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EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Designation of Ministers or departments 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Designation of the National Assembly for Wales 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of European Communities (Designation) (No. 7) Order 2004 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PENSIONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions (Amendment) Order 2005 and shall come into force— a for the purposes of this article, article 2 and paragraphs 1 to 10 (inclusive) and 12, 13 and 16 of Schedule 1 to this Order, on 6th April 2005. b for the purposes of paragraphs 11, 14, 15 and 17 of Schedule 1 to this Order, on 11th April 2005. 2 In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983, and, except where the context otherwise requires, a reference to a numbered article, Part, Table or Schedule is to the article, Part, Table or Schedule in the principal Order which bears that number. Amendments to the principal Order and application 2 The amendments to the principal Order contained in Schedule 1 to this Order shall have effect. AK Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
CHEMICAL WEAPONS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Chemical Weapons (Overseas Territories) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 22nd April 2005. Extent and construction 2 1 The provisions of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996, excepted, adapted and modified as in Schedule 1 to this Order, shall extend to the territories listed in Schedule 3 to this Order. 2 The provisions of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996, as so excepted, adapted and modified, shall— a in their application to the British Antarctic Territory and the British Indian Ocean Territory, be subject to the further exceptions, adaptations and modifications set out in Schedule 4 to this Order; b in their application to Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, be subject to the further adaptations and modifications set out in Schedule 5 to this Order; c in their application to Bermuda, be subject to the further adaptations and modifications set out in Schedule 6 to this Order; d in their application to the Turks and Caicos Islands, be subject to the further adaptations and modifications set out in Schedule 7 to this Order; e in their application to the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, be subject to the further exceptions, adaptations and modifications set out in Schedule 8 to this Order. 3 1 Sections 50 to 56 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, excepted and modified as in Schedule 2 to this Order, shall extend to the territories listed in Schedule 3 to this Order. 2 Sections 50 to 56 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, as so excepted and modified, shall— a in their application to the British Antarctic Territory and the British Indian Ocean Territory, be subject to the further modification set out in Schedule 4A to this Order; b in their application to Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, be subject to the further modification set out in Schedule 5A to this Order; c in their application to the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, be subject to the further modification set out in Schedule 8A to this Order. Interpretation 4 1 Except as otherwise provided, in the application of each Act to any of the territories to which it is extended, the expression “the Territory” means that territory. 2 In each Act, “Governor” means the Governor or other officer administering the government of the Territory. 3 In each Act, “justice of the peace” means a justice of the peace or a magistrate. 4 In each Act, “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the Territory or, in his absence, any other person for the time being discharging his functions. A.K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme (England) Regulations 2004 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Children Act 2004 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2005. 2 Section 62 of the Children Act 2004 shall come into force on the 12th April 2005. Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor Cathy Ashton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Constitutional Affairs 17th March 2005
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 5th April 2005. Amendment of the Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) Regulations 2005 2 In regulation 1(2) of the Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) Regulations 2005 (effect), for “paragraphs 3(2) and (3) and 13(2) and (3)” there shall be substituted “paragraphs 4(2) and (3) and 14(2) and (3)”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Malcolm Wicks Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions 19 March 2005
