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PLANT HEALTH Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (Scotland) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 29th November 1988. 2 This Order extends to Scotland only. Interpretation 2 1 In this Order— “certificate” means a phytosanitary certificate; “import licence” means a licence issued by the Secretary of State under article 42 of the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1987 ; “official label” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Seed Potatoes Regulations 1984 ; “phytosanitary certificate” means a phytosanitary certificate issued by an inspector or other officer of the Secretary of State under article 12 of the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1987; “premises” includes any land, building, vessel, vehicle, aircraft, hovercraft or freight container; “small consignment” means one package of a size and weight such that it is capable of being sent by post; “soil” includes any medium used for the growing of plant material and “soil sample” shall be construed accordingly. 2 Where a fee prescribed in this Order is prescribed in relation to an inspection, examination or test as well as the issue of a certificate, the refusal to issue a certificate by reason of the results of the inspection, examination or test being unsatisfactory, shall not affect the amount of the fee otherwise payable. 3 Any reference in this Order to a numbered article or Schedule shall be construed as a reference to the article or Schedule bearing that number in this Order. Fees for export certification services 3 There shall be paid to the Secretary of State in respect of any service described in column 1 of Schedule 1 the fee specified in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the reference to that service. Fees for import licensing services 4 There shall be paid to the Secretary of State in respect of any service described in column 1 of Schedule 2 the fee specified in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the reference to that service. Revocation 5 The Import and Export (Plant Health Fees) (Scotland) Order 1987 is hereby revoked. Sanderson of Bowden Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 19th October 1988 We consent, Tony Durant David Maclean Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 25th October 1988
COURT OF SESSION, SCOTLAND 1 This Order may be cited as the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1988. 2 Section 25 of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 shall come into force on 30th November 1988. James Douglas-Hamilton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 26th October 1988
FINANCIAL SERVICES 1 This Order may be cited as the Financial Services Act 1986 (Commencement) (No. 10) Order 1988. 2 Articles 6(2) and 7 of the Financial Services Act 1986 (Commencement) (No. 8) Order 1988 shall be revoked. 3 Insofar as it is not yet in force, section 76 of the Financial Services Act 1986 shall come into force on 31st December 1988 except insofar as it has effect in relation to— a an open-ended investment company units in which are either included in the Official List of The International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland Limited or are offered on terms such that any agreement for their acquisition is conditional upon such listing being an open-ended investment company which either— i is managed in and authorised under the law of a country or territory in respect of which an order under section 87 of the Financial Services Act 1986 is in force on 31st December 1988 and which is of a class specified in that order; or ii is constituted in a member State in respect of which an order under paragraph 10 of Schedule 15 to the Financial Services Act 1986 is in force on 31st December 1988 and which meets the requirements specified in that order; or b any prospectus issued by or on behalf of an open-ended investment company which fulfils the conditions described in paragraph (a)(i) of this article being a prospectus which complies with Chapter II of Part III of the Companies Act 1985 or the corresponding provisions of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 and the issue of which in the United Kingdom does not contravene section 74 or 75 of the Companies Act 1985 or the corresponding provisions of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 as the case may be, and shall come into force on 1st March 1989 for all remaining purposes. 4 Section 212(3) of and Schedule 17 to the Financial Services Act 1986 shall come into force on 31st December 1988 insofar as is necessary to have the effect that, to the extent that they do apply, the provisions of Part III and section 693 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Companies Act 1985 and the corresponding provisions of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 cease to apply to a prospectus offering for subscription, or to any application form for, units in an open-ended investment company which does not fulfil the conditions described in article 3(a)(i) of this Order and shall come into force on 1st March 1989 insofar as is necessary to have the effect described in this article with respect to a prospectus offering for subscription, or to any application form for, units in an open-ended investment company which does fulfil those conditions. Francis Maude Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry 9th November 1988
