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HUMAN FERTILISATION AND EMBRYOLOGY Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (Commencement No. 4 — Amendment of Transitional Provisions) Order 1991. Amendment to Article 4 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1991 2 Article 4 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1991 is amended as follows— a paragraph (3)(d) and the word “and” immediately preceding it omitted, b for paragraph (4) there is substituted— 4 No relevant gametes or embryo shall be used for any purpose unless— a in relation to any consent given on or after the appointed day, the provisions of Schedule 3 to the Act apart from paragraph 8 have been complied with, and b in relation to any consent given before the appointed day, the provisions of paragraphs 5 to 7 of that Schedule as modified by paragraph (5) below have been complied with. , and c in paragraph (5), for “Paragraphs 5 to 8” there is substituted “Paragraphs 5 to 7”, and for “paragraphs (4)(a)(ii) and (4)(b)” there is substituted “paragraph (4)(b)”. William Waldegrave One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 31st July 1991
CAR TAX 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Car Tax (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 16th August 1991. 2 The Car Tax Regulations 1985 shall be amended as follows. 3 For the heading to Part VI there shall be substituted the heading “REMISSION AND REPAYMENT OF TAX”. 4 After regulation 23 there shall be inserted— Registered persons and vehicles undergoing examination or tests 23A 1 Subject to the provisions of this regulation, the Commissioners may remit the tax on any vehicle or, if the tax has been paid, repay it, where— a a registered person— i makes the vehicle in the United Kingdom and appropriates it to his own use, ii imports the vehicle into the United Kingdom and registers it, or iii acquires the vehicle in the United Kingdom in an unused condition from another, and, at the time he appropriates, registers or, as the case may be, acquires the vehicle he intends it to be used only by him or on his behalf and only to undergo examination or tests for the purpose of industrial or commercial research; and b such examination or tests do not constitute a sales promotion. 2 Where paragraph (1)(a)(iii) above applies, repayment of the tax shall not be made unless the registered person holds documentary evidence of the amount of tax paid. 3 Where the tax has been remitted or repaid under this regulation, it shall be a condition that the vehicle is— a identified in a record which relates only to vehicles in respect of which tax has been remitted or repaid under this regulation; b used only in accordance with the intention mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) above; and c either— i destroyed during the course or at the conclusion of the examination or tests, or ii returned to production or stock at the conclusion of the examination or tests. Diana Seammen Commissioner of Customs and Excise New King’s Beam House, 22 Upper Ground, London, SE1 9PJ 26th July 1991
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax Act 1983 (Interest on Overpayments etc) (Prescribed Rate) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 27th July 1991. 2 For the purposes of section 38A of the Value Added Tax Act 1983 interest shall be payable at the rates specified in the following Table– TABLE Interest for any period Rate before 1st March 1974 8 per cent. after 28th February 1974 and before 1st February 1977 9 per cent. after 31st January 1977 and before 1st March 1979 10 per cent. after 28th February 1979 and before 1st January 1980 12.50 per cent. after 31st December 1979 and before 1st January 1981 15 per cent. after 31st December 1980 and before 1st December 1981 12.50 per cent. after 30th November 1981 and before 1st March 1982 15 per cent. after 28th February 1982 and before 1st July 1982 14 per cent. 30th June 1982 and before 1st April 1983 13 per cent. after 31st March 1983 and before 1st April 1984 12.50 per cent. after 31st March 1984 and before 1st August 1986 12 per cent. after 31st July 1986 and before 1st January 1987 11.50 per cent. after 31st December 1986 and before 1st April 1987 12.25 per cent. after 31st March 1987 and before 1st November 1987 11.75 per cent. after 31st October 1987 and before 1st December 1987 11.25 per cent. after 30th November 1987 and before 1st May 1988 11 per cent. after 30th April 1988 and before 1st August 1988 9.50 per cent. after 31st July 1988 and before 1st November 1988 11 per cent. after 31st October 1988 and before 1st January 1989 12.25 per cent. after 31st December 1988 and before 1st November 1989 13 per cent. after 31st October 1989 and before 1st April 1991 14.25 per cent. after 31st March 1991 and before 27th July 1991 12 per cent. after 27th July 1991 12 per cent. Irvine Patrick Nicholas Baker Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 26th July 1991
DOGS 1 This Order may be cited as the Dangerous Dogs (Designated Types) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 12th August 1991. 2 There are hereby designated for the purposes of section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 dogs of the following types, being types appearing to be bred for fighting or to have the characteristics of types bred for that purpose, namely: a any dog of the type known as the Dogo Argentino; and b any dog of the type known as the Fila Braziliero. Kenneth Baker One of her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 25th July 1991
