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PENSIONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2001. 2 In this Order— “relevant period” has the same meaning as in section 109(3A) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 . 3 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. Increase of guaranteed minimum pensions 2 For the purposes of section 105(1) of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 the percentage by which there is to be an increase in the rate of that part of any guaranteed minimum pension which is attributable to earnings factors for the tax years in the relevant period shall be 3 per cent. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 6th February 2001. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Waste and Contaminated Land (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001. Appointed Day 2 The appointed day for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 is 1st March 2001. Article 2(2) (in so far as it relates to the definitions of “mobile plant”, “special waste”, “vehicle” and “vessel”), Article 4(1)(c), (2) (in so far as it relates to Article 4(1)(c)), (3), (4) and (6) to (9) (in so far as they relate to Article 4(1)(c)), Article 47(1) (in so far as it relates to “existing resolution of a district council”) and (3), Articles 72 to 74, Article 75 (in so far as it relates to Article 39), Schedule 4, Paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 and Article 83(1) (in so far as it relates to it). Dated this 31st day of January 2001. Sam Foster Minister of the Environment
HOUSING; RATES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 62A of the principal Regulations 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 72 of the principal Regulations 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 76 of the principal Regulations 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Schedule 5A to the principal Regulations 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
EMPLOYMENT Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Recognition and Derecognition Ballots (Qualified Persons) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 8th March 2001. 2 In this Order “the relevant provisions” means paragraph 25(7)( a ) and 117(9)( a ) of Schedule 1A to the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1995. Qualifications: Individuals 2 In relation to an individual, the condition specified for the purposes of the relevant provisions is that he— a has in force a practising certificate issued by one or more of the following bodies— i the Law Society of Northern Ireland; ii the Law Society of England and Wales; and iii the Law Society of Scotland; or b is eligible for appointment as a statutory auditor under Part 42 of the Companies Act 2006. Qualifications: Partnerships 3 In relation to a partnership, the condition specified for the purposes of the relevant provisions is that every member of the partnership is an individual who satisfies the conditions specified in Article 2. Persons specified by name 4 The following persons are specified for the purposes of the relevant provisions— Electoral Reform Services Limited; Involvement and Participation Association; Popularis Limited; Print Image Network Limited (trading as UK Engage); Democracy Technology Limited (trading as Mi-Voice); and Kanto Elect Limited. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment on 1st February 2001. R. B. Gamble A senior officer of the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment
INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Industrial Tribunals (1996 Order) (Application of Conciliation Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 8th March 2001. Application of provisions 2 The Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment directs Article 112(1) of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 to be added to the list in Article 20(1)( c ) of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996. 3 The Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment specifies Article 44B of, and paragraph 156 of Schedule 1A to, the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 as provisions to which Article 20(1)( e ) of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 applies. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment on 1st February 2001. R. B. Gamble A senior officer of the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment
POLICE 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Northern Ireland Policing Board (Prescribed Period) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 2nd February 2001. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly. 3 The Northern Ireland Policing Board (Prescribed Period) Regulations 2000 are hereby revoked. 2 1 Subject to paragraph (2) below the prescribed period for the purposes of paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 is 15 days. 2 For the purposes of paragraph 7(5) and (11) the prescribed period is three days. 3 The further period referred to in paragraph 7(11) is three days. John Reid One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 2002
CHILD SUPPORT Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security (2000 Act) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001. 2 In this Order any reference to a numbered section or Schedule is to the section of, or the Schedule to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 bearing that number. Appointed days 2 The day appointed for the coming into operation of— a sections 29, 30 and 33 and Schedule 4 (state second pension)— i for the purpose only of authorising the making of orders under sections 38, 38B and 41A of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 , is 1st February 2001, and ii for all other purposes, is 6th April 2002; b section 32 (revaluation) in so far as not already in operation, is 1st February 2001; and c section 31 (calculation of Category B retirement pension) in so far as not already in operation and Part II of Schedule 9 and section 67 in so far as it relates to that Part, is 9th April 2001. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 31st January 2001. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 2nd April 2001. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 . Amendment to regulation 21 (braking systems of vehicles to which regulation 20 does not apply) 2 In regulation 21(10) of the principal Regulations, after “76/432” there shall be added “or 96/63”. Amendment to regulation 22 (vacuum or pressure brake warning devices) 3 In regulation 22(2) of the principal Regulations, in paragraph ( b ), after “76/432” there shall be added “or 96/63”. Amendments to regulation 54 (seat belt anchorage points) 4 In regulation 54 of the principal Regulations, in paragraphs (4)( b ) and (6), after “90/629” there shall be inserted “or 96/38”. Amendments to regulation 55 (seat belts) 5 1 Regulation 55 of the principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 2 In paragraph (4), after “90/628” there shall be inserted “or 96/36”. 3 In paragraph (11)— a in sub-paragraph (i)( b ) of the definition of “British Standard mark” for “or BS AU 202a” there shall be substituted “, BS AU 202a or BS AU 202b”; and b in paragraph (ii) of the definition of “designated approval mark” for “and 44B” there shall be substituted “, 44B and 44C”. Revocation of regulation 102 (use of bridging plates between motor vehicle and trailer) 6 Regulation 102 of the principal Regulations is hereby revoked. Amendments to Schedule 1 (Community Directives and ECE Regulations) 7 1 Table 1 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 2 After item 87 there shall be inserted the following items— 87A 96/36 17.6.96 L178, 17.7.96, p. 15 Safety belts and restraint systems of motor vehicles 77/541 as amended by 81/576, 82/319 and 90/628 87B 96/38 17.6.96 L187, 26.7.96, p. 95 Anchorages for motor vehicle safety belts 76/115 as amended by 81/575, 82/318 and 90/629 3 After item 88 there shall be inserted the following item— 88A 96/63 30.9.96 L253, 5.10.96, p. 13 Braking devices of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors 76/432 Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 19th January 2001. Sam Foster Minister of the Environment
FOOD Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation as follows— a regulations 1 and 5 on 16th April 2001; b regulations 2, 3 and 4 on 1st October 2001. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 . Amendment of regulation 3(1) 2 In regulation 3(1) (application of provisions of the principal Regulations), for “regulations 4 and 5” there shall be substituted “regulations 4, 4A and 5”. Insertion of regulation 4A and Schedule 1A 3 1 After regulation 4 of the principle Regulations there shall be inserted the following regulation— Licences for butchers' shops 4A Schedule 1A (provisions relating to the licensing of butchers' shops) shall have effect. . 2 After Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations there shall be inserted as Schedule 1A the provisions set out in the Schedule. Amendment of regulation 6(1) 4 In regulation 6(1) (offences and penalties) of the principal Regulations, after “or 5,” there shall be inserted “or paragraph 2 of Schedule 1A”. Transitional provision 5 Before regulations 2, 3 and 4 come into operation— a persons may apply for licences as if those regulations were in operation by submitting applications which comply with Schedule 1A to the principal Regulations, as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations; b district councils— i shall determine any such applications which they receive, give notices of determinations and, where appropriate, issue licences; and ii may suspend or revoke any licence issued in respect of such an application and take any steps which they consider appropriate for the purposes of making determinations in relation to such applications and licences (including the inspection of premises and the receipt of charges), as if the said Schedule 1A were in operation; and any licence granted by a district council pursuant to such an application shall, subject to paragraph 10 of Schedule 1A, remain in force for a period of one year commencing with the later of the date on which it is issued or 1st October 2001. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 27th February 2001. W. B. Smith Senior Officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
PENSIONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Stakeholder Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 14th February 2001. 2 In these Regulations any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation in the Stakeholder Pension Schemes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 bearing that number. Amendment of regulation 2 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 3 3 1 Regulation 3 (requirements applying to all stakeholder pension schemes as regards instruments establishing such schemes) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4). 2 In paragraph (1) for “the acceptance of contributions, transfer payments and pension credits” there shall be substituted “the acceptance of credits within the meaning of Article 26 (pension sharing: creation of pension debits and credits), contributions and transfer payments”. 3 After paragraph (5) there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 5A Subject to paragraphs (10) and (11) and to regulation 17(1), except to the extent necessary to ensure that the scheme has tax-exemption or tax-approval, the scheme instruments must preclude membership of the scheme being restricted by reference to— a financial status; b the amount of contributions to be made to the scheme; c the manner in which contributions may be made to the scheme. . 4 After paragraph (9) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs— 10 Paragraph (5A) shall not preclude membership being restricted by reference to— a employment with a particular employer or in a particular trade or profession, or b membership of a particular organisation. 11 The scheme instruments may permit restrictions on payment of contributions by means of cash or a credit card. . Amendment of regulation 4 4 1 Regulation 4 (additional requirements as regards instruments establishing a stakeholder pension scheme established under a trust) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 2 Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be omitted. 3 In paragraph (3) for “The trust instruments” there shall be substituted “The instruments establishing a stakeholder pension scheme established under a trust (“the trust instruments”)”. Revocation of regulation 5 5 Regulation 5 (additional requirements as regards instruments establishing a stakeholder pension scheme not established under a trust) shall be omitted. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 19th January 2001. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
