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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the County of Mid Glamorgan (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1988. 2 This Order shall come into force on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 1989 (within the meaning of section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983( )) except that for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to an election to be held on or after that day it shall come into force on 10th October 1988. 3 1 The existing electoral divisions of the County of Mid Glamorgan shall be abolished and that County shall be divided into seventy-four electoral divisions which shall bear the names set out in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, and each electoral division shall comprise the existing areas specified opposite thereto in column 2 of that Schedule. 2 The number of councillors to be elected for each electoral division constituted by this Order shall be one. 4 The ordinary elections of all councillors for the County of Mid Glamorgan shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of county councillors in 1989 and every fourth year thereafter. Home Office Douglas Hurd One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 2nd March 1988
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st April 1988. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Local Government (Allowances) Regulations 1986 . 3 1 For regulations 3 and 4 of the principal Regulations there is substituted:— 3 1 The prescribed amount of attendance allowance shall be £18.25 for any period of 24 hours beginning at 3 am. 2 The prescribed amount of financial loss allowance shall be: a £14.85 for any period not exceeding 4 hours; b £29.70 for any period exceeding 4 hours but not exceeding 24 hours; c for a period exceeding 24 hours, £29.70 for each period of 24 hours plus the amount specified above which is appropriate to the remainder of the period. 4 1 The rate which a special responsibility allowance shall not exceed in any financial year beginning with the financial year ending on 31st March 1989 is:— a in the case of a principal council belonging to the description of councils in paragraph 8(e) of Schedule 1 hereto, £525; and b in any other case, one third of the total amount which that principal council may pay in that year by way of such allowances or £5,215, whichever is the less. 2 The total amount payable by a principal council by way of special responsibility allowances in any financial year beginning with the financial year ending on 31st March 1989 shall not exceed the figure specified in Schedule 1 hereto in respect of that council or the description of councils to which it belongs. . 2 For Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the replacement Schedule 1 set out in the Schedule hereto. Nicholas Ridley Secretary of State for the Environment 29th February 1988 Peter Walker Secretary of State for Wales 1st March 1988
TAXES 1 This Order may be cited as the Capital Gains Tax (Gilt-edged Securities) Order 1988. 2 The following securities are hereby specified for the purposes of Schedule 2 to the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979— 8 % Treasury Convertible Stock 1990 8 % Treasury Loan 1991 2 % Index-linked Treasury Stock 1992 3 % Treasury Stock 1992 8 % Treasury Loan 1992 10 % Treasury Loan 1994 8¾% Treasury Loan 1997 “B” 9¾% Exchequer Stock 1998 “A” 8½% Treasury Loan 2000 9% Conversion Stock 2000 “A” 9% Exchequer Stock 2002 9¾% Conversion Loan 2003 9½% Conversion Stock 2005 “A” 8% Treasury Loan 2002—2006 “A” 9% Treasury Loan 2008 9% Treasury Loan 2008 “A” 2½% Index-linked Treasury Stock 2024 Mark Lennox-Boyd Michael Neubert Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 1st March 1988
COAL INDUSTRY 1 This Order may be cited as the Coal Industry (Limit on Deficit Grants) Order 1988 and shall come into force on the third day after the day on which it is made. 2 The limit specified in section 2(4) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 on the aggregate of grants made under section 2(1) of that Act is increased from £100 million to £200 million. Michael Spicer Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Energy 7th March 1988 We approve, David Lightbown Mark Lennox-Boyd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 8th March 1988
PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st April 1988. Amendment of principal regulations 2 For the Schedule to the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1987 there shall be substituted the provisions set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 25th February 1988. John MacGregor Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Sanderson of Bowden Minister of State, Scottish Office 25th February 1988 Peter Walker Secretary of State for Wales 26th February 1988 Tom King Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1st March 1988 Douglas Hurd Secretary of State for the Home Department 26th February 1988 (being the Secretary of State concerned with matters relating to the Isle of Man) We approve, Mark Lennox-Boyd Michael Neubert Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 1st March 1988
FINANCIAL SERVICES 1 This Order may be cited as the Financial Services Act 1986 (Miscellaneous Exemptions) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 24th March 1988. 2 Each of the persons listed in Schedule 1 to this Order shall be an exempted person. 3 Each of the persons listed in Schedule 2 to this Order shall be an exempted person to the extent specified in that Schedule in relation to that person. Francis Maude Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry 2nd March 1988