EDUCATION, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and application 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Amendments to Regulations Requiring the Publication of Pupil Performance Information) (England) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 1 st May 2005. 2 These Regulations apply to England. Amendments to the Education (Governors' Annual Reports) (England) Regulations 1999 2 1 The Education (Governors' Annual Reports) (England) Regulations 1999 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 2 In the definition of the word “assessed” in regulation 2, replace the words “section 356(2)(c) of the 1996 Act” with the words “section 87(3)(c) of the Education Act 2002 ( 2002 c. 32) ”. 3 In paragraph 8 of the Schedule (Information to be contained in governors' reports)— a delete the word “spelling” from sub-paragraph (2) and replace the words “, science and spelling” in sub-paragraph (6) with the words “and science”; b delete the words “by teacher assessment” from sub-paragraph (2)(b) and the word “teacher” from sub-paragraph (2)(d); c delete sub-paragraph (2)(c); and d delete sub-paragraph (3). Amendments to the Education (School Information) (England) Regulations 2002 3 1 The Education (School Information) (England) Regulations 2002 shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2). 2 In paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 (Information to be published by governing bodies)— a delete the word “spelling” from sub-paragraph (2) and replace the words “, science and spelling” in sub-paragraph (4) with the words “and science”; b delete the words “the percentage who were exempted under section 92 or 93 of the 2002 Act from assessment by the administration of NC tasks and” from sub-paragraph (5); and c delete sub-paragraph (7). Revocation 4 The Education (Modifications to Requirements for Pupil Performance Information) (England) Regulations 2004 are revoked. Filkin Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Education and Skills 18th March 2005
PRISONS 1 1 These Rules may be cited as the Prison (Amendment) Rules 2005 and shall come into force on 18th April 2005. 2 The requirement in rule 2 (as substituted by paragraph 1 of the Schedule) of the approval of the Lord Chancellor for the appointment of a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) or Deputy District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) as an adjudicator does not apply to a person who is approved to act as an adjudicator on the date when these Rules come into force, and such a person may continue to act as an adjudicator for so long as he holds office as a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) or Deputy District Judge (Magistrates' Courts). 2 The Prison Rules 1999 shall have effect subject to the amendments set out in the Schedule to these Rules. Paul Goggins Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 21st March 2005
EDUCATION, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and application 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Variation of Admission Arrangements) (England) ( Amendment ) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 1 st May 2005 2 These regulations apply only in relation to England. Amendment of the Regulations 2 1 The Education (Variation of Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2002 shall be amended as follows— 2 In regulation 2(1) (Interpretation)— a after the definition “the Act” there shall be inserted— “admission forum” means a body established by a local education authority under section 85” “admission forum protocol” means an arrangement of the admission forum for sharing the admission of hard to place children and which apply to all admission authorities and Academies within the area of a local education authority which have agreed to comply with such an arrangement. b after the definition of “admission number” there shall be inserted— “hard to place children” means any child or any category of children as agreed to be included in the admission forum protocol on the basis that the children would otherwise be likely to be refused admission to a suitable school. 3 In regulation 3 (Variation of admission arrangements) after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted— 3 An admission authority may vary its admission arrangements to the extent that such variation is necessary to give effect to an admission forum protocol for sharing hard to place children. 4 In regulation 4 (Referral of variations to the adjudicator) in the third line of paragraph (1) for “regulation 3” substitute “regulation 3(2)” Stephen Twigg Minister of State Department for Education and Skills 22nd March 2005
HEALTH AND SAFETY Citation, commencement and extent 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Equipment and Protective Systems Intended for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 1996 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consequential amendment of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
COUNTRYSIDE, ENGLAND Citation, interpretation and extent 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No.7) Order 2005. 2 In this Order references to sections and Parts are references to sections and Parts of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. 3 This Order applies in relation to England only . Appointed days 2 1 28th May 2005 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 2 (rights of public in relation to access land) in so far as it relates to any access land— a which is access land by virtue of section 1(1)(a) or (b); and b which lies within an area covered by one of the maps in conclusive form issued by the Countryside Agency for the purposes of Part I on 25th January 2005 and 7th March 2005. 2 The day appointed for the coming into force of section 2 in so far as it relates to any access land— a which is access land solely by virtue of section 1(1)(e); and b which lies within an area covered by one of the maps in conclusive form issued by the Countryside Agency for the purposes of Part I on 25th January 2005 and 7th March 2005, is 28th May 2005 or the end of a period of six months beginning with the day on which the land is dedicated for the purposes of Part I under section 16 (dedication of land as access land), whichever is the later. Alun Michael Minister of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 18th March 2005
