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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 30th September 1998. 2 In this Order, “the 1994 Order ” means the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Wales) Order 1994 . Amendments of the 1994 Order 2 1 The 1994 Order shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article. 2 In article 4(1) (defined activity exemption conditions)– a for “Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5),” substitute “Except in a case to which article 5(1) applies,”; b in sub-paragraph (a) for “31st March 1999” substitute “31st March 2000”; and c in sub-paragraph (b) for “31st May 1999” substitute “31st May 2000”. 3 Omit paragraphs (4) and (5). 4 After article 4 add the following– 5 1 This paragraph applies in relation to work carried out– a after 31st March 1997 by a defined authority specified in column (1) of Part I of the Schedule to this Order; and b after 31st May 1997 by a defined authority specified in column (1) of Part II of that Schedule, in respect of a defined activity specified opposite the name of that authority in column (2) of the said Part I or, as the case may be, Part II. 2 In relation to a case to which paragraph (1) applies, during the period beginning with 1st October 1998 and ending on 31st March 2000 such an activity shall not be treated as a defined activity if carried out during that period by such authority so long as any one of the conditions specified in paragraph (3) is fulfilled. 3 The conditions mentioned in paragraph (2) are– a that the work to be carried out is not work in respect of which the Secretary of State has, during the period beginning with 1st April 1997 and ending on 30th September 1998, served a notice under section 13(2) of the Act or given a direction under section 14(2) of the Act; b that, notwithstanding a failure to meet the conditions specified in the preceding subparagraph (a) by reason of the service of a notice under section 13(2) of the Act, the Secretary of State has consented to the defined authority entering into a works contract, or carrying out functional work, in respect of the work in question; c that, in any case where a direction under section 14(2) of the Act has been given in respect of the work to be carried out within the terms of sub-paragraph (a) above, the Secretary of State has given a further direction under section 14(3)(a) or (c) of the Act, with the effect that the work to be carried out is no longer subject to any prohibition. 5 The Schedule to this Order substitutes a new Schedule to the 1994 Order. Revocation 3 The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 1996, so far as not revoked, is revoked . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jon Owen-Jones, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 1st September 1998
AGRICULTURE Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Test Valley) Designation (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 16th October 1998. Interpretation 2 In this Order, “the principal Order ” means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Test Valley) Designation Order 1993 . Amendment of the Principal Order 3 The principal Order shall have effect as if, in article 2 of the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Test Valley) Designation (Amendment) Order 1998 , for the words “the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Test Valley) Designation (Amendment) Order 1993” there were substituted “the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Test Valley) Designation Order 1993”. Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 30th August 1998 We consent, Bob Ainsworth Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 25th August 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Direct Service Organisations) (Accounts etc.) (Extension) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 30th September 1998. 2 In this Order, “the principal Order ” means the Local Government Act 1988 (Direct Service Organisations) (Accounts etc.) (Extension) (Wales) Order 1997 . Amendment of the principal Order 2 In article 3 (application of Part I of the Local Government Act 1988 during transitional period) of the principal Order for “31st May 1999” substitute “31st May 2000”. Revocation 3 The Local Government Act 1988 (Direct Service Organisations) (Accounts etc.) (Extension) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 1997 is revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 1st September 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Housing Management) (Exemptions) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 30th September 1998. 2 In this Order, “the principal Order ” means the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Housing Management) (Exemptions) (Wales) Order 1997 . Amendment of the principal Order 2 In article 5 (the conditions) of the principal Order for paragraph (3) substitute the following– 3 The third condition is that such work is being carried out before 1st October 2005. . Revocation 3 The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Housing Management) (Exemptions) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 1997 is revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 1st September 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Wales) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 30th September 1998. Amendments 2 The Regulations specified in column (1) of the Schedule to these Regulations are amended to the extent indicated in column (2) of that Schedule. Revocations 3 In the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Wales) Regulations 1997 , regulations 2(2), 3(2), 4(1) and 5(2) are revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 1st September 1998
