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TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Britannia Cablesystems Teesside Limited) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 17th April 1991. 2 Each of the Applicable Cabled Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system. John Redwood Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry 18th March 1991
PENSIONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Scheme may be cited as the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1991 and shall come into force on 8th April 1991. 2 In this Scheme, the expression “the principal Scheme” means the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 . Amendment of article 18 of the principal Scheme 2 In article 18 of the principal Scheme (unemployability allowances) in paragraph (2) for the amount “£1,820” there shall be substituted the amount “£2,028”. Substitution of Schedules 3 and 4 to the principal Scheme 3 For Schedules 3 and 4 to the principal Scheme (rates of pensions and allowances payable in respect of disablement and death) there shall respectively be substituted the Schedules set out in the Schedule to this Scheme and numbered 3 and 4. Amendment to article 25A of the principal Scheme 4 For sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) of article 25A there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph— a disablement as a result of the amputation of both legs, at levels which are either through or above the ankle; or Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Henley Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 13th March 1991 We approve, Thomas Sackville Irvine Patnick Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 18th March 1991
CONTRACT 1 This Order may be cited as the Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1991. 2 The following provisions of the Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990 shall come into force on 1st April 1991: Section 1, Section 2(1) insofar as it relates to the Rome Convention and the Luxembourg Convention as defined in section 1, Section 2(2) to (4), Section 3(3)(a), Sections 4 to 9, Schedules 1 to 4. Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 8th March 1991 Fraser of Carmyllie Dated 8th March 1991
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Mobility Allowance and Adjudication) Amendment Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 10th April 1991. Amendment of the Mobility Allowance Regulations 1975 2 1 Regulation 3 of the Mobility Allowance Regulations 1975 (circumstances in which, for the purposes of section 37A of the Social Security Act 1975, a person is or is not to be treated as suffering from physical disablement such that he is unable or virtually unable to walk) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 In paragraph (1)(b) for the words “while out of doors” there shall be substituted the words “while out of doors; or”. 3 After paragraph (1)(b) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph– c he has both legs amputated at levels which are either through or above the ankle, or he has one leg so amputated and is without the other leg, or is without both legs, to the same extent as if it, or they, had been so amputated. . 4 In paragraph (2) for the words “A person shall not be treated” there shall be substituted the words “Unless paragraph (1)(c) applies to him a person shall not be treated”. Amendment of the Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 1986 3 In regulation 56(2) of the Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 1986 (reference of medical questions for report)– a in head (iii) of sub-paragraph (b) for the words “section 84(1) of the 1986 Act” there shall be substituted the words “section 84(1) of the 1986 Act; or”; and b after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph– c the evidence before him as to a person’s medical condition where paragraph (1)(c) of regulation 3 of the Mobility Allowance Regulations 1975 (circumstances in which, for the purposes of section 37A of the 1975 Act, a person is or is not to be treated as suffering from physical disablement such that he is unable or virtually unable to walk) is relevant to the claim. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security Nicholas Scott Minister of State, Department of Social Security 13th March 1991
PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (EmergencyProhibitions) (Lead in Cattle) (England) (Revocation) (No. 2) Order 1991and shall come into force on 16th March 1991. Revocation 2 The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Lead in Cattle)(England) Order 1991 is hereby revoked. In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister ofAgriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 15th March 1991. Grant Meekings Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Borough of Langbaurgh (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1991. 2 This Order shall come into force on 2nd May 1991 except that, for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to an election to be held on or after that day, it shall come into force forthwith. 3 1 The map referred to in this Order is the map marked “MAP REFERRED TO IN THE BOROUGH OF LANGBAURGH (ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS) ORDER 1991” and deposited with the Secretary of State. 2 Copies of the map, marked “COPY OF THE MAP REFERRED TO IN THE BOROUGH OF LANGBAURGH (ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS) ORDER 1991”, shall be deposited with the council of the Borough of Langbaurgh and with the Director General of the Ordnance Survey and such copies shall, at all reasonable times, be open to inspection by any person. 3 Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, waterway or other similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line thereof. 4 1 The existing wards of the Borough of Langbaurgh shall be abolished and that Borough shall be divided into twenty-two wards which shall bear the names set out in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, and each such ward shall comprise the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the ward, and demarcated by red lines thereon. 2 The number of councillors to be elected for each ward constituted by this Order shall be the number specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order opposite to the name of the ward as given in column 1 of that Schedule. Kenneth Baker One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 18th March 1991
