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PENSIONS Citation and commencement 1 This Scheme may be cited as the Northern Ireland Civil Service Pensions (Provision of Information and Administrative Charges etc) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 27th January 1997. Interpretation 2 In this Scheme— “the 1986 Act ” means the Financial Services Act 1986 ; “the Pensions Order ” means the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995; “the principal scheme ” means the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (Northern Ireland) 1972 made under Article 3 of the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 . Provision of Information 3 The circumstances prescribed for the purposes of Article 164(1) of the Pensions Order (prescribed circumstances in which information may be provided) are that the individual to whom the information relates, or, where he has died, his personal representative, has made a written request for or consented in writing to the provision of the information. 4 The persons prescribed for the purposes of Article 164(1) of the Pensions Order (prescribed persons who may be provided with information and charged a fee in respect of administrative expenses incurred) are listed in the Schedule. Persons who may be charged a fee 5 The persons prescribed for the purposes of Article 164(2) of the Pensions Order (prescribed persons who may be charged a fee in respect of administrative expenses incurred in connection with the admission or readmission of an individual or the making of a payment to the principal scheme) are the persons specified in paragraphs ( a ) to ( d ) and ( f ) to ( i ) of the Schedule and any person or body appointed to act on behalf of any of those persons. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 13th December 1996. Dorothy Angus Assistant Secretary
INSOLVENCY Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Insolvency (Deposits) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 31st January 1997. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “ the Order ” means the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989. Amendment of the Insolvency (Deposits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1991 3 In the Insolvency (Deposits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1991 for Article 4 (Amount of deposit) there shall be substituted— 4 The appropriate deposit referred to in Article 3 is— a in relation to a winding-up petition to be presented under the Order, £500; b in relation to a bankruptcy petition to be presented under Article 238(1)( b ) of the Order, £250; c in relation to a bankruptcy petition to be presented under Article 238(1)( a ), ( c ) or ( d ) of the Order, £300. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on 10th December 1996. A. L. Brown Assistant Secretary The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby concurs with the foregoing Order. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 10th December 1996. D. Thomson Assistant Secretary
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) (General) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1997. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of regulation 6 of the Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) (General) Regulations 2 In regulation 6(4)( c )(ii) of the Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (entitlement to a funeral payment) for “£57” there shall be substituted “£59”. Transitional Provision 3 Regulation 2 shall not have effect in relation to any claim for a funeral payment in respect of a funeral which took place before 1st January 1997. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on 10th December 1996. John O'Neill Assistant Secretary
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Gaming and Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 27th January 1997. 2 In this Order “ the Order ” means the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985. Maximum amount of weekly winnings in games of bingo played simultaneously on different bingo club premises 2 For the purposes of Article 75(2)(ii) of the Order instead of £10,000 the amount £25,000 is hereby specified. Maximum amount by which weekly winnings on bingo club premises may exceed the stakes hazarded 3 For the purposes of Article 76(5) of the Order instead of £2,500 the amount £5,000 is hereby specified. Conditions governing gaming for prizes on bingo club premises 4 In Article 77(1)( b ) and ( e ) of the Order for “£27·50” there shall be substituted “£30”. Maximum entitlement to prizes in gaming by means of gaming machines on licensed premises within the meaning of the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 5 In Article 108(8) and (9) of the Order for “£8” there shall be substituted “£10”. Conditions governing amusements with prizes at certain commercial entertainments 6 In Article 154(4)( b ) of the Order for “£25” there shall be substituted “£30”. Revocations 7 Articles 3, 4, 5 and 10 of the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Fees and Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on 10th December 1996. Jeremy Harbison Under Secretary
ANIMALS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Specified Bovine Material (No. 2) (Amendment No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 8th January 1997. Amendment to the Specified Bovine Material (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 2 The Specified Bovine Material (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 shall be amended in accordance with Articles 3 and 4. 3 In Article 2(1) (Interpretation) for the definition of “scheme animal” there shall be substituted the following definition— “scheme animal” means a bovine animal— which has been slaughtered pursuant to the purchase, slaughter and disposal scheme introduced under Commission Regulation ( EC ) No. 716/96 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom; which, being an animal which has been exposed to the infection of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the Department has caused to be slaughtered in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 10A of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 ; . 4 Article 4 (prohibition on sale, supply and use of certain feedingstuffs for feeding to animals and poultry) shall be amended by inserting in paragraph (8)( a ) after the words “United Kingdom” the words “or to a working dog”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on 18th December 1996. P. T. Toal Assistant Secretary