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Tayside, Fife and Central Regions and Perth and Kinross, Dunfermline and Clackmannan Districts (Solsgirth) Boundaries Amendment Order 1988, and shall come into force on 1st April 1988. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “the 1977 Regulations ” means the Local Government Area Changes (Scotland) Regulations 1977( ); and “boundary map” means the map prepared by the Scottish Office, marked “The Tayside, Fife and Central Regions and Perth and Kinross, Dunfermline and Clackmannan Districts (Solsgirth) Boundaries Amendment Order 1988 Map” and deposited in accordance with regulation 3 of the 1977 Regulations; and, in the Schedule to this Order, any reference to a boundary of a region is a reference to a boundary existing immediately before the commencement of this Order. Application of Regulations 3 Save insofar as they can have no application in relation to the area changes effected by this Order, the provisions of the 1977 Regulations shall apply in relation thereto for the purposes of, or in consequence of, this Order. Area changes 4 1 Part of Perth and Kinross District in Tayside Region, being the Area A described in the Schedule to this Order and shown delineated, hatched and marked “Area A” on the boundary map, shall be transferred to Clackmannan District in Central Region. 2 Part of Dunfermline District in Fife Region, being the Area B described in the Schedule to this Order and shown delineated, hatched and marked “Area B” on the boundary map, shall be transferred to Clackmannan District in Central Region. Consequential changes of electoral arrangements 5 1 Area A described in the Schedule to this Order (being the area transferred by article 4(1) of this Order)— a shall cease to form part of electoral division 46 (Kinross) of Tayside Region( ) and of ward 28 (West Kinross) of Perth and Kinross District( ); and b shall form part of electoral division 2 (Forthbank) of Central Region( ) and of ward 4 (Clackmannan) of Clackmannan District( ). 2 Area B described in the Schedule to this Order (being the area transferred by article 4(2) of this Order)— a shall cease to form part of electoral division 30 (Dunfermline Linburn) of Fife Region( ) and of ward 4 (Saline Oakley) of Dunfermline District( ); and b shall form part of electoral division 2 (Forthbank) of Central Region and of ward 4 (Clackmannan) of Clackmannan District. James Douglas-Hamilton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office New St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 29th February 1988
PUBLIC PASSENGER VEHICLES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st April 1988. 2 The Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) Regulations 1981 are hereby amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations. 3 In the regulations specified in column 1 of the Table below for the words specified in column 2 of that Table there shall be substituted the words specified in column 3 of the Table. TABLE (1) (2) (3) Regulation Existing words Substituted words 46(2)(a) £100 £110 46(2)(b)(i) £100 £110 46(2)(b)(ii) £11.50 £13 50(a) £580 £640 £55 £60 50(b) £290 £320 50(c) £1240 £1370 53 £13 £14.50 4 At the end of regulation 57 there shall be added the following paragraph— 5 the prescribed fee for the issue of a copy of a certificate under this regulation is £7.50 . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Peter Bottomley Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport 29th February 1988
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Ross and Cromarty and Inverness Districts (Monar Lodge) Boundaries Amendment Order 1988, and shall come into force on 1st April 1988. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “the 1977 Regulations ” means the Local Government Area Changes (Scotland) Regulations 1977( ); and “boundary map” means the map prepared by the Scottish Office, marked “The Ross and Cromarty and Inverness Districts (Monar Lodge) Boundaries Amendment Order 1988 Map” and deposited in accordance with regulation 3 of the 1977 Regulations; and, in the Schedule to this Order, any reference to a boundary of a district is a reference to a boundary existing immediately before the commencement of this Order. Application of Regulations 3 Save insofar as they can have no application in relation to the area change effected by this Order, the provisions of the 1977 Regulations shall apply in relation thereto for the purposes of, or in consequence of, this Order. Area change 4 Part of Ross and Cromarty District containing an area of ground at Monar Lodge, being the area described in the Schedule to this Order and shown delineated and hatched on the boundary map, shall be transferred to Inverness District. Consequential changes of electoral arrangements 5 The area described in the Schedule to this Order (being the area transferred by article 4 of this Order)— a shall cease to form part of electoral division 13 (Lochbroom and Conon Valley) of Highland Region( ) and of ward 2 of Ross and Cromarty District( ); and b shall form part of electoral division 42 (Aird North) of Highland Region and of ward 23 (Kilmorack) of Inverness District( ). James Douglas-Hamilton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office New St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 29th February 1988
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st April 1988. 2 The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1982 are hereby amended so that in the regulations specified in column 1 of the Table below for the words specified in column 2 of that Table there are substituted the words specified in column 3 of the Table. TABLE (1) (2) (3) Regulation Existing words Substituted words 12(3) £23.50 £25.25 £13 £14 16(1) £12 £13 £7 £7.50 16(2) £23.50 £25.25 £13 £14 32 £9.50 £10.50 40(1) £7 £7.50 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Peter Bottomley Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport 29th February 1988
