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SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims: Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 19th March 2001. Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2 1 The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation. 2 In regulation 14(1)(n) (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as available) after the words “a couple” there shall be inserted the words “other than a joint-claim couple”. 3 After regulation 14(1)(n) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph– nn if he is a member of a joint-claim couple and he and his partner are both absent from Great Britain and a premium referred to in paragraph 20E, 20F, 20G or 20I of Schedule 1 (applicable amounts) is applicable in respect of his partner, for a maximum of 4 weeks; . 4 After regulation 14(1)(o) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph— p if he is temporarily absent from Great Britain in the circumstances prescribed in regulation 50(6B)(a) or (c) , for the period of any such temporary absence . 5 In regulation 19(1)(n) (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as actively seeking employment) after the words “a couple” there shall be inserted the words “other than a joint-claim couple”. 6 After regulation 19(1)(n) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph– nn if he is a member of a joint-claim couple, in any week during which he and his partner are both absent from Great Britain for not less than 3 days and in which a premium referred to in paragraph 20E, 20F, 20G or 20I of Schedule 1 (applicable amounts) is applicable in respect of his partner, for a maximum of 4 weeks; . 7 After regulation 19(1)(s) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph— t if he is temporarily absent from Great Britain in the circumstances prescribed in regulation 50(6B)(a) or (c), for the period of any such temporary absence. 8 In regulation 64(2) (availability for employment), after the words “ section 19(6)(c) or (d)” there shall be inserted the words “or section 20A(2)(b), (c), (f) or (g)” and after the words “section 19(6)(a) or (b)” there shall be inserted the words “or section 20A(2)(d) or (e)”. 9 in regulation 65(5) (active seeking) after the words “section 19(6)(c) or (d)” there shall be inserted the words “or section 20A(2)(b), (c), (f) or (g)” and after the words “section 19(6)(a) or (b)” there shall be inserted the words “or section 20A(2)(d) or (e)”. Tessa Jowell Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 7th December 2000
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND Citation and application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 2000 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2000. 2 This Order applies in relation to England and to police authorities in Wales. Provisions coming into force on 19th December 2000 2 Sections 49 to 55, 57 to 67, 75 to 83 and 91 to 93 of, Schedule 4 to, and paragraphs 9 to 11, 14, 28 and 30 to 32 of Schedule 5 to, the Local Government Act 2000 shall come into force on 19th December 2000. 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 18th December 2000
EDUCATION, ENGLAND 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (Listed Bodies) (England) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 22nd December 2000. 2 This Order extends to England only . 2 The bodies which are specified in the Schedule to this Order comprise all those bodies which appear to the Secretary of State to fall within section 216(3) of the Education Reform Act 1988. 3 The Education (Listed Bodies) Order 1999 is hereby revoked. Tessa Blackstone Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 11th December 2000
INCOME TAX Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Dividends, etc.) (Revocations) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 27th December 2000. Revocations 2 1 The Regulations specified in Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations are hereby revoked in relation to any United States dividend received by a person in the United Kingdom on or after 1st January 2001. 2 The Regulations specified in Part II of the Schedule to these Regulations are hereby revoked in relation to any dividend to which any of those Regulations would, but for the revocation, have applied that is paid on or after 1st April 2001 and received by a person in the United Kingdom. Tim Flesher Dave Hartnett Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue 19th December 2000
EDUCATION, ENGLAND 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education Standards Fund (England) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 12th January 2001. 2 The Education Standards Fund (England) Regulations 2000 shall be amended as follows. 3 In regulation 2(1) the following definition shall be inserted at the appropriate place— “maintained nursery school” means an institution, other than a primary school, which provides full-time or part-time education suitable for children who have not attained compulsory school age and which is maintained by an education authority; . 4 In regulation 5(2) the following entries shall be inserted at the end of the table in the left hand and right hand columns respectively— 54 100 55 100 . 5 Schedule 1 shall be amended by inserting after paragraph 53 the following paragraphs— 54 Support for measures to develop and extend the services provided by maintained nursery schools. 55 Support for schemes by education authorities to pilot new methods of providing education services. Estelle Morris Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 16th December 2000
