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COMPANIES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of section 265 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of section 266 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional provision 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Children (Protection from Offenders) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 31st October 1999. Amendment of the Adoption Agencies Regulations 1983 and of the Foster Placement (Children) Regulations 1991 2 1 Schedule 2 (definition of specified offence) of the Adoption Agencies Regulations 1983 and Schedule 4 (definition of specified offence) of the Foster Placement (Children) Regulations 1991 are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 In paragraph 2 of each Schedule after sub-paragraph (a) insert— aa in a case where the offender was under 18 at the time the offence was committed, an offence contrary to section 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (assault occasioning actual bodily harm); or . 3 In paragraph 9 of each Schedule omit “other than,” and insert— except for— a in a case where the offender was under 18 at the time the offence was committed, an offence of assault; or b . 4 In paragraph 13 of each Schedule— a after sub-paragraph (a) insert the following sub-paragraph— aa in a case where the offender was under 18 at the time the offence was committed, an offence contrary to section 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (assault occasioning actual bodily harm); or ; and b in sub-paragraph (b) omit “other than,” and for “1985” substitute “1885”. 5 Paragraph 14 is omitted. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health John Hutton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 5th October 1999
EDUCATION, ENGLAND 1 This Order may be cited as the Funding Agency for Schools Dissolution Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st November 1999. 2 The Secretary of State hereby specifies 1st November 1999 as the date on which the Funding Agency for Schools shall be dissolved. Jacqui Smith Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 6th October 1999
HOUSING, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Home Repair Assistance (Extension) (England) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 17th November 1999. 2 These Regulations extend to England only. Extension of home repair assistance 2 The availability of home repair assistance shall be extended by treating income-based jobseeker’s allowance as one of the benefits listed in subsection (1)(e) of section 77 (entitlement to home repair assistance) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Nick Raynsford Minister of State, Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions 6th October 1999
MAGISTRATES' COURTS Citation and Commencement 1 These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 1999, and shall come into force on 1st November 1999. Amendment to Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981 2 For rule 54(4) of the Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981 there shall be substituted: 4 There shall not be taken under the warrant the clothing or bedding of any person or his family or the tools, books, vehicles or other equipment which he personally needs to use in his employment, business or vocation, provided that in this paragraph the word “person” shall not include a corporation. . Amendment to Magistrates' Courts (Forms) Rules 1981 3 In the Direction forming part of Form 48 in Schedule 2 to the Magistrates' Courts (Forms) Rules 1981 , for “to the value of fifty pounds, the tools and implements of the accused’s trade” there shall be substituted “the tools, books, vehicles or other equipment which the accused personally needs to use in his employment, business or vocation, provided that these exceptions shall not apply where the accused is a corporation”. Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor Keith Vaz Parliamentary Secretary Lord Chancellor’s Department 6th October 1999
DEFENCE Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Army Terms of Service (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st November 1999. Amendments to Regulations 2 1 The Army Terms of Service Regulations 1992 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 For paragraph (3) of regulation 5 (right to transfer to the reserve) there shall be substituted— 3 Subject to paragraph (4), the notice period shall be 4 years. 3 Regulation 7A (right of recruit to determine service) shall be re-numbered regulation 7. 4 In regulation 10 (right of home service personnel to determine service)— a in paragraph (2), for the words “3 years” there shall be substituted the words “4 years”; and b in paragraph (4), for the words “regulation 7A” there shall be substituted the words “regulation 7”. Savings 3 The Army Terms of Service Regulations 1992 shall continue to apply without the amendments made by regulation 2(2) and (4)(a) in relation to any person whose date of attestation is before 1st November 1999. On behalf of the Defence Council Mr. R. T. Jackling General Sir Charles Guthrie Members of the Defence Council 4th October 1999
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Prosecution of Offences (Custody Time Limits) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st November 1999, save that they shall not apply in relation to any case where an accused person’s first court appearance was before that date. 2 1 The Prosecution of Offences (Custody Time Limits) Regulations 1987 shall be amended as follows. 2 In regulation 4, after paragraph (4) there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 4A In the case of a summary offence, the maximum period of custody beginning with the date of the accused’s first appearance and ending with the date of the start of the summary trial shall be 56 days. . Jack Straw One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 5th October 1999
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE 1 This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 1999, section 20, (Appointed Day) Order 1999. 2 The day appointed as the day on which section 20 of the Finance Act 1999 comes into force is 1st December 1999. Martin Brown Commissioner of Customs and Excise New King’s Beam House, 22 Upper Ground, London SE1 9PJ 12th October 1999
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 10 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999. 2 In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires “ the Act ” means the Social Security Act 1998; and references to sections and Schedules are references to sections of, and Schedules to, the Act. Appointed day 2 5th October 1999 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, in so far as those provisions are not already in force, for the purposes of family credit and disability working allowance under Part VII of the Contributions and Benefits Act. Transitional provisions 3 Schedule 2 to this Order shall have effect as from 5th October 1999. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Angela Eagle Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 4th October 1999
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 25th October 1999. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979 and “regulation” means a regulation of the principal Regulations. Amendment of regulations 19 and 25 of the principal Regulations 3 1 Regulation 19 (payments to be disregarded) shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (1) after sub-paragraph (zr) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph— zs a payment to a person, as a participant in the scheme arranged under section 2(2) of the Employment and Training Act 1973 (functions of the Secretary of State) and known as “New Deal 50plus”, of an employment credit, or a training grant, under that scheme. 4 1 Regulation 25 (earnings for the purposes of certificates of exception) shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (2) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph— b in calculating those net earnings— i where the applicant also has earnings from employed earner’s employment in the same year which are shown in the accounts of his business as a receipt of that business, or ii where the applicant, as a participant in the scheme arranged under section 2(2) of the Employment and Training Act 1973 (functions of the Secretary of State) and known as “New Deal 50plus”, has received payments of an employment credit, or a training grant, under that scheme, those earnings or payments shall be disregarded. Gordon Brown Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 2nd October 1999 Alistair Darling The Secretary of State for Social Security hereby concurs 2nd October 1999
AGRICULTURE Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Organic Farming (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 5th October 1999. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Organic Farming Regulations 1999 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 3 The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations. 4 In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations, after the definition “approved” there shall be inserted the following definitions— “the area of the Bodmin Moor Project” means the area of land comprised in the parishes in the area of Bodmin Moor in the county of Cornwall which are listed in Part I of Schedule 3; “the area of the Bowland Initiative” means the area of land comprised in the parishes in the area of the Forest of Bowland in the County of Lancashire which are listed in Part II of Schedule 3; and “the area of the Uplands experiment” means the aggregate of the area of the Bodmin Moor Project and the area of the Bowland Initiative . 5 After regulation 6 of the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following regulation— Closing date for accepting applications for aid 6A 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the Minister shall not accept an application for aid under these Regulations unless such application has been received by him before 5th October 1999. 2 Paragraph (1) shall not apply to applications for aid which are made in respect of the land the whole of which is situated in the area of the Uplands experiment. 3 The Minister shall not accept an application for aid under these Regulations in relation to land which is situated in the area of the Uplands experiment unless such application has been received by him before 1st January 2000. 6 After Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations there shall be inserted Schedule 3 as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 4th October 1999
PLANT HEALTH, ENGLAND Title, extent and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Order 1999, shall extend to England and shall come into force on 1st December 1999. Amendment of the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993 2 1 The Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993 shall be amended in its application to England in accordance with the following paragraphs of this article. 2 Article 8(2) shall be replaced by the following— 2 Without prejudice to article 6, there shall not be moved within a protected zone described in Part B of Schedule 4— a any plant, plant product or other object originating within that zone which is specified opposite the reference to that zone and is of a description specified in item 1.6, 1.7 or 1.8 of Part AII of Schedule 5 unless that plant, plant product or other object— i can reasonably be taken to be free from the plant pest in respect of which that zone has been recognised on the basis of a survey carried out under paragraph (1) above; and ii is accompanied by a plant passport valid for that zone; b any plant, plant product or other object originating within that zone which is specified opposite the reference to that zone and is of a description specified in any item of Part AII of Schedule 5 other than item 1.6, 1.7 or 1.8, unless that plant, plant product or other object has been the subject of a satisfactory plant health inspection at the place of production and is accompanied by a plant passport valid for that zone. . 3 Article 17(2) shall be replaced by the following— 2 The authority to issue plant passports conferred on a business, individual or other organisation listed in the official register shall be conferred pursuant to— a a satisfactory inspection by an inspector of the place of production, any part thereof or any other premises handling any plant, plant product or other object which may require a plant passport, as appropriate, for the purpose of ascertaining for the purposes of this Order the plant health status of such plants, plant products or other objects at the place of production, any part thereof or any other premises; or b in the case of any plant, plant product or other object of a description specified in article 8(2)(a) which is intended to be moved within a protected zone, the satisfactory outcome of a survey carried out under article 8(1), showing that the plant, plant product or other object can reasonably be taken to be free from the plant pest in respect of which the zone was recognised. . Hayman Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 29th September 1999
HIGHWAYS ENGLAND 1 This Scheme may be cited as the M60 Motorway (Improvement Between Junctions 5 and 8) Connecting Roads Scheme 1999, and shall come into force on 18th October 1999. 2 In this Scheme: a all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway or, as the case may be, to the soffit of the relevant bridge; b i “connecting road” means a special road along a route described in Schedule 1 to this Scheme; ii “the Motorway” means the M60 Motorway; iii “the plan” means the plan numbered HA 16/1 CNW 355, marked “The M60 Motorway (Improvement Between Junctions 5 and 8) Connecting Roads Scheme 1999”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, and deposited at the Highways Agency, St. Christopher House, Southwark Street, London SE1 0TE; and iv “the special roads” means each connecting road. 3 The Secretary of State is authorised to provide the special roads for the exclusive use of traffic of Classes I and II of the classes of traffic set out in Schedule 4 to the Highways Act 1980. 4 The centre line of each of the special roads is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan. 5 Each of the special roads shall become a trunk road on the date when this Scheme comes into force. 6 The Secretary of State is authorised to construct— a the bridge specified in Schedule 2 to this Scheme as part of the connecting roads respectively given the numbers 3 and 4 on the plan; b the bridge specified in Schedule 3 to this Scheme as part of the connecting road given the number 4 on the plan; and c the bridge specified in Schedule 4 to this Scheme as part of the connecting road given the number 2 on the plan. Signed by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Derek Oddy Divisional Director Highways Agency 21st September 1999
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (Mediation in Family Matters) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 5th October 1999. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations a reference to any regulation by number alone means the regulation so numbered in the Legal Aid (Mediation in Family Matters) Regulations 1997 . Transitional provisions 3 1 These Regulations shall apply to applications for mediation under regulation 2 made on or after 5th October 1999. 2 Where a person at any time on or after 5th October 1999 receives family credit or disability working allowance under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 in pursuance of a decision made before that date, his disposable income shall be assessed as if these Regulations had not come into force. Revocation 4 The regulations known as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1999 (which purport to amend the Legal Aid (Mediation in Family Matters) Regulations 1997 and are, in accordance with regulations made under section 2 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 , numbered 2576 in the calendar year 1999) are hereby revoked. Amendments to the Legal Aid (Mediation in Family Matters) Regulations 1997 5 In regulation 1(2)— a for the definitions of “disability working allowance” and “family credit” there shall be substituted— “disabled person’s tax credit” means a disabled person’s tax credit under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ; “working families' tax credit” means working families' tax credit under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; ; b after the definition of “income support” there shall be inserted— “qualifying benefit” means any of the following:— income support; working families' tax credit, provided that the amount (if any) to be deducted under section 128(2)(b) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 has been determined at not more than £70 a week; disabled person’s tax credit, provided that the amount (if any) to be deducted under section 129(5)(b) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 has been determined at not more than £70 a week; and income-based jobseeker’s allowance. . 6 In regulation 2(3)(b) and (c), for “income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, family credit or disability working allowance” there shall be substituted “any qualifying benefit”. 7 In regulation 4(4), for “income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, family credit or disability working allowance” there shall be substituted “any qualifying benefit”. Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor Keith Vaz Parliamentary Secretary Lord Chancellor’s Department 29th September 1999 We consent Bob Ainsworth Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 4th October 1999
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (ICO Services Limited) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 23rd November 1999. 2 Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system. Patricia Hewitt Minister for Small Business and E-Commerce, Department of Trade and Industry 18th October 1999
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Swisscom (UK) Limited) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 23rd November 1999. 2 Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system. Patricia Hewitt Minister for Small Business and E-Commerce, Department of Trade and Industry 18th October 1999
ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 This Order may be cited as The A205 Trunk Road (Lewisham) Red Route (Prohibited Turns) (No. 3) Traffic Order 1999, and shall come into force on 8th October 1999. Interpretation 2 In this Order— a causing includes permitting; b “vehicle” includes part of a vehicle; c “bus” has the meaning given by regulation 22(2) of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 ; d “Local bus” and “Local Service” have the meanings given by regulation 4 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 ; e “The trunk road” means the A205 Trunk Road in the London Borough of Lewisham. Prohibition 3 Except as provided in article 4 below, no person shall cause or permit any vehicle proceeding westwards in that length of the trunk road known as St Mildreds Road to turn right into Hither Green Lane. Exemptions 4 None of the controls specified in article 3 apply to— a anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden; or b in respect of a vehicle being used for ambulance, fire brigade or police purposes. Revocation or variation of existing Orders 5 The Lewisham (Prescribed Routes) (No.3) Traffic Order 1972 and the A205 Trunk Road (Lewisham) Red Route (Prohibited Turns) Experimental Traffic Order 1998 are hereby revoked. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 28th September 1999
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (MTU Inform Europe Limited) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 23rd November 1999. 2 Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system. Patricia Hewitt, Minister for Small Business and E-Commerce, Department of Trade and Industry 18th October 1999
SEEDS Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 1999, shall extend to England and shall come into force on 22nd October 1999. Amendment 2 At the end of Schedule 6 to the Seeds (Fees) Regulations 1985 the following wording shall be inserted— C Examination fees i Examination for crop inspector in respect of cereals, field beans, field peas and pulses, or grasses and herbage legumes, a examination Before the examination 142.80 (–) b re-sit of examination (other than cereals) Before the examination 142.80 (–) c re-sit of either part of cereals examination Before the examination 71.40 (–) d re-test Before the examination 71.40 (–) ii Examination for crop inspector in respect of sugar beet, or fodder and oil crucifers; turnips; fodder beet and mangels; flax and linseed; soya bean, a examination Before the examination 89.25 (–) b re-sit of examination Before the examination 89.25 (–) c re-test Before the examination 71.40 (–) iii Examination for seed sampler Before the examination 89.25 (–) . Hayman Minister of State,Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 24th September 1999