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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Law Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. 2 In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Law Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 . Amendment of article 3 of the principal order 2 For article 3(2)(a) of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following:– a to own and manage under section 12A(1)(a) of the Act the hospital establishments or facilities known as Law Hospital, Carluke, Strathclyde Hospital Out-Patient Department, Motherwell and Bellshill Maternity Hospital, Bellshill and establishments associated with those hospitals, including management of the facilities provided at and from those establishments, and also including the management of any teaching and research facilities associated with these establishments and the support services related thereto; . Sam Galbraith Minister for Health Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 26th March 1998
SEA FISHERIES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Conservation of Seals (Common Seals) (Shetland Islands Area) Order 1991 Revocation Order 1998 and shall come into force on 29th April 1998. Revocation 2 The Conservation of Seals (Common Seals) (Shetland Islands Area) Order 1991 is hereby revoked. Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 23rd March 1998
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 31st March 1998. Amendment of the Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1997 2 1 The Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1997 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraph. 2 After regulation 2 (amendment of the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992) there shall be added the following regulation— Saving 3 1 Subject to paragraph (2), regulation 2(3) and (4) above shall not have effect in the case of a person entitled to council tax benefit in respect of 31st March 1998, for so long as that person is continuously so entitled by virtue of his residence in the dwelling in which he was residing on that date. 2 Where a person to whom paragraph (1) refers ceases to be entitled to council tax benefit in respect of his residence in the relevant dwelling, that paragraph shall have effect for a partner who— a was resident in that dwelling on 31st March; b has remained continuously resident in that dwelling since that date; and c becomes personally entitled to council tax benefit on account of being resident in that dwelling within a period of not more than 12 weeks from the time the original person’s entitlement ceased. 3 Where a person who is entitled to council tax benefit in the circumstances to which paragraph (1) or (2) refers— a whether on one or more occasions, ceases to be entitled to council tax benefit on or after 1st April 1998 but subsequently becomes re-entitled to that benefit within a period of not more than 12 weeks from the date he ceases to be so entitled; and b the dwelling in respect of which his further entitlement arises is the dwelling to which paragraph (1) refers, paragraph (1) shall continue to apply in his case. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Keith Bradley Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 30th March 1998
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Instrument may be cited as “the Northamptonshire County Council (A45 Nene Valley Way Widening) (Bridge over the River Nene) Scheme 1997 Confirmation Instrument 1998” and shall come into force on the date on which notice that it has been confirmed is first published in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Highways Act 1980. 2 The Northamptonshire County Council (A45 Nene Valley Way Widening) (Bridge over the River Nene) Scheme 1997 (“the Scheme”) is hereby confirmed without modifications. 3 The Scheme as confirmed is set out in the Schedule hereto and copies of the Scheme with its accompanying plan are deposited at the offices of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, St Christopher House, Southwark Street, London SE1 0TE, and at the offices of the Council of the Northamptonshire County Council at County Hall, Northampton NN1 1AW. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Dr D R Dobbie Regional Director, Government Office for the North East 23 March 1998
PENSIONS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Reduced Rates of Class 1 Contributions, and Rebates) (Money Purchase Contracted-out Schemes) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 6th April 1999. Reduced rates of Class 1 contributions, and rebates 2 For the purposes of section 42A of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (reduced rates of Class 1 contributions, and rebates)— a the appropriate flat-rate percentage in respect of earners for the tax years 1999–2000 to 2001–2002, in the case of a primary Class 1 contribution is 1.6 per cent., and in the case of a secondary Class 1 contribution is 0.6 per cent.; b the appropriate age-related percentages in respect of earners for the tax years 1999–2000 to 2001–2002 are the percentages specified in the Table set out in the Schedule to this Order, by reference to the earners' ages on the last day of the preceding tax year. Amendment of previous Order 3 In the Social Security (Reduced Rates of Class 1 Contributions and Rebates) (Money Purchase Contracted-out Schemes) Order 1996 — a in article 2, for the words “to 2001–02” (in both places where they occur) there shall be substituted the words “and 1998–99”; and b in the Table in the Schedule, the columns relating to the tax years 1999–2000, 2000–2001 and 2001–2002 shall be omitted. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. John Y. Denham Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 1st April 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC Citation and commencement 1 These Directions may be cited as the Pelican and Puffin Pedestrian Crossings General (Amendment) Directions 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. Amendment of the Pelican and Puffin Pedestrian Crossings General Directions 1997 2 In direction 8(3) of the Pelican and Puffin Pedestrian Crossings General Directions 1997 , after the word “grey,” there shall be inserted “black,”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Helene Hayman Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 18th March 1998 Henry B. McLeish Minister of State, Scottish office 20th March 1998 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 25th March 1998
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Dual-Use and Related Goods (Export Control) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 24th April 1998. 2 The following words shall be added at the end of the definition of “the Decision” in regulation 2 of the Dual-Use and Related Goods (Export Control) Regulations 1996 : and by Council Decision No. 98/232/ CFSP of 1998 . Clinton-Davis, Minister for Trade, Department of Trade and Industry 26th March 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Special Trustees for University College Hospital (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 27th April 1998. 2 In this Order— “the Special Trustees” means the Special Trustees for University College Hospital; “the Trust” means the Camden and Islington Community Health Services National Health Service Trust; “the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by, agreed upon by and signed on behalf of the Special Trustees and the Trust on 11th November 1997. Transfer of trust property 2 On 27th April 1998 the trust property shall be transferred from the Special Trustees to the Trust. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn Minister of State,Department of Health 25th March 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Act 1991 (Commencement No. 15 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998. 2 In this Order— “the 1991 Act ” means the Road Traffic Act 1991; and “the appointed day” means the 10th day of April 1998. 2 1 The following provisions of the 1991 Act shall come into force on the appointed day— a section 81, to the extent necessary for bringing into force the provisions of paragraphs 6 and 12 of Schedule 7; and b paragraphs 6 and 12 of Schedule 7. 2 The following provisions of the 1991 Act shall come into force on the appointed day to the extent that they are not already in force— a section 67(4); b section 68(2)(b); c section 69. 3 The provisions of Orders mentioned in the Schedule to this Order, being provisions which are now spent or have become spent in consequence of the making of this Order, are hereby revoked to the extent specified in column (3) of the Schedule with effect from the appointed day. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Glenda Jackson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 31st March 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Lewisham and Guy’s Mental Health National Health Service Trust (Transfers of Trust Property) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 23rd April 1998. 2 In this Order— “the Schedule” means the Schedule to this Order; “the Trust” means the Lewisham and Guy’s Mental Health National Health Service Trust; “the trust property” means, in the case of each body specified in the Schedule, the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by, agreed upon by and signed on behalf of that body and the Trust on 28th May 1997. Transfer of trust property 2 On 23rd April 1998, in the case of each body specified in the Schedule, the trust property shall be transferred from that body to the Trust. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn Minister of State, Department of Health 25th March 1998
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 1998 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. 2 The day hereby appointed for the purposes of section 2(2)(b) of the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (“the 1997 Act ”) is 27th February 1999, being not more than 12 months after the day on which this Order is made or more than five years after the day on which the 1997 Act was passed. Marjorie Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 23rd March 1998
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS Citation and extent 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (Scotland) (Commencement No. 5) Order 1998. 2 This Order shall extend only to Scotland. Commencement 2 Sections 104 to 117 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (in so far as they are not already in force) shall come into force on 1st May 1998. Calum MacDonald Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 19th March 1998
