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AGRICULTURE Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Clun) Designation (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997. Interpretation 2 In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Clun) Designation Order 1993 . Amendment of the principal Order 3 The principal Order shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order. Rates of payment under agreement 4 In article 6 of the principal Order— a in paragraph (1)— i for the amount “£30” there shall be substituted the amount “£40”, and ii for the amount “£10” there shall be substituted the amount “£12”; b in paragraph (2), in the table, in the right hand column— i for the figure “80” there shall be substituted the figure “85”, ii for the figure “170” there shall be substituted the figure “180”, and iii for the figure “240” there shall be substituted the figure “255”. Amendment to Schedule 5 In Schedule 8 (conservation plan operations) to the principal Order, for paragraph 5, there shall be substituted the following two paragraphs: 5 The creation or restoration of ponds. 5A The restoration of wet areas, wet meadows or river banks. . Saving 6 The amendments made to the principal Order by article 4 of this Order shall not apply in respect of any payment made to a farmer which relates wholly or in part to any period before 1st April 1997. Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 4th June 1997 We consent, Bob Ainsworth Jon Owen Jones Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 5th June 1997
AGRICULTURE Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Test Valley) Designation (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997. Interpretation 2 In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Test Valley) Designation Order 1993 . Amendment of the principal Order 3 The principal Order shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order. Rates of payment under agreement 4 In article 6 of the principal Order— a in paragraph (1) for the amount “£105” there shall be substituted the amount “£130”. b in paragraph (2), for amount “£240” there shall be substituted the amount “£265”. Amendment to Schedule 5 In Schedule 3 (conservation plan operations) to the principal Order— a for paragraph 2, there shall be substituted the following two paragraphs: 2 The creation or restoration of ponds. 2A The restoration of pools or lakes. ; b after paragraph 9, there shall be added the following paragraph: 10 The reintroduction of pollarding management for neglected trees. . Saving 6 The amendments made to the principal Order by article 4 of this Order shall not apply in respect of any annual payment to a farmer which relates wholly or in part to any period before 1st April 1997. Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 4th June 1997 We consent Bob Ainsworth Jon Owen Jones Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 5th June 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (Competition) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 30th June 1997. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (Competition) (Scotland) Regulations 1995 . Amendment of principal Regulations 2 For regulations 7 and 8 of the principal Regulations, there shall be substituted the following regulation:– 7 A local authority or development body may not, unless they have first complied with the conditions specified in section 9(4) of the Act, as well as with the terms of section 9(2), undertake functional work (other than emergency work) which is a job involving works of construction where the estimated cost of that job, which is attributable to works of construction, exceeds £500,000. . 3 In regulation 9 of the principal Regulations– a in paragraph (2B)(c)– i for the words “a relevant date and on or before the next relevant date”, there shall be substituted the words “the sixteenth day of a particular month (“the relevant date”) and on or before the sixteenth day of the next month”; and ii for the words “first of those relevant dates”, there shall be substituted the words “relevant date”; b paragraph (2C) shall be deleted; and c in paragraph (3)(a), the words “or which is a job to which regulation 7(b) above applies” shall be deleted. Revocations 4 The following provisions are hereby revoked:– a the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (Competition) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 ; and b in the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (Competition) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996 , regulations 2, 3 and 4(b)(ii). Malcolm Chisholm Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 5th June 1997
AGRICULTURE Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Suffolk River Valleys) Designation (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997. Interpretation 2 In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Suffolk River Valleys) Designation Order 1993 . Amendment of the principal Order 3 The principal Order shall be amendment in accordance with the following provisions of this Order. Rates of payment under agreement 4 In article 6 of the principal Order— a in paragraph (1)— i for the amount “£70” there shall be substituted the amount “£80”, and ii for the amount “£240” there shall be substituted the amount “£270”; b in paragraph (2), in the table, in the right-hand column— i for the figure “180” there shall be substituted the figure “190”, ii for the figure “260” there shall be substituted the figure “290”, and iii for the figure “240” there shall be substituted the figure “270”. Amendment to Schedule 5 In Schedule 6 (conservation plan operations) to the principal Order— a for paragraph 3, there shall be substituted the following two paragraphs: 3 The creation or resotation of ponds. 