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COUNCIL TAX, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Council Tax (Discount Disregards) Amendment Order 1996 and comes into force on 1st April 1996. Amendment to the 1992 Order 2 1 The Council Tax (Discount Disregards) Order 1992 is amended in accordance with the following paragraphs. 2 In paragraph (1) of article 3, at the end insert “or meets the requirements in paragraph (3) below.”. 3 At the end of article 3, insert— 3 The requirements in this paragraph are— a that the person in question has reached pensionable age as defined for the purposes of Parts I to VI of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 , and b that had he not reached pensionable age he would have been entitled to one of the benefits listed in paragraph (2) above. . 4 At the end of paragraph (2) of article 3, insert— k incapacity benefit under sections 40 and 41 of the Social Security Contribution and Benefits Act 1992 . . 5 In paragraph 3(b) of Schedule 1 for “relevant period for that course” substitute— period beginning with the day on which he begins the course and ending with the day on which he ceases to undertake it, and a person is to be regarded as ceasing to undertake a course of education for the purpose of this paragraph if he has completed it, abandoned it or is no longer permitted by the educational establishment to attend it. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Paul Beresford Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 6th March 1996 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales 7th March 1996
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Employment Protection (National Health Service) Order 1996, and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Specified descriptions of employment 2 The following descriptions of employment are hereby specified for the purpose of paragraph 18B of Schedule 13 to the Employment Protection Consolidation Act 1978 (computation of period of employment—professional training in the health service)— a employment as a registered medical practitioner or registered dental practitioner in the grade of Registrar, Senior Registrar, Specialist Registrar, Registrar (Public Health), Senior Registrar (Public Health) and Specialist Registrar (Public Health) b employment in the grade of clinical scientist trainee or clinical psychology trainee; and c employment in the grade of general management training scheme trainee or financial management training scheme trainee. Stephen Dorrell One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 7th March 1996
CORONERS 1 This Order may be cited as the Coroners' Districts (Wales) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 1 Coroners' districts in the Counties of Clwyd, Gwent, Gwynedd, Mid Glamorgan, Powys, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan, as those counties existed immediately before 1st April 1996, shall be amalgamated and altered so that the areas of those districts are divided into the coroners' districts, for which the alternative names in English and Welsh are given where applicable, set out in column (1) of Schedule 1 to this Order and each such district shall comprise the area specified in respect thereof in column (2) of that Schedule. 2 The areas described in column (2) of that Schedule are local government areas in Wales as they exist on 1st April 1996 by virtue of the amendments made by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 . 3 1 On 1st April 1996, any process issued, order made, direction given, inquest begun or other thing done by or to the coroner for an existing coroner’s district shall be deemed to have been issued, made, given, begun or done by or to the coroner for the relevant new coroner’s district. 2 All documents, exhibits, registers and other things in the custody of the coroner for an existing coroner’s district in connection with inquests or post-mortem investigations shall be transferred to the coroner for the relevant new coroner’s district. 3 In this article, the relevant new coroner’s district in relation to an existing coroner’s district is the new district, for which the alternative names in English and Welsh are given where applicable, specified in column (2) of Schedule 2 to this Order opposite the name of the existing district (or districts) in column (1) of that Schedule. 4 In this article “coroner” includes any deputy coroner or assistant deputy coroner. 5 This article is without prejudice to paragraph 23 of Schedule 17 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (transitional provisions: coroners). Tom Sackville Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Home Office 7th March 1996
HOUSING, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Amendments 2 In the Schedule to the Housing (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1980 — a in form 2— i for paragraph 7(2)(b) substitute— b The council tax valuation band in which the house is listed at the date of this application. ; and ii for the first sentence in note 3 substitute— Where a house is to be occupied by the owner or a member of his family, it must generally be listed in a council tax valuation band which is not higher than a valuation band prescribed by the Secretary of State. ; and b in form 3— i for paragraph 6(b) substitute— b The council tax valuation band in which the house is listed at the date of this application. ; and ii for the first sentence in note 3 substitute— Where a house is to be occupied by the owner or a member of his family and is listed in a council tax valuation band which is higher than a valuation band prescribed by the Secretary of State, it may be excluded from grant. . Raymond S Robertson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 4th March 1996