NORTHERN IRELAND Title 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st August 1991. Road Traffic 2 The Secretary of State may by order prohibit, restrict or regulate in any area the use of vehicles or any class of vehicles on highways or the use by vehicles or any class of vehicles of roads or classes of roads specified in the order, either generally or in such circumstances as may be so specified. Railways 3 The Secretary of State, or any officer of the Royal Ulster Constabulary not below the rank of assistant chief constable, may direct any person having the management of a railway to secure that any train specified in the direction or trains of any class so specified shall stop, or shall not stop, at a station or other place so specified. Funerals 4 Where it appears to an officer of the Royal Ulster Constabulary not below the rank of chief inspector that a funeral may– a occasion a breach of the peace or serious public disorder, or b cause undue demands to be made on Her Majesty’s forces or the police, he may, where it appears to him to be necessary for the preservation of public order, give directions requiring persons taking part in a funeral to travel in vehicles. Revocation 5 The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Regulations 1978 are hereby revoked. P. L. Brooke One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 24th July 1991
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as The Free Zone (Southampton) Designation Order 1991 and shall come into force on 6th August 1991. Designation of area as free zone 2 1 An area of 6.8 acres, in the City of Southampton, Hampshire, shown enclosed by a red line on a map (in this article referred to as “the map”), being of a scale of 25 inches to a mile, and signed by a Collector of Customs and Excise, shall be a free zone. 2 The map shall be kept by the Commissioners at their Headquarters, New King’s Beam House, 22 Upper Ground, London SE1 9PJ and a copy thereof at the offices of the responsible authority. 3 The map or the copy thereof may, on application, be inspected by members of the public at reasonable hours without charge. Appointment of responsible authority 3 The responsible authority for the free zone shall be Southampton Free Trade Zone Limited whose Registered Office is at 150 Holborn, London EC1N 2LR. Period of validity of Order 4 This Order shall have effect for a period of 10 years from the date of coming into force. Conditions imposed on responsible authority 5 The responsible authority shall– a maintain an office in the free zone or at such other place as the Commissioners may allow at which shall be kept any records, for which the responsible authority is responsible, relating to the free zone and the business carried on therein; b keep separate accounts in connection with the free zone; c provide such information in connection with the free zone and the operation thereof to any person authorised by the Treasury, as that person may reasonably require; d provide, free of expense to the Crown, such accommodation and facilities including furniture, fittings and equipment as the Commissioners may reasonably require and such accommodation and facilities shall be properly maintained, heated, lighted, ventilated and kept clean by the responsible authority; e provide, free of expense to the Crown, such area of land within the free zone as the Commissioners may reasonably require for the examination of goods and vehicles and shall provide and maintain such appliances and afford such other facilities which are reasonably necessary to enable an account to be taken of any goods or make any examination or search; f not permit a person to establish or carry on any trade or business in the free zone unless that person is authorised by the Commissioners to carry on such a trade or business in the free zone. Health and safety 6 Without prejudice to the responsibilities of persons occupying premises within the free zone, the responsible authority shall ensure that the working conditions within the free zone are safe and without risk to the health and safety of persons employed by the Commissioners and shall comply with any requirements concerning health and safety imposed by any competent authority. Thomas Sackville Nicholas Baker Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 24th July 1991
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 19th August 1991. 2 Notwithstanding the relationship between or rights of a legal representative and client or any privilege arising out of such relationship, the legal representative shall not be precluded from disclosing to any person authorised by the Board to request it, any information which relates to advice, assistance and representation provided to a client or former client of his where that client is or was a legally assisted person which is requested for the purpose of enabling the Board to discharge its functions under the Legal Aid Act 1988. Mackay of Clashfern,C 25th July 1991
DOGS 1 – 1 This Order may be cited as the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (Commencement and Appointed Day) Order 1991. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. 2 The day appointed for the purposes of section 1(3) of the Act shall be 30th November 1991. 3 The provisions of the Act , so far as not already in force, shall come into force on 12th August 1991. Kenneth Baker One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 25th July 1991
WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Mid Southern Water Company (Constitution and Regulation) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 20th August 1991. 2 In this Order– “the 1845 Act ” means the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 ; and “the 1863 Act ” means the Companies Clauses Act 1863 . Approval of proposal contained in the special resolution 2 The proposal contained in the special resolution is hereby approved. Date on which memorandum and articles come into force 3 The date specified for the purposes of section 101(2) of the Act as the date on which the memorandum and articles shall come into force and the relevant provisions shall cease to have effect is 20th August 1991. Consequential provision 4 The local statutory provisions referred to in Schedule 2 hereto are repealed to the extent indicated in that Schedule with effect from 20th August 1991. Michael Heseltine One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 24th July 1991