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Act 1988 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1988. Appointed day 2 The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Social Security Act 1988 specified below is 10th April 1989— a section 2(1) and (2) (retirement allowance); and b Schedule 4, paragraph 11 to the extent that it is not already in force, and section 16(1) in so far as it relates to it. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Nicholas Scott Minister of State, Department of Social Security 26th October 1988
TELEGRAPHS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus (Approval) (Test Fees) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 12th December 1988. Interpretation 2 In this Order,“apparatus” means wireless telegraphy apparatus or apparatus designed or adapted for use in connection with wireless telegraphy apparatus. Application 3 This Order applies to the charging of fees in respect of the testing of apparatus to MPT Performance Specifications conducted in the exercise of the Secretary of State’s functions under section 84 of the Act for the purpose of the determination of an application for approval under that section. Test fees 4 Schedule 1 shall have effect for the purposes of setting the scale of test charges applicable to the charging of fees pursuant to this Order and the points on that scale, and“scale” and“point” shall be construed accordingly. 5 The fee to be charged in respect of the testing of each description of apparatus listed in Column 1 of Schedule 2 to any one MPT Performance Specification, or any one combination of MPT Performance Specifications, as the case may be, specified in relation to that description of apparatus in Column 2 shall be the sum of— a the test charge at the point on the scale specified in relation to such testing in Column 3; and b an amount equal to the amount of value added tax payable by the Secretary of State in respect of such testing. Robert Atkins Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry 7th November 1988
COURT OF SESSION, SCOTLAND 1 This Order may be cited as the Court of Session Etc. Fees Amendment (No.3) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 30th November 1988. 2 Article 4 of the Court of Session Etc. Fees Order 1984( ) shall be amended by adding at the end the following paragraph:— 2 No fees shall be payable by a debtor in connection with any proceedings under the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987( ). . 3 In the table of fees in the Schedule to the Court of Session Etc. Fees Order 1984— 1 Items B2 to B11 shall be renumbered B3 to B12; 2 there shall be inserted immediately after item B1 i in Column I (Matters)— 2 Defences, answers or other writ (including a joint minute) or step in process or enrolment or opposition to a motion in a pending process by which a party other than an originating party first makes an appearance in a cause or proceeding other than a consistorial cause. ; ii in Column 2 (Fee payable)— £45 ; and iii in Column 3 (Fee formerly payable)— £40 . 3 The renumbered item B6 shall be amended as follows:— i in Column 1 by deleting the words “cause or proceeding” and substituting the words “consistorial cause” , and ii in Column 2 by deleting “ £45” and substituting “ £40” . James Douglas-Hamilton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 26th October 1988 We concur, David Lightbown David Maclean Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 31st October 1988
LAND REGISTRATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Registration of Title (No. 2) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st February 1989. 2 1 In addition to the areas mentioned in column 2 of the Schedule to the Registration of Title Order 1988 (being the areas in England and Wales in which registration of title to land is already compulsory on sale) registration of title shall be compulsory on sale, a on and after 1st February 1989 in the districts of East Lindsey and West Lindsey, and b on and after 1st December 1989 in the districts of Alnwick, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Boston, Breckland, Broadland, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, Mendip, North Kesteven, North Norfolk, Sedgemoor, South Holland, South Kesteven, South Norfolk, South Somerset and Tynedale. 2 Accordingly, on and after 1st December 1989, registration of title to land shall be compulsory on sale in the areas mentioned in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order. 3 As from 1st December 1989 the Registration of Title Order 1988 shall cease to have effect. G.I. de Deney Clerk of the Privy Council
ROAD TRAFFIC Citations, Commencement and Introduction 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st January 1989. 2 1 The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations. 2 The Secretary of State is satisfied that— a it is requisite that the provisions of regulation 3 of these Regulations (being provisions which vary the requirements as regards the construction of certain classes of vehicles) shall apply as from 1st January 1989 to vehicles registered under the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 before the expiration of one year from the making of these Regulations; and b notwithstanding that the said provisions will then apply to those vehicles, no undue hardship or inconvenience will be caused thereby. Amendments to regulation 8 (Width) 3 In the Table in paragraph (1) of regulation 8, “2·58” in column 3 of item 2 there shall be substituted “2·60”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Peter Bottomley Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport. 26th October 1988