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement, interpretation and transitional provisions 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 8th April 1996. 2 In these Regulations, a Schedule referred to by number means the Schedule so numbered in the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 . 3 These Regulations shall apply to applications for legal aid made on or after 8th April 1996 and applications made before that date shall be treated as if these Regulations had not come into force. Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1989 2 Part Two of Form 6 (which deals with Calculation of contribution from INCOME) in Schedule 2 shall be amended by substituting— a for “£44”, “£48” and b for “Contributions are rounded to the nearest whole pound”, “A contribution of £1 is payable for each £3 (or part of £3) by which average disposable income exceeds the weekly limit but no contribution is payable where average disposable income does not exceed £49.” . 3 Schedule 4 shall be amended by substituting, for “£47”, “£48” and, for “£48”, “£49”. Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 5th March 1996 We consent, Simon Burns Derek Conway Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 7th March 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Educational Endowments (Strathclyde Region) Transfer Scheme Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Making of Scheme 2 The Scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order shall have effect. Raymond S Robertson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 3rd March 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Educational Endowments (Lothian Region) Transfer Scheme Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Making of Scheme 2 The Scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order shall have effect. Raymond S Robertson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 31st March 1996
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Family Proceedings (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 The Legal Aid in Family Proceedings (Remuneration) Regulations 1991 shall be amended, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1996, by a inserting at the end of the definition of “care proceedings” in regulation 2(1) the words “and includes proceedings under section 25 of that Act (secure accommodation orders)”; b inserting after regulation 3(4)(b) the following bb in allowing costs under Parts I to III and V of Schedule 1 and Part I to III and V of Schedule 2, shall allow the rates specified for franchisees in Schedules 1A and 2A where the work done was done by a person or body (other than the Board) acting under the terms of a franchising contract which was entered into by the Board pursuant to its powers under section 4 of the Legal Aid Act 1988 and references in these Regulations to Schedule 1 or 2 shall, in relation to work done by franchisees, be construed as references to Schedule 1A or, as the case may be, 2A; and c substituting, for Schedules 1 and 2, the following new Schedules.
SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Sheriff Court Fees Amendment Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Amendment of Fees Order 2 1 The Sheriff Court Fees Order 1985 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article. 2 In article 2(1) (Interpretation), there shall be inserted after the definition of “extract decree” the following definitions:— “minute” means a minute in terms of rule 14.2 of the Ordinary Cause Rules 1993 ; “motion” means— a written motion to which Chapter 15 of the Ordinary Cause Rules 1993 apply; and a written motion made in an undefended family action in terms of Chapter 33 of the Ordinary Cause Rules 1993 in which no notice of intention to defend has been lodged; . 3 After article 2(2) (Interpretation), there shall be inserted, as follows:— 3 The fees payable in respect of the matters referred to in paragraphs 35, 36 and 41 of the Table of Fees shall be payable on one occasion only in respect of a cause. . 4 In article 5 (cases in which an extra fee is payable)— a in paragraph (1)— i for the words “ordinary roll”, there shall be substituted the words “ordinary cause roll”; and ii for the word “action”, wherever it appears, there shall be substituted the word “cause”; and b in paragraph (2) for the words “or bankruptcy proceedings”, there shall be substituted the words “, bankruptcy proceedings or proceedings under section 4 of the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995 ”. 5 For the Table of Fees in the Schedule there shall be substituted the Table of Fees set out in the Schedule to this Order. Revocation 3 Article 2(b) of the Sheriff Court Fees Amendment (No.2) Order 1993 is hereby revoked. James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 29th February 1996 We concur, Simon Burns Liam Fox Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 4th March 1996
JURIES 1 This Order may be cited as the Jurors (Scotland) Act 1825 (Provision of Information) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 31st March 1996. 2 For the purpose of maintaining lists of potential jurors under section 3(1) of the Jurors (Scotland) Act 1825, a sheriff principal may require any person in the sheriff court district in question who appears to him to be qualified and liable to serve as a juror to provide, in written form, the person’s name, address and date of birth. James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 6th March 1996