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT AND CO-OPERATION 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Caribbean Development Bank (Further Payments) Order 1991 and shall come into force forthwith. 2 In this Order— “the Agreement” means the Agreement establishing the Caribbean Development Bank dated 18th October 1969 ; “the Bank” means the Caribbean Development Bank established by the Agreement; “the Government” means the Government of the United Kingdom; “the Resolution” means Resolution No. 4/90 entitled “Increase in the Authorized Capital Stock of the Bank and in subscriptions of Members of the Bank” adopted at the meeting of the Board of Governors on 17th May 1990. 2 The Secretary of State may, on behalf of the Government, out of moneys provided by Parliament— a make payment of a subscription to the increased authorised capital stock of the Bank of sums not exceeding in the aggregate the equivalent of 20,881,884 United States dollars pursuant to arrangements made between the Government and the Bank in accordance with the terms of the Resolution; b make payment of sums required to maintain the value of the payments mentioned in paragraph (a) above, in accordance with arrangements made between the Government and the Bank; c make payment of sums required to redeem any non-interest-bearing and non-negotiable notes or other obligations which may be issued or created by the Secretary of State and accepted by the Bank in accordance with the arrangements mentioned in paragraph (a) above. 3 Any sums received by the Government in pursuance of the said arrangements shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund. Douglas Hurd One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 5th March 1991 We approve, Irvine Patnick Sydney Chapman Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 13th March 1991
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 The roundabout at Ponteland Road at the junction with the A1 trunk road Newcastle Western Bypass in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne and shown by black vertical stripes on the deposited plan shall become trunk road as from the date when this Order comes into force. 2 In this Order “the deposited plan” means the plan numbered HA10/2-1N228, marked “The (A696) Ponteland Road Roundabout (Trunking) Order 1991”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY. 3 This Order shall come into force on 15th April 1991 and may be cited as the (A696) Ponteland Road Roundabout (Trunking) Order 1991. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport J A Owen Regional Director, Northern Region, Department of Transport 27th February 1991
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Value Added Tax (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 9th April 1991. 2 In regulation 15(1) of the Value Added Tax (General) Regulations 1985 , for “£50” there shall be substituted “£100”. Diane Seammen Commissioner of Customs & Excise New King’s Beam House, 22 Upper Ground, London, SEI 9PJ 15th March 1991
TAXES 1 This Order may be cited as the Capital Gains Tax (Annual Exempt Amount) Order 1991. 2 The amount specified, which by virtue of section 5 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 is, unless Parliament otherwise determines, the exempt amount for the year 1991-92, is £5,500. Gregory Knight Nicholas Baker Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 19th March 1991
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Increase of Registration Limits) Order 1991 and shall come into force on the following dates: articles 1 and 2(a) 20th March 1991 article 2(b) 1st May 1991 2 Schedule 1 to the Value Added Tax Act 1983 shall be amended as follows: a in paragraph 1(1)(a), 1(1)(b), 1(2)(a) and 1(2)(b), for “£25,400” there shall be substituted “£35,000”, and b in paragraphs 1(3), 2(1) and 2(2), for “£24,400” there shall be substituted “£33,600”. Gregory Knight Nicholas Baker Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 19th March 1991
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may he cited as the National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) (Scotland) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 8th April 1991. 2 These Regulations shall extend to Scotland only. 3 In these Regulations— “ the Act ” means the National Assistance Act 1948; “Personal Injuries Scheme”, “Service Pensions Instrument” and “1914-1918 War Injuries Scheme” have the same meanings as in the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979 ; a reference to a section of the Act is a reference to the section as applied by section 87(3) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 for the purposes of accommodation provided under that Act or under section 7 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 . Revocation 2 The National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) (Scotland) Regulations 1990 are hereby revoked. Minimum charges 3 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the liability of a person under section 22(3) of the Act to pay for accommodation provided for him shall in no case be reduced below the sum of £41.60 per week. 2 Where accommodation is provided for a child accompanied by a person over the age of 16, the liability of that person under section 22(3) and (7) of the Act to pay for the accommodation of that