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CONTRACTING OUT Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Contracting Out (Functions in relation to the provision of Guardians Ad Litem and Reporting Officers Panels) Order 1996. 2 This Order shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. 3 In this Order “the 1991 Regulations ” means the Guardians Ad Litem and Reporting Officers (Panels) Regulations 1991 . Contracting out of functions in relation to the provision of panels of guardians ad litem and reporting officers 2 1 Any function of a local authority which is conferred by the 1991 Regulations may be exercised by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by that local authority. 2 Where any function of a local authority which is conferred by the 1991 Regulations is exercised by a person other than the authority in accordance with paragraph (1) of this article, Schedule 1 to the 1991 Regulations (complaints board) shall have effect in relation to that authority as if in paragraph (a) at the end there were inserted the words “nor a person who is authorised to exercise any function of the local authority which is conferred by these Regulations in accordance with article 2 of the Contracting Out (Functions in relation to the provision of Guardians Ad Litem and Reporting Officers Panels) Order 1996, nor an employee of such person”. Stephen Dorrell One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, Department of Health 18th March 1996
URBAN DEVELOPMENT Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Central Manchester Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Urban development area 2 1 Articles 2 and 3 of the Central Manchester Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1988 are hereby revoked. 2 So much of the Central Manchester Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1988 as has not previously been revoked shall be revoked with effect from 1st July 1996. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 6th February 1996
OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS 1 This order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No. 2) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 8th April 1996. 2 A safety zone is hereby established around each installation specified in column 1 of the Schedule hereto (being an installation stationed in waters to which subsection (7) of Section 21 of the Act applies) having a radius of five hundred metres from the point as respects that installation which has the co-ordinates of latitude and longitude according to European Datum (1950) specified in columns 2 and 3 of the Schedule. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State. Paul Beresford Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 18th March 1996
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the A2 Trunk Road (West of Rochester) Detrunking Order 1996 and shall come into force on 9th April 1996. 2 In this Order 1 each measurement of distance is measured along the route of the relevant highway; 2 i “classified road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is not a principal road for the purposes of enactments or instruments which refer to highways classed as principal roads but is a classified road for the purpose of every enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State and which does not specifically refer to their classification as principal roads; and ii “the trunk road” means the London-Dover Trunk Road (A2). 3 The lengths of the trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order shall cease to be trunk roads and shall be classified as classified roads from the date on which this Order comes into force. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport E Al-Uzaizi Assistant Director, Southern Network, Management Division, Highways Agency, Department of Transport 14th March 1996
PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Oil and Chemical Pollution of Salmon and Migratory Trout) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 20th March 1996. 2 In this Order— “migratory trout” means fish of the species Salmo trutta L. ; “relevant time” means one minute past midnight on 19th March 1996; and “salmon” means fish of the species Salmo salar L. Designated circumstances 2 In the opinion of the Secretary of State salmon and migratory trout in the areas designated in article 3 below may be affected by oil or other chemical substances which are likely to create a hazard to human health if they are consumed. Designated area 3 The areas described in the Schedule to this Order are hereby designated for the purposes of Part I of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985. Activities prohibited in the designated areas 4 No person shall fish for and take any salmon or migratory trout in a designated area. Prohibition on movement 5 No person shall move any salmon or migratory trout out of a designated area. Restrictions throughout the United Kingdom 6 No person shall in the United Kingdom or in United Kingdom waters— a use any salmon or migratory trout taken out of a designated area after the relevant time in the preparation or processing for supply of food and anything from which food could be derived, b land any salmon or migratory trout which were in waters in a designated area after the relevant time, c supply, or have in possession for supply, any salmon or migratory trout which were in a designated area after the relevant time, d supply, or have in possession for supply, any food or anything from which food could be derived in the preparation or processing of which anything was used in contravention of paragraph (a) of this article, e feed to any creature a feeding stuff in the preparation or processing of which anything was used in contravention of paragraph (a) of this article. Rod Richards, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 19th March 1996
INCOME TAX Citation, commencement and effect 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Tax-exempt Special Savings Account (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 6th April 1996. 2 Regulation 3 has effect as respects transfers of accounts on or after 6th April 1996. Interpretation 2 In regulations 3 and 4 “the principal Regulations ” means the Tax-exempt Special Savings Account Regulations 1990 and “regulation” means a regulation of those Regulations. Amendments to the principal Regulations 3 In regulation 7 — a in paragraph (4)(a) for the words “basic rate when it was paid or credited” there shall be substituted the words “applicable rate”; b after paragraph (4) there shall be inserted— 4A In paragraph (4)(a) “the applicable rate” means— a in the case of an amount of interest, dividend or bonus paid or credited before 6th April 1996, the basic rate for the year of assessment in which the amount was paid or credited; and b in any other case, the lower rate for the year of assessment in which it was paid or credited. 4 In regulation 11 before paragraph (f) there shall be inserted the word “; or”. A. M. W. Battishill S. C. T. Matheson Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue 19th March 1996
TRUSTEES 1 This Order may be cited as the Trustee Investments (Division of Trust Fund) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the tenth day after the day on which it is approved by resolution of each House of Parliament. 2 It is hereby directed that, subject to section 4(3) of the Trustee Investments Act 1961, any division of a trust fund made in pursuance of section 2(1) of that Act shall be made so that the value of the wider-range part at the time of the division bears to the then value of the narrower-range part the proportion of three to one. Derek Conway Simon Burns Two of the Lord Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 18 March 1996
SEA FISHERIES Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Sussex Sea Fisheries District (Variation) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 19th March 1996. Variation of the Sea Fisheries District 2 The Order made by the Board of Trade on 15th February 1893 (which created the Sussex Sea Fisheries District) shall be varied as follows— a in article 1 (Creation of District), for the words “within three nautical miles from the baselines” there shall be substituted “within six nautical miles from the baselines”; b at the end of article 1, there shall be inserted the following paragraph— In this article “the baselines” means the baselines as they existed at 25th January 1983 in accordance with the Territorial Waters Order in Council 1964 as amended by the Territorial Waters (Amendment) Order in Council 1979 . . Tony Baldry Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 18th March 1996
INCOME TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Income Tax (Charge to Tax) (Payments out of Surplus Funds) (Relevant Rate) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 6th April 1996. 2 The relevant rate for the purposes of section 599A(2) of the Income and Corporation Tax Act 1988 shall, in relation to payments made on or after 6th April 1996, be 34 per cent. Simon Burns Liam Fox Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 18th March 1996
DEREGULATION Title, commencement and extent 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Corn Returns Act 1882) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st July 1996. 2 This Order extends to Great Britain. Amendment of Corn Returns Act 1882 and repeal of spent provision 2 1 For section 5 of the Corn Returns Act 1882 (weekly returns of purchases of British corn) there shall be substituted the following section— 5 1 Every relevant person carrying on in an area for the time being prescribed under section 4 of this Act a business consisting of or including the buying of British corn by wholesale from the growers shall weekly at such times as may be prescribed and in an appropriate manner make to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State jointly or, in Scotland, to the Secretary of State a return— a specifying with respect to such period of seven days as may be prescribed the aggregate amount of each sort of British corn, if any, bought by that person from the growers and the aggregate purchase price thereof, and b giving such additional particulars of the purchases comprised in the return as may be prescribed. 2 For the purposes of subsection (1) above, “appropriate manner”, in relation to the making of a return, means a manner which is— a prescribed, or b agreed between the person required to make the return and the person to whom it is to be made. 3 Regulations for the purpose of subsection (2)(a) of this section— a shall provide for there to be at least two ways of making a return, one of which shall be for the return to be made in writing and signed by its maker, and b may make such other provision about the manner of making a return as the person making the regulations considers expedient. 4 In this section— “harvest year” means the period which begins on 1st July and ends on the following 30th June; and “relevant person” means a person who has taken delivery of at least one thousand tonnes of British corn in the previous harvest year . 2 Section 108(3)(b) of the Agriculture Act 1970 (which is spent in consequence of paragraph (1) above) is hereby repealed. Tim Boswell Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 14th March 1996 Lindsay Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 13th February 1996 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales: Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 29th February 1996