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (Commencement No. 9) Order 1996. 2 Section 22 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (management of secure accommodation) shall come into force on 8th March 1996. Stephen Dorrell One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Department of Health 6th March 1996
TRADE UNIONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Certification Officer (Amendment of Fees) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires— “the Principal Regulations” means the Trade Unions and Employers' Associations (Amalgamations, etc.) Regulations 1975 ; “the 1992 Act” means the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. Amendment of fees payable to the Certification Officer 2 In paragraph (1) of regulation 11 of the Principal Regulations (fees to accompany an application for approval of a proposed instrument of amalgamation or transfer) for the words“£1543” there shall be substituted the words “£1885”. 3 In paragraph (2) of regulation 11 of the Principal Regulations for the words “£89” there shall be substituted the words “£84” (fee on an application for approval of a change of name) and for the words “£43” there shall be substituted the words “£44” (fee for every inspection on the same day of documents kept by the Certification Officer under Chapter VII of Part 1 of the 1992 Act relating to one and the same organisation). 4 In regulation 12 of the Principal Regulations (fee for the entry of the name of an amalgamated organisation in the lists maintained by the Certification Officer where the name of each of the amalgamating organisations is already so entered) for the words “£51” there shall be substituted the words “£52”. 5 The fee of £134 is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 3(2) of the 1992 Act (fee on application by an organisation of workers to have its name entered in the list of trade unions). 6 The fee of £134 is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 124(2) of the 1992 Act (fee on application by an organisation of employers to have its name entered in the list of employers' associations). 7 The fee of £3761 is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 6(1) of the 1992 Act (fee on application by a trade union for a certificate of independence). 8 The Certification Officer (Amendment of Fees) Regulations 1995 are hereby revoked. John M Taylor Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of Trade & Industry 26th February 1996 We approve regulations 2, 3 and 4. Simon Burns Liam Fox Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 28th February 1996
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 31st March 1996. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) Regulations 1987 . Application 2 These Regulations shall apply only in relation to any case where an application for criminal legal aid is made to the Board on or after 31st March 1996. Amendment of the principal Regulations 3 In regulation 4(1) of the principal Regulations (distinct proceedings for the purposes of criminal legal aid)— a for sub-paragraph (c) there shall be substituted— c solemn proceedings other than such proceedings referred to in sub-paragraph (b) above or (j) below; ; b for sub-paragraph (e) there shall be substituted— e summary proceedings other than such proceedings referred to in sub-paragraph (d) above or (j) below; ; and c at the end there shall be added— j such proceedings as are described in section 22(1)(da), (db) or (dc) of the Act . . 4 In regulation 17(3) of the principal Regulations (changes of solicitor) the words “and, in the case of legal aid made available under section 24 or section 25 of the Act, that it is in the interests of justice or, as the case may be, is reasonable, for him to receive or continue to receive criminal legal aid” shall be omitted. James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 5th March 1996
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Contempt Proceedings (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 These Regulations shall apply to the determination of remuneration for any work done by a legal representative pursuant to an order for representation under section 29 of the Act made on or after 1st April 1996, and where an order under that section was made before that date the remuneration payable shall be determined as if these Regulations had not come into force. 2 The Legal Aid in Contempt Proceedings (Remuneration) Regulations 1995 shall be amended by substituting a “£72.75” for “£71.75” in regulation 6(1) and b “£46.50” for “£45.75” and “£26.25” for “£26.00” in regulation 6(2). Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 5th March 1996 We consent, Simon Burns Michael Bates Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 7th March 1996
