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PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS AND SEEDS Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Plant Varieties Act 1997 (Commencement) Order 1998. Provisions coming into force on 8th May 1998 2 The Plant Varieties Act 1997, other than sections 49, 53 and 54 , shall come into force on 8th May 1998. Donoughue Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 8th April 1998 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 7th April 1998 Dubs Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office 8th April 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 This Order may be cited as The A205 Trunk Road (Greenwich) Red Route Experimental Traffic Order 1997 Variation Order 1998, and shall come into force on 17th April 1998. Variations 2 The A205 Trunk Road (Greenwich) Red Route Experimental Traffic Order 1997 is varied as provided by the following provisions of this Order. 3 In Schedule 4 item 14 is substituted as follows: from the western flank wall of No. 410 Westhorne Avenue, to the north-eastern kerb-line of the junction with A20 Sidcup Road (at Clifton’s roundabout) Power to modify or suspend this Order 4 If it appears to the Traffic Director for London, or some person authorised by him, essential in the interests of the expeditious, convenient and safe movement of traffic, or of the provision of suitable and adequate parking facilities on the highway, or for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which any road affected by this Order runs, and after consulting with the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, he may modify or suspend any provision of this Order, save that no modification shall make an addition. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 6th April 1998
ROADS AND BRIDGES, SCOTLAND 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Road Works (Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st May 1998. 2 In regulation 3(1) of the Road Works (Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 1992 for the figure of “£12.50” there shall be substituted “£14.50”. Henry McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 7th April 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the East London and The City Health Authority (Transfers of Trust Property) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 28th April 1998. 2 In this Order— “the Authority” means the East London and The City Health Authority; “the Schedule” means the Schedule to this Order; “the trust property” means, in the case of each National Health Service trust specified in the Schedule, the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by, agreed upon by and signed on behalf of the Authority and that National Health Service trust on 15th December 1997. Transfer of trust property 2 On 28th April 1998, in the case of each National Health Service trust specified in the Schedule, the trust property shall be transferred from the Authority to that National Health Service trust. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn, Minister of State, Department of Health 6th April 1998
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 6th April 1998. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 . Amendment of principal Regulations 2 In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation) of the principal Regulations– a in the definition of “disciplinary proceedings” for the words “rules 94, 97 and 99 of and Schedule 3 to” there shall be substituted the words “rules 97 and 98 of”; b for the definition of “governor” there shall be substituted the following– “governor” means any of the following persons:– the person who is appointed by the Secretary of State under section 3(1) of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 as the Governor-in-Charge of a prison; the officer who is the Deputy Governor of a prison; any officer who is appointed to manage a function or group of functions within the prison and is known as a Unit Manager and who has been authorised to adjudicate disciplinary proceedings; and where there is no officer as mentioned in sub paragraphs (a) to (c) above present for the time being in the prison, the most senior officer who is present in the prison at that time. . 3 In regulation 4 (Application of Part II of the Act to assistance by way of representation: proceedings under the 1995 Act) of the principal Regulations, at the end of paragraph (f), the full stop shall be deleted and there shall be inserted– ; g under section 234A(6) in relation to revocation or variation of a non-harassment order. . Henry McLeish Minister of State Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 2nd April 1998
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Street Works (Inspection Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st May 1998. 2 In regulation 3(1) of the Street Works (Inspection Fees) Regulations 1992 for the figure of “£12.50” there shall be substituted “£14.50”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Glenda Jackson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 1st April 1998 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 7th April 1998
