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SALARIES Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Salaries (Assembly Ombudsman and Commissioner for Complaints) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 7th July 1999. Revocation 2 The Salaries (Assembly Ombudsman and Commissioner for Complaints) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 is hereby revoked. Increase in Salaries 3 The annual salaries payable to the Assembly Ombudsman and the Commissioner for Complaints shall be increased from £80,460 to £84,483 from 1st April 1999. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on C. P. Moore Assistant Secretary 16th June 1999.
ELECTRICITY PART I INTRODUCTORY Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART II AMENDMENT TO THE ELECTRICITY (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1992 Amendments 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation of Part II 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conditions of licences 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restriction on powers of Director and Department 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consent required for constructing etc generating stations 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART III CONDITIONS FOR EXISTING LICENCES Existing licences 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duties of Department and Director 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DANGEROUS DRUGS Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 1st July 1999. Interpretation 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of the Misuse of Drugs (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1986 3 1 The Misuse of Drugs (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1986 shall be amended as follows. 2 In regulation 2(1), after the definition of “document”, there shall be inserted the following definition— “exempt product” means a preparation or other product consisting of one or more component parts, any of which contains a controlled drug, where— the preparation or other product is not designed for administration of the controlled drug to a human being or animal; the controlled drug in any component part is packaged in such a form, or in combination with other active or inert substances in such a manner, that it cannot be recovered by readily applicable means or in a yield which constitutes a risk to health; and no one component part of the product or preparation contains more than one milligram of the controlled drug or one microgram in the case of lysergide or any other N-alkyl derivative of lysergamide; . 3 In regulation 4, at the end there shall be added the following paragraph— 4 Sections 3(1), 4(1) and 5(1) of the Act shall not have effect in relation to any exempt product. . 4 In regulation 14(7), at the end there shall be added the following sub-paragraph— c any exempt product . 5 In regulation 18(2), after sub-paragraph (aa), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph— ab any exempt product; . 6 After regulation 24, there shall be inserted the following regulation— Exempt products 24A Nothing in regulations 19 to 24 shall have effect in relation to any exempt product. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on W. B. Smith Assistant Secretary 3rd June 1999.
EDUCATION Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Individual Pupils' Achievements) (Information) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999, and shall come into operation on 25th June 1999. Amendment of the Education (Individual Pupils' Achievements) (Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 2 Regulation 8 of the Education (Individual Pupils' Achievements) (Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 shall be amended as follows— a in paragraph (1) for the words “paragraph (2)” there shall be substituted the words “paragraphs (2) and (3)”; and b after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph— 3 Where the principal of a school— a receives information relating to a pupil in the final year of the third key stage after 30th June in any school year; and b that information is specified in paragraph 2(1)(a) of Schedule 1, he shall send that information together with the information relating to the same pupil specified in paragraph 2(1)(b) and (c) of that Schedule to the parent of that pupil (whether by post or otherwise) not later than 30th September in the school year following the school year to which the information relates. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on C. Jendoubi Assistant Secretary 26th May 1999.
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 1st June 1999. Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2 In regulation 36 of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (composition of appeal tribunals)— a for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 2 Subject to paragraphs (3) to (5), an appeal tribunal shall consist of a legally qualified panel member and— a a medically qualified panel member where— i the issue, or one of the issues, raised on the appeal is whether the all work test is satisfied, or ii the appeal is made under Article 13(1)(b) of the Recovery of Benefits Order; or b one or two medically qualified panel members or one medically qualified panel member and an additional member drawn from the panel for the purposes described in paragraph (5) where the issue, or one of the issues, raised on the appeal relates to— i industrial injuries benefit under Part V of the Contributions and Benefits Act, or ii severe disablement allowance under section 68 of that Act. ; b in paragraph (5) for “paragraph (1), (2) or” there shall be substituted “paragraph (1), (2)(a) or”; and c after paragraph (6) there shall be added the following paragraph— 7 In paragraph (2)(a)(i) “the all work test” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 . . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 25th May 1999.
