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PRISONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (Specified Organisations) (No. 2) Order 1998 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. 2 The organisations specified in the Schedule to this Order are specified organisations for the purposes of the Act. 3 The Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (Specified Organisations) Order 1998 is hereby revoked. Marjorie Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 18th November 1998
COMMERCIAL AGENTS 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 16th December 1998. 2 The Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 shall be amended– a in regulation 1 by deleting paragraph (3) and substituting– 3 A court or tribunal shall: a apply the law of the other member State concerned in place of regulations 3 to 22 where the parties have agreed that the agency contract is to be governed by the law of that member State; b (whether or not it would otherwise be required to do so) apply these regulations where the law of another member State corresponding to these regulations enables the parties to agree that the agency contract is to be governed by the law of a different member State and the parties have agreed that it is to be governed by the law of England and Wales or Scotland. ; b in regulation 2 by the insertion in paragraph (1) after the definition of “commission” of the following definitions– “ EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993; “member State” includes a State which is a contracting party to the EEA Agreement; ; and c in regulation 17 by the substitution in paragraph (2) of the word “contract” for the word “contact”. Kim Howells Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 19th November 1998
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the North Hull Housing Action Trust (Dissolution) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999. Interpretation 2 In this Order– “the 1981 Act ” means the New Towns Act 1981 ; “commencement date” means the date specified in article 1; “ the Commission ” means the Commission for the New Towns ; “the dissolution date” means the date specified in article 6; “ the Trust ” means the North Hull Housing Action Trust which was established by the North Hull Housing Action Trust (Area and Constitution) Order 1991 . Transfer of property, rights, liabilities and functions to the Commission 3 1 Subject to paragraph (2) below– a any property, rights and liabilities remaining vested in the Trust; and b any function exercisable by the Trust, immediately before the commencement date shall be transferred to the Commission on that date. 2 Paragraph (1) shall not apply in respect of any property, rights, liabilities and functions which the Trust has notified in writing to the Commission, at least 14 days before the commencement date, as those which it thinks it necessary or expedient to retain for the purpose of preparing its final accounts and report and winding up its affairs. 3 Any property, rights and liabilities remaining vested in the Trust and any function exercisable by the Trust immediately before the dissolution date shall be transferred to the Commission on that date. Additional functions of the Commission 4 1 The purposes for which the Commission exists, as mentioned in section 36(1) of the 1981 Act (functions of Commission), shall also include– a to take over and, with a view to its eventual disposal, to hold, manage and turn to account the property of the Trust transferred to the Commission by article 3, and b as soon as it considers it expedient to do so, to dispose of property so transferred, and c to carry out any functions transferred to it by article 3. 2 In this article– a any reference to property transferred to the Commission by article 3 includes a reference to rights and liabilities so transferred; and b in relation to liabilities so transferred, any reference to disposal includes a reference to extinguishment. Restrictions on additional functions of the Commission 5 Section 37 of the 1981 Act shall have effect as if any reference to section 36 included a reference to article 4. Dissolution of the Trust 6 The Trust shall be dissolved on 1st March 1999. Revocation of Order 7 The North Hull Housing Action Trust (Area and Constitution) Order 1991 is revoked with effect from the dissolution date. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 20th November 1998
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TRIBUNALS AND INQUIRIES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Fees for Inquiries (Standard Daily Amount) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 21st December 1998. Application 2 These Regulations apply to inquiries in relation to which the Secretary of State or the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (as the case may be) is entitled to recover his costs under or by virtue of any of the following provisions, namely– a section 250(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (general provisions as to costs of inquiries), b section 129(1)(d) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (costs of inquiry under that Act), and c section 69(5) of the Land Drainage Act 1991 (costs of inquiry under that Act), other than inquiries opened before 21st December 1998. Standard Daily Amount 3 The standard daily amount prescribed under section 42(4) of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 for inquiries to which these Regulations apply is £492. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Richard Caborn Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 11th November 1998 Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 16th November 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Christchurch Borough Council and Purbeck District Council) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 16th December 1998. Exemption of information technology services 2 1 The provision of information technology services by– a the council of the borough of Christchurch (“Christchurch”); b the council of the district of Purbeck (“Purbeck”), shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out by Dorset County Council during the relevant period. 2 For the purposes of paragraph (1), “the relevant period”– a for services provided by Christchurch is the period beginning with 16th December 1998 and ending immediately before 1st April 1999; b for services provided by Purbeck is the period beginning with 16th December 1998 and ending immediately before 1st January 1999. Revocation of order 3 The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Christchurch Borough Council) Order 1997 is hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 17th November 1998