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 12th August 1991. Functions and powers 2 1 The Board shall have the following functions in relation to disability living allowance and attendance allowance, namely— a to give advice to the Secretary of State on such matters as he may refer to them for consideration; b to give advice to a medical practitioner who is an officer of the Secretary of State on any case or question which he refers to the Board in accordance with section 115C(4) of the Social Security Act 1975 ; and c to present an annual report on its activities over the year to the Secretary of State. 2 In carrying out any of its functions under paragraph (1) above the Board may consult persons or bodies on matters as respects which in the Board’s opinion, those persons or bodies are especially qualified. Members 3 1 The Board shall consist of a chairman appointed by the Secretary of State and not less than 11 and not more than 20 other members so appointed. 2 The members appointed by the Secretary of State shall include— a members with professional knowledge or experience of— i physiotherapy, ii occupational therapy, iii social work, iv nursing disabled persons, v medical practice; b at least one member with personal experience of caring for a disabled person; and c 6 or more members who are disabled persons. 3 All appointments made by the Secretary of State shall be made— a after consultation with such organisations as he thinks fit, and b in writing. Term of office 4 The chairman and other members of the Board shall hold office for such period of not more than 5 years as the Secretary of State may determine; but any member— a shall be eligible for re-appointment from time to time on or after the expiration of his term of office; and b may by notice in writing to the Secretary of State resign office at any time, while remaining eligible for re-appointment. Removal 5 The Secretary of State may remove the chairman or other member of the Board on the grounds of his inability to discharge his functions or of misbehaviour. Procedure 6 1 The Board may make rules for regulating its procedure, including its quorum. 2 The Board may act notwithstanding any vacancy among its members. Expenses 7 Persons attending its meetings at the request of the Board may be paid such travelling and other allowances, including compensation for loss of remunerative time, as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Treasury determine. Officers and servants 8 The Secretary of State may appoint such officers and servants of the Board as he thinks appropriate. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Nicholas Scott Minister of State, Department of Social Security 25th July 1991
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Repeals and Consequential Amendments) Order 1991, and shall come into force on 21st August 1991. Repeals and consequential amendments 2 – 1 The enactments mentioned in column (1) of Schedule 1 to this Order are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in column (2). 2 The provisions mentioned in Schedule 2 are hereby amended as so mentioned. Michael Heseltine Secretary of State for the Environment 19th July 1991 David Hunt Secretary of State for Wales 19th July 1991
BANKS AND BANKING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Banking Act 1987 (Meaning of Deposit) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 31st July 1991. Amendment of meaning of “deposit” 2 1 For the purposes of sections 60, 61 and 62 of the Banking Act 1987 the definition of deposit in section 5 of that Act shall be treated as excluding any sum to which a person becomes entitled (otherwise than by operation of law), or comes to be treated as entitled for the purposes of sections 58 and 60 of that Act, after a petition is presented for the winding up of the institution, or, in the case of an institution in respect of which such a petition has been presented before the date on which this Order comes into force, 30th July 1991. 2 Paragraph (1) above does not apply in respect of a payment falling to be made under section 58(2) of the Banking Act 1987. Interpretation 3 For the purposes of this Order, references to the presentation of a petition for the winding up of an institution shall be taken to mean— a where the institution becomes insolvent within the meaning of section 59 of the Banking Act 1987 on the making of an order or award, the presentation of a petition that the order or award be made; b where the institution becomes so insolvent on the passing of a resolution for a voluntary winding-up in the circumstances described in section 59(1)(b) of that Act, the summoning of a meeting at which such a resolution is to be proposed; c where the institution becomes so insolvent on the holding of a creditors' meeting, the summoning of such meeting; d where the institution becomes so insolvent on the occurrence of an event which appears to the Deposit Protection Board to correspond as nearly as may be to any of those mentioned in section 59(1)(a), (b) or (c) or 59(2)(a), (b) or (c) of that Act, the event which appears to the Board to correspond as nearly as may be to that mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c)of this article (as the case may be). Norman Lamont John Major Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 30th July 1991