CRIMINAL LAW, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 Fixed Penalty Order 1996. 2 This Order shall, subject to paragraph (3), come into force on 31st March 1996. 3 This Order shall not apply in respect of any conditional offer made before 31st March 1996. 2 In this Order:— “ the Act ” means the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987; and “conditional offer” means a conditional offer made under section 56 of the Act. Scale of fixed penalties 3 For the purposes of section 56 of the Act (conditional offer of fixed penalty by procurator fiscal), there is hereby prescribed the scale of fixed penalties specified in the Schedule to this Order. Payment of fixed penalties 4 1 Subject to article 5 of this Order, any fixed penalty may be paid in equal instalments of such sum, not exceeding, in any case, £20 as may be determined by the procurator fiscal and specified in the conditional offer. 2 Each instalment shall become due for payment as follows:— a on the fourteenth day after acceptance of the conditional offer by making payment of the first instalment in accordance with section 56 of the Act, the second instalment shall become due for payment; and b each subsequent instalment shall become due for payment on the fourteenth day after the immediately preceding instalment became so due. 3 Subject to paragraph (4), payment of each instalment shall be made on or before the day on which that instalment becomes due for payment in accordance with paragraph (2). 4 Where the day on which any instalment becomes due for payment under paragraph (2) falls on a Saturday, Sunday or court holiday prescribed for the relevant court, payment of that instalment may be made on the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or such court holiday. 5 Where payment of any instalment (other than the first instalment) has not been made in accordance with article 4 of this Order, the whole of the amount of the fixed penalty then outstanding shall immediately fall due for payment. Revocation 6 Subject to article 1(3) of this Order, the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 Fixed Penalty Order 1987 is hereby revoked. James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 5th March 1996
CRIMINAL LAW, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 This Order may be cited as the Intermediate Diets (Scotland) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 In this Order— “the 1995 Act ” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995; and “commission area” has the same meaning as in section 26(1) of the District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975 . Prescription of Courts and commencement of proceedings 3 The sheriff court for each sheriff court district specified in Schedule 1 to this Order is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 148(7) of the 1995 Act (intermediate diet) in relation to proceedings commenced after 31st March 1996. 4 The district court for each commission area specified in Schedule 2 to this Order is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 148(7) of the 1995 Act in relation to proceedings commenced after 31st March 1996. 5 The sheriff court for the sheriff court district of Linlithgow is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 148(7) of the 1995 Act in relation to proceedings commenced after 30th September 1996. 6 The district courts for the commission areas of City of Glasgow and South Lanarkshire are hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 148(7) of the 1995 Act in relation to proceedings commenced after 31st March 1997. James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 5th March 1996
COUNCIL TAX, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax (Amendment of Housing (Scotland) Act 1987) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Amendment of Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 2 In section 240 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (conditions for approval of certain applications for improvement grant) — a in subsection (2)(c), for sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) substitute— i the range of values for the valuation band in which the occupied premises are listed exceeds the range of values for the prescribed valuation band; or ii if it is to be provided by the conversion of two or more houses, the aggregate of the middle values of the valuation band in which each of those houses is listed exceeds the highest value of the range of values for the prescribed valuation band: ; b for subsection (4) substitute— 4 In paragraph (c) of subsection (2)— “middle value”, in relation to a valuation band, means the amount midway between the amount which values in that range must exceed or in the case of valuation band A nothing, and the amount which they must not exceed; “prescribed valuation band” means such valuation band as the Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury may prescribe; and different valuation bands may be so prescribed for different cases and for different classes of cases; and a valuation band so prescribed shall be prescribed by order of the Secretary of State made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment by resolution of either House of Parliament; and references to a valuation band and a range of values shall be construed in accordance with section 74 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and are references to those which apply on the date of the application for grant. 4A For the purpose of this section, premises or a house are listed in a particular valuation band if that valuation band is shown as applicable to the premises or house in the valuation list compiled in accordance with Part II of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 or section 26 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 . . Transitional provision 3 The amendments made by these regulations and any Regulations made under section 240 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 as so amended shall apply only to applications for grant made on or after 1st April 1996; and in respect of any earlier applications the unamended provisions of section 240 of that Act and any Regulations made under that section shall continue to apply. Raymond S Robertson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 4th March 1996