BROADCASTING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Channel 4 (Application of Excess Revenues) Order 1998 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Application of excess revenues 2 In section 27(1)(a) of the Broadcasting Act 1990, for “33⅓ per cent” substitute “nil per cent”. Chris Smith Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 24th November 1998
CONTRACTING OUT Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Contracting Out (Functions in Relation to Insurance) Order 1998. 2 This Order shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Contracting out of functions of the Treasury 2 Any function of the Treasury which is listed in the Schedule to this Order may, to such extent as is specified, be exercised by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by the Treasury. Supplementary 3 Anything which is authorised or required by or under any provision mentioned in the Schedule to this Order to be given, delivered, served, taken or done to, on or against the Treasury may be given, delivered, served, taken or done to, on or against such person (if any) as may be authorised by virtue of article 2 above. Jim Dowd Jane Kennedy Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 17th November 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1998. 2 In this Order, “ the Act ” means the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997. Appointed days 2 1 Subject to paragraph (2), 18th November 1998 is the day appointed for the coming into force of paragraph 62 of Schedule 2 to the Act (minor and consequential amendments), and of section 41(10) of the Act (short title, commencement, extent etc. ) so far as it relates to that provision. 2 Where section 53(3)(a) of the Dentists Act 1984 , as amended by the provision of Schedule 2 to the Act brought into force pursuant to article 2(1), refers to services under section 28C of the National Health Service Act 1977 or services under section 17C of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 , such a reference is to be taken as referring only to a pilot scheme under Part I of the Act under which personal dental services are to be provided, and the purpose of bringing that provision of the Act into force is limited accordingly. 3 10th December 1998 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order either fully or, if an extent is specified, to that extent (the subject matter of each provision being mentioned in column (2)). Saving 3 Notwithstanding the bringing into force by article 2 of this Order of the repeal of sections 30 , and 33(1), (2) to (6) and (8) and of certain words in section 34(1)(a) and the remainder of that section of the National Health Service Act 1977 , and of certain provisions of the Health Services Act 1980 , the Health and Social Security Act 1984 , the Health and Medicines Act 1988 , the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and the Health Authorities Act 1995 amending those provisions, in relation to– a applications made before 10th December 1998 for inclusion in a medical list or to succeed to a practice vacancy; b any appeal to the Secretary of State arising out of such an application; and c any reconsideration of such an application in the event of such an appeal being allowed, sections 30, 33, and 34 of the National Health Service Act 1977 shall continue to have effect as if this Order had not been made. Frank Dobson One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, Department of Health 17th November 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the London Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998 and shall come into force on 30th November 1998. Amendment of Establishment Order 2 For article 3 of the London Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1996 (nature and functions of the trust) there shall be substituted the following article:– Nature and functions of the trust 3 1 The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the Act. 2 The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more Health Authorities) shall be– a to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act Ambulance Headquarters, 220 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8SD and associated premises; b to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act premises within the area of Westminster City Council; and c from any or all of the premises mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) above:– i to manage ambulance and associated transport services; and ii to manage such other services, relating to the provision of care, as can reasonably be carried out in conjunction with the management of ambulance and associated transport services . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn Minister of State, Department of Health 18th November 1998
RATING AND VALUATION Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) (No. 2) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 15th December 1998. 2 In the Schedule to this Order references to grid lines are to lines on the Ordnance Survey National Grid. Designation of rural areas 2 There are designated as rural areas for the purposes of section 42A (rural settlement lists) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 the parishes and other areas named or described in the second column of the Schedule in the counties named in the first column. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 17th November 1998
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Home–School Agreements) (Modification) Regulations 1998, and shall come into force on 1st February 1999. 2 In these Regulations “the 1998 Act ” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. 3 A reference in these Regulations to a county, voluntary, maintained special, grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school shall be construed in accordance with the Education Act 1996 . Modification of section 110 of the 1998 Act 2 Until 1st September 1999 section 110(1)(a) of the 1998 Act shall have effect as if the reference in that provision to a maintained school were a reference to– a a county, voluntary or maintained special school, or b a grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school. Charles Clarke Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 11th November 1998 Peter Hain Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 12th November 1998
