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BRITISH NATIONALITY 1 These Regulations may be cited as the British Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 12th June 1997. 2 The British Nationality (Fees) Regulations 1996 shall be amended as follows: a in regulation 2(1) there shall be added, at the end, “or, as the case may be, under the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997”; b in regulation 3(1) after “below”, there shall be inserted “or where the Secretary of State otherwise directs,”; c in the Schedule— i in the entry numbered 5 for “or any of the former nationality Acts” there shall be substituted “, any of the former nationality Acts or the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997”, and ii after the entry numbered 6 there shall be added— 7 Application for registration as a citizen under section 1 of the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997. £250 . Mike O’Brien Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 16th May 1997 We consent to these Regulations Jon Owen Jones Bob Ainsworth Two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 19th May 1997
HONG KONG 1 This Order may be cited as the Hong Kong (Extradition) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997. 2 The Extradition Act 1989 (“the 1989 Act ”) shall be amended as set out in the Schedule to this Order. 3 This article applies in any case where, before the coming into force of this Order— a a request has been made by or on behalf of the Governor of Hong Kong for the surrender of a person under the 1989 Act, or b a provisional warrant for the arrest of any person has been issued under section 8(1)(b) of the 1989 Act and it appeared to the person who issued the warrant that the conduct alleged (as is mentioned in section 8(3) of that Act) would constitute an extradition crime against the law of Hong Kong. 4 Where article 3 of this Order applies— a the case shall proceed as if the procedure which took place under Part III of the 1989 Act had taken place under that Part as amended by this Order, b references in any instrument or other document relating to the proceedings, to the law of Hong Kong and offences under that law, shall be treated as if they were references to the law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and offences under that law, and c no proceedings which took place in the case before the date of coming into force of this Order, or any decision taken in the case before that date, shall be questioned in any court on the ground that the proceedings were not, or, as the case may be, the decision was not taken, in accordance with Part III of the 1989 Act as amended by this Order. 5 The following further transitional provisions shall apply— a section 1(2A)(b) of the 1989 Act shall apply to a person alleged to be unlawfully at large following conviction for an extradition crime in Hong Kong before the coming into force of this Order; b where an extradition request is made by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, section 7(2)(c) of the 1989 Act shall be satisfied if there is furnished with any such request a warrant for the arrest of the person issued in Hong Kong before the coming into force of this Order; c a warrant issued by the Secretary of State under section 12 of the 1989 Act for the return of any person to Hong Kong shall be effective for the return of that person to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region notwithstanding the provisions of section 13 of the 1989 Act as amended by this Order; d section 19 of the 1989 Act shall continue to apply in the case of any person returned by Hong Kong before the date of coming into force of this Order. 6 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
EXTRADITION 1 This Order may be cited as the Brazil (Extradition) Order 1997 and shall come into force on a date to be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes. 2 The Extradition Act 1989, so far as it relates to extradition procedures under Part III of that Act, shall apply in the case of the Federative Republic of Brazil in accordance with the said Treaty of 18th July 1995. 3 The operation of this Order is limited to the United Kingdom. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
UNITED NATIONS Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Iraq and Kuwait (United Nations Sanctions) (Dependent Territories) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st June 1997. 2 In this Order “ the Order ” means the Iraq and Kuwait (United Nations Sanctions) (Dependent Territories) Order 1990 . Amendment of Article 3 of the Order 2 In paragraph (1) of Article 3 of the Order the words “by the Governor under this Order or” shall be inserted after the words “a licence granted”. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Southampton Community Health Services National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 29th April 1997. 2 In this Order— “the Authority” means Southampton and South West Hampshire Health Authority; “the Trust” means Southampton Community Health Services National Health Service Trust; “the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by and agreed upon by the Authority and the Trust on 21st October 1996, which schedule has been signed on behalf of both the Authority and the Trust. Transfer of trust property 2 On 29th April 1997 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 7th April 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Flood Prevention and Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1997 (Commencement) Order 1997. 2 In this Order, “ the Act ” means the Flood Prevention and Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1997. Commencement of Act 2 1 Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below and to section 9(3) of the Act, the Act, so far as not already in force, shall come into force on 26th May 1997. 2 Section 2 of the Act shall come into force on force on 28th July 1997. 3 The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 1st April 1999:– a the Schedule, so far as it repeals– i provisions in the Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1930 ; and ii the Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1941 ; and b section 8, so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (a) above. Lord Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 14th May 1997