ARBITRATION 1 This Order may be cited as the Unfair Arbitration Agreements (Specified Amount) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 31st January 1997. 2 The amount of £3,000 is hereby specified for the purposes of section 91 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (arbitration agreement unfair where modest amount sought). Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on 16th December 1996. A. L. Brown Assistant Secretary I concur, Mackay of Clashfern, C. 19th December 1996
EDUCATION Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stages 1 and 2) (Exceptions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1997. 2 In these Regulations, “school year” means a year beginning on 1st August and ending on 31st July, both dates inclusive. Exceptions to assessment requirements 2 Article 6(3) of the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 shall not apply to an Irish speaking school which provides only primary education— a in the school year commencing with the date from which the school becomes grant-aided; or b where a school becomes grant-aided from a date other than the beginning of a school year, for the remainder of that school year. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on 4th December 1996. C. Jendoubi Assistant Secretary
FOOD SAFETY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Specified Bovine Material (Treatment and Disposal) (No. 3) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 8th January 1997. Amendment to the Specified Bovine Material (Treatment and Disposal (No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 2 In regulation 2(1) of the Specified Bovine Material (Treatment and Disposal) (No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 for the definition of “scheme animal” there shall be substituted the following definition— “scheme animal” means a bovine animal— which has been slaughtered pursuant to the purchase, slaughter and disposal scheme introduced under Commission Regulation ( EC ) No. 716/96 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom; or which, being an animal which has been exposed to the infection of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the Department has caused to be slaughtered in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 10A of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 . . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on 18th December 1996. P. T. Toal Assistant Secretary
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES Citation and commencement 1 These regulations may be cited as the Gaming (Bingo) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 27th January 1997. Amendment of the Gaming (Bingo) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 2 In regulation 2(1)( b ) and ( c ) of the Gaming (Bingo) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 for “£6·60” there shall be substituted “£8 (exclusive of value added tax)”. Revocation 3 The Gaming (Bingo) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on 10th December 1996. Jeremy Harbison Under Secretary
FOOD Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 29th January 1997. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 . 3 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 1 The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (9). 2 In regulation 1(2), in the definition of “the Directive”, for “as amended” there shall be substituted “, (as corrected) and as amended by Commission Directives 92/39/ EEC , 93/9/EEC , 95/3/ EC and 96/11/EC ” . 3 In regulations 4 (monomers)— a in paragraph (1)— i after “the following paragraphs” there shall be inserted “and regulation 13A”, ii in sub-paragraph ( a ), for “1st January 1997” there shall be substituted “1st January 2002”, and iii in sub-paragraph ( b ), for “31st December 1996” there shall be substituted “31st December 2001”; b in paragraphs (3), (4), (5) and (6), after “the relevant fraction of” (wherever it occurs) there shall be added “, or section F of,”. 4 After regulation 13 there shall be inserted— Manufacture until 1st January 1999 13A Notwithstanding regulation 4(1), until 1st January 1999 a plastic material or article may be manufactured using one or more of the monomers identified by PM/REF No., CAS No. (if any) and name respectively in columns 1, 2 and 3 of Section F of Part I of Schedule 1, if any such monomer is of good technical quality and is used in accordance with the restrictions (if any) specified in the corresponding entry in column 4 thereof . 5 The Item number and letter, PM/REF No., CAS No. and name for each monomer identified in Schedule 1 shall be inserted in Section A of Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (monomers authorised without time limit) at the place corresponding to the number and letter specified for that monomer in the column headed “Item” in Schedule 1. 6 The contents of Schedule 2 shall be substituted for Section B of Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations. 7 In Section D of Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (monomers authorised until 1st April 1996), in Item 16, for “51” and “115” in column 4 (restrictions) there shall be substituted “17” and “58” respectively. 8 The contents of Schedule 3 shall be inserted after Section E of Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations. 9 The Item number and letter, PM/REF No., CAS No. (if any) and name for each additive identified in Schedule 4 shall be inserted in Part I of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (additives) at the place corresponding to the number and letter specified for that additive in the column headed “Item” in Schedule 4. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on 29th January 1996. W. B. Smith Assistant Secretary
DISABLED PERSONS Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996. Appointed day 2 The day appointed for the coming into operation of section 16(3) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, to the extent that it is not already in operation, is 2nd December 1996. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on W. B. Smith Assistant Secretary 2nd December 1996.