BUILDING SOCIETIES Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Building Societies Act 1997 (Expiry of Transitional Period) Order 1998. 2 In this Order “the transitional period” means the period defined in paragraphs 2(7) and 3(6) of Schedule 8 to the Building Societies Act 1997 as beginning with the commencement of sections 1 and 2 of the Building Societies Act 1997 on 1st December 1997 and expiring with such day as the Commission, with the consent of the Treasury, prescribes by order made by statutory instrument. Expiry of transitional period 2 The transitional period shall expire on 30th April 1999. G.S. Johnson Secretary to the Commission We consent to this Order. David Jamieson Clive Betts Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 18th November 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Angus (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999. Interpretation 2 In the Schedule to this Order– a a reference to– i an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and ii a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and b the following abbreviations are used:– “EW” for electoral ward; “NG Ref” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps. Electoral arrangements 3 The area of Angus Council shall be divided into 29 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order. Henry McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 3rd November 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the East Lothian (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999. Interpretation 2 In the Schedule to this Order– a a reference to– i an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and ii a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and b the following abbreviations are used:– “EW” for electoral ward; “NG Ref” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps. Electoral arrangements 3 The area of East Lothian Council shall be divided into 23 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order. Henry McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 9th November 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Perth and Kinross (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999. Interpretation 2 In the Schedule to this Order– a a reference to– i an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and ii a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and b the following abbreviations are used:– “EW” for electoral ward; “NG Ref” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps. Electoral arrangements 3 The area of Perth and Kinross Council shall be divided into 41 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order. Henry McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 9th November 1998
REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Registration of Political Parties (Prohibited Words and Expressions) Order 1998. 2 This Order shall come into force on 3rd December 1998. 2 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the registered name of a party shall not include any word or expression which is listed in any Part of the Schedule to this Order. 2 Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a word or expression listed in– a Part I of the Schedule where it forms part of the name of a place, institution or local government area; b Part II of the Schedule where it is qualified by another word or expression other than the registered name of a registered party; c Part III of the Schedule where it is qualified by another word or expression other than– i the registered name of a registered party; ii a word listed in that Part, or iii the word “party”; d Part IV of the Schedule where it is qualified by the name of a local government or geographical area. 3 In paragraph (2)(b), the reference to another word or expression includes another word or expression listed in Part II of the Schedule or the word “party”. 4 In paragraph (2)(b) and (2)(c)(i), “registered name of a registered party” includes, during the first and second transitional stages, the name of a party which has submitted a first or second stage application which the registrar intends to grant. 5 In this article, any reference to a word or expression listed in any Part of the Schedule to this Order includes a reference to a word or expression which translates a word or expression so listed into a language other than English. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 21st November 1998
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Transfer of Prisoners (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 18th December 1998. 2 1 The Transfer of Prisoners (Isle of Man) ( No. 2) Order 1997 is amended as follows. 2 In article 2, for the words from “subject to” onwards substitute “subject to the amendment made to paragraph 6(3) by paragraph 135(2)(b) of Schedule 8 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, and to the modifications and supplementary provisions specified in the Schedule to this Order”. 3 For the sidenote after paragraph 7 of the Schedule substitute “Supplementary provisions”. 3 Paragraph 9 of the Schedule to the Transfer of Prisoners (Isle of Man) (No. 2) Order 1997 is hereby revoked. A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Transfer of Prisoners (Restricted Transfers) (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 18th December 1998. 2 The provisions specified in Schedule 1 to this Order shall apply in relation to restricted transfers under Part I of Schedule 1 to the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 between the various parts of the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands, and between those parts and the Isle of Man. 3 The transitional provisions in Schedule 2 to this Order shall have effect. 4 In the Schedules to this Order— “ Guernsey ” means the Bailiwick of Guernsey; “ Jersey ” means the Bailiwick of Jersey; “ the Act ” means the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997; “the 1991 Act ” means the Criminal Justice Act 1991 ; “the 1993 Act ” means the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 ; “the 1998 Act ” means the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. 5 The Transfer of Prisoners (Restricted Transfers) (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) Order 1997 is hereby revoked. A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
NORTHERN IRELAND Title and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998. 2 This Order shall come into operation on the expiration of two months from the day on which it is made. Interpretation 2 1 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. 2 In this Order “the 1985 Order ” means the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1985. Repeal of prohibition on unauthorised camping in designated districts 3 1 The following provisions of the 1985 Order are hereby repealed, namely— a Article 9 (prohibition of unauthorised camping in designated districts); b Article 10 (orders for removal of unlawfully parked caravans and their occupants); c the definition of “road” in Article 11. 2 For the definition of “caravan” and “caravan site” in Article 11 of the 1985 Order there shall be substituted— “caravan site” has the same meaning as in the Caravans Act (Northern Ireland) 1963; . A.K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council