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FINANCIAL SERVICES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Financial Markets and Insolvency Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 11th August 1998. Interpretation of the Regulations 2 In these Regulations “ the Act ” means the Companies Act 1989. Definition of market contracts 3 Section 155(2) of the Act shall be amended as follows— a In subsection (2)(a) the words “with a person other than the exchange” shall be inserted after the word “exchange” where it first appears. b Subsection (2)(b) shall be replaced by the following— b contracts entered into by the exchange with its members for the purpose of enabling the rights and liabilities of that member under transactions in investments to be settled. 4 Section 155(3) shall be replaced by the following— 3 In relation to a recognised clearing house, this Part applies to contracts entered into by the clearing house with a member of the clearing house for the purpose of enabling the rights and liabilities of that member under transactions in investments to be settled. Amendments to Schedule 21 to the Act 5 1 In paragraph 1(4) of Schedule 21 to the Act, the words “entered into by the exchange for the purposes of or in connection with the provision of its own clearing services” shall be replaced by the words “falling within section 155(2)(b) above”. 2 In paragraph 1(5) of Schedule 21 to the Act, the words “other contracts” shall be replaced by the words “contracts falling within section 155(2)(a) above”. 6 Paragraph 7 of Schedule 21 to the Act shall be replaced by the following— 7 Where the exchange provides clearing services, paragraph 14 below applies in respect of any margined transactions effected by or on behalf of the exchange as it applies in relation to a clearing house. Graham Allen Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lord’s Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 14th July 1998 Nigel Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 18th July 1998
FOOD Citation, interpretation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Food (Cheese) (Emergency Control) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 11th July 1998. 2 In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Food (Cheese) (Emergency Control) Order 1998. Amendment of article 2 of the principal Order 2 1 Article 2 of the principal Order shall be amended as provided in paragraph (2) below. 2 Article 2 of the principal Order shall become Article 2(1) and there shall be added after that paragraph the following paragraph— 2 The prohibition in paragraph (1) shall not apply to cheese which is manufactured on or after 11th July 1998. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Tessa Jowell Minister for Public Health, Department of Health 10th July 1998
PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st August 1998. Preliminary 2 The Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) Regulations 1981 shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations. Amendment of regulation 46 (applications and fees for certificates of initial fitness) 3 1 Regulation 46 shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (2), for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted— a on the first application— i £155.00 in the case of a vehicle to which paragraph (3) applies; ii £124.00 in any other case, and . 3 After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs— 3 This paragraph applies to a vehicle— a in which one or more forward facing seats are fitted with a seat belt which— i is not a disabled person’s belt or a child restraint; and ii is fitted otherwise than as required by regulation 47 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 , and b which, when so equipped, is not of a type of vehicle in respect of which the Secretary of State is satisfied that the vehicle manufacturer holds either of the approvals referred to in paragraph (4). 4 For the purpose of paragraph (3) the approvals are either— a an approval issued by or on behalf of the approval authority of an EEA State confirming compliance with the technical and installation requirements of Community Directives 76/115 , 81/575 , 82/318 , 90/629 or 96/38 ; or b an approval issued by or on behalf of the competent authority of a contracting State confirming compliance with the technical and installation requirements of ECE Regulation 14, 14.01, 14.02 or 14.03. 5 In this regulation— “approval authority” has the same meaning as in Community Directive 70/156 ; “contracting State” means a State which is a party to the International Agreement; “EEA State” means a State which is a contracting party to the EEA Agreement; “EEA Agreement” means the agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 ; “ECE Regulation” and “Community Directive” have the meanings given by regulation 3(2) of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986; and “the International Agreement” means the agreement concerning the adoption of uniform conditions of approval for motor vehicle equipment and parts and reciprocal recognition thereof concluded at Geneva on 20th March 1958 as amended to which the United Kingdom is a party . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Helene Hayman Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 9th July 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st August 1998. Preliminary 2 The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988 shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations. Amendments relating to fees 3 In regulation 12, in paragraph (3), for the Table there shall be substituted the following Table— TABLE Description of vehicle Fee Motor vehicle with 2 axles £35.20 Motor vehicle with 3 axles £36.30 Motor vehicle with 4 or more axles £38.20 Trailer with 1 axle £17.60 Trailer with 2 axles £18.70 Trailer with 3 or more axles £19.70 4 In regulation 16, in paragraphs (1) and (3), for “£16.00” there shall be substituted “£17.60” and for “£8.00” there shall be substituted “£8.80”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Helene Hayman Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 9th July 1998