child shall in no case be reduced below whichever of the following sums is appropriate, that is to say— a in respect of a child under the age of 11, the sum of £13.35 per week; b in respect of a child aged 11 years or over but under the age of 16, the sum of £19.75 per week. Sum needed for personal requirements 4 The sum which a local authority shall under section 22(4) of the Act assume that a person needs for his personal requirements shall be £10.40 per week except that, where that person is someone to whom there is payable attendance allowance under the provisions of section 35 of the Social Security Act 1975 or constant attendance allowance under any Personal Injuries Scheme, Service Pensions Instrument or any 1914-1918 War Injuries Scheme, the said sum of £10.40 shall in respect of each week there is payable attendance allowance or constant attendance allowance be increased by the amount of such allowance. Michael B. Forsyth Minister of State, Scottish Office St. Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 13th March 1991
COMMUNITY CHARGES, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Personal Community Charge (Hospital Patients) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 16th April 1991. Definition of hospital 2 For the definition of hospital currently effective for the purposes of paragraph 8 (hospital patients) of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 there is substituted the following definition– “Hospital” means– a health service hospital within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 1977; and a military, air-force or naval unit or establishment in England and Wales at or in which medical or surgical treatment is provided for persons subject– by virtue of section 205 of the Army Act 1955, to military law; by virtue of section 205 of the Air Force Act 1955, to air-force law; or by virtue of section 111 of the Naval Discipline Act 1957, to that Act. Michael Heseltine Secretary of State for the Environment 14th March 1991 David Hunt Secretary of State for Wales 18th March 1991
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, SCOTLAND 1 These Regulations may he cited as the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Prospective Cost) Amendment Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 30th April 1991. 2 In regulation 2 of the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Prospective Cost) ( No. 2) Regulations 1988 , for the figure “£60” where it twice occurs there shall he substituted the figure “£80”. James Douglas-Hamilton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 14th March 1991
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Citation and Commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes Order 1991 and shall come into force on 15th April 1991. Variation of section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 2 The following paragraph is hereby added to section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990: n the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce so far as its activities relate to the protection, improvement or better understanding of the environment. . Michael Heseltine One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 13th March 1991
COUNTRYSIDE 1 This Order may be cited as the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Commencement No. 6 and Appointed Day) Order 1991. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Environmental Protection Act 1990. 3 The amendments made by sections 128, 130 and 132 of the Act, and section 162(2) of the Act in so far as it relates to the repeals to the Countryside Act 1968 and the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 in Part VI of Schedule 16 to the Act, shall come into force on 1st April 1991. 4 1 The day appointed under section 130(4) for the discharge of the respective functions of the Countryside Council for Wales and the Countryside Commission is 1st April 1991. 2 The day appointed under section 131(3) for the discharge of the nature conservation functions of the Nature Conservancy Council for England, the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland and the Countryside Council for Wales is 1st April 1991. Michael Heseltine One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 14th March 1991
OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991. 2 1 The Offshore Installations (Registration) Regulations 1972 shall be amended as follows. 2 In place of the references to the Department of Trade and Industry in regulation 3(1) and (4) there shall be substituted references to the Health and Safety Executive. 3 1 The Offshore Installations (Managers) Regulations 1972 shall be amended as follows. 2 The following paragraph shall be added to regulation 2– 3 The notices referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) above shall be addressed to the Secretary of State at the offices of the Health and Safety Executive. 3 In place of the reference to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in regulation 4 there shall be substituted a reference to the Health and Safety Executive. 4 The words “To the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry” shall be omitted from the forms set out in Schedule 1 and 2. 4 1 The Offshore Installations (Logbooks and Registration of Death) Regulations 1972 shall be amended as follows. 2 In place of the reference to the Department of Trade and Industry in regulation 1(2) there shall be substituted a reference to the Health and Safety Executive. 3 In place of the reference to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in regulation 5 there shall be substituted a reference to the Health and Safety Executive. 5 1 The Offshore Installations (Inspectors and Casualties) Regulations 1973 shall be amended as follows. 2 In place of the references to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in regulations 10(a), (b) and (c), the reference to the Secretary of State in regulation 11 and the references to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in regulations 12(2)(b) and 14(2) there shall be substituted references to the Health and Safety Executive. Colin Moynihan Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Energy 13th March 1991