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment No. 5) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 20th June 1999. 2 These Regulations shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant— a in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in arrears in accordance with paragraph 7(1)(a) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations (date when change of circumstances is to take effect)— i from the first day of the benefit week which includes 27th June 1999, or ii if the claim for income support is for a period commencing after 27th June 1999, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 20th June 1999; b in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in advance in accordance with paragraph 7(1)(b) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 27th June 1999, and for this purpose, the expressions “claimant” and “benefit week” have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations (interpretation). 3 In these Regulations— “the Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 ; “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 . 4 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations 2 In Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations (housing costs), in paragraph 12(1)(a) (standard rate of interest on qualifying loans) for “7.08 per cent.” there shall be substituted “6.66 per cent.”. Revocation 3 The Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 are hereby revoked save that those Regulations shall continue to have effect until the day before the first day of the benefit week having effect in relation to any particular claimant for the purpose of regulation 1(2) of these Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 24th May 1999.
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE Citation and commencement 1 These Rules may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal Cases (Statement of Means) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 13th June 1999. Amendment 2 The Legal Aid in Criminal Cases (Statement of Means) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999 are amended by substituting for the Declaration in the form in the Schedule the following Declaration— Declaration I am aware that if I have knowingly made a statement which is false, or knowingly withheld information in this application then I may be prosecuted which couild lead to conviction, the penalty of which could be a fine, imprisonment for up to 3 months or both under Article 32(1) of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981. I declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief that the information provided in this application is an accurate and complete statement of income, savings and capital and, where appropriate that of my dependants. I hereby give my consent to the court taking steps as it may consider necessary to verify the accuracy of information contained within this application. Signed Date Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 21st May 1999 We approve Clive Betts Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lord’s Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 24th May 1999
LANDS TRIBUNAL Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Lands Tribunal (Salaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 9th July 1999. Revocation 2 The Lands Tribunal (Salaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 is hereby revoked. Increases in salaries 3 1 The annual salary payable to the President of the Lands Tribunal shall be increased from £88,077 to £92,810 from 1st April 1999. 2 The annual salary payable to any other member of the Lands Tribunal shall be increased from £84,752 to £89,306 from 1st April 1999. M. Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 11th May 1999
HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Educational Maintenance Allowance Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall, subject to paragraph (2), come into operation on 16th August 1999. 2 In relation to any particular claimant for either family credit or disability working allowance, regulation 2 shall have effect, where a claimant has an award of either of those benefits— a which expires on 16th August 1999, on 17th August 1999; b which expires after 16th August 1999, on the day following the expiration of that award. 3 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Disregard of educational maintenance allowance 2 1 For each of the paragraphs specified in paragraph (2) (which relate to sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— Any— educational maintenance allowance payable by virtue of regulations made under section 518 of the Education Act 1996 (payment of school expenses; grant of scholarships etc. ), or sum (not being an allowance coming within sub-paragraph (a)) in respect of a course of study attended by a child or young person payable by virtue of regulations made under Article 50, 51 or 55(1) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (provisions to assist persons to take advantage of educational facilities). . 2 The paragraphs specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are— a paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 ; b paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 to the Family Credit (General) Regulations) (Northern Ireland) 1987 ; c paragraph 10 of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 ; d paragraph 11 of Schedule 9 to the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 ; e paragraph 12 of Schedule 6 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 16th June 1999. The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland hereby consents to regulation 2(1) and (2)(c) of the foregoing Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland on J. McCormick Assistant Secretary 16th June 1999.
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE Citation and commencement 1 These Rules may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal Cases (Statement of Means) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 14th June 1999. Revocation 2 The Legal Aid in Criminal Cases (Statement of Means) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1988 are hereby revoked. Statement of means form 3 The form set out in the Schedule shall be the prescribed form for the purposes of Article 32(1) of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (statement of means for the purposes of legal aid in criminal proceedings). Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 12th May 1999 We approve Jim Dowd David Jamieson Two of the Lord’s Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 13th May 1999
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation for the purposes of— a regulation 1 on 17th May 1999; b regulation 2— i where guardian’s allowance is payable (other than where the Department has arranged for the allowance to be payable on a Monday), on 18th May 1999, ii where the weekly rate of incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance is increased in respect of a child or children, on 20th May 1999, and iii for all other purposes on 17th May 1999. Amendment of the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 2 In regulation 8(2) of the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 (child benefit) for “£0.75” in both places where it occurs there shall be substituted “£3.35”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 14th May 1999.
