorities 3 The local authorities listed in Schedule 1 to this Order are categorised as excellent. Good authorities 4 The local authorities listed in Schedule 2 to this Order are categorised as good. Fair authorities 5 The local authorities listed in Schedule 3 to this Order are categorised as fair. Weak authorities 6 The local authorities listed in Schedule 4 to this Order are categorised as weak. Poor authorities 7 The local authorities listed in Schedule 5 to this Order are categorised as poor. Revocation 8 The Local Authorities (Categorisation) (England) Order 2004 is revoked. Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State Nick Raynsford Minister of State Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 6th December 2004
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND 1 This Order may be cited as the A 52 Trunk Road (Dunkirk Roundabout) (Detrunking) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 1st March 2005. 2 In this Order— i “principal road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is a principal road for the purposes of enactments and instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads and is also classified for the purpose of every other enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State; ii “the trunk road” means the A 52 Trunk Road; and iii “the plan” means the plan, numbered HA 10/OD/409, marked “The A 52 Trunk Road (Dunkirk Roundabout) (Detrunking) Order 2004”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, and deposited at DFT Records Management Branch, Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN37 7GA. 3 The length of the trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a principal road from the date on which the Order comes into force. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions John Pearman Divisional Director Highways Agency 26th November 2004
WATER INDUSTRY, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Water Mergers (Determination of Turnover) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 29th December 2004. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations: a “ the Act ” means the Water Industry Act 1991; b “applicable turnover” means the turnover of a water enterprise in the preceding business year, or in a case to which regulation 3(4) applies, in the period referred to in that regulation, determined in accordance with the Schedule to these Regulations; and where a business year or a period under regulation 3(4) does not equal 12 months the applicable turnover shall be the amount which bears the same proportion to the applicable turnover during that business year as 12 months does to that period; c “appointed business” means the business of carrying out the activities which are necessary for a water enterprise to fulfil its functions as a relevant undertaker; d “business year” means a period of more than six months in respect of which a water enterprise or, if applicable, the business of which it forms part, prepares or is required to prepare its regulatory accounts; e “regulatory accounts” means regular accounting and other information supplied by the water enterprise to the Water Services Regulation Authority to enable it to compare the financial position and performance of the appointed businesses of all water enterprises. Determination of turnover in England and Wales of a water enterprise 3 1 This regulation shall apply for the purposes referred to in section 33(4) of the Act. 2 The turnover in England and Wales of a water enterprise shall be, subject to paragraph (3), the applicable turnover for the business year preceding– a where the question for determination is whether it is or may be the case that arrangements are in progress which, if carried into effect, will result in the merger of two or more water enterprises, the date when the decision in relation to a possible reference has been or is to be made, or such earlier date as CMA considers appropriate; b where the question for determination is whether a merger of two or more water enterprises has taken place otherwise than as a result of the carrying into effect of arrangements that have been the subject of a reference by virtue of sub-paragraph (a) above, the date when the water enterprises concerned ceased to be distinct water enterprises or such earlier date as the CMA considers appropriate. 3 Where an acquisition or divestment or other transaction or event has occurred since the end of the preceding business year which the CMA considers may have a significant impact on the turnover of the enterprise, that acquisition or divestment or other transaction or event shall be taken into account if the CMA considers it appropriate to do so. 4 Where in the application of this regulation there is any period in respect of which there is no preceding business year then the applicable turnover shall be the turnover for that period. Gerry Sutcliffe, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Postal Services and Consumers Department of Trade and Industry