AGRICULTURE Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (North Peak) Designation (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 16th October 1998. Interpretation 2 In this Order, “the principal Order ” means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (North Peak) Designation Order 1993 . Amendment of the principal Order 3 The principal Order shall have effect as if, in article 2 of the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (North Peak) Designation (Amendment) Order 1998 , for the words “the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (North Peak) Designation (Amendment) Order 1993” there were substituted “the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (North Peak) Designation Order 1993”. Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 30th August 1998 We consent, Bob Ainsworth Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 25th August 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Direct Labour Organisation) (Competition) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 30th September 1998. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Local Authorities (Direct Labour Organisations) (Competition) (Wales) Regulations 1997 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 In regulation 3 (application) of the principal Regulations, for paragraphs (2) and (3) substitute the following– 2 In relation to works of new construction, these Regulations apply to a works contract entered into on or after 1st October 1999 and to functional work to be carried out on or after that date. 3 In relation to, a general highway works; b the construction or maintenance of a sewer; and c works of maintenance, these Regulations apply to a works contract entered into on or after 1st January 2000 and to functional work to be carried out on or after that date. . Revocation 3 The Local Authorities (Direct Labour Organisations) (Competition) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 are revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 1st September 1998
MEDICINES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (General Sale List) Amendment Order 1998 and shall come into force on 16th September 1998. 2 In this Order, “the principal Order ” means the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (General Sale List) Order 1984 . 3 In this Order, a reference to a numbered column in a Table, unless otherwise indicated, is a reference to the column bearing that number in Table A, or as the case may be, Table B, of the specified Schedule to the principal Order. Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Order 2 1 Schedule 1 to the principal Order (which specifies the class of medicinal products, other than products the subject of a product licence of right, on general sale by virtue of article 2(a) of the principal Order) is amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article. 2 In Table A (internal and external use)— a against the entry in column 1 for “Lignocaine” — i there is substituted in column 2 for the entry “(2) 0.6 per cent”, the entry “(2) 2.0 per cent”, and ii there are inserted in column 3, after the words “except local ophthalmic use”, the words “, for use in adults and in children aged 12 years and over”; b there are deleted the entry “Phenolphthalein” in column 1 and the corresponding text “120 mg (MD)” in column 4; and c there are inserted in column 1, at the appropriate point in the alphabetical order of the entries as they appear in that column, each of the entries set out in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order, and against the entry “Potassium Chloride” inserted in column 1 by virtue of this sub-paragraph, there is inserted in columns 2 and 3 the corresponding text in columns 2 and 3 of Schedule 1 to this Order. 3 In Table B (external use only)— a there are inserted in column 1, at the appropriate point in the alphabetical order of the entries as they appear in that column, each of the entries set out in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order; and b against the entry “Benzocaine” inserted in column 1 by virtue of this paragraph, there is inserted in columns 2 and 3 the corresponding text in columns 2 and 3 of Schedule 2 to this Order. Amendment of Schedule 2 to the principal Order 3 In Table A of Schedule 2 to the principal Order (which specifies the class of medicinal products, the subject of a product licence of right, on general sale by virtue of article 2(b) of the principal Order) there are deleted the entry “Phenolphthalein” in column 1 and the corresponding text “120 mg (MD)” in column 4. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Paul Boateng Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 27th August 1998 Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, The Welsh Office 2nd September 1998 Sam Galbraith Minister for Health, The Scottish Office 2nd September 1998 Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on D.C. Gowdy Permanent Secretary 2nd September 1998.