3A The restoration of ditches and dykes. ; b after paragraph 10, there shall be added the following paragraph: 11 The reintroduction of pollarding management for neglected trees. . Saving 6 The amendments made to the principal Order by article 4 of this Order shall not apply in respect of any annual payment to a farmer which relates wholly or in part to any period before 1st April 1997. Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 4th June 1997 We consent Bob Ainsworth Jon Owen Jones Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 5th June 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Exemption from Competition) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1997 and shall come into force on 30th June 1997. 2 In this Order, “the principal Order ” means the Local Government (Exemption from Competition) (Scotland) Order 1995 . Amendment of principal Order 2 In article 7(2) of the principal Order, for “1998” there shall be substituted “1999”. 3 In columns 2 to 9 of Schedule 2 to the principal Order– a for “1997” wherever it appears, there shall be substituted “1998”; and b for “1998” wherever it appears, there shall be substituted “1999”. Malcolm Chisholm Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 5th June 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 30th June 1997. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 . Amendment of principal Regulations 2 In regulation 4 of the principal Regulations– a in paragraph (1), for “1999” there shall be substituted “2000”; and b in paragraph (2), for “1998” there shall be substituted “1999”. 3 Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations shall be deleted. 4 In regulation 6 of the principal Regulations– a in paragraph (1), for “1st October 1999” there shall be substituted “1st April 2000”; b in paragraph (2), for “1st October 1998 to 31st March 1999” there shall be substituted “1st April 1999 to 30th September 1999”; and c in paragraph (3), for “1st April 1999 to 30th September 1999” there shall be substituted “1st October 1999 to 31st March 2000”. 5 In column 2 of Schedule 6 to the principal Regulations– a for “1997” wherever it appears, there shall be substituted “1998”; and b for “1998” wherever it appears, there shall be substituted “1999”. Malcolm Chisholm Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 5th June 1997
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE 1 This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 1997, sections 52 and 53, (Appointed Day) Order 1997. 2 The day appointed as the day on which sections 52 (enforcement by diligence) and 53 (amendments consequential on sections 51 and 52) of the Finance Act 1997 come into force is 1st July 1997. E. Woods Commissioner of Customs and Excise New King’s Beam House 22 Upper Ground London SE1 9PJ 9th June 1997
CROFTERS, COTTARS AND SMALL LANDHOLDERS 1 The Transfer of Crofting Estates (Scotland) Act 1997 shall come into force on 6th June 1997. Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 2nd June 1997
PROTECTION OF WRECKS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Protection of Wrecks (Designation) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 8th July 1997. Identification of site and designation of restricted area 2 1 The site in respect of which this Order is made is hereby identified as the site where the vessel HMS “Assurance” lies wrecked on the sea bed at Latitude 50°39.70' North, Longitude 01°35.45' West. 2 The area to the west of Longitude 01°35.35' West within a distance of 200m of Latitude 53°39.70' North, Longitude 01°35.43' West, but excluding any part of that area which lies above high water mark of ordinary spring tides, shall be a restricted area for the purposes of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973. Revocation 3 The Protection of Wrecks (Designation No. 5) Order 1974 is hereby revoked. Tony Banks Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of National Heritage 13th June 1997
POLICE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 1997. 2 These Regulations shall come into force on 30th June 1997 but shall have effect from 13th December 1995. 3 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 . Pensionable and average pensionable pay 2 Regulation G1(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting after the words “those Regulations)” the words– or so much of his pay at that rate as is attributable to his determined hours (within the meaning of regulation 1(6) of the Police (Scotland) Regulations 1976 as applied by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1B to those Regulations) . Part-time service 3 Schedule A to the principal Regulations is amended– a by inserting at the end of the definition of “the appropriate factor”– or the factor which was the appropriate factor within the meaning of regulation 1(6) or (7) of the Police (Scotland) Regulations 1976 as it applied by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1B to those Regulations ; and b by inserting at the end of the definition of “part-time service”– or pursuant to an appointment under regulation 2A of the Police (Scotland) Regulations 1976 . Right to opt out of effect of provisions of these Regulations 4 1 This regulation applies in relation to any pension which is or may become payable under the principal Regulations to or in respect of a person who, having served as a member of a police force, has ceased so to serve or died before these Regulations come into force. 