DISABLED PERSONS Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Disability Discrimination Code of Practice (Goods, Facilities, Services and Premises) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996. Code of Practice 2 The day appointed for the coming into force of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Code of Practice on the Rights of Access to Goods, Facilities, Services and Premises ( ISBN 0337 37109 1), issued by the Department of Health and Social Services under section 51(2) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 on 2nd December 1996, is 2nd December 1996. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on 2nd December 1996. W. B. Smith Assistant Secretary
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1997. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Assembly. Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2 In paragraph 6 of Schedule 8B to the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (deductions of mortgage interest from benefit and payment to qualifying lenders) for “£0·77” there shall be substituted “£0·72”. Revocation 3 The Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on 29th November 1996. John O'Neill Assistant Secretary
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Control of Traffic (Belfast) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 13th January 1997. Prohibition of right-hand turn 2 Subject to Article 3, a person shall not cause or permit a vehicle travelling in a north-easterly direction along the link road between Newtownbreda Road, Belfast, and Upper Knockbreda Road, to make a right-hand turn into the southbound carriageway of Saintfield Road. Exemptions 3 Article 2 shall not apply to— a vehicles being used for fire brigade, ambulance, police or military purposes; or b a vehicle, the driver of which is acting upon the direction or with the permission of a constable in uniform or of a traffic warden. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 27th November 1996. J. Carlisle Assistant Secretary
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Traffic Weight Restriction (Killynamph Road, Lisnaskea) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 13th January 1997. 2 In this Order— “maximum gross weight” has the meaning assigned to that term by regulation 2(1) of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989 ; “statutory undertaker” means— the post office; the railway undertaking within the meaning of the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 ; an undertaking within the meaning of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 ; any body or person authorised by any statutory provision to carry on any harbour or dock undertaking. Prohibition 2 Subject to Article 3, the use by vehicles exceeding 7.5 tonnes maximum gross weight is prohibited in Killynamph Road, Unclassified No. 9446, Lisnaskea. Exceptions 3 The prohibition in Article 2 shall not apply to a vehicle being used— a by or on behalf of the owner or occupier of land abutting on or convenient to the road for the purpose of gaining access to such land; or b in connection with the delivery to or collection from such land of any goods or livestock or postal packets; or c for police or military purposes, or in an emergency for ambulance or fire brigade purposes; or d in or adjacent to the road in pursuance of statutory powers and duties by or on behalf of a government department, district council or statutory undertaker; or e in or adjacent to the road in connection with the laying, erection, alteration or repair of any telecommunication apparatus as defined in section 4(3) of the Telecommunications Act 1984 . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 27th November 1996. J. Carlisle Assistant Secretary
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Control of Traffic (Castledawson) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 20th January 1997. Prohibition of right-hand turn 2 Subject to Article 3, a person shall not cause or permit a vehicle travelling in a south-easterly direction along Old Magherafelt Road, Unclassified No. 134, Castledawson, upon reaching its north-eastern junction with Castledawson Road, Route A31, to make a right-hand turn into Castledawson Road. Exemptions 3 Article 2 shall not apply to— a vehicles being used in an emergency by a medical practitioner or for fire brigade, ambulance, police or military purposes; or b a vehicle, the driver of which is acting upon the direction or with the permission of a constable in uniform or of a traffic warden. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 27th November 1996. J. Carlisle Assistant Secretary
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Control of Traffic (Newry) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 13th January 1997. Prohibition of right-hand turn 2 Subject to Article 3 a person shall not— a cause or permit a vehicle travelling in an easterly direction along Craigmore Road, Newry, to make a right-hand turn into Newry By-Pass, Route A1; or b cause or permit a vehicle travelling in an easterly direction along Camlough Road Link, Route A1, Newry, to make a right-hand turn into Newry By-Pass, Route A1. Exemptions 3 Article 2 shall not apply to— a vehicles being used for fire brigade, ambulance, police or military purposes; or b a vehicle, the driver of which is acting upon the direction or with the permission of a constable in uniform or of a traffic warden. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 27th November 1996. J. Carlisle Assistant Secretary
STATUTORY SICK PAY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 6th April 1997. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Assembly. Amendment of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 2 In regulation 13 of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982 (records to be maintained by employers)— a the existing provision shall be numbered as paragraph (1); b after paragraph (1) there shall be added the following paragraph— 1A For the purposes of paragraph (1)( b ) only, the employer is not to be regarded as having made a payment of statutory sick pay where, in respect of any day recorded under paragraph (1)( a ), the employee is entitled to receive, and does in fact receive, a payment or payments by way of contractual remuneration from his employer which, in aggregate, equal or exceed the amount of statutory sick pay payable in respect of that day. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on 10th December 1996. John O'Neill Assistant Secretary
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 15th December 1996. 2 These Regulations shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant— a in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in arrears, in accordance with paragraph 7(1)( a ) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations (date when change of circumstances is to take effect)— i from the first day of the benefit week which includes 22nd December 1996, or ii if the claim for income support is for a period beginning after 22nd December 1996, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 15th December 1996; b in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in advance, in accordance with paragraph 7(1)( b ) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 22nd December 1996, and for this purpose, the expressions “claimant” and “benefit week” have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations (interpretation). 3 In these Regulations— “the Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 ; “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 . 4 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations 2 In Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations (housing costs), in paragraph 12(1)( a ) (standard rate of interest on qualifying loans) for “7·16 per cent.” there shall be substituted “6·89 per cent.”. Revocation 3 The Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 are hereby revoked save that those Regulations shall continue to have effect until the day before the first day of the benefit week having effect in relation to any particular claimant for the purpose of regulation 1(2) of these Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on 26th November 1996. John O'Neill Assistant Secretary