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URBAN DEVELOPMENT Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Urban Development Corporations in England (Planning Functions) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 25th March 1998. 2 In this Order— “the 1980 Act ” means the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980; “the 1990 Act ” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990; “the authority” means in relation to each Corporation the authority which, but for an order made under section 149 of the 1980 Act, would be the local planning authority, within the meaning of section 336(1) of the 1990 Act; “Corporation” means any of the following, namely— the Birmingham Heartlands Development Corporation; the Black Country Development Corporation; the Merseyside Development Corporation; the Plymouth Development Corporation; the Teesside Development Corporation; the Trafford Park Development Corporation; and the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation; and “ development area ” in relation to a Corporation means an area for which the Corporation was established, or in relation to which the Corporation was directed by order to perform the functions of an urban development corporation, and which was designated as an urban development area by an order made under section 134 of the 1980 Act . Revocation of planning functions and special development orders 2 The Orders listed in the Schedule to this Order are hereby revoked. Transitional provisions in connection with planning functions 3 Anything which before the date of the coming into force of this Order was in the process of being done by, to or in relation to the Corporation in connection with any of the functions transferred to it under an order made under section 149 of the 1980 Act may be continued after that date by, to or in relation to the authority. Liability for compensation in connection with planning functions; section 106 planning obligations 4 1 Where a right to compensation arises under section 107, 108, 115, 186, 203 or 204 of the 1990 Act or section 28 or 29 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 in consequence of action taken in relation to land within a development area by a Corporation, that Corporation shall be liable for any compensation which is payable . 2 Where, on or after the date of the coming into force of this Order, the Secretary of State makes an order or serves a notice, as the case may be, under section 100, 104, 185 or 202 of, or paragraph 11 of Schedule 9 to, the 1990 Act in respect of a matter arising before that date, which relates to land within a development area, the Secretary of State shall be liable to pay any compensation arising from the order or notice. 3 A planning obligation entered into by agreement or otherwise under section 106 of the 1990 Act before the date of the coming into force of this Order which identifies the Corporation as the local planning authority by whom the obligation is enforceable shall after that date be enforceable by the authority. Signed by authority of the Secretary of Statefor the Environment R. G. Caborn Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 19th January 1998
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Employment Protection Code of Practice (Disciplinary Practice and Procedures) Order 1998. Appointed day for revised Code of Practice 2 The day appointed by the Secretary of State under section 201(4) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 for the coming into effect of the revised Code of Practice on Disciplinary Practice and Procedures in Employment (the draft of which was laid before both Houses of Parliament on 28th October 1997) issued by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service pursuant to that section is 5th February 1998. Signed by order of the Secretary of State. Ian McCartney Minister of State Department of Trade and Industry 14th January 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 This Order may be cited as The A12 Trunk Road (Redbridge) Red Route Traffic Order 1996 Variation (No. 2) Order 1998, and shall come into force on 26th January 1998. Amendments 2 The A12 Trunk Road (Redbridge) Red Route Traffic Order 1996 is varied as provided by the following provisions of this Order. 3 In the table in Schedule 2B a new item is added as follows Table (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Item Length of Road Restricted Hours Maximum Period of Parking Minimum Interval 1. Eastern Avenue—south side, between a point 1.5 metres south-east of the party wall of Nos. 954 and 956 Eastern Avenue and a point 2.5 metres north-east of the party wall of Nos. 962 and 964 Eastern Avenue. 7am—7pm Monday—Saturday Inclusive 20 minutes 40 minutes 4 In the table in Schedule 3A item 2 is amended as follows— Between a point 1.0 metre south-west of the party wall of Nos. 948 and 950 Eastern Avenue and a point 1.5 metres north-east of the party wall of Nos. 954 and 956 Eastern Avenue. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 12th January 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 This Order may be cited as The A1400 Trunk Road (Redbridge) Red Route Traffic Order 1996 Variation Order 1998, and shall come into force on 26th January 1998. Amendments 2 The A1400 Trunk Road (Redbridge) Red Route Traffic Order 1996 is varied as provided by the following provisions of this Order. 3 In the table in Schedule 3A item 2 is deleted. 