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS Citation, interpretation and application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (Commencement No.7) Order 2004. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Adoption and Children Act 2002. 3 Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), this Order applies to England and Wales. 4 The following provisions of article 2(1) do not apply to Wales – a sub-paragraph (a) in so far as it relates to section 2(6) of the Act; b sub-paragraphs (b) to (f); c sub-paragraphs (h) to (j); and d heads (i) to (iii) and (v) in sub-paragraph (m). 5 Article 2(1)(j) in so far as it relates to - a sections 63(2) to (5) and 65(2)(a) and (3) of the Act applies to Scotland; and b sections 63(2) to (5) and 65(2)(b) and (3) of the Act applies to Northern Ireland. Appointed Days 2 1 7th December 2004 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act— a in section 2, subsections (1) to (5) and, in so far as they are not already in force, subsections (6) to (8) (basic definitions); b section 4(6) and (7) in so far as they are not already in force (adoption service); c section 9 (general power to regulate adoption etc. agencies); d section 10 (management etc. of agencies); e section 11 (fees); f section 27(3) (contact: supplementary); g section 45 (suitability of adopters); h section 53(1) to (3) (modification of 1989 Act in relation to adoption); i section 54 (disclosing information during adoption process); j sections 63 to 65 and 98 (disclosure of information in relation to a person’s adoption pre- and post-commencement of the Act); k section 108 (corresponding provisions in Channel Islands and the Isle of Man); l section 122(1)(b) and (2) (interests of children in proceedings); and m for the purposes of making regulations— i sections 3(3) and (4) and 4(1)(b) and (5) (the adoption service); ii section 8 (adoption support agencies); iii section 12(1) to (3) (independent review of determinations); iv section 44 (notice of intention to adopt); v sections 56 to 59, 60(2) and (4), 61(5) and 62(7) (disclosure of information in relation to a person’s adoption post-commencement of the Act); vi sections 77(3), 78(3), 79(5) and (7) to (9), 80(2), (4) and (6), 81(4) and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 (the Registers); vii sections 83(1) to (7) and (9), 84, 86 and 87(1)(a), (2), (5) and (6) (adoptions with a foreign element); viii section 92 (restriction on arranging adoptions); ix section 94(1) (restriction on reports); x section 115 except in so far as it relates to the insertion of section 14G into the Children Act 1989 and paragraph 60 of Schedule 3 and section 139(1) in so far as it relates to that paragraph (special guardianship); xi section 117 (inquiries by local authorities into representations); and xii section 121(care plans). 2 31st January 2005 is the appointed day for the coming into force of section 120 of the Act (meaning of “harm” in the 1989 Act). Filkin Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Education and Skills 6th December 2004
CONSUMER PROTECTION Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Recreational Craft (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 1st January 2005. Amendment of the Recreational Craft Regulations 2004 2 The Recreational Craft Regulations 2004 are hereby amended as follows:— a in regulation 2(1), in the definition of “component”, by the addition of the words “or personal watercraft” at the end of the definition; b in regulation 10(7)(c), by the substitution of “ XI , and XII ” by “ XI, XII, and XVI ” and by the substitution of “11 and 12” by “11, 12 and 15”; c in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1C, by the substitution of “Annex 1.A” and “Annex 1.B.4” respectively by “Annex I.A” and “Annex I.B.4” and, in paragraph A.(b) of Schedule 6, by the substitution of “(Annex 1A)” by “(Annex IA)”; and d in paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 17, by the omission of the reference to section 38. Amendment of the Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Specification) Order 2004 3 Schedule 1 to the Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Specification) Order 2004 is hereby amended as follows:— a after the words “Recreational Craft Regulations 1996”, by the addition of the words “insofar as not revoked by the Recreational Craft Regulations 2004 ”; and b at the end, by the addition of the following entry:— “Recreational Craft Regulations 2004”. Sainsbury of Turville, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry 3rd December 2004
DISABLED PERSONS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (South Central Class 377/4) Exemption Order 2004 and shall come into force on 31st December 2004. Interpretation 2 In this Order— a any reference to a numbered vehicle is a reference to a vehicle which forms part of the fleet of electric multiple-units numbered 377401 to 377475, of the class known as “Class 377/4”, as manufactured by Bombardier Transportation ( UK ) Limited for use by South Central Limited; and b any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 . Authorisation and exemptions 3 Subject to articles 4 and 5– a the vehicles numbered 73401 to 73437 and 73801 to 73837 are authorised to be used for carriage even though they do not conform with regulation 11(3), in so far as it requires two seats situated towards the centre of each numbered vehicle to be fitted with a handhold in accordance with that regulation; and b the vehicles numbered 78601 to 78675 are authorised to be used for carriage even though they do not conform with regulation 14(b), in so far as it applies to the deployment of a folding nappy-changing table in any toilet cubicle to which regulation 20 applies. Expiry 4 1 The authorisation given by article 3(a), in respect of regulation 11(3), shall cease at the end of May 2006. 2 The authorisation given by article 3(b), in respect of regulation 14(b), shall cease at the end of August 2009. 5 The authorisation given by article 3 shall cease immediately in respect of any numbered vehicle if the electric multiple-unit of which that vehicle forms a part is operated by a person other than South Central Limited unless the Secretary of State has been given written notice in advance specifying the name and address of that other person. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Charlotte Atkins Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Transport 2nd December 2004