JUDGMENTS 1 This Order shall come into force on 1st December 1988 and may be cited as the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Canada) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 1988. 2 The Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Canada) Order 1987 shall be amended by adding in article 3 (which names the Canadian courts, including the courts of Provinces, which are to be recognised courts for the purposes of Part I of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933) after “Prince Edward Island”, the word “, Saskatchewan”. G. I. de Deney Clerk of the Privy Council
MERCHANT SHIPPING 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Guernsey) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st January 1989. 2 Section 31(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 shall extend to the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the territorial waters adjacent thereto as part of its law with the following modifications, that is to say— a for the words “Secretary of State” in both places where they occur there shall be substituted the words “States Board of Administration”; b the words “made by statutory instrument” shall be omitted; and c all the words from “and any statutory instrument” to the end shall be omitted. G. I. de'Deney Clerk of the Privy Council
MERCHANT SHIPPING 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Act 1965 (Guernsey) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st January 1989. 2 It is hereby directed that sections 1, 3, 7(1) and 8 of, and the entries relating to the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 in Schedule 1 to, the Merchant Shipping Act 1965 shall extend to the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the territorial waters adjacent thereto with the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order. 3 The Merchant Shipping Act 1965 (Guernsey) Order 1969 is hereby revoked. G.I. de Deney Clerk of the Privy Council
Title and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Malicious Communications (Northern Ireland) Order 1988. 2 This Order shall come into operation on the expiration of two months from the day on which it is made. Interpretation 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Articles 1 and 3 as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Offence of sending letters etc. with intent to cause distress or anxiety 3 1 Any person who sends to another person— a a letter or other article which conveys— i a message which is indecent or grossly offensive; ii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b any other article which is, in whole or part, of an indecent or grossly offensive nature, is guilty of an offence if his purpose, or one of his purposes, in sending it is that it should, so far as falling within sub‐paragraph ( a) or ( b), cause distress or anxiety to the recipient or to any other person to whom he intends that it or its contents or nature should be communicated. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 In this Article references to sending include references to delivering and to causing to be sent or delivered. 4 A person guilty of an offence under this Article shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
CONTROL OF FUEL AND ELECTRICITY 1 This Order may be cited as the Fuel and Electricity (Control) Act 1973 (Continuation) (Jersey) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 30th November 1988. 2 Sections 1 to 8 of the Fuel and Electricity (Control) Act 1973, as it has effect in the Bailiwick of Jersey, shall continue in force for a period of one year beyond 30th November 1988, being the date on which they would otherwise expire. G. I. de Deney Clerk of the Privy Council
Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Corneal Tissue (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 and shall come into operation on the expiration of two months from the day on which it is made. Interpretation 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of Human Tissue Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 3 In section 1 of the Human Tissue Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (removal of parts of bodies for medical purposes)— a in subsection (3) after “(4)” there shall be inserted “ , (4A) ” ; and b for subsection (4) (removals to be effected only by registered medical practitioners) there shall be substituted the following subsections— 4 No such removal, except of eyes or parts of eyes, shall be effected except by a registered medical practitioner, who must have satisfied himself by personal examination of the body that life is extinct. 4A No such removal of an eye or part of an eye shall be effected except by— a a registered medical practitioner, who must have satisfied himself by personal examination of the body that life is extinct; or b a person in the employment of a health and social services board acting on the instructions of a registered medical practitioner who must, before giving those instructions, be satisfied that the person in question is sufficiently qualified and trained to perform the removal competently and must also either— i have satisfied himself by personal examination of the body that life is extinct, or ii be satisfied that life is extinct on the basis of a statement to that effect by a registered medical practitioner who has satisfied himself by personal examination of the body that life is extinct. .
