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ANIMALS Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Compensation (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 24th October 1997. Amendment of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Compensation Order 1996 2 1 The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Compensation Order 1996 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article. 2 In article 3(3)(c) after the words “the President of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors” there shall be added the words “or, in the case of a bovine animal in Scotland, by the President of the Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland”. 3 Sub-paragraph (c) in article 4(5) shall be revoked and the following sub-paragraph substituted— c where the determination is (on any single occasion) in respect of eleven or more animals kept on the same holding or owned by the same person, by agreement between two valuers, one appointed by the Minister and one by the owner of the animals. . 4 In article 4(6) after the words “the President of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors” there shall be added the words “or, in the case of a bovine animal in Scotland, by the President of the Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland”. 5 Paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 shall be revoked and the following paragraph substituted— 3 In this Schedule “closed herd” means a herd into which no female bovine animal has been introduced during the period beginning on 15th October 1990 and ending on the date on which the first exposed animal in the herd was slaughtered. . Jeff Rooker Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 24th September 1997 Brian Wilson Minister of State, Scottish Office 26th September 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office 29th September 1997 We approve, Graham Allen Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 24th September 1997
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Commencement, citation, interpretation and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Disability Statements for Local Education Authorities) (Wales) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 30th October 1997. 2 In these Regulations “the authority” means the local education authority by whom the disability statement is published. 3 These Regulations apply only in relation to local education authorities in Wales. Information to be contained in disability statements 2 Information contained in a disability statement about the provision of facilities for further education made by the authority in respect of disabled persons shall cover the following matters— a the policies of the authority relating to the provision of facilities for further education; b the names of, and the titles of posts held by, members of the staff of the authority with special responsibilities for disabled persons specifying in each case whether the member of the staff has such responsibilities in respect of all facilities for further education secured by the authority or in respect only of such facilities provided at particular institutions; c the names of, and the titles of the posts held by, members of the staff of the authority from whom information about admission arrangements can be obtained; d educational facilities and support provided by the authority specifically for disabled persons; e arrangements for handling complaints and (where applicable) appeals in respect of any of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (d) above or (f) and (g) below; f additional support or special arrangements during examinations and assessments; g physical access to educational and other facilities; h any special arrangements made by the authority as to fees charged for the provision of further education (including special arrangements for the provision of such facilities without charge). Intervals at which disability statements must be published 3 1 The interval between the date on which these Regulations come into force and the date of publication by the authority of their first disability statement shall be such that the first disability statement is published by 30th January 1998. 2 The interval between publication of subsequent disability statements shall be such that the next statement is published by 31st December in the year in which the first statement was required to be published, and each subsequent statement is published by 31st December in the year following the year in which the previous statement was published. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 26th September 1997
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Education Act 1996 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1997. 2 Section 528 of the Education Act 1996, in its application to Wales, shall come into force on 30th October 1997. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Welsh Office 20th October 1997
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Curfew Order (Responsible Officer) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st October 1997. 2 In this Order “place of curfew” means a place specified in a curfew order as a place at which a person is required by the order to remain for the curfew periods. 3 Where a curfew order specifies a place in Berkshire, Greater Manchester, the London Borough of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow, Hillingdon or Hounslow, or West Yorkshire as a place of curfew the responsible officer shall be an employee of Securicor Custodial Services Limited of Sutton Park, 15 Carshalton Road, Sutton, Surrey SM1 4LD. 4 Where a curfew order specifies a place in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk or Suffolk as a place of curfew the responsible officer shall be an employee of Geografix Limited, Hurricane Way, Norwich NR6 6EW. 5 The Curfew Order (Responsible Officer) (Berkshire, Greater Manchester and Norfolk) Order 1995 is hereby revoked. Alun Michael Minister of State Home Office 29th September 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Prescription as “Persons in Need” (Persons subject to Immigration Control) (Scotland) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 30th September 1997. Interpretation 2 In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires– “ the Act ” means the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968; and “the 1996 Act ” means the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 . Prescription of persons subject to immigration control as “persons in need” for the purposes of the Act 3 Persons subject to immigration control within the meaning of section 13(2) of the 1996 Act are prescribed as “persons in need” for the purposes of the 1968 Act. Sam Galbraith Minister of State Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 29th September 1997
ANIMALS Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 20th October 1997. Amendments to the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) Order 1978 2 The Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) Order 1978 shall be amended as follows— a for the provisions of Schedule 1 to that Order (which lists disinfectants approved by the Minister) there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to this Order; b for the provisions of Schedule 2 to that Order (which lists disinfectants subject to transitional provisions) there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to this Order; and c in article 6(2) of that Order (which specifies the date until which the disinfectants subject to transitional provisions remain approved) for the words “30th June 1995” there shall be substituted the words “31st December 1997”. Revocations 3 The Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Amendment) Order 1994 and the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Amendment) Order 1996 are hereby revoked. Jeff Rooker Minister of State Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 22nd September 1997 Brian Wilson Minister of State Scottish Office 25th September 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales 25th September 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Police Authorities (Standing Orders) Regulations 1997, and shall come into force on 17th November 1997. Police authorities: recording of votes and signature of minutes 2 1 No later than the first ordinary meeting of the authority falling after the day on which these Regulations come into force, a police authority shall, in respect of the recording of votes, and signing of minutes, of the authority— a make standing orders incorporating the provisions set out in Schedule 2 to the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) Regulations 1993 , or provisions to like effect, and b modify any existing standing orders in so far as necessary to conform with those provisions. 2 In this regulation ‘police authority’ means a police authority constituted under section 3 of the Police Act 1996 . Alun Michael Minister of State Home Office 5th October 1997
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1997. 2 In this Order, references to “the Act” are references to the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997. Appointed days 2 1 The day appointed for the coming into force of section 11 of the Act (information from landlords and agents) is 8th October 1997. 2 The day appointed for the coming into force of section 16 of the Act (recovery of overpaid housing benefit)— a for the purposes only of authorising the making of regulations is 8th October 1997; and b for all other purposes is 3rd November 1997. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. John Y. Denham Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 7th October 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Stockton on Tees Borough Council) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 28th October 1997. Exemption of legal services 2 The provision of legal services by Stockton on Tees Borough Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out before 31st March 1999. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 26th September 1997
ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 This Order may be cited as The A4 Trunk Road (Hillingdon) Red Route (Clearway) Traffic Order 1996 Variation Order 1997 and shall come into force on 17th October 1997. Variation 2 The A4 Trunk Road (Hillingdon) Red Route (Clearway) Traffic Order 1996 is varied as provided by the following provisions of this Order. 3 In Schedule 2, item 5 is deleted and replaced with the following item— The A4, Bath Road, the south side, between a point 5 metres west of the western boundary of the “Three Magpies” public house, and a point 37 metres east of that boundary. . Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 1st October 1997
PRISONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Rules may be cited as the Parole Board (Scotland) Amendment Rules 1997 and shall come into force on 20th October 1997. 2 In these Rules “the principal Rules ” means the Parole Board (Scotland) Rules 1993 . Amendment of the principal Rules 2 In the definition of “prisoner” in rule 2(1) of the principal Rules for the word “discretionary” where it occurs in paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the word “designated”. 3 In rule 2(2)(d) for the word “discretionary” there shall be substituted the word “designated”. 4 For rule 5(2) there shall be substituted the following rule:– 2 In relation to a Part IV case– a which is referred to the Board before 20th April 1998; and b where the person concerned is a prisoner who is treated as a designated life prisoner under or by virtue of section 16(2) to (4) of the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 , paragraph (1) shall apply as if there were substituted for the reference to 2 weeks a reference to 12 weeks. . 5 In rule 14 for the words “Without prejudice” where they occur in paragraphs (1) and (2) there shall be substituted the word “Subject”. 6 In rule 25(4) for the words “Without prejudice to” there shall be substituted the word “Notwithstanding”. Henry B McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 24th September 1997
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st November 1997. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 . Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations 2 In regulation 1(2) of the principal Regulations (interpretation), at the end of the definition of “postcode district” , there shall be added the words “except in the case of any postcode district which is identified with an alpha suffix which shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, be treated as if it forms part of a postcode district which is identified without that suffix”. Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations 3 1 Regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (prescribed circumstances) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs. 2 In paragraph (1)(a)— a after the word “paragraphs” there shall be inserted “(1A), (1B),”; b in head (ii), for the word “or” there shall be substituted the word “and”; c head (iii) shall be omitted. 3 After paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs— 1A For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a)(i), where a station identified in column (1) of Schedule 1 to these Regulations (in this paragraph and in paragraph (1B) referred to as “the primary station”) is unable to provide temperature information in respect of a particular day, the mean daily temperature on that day— a at the alternative station for that primary station specified in column (2) of Schedule 2 to these Regulations; or b where there is no such alternative station specified, at the nearest station to that primary station able to provide temperature information in respect of that day, shall be used to determine whether or not there is a recorded period of cold weather at the relevant primary station. 1B For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a)(ii), where the Meteorological Office is unable to produce a forecast in respect of a particular period at a primary station, any forecast produced in respect of that period— a at the alternative station for that primary station specified in column (2) of Schedule 2 to these Regulations; or b where there is no such alternative station specified, at the nearest station to that primary station able to provide temperature information for that period, shall be used to determine whether or not there is a forecasted period of cold weather at the relevant primary station. . Substitution of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations 4 For Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (identification of stations and postcode districts), there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations. Substitution of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations 5 For Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (specified alternative stations), there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Frank Field Minister of State, Department of Social Security 25th September 1997
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right to Buy) (Priority of Charges) (No. 2) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 20th October 1997. Specified Bodies 2 The following bodies are hereby specified as approved lending institutions for the purposes of section 156 of the Housing Act 1985 (priority of charges)— a Green Park Mortgage Funding Limited; b HSMS; c Hyde Park Mortgage Funding Limited; d Regent’s Park Mortgage Funding Limited; e Silhouette Mortgages Limited; f Southern Pacific Mortgage Limited; g St. James Park Mortgage Funding Limited; h Transamerica Lending Company. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 29th September 1997
SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment No. 3) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 10th November 1997, except for articles 3 and 4(a) which shall come into force on 1st December 1997. Interpretation 2 In this Order, “the 1983 Order ” means the Civil Courts Order 1983 , and a Schedule referred to by number alone means the Schedule so numbered in that Order. Amendments to the 1983 Order 3 In Schedule 1— a “Braintree” shall be deleted from its position in the second column opposite the entry for “Colchester” in the first column; and b “Bishop’s Stortford” shall be deleted from its position in the second column opposite the entry for “Harlow” in the first column. 4 In Schedule 3— a the entries relating to “Bishop’s Stortford” and “Braintree” shall be deleted and b “Divorce” shall be inserted in column 2, opposite the entry for “Brecon” in the first column. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 21st September 1997
ROAD TRAFFIC Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the M8 and M9 Special Roads (Newbridge Grade Separation) Speed Limit Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 20th October 1997. 2 In these Regulations– “M8” means the M8 special road; “M9” means the M9 special road; “slip road” means a road which provides access to or from the M8 or the M9 as the case may be. Speed Limit 2 No person shall drive any vehicle at a speed exceeding– a 50mph on those lengths of special road described in Schedule 1 to these Regulations; or b 40mph on that length of special road described in Schedule 2 to these Regulations. Malcolm Chisholm Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 26th September 1997
FIRE SERVICES 1 This Order may be cited as the Firemen’s Pension Scheme (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st November 1997, except in respect of an appeal where notice of it has been given to the fire authority before that date. 2 1 The Schedule to this Order has effect for varying the scheme set out in Schedule 2 to the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992 . 2 A reference in Part I of the Schedule to this Order to a numbered rule is a reference to the rule identified by that number in that Scheme. 3 A reference in Part II of the Schedule to this Order to a paragraph is a reference to a paragraph in Part I of Schedule 9 to that Scheme. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 24th September 1997 We approve Jim Dowd Graham Allen Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 25th September 1997
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 1997 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1997. 2 Section 20 of the Finance Act 1997 (removal and disposal of vehicles) shall come into force on 8th October 1997. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Helene Hayman Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 3rd October 1997
BUILDING SOCIETIES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Building Societies (Designation of Prescribed Regulatory Authorities) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st November 1997. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Building Societies Act 1986, and “the Authority” means the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority established under section 1 of the Pensions Act 1995. Prescribed regulatory authority 3 The Authority is designated for the purposes of section 53(8) of the Act (which deals with disclosure of information to public and other authorities) as a prescribed regulatory authority. Prescribed functions 4 The functions of the Authority which are specified as prescribed functions for the purposes of section 53(8) of the Act are its functions under the Pensions Act 1995. Prescribed circumstances 5 1 The circumstances in which information may, by virtue of section 53(8) of the Act, be disclosed to the Authority are circumstances where it is in the opinion of the Commission desirable or expedient that the information should be disclosed with a view to— a facilitating the discharge by the Commission of any of its functions under the Act, or b facilitating the discharge by the Authority of any of its functions under the Pensions Act 1995. 2 The circumstances in which information may, by virtue of section 53(8) of the Act and subject to the consent of the Commission under that subsection, be further disclosed by the Authority are circumstances where it is in the opinion of the Authority desirable or expedient that the information should be further disclosed with a view to enabling or assisting it to discharge any of its functions under the Pensions Act 1995. Amendment of previous Order 6 Article 5 of the Building Societies (Designation of Prescribed Regulatory Authorities) Order 1988 shall be amended by the insertion, after the words “a prescribed regulatory authority” in the two places where they occur, of the words “designated by this Order”. In witness whereof the common seal of the Building Societies Commission is hereunto affixed, and is authenticated by me, a person authorised under paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to the Building Societies Act 1986, on G. S. Johnson Secretary to the Commission 11th September 1997. We consent to this Order Jim Dowd Graham Allen Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 24th September 1997
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as the A41 Trunk Road (Camden) (Temporary Prohibition of Traffic) (No. 2) Order 1997, and shall come into force on 23rd September 1997. 2 This Order is made because the Traffic Director for London is satisfied that traffic on the roads, or lengths of road, mentioned in the schedule to this Order should be prohibited because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near those roads or lengths of road. 3 During the period starting at 00.01 hours on 23rd September 1997 for a period of three months, or when those works have been completed, whichever is the sooner, no person shall cause or permit any vehicle to stop at any time in the roads, or lengths of roads, specified in the schedule to this Order. 4 1 The prohibitions specified in article 3 above shall apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by traffic signs specified by regulations or authorised under section 64 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. 2 The prohibitions specified in article 3 above shall not apply in respect of— i any vehicle being used for the purpose of those works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes, or ii anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden. 5 In so far as, and during such times as, the prohibition specified in article 3 above is in force, the provisions of the A41 Trunk Road (Camden) Red Route Experimental (No. 2) Traffic Order 1997 are hereby suspended so far as they relate to the roads or lengths of roads specified in the schedule to this Order. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 23rd September 1997