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SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 29th November 1998. 2 In these Regulations— a “ the Order ” means the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers' Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979; b “the principal Regulations ” means the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 1 The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4) in relation to any case in which a person first satisfies the conditions of entitlement to a payment under the Order on or after 29th November 1998. 2 For the Schedule to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. 3 In regulations 5(2) (payment where death results from diffuse mesothelioma) and 7 (minimum amount payable to dependant) for “£1,852” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£1,943”. 4 In regulation 6(1) (payment where pneumoconiosis is accompanied by tuberculosis) for “£3,832” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£4,020”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on G. I. O'Doherty Assistant Secretary 13th October 1998.
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 2nd December 1998. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985 . Amendments to regulation 9 (form of certificates) 2 1 Regulation 9 of the principal Regulations shall be amended as follows: 2 In paragraph (2), for “and (5)” there shall be substituted “, (5) and (6)”. 3 For paragraph (5), there shall be substituted the following paragraphs— 5 Subject to paragraph (6), a Department’s approval certificate for any vehicle shall be in a form prescribed by paragraph (4), if— a the application was made on the basis that the vehicle is a low volume type approval vehicle; or b the applicant has otherwise requested the certificate to be in a form prescribed by that paragraph, and the Department is satisfied that the vehicle is a low volume type approval vehicle. 6 Upon the issue of a Department’s approval certificate for any vehicle, where the Department is satisfied that the requirements of paragraph (7) are fulfilled and the applicant so requests, the certificate shall be endorsed with a statement that it is so satisfied. 7 The requirements of this paragraph are that— a an EC certificate of conformity has been issued in respect of the vehicle; b since the EC certificate of conformity was issued the vehicle has been altered as described in the information document which accompanied the application under these Regulations; c notwithstanding the alterations the vehicle is still of the type in respect of which the EC certificate of conformity was issued, and— i if the EC certificate of conformity does not describe the vehicle as a variant, the vehicle has not as a consequence of the alterations become a variant of that type, ii if the EC certificate of conformity describes the vehicle as a variant of that type, the vehicle has not as a consequence of the alterations become a different variant of that type; d the EC certificate would still have had effect had the alterations not been made (whether or not that certificate in fact still has effect). 8 For the purposes of paragraph (7)— a “EC certificate of conformity” has the same meaning as in Article 31A(7) of the Order; and b “type” and “variant” have the meanings given in Annex IIB of Council Directive 70/156/ EEC , as amended by Council Directive 87/403/EEC and Council Directive 92/53/EEC . . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on J. Ritchie Assistant Secretary 21st October 1998.
EMPLOYMENT Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the National Minimum Wage (Employment Dismissal Procedures Agreements) (Repeal) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 29th November 1998. Repeal 2 Sub-sections (5) and (6) of section 26 of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 are hereby repealed. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on G. I. O'Doherty Assistant Secretary 29th October 1998.
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 1st November 1998. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. 3 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 . Substitution of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations 2 For Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (Post Office postcode areas assigned to designated National Climatological Message Stations) there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 8th October 1998.
HOUSING Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (Recovery of Overpayments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 6th November 1998. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Assembly. Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Recovery of Overpayments) Regulations 2 In regulation 3 of the Housing Benefit (Recovery of Overpayments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (restriction on recovery of rent and consequent notifications)— a in paragraph (2) for “recovered” there shall be substituted “recoverable”; b in paragraph (3)— i after the words “paragraph (2) applies” the first time they appear, there shall be inserted “or will apply when recovery is made,”; ii in sub-paragraph ( a ) for “was one” there shall be substituted “is or will be one”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 6th October 1998.
FISHERIES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Eel Fishing (Licence Duties) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1999. Licence Duties 2 There shall be payable to the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland by way of licence duties in respect of licences for the use of fishing engines for the taking of eels referred to in column 1 of the Schedule the amounts respectively specified in column 2 of the Schedule. Revocation 3 The Eel Fishing (Licence Duties) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on G. Lavery Assistant Secretary 17th November 1998.
FOOD Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Spreadable Fats (Marketing Standards) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 14th December 1998. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Spreadable Fats (Marketing Standards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4. 3 In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “the Commission Regulation”, for “and Commission Regulation ( EC ) No. 2181/97 ” there shall be substituted “, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2181/97 , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 623/98 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1298/98 ”. 4 In Schedule 1 (Community provisions), in paragraph 2, in column 3 (subject matter) for the existing entry there shall be substituted— Restrictions on use of the designation “butter” for composite products . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on J. R. Kearney Assistant Secretary 3rd November 1998.