NORTHERN IRELAND Title and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Firearms) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988. 2 This Order shall come into operation on the expiration of two months from the day on which it is made. Interpretation 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Life imprisonment for certain firearms offences 3 1 In column 4 of Schedule 2 to the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (maximum punishment for offences), in the entries relating to— a Article 18(2) (possession of firearm or imitation firearm while committing offence specified in Schedule 1), and b Article 19(1) (carrying firearm or imitation firearm with criminal intent), for “14 years” there shall be substituted “Life imprisonment”. 2 Nothing in paragraph (1) shall affect the punishment for an offence committed before the commencement of this Order. G. I. de Deney Clerk of the Privy Council
MERCHANT SHIPPING 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (Cayman Islands) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 24th November 1988. 2 Subject to the modifications specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, the provisions of sections 1—8, 30—32, 34—35, 44, 46, 48, 50, 51, 54, 57 and 58 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 and Schedule 4 to that Act shall extend to the Cayman Islands as part of the law thereof. 3 Subject to the modifications specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, Schedule 5 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 in so far as it relates to the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 and the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 shall extend to the Cayman Islands as part of the law thereof. 4 Subject to the modifications specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, Schedule 6 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 in so far as it relates to the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 and the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 shall extend to the Cayman Islands as part of the law thereof. 5 Subject to the modifications specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, Schedule 7 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 in so far as it relates to the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, the Merchant Shipping Act 1970, the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 and the Merchant Shipping Act 1974 shall extend to the Cayman Islands as part of the law thereof. 6 Subject to the modifications specified in Schedule 2 to this Order, section 10 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 and Schedule 1 to that Act shall extend to the Cayman Islands as part of the law thereof. 7 The provisions as extended and modified shall come into force on such day as the Governor in Council may appoint by order, and different days may be appointed for different provisions or for different purposes of the same provision. G. I. de Deney Clerk of the Privy Council
CARIBBEAN AND NORTH ATLANTIC TERRITORIES 1 This Order may be cited as the Bermuda (Territorial Sea) Order in Council 1988 and shall come into force on 28th November 1988. 2 The boundaries of Bermuda are hereby extended to include, as territorial sea, that part of the sea which is situated within twelve nautical miles measured from the baselines as established by Article 3 of this Order, together with the seabed of the territorial sea and its subsoil. 3 1 Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (2) to (4) of this Article, the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to Bermuda is measured shall be the low water line along the coast including the coast of all islands comprised in the Colony of Bermuda. 2 For the purposes of this Article a low-tide elevation which lies wholly or partly within the breadth of sea which would be territorial sea if all low-tide elevations were disregarded for the purpose of the measurement of the breadth thereof and if paragraphs (3) and (4) of this Article were omitted shall be treated as an island. 3 The baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured between a point on the coast at 32°15.2'N64°52.3'W inshore of Hogfish Cut and a point on the coast at 32°22.7'N64°39.7'W inshore of Town Cut, subject to paragraph 4 of this Article, shall be a line following, in a clockwise direction, the seaward limit of the highest areas, shown as awash on Admiralty Chart 334, of the main reef surrounding the area of deeper water to the west and north of the main group of islands of Bermuda. 4 Where there is a break or passage through the main reef referred to in paragraph (3) of this Article, a straight line joining the seaward entrance points of that break or passage shall constitute the baseline. 5 In this Article— the expression “island” means a naturally formed area of land surrounded by water which is above water at mean high-water spring tides; and the expression “low-tide elevation” means a naturally formed area of drying land surrounded by water which is below water at mean high-water spring tides. G. I. de Deney Clerk of the Privy Council
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Armorial Bearings) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 30th November 1988. 2 Subject to article 3 of this Order, the town council of Faversham may bear and use the armorial bearings which were immediately before 1st April 1974 borne and used by Faversham borough council. 3 Armorial bearings shall not be borne or used pursuant to article 2 of this Order until they have been exemplified according to the laws of arms and recorded in the College of Arms. G. I. de'Deney Clerk of the Privy Council
MINISTERS OF THE CROWN Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Transfer of Functions (British Museum (Natural History)) Order 1988. 2 This Order shall come into force on 25th November 1988. Transfer of functions 2 1 There are hereby transferred to the Lord President of the Council the functions of the Secretary of State under— a section 8(2)(b) of the British Museum Act 1963 (appointment of one of the trustees); and b section 10(2) of that Act with respect to the amendment of Part II of Schedule 3 to that Act (authorised repositories). 2 Accordingly— a in section 8(2)(b) of that Act, for the words from “by” to “on” there shall be substituted the words “by the Lord President of the Council on”; and b in section 10(2) of that Act, for the words from the beginning to “may” there shall be substituted the words “The Lord President of the Council may”. 3 This Order shall not affect the validity of anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Secretary of State before the coming into force of this Order. G. I. de Deney Clerk of the Privy Council