POLICE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Police Grant (No. 2) (Scotland) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 15th April 1998. 2 In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires– “ the Act ” means the Police (Scotland) Act 1967; “authority” means a police authority (not being a constituent authority) or a joint police board; “financial year 1998-99” means the period of 12 months commencing on 1st April 1998; “police grant” means the grant made under section 32(1) of the Act. Aggregate amount of grants for 1998-99 2 The aggregate amount of police grant to be made for the financial year 1998-99 shall be £348,885,000. Amount of grant to an authority for 1998-99 3 The amount of police grant to be made for the financial year 1998-99 to each authority specified in column 1 of the Table below shall be the amount determined in relation to that authority which is set out in column 2 of that Table opposite to the name of that authority– TABLE (1) (2) Authority Amount of Grant Central Scotland Joint Police Board £15,601,000 Dumfries and Galloway Council £9,855,000 Fife Council £18,347,000 Grampian Joint Police Board £30,137,000 Lothian and Borders Joint Police Board £63,600,000 Northern Joint Police Board £17,350,000 Strathclyde Joint Police Board £167,232,000 Tayside Joint Police Board £26,763,000 Payment of grant 4 The police grant payable to an authority by virtue of this Order for the financial year 1998-99 shall be paid to that authority in equal monthly instalments on the 15th day of each month during that year. Henry McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 19th March 1998 We approve, Graham Allen Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 23rd March 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE,ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Lincolnshire Ambulance and Health Transport Service National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 23rd April 1998. 2 In this Order— “the first Trust” means the Humberside Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust; “the second Trust” means the Lincolnshire Ambulance and Health Transport Service National Health Service Trust; “the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by, agreed upon by and signed on behalf of the first and second Trusts on 17th December 1997. Transfer of trust property 2 On 23rd April 1998 the trust property shall be transferred from the first Trust to the second Trust. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn Minister of State,Department of Health 25th March 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Staff Commission (England) (Winding Up) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 12th May 1998. Winding Up of Staff Commission 2 The Local Government Staff Commission (England) is wound up and its rights and liabilities (if any) shall transfer to and vest in the Secretary of State. Revocation 3 The Local Government Staff Commission (England) Order 1993 is revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 24th March 1998
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (Mediation in Family Matters) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 20th April 1998. 2 In these Regulations, a regulation referred to by number alone means the regulation so numbered in the Legal Aid (Mediation in Family Matters) Regulations 1997 . Amendment to the Legal Aid (Mediation in Family Matters) Regulations 1997 2 In regulation 3, for “£166”, there shall be substituted “£172”. 3 At the end of regulation 4, there shall be added the following new paragraph— 7 Where the mediator is satisfied that any of the persons whose disposable income or disposable capital is to be assessed under paragraph (1) is an assisted person within the meaning of the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989 , he shall take that person’s disposable income and disposable capital as not exceeding the amounts specified in regulation 3. . Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 23rd March 1998 We consent, Jim Dowd Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 26th March 1998
DANGEROUS DRUGS 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st May 1998. 2 1 The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1985 shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 1, there shall be inserted— a after the word “Eticyclidine”, the word “Etryptamine”; and b after the word “Mescaline”, the word “Methcathinone”. 3 In paragraph 1 of Schedule 2, after the word “Trimeperidine”, there shall be inserted the word “Zipeprol”. 4 In paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 3, after the word “Ethinamate”, there shall be inserted the word “Flunitrazepam”. 5 In paragraph 1 of Part II of Schedule 4 , the word “Flunitrazepam” shall be deleted and there shall be inserted— a after the word “Alprazolam”, the word “Aminorex”; b after the word “Bromazepam”, the word “Brotizolam”; and c after the word “Mefenorex” , the word “Mesocarb”. George Howarth Minister of State Home Office 23rd March 1998
AGRICULTURE 1 This Order may be cited as the Agriculture Act 1986 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1998. 2 The day appointed for the coming into force of— a section 8(4) of the Agriculture Act 1986 (substitution of new paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Agricultural Marketing Act 1983 ); b section 8(5) of the Agriculture Act 1986 and the repeal consequential thereon (repeal of certain words in paragraph 6 of the said Schedule 1); and c section 8(6) of the Agriculture Act 1986 and the repeals consequential thereon (repeal of certain words in paragraph 11(2) of the said Schedule 1); shall be 1st April 1998. Donoughue Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 16th March 1998 Sewel Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office 17th March 1998 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office 17th March 1998 Dubs Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office 19th March 1998