POLICE 1 This Order may be cited as the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice No. 4) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 15th May 1997. 2 The revised code of practice laid in draft before Parliament on 5th March 1997 in connection with the matters referred to in section 66(a) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 shall come into operation on 15th May 1997. Michael Howard One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 10th March 1997
INCOME TAX Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income Tax (Schedule 22 to the Finance Act 1995) (Prescribed Amounts) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 25th April 1997. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations “appropriate period” means— a where paragraph 1(3) applies, “the transitional period” within the meaning given by paragraph 1(4); b where paragraph 3(3) applies so as to modify paragraph 1(3), “the transitional overlap period” within the meaning given by paragraph 3(4); c where paragraph 6(3) applies so as to modify paragraph 1(3), the years of assessment 1995–96 and 1996–97; d where paragraph 7(3) applies so as to modify paragraph 1(3), “the transitional overlap period” within the meaning given by paragraph 7(4). 2 References in these Regulations to a paragraph are to that paragraph of Schedule 22 to the Finance Act 1995. Amounts prescribed under paragraph 1(3)—persons other than partners 3 As respects a trade, profession or vocation carried on by any person (other than in partnership)— a the amount prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 1(3)(a) and of that provision as applied by paragraphs 3(3), 6(3) and 7(3) is £10,000; b the amount prescribed for the purposes of paragraphs 1(3)(c) and of that provision as applied by paragraphs 3(3), 6(3) and 7(3) is £50,000. Amount prescribed under paragraph 1(3)(a)—persons in partnership 4 As respects a trade, profession or vocation carried on by persons in partnership, the amount prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 1(3)(a) and of that provision as applied by paragraphs 3(3), 6(3) and 7(3))— a where the maximum number of partners comprising the partnership in the appropriate period does not exceed 20, is the amount determined by the formula— £ 7 , 500 × A where A is the maximum number of partners comprising the partnership in the appropriate period; b where the maximum number of partners comprising the partnership in the appropriate period exceeds 20, is the amount determined by the formula— £ 150 , 000 + ( £ 1 , 000 × B ) where B is the number by which the maximum number of partners comprising the partnership in the appropriate period exceeds 20. Amount prescribed under paragraph 1(3)(c)—persons in partnership 5 As respects a trade, profession or vocation carried on by persons in partnership, the amount prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 1(3)(c) and of that provision as applied by paragraphs 3(3), 6(3) and 7(3) is the amount determined by the formula— £ 50 , 000 × C where C is the maximum number of partners comprising the partnership in the appropriate period. Amount prescribed under paragraph 2(4)(b) 6 The amount prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 2(4)(b) is £15,000. Amount prescribed under paragraph 5(4)(b) 7 The amount prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 5(4)(b) is £7,500. Amount prescribed under paragraph 9(3)(a) 8 The amount prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 9(3)(a) and of that provision as applied by paragraph 10(3) is £7,500. C W Corlett G H Bush Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue 3rd April 1997
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as The Worcester College of Agriculture (Dissolution) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 10th May 1997. 2 On 10th May 1997 the Transferor shall be dissolved and all of its property, rights and liabilities shall be transferred to the Transferee, being a body corporate established for purposes which include the provision of educational facilities or services. 3 Section 26(2), (3) and (4) of the Act shall apply to any person employed by the Transferor immediately before 10th May 1997 as if the references in that section— a to a person to whom that section applies were to a person so employed; b to the operative date were to 10th May 1997; c to the transferor were to the Transferor; and d to the corporation were to the Transferee. James Paice Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 4th April 1997
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Southampton University Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 29th April 1997. 2 In this Order— “the Authority” means Southampton and South West Hampshire Health Authority; “the Trust” means Southampton University Hospitals National Health Service Trust; “the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by and agreed upon by the Authority and the Trust on 5th December 1996, which schedule has been signed on behalf of both the Authority and the Trust. Transfer of trust property 2 On 29th April 1997 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 7th April 1997