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Lincoln Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 In this Order unless the context otherwise requires— “ the Order ” means the Lincoln Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 ; “ the trust ” means the National Health Service trust established by the Order. Change of name of NHS trust 2 The trust shall be called the Lincoln and Louth National Health Service Trust instead of the Lincoln Hospitals National Health Service Trust, and accordingly in article 1 of the Order in the definition of “the trust”, and in article 2 of the Order, for the words “Lincoln Hospitals”there shall be substituted the words “Lincoln and Louth”. Transitional provisions 3 The change of name under this Order shall not— a affect any right or obligation of any person; or b be taken as invalidating any instrument (whether made before, on or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the trust by its previous name; and all other documents and instruments which refer to the trust under its previous name shall be construed as referring to it under its new name. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health John Horam Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of Health 18th March 1996
ANIMALS Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals (Waste Food) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 8th April 1996. Amendment of definition of waste food 2 Article 2 of the Diseases of Animals (Waste Food) Order 1973 shall be amended by substituting for the definition of “processed” the following definition— “processed”means— in relation to waste food derived from ruminant animals which has been moved to processing premises from a slaughterhouse, knacker’s yard, hunt kennel or premises used for the purpose of cutting up fresh meat intended for sale for human consumption, treated using any of the systems of heat treatment described in Commission Decision 92/562/ EEC , as read with Commission Decision 94/382/ EC as amended and in relation to any other waste food, treated so that it is maintained for at least 60 minutes at a temperature of not less than 100°C (212°F) or treated by an alternative process which has been authorised in writing by the Minister or Secretary of State; and the expressions “processing” and “unprocessed” shall be construed accordingly; Angela Browning Parliamentary Secretary, Ministery of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. 13th March 1996. Lindsay Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 14th March 1996. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office. 13th March 1996.
WATER INDUSTRY, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Northumbrian and North East Water (Amendment of Local Enactments Etc.) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 In this Order— “Northumbrian” means Northumbrian Water Limited; and “North East” means North East Water Plc. Amendment of references in local statutory provisions etc. 2 1 Any reference to North East, or to the undertaking of North East, in any local statutory provision and in any charges scheme made by North East under section 76 of the Water Act 1989 or section 143 of the Water Industry Act 1991 shall have effect, subject to paragraph (2), as a reference to Northumbrian or, as the case may be, to the undertaking of Northumbrian. 2 Paragraph (1) shall only apply to any local statutory provision or charges scheme in relation to the area, things or persons in relation to which or whom that provision or scheme has effect before 1st April 1996. Repeal of local statutory provisions 3 The orders referred to in the Schedule to this Order are revoked to the extent indicated in that Schedule. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State. Neil Summerton An Under Secretary in the Department of the Environment 15th March 1996
AGRICULTURE Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Somerset Levels and Moors) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 17th April 1996. Amendment 2 1 The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Somerset Levels and Moors) Designation Order 1922 shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2) of this article. 2 In article 6 (rates of payment under agreement).— a in paragraph (1), for “£125” there shall be substituted “£130”; and b in paragraph (2), for the table there shall be substituted the following table: £ per hectare of land per annum Schedule 2 215 Schedule 3 80 Schedule 4 415 . Saving 3 Article 2 of this Order shall not apply in respect of any annual payment to a farmer which relates wholly or in part to any period before 1st April 1996. Tim Boswell Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 25th March 1996 We consent, Simon Burns Liam Fox Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 21st March 1996
