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ROAD TRAFFIC Citation and commencement 1 These Directions may be cited as the Traffic Signs (Amendment) General Directions 2004 and shall come into force on 27th May 2004. Amendment of the Traffic Signs General Directions 2002 2 1 Direction 42 of the Traffic Signs General Directions 2002 is amended as follows. 2 At the end of paragraph (5) insert “and, if coloured yellow, may be— a reflectorised; b fluorescent; or c both reflectorised and fluorescent”. 3 For paragraphs (6) and (7) substitute— 6 Except as provided in paragraph (7), a yellow backing board for a sign shall be rectangular in shape. 7 A backing board for a combination of the sign shown in diagram 2402.1 with the sign shown in diagram 670 may be of any shape including rectangular. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State David Jamieson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Transport 6th May 2004
MERCHANT SHIPPING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims) (Amendment) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 13th May 2004 or on the day after it is made, whichever is later. Amendment of Merchant Shipping Act 1995 2 Paragraph 2A of Part II of Schedule 7 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (provisions having effect in connection with the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976) shall be omitted. Amendment of Merchant Shipping (Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims) (Amendment) Order 1998 3 In the Merchant Shipping (Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims) (Amendment) Order 1998 the following provisions shall be omitted: a paragraph (b) of article 7 (amendments to provisions which have effect in connection with the Convention) of the Order, and b paragraph 2A of Part II of the Schedule to the Order. A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
Title and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Mental Health (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004. 2 This Order shall come into operation on the expiration of one week from the day on which it is made. Interpretation 2 1 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33) applies to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. 2 In this Order “the principal Order” means the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 ( NI 4). Amendment of Article 77(1) of the principal Order 3 In Article 77 of the principal Order (power to discharge patients other than restricted patients) for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted— 1 Where application is made to the Review Tribunal by or in respect of a patient who is liable to be detained under this Order, the tribunal may in any case direct that the patient be discharged, and shall so direct if— a the tribunal is not satisfied that he is then suffering from mental illness or severe mental impairment or from either of those forms of mental disorder of a nature or degree which warrants his detention in hospital for medical treatment; or b the tribunal is not satisfied that his discharge would create a substantial likelihood of serious physical harm to himself or to other persons; or c in the case of an application by virtue of Article 71(4)(a) in respect of a report furnished under Article 14(4)(b), the tribunal is satisfied that he would, if discharged, receive proper care. . Amendment of Article 78 of the principal Order 4 In Article 78 of the principal Order (power to discharge restricted patients subject to restriction orders) for paragraphs (1) and (2) there shall be substituted— 1 Where an application to the Review Tribunal is made by a restricted patient who is subject to a restriction order, or where the case of such a patient is referred to the tribunal, the tribunal shall direct the absolute discharge of the patient if— a the tribunal is not satisfied as mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) of Article 77; and b the tribunal is satisfied that it is not appropriate for the patient to remain liable to be recalled to hospital for further treatment. 2 Where in the case of any such patient as is mentioned in paragraph (1)— a sub-paragraph (a) of that paragraph applies; but b sub-paragraph (b) of that paragraph does not apply, the tribunal shall direct the conditional discharge of the patient. .