INCOME TAX 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Exchange Gains and Losses (Insurance Companies) (Amendment) Regulations 1997, shall come into force on 28th April 1997, and shall have effect in relation to disposals taking place on or after that date. 2 Regulation 7 of the Exchange Gains and Losses (Insurance Companies) Regulations 1994 (“regulation 7”) shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5 of these Regulations. 3 In paragraph (9) of regulation 7 after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted— , or c a share in an open-ended investment company . 4 In paragraph (11) of regulation 7 after the words “such a currency” there shall be added the words “; and shares of a given class in an open-ended investment company shall be taken to be denominated in a currency other than sterling if the price at which they may be acquired from, or disposed of to, the company or its authorised corporate director is fixed by the company or director in a currency other than sterling, or (as the case may be) the price or prices at which they are quoted in The Stock Exchange Daily Official List is in a currency other than sterling.” 5 In paragraph (13) of regulation 7 after the definition of “long term business fund” the following definitions shall be inserted— “open-ended investment company” and “authorised corporate director” in relation to such a company have the meanings given by subsection (10) of section 468 of the Taxes Act, read with subsections (11) to (18) of that section, as those subsections are added in relation to open-ended investment companies by regulation 10(4) of the Open-ended Investment Companies (Tax) Regulations 1997 ; and accordingly references in subsections (11) to (16) of that section to “the Tax Acts” shall be construed as if they included references to these Regulations; . Bowen Wells Gyles Brandreth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 3rd April 1997
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Education Act 1997 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1997. 2 The following provisions of the Education Act 1997 shall come into force on 4th April 1997:— section 1; and in Schedule 8 the repeal in section 479(2) of the Education Act 1996 of the words “providing secondary education”, and section 57(4) insofar as it relates thereto. Cheryl Gillan, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 3rd April 1997
DOGS 1 This Order may be cited as the Dangerous Dogs (Fees) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 8th June 1997. 2 The fee payable to the Agency under article 9 of the Dangerous Dogs Compensation and Exemption Schemes Order 1991 shall be £20.00 plus value added tax. Tom Sackville Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 3rd April 1997
BROADCASTING 1 This Order may be cited as the Foreign Satellite Service Proscription Order 1997 and shall come into force on 24th April 1997. 2 The foreign satellite service which at the date of making this Order is known as Satisfaction Club Television is hereby proscribed for the purposes of section 178 of the Broadcasting Act 1990. Virginia Bottomley Secretary of State for National Heritage 3rd April 1997
MEDICAL PROFESSION Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Medical (Professional Performance) Act 1995 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1997. 2 In this Order, “ the Act ” means the Medical (Professional Performance) Act 1995. Appointed Day 2 1st July 1997 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the whole of the Act so far as it is not already in force, except section 2 (voluntary removal from the register) and, in the Schedule (supplementary and consequential amendments to the Medical Act 1983 ), paragraph 3 (which amends section 32 of that Act), and sections 4 (which introduces the Schedule) and 7(2) (extent) so far as they relate to those provisions. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
PLANT HEALTH Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Great Britain) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st May 1997. Amendment of the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993 2 1 The Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) below. 2 In Schedule 3, Part A, item 12, there shall be inserted in the second column after the words “third countries other than” the word “Algeria,”. 3 In Schedule 16 there shall be inserted at the end the following— Commission Directive 97/14/ EC . Tim Boswell Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 27th March 1997 Lindsay Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 2nd April 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jonathan Evans Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 2nd April 1997
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Glan Hafren National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1997 and shall come into force on 28th April 1997. Amendment of Establishment Order 2 For Article 3 of the Glan Hafren National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1996 there shall be substituted the following Article:— Nature and functions of the trust 3 1 The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the Act. 2 The trust’s functions shall be— a to own and manage under section 5(1)(a) of the Act hospital accommodation and services provided at Royal Gwent Hospital, Cardiff Road, Newport, Gwent NP9 2UB and associated hospitals (including the management of its teaching and research facilities); b to manage under section 5(1)(a) of the Act community health services provided from Royal Gwent Hospital, Cardiff Road, Newport, Gwent NP9 2UB and to own the associated premises; c to provide and manage under section 5(1)(b) of the Act hospital accommodation and services at Chepstow Neighbourhood Health Unit, Chepstow; and d to manage under section 5(1)(b) of the Act community health services provided from all or any of the following premises— i Chepstow Neighbourhood Health Unit, Chepstow ii 7 Sandpiper Way, Dyffryn, Newport, and iii Oakfield Street Surgery, Ystrad Mynach and to provide the associated premises. . William Hague Secretary of State for Wales 4th April 1997