AGRICULTURE Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aid for organic farming 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Determinations of amount of aid and periods for which aid is paid 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conditions of eligibility 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restrictions on acceptance of applications 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restrictions on payment of aid 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial limits 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Form and content of application etc 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Power to vary undertakings 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of approved plan 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Change of occupation 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obligation to keep records 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obligation to permit entry and inspection 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Withholding and recovery of aid, termination and exclusion 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recovery of interest 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recovery of payments 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . False statements 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences by bodies corporate 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation, transitional provisions and saving 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Pension Scheme (Management and Investment of Funds) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 2nd April 2001 and shall have effect from that date with the exception of regulation 3 which shall have effect as from 1st August 2000. Amendment of Regulations 2 The Local Government Pension Scheme (Management and Investment of Funds) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3, 4 and 5. Definition of “investment” 3 In regulation 3(5)( b ), for “a member state” substitute “an EEA State (as defined in that Act) ”. Management of the fund 4 In regulation 5(1), for the words “the fund it administers” substitute the words “the fund”. Limits on investments 5 In paragraph 12 of Part I of the Schedule, for “All insurance contracts” substitute “Any single insurance contract”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 16th February 2001. Sam Foster Minister for the Department of the Environment
ANIMALS Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Specified Risk Material Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specified sheep or goat material and specified bovine material 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Import of Specified Risk Material 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prohibition on removal of brain or eyes 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consequential Amendments 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
POLICE 1 This Order may be cited as the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (Commencement) Order 2000. 2 The provisions of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 specified in the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 22nd December 2000. Peter Mandelson One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 19th December 2000
RATES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the New Valuation List Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2001. Specified year 2 The year ending on 31st March 2003 is specified as a year in which a new valuation list shall be issued in Northern Ireland. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 8th November 2000. Brian Delaney A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Australia) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st March 2001. 2 In this Order— “the Administration Act ” means the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992; “the Contributions and Benefits Act ” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 ; “the Australia Order ” means the Social Security (Australia) Order (Northern Ireland) 1992 , which gave effect to the Agreement on Social Security signed at London on 1st October 1990 and the Exchange of Notes signed at Canberra on 22nd April 1992 between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Australia; “the legislation” means the Administration Act, the Contributions and Benefits Act, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 , and regulations made under the Administration Act or the Contributions and Benefits Act modified or adapted under section 155 of the Administration Act in their application to cases affected by agreements with the governments of countries outside the United Kingdom providing for reciprocity in matters specified in that section. Modification of the legislation 2 1 Subject to paragraph (2) of this Article, modifications made to the legislation by the Australia Order shall cease to have effect (in accordance with the notice of termination and confirmation of receipt which are set out in the Schedule to this Order). 2 Modifications made to the legislation by the Australia Order shall continue to have effect in relation to any person who— a was on 28th February 2001 in receipt of benefit by virtue of those modifications; or b made a claim on or before 28th February 2001 for benefit to which he was entitled on or before that date by virtue of those modifications. Revocation of the Australia Order and amendment of Orders 3 1 The Australia Order is hereby revoked. 2 The references to the Social Security (Australia) Order (Northern Ireland) 1992 shall be omitted in Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995 and Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 . Peter Mandelson One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Dated this 19th day of December 2000
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation, commencement and application 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amount of fixed penalty 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .