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LEGAL AID AND ADVICE Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st July 2002. Application 2 These Regulations shall apply only in relation to any case where an application for civil legal aid is made to the Scottish Legal Aid Board on or after 1st July 2002. Amendment of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 3 In section 15(2)(a) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (financial conditions), for “£8,560” there is substituted “£10,000”. 4 In section 17(2)(b) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (contributions), for “£3,000” there is substituted “£6,000”. Revocation 5 Regulation 4 of the Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 is hereby revoked except in relation to any case where an application for civil legal aid is made to the Scottish Legal Aid Board before 1st July 2002. JAMES WALLACE A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 26th June 2002
CRIMINAL LAW 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Amendment (Scotland) Order 2002 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. 2 This Order extends to Scotland and, in so far as it extends beyond Scotland, it does so only as a matter of Scots law. 2 After paragraph 1(n) of the Schedule to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988 insert– o a disguised knife, that is any knife which has a concealed blade or concealed sharp point and is designed to appear to be an everyday object of a kind commonly carried on the person or in a handbag, briefcase, or other hand luggage (such as a comb, brush, writing instrument, cigarette lighter, key, lipstick or telephone). . JAMES WALLACE A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 21st June 2002
HOUSING Citation, commencement and revocation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Right to Purchase (Application Form) (Scotland) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 30th September 2002. 2 The Right to Purchase (Application Form) (Scotland) Order 2000 is hereby revoked. Prescribed Notice 2 The notice to be served under section 63(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (application to purchase) shall be in the form prescribed in the Schedule to this Order. MARGARET CURRAN A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 26th June 2002
HOUSING Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Scottish Secure Tenancies (Proceedings for Possession) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 30th September 2002. Form of notice 2 The form of the notice contained in the Schedule to these Regulations is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 14(4) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001. MARGARET CURRAN A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 26th June 2002
HOUSING Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Short Scottish Secure Tenancies (Proceedings for Possession) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 30th September 2002. Form of notice for recovery of possession 2 The form of the notice contained in the Schedule to these Regulations is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 36(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001. MARGARET CURRAN A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 26th June 2002
HOUSING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Houses Liable to Demolition) (Scotland) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 30th September 2002. Information to be submitted to Scottish Ministers in support of an application for authorisation to refuse to sell a house liable to demolition 2 The information set out in article 3 below is hereby prescribed as the information which must accompany an application to the Scottish Ministers under section 70A(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (authorisation of refusal to sell houses liable to demolition). 3 The information referred to in article 2 above is– a a description of the house to which the application relates including– i its postal address; ii its type and the number of its apartments; iii its market value; and iv whether the Housing (Right to Buy) (Cost Floor) (Scotland) Order 1999 will apply to the sale; b the duration of the tenancy of the house to which the application relates and the estimated discount entitlement of the person who has applied to purchase the house; and c details of the demolition proposal including– i a copy of, as the case may be, the relevant minute of the board or committee of, or of a resolution of the members of, the landlord body recording the decision to demolish; ii the reasons for the demolition proposal; iii the reasons why it is considered that the application to purchase should be refused; iv a copy of the demolition programme timetable and the likely effect on the applicant; v details of factors which may cause the demolition proposal to be delayed or abandoned; and vi details of the extent to which the landlord consulted with the tenant about the demolition proposal prior to the decision to demolish being taken. MARGARET CURRAN A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 26th June 2002
HOUSING Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (Commencement No. 5, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2002. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001. Commencement of provisions 2 1 This article has effect subject to the provisions of articles 3 to 5 below. 2 The provisions of the Act which are specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order shall, insofar as not already in force, come into force on 30th September 2002, but, where a particular purpose in relation to any such provision is specified in column 2 of the Schedule, that provision shall come into force on that day only for that purpose. Transitional provisions and savings 3 Notwithstanding the commencement of provisions by article 2 above, the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (and any regulations made thereunder) shall apply, as they applied immediately before 30th September 2002 to a tenancy in relation to which the landlord is Scottish Homes and which was created before that date, and to any tenancy created on or after that date in relation to which Scottish Homes is the landlord until such time as the tenancy is brought to an end or the house which is the subject of the tenancy is transferred to another landlord. 4 Notwithstanding the commencement of provisions by article 2 above, section 58A of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 and the Secure Tenants (Compensation for Improvements) (Scotland) Regulations 1994 shall continue to apply to qualifying improvement work, within the meaning of that section, which is begun earlier than 30th September 2002. 5 Section 35 of the Act shall not apply in a case where an anti-social behaviour order under section 19 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 has been made before, and continues after, the date on which section 35 of the Act comes into force. MARGARET CURRAN A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 26th June 2002