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 The instrument may be cited as “The County Council of The Royal Country of Berkshire A329(M) Special Road Variation Scheme 1996 Confirmation Instrument 1997” and shall come into force on the date on which notice that it has been confirmed is first published in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Highways Act 1980. 2 The County Council of the Royal County of Berkshire A329(M) Special Road Variation Scheme 1996 is hereby confirmed with modifications. 3 The said Scheme as confirmed (hereinafter referred to as “the Scheme”) is set out in the Schedule hereto and copies of the Scheme with its accompanying plan as modified are deposited at the offices of the Department of Transport, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR, and at the offices of the County Council of the Royal County of Berkshire, Shire Hall, Shinfield Park, Reading, Berkshire RG2 9DU. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Pamela Denham Regional Director Government Office for the North East 7th April 1997
DEREGULATION Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Non-Fossil Fuel) Order 1997 and shall come into force 28 days after the day on which it is made. 2 This Order does not extend to Northern Ireland. Amendment of the Electricity Act 1989 2 1 In section 33 of the Electricity Act 1989 (fossil fuel levy), after subsection (7) insert— 7A In this section, references to qualifying arrangements, in relation to a public electricity supplier, are to any arrangements in relation to which each of the following is the case— a the supplier has produced evidence of the making of them to the Director in pursuance of an order under section 32 above; b they were made jointly with one or more other public electricity suppliers or are arrangements for isolated supply; and c they satisfy such other requirements as may be prescribed. 7B For the purposes of subsection (7A)(b) above, arrangements are for isolated supply if the electricity generated in pursuance of them is supplied only over a system of electric lines and electrical plant which— a is operated by a public electricity supplier, b is located on an island, and c is not connected directly or indirectly to any system operated by another public electricity supplier. . 2 In consequence of the amendment made by paragraph (1) above, the definition of “qualifying arrangements” in subsection (8) of that section is hereby repealed. Fraser of Carmyllie, Minister for Energy, Department of Trade and Industry 25th March 1997
CROWN AGENTS FOR OVERSEA GOVERNMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Crown Agents Act 1995 (Appointed Day) Order 1997. 2 The day appointed under section 1(1) of the Crown Agents Act 1995 shall be 21st March 1997. Malcolm Rifkind One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 20th March 1997
DEREGULATION Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Occasional Permissions) Order 1997. 2 This Order shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. 3 This Order does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland. Amendments of the Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 2 1 The Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 shall be amended as set out in articles 3 to 6 below. Removal of requirements relating to applicant for occasional permission 3 1 In section 1 (grant of occasional permissions)— a in subsection (1) (which provides for the grant of a permission to an officer of an organisation), for “an officer” there shall be substituted “a member”, and b in subsection (2) (which requires the officer to be resident in the licensing district)— i in paragraph (a), for “officer” there shall be substituted “member” and the words “and is resident in their licensing district” shall be omitted, and ii in paragraph (b), for “that district” there shall be substituted “their licensing district”. 2 In section 2 (which contains requirements relating to applications for occasional permissions)— a in subsection (1), in paragraph (c)— i at the beginning there shall be inserted “where the applicant is an officer in the organisation or branch holding the function,”, and ii for “the applicant’s office in the organisation or branch holding the function” there shall be substituted “his office”, and b after that subsection there shall be inserted— 1A Where an application for an occasional permission is made by a person who is not an officer in the organisation or branch holding the function in respect of which the application is made, the application shall contain a signed statement by an officer of the organisation or branch— a confirming that the application is made with its approval, and b indicating the nature of his office. . Increase in number of occasional permissions which may be granted in twelve month period 4 In section 1(4) (which limits the number of occasional permissions granted to four in a twelve month period), for “four” there shall be substituted “twelve”. Change in time limits for making application for occasional permission 5 In section 2(2) (which requires an application for an occasional permission to be made at least one month before the function to which it relates), for “one-month” there shall be substituted “twenty-one days”. Obligation for licensing justices to give reasons for requiring attendance of applicant at hearing 6 1 After section 2(6) there shall be inserted— 6A Where, under subsection (6) above, the licensing justices require the attendance in person of an applicant who was granted an occasional permission in their licensing district in the twelve months preceding the receipt by them of the application under consideration, they shall inform the applicant in writing of their reasons for doing so. . 2 This article applies in relation to any application for an occasional permission which is made on or after this Order comes into force. Timothy Kirkhope Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 21st March 1997