4 In the table in Schedule 2B a new item is added as follows— Table (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Item Length of Road Restricted Hours Maximum Period of Parking Minimum Interval 1. Woodford Avenue -south-west side, between a point 32.0 metres south-east of the common boundary of Nos. 41 and 43 Woodford Avenue and a point opposite the north-western boundary of No. 35 Woodford Avenue. 7am-7pm Monday-Saturday Inclusive 1 hour 2 hours 5 In the table in Schedule 4 item 2 is amended as follows— Between its junction with the Eastern Avenue (A12) (Gants Hill Roundabout) and a point 2.0 metres south-east of the common boundary of Nos. 25 and 27 Woodford Avenue. 6 In the table in Schedule 4 item 3 is amended as follows— Between a point 1.0 metres north-west of the commmon boundary of Nos. 33 and 35 Woodford Avenue and a point opposite the north-western boundary of No. 35 Woodford Avenue. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 12th January 1998
FINANCIAL SERVICES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Financial Markets and Insolvency (Ecu Contracts) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 2nd February 1998. 2 In the Financial Markets and Insolvency (Money Market) Regulations 1995 regulation 2 shall be amended as follows: a below the definition of “default rules” the following shall be inserted: “ecu” means the unit of account of that name defined in Council Regulation ( EEC ) No. 3320/94 ; b the defintion of “money market contract” shall be replaced by the following— “money market contract” means a contract in relation to which a listed person provides settlement arrangements and which is a contract for the acquisition or disposal either of— currency of the United Kingdom or of any other country or territory; or rights under a contract the value of which is determined by reference to the value of the ecu; Graham Allen Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lord’s Commissioners of her Majesty’s Treasury 12th January 1998 Nigel Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of Trade and Industry 28th December 1997
ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 This Order may be cited as The A12 Trunk Road (Redbridge) (No. 1) Red Route Traffic Order 1996 Variation Order 1998, and shall come into force on 19th January 1998. Variation 2 The A12 Trunk Road (Redbridge) (No. 1) Red Route Traffic Order 1996 is varied so that in Schedule 2A, a new item number 7 is added as follows: 7 Area of footway 0.3 metres from and parallel to the southern kerbline between a point 4.5 metres west of the party wall of Nos. 140 and 142 Eastern Avenue and a point 5.0 metres east of the party wall of Nos. 146 and 148 Eastern Avenue and having a width of 2.5 metres throughout. Revocations 3 The A12 Trunk Road (Redbridge) (No. 1) Red Route Traffic Order 1996 Experimental Variation Order 1997 is hereby revoked. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 12th January 1998
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Employment Protection Code of Practice (Time Off) Order 1998. Appointed day for revised Code of Practice 2 The day appointed by the Secretary of State under section 201(4) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 for the coming into effect of the revised Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities (the draft of which was laid before both Houses of Parliament on 28th October 1997) issued by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service pursuant to that section is 5th February 1998. Signed by order of the Secretary of State Ian McCartney Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry 14th January 1998
COUNCIL TAX, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (England) (Amendment) (Rural Rate Relief) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 9th February 1998. Special provision in rural areas 2 1 The Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (England) Regulations 1993 are amended as follows. 2 In regulation 1(2), after the definition of “the relevant year”, there is inserted— “rural settlement authority” means a billing authority which has, in respect of the relevant year, identified one or more rural settlements for that year in a list compiled under section 42A(2) of the 1988 Act; . 3 For paragraph (3)(b) of regulation 3 there is substituted— b served by any other billing authority, other than a rural settlement authority, shall contain the matters mentioned in Part 1 of that Schedule; and c served by a rural settlement authority, shall contain the matters mentioned in Part 1 of that Schedule as amended by Part 1A. 4 After Part 1 of Schedule 2 there is inserted the following— PART 1A Amendment of Part 1 in relation to rural settlement authorities In relation to rural settlement authorities, Part 1 shall have effect as if— a in paragraph 5(a), for “section 43(5) or 45(5)” there were substituted “section 43(5) or (6A) or section 45(5)”; and b at the end of the Explanatory Notes set out in paragraph 6, there were added the following— Rural rate relief The occupier of a general store or post office in a settlement appearing in a billing authority’s rural settlement list is entitled to rate relief if it is the only such store or post office in that settlement and its rateable value is £5,000 or less. Relief is given at 50 per cent of the full rates bill, or of the transitional bill where transitional arrangements apply. Billing authorities have discretion to remit all or part of the remaining 50 per cent. Authorities also have discretion to remit all or part of the rate bills on other property in a settlement on the rural settlement list if the rateable value is £10,000 or less and the authority is satisfied that the property is used for a purpose which benefits the local community. Saving 3 Nothing in these Regulations requires any matter to be included in any notice served in respect of any amount payable in respect of any day before 1st April 1998. Signed by Authority of the Secretary of State. Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 13th January 1998
PRISONS 1 These Rules may be cited as the Prison (Amendment) Rules 1998 and shall come into force on 2nd February 1998. 2 After rule 43 of the Prison Rules 1964 there shall be inserted the following rule: Close supervision centres 43A 1 Where it appears desirable, for the maintenance of good order or discipline or to ensure the safety of of|fi|cers, prisoners or any other person, that a prisoner should not associate with other prisoners, either generally or for particular purposes, the Secretary of State may direct the prisoner’s removal from association accordingly and his placement in a close supervision centre of a prison. 2 A direction given under paragraph 1 of this rule shall be for a period not exceeding one month, but may be renewed from time to time for a like period. 3 The Secretary of State may direct that such a prisoner as aforesaid shall resume association with other prisoners, either within a close supervision centre or elsewhere. 4 In exercising any discretion under this rule, the Secretary of State shall take account of any relevant medical considerations which are known to him. . Jack Straw One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 9th January 1998
LANDS TRIBUNAL 1 These Rules may be cited as the Lands Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 1998 and shall come into force on 1st Feburary 1998. 2 The Lands Tribunal Rules 1996 (‘the 1996 Rules ’) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Rules. 3 After rule 29 of the 1996 Rules insert a new rule as follows— Assessors 29A 1 If it appears to the President that any case coming before the Tribunal calls for special knowledge he may direct that the Tribunal shall hear the case with the aid of one or more assessors appointed by him. 2 The remuneration to be paid to an assessor appointed under this rule shall be determined by the President with the approval of the Treasury. 4 After paragraph (c) of rule 32 of the 1996 Rules insert the following— d section 66 (enforcement of the award). . 5 These Rules shall apply to proceedings commenced before the date on which they come into force as well as to proceedings commenced on or after that date. Signed on behalf of the Lord Chancellor G. W. Hoon Parliamentary Secretary Lord Chancellor’s Department 8th January 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 This Order may be cited as the A23 Trunk Road (Croydon) Red Route (Prohibited Turns) Traffic Order 1998, and shall come into force on 26th January 1998. Interpretation 2 In this Order Cause includes permit; “Purley Way” means that length of the A23 Trunk Road in the London Borough of Croydon known as Purley Way; “Stafford Road” means that length of the A232 in the London Borough of Croydon known as Stafford Road. Prohibition 3 Subject to the provisions of article 4 below, no person shall cause a vehicle to turn right on entering Purley Way from Stafford Road. Exemptions 4 Nothing in this Order shall apply— a to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden; or b to a vehicle being used for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes. Revocation 5 The A23 Trunk Road (Croydon) Red Route (Prescribed Route No. 2) Experimental Traffic Order 1996 is hereby revoked. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 12th January 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 This Order may be cited as The A501 Trunk Road (Euston Road, Camden) Red Route (Prescribed Routes) Traffic Order 1998, and shall come into force on 9th January 1998. Interpretation 2 In this Order— a a reference to an article followed by a number is a reference to the article of this Order so numbered; b causing includes permitting; c “Midland Road” and “Judd Street” means those roads so named in the London Borough of Camden; d “the eastern island” means the easternmost pedestrian refuge situated in the mouth of Midland Road at its junction with the A501 Euston Road; e “the western island” means the westernmost pedestrian refuge situated in the month of Midland Road at its junction with the A501 Euston Road; Prescribed Routes 3 1 Subject to the provisions of article 4, no person shall cause any vehicle on entering the A501 Euston Road from Midland Road, Camden, on the eastern side of the eastern island, to proceed in any direction other than south into Judd Street. 2 Subject to the provisions of article 4, no person shall cause any vehicle on entering the A501 Euston Road from Midland Road, Camden, between the eastern island and the western island, to proceed in any direction other than west into the A501 Euston Road. Exemptions 4 The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden. Revocation of existing Orders 5 The A501 Trunk Road (Euston Road, Camden) Red Route (Prescribed Routes) Experimental Traffic Order 1996 is hereby revoked. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 7th January 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 This Order may be cited as The A1400 Trunk Road (Redbridge) Red Route (Prohibited Turn) Traffic Order 1998, and shall come into force on 23rd January 1998. Interpretation 2 In this Order— a a reference to an article or a schedule followed by a number is a reference to the article of, or the schedule to, this Order so numbered; b causing includes permitting; c “Clayhall Avenue” means the road of that name in the London Borough of Redbridge. Prohibited Turn 3 Subject to the provisions of article 4 no person shall cause any vehicle on reaching A1400 Woodford Avenue from Clayhall Avenue to U-turn into Clayhall Avenue. Exemptions 4 The provisions specified in article 3 shall not apply in respect of— i any vehicle being used for fire brigade, ambulance or police purpose, or ii anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 8th January 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 This Order may be cited as The A205 Trunk Road (Greenwich) Red Route (Banned Turns) Traffic Order 1998, and shall come into force on 16th January 1998. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “the trunk road” means the A205 Trunk Road in the London Borough of Greenwich; “central reservation” means that part of the trunk road which separates its carriageway for the safety and guidance of vehicular traffic using that road. Prohibition 3 Subject to the provisions of article 4 below, no person shall, cause or permit any vehicle to enter or proceed through the gap in the central reservation of the A205 Trunk Road opposite its junction with Philippa Gardens or opposite its junction with Legatt Road. Exemptions 4 Nothing in this Order shall apply— a to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden; or b to a vehicle being used for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 5th January 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Changes (Rent Act Registration Areas) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. Amendment of registration areas 2 For the purposes of Part IV of the Rent Act 1977 (registration of rents under regulated tenancies) there shall be— a the Cambridgeshire registration area comprising the counties of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; b the Cheshire registration area comprising the counties of Cheshire, Halton and Warrington; c the Devon registration area comprising the counties of Devon, Plymouth and Torbay; d the Essex registration area comprising the counties of Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock; e the Hereford and Worcester registration area comprising the counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire; f the Kent registration area comprising the counties of Kent and the Medway Towns; g the Lancashire registration area comprising the counties of Blackburn, Blackpool and Lancashire; h the Nottinghamshire registration area comprising the counties of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire; and i the Shropshire registration area comprising the counties of Shropshire and The Wrekin. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 13th January 1998
RIVER, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the River Tweed (Baits and Lures) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st February 1998. Specification of baits and lures 2 1 Any worm (whether fresh or preserved) and any part thereof is hereby specified as bait for the purposes of the definition of “rod and line” in section 24(1) of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act 1951 . 2 Any lure having more than one hook (other than a lone double, or lone treble, hook) attached to it is hereby specified as a lure for the purposes of the definition of “rod and line” in section 24(1) of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act 1951. Areas of application 3 These regulations apply to the following areas– a the Rivers Ettrick and Yarrow together with their tributaries; b the River Tweed (other than its tributaries) downstream from its confluence with the River Ettrick; and c the following parts of the tributaries of the River Tweed: i the Gala Water downstream from ( and including) Boleside road bridge; ii the Leader Water downstream from (and including) Leaderfoot bridge; iii the River Teviot downstream from (and including) the Kelso to St Boswells road bridge; iv the River Till downstream from (and including) the Twizel Cauld; and v the River Whiteadder downstream from (and including) the Newmills Cauld. G M Thomson Assistant Secretary, Scottish Office Pentland House, Edinburgh 6th January 1998
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Employment Protection Code of Practice (Disclosure of Information) Order 1998. Appointed day for revised Code of Practice 2 The day appointed by the Secretary of State under section 201(4) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 for the coming into effect of the revised Code of Practice on Disclosure of Information to Trade Unions for Collective Bargaining Purposes (the draft of which was laid before both Houses of Parliament on 28th October 1997) issued by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service pursuant to that section is 5th February 1998. Signed by order of the Secretary of State. Ian McCartney Minister of State Department of Trade and Industry 14th January 1998