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (1996 Order) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999. Appointed Day 2 The day appointed for the coming into operation of Part III of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 shall be 1st June 1999. Marjorie Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 1st May 1999
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients, Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 7th June 1999. Amendment of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 2 In regulation 2 of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975 (interpretation) after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 2A For the purposes of paragraph (2), a period during which a person is regarded as receiving or having received free in-patient treatment shall be deemed to begin on the day after the day on which he enters a hospital or similar institution referred to in that paragraph and to end on the day on which he leaves such a hospital or similar institution. . Amendment of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations 3 In regulation 6 of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 (hospitalisation) after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 2A For the purposes of paragraph (1), a period during which a person is maintained free of charge while undergoing medical or other treatment as an in-patient shall be deemed to begin on the day after the day on which he enters a hospital or similar institution referred to in that paragraph and to end on the day on which he leaves such a hospital or similar institution. . Amendment of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 4 1 The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) of this regulation. 2 In regulation 8 (hospitalisation) after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 2A For the purposes of paragraph (1), a period during which a person is maintained free of charge while undergoing medical or other treatment as an in-patient shall be deemed to begin on the day after the day on which he enters a hospital or similar institution referred to in that paragraph and to end on the day on which he leaves such a hospital or similar institution. . 3 In regulation 12A (hospitalisation in mobility component cases) after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph— 3 For the purposes of paragraph (1), a period during which a person is maintained free of charge while undergoing medical or other treatment as an in-patient shall be deemed to begin on the day after the day on which he enters a hospital or similar institution referred to in that paragraph and to end on the day on which he leaves such a hospital or similar institution. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 11th May 1999.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Superannuation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 25th June 1999. 2 In these Regulations— “the principal Regulations” means the Local Government (Superannuation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 Part I of Schedule 20 to the principal Regulations shall be amended as follows– a in paragraph 1 for the word “eight” in both places where it occurs there shall be substituted the word “five”; and b in paragraph 3 for “9” there shall be substituted “6”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on R. Warburton Assistant Secretary 6th May 1999.
EDUCATION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 9th June 1999. Amendment of the Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 2 In Article 4 of the Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stage 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 for the definition of “the Assessment Document” there shall be substituted the following definition— “the Assessment Document” means a document entitled “Assessment Arrangements in Key Stage 3”, prepared by the Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment, approved by the Department and published by the Council; . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on C. Jendoubi Assistant Secretary 11th May 1999.
PHARMACY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 1st June 1999. 2 In these Regulations “the principal regulations” means the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 In regulation 2 of the principal regulations (registration fees) for “£100” there shall be substituted “£120”. 3 In regulation 4 of the principal regulations (retention fees)– a in paragraph (1)(a) for “£100” there shall be substituted “£120”; b in paragraph (2)(b) for “£45” there shall be substituted “£55”; c in paragraph (2)(c) for “£20” there shall be substituted “£25”. 4 In regulation 5 of the principal regulations (Penalty)– a in paragraph (a) for “£50” there shall be substituted “£60”; 5 In regulation 9, after paragraph 2(d) there is added the following paragraph– e he has not failed an examination set by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain for registration as a pharmaceutical chemist in Great Britain. . Sealed with the Common Seal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland on 5th May 1999 in the presence of T. A. Maguire President R. McMullan Treasurer The Department of Health and Social Services hereby approves the foregoing Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on W. B. Smith Assistant Secretary 5th May 1999.
FOOD Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 14th June 1999. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Sweeteners in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 The principal Regulations shall be amended by the addition, at the end of the definition of “Directive 95/31/ EC ” in regulation 2(1), of the words “as amended by Directive 98/66/EC ”. Consequential provision 3 1 References to the principal Regulations in the provisions listed in paragraph (2) shall be taken to be references to the principal Regulations as amended up to and including the amendment effected by these Regulations. 2 The provisions to which paragraph (1) refers are— a the definition of “permitted sweetener” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Jam and Similar Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982 ; b the definition of “additive” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Meat Products and Spreadable Fish Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984 ; c the definition of “sweetener” in Part II of Schedule 1 (categories of food additives) to the Food Additives Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 ; d the definition of “sweetener” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 ; and e in the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 — i paragraph (1) of regulation 34 (foods containing sweeteners, added sugar and sweeteners, aspartame or polyols); and ii in Schedule 8 (misleading descriptions), in Part I (general), the condition in column 2 opposite the description “ice cream” in column 1. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on W. B. Smith Assistant Secretary 5th May 1999.
MAGISTRATES' COURTS Citation and commencement 1 These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995) (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 1st June 1999. Disclosure of documents 2 In Rule 23 of the Magistrates' Courts (Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996 — a for the words “paragraphs (2) to (4)” in paragraph (1) substitute the words “paragraphs (2) and (3)”; and b paragraph (4) is hereby revoked. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 12th May 1999