2 Where, in a case to which this regulation applies, any provision of these Regulations would operate in relation to any person so as to place that person in a worse position than he would have been in if the provision had not applied in relation to any pension which is being paid or may become payable to him, that person may elect that the provision shall not so apply by giving notice in accordance with paragraph (3). 3 A notice given pursuant to paragraph (2) shall be in writing and shall be delivered to the police authority responsible for payment of the pension within 6 months after the coming into force of these Regulations. Brian Wilson Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 19th May 1997 We consent Graham Allen Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 2nd June 1997
GOVERNMENT TRADING FUNDS 1 This Order may be cited as the Hydrographic Office Trading Fund (Variation) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997. 2 The Hydrographic Office Trading Fund Order 1996 shall be varied— a in article 4(2) by substituting “£264,807 representing 0.97 per cent” for “5.1 per cent”; b in article 4(3) by substituting “£13,266,833 representing 49.5 per cent” for “47.3 per cent”. George Robertson Secretary of State for Defence 1st June 1997 We concur Jon Owen Jones John McFall Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 4th June 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Dacorum Borough Council) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 4th July 1997. Exemption of repair and maintenance of vehicles 2 The repair and maintenance of vehicles by the council of the borough of Dacorum shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out during the period beginning with 6th July 1997 and ending with 5th January 1998. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment 4th June 1997
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (Commencement) (No. 1) Order 1997. 2 Sections 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 to 12 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 shall come into force on 16th June 1997. Alun Michael Minister of State Home Office 4th June 1997
FEES AND CHARGES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Fees) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations— “Department” means the Department of the Environment; and “Principal Regulation” means Council Regulation ( EC ) No. 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein. 2 Unless the context otherwise requires, expressions used in these Regulations, and which are also used in the Principal Regulation, shall have the meaning they bear in that Regulation. 3 For the purposes of these Regulations, a specimen is imported, exported or re-exported for commercial purposes if it is imported, exported or re-exported for use in the course of a trade or business carried on for profit. Prescription of fees 3 1 Subject to paragraph (2) below, the fees specified in column 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations are hereby prescribed as the fees payable in connection with the services provided by the Department in pursuance of the United Kingdom’s Community obligations arising from Articles 4 and 5 of the Principal Regulation, each fee specified in column 2 of that Schedule being the fee payable in connection with the service specified alongside that fee in column 1 of that Schedule. 2 The Department may waive the fee where the application relates to import, export or re-export which is not for commercial purposes and from which conservation benefits will accrue to the species to which the application relates. 3 The Schedule to these Regulations shall have effect subject to the Notes to that Schedule which identify special cases. Payment of fees 4 A fee payable under regulation 3 above shall be paid to the Department at the same time as the application to which it relates is made to the Department. Payment into the Consolidated Fund 5 Fees paid to the Department under these Regulations shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Michael Meacher Minister of State, Department of the Environment 3rd June 1997 We consent to the making of these Regulations Bob Ainsworth Jon Owen Jones Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 5th June 1997
SEEDS Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997. 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. Lord Donoughue Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 2nd June 1997 Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 3rd June 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 4th June 1997
PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES Title, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Oil and Chemical Pollution of Fish and Plants) (Partial Revocation No. 2) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 10th June 1997. 2 In this Order— “edible plants” means wild plants of the species Salicornia ; “edible seaweed” means wild seaweed of the species Porphyra, Rhodimenia or Chondrus ; “intertidal zone” means an area of sea between the mean high water spring tide line and the level of the lowest astronomic tide. Partial Revocation 2 1 The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Oil and Chemical Pollution of Fish and Plants) Order 1996 is hereby revoked— a insofar as it applies in relation to edible plants and edible seaweed; b with respect to the part of the area designated by that Order which is described in Part I of the Schedule to this Order. 2 In consequence of the revocation of part of the designated area effected by paragraph (1) above that Order shall be amended by substituting for the area described in the Schedule the area described in Part II of the Schedule to this Order. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 9th June 1997