RATING AND VALUATION 1 This Order may be cited as the Valuation Timetable (Scotland) Amendment Order 1988 and shall come into force on 21st March 1988. 2 The entry in column 2 of the Schedule to the Valuation Timetable (Scotland) Order 1984 relating to the last date for the disposal by a valuation appeal committee of appeals and complaints mentioned in column 1 of that Schedule shall be amended by substituting for the words “31st March in the second year following the year in which the valuation roll comes into force” the words “31st December 1988”. Ian Lang Minister of State, Scottish Office New St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 26th February 1988
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st April 1988. 2 The Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981 are hereby amended so that in the regulations specified in column 1 of the Table below for the words specified in column 2 of that Table there are substituted the words specified in column 3 of the Table. Table 1 Regulation 2 Existing words 3 Substituted words 20(1)(b)(i) £33 £34.50 20(1)(b)(ii) £23 £24 20(4)(a)(i) £16.50 £17 20(4)(a)(ii) £11.50 £12 20(4)(b)(i) £33 £34.50 20(4)(b)(ii) £23 £24 23(2) £7 £7.50 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Peter Bottomley Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport 29th February 1988
INDUSTRIAL ASSURANCE 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Industrial Assurance (Fees) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st April 1988. 2 In the Regulations “ the Act ” means the Industrial Assurance Act 1923. 3 The fees set out in the Schedule hereto shall be payable in respect of the matters set out therein. 4 The Industrial Assurance (Fees) Regulations 1987 are hereby revoked. J. M. Bridgeman Industrial Assurance Commissioner 7th March 1988 We approve these Regulations, David Lightbown Mark Lennox-Boyd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 8th March 1988
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) (No. 2) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 5th April 1988. 2 This Order shall not extend to Scotland. 2 The provisions of section 48 of the Gaming Act 1968 specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order (which relate to fees charged in relation to the matters mentioned in column 2 of that Schedule) shall have effect as if, for the references to the sums specified in those provisions (for which the sums mentioned in column 3 of that Schedule were substituted by the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) Order 1987 ), there were substituted references to the sums specified in column 4 of that Schedule. 3 The Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) Order 1987 is hereby revoked. Douglas Hurd One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 29th February 1988
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Publicity Account) (Exemption) (Scotland) Order 1988, and shall come into force on 1st April 1988. 2 This Order applies to Scotland. 2 In this Order— “educational establishment” and “pupil” have the same meanings as in section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 ; “section 5(1)” means section 5(1) of the Local Government Act 1986. Expenditure on staff and equipment 3 Section 5(1) does not apply— a to expenditure arising from the employment by a local authority of any person who is wholly or mainly engaged on duties relating to publicity which is exempted from the requirement to account in pursuance of article 7 below; or b to expenditure arising from the employment by a local authority of any person who is not engaged wholly or mainly on duties relating to publicity; or c to expenditure which is attributable to the purchase, hire, distribution, operation or maintenance of office equipment or supplies, and which either— i constitutes, or forms part of, an item of account relating exclusively to equipment and supplies which are wholly or mainly for use on publicity which is exempted from the requirement to account in pursuance of article 7 below, or ii constitutes, or forms part of, an item of account relating exclusively to equipment and supplies which are not wholly or mainly for use on publicity. Expenditure by way of assistance to other persons 4 Section 5(1) does not apply to expenditure by way of financial or other assistance given to another person to enable that person to carry out an activity which does not consist wholly or mainly of publicity. Expenditure incidental to works 5 Section 5(1) does not apply to expenditure incurred where— a a person has a contract to carry out works or provide services for or on behalf of a local authority (not being works or services which consist wholly or mainly of publicity), and b the authority makes a payment to that person for publicity which is incidental to those works or services. Annual expenditure of less that £3,000 6 Section 5(1) does not apply to expenditure incurred in any financial year where— a a local authority resolves before the commencement of that year not to spend more than £3,000 on publicity; and b that limit is not exceeded by the authority in the course of that year. Exemption of certain descriptions of publicity 7 Section 5(1) does not apply to any publicity within one or more of the descriptions in the Schedule hereto except where that publicity— a forms part of a campaign; or b is a newspaper or periodical published by or on behalf of the local authority; or c is a press notice issued by such an authority; or d entails expenditure which— i is by way of financial or other assistance to another person to enable that person to carry out an activity which consists wholly or mainly of publicity; or ii is concerned with the recruitment of staff. James Douglas-Hamilton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office New St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 23rd February 1988