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the A13 Trunk Road (Ironbridge to Canning Town Improvement, Trunk Road, Slip Roads and Bridges) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 30th July 1998. 2 In this Order: a all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway; b i “the main new roads” means the new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct as parts of the trunk road along the routes described in Schedule 1 to this Order and references to route (a), route (b) and route (c) are respectively references to routes described in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of that Schedule; ii “the new trunk roads” means the main new roads and the slip roads as referred to in site plan 1; iii “the plan” means the plan folio numbered LRO 64/77/2/01, comprising a Key Plan and three Site Plans respectively numbered 1–3 marked “The A13 Trunk Road (Ironbridge to Canning Town Improvement, Trunk Road, Slip Roads and Bridges) Order 1998”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and deposited at the Highways Agency, St Christopher House, Southwark Street, London SE1 0TE; iv “the slip roads” means the new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the routes described in Schedule 2 to this Order and which will connect the main new roads with other highways at the places stated in that Schedule; and v “the trunk road” means the A13 Trunk Road locally known as East India Dock Road and Newham Way. 3 The main roads and the slip roads shall become trunk roads from the date when this Order comes into force. 4 The centre line of each of the new trunk roads is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan. 5 The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of any of the new trunk roads that— a where the highway is maintainable at 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 relevant route is opened for traffic. 6 The Secretary of State is authorised to construct the bridges specified in Schedules 3 and 4 to this Order as part of those slip roads along the routes given the numbers 4 and 5 on the plan. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions J P Boud A Divisional Director in the Highways Agency 2nd July 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Bournemouth Borough Council and North West Leicestershire District Council) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 5th August 1998. Exemption of sports and leisure facilities management— 2 1 The management of sports and leisure facilities by the council of the borough of Bournemouth shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out at— a the Littledown Centre, Chaseside, Bournemouth b the Kinson Swimming Pool, South Kinson Drive, Bournemouth, or c the Stokewood Road Swimming Pool, Stokewood Road, Bournemouth during the period beginning with 1st October 1998 and ending on 30th September 2000. 2 The management of sports and leisure facilities by the council of the district of North West Leicestershire shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out at— a the Hermitage Leisure Centre and Recreation Ground, Silver Street, Whitwick b the Hood Park Leisure Centre, North Street, Ashby-de-la-Zouch c Coalville Park, London Road, Coalville d Whitwick Park, North Street, Whitwick e Scotlands Playing Field, Forest Road, Coalville f South Street Recreation Ground, South Street, Ellistown g Thringstone Bowls Club, Loughborough Road, Thringstone h Melrose Recreation Ground, Melrose Road, Thringstone, or i Millfield Recreation Ground, Station Road, Hugglescote, during the period beginning with 1st May 1999 and ending on 1st April 2000. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment Transport and the Regions 8th July 1998
OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS 1 This order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 3) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 31st July 1998. 2 A safety zone is hereby established around each installation specified in column 1 of the Schedule hereto (being an installation stationed in waters to which subsection (7) of section 21 of the Act applies) having a radius of five hundred metres from the point as respects that installation which has the co-ordinates of latitude and longitude according to European Datum (1950) specified in columns 2 and 3 of the Schedule. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State. Angela Eagle Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 7th July 1998
SPORTS GROUNDS AND SPORTING EVENTS 1 This Order may be cited as the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st August 1998. 2 In this Order, “the 1985 Order ” means the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 1985 . 3 Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1985 Order is amended by inserting at the appropriate place on the list of sports grounds specified there (which is in alphabetical order) the following name:– Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie. 4 Part I of Schedule 2 to the 1985 Order is amended by inserting after paragraph 1 the following new paragraph:– 1A Association football matches in the Scottish Premier League. . Sam Galbraith Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, The Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 6th July 1998
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Harrogate College (Dissolution) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st August 1998. 2 On 1st August 1998 the corporation shall be dissolved and all of its property, rights and liabilities shall be transferred to Leeds Metropolitan University. 3 Section 26(2), (3) and (4) of the Act shall apply to any person employed by the corporation immediately before 1st August 1998 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 1st August 1998; c to the transferor were to the corporation; and d to the corporation were to Leeds Metropolitan University. Tessa Blackstone Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 7th July 1998
FOOD Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Eggs (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 18th August 1998. Amendment of the Eggs (Marketing Standards) Regulations 1995 2 The Eggs (Marketing Standards) Regulations 1995 shall be amended by inserting in the Schedule (Community provisions), at the end of paragraph 2, in column 1 (Regulations of the European Communities) and column 2 (Official Journal of the European Community: References) the following entries— i Commission Regulation ( EC ) No. 505/98 OJ No. L63, 4.3.98, p.16 . Donoughue Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 2nd July 1998 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Tessa Jowell Minister of State for Public Health, Department of Health 1st July 1998 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 3rd July 1998 Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 26th June 1998
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the East Birmingham College (Dissolution) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st August 1998. 2 On 1st August 1998 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 1st August 1998 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 1st August 1998; c to the transferor were to the Transferor; and d to the corporation were to the Transferee. Tessa Blackstone Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 7th July 1998