INCOME TAX Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Income Tax (Professional Fees) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 17th May 2004. Addition of fee to Table in section 343(2) of Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 2 At the end of the Table in section 343(2) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 there shall be added— Occupations in the private security industry 15 Fee payable on applying for a licence from the Security Industry Authority under the Private Security Industry Act 2001. . Dave Hartnett Helen Ghosh Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue 14th May 2004
NURSES MIDWIVES AND HEALTH VISITORS, ENGLAND Citation, commencement, application and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Nurses Agencies (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 2nd June 2004. 2 These Regulations apply in relation to England only. 3 In these Regulations— a “ the Act ” means the Care Standards Act 2000; and b “the principal Regulations ” means the Nurses Agencies Regulations 2002 . Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations 2 For regulation 3 of the principal Regulations (excepted agencies), substitute— 3 For the purposes of the Act— a a Special Health Authority which supplies staff, including nurses, to work for another National Health Service body; b an NHS trust which supplies nurses to work solely for another National Health Service body; and c an NHS foundation trust , which supplies nurses to work solely for another National Health Service body, shall be excepted from being a nurses agency. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Stephen Ladyman Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 5th May 2004
BANKS AND BANKING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Cash Ratio Deposits (Value Bands and Ratios) Order 2004 and comes into force on 1st June 2004. Revocation 2 The Cash Ratio Deposits (Value Bands and Ratio) Order 1998 is revoked. Value bands and ratios 3 For the purposes of paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Bank of England Act 1998, the value bands and ratios applicable to them, expressed as a percentage, are as follows: Value band Ratio £0–£500 million 0% Over £500 million 0.15% Derek Twigg Joan Ryan Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 5th May 2004
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment) Order 2004 and shall come into force on the expiry of one month beginning with the day on which it is made. Extent 2 This Order extends to England, Wales and Northern Ireland only. Amendment of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988 3 1 The Schedule to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988 , (which specifies offensive weapons for the purposes of section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988), shall be amended by the insertion into paragraph 1 of that Schedule after sub-paragraph (o) the following: p a stealth knife, that is a knife or spike, which has a blade, or sharp point, made from a material that is not readily detectable by apparatus used for detecting metal and which is not designed for domestic use or for use in the processing, preparation or consumption of food or as a toy; q a straight, side-handled or friction-lock truncheon (sometimes known as a baton). Hazel Blears Minister of State Home Office 5th May 2004
SECURITY INDUSTRY, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 —This Order may be cited as the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Modification of Local Enactments) (No. 2) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 10th May 2004. City of Newcastle upon Tyne Act 2000 2 1 Section 15 of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne Act 2000 shall be modified as follows. 2 After subsection (3) there is inserted— 4 In proceedings for an offence under this section it is a defence for the accused to show that he holds a licence issued by the Security Industry Authority under section 8 of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (c. 12) entitling him to act as a door supervisor or that the person he employed as a door supervisor holds such a licence and, in either case, that any conditions applicable to the licence were observed. London Local Authorities Act 1995 3 1 Section 39 of the London Local Authorities Act 1995 shall be modified as follows. 2 After subsection (3) there is inserted— 4 In proceedings for an offence under this section it is a defence for the accused to show that he holds a licence issued by the Security Industry Authority under section 8 of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (c. 12) entitling him to act as a door supervisor or that the person he employed as a door supervisor holds such a licence and, in either case, that any conditions applicable to the licence were observed. Revocation 4 The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Modification of Local Enactments) Order 2004 is hereby revoked. Hazel Blears Minister of State Home Office 5th May 2004
MERCHANT SHIPPING Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Updating of References to Maritime Conventions) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 28th May 2004. Purpose 2 The purpose of these Regulations is to provide for the implementation of articles 3, 5, 9 and 11 of Directive 2002/84/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5th November 2002, amending the Directives on maritime safety and the prevention of pollution from ships . Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Ship Inspection and Survey Organisations) Regulations 1996 3 In regulation 2(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Ship Inspection and Survey Organisations) Regulations 1996 , at the end of the definition of “international conventions”, insert— and any subsequent amendment to these Conventions and related Codes of mandatory status which— relates to all or any of the purposes set out in section 85(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, is contained in a document considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time, and is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice; . Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards of Safety Communications) Regulations 1997 4 1 The Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards of Safety Communications) Regulations 1997 shall be amended as follows: 2 In regulation 2(1) in the definition of— a “chemical tanker”, for “in force on 22nd November 1994” substitute “in its up-to-date version”; b “liquefied gas tanker”, for “in force on 22nd November 1994” substitute “in its up-to-date version”; and c “ STCW Convention”, for “as amended on 7th July 1995” substitute “in its up-to-date version”. Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 1999 5 In regulation 2(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 1999 , at the end of the definition of “relevant international conventions”, insert— and any subsequent Protocol, annex or amendment thereto which— relates to all or any of the purposes set out in section 85(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, is contained in a document considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time, and is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice; . Amendment of Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 1999 6 In regulation 6(9)(a) of the Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 1999 after “Council Directive 1999/35/EC ,” insert “as amended by Directive 2002/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002, amending the Directives on maritime safety and the prevention of pollution from ships ,” Amendment of Merchant Shipping (Mandatory Surveys for Ro-Ro Ferry and High Speed Passenger Craft) Regulations 2001 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport David Jamieson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Transport 4th May 2004
COMPETITION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Competition Act 1998 (Determination of Turnover for Penalties) (Amendment) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 1st May 2004. Amendment of the 2000 Order 2 1 The Competition Act 1998 (Determination of Turnover for Penalties) Order 2000 is amended as follows. 2 In article 2(1), the definition of “length of the infringement” shall cease to have effect. 3 For article 3, substitute the following— The turnover of an undertaking for the purposes of section 36(8) is the applicable turnover for the business year preceding the date on which the decision of the OFT is taken or, if figures are not available for that business year, the one immediately preceding it. . 4 In the Schedule— a in paragraph 1(1), the definition of “branch” shall cease to have effect; b in paragraph 3, the words “to undertakings or consumers in the United Kingdom” shall cease to have effect; c in paragraph 5— i for the words “as defined” there is substituted “items listed”; ii the words “the branch or division of” shall cease to have effect; and iii the words “established in the United Kingdom” shall cease to have effect; and d in paragraph 6, the words “from residents of the United Kingdom” shall cease to have effect. Gerry Sutcliffe, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Competition and Consumers, Department of Trade and Industry 30th April 2004
CIVIL AVIATION 1 These Regulations may be cited as the EC/Swiss Air Transport Agreement (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 1st June 2004. 2 In the Civil Aviation Act 1982 there shall be inserted— a in section 69A(5)(a), after the words “EEA State”, the words “ or Switzerland ” ; and b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 In the Civil Aviation (Investigation of Air Accidents and Incidents) Regulations 1996 there shall be inserted in regulations 8(5), 8(7), 9(4), and 13 after the words “member State” the words “ or Switzerland ” . 8 In the Airports (Groundhandling) Regulations 1997 there shall be inserted in regulation 19(1) and (3) after the words “Member State”, in each place in which it occurs, the words “ or Switzerland ” . 9 In the Aeroplane Noise Regulations 1999 there shall be inserted— a in regulation 3 in the definition of “Community air carrier” and in regulations 7(1), 10(3)(a), 11(1), and 30(1) after the words “EEA State” the words “ or Switzerland ” ; b in regulation 3 in the definition of “Community air carrier”, after the words “licensing air carriers” the words “ , as that Regulation has effect in accordance with the EEA Agreement, as amended by the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No. 7/94 of 21st March 1994, and in accordance with the Decision of the Council, and of the Commission as regards the Agreement on Scientific and Technological co-operation, of 4th April 2002 on the conclusion of seven Agreements with the Swiss Confederation, in so far as it applies to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Air Transport ” ; c in regulations 4(2), 5(2) , 8(2), 9(2), 10(2), 13(1)(a), and 18(1) after the words “EEA States” the words “ or Switzerland ” ; d in regulations 6(2), and 27(2) and (3) after the words “EEA States” the words “ and Switzerland ” ; e in regulations 12(3)(a) and 14(3)(a) after the words “register of” the words “ Switzerland or ” ; f in regulation 19(1) after the words “competent authority of” the words “ Switzerland or of ” ; g in regulation 19(2) after the words “granted by” the words “ Switzerland or ” . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Tony McNulty Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Transport