EDUCATION, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Withernsea and Southern Holderness Rural Achievement Education Action Zone (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 15th January 2001. Amendment of the Withernsea and Southern Holderness Rural Achievement Education Action Zone Order 1999 2 1 The Withernsea and Southern Holderness Rural Achievement Education Action Zone Order 1999 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) of this article. 2 For article 5 there shall be substituted the following article— 5 The Forum may at any time appoint additional members as follows— a up to three persons who appear to the Forum to represent the interests of business; b up to three persons who appear to the Forum to represent the interests of the community in the area served by the zone schools; c one person nominated by the Education Joint Consultative Committee of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, or by any successor body; d one person who appears to the Forum to represent the interests of support staff in the zone schools; and e up to four persons who appear to the Forum to represent the interests of teachers or organisations of teachers or both. 3 There shall be inserted after article 9 the following article— Removal from office by Forum 9A A member of the Forum may be removed from office by the Forum in the following circumstances— a in the case of a member who was a governor of a zone school at the time he was appointed to the Forum pursuant to paragraph (a) of article 4, if that person ceases to be a governor at that zone school; b in the case of any member appointed either pursuant to paragraph (a) of article 4 or, in the case of the Hedon Nursery school, paragraph (c), if any of the schools referred to in those paragraphs are discontinued; c in the case of a member appointed pursuant to paragraph (c) of article 4 (save for the member appointed by the headteacher of Hedon Nursery school), or paragraph (c) of article 5, if the body in question is dissolved or otherwise ceases to exist; and d in the case of a member appointed pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b), (d) or (e) of Article 5, if that person no longer appears to the Forum to represent the interests of either business, the community in the area served by the zone schools, the support staff in the zone schools, or teachers or organisation of teachers, as the case may be. Estelle Morris Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 16th December 2000
EDUCATION, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the East Manchester Education Action Zone (Variation) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 15th January 2001. Variation and Amendment of the East Manchester Education Action Zone Order 1999 2 1 The East Manchester Education Action Zone Order 1999 shall be varied in accordance with paragraph (2) of this article, and amended in accordance with paragraph (3). 2 In Schedule 2 before the words “Church of England School of the Resurrection” there shall be inserted the words “Cedar Mount School, Matthews Lane, Gorton, Manchester M18 7SP—DfEE no 4293.” 3 There shall be inserted after article 9 the following article— Removal from office by Forum 9A A member of the Forum may be removed from office by the Forum in the following circumstances— a in the case of a member who was a governor of a zone school at the time he was appointed to the Forum pursuant to article 4(a), if that person ceases to be a governor at that zone school; b in the case of a member appointed pursuant to article 4(a), if any of the schools referred to in those paragraphs are discontinued; c in the case of a member appointed pursuant to article 4(c), if the body in question is dissolved or otherwise ceases to exist; d in the case of a member appointed pursuant to article 5(a) or (b), if that person no longer appears to the Forum to represent either providers of training and development support to young persons, or the interests of business, in the area served by the zone schools, as the case may be; and e in the case of a member appointed pursuant to article 5(c), (d) or (e), if that person is no longer a member of a teaching or non-teaching union representing employees working in zone schools, or the parent of a registered pupil attending a zone school, as the case may be. Estelle Morris Minister of State Department for Education and Employment 16th December 2000
COMPANIES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Companies (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 2nd April 2001. 2 The Schedule to the Companies (Fees) Regulations 1991 is amended by: a substituting, in respect of the entries in the first column listed below, the sums set out below in relation to those entries for the sums specified in relation to those entries in the second column of the Schedule to those Regulations as follows: (i) entry 4 £6.50 (ii) entry 5 £6.50 (iii) entry 9(a) £6.50 (iv) entry 9(b) £9.50 (v) entry 9(c) £9.50 (vi) entry 10(a) £6.50 (vii) entry 10(b) £9.50 (viii) entry 10(c) £9.50 (ix) entry 11(a) £10.00 (x) entry 11(b) £13.00 (xi) entry 12(b) £6.50 plus £1.00 for each copy document supplied. b deleting entry 6 in the first column of the Schedule to the 1991 Regulations and the sum specified in relation to that entry in the second column of that Schedule. Kim Howells, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, for Competition and Consumer Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 18th December 2000
COMPANIES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Open-Ended Investment Companies (Investment Companies with Variable Capital) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 2nd April 2001. 2 The Schedule to the Open-Ended Investment Companies (Investment Companies with Variable Capital) (Fees) Regulations 1998 is amended by: a substituting, in respect of the entries in the first column listed below, the sums set out in relation to those entries for the sums specified in relation to those entries in the second column of the Schedule to those Regulations as follows: (i) entry 3 £6.50 (ii) entry 4(a) £6.50 (iii) entry 4(b) £9.50 (iv) entry 8(b) £6.50 plus £1.00 for each document supplied. Kim Howells, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 18th December 2000
