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SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Student Amounts Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force— a for the purposes of this regulation on 3rd August 1998; b for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (a) and (d) of paragraph (2) of regulation 2, regulation 2(1) in so far as it relates to those sub-paragraphs, and regulation 3— i in relation to a student whose period of study begins on or after 1st August 1998 but before 31st August 1998, on the first Monday of that period; ii in any other case, on 31st August 1998; c for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph (2) of regulation 2 and regulation 2(1) in so far as it relates to those sub-paragraphs— i in relation to a student whose period of study begins on or after 1st August 1998 but before 31st August 1998, on the first Tuesday of that period; ii in any other case, on 1st September 1998; d for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (e) and (f) of paragraph (2) of regulation 2 and regulation 2(1) in so far as it relates to those sub-paragraphs— i in relation to a student whose period of study begins on or after 1st August 1998 but before 31st August 1998, on the first day of that period; ii in any other case, on 31st August 1998. 2 In these Regulations— “the Housing Benefit Regulations" means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 . Student’s grant income 2 1 In each of the regulations specified in paragraph (2) below (which all relate to the calculation of the amount of a student’s grant income) for the amount “£287" in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted the amount “£295". 2 The regulations are— a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b regulation 42(2)(e) of the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 ; c regulation 38(2)(f) of the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 ; d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e regulation 62(2)(g) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 ; f regulation 131(2)(f) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 . Student’s eligible rent 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Keith Bradley Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security
FOOD Citation, interpretation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Food (Cheese) (Emergency Control) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 21st May 1998. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Food Safety Act 1990. Prohibition of commercial operations 2 The carrying out of any commercial operation is hereby prohibited in relation to cheese originating from R. A. Duckett & Co. Ltd. of Walnut Tree Farm, Wedmore, Somerset. Enforcement 3 1 It shall be the duty of each food authority to enforce and execute this Order within its area. 2 Each food authority shall give such assistance and information to the Secretary of State as he may request for the purpose of his functions under section 13 of the Act. Application of other provisions of the Act 4 1 For the purposes of this Order, the following provisions of the Act shall apply, and any reference in those provisions to the Act shall be construed for the purposes of this Order as a reference to this Order— a section 9(2) to (9), subject to the modifications specified in paragraph (2) of this article (inspection and seizure of suspected food); b section 33 (obstruction etc. of officers); c section 35(1) (punishment of offences) in so far as it relates to offences under section 33 as applied by subparagraph (b) above; and d section 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith). 2 In section 9— a for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsection— 2 The provisions of subsection (3) to (9) shall apply in any case where it appears to an authorised officer of a food authority, that any food is cheese in respect of which commercial operations are prohibited by an Order made under section 13 of this Act. ; b in subsections (4) and (6) there shall be added after the words “food safety requirements”wherever they appear the words “or is cheese in respect of which commercial operations are prohibited by an Order made under section 13 of this Act”; c in subsection (9)(c) there shall be added after the words “food safety requirements” the words “or that it is cheese in respect of which commercial operations are prohibited by an Order made under section 13 of this Act.”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Tessa Jowell Minister of State for Public Health, Department of Health 20th May 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st August 1998. Preliminary 2 The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations. New regulation 86B (use of mechanical coupling devices) 3 After regulation 86A, there shall be inserted the following— Use of mechanical coupling devices 86B 1 This regulation applies to every light passenger vehicle first used on or after 1st August 1998 in respect of which an EC certificate of conformity has effect. 2 No person shall use or cause or permit to be used on a road any vehicle to which this regulation applies unless any mechanical coupling device which is attached to it complies with the relevant technical and installation requirements of Annexes I, V, VI and VII of Community Directive 94/20 and is marked in accordance with sub-paragraphs 3.3.4 to 3.3.5 of Annex I to that Directive. 3 For the purposes of this regulation, in a case where a vehicle is drawing a trailer a mechanical coupling device shall not be regarded as being attached to that vehicle if it forms part of the trailer. 4 In this regulation “mechanical coupling device” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 2.1 of Annex I to Community Directive 94/20. Amendment to Schedule 2 4 In Table I of Schedule 2, after item 69, there shall be inserted the following item— 69A 94/20 30.5.94 L195, 29.7.94, p.1 Mechanical coupling devices of motor vehicles and their trailers Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Helene Hayman Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 19th May 1998
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Referendum (Counting Officer’s Charges) Order 1998 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. 2 1 For the purposes of paragraph (a) of section 29(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, as applied by article 6 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Northern Ireland Negotiations (Referendum) Order 1998 (which provides that the counting officer is entitled to recover his charges in respect of services properly rendered or expenses properly incurred for or in connection with the referendum if the services or expenses are of a kind specified in an order made under that provision and the charges are reasonable), expenses of a kind described in paragraphs 1(1), 2(1), 3(1) and 4(1) of Part A of the Schedule to this Order (hereafter referred to as “expenses specified in Part A of the Schedule”) and expenses of a kind described in Part B of the Schedule to this Order, are hereby specified. 2 The maximum recoverable amounts at the referendum in respect of the expenses specified in Part A of the Schedule are hereby specified as the amounts set out in the right-hand column of that Part in respect of each entry set out opposite thereto in the left-hand column of that Part. 3 In this Order— a the referendum means the referendum held under the Northern Ireland Negotiations (Referendum) Order 1998, and b any reference to the register of electors is to the register of electors used at the referendum and to that register as first published. Marjorie Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 20th May 1998
PILOTAGE Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Yorkshire Ouse (Pilotage Powers) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 22nd June 1998. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “the Board” means the British Waterways Board; “the harbour” means the navigation area described in the Act entitled “An Act for improving the Navigation of the River Ouze, in the County of York”. Application of the Pilotage Act 1987 3 1 The Board shall be a competent harbour authority for the purposes of the Pilotage Act 1987. 2 References in the Pilotage Act 1987 to the harbour authority’s harbour in their application to the Board’s harbour shall be taken as references to the area within the harbour which comprises the waters of the river Ouse bounded by— a an imaginary straight line drawn across the river Ouse at a distance of 91.44 metres below and parallel to the south side of the bridge known as Skelton or Hook Railway Bridge at latitude 53°42'. 7 N; and b an imaginary straight line running West across the river Ouse at latitude 53°47'. 5 N at Barlby. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Glenda Jackson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 18th May 1998
MAGISTRATES' COURTS 1 This Order may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts Committees (Merseyside) Amalgamation (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st June 1998. 2 In paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the Magistrates' Courts Committees (Merseyside) Amalgamation Order 1998 :— a in the fefinition of “the first appointed day”, for “June” there shall be substituted “July”; b in the definition of “the second appointed day”, for “July” there shall be substiuted “August”. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 22nd May 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Queen Mary’s Sidcup National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998 and shall come into force on 10th June 1998. Amendment of NHS trust Establishment Order 2 In Article 3 of the Queen Mary’s Sidcup National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 (functions of the trust)— a in paragraph (1) for “section 5(1)(a)” there shall be substituted “section 5(1)(b)”; and b for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:— 2 The trust’s functions shall be to provide and manage Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup, Kent DA14 6LT and any other premises which are for the time being associated with this hospital, and there to provide hospital accommodation and services. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn Department of Health 29th May 1998
DEFENCE 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 1998 and shall come into force in accordance with the following provisions of this Article. 2 This Order shall come into force, in relation to each of the countries specified in Article 2 below, on whichever date is the later of— a the date on which its Government becomes a party to the Agreement, dated 19th June 1995, made between member States of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and those other States which have accepted the invitation to take part in the Partnership for Peace ; or b the day after the date on which this Order is made. 3 The date on which this Order comes into force shall, in relation to each of the countries specified in Article 2 below, be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes. 2 The following countries are hereby designated for the purposes of sections 2 to 19 of, and the Schedule to, the Visiting Forces Act 1952:— Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Russia, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. 3 This Order shall not extend to any of the territories specified in section 15(3) of the Visiting Forces Act 1952. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the United Nations Personnel (Jersey) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 20th July 1998. Extension 2 Sections 1 to 8 of, and the Schedule to, the United Nations Personnel Act 1997 shall extend to the Bailiwick of Jersey with the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
SPORTS GROUNDS AND SPORTING EVENTS 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Football Spectators (Corresponding Offences in France) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st June 1998. 2 In this Order “the 1989 Act ” means the Football Spectators Act 1989. 2 1 The offences under the law of France which are described in Schedule 1 to this Order are hereby specified as offences corresponding to the offences specified in Schedule 1 to the 1989 Act. 2 In Schedule 1 to this Order— a the expression “period relevant to” shall be construed in accordance with section 1(8) of the 1989 Act, and b “specified football match” means any association football match played in France involving a team which represents— i a country or territory, or ii a club from England or Wales which is, at the time the match is played, a member of the Football Association Premier League or (whether a full or associate member) of the Football League. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
BANKS AND BANKING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Cash Ratio Deposits (Value Bands and Ratios) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st June 1998. Value bands and ratios 2 For the purposes of paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Bank of England Act 1998, the value bands and the ratios applicable to them, expressed as a percentage, are as follows: Value band Ratio £0–£400 million 0% Over £400 million 0.15% Jim Dowd Graham Allen Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 19th May 1998
MERCHANT SHIPPING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Montserrat) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 20th May 1998. Implementation of the Liability and Fund Conventions 2 Sections 152 to 170 and 172 to 181 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, subject to the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order, shall extend to Montserrat, and any instrument made, or to be made, under section 152(2), 157(2), 157(4), 172(2) or 176(5) shall also extend to Montserrat. Revocations 3 The following Orders are hereby revoked— a The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Montserrat) Order 1975 ; b The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Montserrat) Order 1981 . N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
MERCHANT SHIPPING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Cayman Islands) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 19th May 1998. Implementation of the Liability and Fund Conventions 2 Sections 152 to 170 and 172 to 181 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, subject to the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order, shall extend to the Cayman Islands, and any instrument made, or to be made, under section 152(2), 157(2), 157(4), 172(2) or 176(5) shall also extend to the Cayman Islands. Interpretation 3 In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires: a any reference to any enactment of the United Kingdom shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as applying or extending to the Cayman Islands. b “the Islands” means the Cayman Islands Revocations 4 The following Orders are hereby revoked— a The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Cayman Islands) Order 1975 ; and b The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Cayman Islands) (Amendment) Order 1981 . N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
CARIBBEAN AND NORTH ATLANTIC TERRITORIES 1 This Order may be cited as the Turks and Caicos Islands (Territorial Sea) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 9th June 1998. 2 For the Schedule to the Turks and Caicos Islands (Territorial Sea) Order 1989 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out below: N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
MERCHANT SHIPPING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Saint Helena) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 20th May 1998. Implementation of the Liability and Fund Conventions 2 Sections 152 to 170 and 172 to 181 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, subject to the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order, shall extend to Saint Helena, and any instrument made, or to be made, under section 152(2), 157(2), 172(2) or 176(5) shall also extend to Saint Helena. Interpretation 3 1 In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires: a any reference to any enactment of the United Kingdom shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as applying or extending to Saint Helena; b “Saint Helena” means Saint Helena and its Dependencies. Revocations 4 The following Orders, to the extent that they apply to Saint Helena, are hereby revoked— a The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Overseas Territories) Order 1975 ; b The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 1981 ; c The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1981 ; and d The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 1984 . N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