FOOD, WALES Title and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Food (Jelly Confectionery) (Emergency Control) (Wales) Regulations 2002 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the European Parliament (Disqualification) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2004 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. 2 In this Order— “Gibraltar public office” means a public office for the purposes of sections 28 (disqualifications for elected members) and 80 (references to public office, etc. ) of the Constitution of Gibraltar set out in Annex 1 to the Gibraltar Constitution Order 1969. 3 References in this Order to the House of Assembly Ordinance are to the Gibraltar Ordinance of that name. Disqualification for office of MEP 2 In addition to persons otherwise disqualified for the office of MEP , a person is disqualified for the office of MEP if— a he has been adjudged or otherwise declared bankrupt under any law in force in Gibraltar and has not been discharged; b he holds or acts in a Gibraltar public office, unless the public office in question is described in Schedule 2 (classes of public officers who may be candidates for election) to the House of Assembly Ordinance; c he is the clerk to the House of Assembly of Gibraltar, or any deputy or clerk appointed by him (in his capacity as local returning officer or the European electoral registration officer for Gibraltar); d he is disqualified for election as an Elected Member of the House of Assembly of Gibraltar by virtue of section 36 of the House of Assembly Ordinance (penalty for and incapacity following illegal practices); or e having been found guilty of one or more offences (whether in Gibraltar or elsewhere), and sentenced or ordered to be imprisoned or detained indefinitely or for more than one year, he is detained anywhere in Gibraltar in pursuance of the sentence or order or is unlawfully at large at a time when he would otherwise be so detained. Signed on behalf of the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Christopher Leslie Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs Date 27th April 2004
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE 1 1 This Order may be cited as the European Parliament (Number of MEPs) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2004. 2 The purpose of this Order is to implement a change in the number of MEPs to be elected for the United Kingdom under the Athens treaty . 3 This Order shall come into force on 1st May 2004. 4 In this Order, “the Athens treaty” means the treaty referred to in subsection (2)(q) of section 1 of the European Communities Act 1972 (which was ratified by the United Kingdom on 18th December 2003). 2 1 Section 1 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 is amended as follows. 2 In subsection (1) (number of MEPs to be elected for the United Kingdom) for “87” substitute “78”. 3 For subsection (3) substitute— 3 The number of MEPs to be elected for each electoral region is as follows — East Midlands 6 Eastern 7 London 9 North East 3 North West 9 South East 10 South West 7 West Midlands 7 Yorkshire and the Humber 6 Scotland 7 Wales 4 Northern Ireland 3. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Christopher Leslie Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs Date 27th April 2004
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and effect 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Child Benefit (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 1st May 2004. 2 These Regulations shall cease to have effect on 1st May 2006 unless revoked with effect from an earlier date. Amendment of the Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2003 2 The Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2003 are amended as follows. 3 In regulation 21 (circumstances in which a person is treated as not being in Great Britain) add at the end— 4 A person shall be treated as not being in Great Britain for the purposes of section 146(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Act where he— a makes a claim for child benefit on or after 1st May 2004; and b does not have a right to reside in the United Kingdom. . 4 In regulation 25 (circumstances in which a person is treated as not being in Northern Ireland) add at the end— 3 A person shall be treated as not being in Northern Ireland for the purposes of section 142(2) of the Contributions and Benefits ( NI ) Act where he— a makes a claim for child benefit on or after 1st May 2004; and b does not have a right to reside in the United Kingdom. . Joan Ryan Nick Ainger Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 30th April 2004
TAX CREDITS Citation, commencement and effect 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Tax Credits (Residence) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 1st May 2004. 2 These Regulations shall cease to have effect on 1st May 2006 unless revoked with effect from an earlier date. Amendment of the Tax Credits (Residence) Regulations 2003 2 The Tax Credits (Residence) Regulations 2003 are amended as follows. 3 In regulation 3 (circumstances in which a person is treated as not being in the United Kingdom) add at the end— 5 A person shall be treated as not being in the United Kingdom for the purposes of Part 1 of the Act where he— a makes a claim for child tax credit (other than being treated as making a claim under regulation 11 or 12 of the Tax Credits (Claims and Notifications) Regulations 2002 or otherwise), on or after 1st May 2004; and b does not have a right to reside in the United Kingdom. . Joan Ryan Nick Ainger Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 30th April 2004
NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Nuclear Safeguards Act Commencement ( No. 1) Order 2004. 2 In this Order, “ the Act ” means the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000. Commencement 2 —Subject to article 3 below, the Act shall come into force on 1 st May 2004. 3 The following provisions of the Act shall not come into force on 1 st May 2004: a Section 5(1)(b); and b In Section 5(2), the words “or Article 9 (if it falls within subsection (1)(b))” and “procedural arrangements for wide-area environmental sampling approved under Article 9”. Nigel Griffiths, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Business and Enterprise, Department of Trade and Industry 30th April 2004
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 1st May 2004. Amendment of the Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) Regulations 2003 2 At the end of regulation 7 of the Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) Regulations 2003 (evidence and information) add— 3 If a person is required, by virtue of paragraph (1) to furnish a certificate of a child’s birth or adoption, the certificate so produced must be either an original certificate or a copy authenticated in such manner as would render it admissible in proceedings in any court in the jurisdiction in which the copy was made. . Ann Chant Helen Ghosh Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue 29th April 2004