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MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Rules may be cited as the Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) (Amendment) Rules 2003 and shall come into force on the date on which section 111 (Parental responsibility of unmarried father) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 comes into force. 2 In these Rules a reference to a Schedule or form by number alone means the Schedule or form so numbered in the Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) Rules 1991 (“The 1991 Rules”). Amendments to the 1991 Rules 2 In Schedule 1, in Form C45— a for “4(3)” substitute “4(2A)”; and b before “application of the child” insert “the”. 3 In Schedule 2, in column (i) of the entry relating to section 4(1)(a), 4(3), 5(1) etc , for “4(1)(a)” substitute “4(1)(c)”. Falconer of Thoroton, C. 10th November 2003
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND 1 1 This Order may be cited as “The A45 Trunk Road (A45/A445 Ryton-on-Dunsmore Junction Improvement) Order 2003” and shall come into force on 25th November 2003. 2 In this Order, all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway. 2 The new highway, which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in the Schedule to this Order shall become a trunk road from the date when this Order comes into force. 3 The centre line of the new trunk road is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan numbered HA 10/OD/446, marked “The A45 Trunk Road (A45/A445 Ryton-on-Dunsmore Junction Improvement) Order 2003”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at the ODPM-DfT Records Management Branch, Floor 13 (IMD), Ashdown House, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex TN37 7GA. 4 The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of the new trunk road that— a where the highway is maintainable at the public expense by a local highway authority, the part in question shall be maintained by that authority, and b where the highway is not so maintainable and is not maintainable under a special enactment or by reason of tenure, enclosure or prescription, the Secretary of State shall be under no duty to maintain the part in question, until, in either case, a date to be specified in a notice given by the Secretary of State to the highway authority for that highway. The date specified will not be later than the date on which the new trunk road is opened for traffic. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Graham Bowskill A Divisional Director Highways Agency 31st October 2003
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2003, and comes into force on 1st December 2003. Amendment of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 2 The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (“the principal Order”) is amended as follows. Company dealing in own shares as principal 3 After article 18 of the principal Order insert— Dealing by a company in its own shares 18A 1 A company does not carry on an activity of the kind specified by article 14 by purchasing its own shares where section 162A of the Companies Act 1985 (Treasury shares) applies to the shares purchased. 2 A company does not carry on an activity of the kind specified by article 14 by dealing in its own shares held as treasury shares, in accordance with section 162D of that Act (Treasury shares: disposal and cancellation). 3 In this article “shares held as treasury shares” has the same meaning as in that Act. . John Heppell, Joan Ryan Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 6th November 2003
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2003, and come into force on 26th November 2003. Amendment 2 The table in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) Regulations 2001 is amended by— a substituting the following for the words in the second column beside “The Institute of Actuaries or the Faculty of Actuaries”— Their supervisory functions in relation to the exercise by an actuary of his professional duties, including the conduct of disciplinary proceedings and determining whether to institute or terminate such proceedings ; b adding the following entry at the end— A person authorised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 245B(1)(b) of the Companies Act 1985 His functions as such Nick Ainger Derek Twigg Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 4th November 2003
AGRICULTURE Title and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enforcement 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advance notification 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Control on movement 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consent to movement 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistance 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charges 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences and penalties 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences by officers of bodies corporate 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Protection of authorised officers acting in good faith 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND 1 This Order may be cited as The A64 Trunk Road (Top Lane Link Road/A1036 Eastbound Exit Slip Road (Part) (Detrunking) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 31st October 2003. 2 In this Order— i all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway; ii “the plan” means the plan numbered HA10/OD/423, marked “The A64 Trunk Road (Top Lane Link Road/A1036 Eastbound Exit Slip Road (Part)) (Detrunking) Order 2003”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at DfT, floor 13(IMD), Ashdown House, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, TN37 7GA; iii “principal road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is a principal road for the purposes of enactments and instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads and is also classified for the purpose of every other enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State; and iv “the trunk road” means the Leeds–York–Scarborough Trunk Road (A64). 3 The length of the trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a principal road from the date on which this Order comes into force. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport A Divisional Director Highways Agency 2nd October 2003
CHANNEL TUNNEL Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) (Amendment) Order 2003 and comes into force on 30th November 2003. Amendment to the Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 1993 2 1 Part II of Schedule 3 of the Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 1993 shall be amended in accordance with this article. 2 For paragraph 3(a) there shall be substituted the following— a construct and maintain fencing around the entrance to each tunnel, except at places where gaps are necessary to allow the passage of vehicles through the tunnel, of such material and of such a height above and depth below the surface of the ground as to ensure, so far as is practicable, that an animal cannot cross it, and . 3 Paragraph 4 shall be deleted. 4 In paragraph 5(g) for the words “described in paragraph 4(b)” there shall be substituted the words “described in paragraph 3(a)”. 5 In paragraph 6(a) for the words “any installation described in paragraph 4” there shall be substituted the words “the fencing described in paragraph 3(a)”. Ben Bradshaw Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 4th November 2003