CONSUMER CREDIT 1 This Order may be cited as the Consumer Credit (Increase of Monetary Limits) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st May 1998. 2 The Consumer Credit (Increase of Monetary Limits) Order 1983 is hereby amended in its Schedule, in Part II, in column “(4)”, by substituting, for the limit of “£15,000” where it appears in the first three entries in that column, (relating to sections 8(2), 15(1)(c) and 43(3)(a) of the Act respectively), the limit of “£25,000”. Nigel Griffiths, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of Statefor Competition and Consumer Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 31st March 1998
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, SCOTLAND 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 6th April 1998. 2 In these Regulations, “ the Act ” means the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986. 2 These Regulations shall apply only in relation to any case where an application for civil legal aid is made to the Scottish Legal Aid Board on or after 6th April 1998. 3 For the yearly amount of £8,370 specified in section 15(1) of the Act , there shall be substituted the yearly amount of £8,571. 4 For the yearly amount of £2,563 specified in section 17(2)(a) of the Act , there shall be substituted the yearly amount of £2,625. 5 The Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 are hereby revoked except in relation to any case where an application for civil legal aid is made to the Scottish Legal Aid Board before 6th April 1998. Henry McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House Edinburgh 2nd April 1998
CONSUMER CREDIT 1 This Order may be cited as the Consumer Credit (Further Increase of Monetary Amounts) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st May 1998. 2 The Consumer Credit (Increase of Monetary Amounts) Order 1983 is hereby revoked. 3 The provisions set out in Column 1 of the Schedule to this Order (shortly described in Column 2) are hereby amended by substituting for the amounts specified in Column 3 in relation to those provisions the amounts specified in Column 4. Nigel Griffiths, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 31st March 1998
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Prescribed Proceedings) Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 6th April 1998. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Prescribed Proceedings) Regulations 1997 . Amendment of principal Regulations 2 In regulation 3 (proceedings in which criminal legal aid shall not be available) of the principal Regulations, at the end of paragraph (j), the full stop shall be deleted and there shall be inserted– ; k under section 234A(6) of the 1995 Act in relation to revocation or variation of a non-harassment order. . Henry McLeish Minister of State Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 2nd April 1998
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES 1 This Order may be cited as the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 11th May 1998. 2 Section 20(3) of the Gaming Act 1968 (under which the maximum permitted aggregate amount of winnings in respect of games of bingo played in one week simultaneously on different club premises is £25,000 ) shall have effect with the substitution, for the reference to the sum specified in that subsection, of a reference to the sum of £30,000. 3 Section 20(8) of the Gaming Act 1968 (under which the maximum amount by which weekly winnings on any particular bingo club premises may exceed the aggregate amount of the stakes hazarded is £5,000 ) shall have effect with the substitution, for the reference to the sum specified in that subsection, of a reference to the sum of £5,500. 4 Articles 2 and 3 of the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 1995, and articles 2 and 3 of the Gaming Act (Variation of Monetary Limits) (Scotland) Order 1995 are hereby revoked. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 2nd April 1998
CONSUMER CREDIT 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Consumer Credit (Realisation of Pawn) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st May 1998. 2 The Consumer Credit (Realisation of Pawn) Regulations 1983 shall be amended, in regulation 3, by the substitution, for “£50” in each place where it appears, of “£100”. Nigel Griffiths Parliamentary Under-Secretary of Statefor Competition and Consumer Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 1st April 1998
SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 1 This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 1998 and shall come into force on 1st May 1998. 2 This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt. Increase in fees 2 In the table of fees set out in Schedule 2 to the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Witnesses and Shorthand Writers in the Sheriff Court) 1992( in the provisions mentioned in column 1 of the Schedule to this Act of Sederunt, for the amounts respectively specified in column 2, substitute the amounts so specified in column 3. Saving 3 Paragraph 2 does not affect such fees as are chargeable for work done before 1st May 1998. Rodger of Earlsferry Lord President I.P.D. Edinburgh 1st April 1998
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Gaming Clubs (Hours and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 11th May 1998. 2 Regulation 5(1) of the Gaming Clubs (Hours and Charges) Regulations 1984 shall be amended by substituting for the figure “£8.00”, in both places where it occurs, the figure “£8.50”. 3 Regulation 5(1) of the Gaming Clubs (Hours and Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 1984 shall be amended by substituting for the figure “£8.00”, in both places where it occurs, the figure “£8.50”. 4 The Gaming Clubs (Hours and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and the Gaming Clubs (Hours and Charges) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996 are hereby revoked. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 2nd April 1998
MERCHANT SHIPPING 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Fishing Vessels (Certification of Deck Officers and Engineer Officers) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 8th May 1998. 2 The Fishing Vessels (Certification of Deck Officers and Engineer Officers) Regulations 1984 shall be amended as follows. 3 In regulation 7, in both paragraphs (2) and (3) for “may be issued in accordance with these Regulations and such a certificate” there shall be substituted “issued before 8th May 1998”. 4 In regulation 8— a paragraph (2) shall be omitted; and b in paragraph (3) for “certificate of competency, certificate of equivalent competency or a certificate of service” there shall be substituted “certificate of competency or a certificate of equivalent competency”. 5 In regulation 9(1) for “, certificates of equivalent competency and certificates of service”there shall be substituted “and certificates of equivalent competency”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions Glenda Jackson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 4th April 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Transport Charges) Regulations 1998. 2 These Regulations shall come into force on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which they are made. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— “the 1980 Act ” means the Highways Act 1980 ; “the 1984 Act ” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 ; “local highway authority” has the meaning given by section 329(1) of the 1980 Act; “local traffic authority” has the meaning given by section 121A of the 1984 Act; “relevant event” has the meaning given by section 16A(1) of the 1984 Act; “road” has the meaning given by section 142(1) of the 1984 Act; “special event” has the meaning given by section 9(8) of the London Local Authorities Act 1995 ; “travel concession”— in relation to a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London, has the meaning given by section 50(9) of the London Regional Transport Act 1984 ; and in relation to any other authority has the meaning given by section 112(1)(f) of the Transport Act 1985 ; and “travel concession permit” has the meaning given by section 51(3)(c) of the London Regional Transport Act 1984. Power to impose charges 3 1 Subject to regulation 5 of these Regulations, a relevant authority having a function mentioned in column (2) of an item in a table in the Schedule to these Regulations may impose a charge in respect of their dealing in pursuance of that function with any matter of a description specified in that column of that item. 2 A charge imposed under this regulation in relation to any matter is payable by the person mentioned in column (3) of the item in the table in which the matter is specified. Amount of charge 4 Subject to regulation 5 of these Regulations, the amount of a charge is to be at the relevant authority’s discretion and, in determining the amount, the authority shall have regard to the cost to them of dealing with matters of the description in question. Charges in connection with travel concessions in London 5 Notwithstanding the provisions of regulations 3 and 4 of these Regulations, no charge shall be imposed by a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London for the issue of— a a travel concession permit; or b a duplicate permit issued in replacement of a travel concession permit, unless all the London borough councils and the Common Council of the City of London have agreed to impose a charge and have agreed the amount of the charge. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Glenda Jackson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 20th March 1998 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 31st March 1998
NORTHERN IRELAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (Notice of Processions) (Exceptions) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st May 1998. Revocation 2 The Public Order (Exceptions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 , which was made by the Secretary of State on 24th February 1998, is hereby revoked. Advance notice of public processions 3 Section 6 of the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (advance notice of public processions) does not apply to any public procession to be organised by the Salvation Army along a route customarily followed by them. Marjorie Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 1st April 1998
PENSIONS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Minimum Contributions to Appropriate Personal Pension Schemes) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 6th April 1999. Appropriate age-related percentages 2 For the purposes of section 45 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (amount of minimum contributions) the appropriate age-related percentages in respect of earners in the tax years 1999–2000 to 2001–2002 are those specified in the Table in the Schedule to this Order by reference to their ages on the last day of the preceding tax year. Amendment of previous Order 3 In the Social Security (Minimum Contributions to Appropriate Personal Pension Schemes) Order 1996 — a in article 2, for the words “to 2001–02” there shall be substituted the words “and 1998–99”; and b in the Table in the Schedule, the columns relating to the tax years 1999–2000, 2000–2001 and 2001–2002 shall be omitted. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. John Y. Denham Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 1st April 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Lifespan Health Care Cambridge National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998 and shall come into force on 2nd April 1998. Amendment of Establishment Order 2 For Article 3 of the Lifespan Health Care Cambridge 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 shall be— a to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act the Community Health Services Unit, Chesterton Hospital, Union Lane, Cambridge CB4 1PT and associated hospitals, establishments or facilities, and there to provide hospital accommodation and services and community health services; and b to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act Quy Water Farm, Newmarket Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge CB1 5AT and there to provide community health services. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn Minister of State, Department of Health 1st April 1998
URBAN DEVELOPMENT Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Urban Development Corporations in England (Dissolution) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 3rd April 1998. Dissolution of the corporations 2 The following urban development corporations shall be dissolved on 1st July 1998— a the Birmingham Heartlands Development Corporation; b the Black Country Development Corporation; c the London Docklands Development Corporation; d the Merseyside Development Corporation; e the Plymouth Development Corporation; f the Teesside Development Corporation; g the Trafford Park Development Corporation; and h the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Richard Caborn Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 2nd April 1998
LEGAL SERVICES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Ombudsman (Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 23rd April 1998. 2 In this Order, “the 1990 Order ” means the Legal Services Ombudsman (Jurisdiction) Order 1990 . Amendments to the 1990 Order 2 In article 3 of the 1990 Order— a in the heading, there shall be inserted the words “determinable by tribunals”, after the word “Issues”; b for the word “tribunal”, there shall be substituted the word “tribunals”; and c for the word “is”, there shall be substituted the word “are”. 3 In the Schedule to the 1990 Order— a Part I shall be amended by adding the words “The Institute of Legal Executives” after the words “The Council for Licensed Conveyancers”; b the heading to Part II shall be amended by inserting the words “determinable by tribunals”, after the word “Issues”; and c Part II shall be amended further by adding the words “The Disciplinary Tribunal of the Institute of Legal Executives”, after the words “The Discipline and Appeals Committee of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers”. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 31st March 1998
ELECTRICITY 1 This Order may be cited as the Fossil Fuel Levy Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 1998. 2 The Fossil Fuel Levy Act 1998 shall come into force on 1st April 1998. John Battle Minister for Science, Energy and Industry 31st March 1998
MERCHANT SHIPPING Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Fishing Vessels (Life-Saving Appliances) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st May 1998. Purpose 2 The purpose of these Regulations is to provide for the implementation in part of Council Directive 93/103/ EC of 23rd November 1993 , on the introduction of minimum safety and health requirements for work on board fishing vessels. Amendment of the Fishing Vessels (Life-Saving Appliances) Regulations 1988 3 The Fishing Vessel (Life-Saving Appliances) Regulations 1988 shall be amended as follows: 1 In regulation 2(1) there shall be inserted, in the appropriate places, the following definitions: “existing vessel” means a fishing vessel which is not a new fishing vessel; “new fishing vessel” means a fishing vessel: for which the building or major conversion contract was placed before 23rd November 1995 (which is delivered three or more years after that date); or which is constructed on or after 23rd November 1995; except that if a building or major conversion contract was placed before that date and the vessel was delivered before 23rd November 1998 the vessel shall be regarded as constructed before 23rd November 1995. 2 Between regulation 5 and regulation 6 there shall be inserted the following regulations— Additional requirements for new vessels 15 metres and over and existing vessels of 18 metres and over 5A Regulations 5B and 5C apply only to new fishing vessels of 15 metres or more in length and to existing vessels of 18 metres or more in length. 5B All items of life-saving and survival equipment required by these Regulations shall— a be kept in their proper locations, maintained in good working order and be available for immediate use; b be checked by the workers before the vessel leaves port and during the voyage; c be inspected at regular intervals. 5C All vessels shall be fitted with an adequate means of recovering a person from the water. 3 In regulation 8(1), for “3 or 5” then shall be substituted “3, 5, 5B or 5C”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions Glenda Jackson Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Department of the Environment, Transport and Regions 30th March 1998