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Basford Hall College, Nottingham (Dissolution) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st August 1998. 2 On 1st August 1998 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 1st August 1998 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 1st August 1998; c to the transferor were to the Transferor; and d to the corporation were to the Transferee. Tessa Blackstone Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 7th July 1998
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Airedale and Wharfedale College (Dissolution) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st August 1998. 2 On 1st August 1998 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 1st August 1998 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 1st August 1998; c to the transferor were to the Transferor; and d to the corporation were to the Transferee. Tessa Blackstone Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 7th July 1998
EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Citation and interpretation 1 1 This order may be cited as the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 1998. 2 In this Order— “the 1992 Act ” means the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 ; “the 1996 Act ” means the Employment Rights Act 1996 ; “the 1998 Act ” means the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998. Commencement 2 1 The provisions of the 1998 Act specified in Schedule 1 shall come into force on 1st August 1998. 2 The provisions of the 1998 Act specified in Schedule 2 shall come into force on 1st October 1998. 3 The provisions of the 1998 Act specified in Schedule 3 shall come into force on 1st January 1999. Transitional and saving provisions 3 1 The amendments made to the Industrial Tribunals Act 1996 by section 3(1), (2) and (3) of, and paragraph 12(3) of Schedule 1 to, the 1998 Act shall have effect only in relation to cases in which the date of the hearing of the originating application is first fixed on or after 1st August 1998. 2 The subsubstitution of section 87 of the 1992 Act, made by section 6 of the 1998 Act, shall have effect only where the date of payment of the emoluments concerned falls on or after 1st August 1998. 3 Neither the amendment made to the 1996 Act by paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 to the 1998 Act, nor the repeal of section 88 of the 1992 Act in Schedule 2 to the 1998 Act, shall have effect in relation to any complaint where the date of payment of the wages (within the meaning of section 27 of the 1996 Act) concerned falls before 1st August 1998. 4 The amendments made to the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 , the Race Relations Act 1976 , the 1992 Act, the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and the 1996 Act by section 8 of the 1998 Act, shall have effect only in respect of arbitration agreements entered into on or after 1st August 1998. 5 Neither the amendments made to the 1996 Act by section 11 of the 1998 Act, nor the repeals relating to sections 166(2)(a) and 168(1)(a) of the 1996 Act in Schedule 2 to the 1998 Act, shall have effect in respect of dismissals from employment where the relevant date (within the meaning of section 145 of the 1996 Act) falls before 1st October 1998. 6 The amendments made to the 1996 Act by section 13 of, and paragraphs 19, 20, 21, 23, and 26 of Schedule 1 to, the 1998 Act, shall have effect only in respect of dismissals from employment where the effective date of termination (within the meaning of section 97 of the 1996 Act) falls on or after 1st January 1999. 7 Neither the amendment made to the 1996 Act by section 14 of the 1998 Act, nor the repeal relating to section 117(6)(a) of the 1996 Act in Schedule 2 to the 1998 Act, shall have effect in respect of dismissals from employment where the effective date of termination (within the meaning of section 97 of the 1996 Act) falls before 1st August 1998. Signed by order of the Secretary of State Ian McCartney Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry 8th July 1998
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Loans) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st August 1998. 2 The Education (Student Loans) Regulations 1998 shall be amended as follows. 3 In regulation 3(1) in the definition of “accelerated course” delete the words following the words “of two academic years’ duration”. 4 In regulation 4 insert the following paragraph after paragraph (4): 5 For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) and Schedule 1 if with the agreement of the institution or institutions in question a student withdraws from a designated course without completing it and disregarding any intervening vacation immediately commences attending another designated course provided by the same or by a different institution the first day of the first course shall be regarded as the first day of the second course; or as the first day of a third or further course which the student has commenced attending in the same fashion. . 5 In regulation 6(1) to (4) for each of the figures in the first column below substitute the corresponding figure in the second column below wherever it appears: £ 945 £ 970 1,520 1,565 1,290 1,325 2,085 2,145 1,230 1,265 1,685 1,735 6 In paragraph 15 of Schedule 2 for the word “lender’s” substitute the word “borrower’s”. Kim Howells Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 9th July 1998
ANIMALS 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (Amendment to Schedule 2) Order 1998. 2 This Order shall come into force on 1st January 1999. 3 This Order does not extend to Northern Ireland. 2 At the end of Schedule 2 to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (animals to be obtained only from designated breeding or supplying establishments) , there shall be added— Ferret Gerbil Pig, if genetically modified Sheep, if genetically modified . Gareth Williams Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 3rd July 1998
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (Interim Period Extension) Order 1998, and shall come into force forthwith. 2 The interim period specified by section 1(4) of the Northern Ireland Act 1974 shall continue until 16th July 1999. Marjorie Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 9th July 1998
ANIMALS Title, commencement and extent 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Investigation of the disease in sheep and goats 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obstruction 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences and penalties 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences by bodies corporate 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enforcement 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .