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SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating and National Insurance Fund Payments) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 6th April 1998. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992. Rate of, and small earnings exception from, Class 2 contributions 2 In section 11 of the Act (Class 2 contributions) — a in subsection (1) (weekly rate) for “£6.15”, substitute “£6.35”; b in subsection (4) (small earnings exception) for “£3,480”, substitute “£3,590”. Amount of Class 3 contributions 3 In section 13(1) of the Act (amount of Class 3 contributions) for “£6.05”, substitute “£6.25”. Lower and upper limits for Class 4 contributions 4 In section 15(3) and section 18(1) of the Act (Class 4 contributions recoverable under the Income Tax Acts and under regulations) — a for “£7,010” (lower limit) in each place where it appears, substitute “£7,310”; b for “£24,180” (upper limit) in both places where it appears, substitute “£25,220”. Prescribed percentage of estimated benefit expenditure 5 Section 2(2) of the Social Security Act 1993 (payments into the National Insurance Fund out of money provided by Parliament) shall have effect with respect to the tax year 1998–99 and the prescribed percentage of estimated benefit expenditure for the financial year ending with 31st March in that tax year shall be 2 per cent.. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Frank Field Minister of State, Department of Social Security 25th February 1998 We consent, Bob Ainsworth Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 27th February 1998
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Esprit Telecom UK Limited) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 7th April 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 3rd March 1998
CORONERS 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Berkshire (Coroners) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. 2 In this Order “the 1988 Act ” means the Coroners Act 1988 . 2 1 Without prejudice to the power to make orders under section 4(1) of the 1988 Act , the three coroners' districts in the County of Berkshire (as constituted by orders having effect under section 4(2) of that Act and described in paragraph (2) below) shall continue in existence, subject to the provisions of this Order, as if made under section 4(1) of that Act. 2 The three coroners' districts are— a the one consisting of the Borough of Reading; b the one consisting of the District of Newbury; and c the one consisting of the Boroughs of Bracknell Forest, Slough and Windsor and Maidenhead and the District of Wokingham. 3 Without prejudice to the power to make orders under section 1(1A)(b) of the 1988 Act , the Council of the Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead shall be the relevant council for the purposes of the 1988 Act for the coroner’s district referred to in paragraph (2)(c) above. 3 1 Any person who on 31st March 1998 is the coroner for any of the districts referred to in article 2(2) above by virtue of being appointed by Berkshire County Council and assigned to the district in question shall be deemed to have been appointed for that coroner’s district by the appropriate new relevant council. 2 Any agreement between a person to whom paragraph (1) applies and Berkshire County Council (as the relevant council for the purposes of the 1988 Act prior to 1st April 1998) as to his salary and pension shall have effect as if made between him and the appropriate new relevant council. 3 Any person who, on 31st March 1998, is a deputy or assistant deputy coroner for each of the districts referred to in article 2(2) above shall be deemed to have been appointed deputy or, as the case may be, assistant deputy coroner for the district in question with the approval of the chairman of the appropriate new relevant council. 4 In this article and article 4 below “the appropriate new relevant council” means, in the case of the coroner’s district referred to in— a article 2(2)(a) above, Reading Borough Council; b article 2(2)(b) above, Newbury District Council; and c article 2(2)(c) above, Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council. 4 All rights and liabilities to which Berkshire County Council is entitled or subject immediately before 1st April 1998 as the relevant council for the purposes of the 1998 Act shall on that date become the rights and liabilities of the appropriate new relevant council. Gareth Williams Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 26th February 1998
CORONERS 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Reorganisation (Amendment of Coroners Act 1988) Regulations 1998. 2 These Regulations shall come into force on 1st April 1998. 2 1 The Coroners Act 1988 is amended as follows. 2 In section 1(1)(a), after the word “county,” there is inserted “in a special non-metropolitan county or in”. 3 In section 1(1)(c), after the word “England” there is inserted “, other than a special non-metropolitan county,”. 4 In section 1(1A)(a), after the words “metropolitan district” there is inserted “, special non-metropolitan district”. 5 In section 1(1A)(b), after the words “metropolitan districts” there is inserted “, special non-metropolitan districts”. 6 In section 2(2), after the words “metropolitan district”, in both places where they occur, there is inserted “, special non-metropolitan district”. 7 In section 4(1), after the word “county”, there is inserted “, special non-metropolitan county”. 8 At the end of section 4(5A) there is inserted “or a special non-metropolitan county”. 9 In section 27(4)(a) , after the word “districts” there is inserted “, special non-metropolitan districts”. 10 In section 31 after paragraph (a) there is inserted— aa a special non-metropolitan district, . 11 In section 35(1) after the definition of “relevant council” there is inserted— “special non-metropolitan county” means a non-metropolitan county in which there are two or more local government districts and for which there is no county council; “special non-metropolitan district” means a district in a special non-metropolitan county. . Gareth Williams Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 26th February 1998
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Highway Litter Clearance and Cleaning (Transfer of Responsibilities) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. Transfer of duties to the Secretary of State 2 There shall be transferred to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions from each local authority listed in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order the responsibility for the discharge of the duties imposed by section 89 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 as respects the part or parts of the highway or highways specified in relation to that local authority in column 2 of that Schedule. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Helene Hayman Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 19th February 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Optimal Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997 . Amendment of regulation 19 of the principal Regulations 2 In regulation 19 of the principal Regulations (redemption value of voucher for replacement or repair)— a in paragraph (1)(b), for “£39.80” substitute “£40.90”; and b in paragraph (3), for “£10.20” substitute “£10.50”. Amendment of the Schedules to the principal Regulations 3 1 In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (voucher letter codes and face values—supply and replacement) in column (3) (face value of voucher), for each amount specified in column 1 of the table below substitute the amount specified in relation to it in column 2 of that table. TABLE (1) (2) Old amount New amount £27.20 £28.00 £41.30 £42.50 £56.30 £57.90 £110.60 £113.70 £46.90 £48.20 £59.70 £61.40 £71.90 £73.90 £121.60 (in both places where it appears) £125.00 £39.80 £40.90 2 In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances)— a in paragraph 1(1)(a) (prism—single vision lens), for “£5.30” substitute “£5.40”; b in paragraph 1(1)(b) (prism—other lens), for “£6.50” substitute “£6.70”; c in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens), for “£2.80” substitute “£2.90”; d in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens), for “£3.30” substitute “£3.40”; e in paragraph 1(1)(e) (small glasses), for “£44.80” substitute “£46.10”, for “£39.80” substitute “£40.90”, and for “£21.50” substitute “£22.10”; f in paragraph 1(1)(f) (photochromic lenses), for “£2.80” substitute “£2.90” and for “£3.30” substitute “£3.40”; g in paragraph 1(1)(g) (specially manufactured frames), for “£44.80” substitute “£46.10”; h in paragraph 2(a) (minimum complex appliance payment—single vision lenses), for “£4.50” substitute “£4.60”; and i in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment—other lenses), for “£24.10” substitute “£24.80”. 3 For Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (voucher values—repair), substitute the Schedule 3 set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Application of these Regulations 4 The amendments made by these Regulations apply only in relation to a voucher accepted or used pursuant to regulation 12 or regulation 17 of the principal Regulations on or after 1st April 1998. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn Minister of State, Department of Health 3rd March 1998
URBAN DEVELOPMENT Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the London Docklands Development Corporation (Transfer of Property, Rights and Liabilities) (Lee Valley Regional Park Authority) Order 1998. 2 This Order shall come into force on 24th March 1998. Transfer of property, rights and liabilities 2 1 In this article— “the Corporation” means the London Docklands Development Corporation; “the Land” means the land which is shown bounded externally by a red line on the Maps; and “the Maps” means the maps respectively labelled “Map 1” and “Map 2” entitled “Maps referred to in the London Docklands Development Corporation (Transfer of Property, Rights and Liabilities) (Lee Valley Regional Park Authority) Order 1998”, one set of which, signed by an Under Secretary in the Government Office for London, has been deposited and is available for inspection at the offices of each of the following— the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions; the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority; the council of the London borough of Newham; and the council of the London borough of Tower Hamlets. 2 The Land, together with any rights and liabilities which the Corporation has in relation to the Land, is hereby transferred from the Corporation to the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority on the date of the coming into force of this Order . Amendments to the Lee Valley Regional Park Act 1966 3 1 At the end of section 15 of the Lee Valley Regional Park Act 1966 (powers to acquire land) there shall be inserted the following subsection— 3 The Authority may acquire by means of an order made by the Secretary of State under section 165B of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980, any land, whether within or without the park, together with any rights or liabilities relating to that land. . 2 After section 23 of that Act (land outside park acquired for purposes of park) there shall be inserted the following section— Land acquired from an urban development corporation. 23A Any land outside the park acquired by the Authority by means of an order made under section 165B of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be part of the park. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Richard Coborn Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 25th February 1998
NORTHERN IRELAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (Procedural Rules) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 3rd March 1998. Procedural rules 2 The procedural rules laid in draft before Parliament on 23rd February 1998 which regulate and prescribe the practice and procedure to be followed by the Commission in exercising the functions mentioned in section 2(2) of the 1998 Act and by other persons or bodies in their dealings with the Commission in connection with the exercise of those functions, shall come into operation on 3rd March 1998. Marjorie Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 2nd March 1998
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES 1 This Order may be cited as the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. 2 The provisions of section 48 of the Gaming Act 1968 specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order (which relate to fees charged in relation to the matters mentioned in column 2 of that Schedule) shall have effect as if, for the references to the sums specified in those provisions (which, by virtue of the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) Order 1995 as respects England and Wales and the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) (Scotland) Order 1995 as respects Scotland, had effect immediately before the coming into force of this Order as if, for those references, there were substituted references to the sums specified in column 3 of that Schedule), there were substituted references to the sums specified in column 4 of that Schedule. 3 The Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) Order 1995 and the Gaming Act (Variation of Fees) (Scotland) Order 1995 are hereby revoked. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 24th February 1998
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (Notice of Transfer) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. Amendment of 1992 Regulations 2 1 The Criminal Justice Act 1991 (Notice of Transfer) Regulations 1992 shall be amended as follows— a for paragraph (b) of regulation 3 there shall be substituted the following paragraph— b subject to regulation 3A below, copies of the documents containing the evidence (including oral evidence) on which any charge to which the notice of transfer relates is based. ; b after regulation 3 there shall be inserted the following regulation— 3A There shall be no requirement for copies of any documents referred to in the documents sent with the notice of transfer as having already been supplied to accompany the copy of the notice of transfer given in accordance with regulation 3 above. ; c for paragraph (b) of regulation 4 there shall be substituted the following paragraph— b copies of the documents referred to in paragraph (b) of that regulation, including both those which accompanied the copy of the notice of transfer given to the person to whom the notice relates and those which had already been supplied. ; d in Form 2 in the Schedule— i in paragraph 4 after the words “the copy of that notice given to you” there shall be inserted the words “or is referred to as having already been supplied to you”; ii at the end of paragraph 5 there shall be added the following— which have not already been supplied to you. Where such a statement or document has already been supplied, that fact is indicated on the list. ; iii for paragraph 6 there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 6 I also enclose a list of the exhibits in your case together with copies of those exhibits which are in documentary form which have not already been supplied to you. Where a copy has already been supplied, that fact is indicated on the list. . John Morris Her Majesty’s Attorney General 23rd February 1998
TELEGRAPHS 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. 2 In these Regulations, “the 1995 Regulations ” means the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 1995 . 3 The 1995 Regulations are hereby amended as follows: a regulation 3(7) shall be deleted; and b for Schedules 2 and 4, there shall be substituted respectively Schedules 1 and 2 to these Regulations. Barbara Roche Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Firms, Trade and Industry, Department of Trade and Industry 27th February 1998 We consent to these Regulations Bob Ainsworth Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 27th February 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Devon County Council (City of Plymouth and Borough of Torbay) (Staff Transfer) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. 2 This Order make provisions which are consequential on or supplementary to, the Devon (City of Plymouth and Borough of Torbay) (Structural Change) Order 1996 . Interpretation 2 In this Order— “contract of employment” means a contract under which a person works for another person whether under a contract of service or apprenticeship or otherwise but does not include a contract for services; “designated list” means the list marked “The Devon County Council (City of Plymouth and Borough of Torbay) (Staff Transfer) Order 1998 Designated List” which is signed by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, one copy of which is deposited with the Plymouth City Council, one with the Torbay Borough Council, one with the Devon County Council and one in the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions; “employee” means a person employed under a contract of employment including a person employed under a fixed term contract the expiry date for which is after 31st March 1998, but does not include a person whose employment is on a temporary basis and who on 31st March 1998 has had a continuous period of employment (when calculated in accordance with sections 210 to 219 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 ) of less than two years. Transfer of Staff 3 1 This article shall apply to any employee (a “designated employee”)— a who immediately before 1st April 1998 (“the reorganisation date”) is employed by the Devon County Council; b whose employment would continue but for the transfer of functions to the Councils of the City of Plymouth and the Borough of Torbay; c whose name is mentioned, or who falls within a class or description of employees which is mentioned, in the designated list; and d whose name is not mentioned in the Schedule to this Order. 2 The contract of employment of a designated employee shall not be terminated on the reorganisation date but shall have effect in the case of an employee whose name is mentioned in, or who falls within a class or description of employees mentioned in any section of Part I or Part II of the designated list, as if originally made between that employee and the city or borough council mentioned at the head of that section. 3 This article is without prejudice to any provision of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 .
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Kent County Council (Borough of Gillingham and City of Rochester upon Medway) (Staff Transfer) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. 2 This Order makes provisions which are consequential on or supplementary to, the Kent (Borough of Gillingham and City of Rochester upon Medway) (Structural Change) Order 1996 . Interpretation 2 In this Order— “contract of employment” means a contract under which a person works for another person whether under a contract of service or apprenticeship or otherwise but does not include a contract for services; “designated list” means the list marked “The Kent County Council (Borough of Gillingham and City of Rochester upon Medway) (Staff Transfer) Order 1998 Designated List” which is signed by the Secretary of State for the Environment, one copy of which is deposited with the Gillingham Borough Council, one copy with the City of Rochester upon Medway Council, one copy with the Kent County Council and one in the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions; “employee” means a person employed under a contract of employment including a person employed under a fixed term contract the expiry date for which is after 31st March 1998, but does not include a person whose employment is on a temporary basis and who on 31st March 1998 has had a continuous period of employment (when calculated in accordance with sections 210 to 219 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 ) of less than two years. Transfer of Staff 3 1 This article shall apply to any employee (a “designated employee”)— a who immediately before 1st April 1998 (“the reorganisation date”) is employed either by the Kent County Council, or the Gillingham Borough Council or the City of Rochester upon Medway Council; b whose employment would continue but for the transfer of functions to the Medway Towns District Council and the abolition of the Councils of Gillingham Borough and City of Rochester upon Medway; and c whose name is mentioned, or who falls within a class or description of employees which is mentioned, in the designated list. 2 The contract of employment of a designated employee shall not be terminated on the reorganisation date but shall have effect— a in the case of an employee whose name is mentioned in, or who falls within a class or description of employees mentioned in any section of Part I, Part II or Part III of the designated list, as if originally made between that employee and the Medway Towns District Council; 3 This article is without prejudice to any provision of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 25th February 1998