AGRICULTURE Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Avon Valley) Designation (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 16th October 1998. Interpretation 2 In this Order, “the principal Order ” means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Avon Valley) Designation Order 1993 . Amendment of the principal Order 3 The principal Order shall have effect as if, in article 2 of the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Avon Valley) Designation (Amendment) Order 1998 , for the words “the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Avon Valley) Designation (Amendment) Order 1993” there were substituted “the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Avon Valley) Designation Order 1993”. Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 30th August 1998 We consent, Bob Ainsworth Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 25th August 1998
AGRICULTURE Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Exmoor) Designation (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 16th October 1998. Interpretation 2 In this Order, “the principal Order ” means the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Exmoor) Designation Order 1993 . Amendment of the principal Order 3 The principal Order shall have effect as if, in article 2 of the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Exmoor) Designation (Amendment) Order 1998 , for the words “the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Exmoor) Designation (Amendment) Order 1993” there were substituted “the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Exmoor) Designation Order 1993”. 4 In Schedule 1 to the principal Order (capital activities), for the words “Fencing associated with the exclusion of stock under the woodland tier” there shall be substituted “Fencing associated with the exclusion of stock in woodland”. 5 In Part I of Schedule 2 to the principal Order (management activities), with respect to the rate of payment specified in respect of item 14 (hedgerow management), for “£24 per metre” in column 2 there shall be substituted “£0.24 per metre”. Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 30th August 1998 We consent, Bob Ainsworth Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 25th August 1998
SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Rules may be cited as the Crown Court (Amendment) Rules 1998 and shall come into force on 30th September 1998. Amendment of Crown Court Rules 1982 2 1 The Crown Court Rules 1982 shall be amended as follows. 2 In rule 21(1), after the words “conditions of the recognizance”, there shall be inserted the words “, other than by failing to appear before the Court in accordance with any such condition”. 3 After rule 21, there shall be added the following rule: 21A 1 Where a recognizance is conditioned for the appearance of an accused before the Crown Court and the accused fails to appear in accordance with the condition, the Court shall declare the recognizance to be forfeited. 2 Where the Crown Court declares a recognizance to be forfeited under paragraph (1) above, the appropriate officer of the Court shall issue a summons to the person by whom the recognizance was entered into requiring him to appear before the Court at a time and place specified in the summons to show cause why the Court should not order the recognizance to be estreated. 3 At the time specified in the summons the Court may proceed in the absence of the person by whom the recognizance was entered into if it is satisfied that he has been served with the summons . Irvine of Laird, C. Charles Harris Geoffrey Rivlin Joanna Corner L. E. Dickinson Dated 27th August 1998
FAMILY LAW Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 30th September 1998. Amendment of Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991 2 In article 6(2)(c) of the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991 , after “of article 3(1)”, there shall be inserted: ; d under section 11 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (child safety orders) . Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 27th August 1998
CLEAN AIR Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 28th September 1998. Authorised fuels for the purposes of the Clean Air Act 1993 2 Schedule 1 to the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) Regulations 1991 shall be amended as follows: a after paragraph 1 there shall be inserted– 1A Aimcor Excel briquettes, manufactured by Applied Industrial Materials UK Limited at Newfield, Co. Durham, which– a comprise petroleum coke (as to 60 per cent to 75 per cent of the total weight), low volatile coal and reactive coke (as to 20 per cent to 25 per cent of the total weight) and cold-setting resin binder (as to the remaining weight); b were manufactured from those constituents by a process involving roll pressing; c are unmarked pillow-shaped briquettes and have an average weight of 73 grammes; and d have a sulphur content not exceeding 2 per cent of the total weight. ; b for paragraph 4B there shall be substituted– 4B BFL Fireside, which are marketed by British Fuels Limited and are the same as Supertherm briquettes as described in paragraph 18 below. ; c paragraph 13B shall be revoked; d after paragraph 14 there shall be inserted– 14A Newflame briquettes, manufactured by Maxibrite Limited, at Llantrisant, Mid-Glamorgan, which– a comprise anthracite (as to approximately 75 per cent of the total weight), petroleum coke (as to approximately 21 per cent of the total weight) and starch with a catalyst as binder (as to the remaining weight); b were manufactured from those constituents by a process involving roll pressing and heat treatment at about 250°C; c are unmarked pillow-shaped briquettes and have an average weight of 78 grammes; and d have a sulphur content not exceeding 2 per cent of the total weight. ; e after paragraph 16A there shall be inserted– 16B Safelight Firelogs, manufactured by Advanced Natural Fuels Limited, at Pocklington, East Yorkshire, which– a