PLANT HEALTH Title, extent and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Great Britain) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1991 shall apply to Great Britain and shall come into force on 23rd August 1991. Amendment of the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1987 2 1 The Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1987 shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this article. 2 In Schedule 1 Part 1A after Item 25 there shall be inserted the following Item— 26 Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) — Tobacco Whitefly or Sweet Potato Whitefly . 3 In Schedule 3 Part VI Item 75A shall be omitted. 4 In Schedule 3 Part VIIB in Item 82 column 3 after the words “originating in the Netherlands” there shall be inserted the words “or a third country”. 5 For Schedule 5 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order. In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 26th July 1991. John Selwyn Gummer Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Strathclyde Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 26th July 1991 David Hunt Secretary of State for Wales 25th July 1991
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 25th July 1991. 2 The Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Order 1975 shall be amended in accordance with the following article. 3 In article 5(2)(c) after the words “a vehicle” there shall be inserted the words in so far as it is not excluded from the charge of duty under the Excise Act by virtue of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No. 4059/89 of 21st December 1989 and . G. I. de Deney Clerk of the Privy Council
MINISTERS OF THE CROWN Citation, interpretation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Transfer of Functions (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1991. 2 In this Order “the 1983 Act ” means the Representation of the People Act 1983 and “the 1991 Act ” means the Representation of the People Act 1991 . 3 This Order shall come into force on 22nd August 1991. Transfer of functions 2 The functions of the Treasury under sections 29 and 47(1) of the 1983 Act as amended by the 1991 Act are hereby transferred to the Secretary of State. Consequential amendments 3 1 Section 29 of the 1983 Act shall be amended as follows. 2 In subsections (3), (4) and (6) for the words “the Treasury” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State” and in subsection (4A) for the words “The Treasury” there shall be substituted the words “The Secretary of State”. 3 In subsection (4B)(b) for the words “the Treasury consider” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State considers”. 4 In subsection (5) for the words “the Treasury, but the Treasury may if they think fit” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State, but the Secretary of State may if he thinks fit”. 5 In subsection (7) for the words “the Treasury may, on such terms as they think fit” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State may, on such terms as he thinks fit”. 6 For subsections (8) and (9) there shall be substituted– 8 Regulations may make provision as to the time when and the manner and form in which accounts are to be rendered to the Secretary of State for the purposes of the payment of a returning officer’s charges. 9 Any exercise by the Secretary of State of his functions under subsections (3) and (4) above shall require the consent of the Treasury. 4 In section 47(1) of the 1983 Act for the words “the Treasury” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”. 5 In section 201 of the 1983 Act– a in subsection (1) after the words “the Secretary of State” there shall be inserted the words “and except in the case of regulations under section 29(8)”; b in subsection (2), as amended by paragraph 69 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 , after the words “otherwise than under” there shall be inserted the words “section 29(8) above or”. 6 In regulation 99(3) of the Representation of the People Regulations 1986 and regulation 97(3) of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 1986 , as amended by section 2 of the 1991 Act, for the words “the Treasury” there shall be substituted the words “the Secretary of State”. Saving 7 Nothing in this Order affects the functions of the Treasury under section 29(5), (6) or (7) of the 1983 Act in relation to charges in respect of services rendered and expenses incurred for or in connection with an election that has already taken place before the coming into force of this Order. G. I. de Deney Clerk of the Privy Council
JUDGMENTS 1 This Order shall come into force on 1st August 1991 and may be cited as the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Canada) (Amendment) Order 1991. 2 The Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Canada) Order 1987 shall be amended by adding in article 3 (which names the Canadian courts, including the courts of Provinces, which are to be recognised courts for the purposes of Part I of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933) after “New Brunswick”, the word, “Newfoundland”. G. I. de Deney Clerk of the Privy Council
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Northampton Cable Television Limited) (Northeast Northamptonshire) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 26th August 1991. 2 Each of the Applicable Cabled Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system. John Redwood Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry 24th July 1991
TERRITORIAL SEA 1 This Order may be cited as the Territorial Sea Act 1987 (Isle of Man) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 2nd September 1991. 2 The Territorial Sea Act 1987 shall extend to the Isle of Man with the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order. G.I. de Deney Clerk of the Privy Council