TAXES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Land Tax (Variation of the Finance Act 2003) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st December 2003. Variation of the Finance Act 2003 2 The Finance Act 2003 is amended in accordance with the Schedule to these Regulations. Revocation 3 The Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Land Tax (Variation of the Finance Act 2003) Regulations 2003 are revoked. Joan Ryan John Heppell Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 5th November 2003
POSTAL SERVICES Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Postal Services Act 2000 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2003. 2 This Order shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. 3 This Order does not extend to the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man. 4 Subject to paragraph (3), any modification by this Order of an enactment has the same extent as the enactment modified. Post Office Works Act 1959 and Post Office Subway Act 1966 2 1 Any provision of the Post Office Works Act 1959 , and the Post Office Subway Act 1966 , which was in force immediately before the day on which this Order comes into force and contained references to the Post Office shall (including references which have effect as such references), so far as necessary for preserving its effect on and after that day, have effect as if those references were references to the Post Office company. 2 Subject to paragraph (3), any function exercisable by the Post Office company by virtue of paragraph (1) shall be exercisable concurrently by any relevant subsidiary of the Post Office company; and references which have effect by virtue of paragraph (1) as references to the Post Office company shall be construed accordingly. 3 Anything which by virtue of this paragraph must be done by or in relation to the Post Office company and any relevant subsidiary of the Post Office company shall, so far as the context permits, be taken as done if it is done by or in relation to one of them. 4 In the Acts to which this article applies references to the purpose or purposes of the Post Office shall be construed as references to the purpose or purposes of the businesses of the Post Office company and its relevant subsidiaries so far as those businesses relate to the provision of postal services. 5 In this article “the Post Office company” and “relevant subsidiary” have the same meanings as in Part IV of the Postal Services Act 2000. Other modifications 3 1 The amendments specified in Schedule 1 shall have effect. 2 The repeals and revocations specified in Schedule 2 shall have effect. Transitional and saving provisions 4 1 The repeal by this Order of the entry relating to the provision of a universal postal service in Schedule 4 to the Public Health Act 1961 does not affect any permission granted, annulment made, or confirmation given, by virtue of that section before the coming into force of this Order. 2 The modifications in this Order to the Theft Act 1968 and the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 do not apply in relation to offences committed before the coming into force of this Order. 3 The repeal by this Order of a saving on the previous repeal of an enactment does not affect the operation of the saving so far as it remains capable of having effect. Stephen Timms, Minister of State for Energy, E-Commerce and Postal Services, Department of Trade and Industry 11th November 2003
SEX DISCRIMINATION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Code of Practice on Equal Pay Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st December 2003. Code of Practice 2 The day appointed for the coming into effect of the Code of Practice on Equal Pay, to be issued by the Commission under subsections (7) and (9) of section 56A of the Act in the form of the draft laid before Parliament on 8th July 2003, is 1st December 2003. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Gerry Sutcliffe, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Competition and Consumers, Department of Trade and Industry 7th November 2003
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND 1 1 This Order may be cited as the A38 Trunk Road (Weeford) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 11th December 2003. 2 In this Order, all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway. 2 The new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in the Schedule to this Order shall become a trunk road from the date when this Order comes into force. 3 The centre line of the new trunk road is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan Numbered HA 10/MP/017, marked “The A38 Trunk Road (Weeford) Order 2003”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at the ODPM-DfT, Records Management Branch, Floor 13 (IMD), Ashdown House, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex TN37 7GA. 4 The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of the new trunk road that— a where the highway is maintainable at the public expense by a local highway authority, the part in question shall be maintained by that authority, and b where the highway is not so maintainable and is not maintainable under a special enactment or by reason of tenure, enclosure or prescription, the Secretary of State shall be under no duty to maintain the part in question, until, in either case, a date to be specified in a notice given by the Secretary of State to the highway authority for that highway. The date specified will not be later than the date on which the new trunk road is opened for traffic. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport David Harvey Divisional Director Highways Agency 22nd October 2003
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND 1 This Order may be cited as the A5 Trunk Road (Weeford-Fazeley Improvement) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 11th December 2003. 2 In this Order— 1 tall measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway. 2 i “the main new road” means the new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in Schedule 1 to this Order; ii “the new trunk roads” means the main new road and the slip roads; iii “the plan” means the plan numbered HA 10/MP/015, marked “The A5 Trunk Road (Weeford-Fazeley Improvement) Order 2003”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, and deposited at the ODPM-DfT, Records Management Branch, Floor 13 (IMD), Ashdown House, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex TN37 7GA. iv “the slip roads” means the new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the routes described in Schedule 2 to this Order and which connect the main new road with other highways or proposed highways at the places stated in that Schedule. 3 The main new road and the slip roads shall become trunk roads from the date when this Order comes into force. 4 The centre line of each of the new trunk roads is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan. 5 The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of the new trunk roads that— a where the highway is maintainable at the public expense by a local highway authority, the part in question shall be maintained by that authority, and b where the highway is not so maintainable and is not maintainable under a special enactment or by reason of tenure, enclosure or prescription, the Secretary of State shall be under no duty to maintain the part in question, until, in either case, a date to be specified in a notice given by the Secretary of State to the highway authority for that highway. The date specified will not be later than the date on which the relevant route is opened for traffic. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport David Harvey A Divisional Director Highways Agency 22nd October 2003