comprise woodchip (as to approximately 40 per cent to 55 per cent of the total weight) and Palm Wax binder (as to approximately 45 per cent to 60 per cent of the total weight); b were manufactured from those constituents by a process involving pressing of the mixed ingredients at about 40° to 50°C; c are rectangular hard finish Firelogs with two deep overlapping slots in the top surface, a single continuous slot in the base surface, and have an average weight of 1.8 kilogrammes; and d have a sulphur content not exceeding 2 per cent of the total weight. . Revocations 3 Regulation 2(3) of the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Amendment) Regulations 1992, in so far as it inserts paragraph 13B into Schedule 1 to the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) Regulations 1991, and regulation 2(3) of the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) Regulations 1993 are hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Michael Meacher Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 27th August 1998 Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 31st August 1998
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES 1 This Order may be cited as the Gaming (Bingo) Act (Variation of Monetary Limit) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st October 1998. 2 The sum of £500,000 is hereby specified as the maximum amount to be paid as a prize in respect of a game of multiple bingo. 3 The Gaming (Bingo) Act (Variation of Monetary Limit) Order 1995 is hereby revoked. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 28th August 1998
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Development Board for Rural Wales (Transfer of Staff) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st October 1998. 2 In this Order– “the Agency” means the Welsh Development Agency; “the Development Board” means the Development Board for Rural Wales; “the transfer date” means the date on which this order comes into force, and “relevant employee” means any person who, immediately before the transfer date, was employed by the Development Board under a contract of employment which would have continued but for the cessation of the functions of the Development Board. 3 The contract of employment between a relevant employee and the Development Board shall have effect on and after the transfer date as if originally made between that employee and the Agency. 4 Without prejudice to article 3– a all rights, powers, duties and liabilities of the Development Board under, or in connection with, the contract of employment, shall, by virtue of this order, be transferred on the transfer date to the Agency; and b anything done before the transfer date by, or in relation to, the Development Board in respect of the contract of employment or the relevant employee, shall be deemed from that date to have been done by or in relation to the Agency. 5 Nothing in this Order affects any right of a relevant employee to terminate his contract of employment if a substantial change is made in his working conditions, to his detriment, but no such right shall arise by reason only of the change of employer effected by this order. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 28th August 1998
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Gaming Clubs (Multiple Bingo) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st October 1998. 2 For regulation 2 of the Gaming Clubs (Multiple Bingo) Regulations 1986 there shall be substituted the following— 2 The number of games of multiple bingo that may be played on any bingo club premises in any period of twenty-four hours beginning at midnight shall be three. . 3 The Gaming Clubs (Multiple Bingo) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 are hereby revoked. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 28th August 1998
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Gaming Machines (Maximum Prizes) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st October 1998. 2 For the purposes of section 31(5) of the Gaming Act 1968 (maximum prize in respect of any one game played by means of a machine to which Part III of that Act applies on licensed or registered premises) the prescribed amount shall be— a in the case of a machine on premises in respect of which a club or miners' welfare institute is for the time being registered under Part II or Part III of that Act, £250; b in the case of a machine on bingo club premises (as defined in section 20 of that Act), £500; c in the case of a machine on any other premises in respect of which a licence under that Act is for the time being in force, £1,000. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 28th August 1998
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (GN Great Northern Gateway Ltd. A/S) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 5th October 1998. 2 Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system. Barbara Roche Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Firms, Trade and Industry, Department of Trade and Industry 1st September 1998
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES 1 This Order may be cited as the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) (No. 2) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st October 1998. 2 For the purposes of section 31(3) of the Gaming Act 1968 (which provides for the maximum charge for playing a game once by means of a machine to which Part III of that Act applies on licensed or registered premises) there shall be specified the sum of 50p. 3 Subsections (5C) and (5D) of section 34 of the Gaming Act 1968 (which specify the maximum amount which may be offered as a prize in respect of any one game played by means of a cash-only machine) shall have effect as if, for the sum of £10 specified in those subsections, there were substituted the sum of £15. 4 Article 2 of the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) (No. 2) Order 1997 is hereby revoked. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 28th August 1998