FAMILY LAW Citation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2000. 2 In this Order— a “ the Act ” means the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 and, except where otherwise stated, references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of and Schedules to the Act; and b “the 1991 Act ” means the Child Support Act 1991 . Appointed days 2 1 31st January 2001 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions:— a sections 13,14, 15 and 22(1) to (3); and b paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 3, and section 26 in so far as it relates to that paragraph, in so far as that paragraph affects section 3(2) of the 1991 Act (change of terminology from “absent parent” to “non-resident parent”) for the purposes of sections 15(4A) and 44(2A) of the 1991 Act, inserted respectively by sections 14 and 22(3), and section 44(1) of the 1991 Act amended by section 22(2). 2 The day appointed for the coming into force of section 11 is 15th February 2001. 3 The day appointed for the coming into force of sections 16 and 17 is 2nd April 2001. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. P. Hollis Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 18th December 2000
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES AND ACCOUNTS Title and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Order 2000. 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000, and “financial year” has the meaning given by section 28 of the Act. Provisions commenced on 22nd December 2000 2 Subject to articles 4 and 5 below, the following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 22nd December 2000:— a section 2(1) and (2); b sections 4 and 10; c sections 12 and 13, so far as they relate to the specifying of amounts and the giving of directions; d sections 15, 23, 24, 27 and 28; e section 29(1), so far as it relates to the provisions commenced by paragraphs (f) and (g) below; f paragraph 17 of Schedule 1, so far as it relates to the preparation and laying of estimates, the giving of directions, and the making of any provision described in section 3(4)(b) of the House of Commons (Administration) Act 1978 as substituted by that paragraph; and g paragraph 24 of Schedule 1, so far as it relates to the giving of directions under section 101A(4) of the Government of Wales Act 1998 as inserted by that paragraph. Provisions commenced on 1st April 2001 3 1 Subject to paragraph (2) and articles 4 and 5 below, the following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 1st April 2001— a sections 2, 12, 13, and 29, and Schedule 1, so far as they are not brought into force by article 2 above; and b sections 1, 3, 5 to 9, 14, 21, 22, 24, 25 and 26, and Schedule 2. 2 Subsections (7) to (12) of the new section 101A inserted in the Government of Wales Act 1998 by paragraph 24 of Schedule 1 to the Act shall not come into force by virtue of this Order. Sections 12 and 13 not commenced for Wales 4 Sections 12 and 13 of the Act shall not, by virtue of articles 2(c) or 3(1)(a) above, come into force so far as they apply to Wales. Transitional provision 5 1 Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below, none of the provisions brought into force by this Order shall have effect in relation to the business of any financial year ending with or before 31st March 2001. 2 Paragraph (1) above does not apply to section 4 of the Act. 3 Paragraphs 19 and 23 of Schedule 1 to the Act shall have effect in relation to accounts prepared in respect of the financial year ending with 31st March 2001. Bob Ainsworth Greg Pope Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 21st December 2000
LIBRARIES 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variations) (No. 2) Order 2000. 2 The variation to the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 made by the Secretary of State on 15th December 2000, whereby paragraph (1)(a) of article 46 was varied by substituting “2.49p” for “2.18p”, shall come into force on 9th January 2001. Chris Smith Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 15th December 2000
DISABLED PERSONS Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Vehicles Accessibility (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 15th January 2001. Amendments to the Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000 2 The Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations. 3 In Schedule 1— 1 in Part I, for paragraph 10(2) (lighting) shall be substituted— 2 Any lighting fitted to a regulated public service vehicle in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) shall have a means of preventing its operation when the vehicle is in motion if its use is likely to affect adversely the driver’s vision. 2 in Part II, for the diagram entitled “Diagram A—Wheelchair Dimensions” shall be substituted the diagram shown in the Schedule to these Regulations. 4 In Schedule 2— 1 in paragraph 1 (definitions), in the definition of “total floor area” after the word “regulated” shall be inserted the word “public”; 2 in paragraph 4(4)(a) (steps), for the word “is” in the second place where it occurs, shall be substituted the word “it”; and 3 in paragraph 5(1)(a)(ii) (handrails and handholds), for the words “from the floor to the ceiling, or to” shall be substituted the words “from the floor or, where there is a wheel arch or similar structure, from the lowest height which is practicable to, in either case, the ceiling or”. 5 In Schedule 3, paragraph 1, for the word “kilometer(s)” in the definition of “km/h” shall be substituted the word “kilometre(s)”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Keith Hill Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 18th December 2000