PENSIONS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Pension Protection Fund (Pension Compensation Cap) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 6th April 2005. The compensation cap 2 The amount specified for the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of “compensation cap” in paragraph 26(7) of Schedule 7 to the Pensions Act 2004 (pension compensation provisions – compensation cap) shall be £27,777.78. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Malcolm Wicks Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions 15th March 2005
CIVIL PARTNERSHIP Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Tax Credits Notification of Changes of Circumstances (Civil Partnership) (Transitional Provisions) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 8th April 2005. Modification of section 6 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 2 1 For the tax year 2005/06, section 6 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (notification of changes of circumstances) shall be modified as follows. 2 After subsection (3) insert— 3A For the purposes of this section, a change of circumstances shall be treated as having occurred where by virtue of the coming into force of Part 14 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (amendments of the Tax Credits Act 2002) two people of the same sex are treated as a couple. 3B In subsection (3A), “couple” has the meaning given in paragraph 144(3) of Part 14 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004. . John Heppell Nick Ainger Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 17th March 2005
EDUCATION, ENGLAND 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Head Teachers' Qualifications) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 30th April 2005. 2 These Regulations apply only in relation to England. 2 Regulation 4 of the Education (Head Teachers' Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003 is amended as follows— a For paragraph (1) substitute— 1 Subject to regulation 5 a person may serve as a head teacher of a school maintained by a local education authority or a special school not so maintained only if he holds— a the National Professional Qualification for Headship; b the National Professional Qualification for Headship in Wales; c the Scottish Standard for Headship; d the Professional Qualification for Headship in Northern Ireland; or e a comparable qualification obtained in Switzerland or any European Economic Area country, other than the United Kingdom. . b After paragraph (2) insert— 3 In this regulation— “ 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 ; and “European Economic Area” means the area comprised by the member States of the European Community (including the United Kingdom) as constituted from time to time and, subject to the conditions laid down in the EEA agreement, by the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway and the Principality of Liechtenstein. . Stephen Twigg Minister of State Department for Education and Skills 22nd March 2005
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 23rd March 2005. 2 This Order shall not extend to Northern Ireland. Services and expenses in respect of which a returning officer at a parliamentary election may recover his charges 2 1 For the purposes of paragraph (a) of section 29(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (which provides that a returning officer is entitled to recover his charges in respect of services properly rendered or expenses properly incurred for or in connection with a parliamentary election if the services or expenses are of a kind specified in an order made under that provision and the charges are reasonable)— a services of a kind described in paragraphs 1(1) and 2(1) of Part A of the Schedule to this Order; b expenses of a kind described in paragraphs 1(1), 2(1) and 3(1) of Part B of the Schedule to this Order; and c expenses of a kind described in Part C of the Schedule to this Order, are hereby specified. 2 The maximum recoverable amounts at a contested election in respect of the services specified in Part A of the Schedule or the expenses specified in Part B of the Schedule are those specified in the Schedule in respect of each entry. 3 The maximum recoverable amounts at an uncontested election are hereby specified as— a £454.88 in respect of the services specified in Part A of the Schedule, and b £1,123.48 in respect of the expenses specified in Part B of the Schedule. 4 In the Schedule to this Order— a “election” means a parliamentary election, b “combined polls” refers to the poll at a parliamentary election and the poll at some other election when they are taken together under section 15(1) or (2) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 , and c any reference to the register of electors is to the register of electors used at the election at which the services were rendered or expenses incurred and to that register as it has effect on the last day for publication of notice of the election. Revocation 3 The Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 2001 is hereby revoked. Christopher Leslie Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Constitutional Affairs 3rd March 2005 We consent to the Order Jim Murphy Nick Ainger Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 16th March 2005