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND 1 This Order may be cited as the A5 Trunk Road (Weeford-Fazeley Improvement) (De-trunking) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 11th December 2003. 2 In this Order— i “the new trunk road” means the new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct referred to in article 2 of the A5 Trunk Road (Weeford-Fazeley Improvement) Order 2003 , ii “the trunk road” means the London to Holyhead Trunk Road (A5). 3 The length of the trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order shall cease to be a trunk road from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies Staffordshire County Council that the new trunk road is open for traffic. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport David Harvey Divisional Director Highways Agency 22nd October 2003
TAXES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Land Tax (Consequential Amendment of Enactments) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st December 2003. Amendments to the Companies Act 1985 2 1 Section 88 of the Companies Act 1985 (return as to allotments, etc. ) is amended as follows. 2 In subsection (3) omit the words from “stamped” to the end. 3 Omit subsection (4). 4 This regulation has effect in relation to contracts such as are mentioned in section 88(2)(b)(i) of the Companies Act 1985 that are entered into on or after 1st December 2003. Amendments to the Finance Act 1986 3 The Finance Act 1986 is amended in accordance with regulations 4 and 5. 4 For section 92(1B) (repayment or cancellation of tax) substitute— 1B The second condition is that the instrument (or each instrument) transferring the chargeable securities to which the agreement relates— a so far as those securities are stock or marketable securities within the meaning of section 125 of the Finance Act 2003 (abolition of stamp duty except on instruments relating to stock or marketable securities)— i is duly stamped in accordance with the enactments relating to stamp duty, or ii is not chargeable with stamp duty or otherwise required to be stamped under those enactments; or b so far as those securities are not stock or marketable securities within the meaning of that section, is an instrument that, disregarding that section, would not be chargeable with any ad valorem stamp duty under those enactments. . 5 1 Section 99 (interpretation: meaning of “chargeable securities”) is amended as follows. 2 For subsection (5) substitute— 5 “Chargeable securities” does not include securities falling within paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (3) above if— a in the case of stock or marketable securities within the meaning of section 125 of the Finance Act 2003 (abolition of stamp duty except on instruments relating to stock or marketable securities), they are securities the transfer of which is exempt from all stamp duties; b in any other case, they are securities the transfer of which, disregarding that section, would be exempt from all stamp duties. 5ZA “Chargeable securities” does not include securities falling within paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (3) above if the stocks, shares or loan capital to which the securities relate— a are stock or marketable securities within the meaning of section 125 of the Finance Act 2003 (abolition of stamp duty except on instruments relating to stock or marketable securities) the transfer of which is exempt from all stamp duties, or b are securities the transfer of which, disregarding that section, would be exempt from all stamp duties. . 3 In subsection (5B)(a) omit the word “and” immediately following sub-paragraph (i) and after that sub-paragraph insert— ia it is not an investment on the acquisition of which stamp duty land tax would be chargeable under Part 4 of the Finance Act 2003, and . John Heppell Joan Ryan Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 10th November 2003
POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Police Records (Recordable Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st December 2003. 2 1 The Schedule to the National Police Records (Recordable Offences) Regulations 2000 shall be amended as follows. 2 For paragraph 5 there shall be substituted— 5 section 167 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (offence of touting for hire car services); . 3 Paragraphs 26 and 51 shall be omitted. 4 For paragraph 27 there shall be substituted— 27 article 44 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 (offence of falsely claiming a professional qualification etc. ); . 5 There shall be inserted at the end the following new paragraphs— 53 section 3 of the Vagrancy Act 1824 (offence of begging); and 54 section 4 of the Vagrancy Act 1824 (offence of persistent begging). Hazel Blears Minister of State Home Office 5th November 2003
ANIMALS, ENGLAND Title, commencement and application 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Horses for competition or racing 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Issue of a passport for horses registered before 30th November 2003 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Issue of a passport for horses not registered before 30th November 2003 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Horses entering England 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Horses entered in the lists of the New Forest Verderers, or Dartmoor Commoners Council 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Passports for young horses 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Requirements of owners and keepers of horses as to declaration on human consumption 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whereabouts of passports 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Requirements of Veterinary Surgeons 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Life Number 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language of passports 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prohibitions 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sale or death of a horse 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Replacement of a lost or damaged passport 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Time limits for applications 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powers and duties of recognised organisations 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Withdrawal of recognition 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powers of Entry 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obstruction 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Penalties 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enforcement 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocations 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .