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PROBATION 1 This Order may be cited as the Combined Probation Areas (Hertfordshire) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. 2 For that part of the Combined Probation Areas Order 1986 which relates to the Hertfordshire Probation Area there shall be substituted the following— (1) (2) (3) Petty Sessions Area Probation Area Number of Justices on Probation Committee Dacorum Watford Hertfordshire 3 East Hertfordshire North Hertfordshire 3 Mid Hertfordshire St Albans 3 3 The three members of the Hertfordshire Probation Committee appointed before 1st April 1998 by the justices for the grouped petty sessions areas of Bishop’s Stortford, Cheshunt, Hertford and Ware, and North Hertfordshire shall continue in office as if appointed by the justices for the grouped petty sessions areas of East Hertfordshire and North Hertfordshire. Joyce Quin Minister of State Home Office 13th March 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Dissolution of the Royal Brompton Hospital National Health Service Trust and the Harefield Hospital National Health Service Trust Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. Dissolution of NHS trusts 2 1 The Royal Brompton National Health Service Trust established by the Royal Brompton Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1994 is dissolved, and accordingly that Order is revoked. 2 The Harefield Hospital National Health Service Trust established by the Harefield Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991 is dissolved, and accordingly that Order is revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn Minister of State Department of Health 17th March 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Leeds Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. 2 In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires— “ the Act ” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990; “operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act; “the trust” means the Leeds Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order. Establishment of the trust 2 There is hereby established an NHS trust which shall be called the Leeds Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust. Nature and functions of the trust 3 The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more health authorities) shall be— a to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act hospitals or other establishments or facilities in the area of Leeds Health Authority, and there to provide hospital accommodation and services (including teaching and research facilities); and b to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX, St James' University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF and other hospitals, establishments and facilities in the area of Leeds Health Authority, and there to provide hospital accommodation and services (including teaching and research facilities). Directors of the trust 4 The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 non-executive directors and 5 executive directors. Significant teaching commitment 5 1 The trust is to be regarded as having a significant teaching commitment by virtue of paragraph 3(2)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Act. 2 One of the non-executive directors of the trust shall be appointed from the University of Leeds. Operational date and accounting date of the trust 6 1 The operational date of the trust shall be 1st April 1998. 2 The accounting date of the trust shall be 31st March. Restriction on disposal of assets 7 The sum specified for the purposes of paragraph 6(2)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Act (maximum value of freely disposable assets) in relation to the trust shall be £1,000,000. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn Minister of State Department of Health 18th March 1998
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Cars) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 18th March 1998. 2 The Value Added Tax (Cars) Order 1992 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order. 3 In article 2 (Interpretation) for “the Value Added Tax and other Taxes Act 1973” there shall be substituted “the Value Added Tax Act 1996” . 4 1 After article 8(5)(a)(ii) there shall be inserted— iii (where the taxable person took possession of the goods pursuant to a transaction relating to the transfer of the assets of a business or part of a business as a going concern which was treated by virtue of any Order made or having effect as if made under section 5(3) of the Act, or under the corresponding provisions of the Manx Act, as neither a supply of goods nor a supply of services) as being the price at which the earliest of his predecessors obtained the goods; 2 After article 8(5)(b) there shall be added— ; c in relation to any goods, a person is the predecessor of another for the purposes of this article if— i that other person is a person to whom he has transferred assets of his business by a transfer of that business, or a part of it, as a going concern; ii those assets consisted of or included those goods; and iii the transfer of the assets is one falling by virtue of an Order made or having effect as if made under section 5(3) of the Act, or under the corresponding provisions of the Manx Act, to be treated as neither a supply of goods nor a supply of services; and the reference in sub-paragraph (a) above to a person’s predecessors includes a reference to the predecessors of his predecessors through any number of transfers . Graham Allen Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 17th March 1998
INCOME TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Retirement Benefits Schemes (Indexation of Earnings Cap) Order 1998. 2 The figure specified in this Order, which is the figure found for the year of assessment 1998–99, for the purposes of section 590C of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988, by virtue of subsections (4) and (5) of that section, is £87,600. Graham Allen Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 17th March 1998
TAXES 1 This Order may be cited as the Capital Gains Tax (Annual Exempt Amount) Order 1998. 2 The amount specified, which by virtue of section 3 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 is, unless Parliament otherwise determines, the exempt amount for the year 1998–99, is £6,800. Graham Allen Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 17th March 1998
INHERITANCE TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Inheritance Tax (Indexation) Order 1998. 2 The amounts which, unless Parliament otherwise determines, will be treated by virtue of section 8 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 as specified in the Table in Schedule 1 to that Act in relation to chargeable transfers on or after 6th April 1998 are as follows— TABLE OF RATES OF TAX Portion of value Rate of tax Lower Limit Upper Limit Per cent. £ £ 0 223,000 NIL 223,000 - 40 Graham Allen Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 17th March 1998
INCOME TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Income Tax (Indexation) Order 1998. 2 1 The amounts which, unless Parliament otherwise determines, will be treated by virtue of sections 1(4) , 257C(1) and 265(1A) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 as specified for the year 1998–99 in sections 1(2) , 257, 257A and 265 of that Act are set out in paragraphs (2) to (5). 2 In section 1(2) of the said Act (the charge to income tax)— a in paragraph (aa) (lower rate limit)—£4,300; b in paragraph (b) (basic rate limit)—£27,100. 3 In section 257 of the said Act (personal allowance)— a in subsection (1) (personal allowance)—£4,195; b in subsection (2) (personal allowance—age 65 to 74)—£5,410; c in subsection (3) (personal allowance—age 75 and over)—£5,600; d in subsection (5) (income limit for age-related allowances)—£16,200. 4 In section 257A of the said Act (married couple’s allowance)— a in subsection (1) (married couple’s allowance)—£1,900; b in subsection (2) (married couple’s allowance—age 65 to 74)—£3,305; c in subsection (3) (married couple’s allowance—age 75 and over) £3,345; d in subsection (5) (income limit for age-related allowances)—£16,200. 5 In section 265(1) of the said Act (blind person’s allowance)—£1,330. Graham Allen Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 17th March 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Northwick Park and St. Mark’s National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. Amendment of Establishment Order 2 For Article 3 of the Northwick Park Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 there shall be substituted the following Article:— Nature and functions of the trust 3 1 The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the Act. 2 The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more Health Authorities) shall be:— a to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act Northwick Park Hospital (Acute Unit), Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ and associated hospitals, and there to provide hospital accommodation and services; and b to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act a vascular and breast surgery centre at St. Mark’s Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ and there to provide hospital accommodation and services. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn Minister of State, Department of Health 16th March 1998
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 18th March 1998. 2 The Value Added Tax (Special Provisions) Order 1995 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order. 3 In article 2 (Interpretation) for “the Value Added Tax and other Taxes Act 1973” there shall be substituted “the Value Added Tax Act 1996” . 4 In article 5(1)(a)(ii) and article 5(1)(b)(iii) for “section 2(2)” there shall be substituted “section 3(1)”. 5 In article 12(4)(b)(i) and article 12(8) for “(3)(a)(iv)” there shall be substituted “(3)(a)(v)”. 6 1 After article 12(5)(a)(iv) there shall be inserted— v (where the taxable person took possession of the goods pursuant to a transaction relating to the transfer of the assets of a business or part of a business as a going concern which was treated by virtue of any Order made or having effect as if made under section 5(3) of the Act, or under the corresponding provisions of the Manx Act, as neither a supply of goods nor a supply of services) as being the price at which the earliest of his predecessors obtained the goods; 2 After article 12(5)(b) there shall be added— ; c in relation to any goods, a person is the predecessor of another for the purposes of this article if— i that other person is a person to whom he has transferred assets of his business by a transfer of that business, or a part of it, as a going concern; ii those assets consisted of or included those goods; and iii the transfer of the assets is one falling by virtue of an Order made or having effect as if made under section 5(3) of the Act, or under the corresponding provisions of the Manx Act, to be treated as neither a supply of goods nor a supply of services; and the reference in sub-paragraph (a) above to a person’s predecessors includes a reference to the predecessors of his predecessors through any number of transfers. Graham Allen Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 17th March 1998
Title and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Financial Provisions (Northern Ireland) Order 1998. 2 This Order shall come into operation on 31st March 1998. Interpretation 2 1 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. 2 In this Order— “the Act of 1950” means the Exchequer and Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 1950; “the Comptroller and Auditor General” means the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland; “the Department” means the Department of Finance and Personnel; “statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954. Extension of time limits for submission of public income and expenditure accounts 3 In section 2 of the Act of 1950 (annual accounts of public income and expenditure and of other receipts and payments)— a in subsection (1) for the words “within forty-five days” there shall be substituted the words “ on or before 30th June next ” ; and b in subsection (2) for the words “within three months” there shall be substituted the words “ on or before 30th September next ” . Consolidated Fund Services Accounts and Capital Accounts 4 Para. (1) rep. by 2001 c. 6 ( NI ) 2 Section 36 of the Act of 1950 (which makes provision for the preparation and audit of Capital Accounts) shall cease to have effect. Abolition of Civil Contingencies Fund 5 1 The Civil Contingencies Fund shall cease to exist and all its assets and liabilities shall be transferred to the Consolidated Fund. 2 Sections 22 to 24 of the Act of 1950 (which make provision relating to the Civil Contingencies Fund) shall cease to have effect. Advances out of Consolidated Fund for civil contingencies 6 1 The Department may make advances from the Consolidated Fund— a in respect of urgent services in anticipation of the provision made or to be made out of moneys appropriated by Measure becoming available; b in anticipation of the realisation of receipts in connection with any services for which provision is so made or to be made; or c to any department of the Government of Northern Ireland for the provision of working cash balances in connection with any services. 2 The sums issued out of the Consolidated Fund under paragraph (1) and remaining unrepaid to the Consolidated Fund at any time shall not exceed an amount equal to 2 per cent. of the authorised supply expenditure for the previous financial year. 3 In paragraph (2) “authorised supply expenditure” means, in relation to any financial year, the total of the sums which Measures enacted before the end of that year have authorised the Department to issue out of the Consolidated Fund and apply towards making good the supply granted to Her Majesty for the service of that year. Art. 7 rep. by 1998 c. 47 Savings 8 Nothing in this Order applies in relation to accounts for the financial year ending on 31st March 1998. Article 9—Repeals
ECCLESIASTICAL LAW 1 This Order may be cited as the United Reformed Church Acts 1972 and 1981 (Jersey) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 18th May 1998. 2 In this Order, “Jersey” means the Bailiwick of Jersey. 3 The United Reformed Church Act 1972 shall extend to Jersey with the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in Schedule 1 to this Order. 4 Sections 1, 2, 21, 24, 28 and 29 of the United Reformed Church Act 1981 shall extend to Jersey with the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in Schedule 2 to this Order. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
DANGEROUS DRUGS 1 This Order may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Modification) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st May 1998. 2 1 Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (which specifies the drugs which are subject to control under that Act) shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph 1(a) of Part I of that Schedule, after the word “Etoxeridine”, there shall be inserted the word “Etryptamine”. 3 In paragraph 1(a) of Part II of that Schedule, there shall be inserted— a after the word “Methaqualone” , the word “Methcathinone”; and b after the word “Propiram” , the word “Zipeprol”. 4 In paragraph 1(a) of Part III of that Schedule, there shall be inserted— a after the word “Alprazolam” , the word “Aminorex”; b after the word “Bromazepam” , the word “Brotizolam”; and c after the word “Meprobamate” , the word “Mesocarb”. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Increase of Registration Limits) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. 2 Schedule 1 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 shall be amended as follows— a in paragraphs 1(1)(a), 1(1)(b), 1(2)(a) and 1(2)(b) for “£49,000” there shall be substituted “£50,000”; and b in paragraphs 1(3), 4(1) and 4(2) for “£47,000” there shall be substituted “£48,000”. 3 Schedule 3 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 shall be amended in paragraphs 1(1), 1(2), 2(1)(a), 2(1)(b) and 2(2) by substituting “£50,000” for “£49,000”. Graham Allen Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 17th March 1998
NORTHERN IRELAND Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Appropriation (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and shall come into operation forthwith. Interpretation 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for years ending 31st March 1998 and 1999 3 1 The Department of Finance and Personnel may issue out of the Consolidated Fund and apply towards making good the supply granted to Her Majesty for the service of the year ending on 31st March 1998 the sum of one hundred and forty-eight million, three hundred and ninety-four thousand pounds. 2 The Department of Finance and Personnel may issue out of the Consolidated Fund and apply towards making good the supply granted to Her Majesty for the service of the year ending on 31st March 1999 the sum of three thousand and twenty-six million, four hundred and forty-two thousand pounds. Power for Department of Finance and Personnel to borrow 4 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the Department of Finance and Personnel may borrow on the credit of the aforesaid sums, any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole one thousand five hundred and eighty-seven million pounds. 2 Any money so borrowed shall be repaid, with any interest due thereon, out of the Consolidated Fund at any date not later than 31st March 1999. Appropriation of grants 5 1 The sum granted by Article 3(1) out of the Consolidated Fund is appropriated for the several services and purposes expressed in Part I of the Schedule. 2 In addition to the sum granted by Article 3(1) out of the Consolidated Fund, the sums specified in the third column of Part I of the Schedule may be applied as appropriations in aid of the grants for the services in connection with which those sums are specified. 3 The sums already authorised to be appropriated in aid for the year ending on 31st March 1998 shall be decreased by the sums specified in the fourth column of Part I of the Schedule for the services in connection with which those sums are specified. 4 The sum granted by Article 3(2) out of the Consolidated Fund is appropriated for the several services and purposes expressed in Part II of the Schedule. N.H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Designation of Ministers or Departments 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
INCOME TAX Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Retirement Benefits Schemes (Restriction on Discretion to Approve) (Excepted Provisions) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 7th April 1998. Interpretation 2 In regulations 4 and 5— “the 1991 Regulations ” means the Retirement Benefits Schemes (Restriction on Discretion to Approve) (Small Self-administered Schemes) Regulations 1998 ; “the 1998 Regulations ” means the Retirement Benefits Schemes (Restriction on Discretion to Approve) (Small Self-administered Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 . Descriptions of provisions 3 Regulations 4 and 5 specify descriptions of provisions for the purposes of subsection (2) of section 591A of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988, each provision so specified being a provision of a required description within the meaning of subsection (5)(b) of that section. 4 The description of provision specified in this regulation is the provision specified in regulation 5 of the 1991 Regulations as amended by regulations 6 and 7 of the 1998 Regulations. 5 The description of provision specified in this regulation is the provision specified in regulation 9 of the 1991 Regulations as substituted by regulation 9 of the 1998 Regulations. S. C. T. Matheson C. W. Corlett Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue 17th March 1998
CIVIL AVIATION 1 This Order may be cited as the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (Jersey) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 18th May 1998. 2 In paragraph 14 of Part II of Schedule 1 to the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (Jersey) Order 1990 (hereinafter referred to as “the 1990 Order”)— a sub-paragraph (c) shall be omitted; b at the end, there shall be added— ; and h after subsection (12), there shall be added— 13 In subsections (1), (3), (4) and (5) above, “prescribed” means prescribed by order of the Committee. . 3 In paragraph 28 of Part II of Schedule 1 to the 1990 Order, at the end, there shall be added— ; and c after subsection (5), there shall be added— 6 the Subordinate Legislation (Jersey) Law, 1960 as amended shall apply to an order made by the Committee under this Act as if this Act were an enactment for the purposes of that Law. . N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council