IMMIGRATION 1 This Order may be cited as the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 (Guernsey) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 20th July 1998. 2 In this Order, “the 1971 Act ” means the Immigration Act 1971 . 3 Sections 4, 5, 7, 12(1), 13(1) and (2) of, and paragraphs 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8 to 10 and 13 of Schedule 2 to, the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, shall extend to the Bailiwick of Guernsey with the modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order, being modifications that appear to Her Majesty to be appropriate. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
HOVERCRAFT 1 This Order may be cited as the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on the tenth day after the day on which it is made. 2 The Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1972 shall be amended by deleting from Part A of Schedule 2 thereto the following: a the reference to the Civil Aviation Act 1968 section 16 in column 1 and the corresponding reference in column 2 and modification in column 3; and b the reference to the Civil Aviation Act 1971 section 27 in column 1 and the corresponding reference in column 2 and modification in column 3. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
HOVERCRAFT 1 This Order may be cited as the Hovercraft (Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (Amendment)) Order 1998 and shall come into force on the date, to be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes, on which the Protocol of 1996 to amend the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 enters into force in respect of the United Kingdom. 2 The Hovercraft (Civil Liability) Order 1986 shall be amended so that in paragraph (8) of Part B of Schedule 3, and in Part (3)B of Schedule 4, in respect of Article 6 there shall be substituted: THE LIMITS 1 The limits of liability for claims arising on any distinct occasion shall be calculated as follows: a in respect of claims for loss of life or personal injury: i £852,085 for a hovercraft with a maximum operational weight not exceeding 8,000 kg.; ii £1,659,605 for a hovercraft with a maximum operational weight in excess of 8,000 kg., but not exceeding 13,000 kg., and iii for a hovercraft with a maximum operational weight in excess thereof, an amount in addition to that mentioned in (ii) which equals £25.55 for each additional kg., b in respect of any other claims: i £357,360 for a hovercraft with a maximum operational weight not exceeding 8,000 kg.; ii £698,270 for a hovercraft with a maximum operational weight in excess of 8,001 kg. but not exceeding 13,000 kg.; and iii for a hovercraft with a maximum operational weight in excess thereof, an amount in addition to that mentioned in (ii) which equals £10.75 for each additional kg. 2 Where the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 1(a) is insufficient to pay the claims mentioned therein in full, the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 1(b) shall be available for payment of the unpaid balance of claims under paragraph 1(a) and such unpaid balance shall rank rateably with claims mentioned under paragraph 1(b). . N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
BROADCASTING Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Broadcasting (Local Delivery Services) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 10th June 1998. 2 In this Order “the 1990 Act ” means the Broadcasting Act 1990 and “the 1996 Act ” means the Broadcasting Act 1996 . Specification 2 1 The class of services to which paragraph (2) below applies is hereby specified for the purpose of section 72(1)(b) of the 1990 Act. 2 This paragraph applies to services provided in an area in which there are more than one thousand dwelling-houses, subject to the exceptions set out in the Schedule to this Order. Revocation 3 The Broadcasting (Local Delivery Services) Order 1990 and the Broadcasting (Local Delivery Services) (Amendment) Order 1991 are hereby revoked. Chris Smith Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 15th May 1998
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Citation and Commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Enforcement of Community Judgments) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 22nd June 1998. 2 The European Communities (Enforcement of Community Judgments) Order 1972 is amended by inserting in paragraph (1) of article 2 in the definition of “Community judgment”after the words “E.C.S.C. Treaty” the words “or Article 82 of Regulation 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the community trade mark” . N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st July 1998. 2 1 The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1996 shall be amended as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) below. 2 For regulation 18 there shall be substituted— Signatures on licences 18 In order that a licence may show the usual form of signature of its holder— a where the licensing authority so requires, a person applying for a licence shall provide the licensing authority with a specimen of his signature which can be electronically recorded and reproduced on the licence; b where no such requirement is made, a person to whom a licence is granted shall forthwith sign it in ink in the space provided. . 3 For Schedule 3 (licence fees) there shall be substituted the provisions set out in the Schedule hereto. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Helene Hayman Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions We approve the making of these Regulations 11th May 1998 Graham Allen Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 14th May 1998