IMMIGRATION 1 This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Designation of Travel Bans) (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 21st December 2000. 2 For the Schedule to the Immigration (Designation of Travel Bans) Order 2000 there shall be substituted the Schedule to this Order. Barbara Roche Minister of State Home Office 19th December 2000
PARTNERSHIP Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 (Commencement) Order 2000. Commencement 2 The Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 shall come into force on 6th April 2001. Kim Howells, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Consumers and Corporate Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 18th December 2000
PROBATION 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Probation Boards (Appointment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 22nd January 2001. 2 A local probation board shall have a maximum of 15 members. 3 A member of a local probation board shall be at least eighteen years of age on appointment. 4 The following shall not be appointed as a member of a local probation board: a a person employed under a contract of employment with a local probation board; or b a person who is subject to the notification requirements of Part 1 of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 . 5 1 Persons appointed to a local probation board shall, so far as practicable, be representative of the local community in the board’s area. 2 Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), where practicable, four of the persons appointed to a board shall be justices of the peace for a commission area falling within the area of the board and two of the persons so appointed shall be members of a local authority for a local government area (within the meaning of section 270 of the Local Government Act 1972) which falls within the area of the board. 3 Persons appointed to a local probation board shall, so far as practicable, live or work (or have lived or worked) in the board’s area. 6 A member of a local probation board other than the chief officer shall be appointed for a term of three years and shall be eligible for re-appointment. 7 Save for a chief officer, no person shall serve more than two terms as a member of a local probation board. 8 1 The Secretary of State may suspend, or remove, from office a member of a local probation board, by giving notice in writing on one of the following grounds: a subject to paragraph (2) below, that he has failed to attend board meetings for a continuous period of two months without the consent of the board; b that he has been convicted of a criminal offence; c that he has become subject to the notification requirements of Part I of the Sex Offenders Act 1997; d that a bankruptcy order has been made against him, or his estate has been sequestrated or he has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors; or e that it is considered that he is unable or unfit to discharge his functions as a member. 2 A member of a local probation board shall not be removed from office under paragraph (1)(a) above if in the opinion of the Secretary of State he has good reason for the non-attendance. Paul Boateng Minister of State Home Office 21st December 2000
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Service of Prosecution Evidence) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 15th January 2001. 2 Where a person is sent for trial under section 51 of the 1998 Act on any charge or charges, copies of the documents containing the evidence on which the charge or charges are based, shall, within 42 days from the date of the first hearing in the Crown Court, be: a served on that person; and b given to the Crown Court sitting at the place specified in the notice under subsection (7) of that section. 3 The prosecutor may apply orally or in writing to the Crown Court sitting at the place specified in the notice under section 51(7) of the 1998 Act for the period prescribed by regulation 2 to be extended or, where that period has already been extended, for it to be further extended. 4 1 Where the prosecutor proposes to make an oral application under regulation 3 above after the first Crown Court appearance of the person who was sent for trial, he shall give notice in writing of his intention to the appropriate officer of the Crown Court; and a copy thereof shall be given at the same time to the person sent for trial. 2 The first Crown Court appearance of the person who was sent for trial for the purposes of paragraph (1) above shall be taken to mean the first appearance listed by the appropriate officer of the Crown Court under Rule 24ZA of the Crown Court Rules 1982 . 5 Any written application made under regulation 3 above shall be sent by the prosecutor to the appropriate officer of the Crown Court specifying the grounds for the application; and a copy thereof shall be given at the same time to the person sent for trial who may make written representations in response within 3 days of service of the application on him. 6 Where an application under regulation 3 is determined otherwise than at an oral hearing, the appropriate officer of the Crown Court shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, send to all the parties to the case a notice of the outcome of the application. 7 The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Service of Prosecution Evidence) Regulations 1998 are hereby revoked. Gareth Williams Her Majesty’s Attorney General 18th December 2000