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations a reference to a regulation or Schedule by number alone means the regulation or Schedule so numbered in the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 . Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 3 In the Arrangement of Regulations, the following shall be inserted after the entry relating to regulation 54:— 54A Prior approval for travelling and accommodation expenses . 4 The following shall be inserted after regulation 54:— Prior approval for travelling and accommodation expenses 54A A legal representative assigned to a legally assisted person in any proceedings in the Crown Court may apply to the appropriate authority for prior approval for the incurring of travelling and accommodation expenses in order to attend at the trial or other main hearing in those proceedings. . Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 4th June 1997 We consent Jim Dowd Graham Allen Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 9th June 1997
HEALTH AND SAFETY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 7th July 1997. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 1994 . Modifications to the principal Regulations 3 The principal Regulations shall be modified in accordance with the Schedule to these Regulations. Transitional provisions 4 1 Until 31st May 1998, in relation to any substance or preparation other than liquefied petroleum gas, butane or propane, it shall be sufficient compliance with the requirements of the principal Regulations, if the requirements of those Regulations are complied with as in force immediately before these Regulations came into force. 2 Until 31st October 1997, in relation to liquefied petroleum gas, butane or propane, it shall be sufficient compliance with the requirements of the principal Regulations, if the requirements of those Regulations are complied with as in force immediately before these Regulations came into force. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State. Angela Eagle Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Environment 5th June 1997
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 (Amendment) Order 1997, and shall come into force on 4th June 1997. 2 The following organisations, that is to say— “The Loyalist Volunteer Force” and “The Continuity Army Council” are hereby added to Schedule 2 to the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 (which specifies organisations which are proscribed organisations for the purposes of that Act). Marjorie Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 3rd June 1997
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE 1 This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 1997 (Repeal of Distress and Diligence enactments) (Appointed Day) Order 1997. 2 The day appointed as the day on which paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 1 to the Finance Act 1997 ceases to have effect and the repeals of the enactments specified in Part V(2) of Schedule 18 to that Act come into force, is 1st July 1997. E. Woods Commissioner of Customs and Excise New King’s Beam House 22 Upper Ground London SE1 9PJ 9th June 1997
FIRE SERVICES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 30th June 1997. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations “the 1978 Regulations ” means the Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (Scotland) Regulations 1978 . Amendment of the 1978 Regulations 3 In regulation 4 of the 1978 Regulations, in paragraph (c), the letters “(c)” and “(e)” shall be omitted. 4 In regulation 5 of the 1978 Regulations– a in paragraph (1), there shall be omitted– i in sub-paragraph (b) the words “and shall not have attained the age of 31 years”; and ii sub-paragraphs (c) and (e); b in paragraph (3), the letters “(c)” and “(e)” shall be omitted; and c for paragraph (4), there shall be substituted the following:– 4 Sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (d) and (ee) of paragraph (1) of this regulation shall apply also in relation to the qualifications for appointment of a person as a retained member of a brigade and, for this purpose, a retained member of a brigade means a person who is to serve therein as a part-time member thereof on terms under which he is or may be required to engage in firefighting in return for an annual retaining fee. . Henry McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 5th June 1997
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (Funding for Teacher Training) Designation (No. 2) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 4th August 1997. 2 The following are hereby designated as institutions eligible for funding under Part 1 of the Education Act 1994— a Bedfordshire County Council. b Devon County Council. c Gloucestershire County Council. d Headteachers Into Industry, a company limited by guarantee. e Kent County Council. Estelle Morris Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 29th May 1997