BROADCASTING 1 This Order may be cited as the Broadcasting (Prescribed Countries) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 15th April 1996. 2 Every country of the world with the exception of the United Kingdom is hereby specified as a prescribed country for the purposes of section 43(4) of the Broadcasting Act 1990. 3 The Broadcasting (Prescribed Countries) Order 1994 is hereby revoked. Virginia Bottomley Secretary of State for National Heritage 25th March 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Reorganisation (Wales) (Property etc.) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Amendment of Local Government Reorganisation (Wales) (Property etc.) Order 1996 2 In the Local Government Reorganisation (Wales) (Property etc.) Order 1996— ; a in Schedule 2, in column 3, for “72.336320” there shall be substituted “72.366320”; b in Schedule 3, in Part I— i there shall be omitted— “ Ogmore Residential Education Centre, Ogmore-by-Sea ’ ; ii in column 1, for “Dinefwr Borough Council” there shall be substituted “Dyfed County Council” and in column 2, for “11 Rhosmaen Street” there shall be substituted “121 Rhosmaen Street”; iii in column 2, for the entry opposite the words “Gwent County Council” in column 1, beginning with the words “Petty sessional” and ending with the words “Sessions House, Usk” there shall be substituted— Petty sessional court-houses and other accommodation provided for the purposes of section 55(1) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (a) , except the Sessions House, Usk and Shire Hall,, Monmouth ; and iv at the end there shall be added— Mid Glamorgan County Council, Ogmore Residential Education Centre, Ogmore-by-Sea Bridgend County Borough Council . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 26th March 1996
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the A21 Trunk Road (Tonbridge Bypass to Pembury Bypass Dualling) (Detrunking) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 5th April 1996. 2 In this Order— i “classified road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is not a principal road for the purposes of enactment or instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads but is a classified road for the purpose of every enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State and which does not specifically refer to their classification as principal roads; ii “the new trunk road” means the new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct referred to in Article 2 of the A21 Trunk Road (Tonbridge Bypass to Pembury Bypass Dualling) Order 1996 ; iii “the trunk road” means the A21 Trunk Road. 3 The length of the trunk road described in the Shedule to this Order shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be clssified as a classified road from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies Kent County Council that the new road is open to traffic. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport D. Ward, Director Southern Operations Division Highway Agency 4th March 1996
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the A21 Trunk Road (Tonbridge Bypass to Pembury Bypass Dualling Slip Roads) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 5th April 1996. 2 In this Order— i “the main new road” means the new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in the Schedule to “The A21 Trunk Road (Tonbridge Bypass to Pembury Bypass Dualling Slip Roads) Order 1996 ;” ii “the plan” means the plan numbered HA 10/1/SWM/124 marked “The A21 Trunk Road (Tonbridge Bypass to Pembury Bypass Dualling Slip Roads) Order 1996”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at the Department of Transport, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR; iii “the slip roads” means the new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the routes decribed in the Schedule to this Order and which connect the main new road with other highways at the places stated in that Schedule; and iv “the trunk road” means the A21 Trunk Road. 3 The slip roads shall become trunk roads from the date when this Order comes into force. 4 The centre line of each of the slip 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 any of the slip 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 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 D. Ward Director Southern Operations Division Highways Authority 4th March 1996
INCOME TAX 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Personal Pension Schemes (Deferred Annuity Purchase) (Acceptance of Contributions) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 6th April 1996. 2 1 In these Regulations— “member” and “personal pension scheme” have the meanings given by section 630(1) ; “pension date” means the date determined in accordance with arrangements made by a member in accordance with a personal pension scheme on which the member elects— to defer the purchase of an annuity such as is mentioned in section 634, and to make income withdrawals in accordance with section 634A . 2 Any reference in these Regulations to a particular section is a reference to that section of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988. 3 1 Paragraph (2) prescribes a case for the purpose of section 638(7A) (restriction on approval of personal pension scheme). 2 The case prescribed is the acceptance by a personal pension scheme after a member’s pension date of minimum contributions paid as mentioned in section 638(6)(c) in respect of that member. S. C. T. Matheson G. H. Bush Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue 13th March 1996