ANIMALS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (Amendment to Schedule 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998. 2 This Order shall come into operation on 1st January 1999. 3 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of the Act 2 At the end of Schedule 2 to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (animals to be obtained only from designated breeding or supplying establishments) , there shall be added— Pig, if genetically modified Sheep, if genetically modified Ferret Gerbil . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on W. B. Smith Assistant Secretary 18th September 1998.
HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Human Organ Transplants (Establishment of Relationship) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 21st December 1998. 2 In these regulations– “ the Order ” means the Human Organ Transplants (Northern Ireland) Order 1989; “donor” means the living person from whom it is proposed to remove an organ with the intention that it be transplanted into another person and “recipient” means that other person; “genetic tests” means tests based on DNA variations; “tester” means a person who has been approved by the Department as competent both to specify and to interpret the results of genetic tests. Establishment of genetic relationship 2 1 For the purposes of Article 4 of the Order, the means by which the fact of a genetic relationship between the donor and the recipient is to be established are genetic tests, subject to the conditions specified in paragraph (2). 2 The conditions are that a tester shall– a specify the genetic tests to be carried out on the donor and the recipient, and on such relatives of each of them as are available and willing to be tested and whom in the opinion of the tester it is necessary to test; b interpret the results of all such genetic tests as are carried out; and c state in writing whether or not he is satisfied that the claimed genetic relationship between the donor and the recipient is established. Revocation 3 The Human Organ Transplants (Establishment of Relationship) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on B. Grzymek Assistant Secretary 9th November 1998.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Citation 1 This order may be cited as the Waste and Contaminated Land (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998. Appointed Day 2 The following provisions of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 shall come into operation on 1st December 1998– Articles 2(2) (in so far as it relates to the definitions of “environment”, “harm”, “harmless”, “pollution of the environment”, “prescribed”, “substance”, “recover”, “waste” and “the Waste Directive”), and (6), Article 19, Article 32, Article 33, Schedule 1, Schedule 3. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on R. W. Rogers Assistant Secretary 9th November 1998.
HOUSING; RATES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 35 of the principal Regulations 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 43 of the principal Regulations 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment to Schedule 4 of the principal Regulations 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Schedule 5 to the principal Regulations 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SEEDS Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 19th October 1998. Revocation 2 The Seeds (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 are hereby revoked. Fees 3 Subject to the provisions of these Regulations there shall be paid to the Department in respect of matters arising under the Regulations referred to in Schedules 1 to 6 the fees set out in Column (3) of each of those Schedules opposite the respective references to such matters in Column (1), and in accordance with Column (2), of each of those Schedules. Exemption 4 The Department may exempt any person or class of persons, or persons generally, from compliance with any of the provisions of these Regulations and the exemptions may be made subject to conditions. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on Liam McKibben Assistant Secretary 14th September 1998. The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves the foregoing Regulations in regard to the licensing fee for licensed testing establishments. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on David Thomson Assistant Secretary 15th September 1998.
ROADS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Trunk Roads (Designation of Routes) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 23rd October 1998. Designation of routes 2 The existing roads described in the Schedule shall become trunk roads. Revocations 3 The Belfast — Ballygawley — Londonderry Trunk Road (Portadown — Birches) Order (Northern Ireland) 1968 and The Portadown — Birches Trunk Road (Market Street to Obins Street, Portadown) Order (Northern Ireland) 1972 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on J. Carlisle Assistant Secretary 10th September 1998.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Title, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998. 2 In this Order “ the Order ” means the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992. Activities not to be treated as defined activities 2 An activity specified in Column 1 of the Schedule, which is carried out by a council specified in Column 2 of the Schedule under a works contract, shall not be treated as a defined activity from 31st March 1999 to 31st March 2000, where the original term of that contract shall expire on 31st March 1999. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on R. Warburton Assistant Secretary 9th October 1998.
HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Pharmaceutical Services (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 5th October 1998. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Pharmaceutical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 . Amendment of Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations 2 In Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations (procedure on applications) for sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) of paragraph 19 (voting) there shall be substituted— 2 A member— a who is appointed in accordance with paragraph 16(3)( c ) and whose name is not included in the pharmaceutical list and who is not an employee of a person whose name is included in that list; or b who is appointed in accordance with paragraph 16(3)( d ); or c who is the vice-chairman, provided he is not acting as chairman, is entitled to vote. 3 A member who is appointed in accordance with paragraph 16(3)( c ) and whose name is included in the pharmaceutical list, or who is an employee of a person whose name is included in that list, is not entitled to vote and shall withdraw immediately before a decision on an appeal by voting takes place. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on D. A. Baker Assistant Secretary 10th September 1998. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on D. Thomson Assistant Secretary 10th September 1998.
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security (1998 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998. 2 In this Order “ the Order ” means the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998. Appointed days 2 The day appointed for the coming into operation of— a the provisions of the Order specified in Part I of the Schedule is 9th September 1998; b the provisions of the Order specified in Part II of the Schedule— i for the purpose only of authorising the making of regulations or orders, is 9th September 1998, and ii for all other purposes, is 6th April 1999; c Article 71 of the Order (overpayments out of the social fund) is 5th October 1998; and d the provisions of the Order specified in Part III of the Schedule is 6th April 1999. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 8th September 1998.
EDUCATION Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education and Libraries (Competition in Functional Work) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 27th October 1998. Amendment of the Education and Libraries (Competition in Functional Work) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 2 The Schedule to the Education and Libraries (Competition in Functional Work) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 shall be amended as follows— a for the words “1st April 1996” in the first, second, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth places where they occur there shall be substituted “1st April 2000”; b for the words “1st October 1996” there shall be substituted “1st April 2000”; c for the words “1st October 1998” there shall be substituted “1st April 2000”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on S. Peover Assistant Secretary 15th September 1998.
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 1st November 1998. Fees payable 2 The fee payable under a statutory provision specified in column 1 of the Schedule in respect of the matter specified in relation to it in column 2 shall be the fee specified in relation to it in column 3. Fees under the Marriage Act 1983 3 1 Any fee payable under any provision of the Marriage Act 1983 specified in column 1 of the Schedule in respect of any matter specified in relation to it in column 2 shall be payable by the person who gives notice of intention to marry under section 3(2) of that Act, except that no such fee shall be payable by any person who is in receipt of benefit under section 122(1)( a ) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 . 2 Any fee payable by virtue of paragraph (1) shall be payable to the Registrar General. Revocation 4 The Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995 is hereby revoked. Marjorie Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 15th September 1998
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 22nd September 1998. Amendment of regulation 19 of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2 In regulation 19(1) of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 (payments to be disregarded) after sub-paragraph ( l ) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph— ll a payment which comprises any gain on which the earner is chargeable to tax by virtue of section 135 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (gains by directors and employees from share options); . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 21st September 1998.
EDUCATION Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Loans) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 1st September 1998. Amendment of the Education (Student Loans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 2 Regulation 8(5) of the Education (Student Loans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 shall be amended by substituting for the figure “£4” the figure “£4·50”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on Neill Jackson Assistant Secretary 25th August 1998.
HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Health Services (Primary Care) (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998. 2 In this Order “the 1997 Order ” means the Health Services (Primary Care) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997. Appointed day 2 1 The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the 1997 Order specified in column (1) of Schedule 1 to this Order (the subject matter of each provision being set out in column (2) of that Schedule), is 1st April 1999. 2 The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the 1997 Order specified in column (1) of Schedule 2 to this Order is the date specified in column (2) of that Schedule. References to certain terms 3 1 Paragraph (2) applies to a provision of— a the 1997 Order brought into operation pursuant to Article 2(1); and b any other statutory provision, as amended, inserted or replaced by a provision of Schedule 2 to the 1997 Order brought into operation pursuant to Article 2(2). 2 Where a statutory provision to which this paragraph applies refers to arrangements made under Article 15B of the 1972 Order (however the reference is worded) such a reference is to be taken as referring only to a pilot scheme under Part II of the 1997 Order and the purpose of bringing the provision of the 1997 Order in question into operation is limited accordingly. Revocation 4 In the Schedule to the Health Services (Primary Care) (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 , the entry in columns (1) and (2) relating to Schedule 2 to the 1997 Order (amendments to Articles 63(1) and 64(2) of the 1972 Order) is hereby deleted. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on Joan Dixon Assistant Secretary 21st August 1998.