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (Listed Bodies) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 7th April 1998. 2 To the list of bodies in Part I of the Schedule to the Education (Listed Bodies) Order 1997 there shall be added (at their appropriate places in alphabetical order) the bodies named in the Schedule to this Order, being bodies which appear to the Secretary of State to fall within section 216(3) of the Education Reform Act 1988. David Blunkett Secretary of State for Education and Employment 17th March 1998
HOUSING, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Variation Order 1998 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Variation of Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1997 2 In the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1997 – a in article 2 (aggregate amount of housing support grants for 1997-98) for “£15,249,094” there shall be substituted “£15,561,071”; b in article 3(2) (general portion) for “£11,930,678” there shall be substituted “£12,229,792”; and c in article 3(3) (hostel portion) for “£3,318,416” there shall be substituted “£3,331,279”. Calum MacDonald Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House Edinburgh 4th March 1998 We consent, Graham Allen Jon Owen Jones Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 17th March 1998
HOUSING, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. 2 In this Order– a “the number of houses of the authority” means the estimate of the number of houses to which the housing revenue account of the authority, at 30th September 1998, relates; and b any reference to any type of expenditure, charge or income which is estimated is a reference to such an estimate made by the Secretary of State. Aggregate amount of grants for 1998-99 2 The aggregate amount of the housing support grants for the year 1998-99 shall be £12,693,365. Apportionment of grants for 1998-99 3 1 The aggregate amount of the housing support grants for the year 1998-99 shall be divided into 2 portions, the “general portion” and the “hostel portion”. 2 The general portion shall amount to £9,326,004 and shall be apportioned among the local authorities listed in Schedule 1 to this Order according to their respective estimated net expenditures for the year 1998-99 assessed in the manner provided for in Schedule 2 to this Order. 3 The hostel portion shall amount to £3,367,361 and shall be apportioned among the local authorities listed in Schedule 3 to this Order according to their respective estimated net expenditures for the year 1998-99 on those buildings specified in paragraph 1(1)(e) of Schedule 15 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (which provides for lodging houses and hostels as buildings for the purposes of a local authority’s housing revenue account). Calum MacDonald Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House Edinburgh 4th March 1998 We consent, Graham Allen Jon Owen Jones Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 17th March 1998
DANGEROUS DRUGS 1 This Order may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (Variation) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st May 1998. 2 1 The Misuse of Drugs (Designation) Order 1986 shall be varied as follows. 2 In paragraph 1(a) of Part I to the Schedule, there shall be inserted— a after the word “Eticyclidine”, the word “Etryptamine”; and b after the word “Mescaline”, the word “Methcathinone”. George Howarth Minister of State Home Office 23rd March 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (No. 2) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 17th April 1998. Designation of public body 2 Further Education (London Region) Services (“ FELORS ”), being a person appearing to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and to the Secretary of State for Wales to be exercising functions of a public nature, shall be a public body for the purposes of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 in its application to England and Wales. Restriction on agreements 3 Agreements which may be entered into by FELORS by virtue of this Order shall be restricted to agreements with a local authority for the provision of administrative, professional or technical services by that authority to FELORS in connection with FELORS’s activities in the field of further and higher education and training. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Nick Raynsford Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 12th March 1998 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office 13th March 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 This Order may be cited as The A205 Trunk Road (Lambeth) Red Route (Prohibition of Traffic) Experimental Traffic Order 1998, and shall come into force on 6th April 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 “Cavendish Road” means that length of the A205 Trunk Road in the London Borough of Lambeth known as Cavendish Road; d “Hazelbourne Road” means the road of that name in the London Borough of Lambeth and in the London Borough of Wandsworth. Prohibition 3 1 Subject to the provisions of article 4, no person shall cause any vehicle, to :— a enter Cavendish Road from Hazelbourne Road; or b proceed from Cavendish Road to Hazelbourne Road. Exemptions 4 The provisions of articles 3 do not apply:— a to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden; b to a vehicle being used for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes; or c to a pedal cycle as defined in regulation 4 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 . Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 20th March 1998