HOUSING Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Scottish Secure Tenancies (Exceptions) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 30th September 2002. Tenancies which are not Scottish secure tenancies 2 The following educational institutions or bodies are hereby specified for the purposes of paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (tenancies granted to persons who pursue or intend to pursue a course of study which cannot be Scottish secure tenancies):– a any central institution within the meaning of section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 ; b any institution within the higher education sector for the purposes of section 56(2) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 ; c any institution for the provision of further education within the meaning of that section which is administered by an education authority; d any college of further education which is managed by a board of management in terms of Part I of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992; e any association approved under regulation 8 of the Further Education (Scotland) Regulations 1959 ; and f The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. MARGARET CURRAN A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 26th June 2002
PUBLIC HEALTH Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No. 7) (Scotland) Order 2002 and shall come into force at 1500 hours on 3rd July 2002. 2 In this Order– a “scallops” means scallops of the species of Pecten maximus; and b “relevant time” means 0001 hours on 3rd July 2002. Designated circumstances 2 In the opinion of the Scottish Ministers, scallops in the areas designated in article 3 below may be affected by the toxin which causes amnesic shellfish poisoning in human beings and are likely to create a hazard to human health if they are consumed. Designated areas 3 The areas described in the Schedule to this Order are hereby designated for the purposes of Part I of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985. Activity prohibited in the designated areas 4 No person shall fish for or take any scallops in the designated areas. Prohibited movement of scallops 5 No person shall move any scallops out of the designated areas. Restrictions 6 No person shall– a use any scallops taken out of the designated areas after the relevant time in the preparation or processing for supply of food and anything from which food could be derived; b land any scallops which were in waters in the designated areas after the relevant time; c supply, or have in possession for supply, any scallops which were in the designated areas after the relevant time; d supply, or have in possession for supply, any food or anything from which food could be derived in the preparation or processing of which anything was used in contravention of paragraph (a) of this article; or e feed to any creature a feeding stuff in the preparation or processing of which anything was used in contravention of paragraph (a) of this article. FRANCIS McAVEETY Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 3rd July 2002
PENSIONS Citation, commencement and effect 1 These regulations may be cited as the Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002, shall come into force on 23rd September 2002 and shall have effect from 1st April 2002. Amendments to the Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 1998 2 1 The Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 1998 are amended in accordance with this regulation. 2 In regulation 5– a in paragraph (1A) for “paragraph (1B)” substitute “paragraphs (1B) or (1C)”; and b after paragraph (1B) insert– 1C Any person who– a was, or was eligible to be, an active member of the Scheme; and b on 1st April 2002 became employed by Scottish Enterprise or Highlands and Islands Enterprise, is a person for the purposes of paragraph (1A). . 3 In Schedule 2 for paragraph 3 substitute– 3 The body known as Scottish Water established under section 20 of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 . . 4 In Part II of Schedule 5– a for “1. Employee of East of Scotland Water Authority” substitute– 1A Former employee of East of Scotland Water Authority who transferred to Scottish Water on 1st April 2002. 1B Employee of Scottish Water who commenced employment on or after 1st April 2002 and whose pay notice is prepared in the Edinburgh premises of Scottish Water. ; b for “2. Employee of West of Scotland Water Authority” substitute– 2A Former employee of West of Scotland Water Authority who transferred to Scottish Water on 1st April 2002. 2B Employee of Scottish Water who commenced employment on or after 1st April 2002 and whose pay notice is prepared in the Glasgow premises of Scottish Water. ; and c for “3. Employee of North of Scotland Water Authority” substitute– 3A Former employee of North of Scotland Water Authority who transferred to Scottish Water on 1st April 2002. 3B Employee of Scottish Water who commenced employment on or after 1st April 2002 and whose pay notice is prepared in the Inverness premises of Scottish Water. . ANDREW P KERR A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 25th June 2002
SPORTS GROUNDS AND SPORTING EVENTS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2002 and shall come into force on 21st September 2002. Amendment of the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 1998 2 Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 1998 shall be amended by inserting in that Part the following names in the appropriate places in alphabetical order:– “Harlaw Park, Inverurie”; and “Raydale Park, Gretna”. MIKE WATSON A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 20th August 2002
PUBLIC HEALTH Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (Orkney) (No. 2) (Scotland) Order 2002 and shall come into force at 1700 hours on 23rd July 2002. 2 In this Order– a “scallops” means scallops of the class of Pecten maximus; and b “relevant time” means 0001 hours on 23rd July 2002. Designated circumstances 2 In the opinion of the Scottish Ministers, scallops in the area designated in article 3 below may be affected by the toxins which cause amnesic shellfish poisoning in human beings and are likely to create a hazard to human health if they are consumed. Designated area 3 The area described in the Schedule to this Order is hereby designated for the purposes of Part I of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985. Activity prohibited in the designated area 4 No person shall fish for or take any scallops in the designated area. Prohibited movement of scallops 5 No person shall move any scallops out of the designated area. Restrictions 6 No person shall– a use any scallops taken out of the designated area after the relevant time in the preparation or processing for supply of food and anything from which food could be derived; b land any scallops which were in waters in the designated area after the relevant time; c supply, or have in possession for supply, any scallops which were in the designated area after the relevant time; d supply, or have in possession for supply, any food or anything from which food could be derived in the preparation or processing of which anything was used in contravention of paragraph (a) of this article; or e feed to any creature a feeding stuff in the preparation or processing of which anything was used in contravention of paragraph (a) of this article. MARY MULLIGAN Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 23rd July 2002