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 11th April 1988. 2 These Regulations shall extend to Scotland only. 3 In these Regulations— “ the Act ” means the National Assistance Act 1948; “Personal Injuries Scheme”, “Service Pensions Instrument” and “1914-18 War Injuries Scheme” have the same meanings as in the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979 ; a reference to a section of the Act is a reference to the section as applied by section 87(3) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 for the purposes of accommodation provided under that Act. Revocation 2 The National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) (Scotland) Regulations 1987 are hereby revoked. Minimum charges 3 1 The liability of a person under section 22(3) of the Act (rate of liability to pay for accommodation provided under Part III of the Act) to pay for accommodation provided for him in premises managed by a local authority, or by an organisation with which arrangements have been made under section 26(1) of the Act, shall in no case be reduced below the sum of £32.90 per week. 2 Where accommodation is provided for a child accompanied by a person over the age of 16, the liability of that person under section 22(3) and (7) of the Act to pay for the accommodation of that child shall in no case be reduced below whichever of the following sums is appropriate, that is to say— a in respect of a child under the age of 11, the sum of £10.75 per week; b in respect of a child aged 11 years or over but under the age of 16, the sum of £16.10 per week. Sum needed for personal requirements 4 The sum which a local authority shall under section 22(4) of the Act assume that a person needs for his personal requirements shall be £8.25 per week except that, where that person is someone to whom there is payable attendance allowance under the provisions of section 35 of the Social Security Act 1975 or constant attendance allowance under any Personal Injuries Scheme, Service Pensions Instrument or any 1914-18 War Injuries Scheme, the said sum of £8.25 shall in respect of each week there is payable attendance allowance or constant attendance allowance be increased by the amount of such allowance. Michael B Forsyth Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office New St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 22nd February 1988
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES 1 This Order may be cited as the Lotteries (Gaming Board Fees) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st April 1988. 2 The fee payable to the Board on an application for the registration of a scheme shall be of such amount as the Board may determine— Provided that— a where the total value of the tickets or chances which may lawfully be sold in each lottery under the scheme does not exceed £10,000, the fee shall not exceed £75; and b in any other case, the fee shall not exceed £290. 3 The further fee payable to the Board, where more than one lottery is to be promoted under a scheme registered by the Board, for each lottery promoted under that scheme shall be of such amount as the Board may determine— Provided that— a where the total value of the tickets or chances sold in the lottery does not exceed £10,000, the fee shall not exceed £22; and b where the total value of the tickets or chances sold in the lottery exceeds £10,000 but does not exceed £20,000, the fee shall not exceed £45; and c in any other case, the fee shall not exceed £60. 4 The Lotteries (Gaming Board Fees) Order 1987 is hereby revoked. Douglas Hurd One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 29th February 1988
WATER SUPPLY, SCOTLAND 1 This Order may be cited as the Water Byelaws (Extension) (Scotland) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st April 1988. 2 Any byelaws made by local water authorities under section 60 of the Water (Scotland) Act 1946( ) which would, but for this Order, cease to have effect before 31st December 1988 shall remain in force until that date. Alasdair C Paton Deputy Chief Engineer, Scottish Office New St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 24th February 1988
WILDLIFE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Horsey Estate (Area of Special Protection) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 17th March 1988. 2 In this Order — “the Horsey Estate Area of Special Protection” means the area specified in the Schedule to this Order; “the deposited map” means the map marked “Map referred to in the Horsey Estate (Area of Special Protection) Order 1988” and signed by an Under Secretary in the Department of the Environment, which has been prepared in duplicate and of which one copy has been deposited, and is available for inspection, at the offices of the North Norfolk District Council, and the other has been deposited, and is available for inspection, at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment. Offences 2 Any person who, within the Horsey Estate Area of Special Protection, at any time intentionally — i kills, injures or takes any wild bird; or ii takes, damages or destroys the nest of such a bird while that nest is in use or being built; or iii takes or destroys an egg of such a bird; or iv disturbs such a bird while it is building a nest or is in, on or near a nest containing eggs or young; or v disturbs dependent young of such a bird, shall be guilty of an offence under section 3 of the Act and liable to a special penalty. 3 Any person who enters into the Horsey Estate Area of Special Protection at any time shall be guilty of an offence under section 3 of the Act and liable to a special penalty. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State T. R. Hornsby An Under Secretary in the Department of the Environment 24th February 1988