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Jones Cable Group of Aylesbury and Chiltern Limited) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 17th April 1991. 2 Each of the Applicable Cabled Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system. John Redwood Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry 14th March 1991
DESIGNS 1 These Rules may be cited as the Patent Office (Address) Rules 1991 and shall come into force on 15th April 1991. 2 The addresses of the Patent Office shall be— a Cardiff Road, Newport, Gwent NP9 1RH; and b for the period ending with 28th April 1991, State House, 66-71 High Holborn, London WCI 4TP, and thereafter, 25 Southampton Buildings, London WC2A 1AY. 3 The address of the Manchester Branch of the Trade Marks Registry of the Patent Office shall be c/o Companies House, 75 Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3HR. 4 The Patent Office (Address) Rules 1985 are hereby revoked. Hesketh Department of Trade and Industry 14th March 1991
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Middlesex Cable Limited) (Hillingdon and Hounslow) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 16th April 1991. 2 Each of the Applicable Cabled Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system. John Redwood Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry 13th March 1991
PIPE-LINES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Submarine Pipe-lines (Inspectors and Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991. 2 1 The Submarine Pipe-lines (Inspectors etc. ) Regulations 1977 shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in paragraphs (2) and (3) below. 2 At the end of regulation 2(1) of those Regulations, there shall be inserted the words “excluding any pipe-line or part of a pipe-line which is in, under or over the territorial sea adjacent to Northern Ireland.” 3 For each reference in those Regulations to the Secretary of State for Energy there shall be substituted a reference to the Health and Safety Executive. 3 1 The Submarine Pipe-lines Safety Regulations 1982 shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in paragraphs (2) and (3) below. 2 At the end of Regulation 1(3) of those Regulations, there shall be inserted the words “Reference to a controlled pipe-line does not include any pipe-line or part of a pipe-line which is in, under or over the territorial sea adjacent to Northern Ireland.” 3 For each reference in those Regulations to the Secretary of State for Energy there shall be substituted a reference to the Health and Safety Executive. Colin Moynihan Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Energy 13th March 1991
MONOPOLIES AND MERGERS 1 This Order may be cited as the Merger Situation (Stora/Swedish Match/Gillette) (Interim Provision) Order 1991 and shall come into force at 1.00 pm on 20th March 1991. 2 Gillette UK Limited shall not, in the United Kingdom or elsewhere– a assign, transfer, surrender, or compound to or for the benefit of any other person any right or interest which it has or is entitled to in, under or in respect of– i any share, stock or other interest in or in respect of Swedish Match NV (a company incorporated in The Netherlands) or the capital of that company, or ii any agreement relating to any such share, stock or other interest, or b agree to do any of the things mentioned in paragraph (a) above. 3 Lustrasilk International UK Limited shall not, in the United Kingdom or elsewhere– a assign, transfer, surrender or compound to or for the benefit of any other person– i the whole or any part of any debt owed by the said Swedish Match NV, or ii the benefit of the whole or any part of any such debt, or iii any right or interest which it has or is entitled to in, under or in respect of any such debt or the benefit of any such debt, or b forgive or accept any repayment of or in respect of the whole or any part of any such debt, or c agree to do any of the things mentioned in paragraph (a) and (b) above. John Redwood Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry 20th March 1991
SEEDS Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 12th April 1991. Amendment 2 For Schedules 1 to 6 to the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985 there shall be substituted the Schedules set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Revocation 3 The Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1986 , the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1987 and the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 are revoked. In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 7th March 1991. John Selwyn Gummer Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Strathclyde Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 5th March 1991 David Hunt Secretary of State for Wales 6th March 1991
PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 12th April 1991. Amendment of the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1990 2 For the Schedule to the Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1990 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on John Selwyn Gummer Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 7th March 1991. Strathclyde Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 5th March 1991 David Hunt Secretary of State for Wales 6th March 1991 Peter Brooke Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 8th March 1991 Kenneth Baker Secretary of State for the Home Department (being the Secretary of State concerned with matters relating to the Isle of Man) 5th March 1991 We approve, Thomas Sackville Gregory Knight Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 12th March 1991