HOUSING Citation and Commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Homeless Persons Interim Accommodation (Scotland) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 30th September 2002. Interpretation 2 In this Order– “the 1987 Act ” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987; “accommodation” has the same meaning as in sections 31 and 32 of the 1987 Act; “applicant” has the same meaning as in section 28(1) of the 1987 Act; “interim accommodation” means accommodation that is not permanent accommodation within the meaning of section 31(5) of the 1987 Act; “housing support services” has the same meaning as in section 91(8) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 ; “housing support services assessment” means a decision by a local authority in any question as to whether an applicant or any person residing with that applicant should be provided with housing support services. Prescribed circumstances where interim accommodation can be provided 3 The circumstances specified in regulation 4 below are hereby prescribed as circumstances in which section 31(2) of the 1987 Act so far as requiring that accommodation is to be permanent accommodation within the meaning of section 31(5) of that Act, does not apply. 4 The circumstances referred to in regulation 3 above are– a a housing support services assessment for an applicant has concluded that the applicant or any other person residing with that applicant requires housing support services which cannot reasonably be provided within permanent accommodation; and b as a result of that housing support services assessment, the local authority is providing an applicant or any person residing with that applicant with interim accommodation together with housing support services in connection with that interim accommodation which include– i all services required in terms of the housing support services assessment; ii access to independent advocacy and information services in connection with the services mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) above; iii a timetable, agreed with the applicant, for the provision of the interim accommodation and housing support services; iv an end or review date for the provision of services and interim accommodation, which date shall not be later than a date six months from the date on which the interim accommodation was first provided; v a written record of the housing support services assessment, the services that are to be provided and the timetable in (iii); and vi a mechanism to monitor the use of interim accommodation and the long term outcomes for each applicant. MARGARET CURRAN A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 5th September 2002
HOUSING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (Appointment of Arbiter) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 30th September 2002. Specification of period for agreement 2 The period of 5 days is hereby specified for the purpose of section 6(1)(c) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001. 3 In calculating any period of days for the purpose of article 2 above a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday, a bank holiday in Scotland, a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning and any day on which the office of either the local authority or the landlord is closed by virtue of a local holiday shall be disregarded. MARGARET CURRAN A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 5th September 2002
ELECTRICITY Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Electricity Act 1989 (Requirement of Consent for Offshore Generating Stations) (Scotland) Order 2002, and shall come into force on 26th September 2002. 2 This Order extends to Scotland only. Interpretation 2 In this Order “territorial sea” means the internal waters or territorial sea of the United Kingdom adjacent to Scotland as defined in article 3 of the Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999 . Generating stations – permitted capacity 3 In the case of generating stations situated in the territorial sea (and wholly or mainly driven by water or wind), section 36(2) of the Electricity Act 1989 shall have effect as if, for the permitted capacity of 50 megawatts mentioned therein, there were substituted the capacity of 1 megawatt. LEWIS MACDONALD Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 2nd September 2002
ADULTS WITH INCAPACITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Adults with Incapacity (Specified Medical Treatments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st July 2002. Amendment of Regulations 2 In Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Adults with Incapacity (Specified Medical Treatments) (Scotland) Regulations 2002 , paragraph 1 (neurosurgery for mental disorder) is omitted. MALCOLM CHISHOLM A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 21st June 2002
COURT OF SESSION Citation and commencement 1 1 This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment) (Fees of Solicitors, Shorthand Writers and Witnesses) 2002 and shall come into force on 1st July 2002. 2 This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt. Increase in fees of solicitors and shorthand writers 2 1 The Table of Fees in rule 42.16(3) of the Rules of the Court of Session shall be amended in accordance with the following sub-paragraph. 2 In the provisions mentioned in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Act of Sederunt, for the amounts specified in column 2 of that Schedule, there shall be substituted the amounts specified in column 3. Fees of witnesses 3 Schedule 2 to this Act of Sederunt shall have effect to regulate the fees charged and outlays incurred, by a witness in civil proceedings in the Court of Session. Saving and revocation 4 1 Paragraphs 2 and 3 shall not affect fees chargeable for work done, or outlays incurred before 1 July 2002. 2 Chapter II of the Table of Fees set out in rule 42.16(3) of the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session) 1994 is revoked, but shall continue to have effect in respect of fees chargeable and outlays incurred before the date on which this Act of Sederunt comes into force. W DOUGLAS CULLEN Lord President, I.P.D. Edinburgh 18th June 2002
FOOD Citation, commencement and extent 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prohibition of importation and offence 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enforcement 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application of various provisions of the Act 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation of the Food and Animal Feedingstuffs (Products of Animal Origin from China) (Control) (Scotland) Regulations 2002 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC. Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Scotland) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st October 2002. 2 In this Order a reference to a numbered column is to the column in the Schedule to this Order bearing that number. Fees 2 Each of the enactments mentioned in column 1 is hereby amended by varying the sum specified by that enactment as the amount or maximum amount payable in respect of the matter described in column 2 from the sum shown in column 3 to the sum shown in column 4. Revocation 3 The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Scotland) Order 1997 is hereby revoked. R J SIMPSON Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 26th August 2002