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Inherited SERPS)(Amendment) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 6th April 2005. Amendment of the Social Security (Inherited SERPS) Regulations 2001 2 In the Social Security (Inherited SERPS) Regulations 2001 — a after paragraph (3) of regulation 2 (modification of Part II of the Contributions and Benefits Act) there shall be added the following paragraph— 4 Where, on or after 6th April 2006, a person becomes a person of a description specified in Column 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations and entitled to a widowed person’s lump sum under paragraph 7A of Schedule 5 to the Contributions and Benefits Act , paragraph 7B(3) of Schedule 5 to that Act shall have effect so that the half of the additional pension specified in paragraph (b) of the definition of “P” is increased by the percentage specified in Column 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations. ; b in the heading to the Schedule, for “Regulation 2(2)” there shall be substituted “Regulation 2(2) and (4)”; c at the end of the title to the Schedule, there shall be added the words “AND IN THE PROPORTION OF ADDITIONAL PENSION USED IN THE CALCULATION OF A WIDOWED PERSON'S LUMP SUM PAYABLE TO SUCH PERSONS”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Malcolm Wicks Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions 15th March 2005
FOOD, ENGLAND Title, commencement and application 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Contaminants in Food (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2005, shall come into force on 11th April 2005 and shall apply in relation to England only. Amendments to the Contaminants in Food (England) Regulations 2004 2 The Contaminants in Food (England) Regulations 2004 are amended as follows — a in the definition of “the Commission Regulation” after “Commission Regulation (EC) No 455/2004 ” insert “,Commission Regulation (EC) No 655/2004 , Commission Regulation (EC) No 683/2004 ” ; b in regulation 8 — i in paragraph (3) after the words “which shall” delete the word “be”; ii in paragraphs (5) and (6) for the expression “paragraph (4)” substitute the expression “paragraph (3)”; c in regulation 9, in paragraph (8) for the expression “summary execution” substitute the expression “summary conviction”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Melanie Johnson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 17th March 2005
PLANT A PHOBL IFANC, CYMRU Enwi, cychwyn a chymhwyso 1 1 Enw'r Rheoliadau hyn yw Rheoliadau Deddf Plant 2004 (Diwygio Rheoliadau Amrywiol) (Cymru) 2005 a deuant i rym ar 1 Ebrill 2005. 2 Mae'r Rheoliadau hyn yn gymwys o ran Cymru. Diwygio Rheoliadau Asiantaethau Mabwysiadu 1983 2 1 Diwygir Rheoliadau Asiantaethau Mabwysiadu 1983 yn unol â darpariaethau canlynol y rheoliad hwn. 2 Yn rheoliad 15(1)(e), ar ôl y geiriau “children’s guardian or reporting officer”, mewnosoder y geiriau “or Welsh family proceedings officer” . Diwygio Rheoliadau Trefniadau ar gyfer Lleoli Plant (Cyffredinol) 1991 3 1 Diwygir Rheoliadau Trefniadau ar gyfer Lleoli Plant (Cyffredinol) 1991 yn unol â darpariaethau canlynol y rheoliad hwn. 2 Bob tro y mae'r geiriau “officers of the service” yn ymddangos yn rheoliad 11, mewnosoder y geiriau “and Welsh family proceedings officers” ar eu hôl. Diwygio Rheoliadau Adolygu Achosion Plant 1991 4 1 Diwygir Rheoliadau Adolygu Achosion Plant 1991 yn unol â dapriaethau canlynol y rheoliad hwn. 1 Yn rheoliad 2A(1)(c) ar ôl “Support Service”, mewnosoder “or a Welsh family proceedings officer where the child is ordinarily resident in Wales”. Diwygio Rheoliadau Comisiynydd Plant Cymru 2001 5 1 Diwygir Rheoliadau Comisiynydd Plant Cymru 2001 yn unol â darpariaethau canlynol y rheoliad hwn. 2 Ar ddiwedd rheoliad 17, ychwaneger “a Chynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru o ran ei swyddogaethau o dan adran 35 o Ddeddf Plant 2004”. Diwygio Rheoliadau Cartrefi Plant (Cymru) 2002 6 1 Diwygir Rheoliadau Cartrefi Plant (Cymru) 2002 yn unol â darpariaethau canlynol y rheoliad hwn. 1 Yn rheoliad 15(2)(b) ar ôl “a Theuluoedd” mewnosoder “neu Swyddog Achosion Teuluol”. Llofnodwyd ar ran Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru o dan adran 66(1) o Ddeddf Llywodraeth Cymru 1998 . D. Elis-Thomas Llywydd y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol 16 Mawrth 2005
CIVIL CONTINGENCIES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Commencement No.2) Order 2005. Provisions coming into force on 1st April 2005 2 The following provisions of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (“ the Act ”) come into force on 1st April 2005 – a paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 (repeal of the Civil Defence Act 1948 ), but only in so far as it relates to sections 3, 3A and 3B of that Act in so far as those provisions relate to, or to anything done in, a financial year beginning on or after 1st April 2005; b paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 (change of name of metropolitan county fire and civil defence authorities); c Schedule 3, but only in so far as it repeals sections 3, 3A and 3B of the Civil Defence Act 1948 in so far as those provisions relate to, or to anything done in, a financial year beginning on or after 1st April 2005; d section 32, but only to the extent that it introduces a provision of the Act specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c). David Miliband Minister for the Cabinet Office 17th March 2005