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BROADCASTING 1 This Order may be cited as the Broadcasting Act 1990 (Guernsey) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 13th February 1991. 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Broadcasting Act 1990; and “ Guernsey ” means the Bailiwick of Guernsey. 3 1 The following provisions of the Act shall extend, with the modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order, to Guernsey— a in Part I (independent television services), sections 14 to 22 and 66; b in Part IV (transfer of undertakings), sections 127, 129 to 131 and 141; c in Part X (miscellaneous and general), sections 202 and 204; and d Schedules 9 and 11. 2 From 1st April 1991 the following provisions of the Act shall extend to Guernsey— a section 180, except subsection (4); and b Part I of Schedule 18. 3 For the purpose of construing provisions of the Act, as extended by this Order, as part of the law of Guernsey, any reference to an enactment which extends to Guernsey shall, unless a contrary intention appears, be construed as a reference to that enactment as it has effect in Guernsey. G. I. de Deney Clerk of the Privy Council
MINISTERS OF THE CROWN Citation, interpretation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1991. 2 In this Order– “instrument” (without prejudice to the generality of that expression) includes in particular Royal Warrants, Orders in Council, Orders by Her Majesty, orders, rules, regulations, minutes, agreements and other documents; “the Minister” means the Minister for the Civil Service. 3 This Order shall come into force on 1st April 1991. Transfer of functions from the Minister to the Treasury 2 There are hereby transferred to the Treasury such functions as are at the commencement of this Order exercisable by the Minister with respect to the prescribing, in relation to appointments to situations in the civil service of the State, of qualifications relating to aptitude or potential. Transfer of functions from the Treasury to the Minister 3 There are hereby transferred to the Minister such functions as are at the commencement of this Order exercisable by the Treasury with respect to the prescribing, in relation to appointments to situations in the civil service of the State, of qualifications relating to health, character or nationality. Supplementary provisions 4 1 This Order shall not affect the validity of anything done by or in relation to the Minister or the Treasury before its commencement; and anything which at the commencement of this Order is in process of being done by or in relation to the Minister or the Treasury may, if it relates to any of the functions transferred by this Order from one of them to the other, be continued by or in relation to the other. 2 Anything done by the Minister or the Treasury for the purposes of any of the functions transferred by this Order from one of them to the other shall, if in force at the commencement of this Order, continue in force and have effect as if similarly done by the other. 3 Any instrument made before the commencement of this Order shall have effect– a so far as necessary for the purposes of, or in consequence of, the transfer of functions effected by article 2 as if any reference to the Minister or an officer of the Minister (including any reference which is to be construed as such as reference) were a reference to the Treasury or an officer of the Treasury; b so far as necessary for the purposes of, or in consequence of, the transfer of functions effected by article 3 as if any reference to the Treasury or an officer of the Treasury (including any reference which is to be construed as such a reference) were a reference to the Minister or an officer of the Minister. G. I. de Deney Clerk of the Privy Council
BRITISH NATIONALITY 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the British Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st March 1991. 2 The British Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1986 are hereby revoked. 2 The British Nationality (Fees) Regulations 1984 shall be amended as follows: a in regulation 2(1)— i for the words “a fee of £10” there shall be substituted the words “the fees specified in the Schedule to these Regulations”; ii the words “,except an application under section 5” shall be omitted; b for the Schedule there shall be substituted the following Schedule:— SCHEDULE Regulation 2 TABLE OF FEES Matter in which fee may be taken Amount of fee £ 1. Application for registration as a citizen or British subject, except under section 5 60 2. Registration as a citizen or British subject, except under section 5 25 3. Application for naturalisation as a citizen under section 6(1) or 18(1) 135 4. Grant of a certificate of naturalisation as a citizen under section 6(1) or 18(1) 35 5. Application for naturalisation as a citizen under section 6(2) or 18(2) 130 6. Grant of a certificate of naturalisation as a citizen under section 6(2) or 18(2) 5 7. Registration of a declaration of renunciation of citizenship or British subject status under sections 12, 24, 29 or 34 15 8. Supplying a certified copy of a notice, certificate, order, declaration or entry, given, granted or made under the Act or any of the former nationality Acts 15 9. Administering the oath of allegiance for the purposes of the Act 3.50 Home Office Kenneth Baker One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 1st February 1991 We consent to these Regulations, Irvine Patnick Sydney Chapman Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 4th February 1991
RATING AND VALUATION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the City of London (Non-Domestic Rating Multiplier) Order 1991, and shall come into force on 28th February 1991. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988; “the Distribution Report” means the Revenue Support Grant Distribution Report (England) made by the Secretary of State for the Environment on 20th December 1989 under section 80(1) of the Act as amended by the Revenue Support Grant Distribution (Amendment) Report (England) made by the Secretary of State for the Environment on 16th January 1991 under section 80(5)(b) of the Act. Required minimum multiplier 3 The required minimum for the Common Council’s non-domestic rating multiplier for the chargeable financial year beginning in 1991 is the figure equal to 95.672 per cent of the non-domestic rating multiplier specified for the year in accordance with Part I of Schedule 7 to the Act. Required maximum multiplier 4 1 Subject to paragraph (2) below, the required maximum for the Common Council’s non-domestic rating multiplier for the chargeable financial year beginning in 1991 is the figure calculated in accordance with the formula A + ( B ) ( C ) where— A is the required minimum for the Common Council’s non-domestic rating multiplier calculated for the year in accordance with article 3 of this Order, B is 99 per cent of the amount, if any, by which, at the time of the calculation of the required maximum, the amount calculated by the Common Council under section 95(4) of the Act for the year exceeds the standard spending assessment calculated for the Council for the year in accordance with the provisions of the Distribution Report, and C is the total of the rateable values shown in the Common Council’s local non-domestic rating list for 31st December 1990, multiplied by 0.894. 2 In calculating the required maximum under paragraph (1), a part of a whole (if any) shall be calculated to three decimal places only— a adding one thousandth where (apart from this paragraph) there would be more than five ten-thousandths, and b ignoring the ten-thousandths where (apart from this paragraph) there would be five, or less than five, ten-thousandths, provided that if the resulting figure is equal to or less than the required minimum for the year, the required maximum shall be calculated by adding one thousandth to the resulting figure. Michael Heseltine Secretary of State for the Environment 5th February 1991
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (United Artists Communications (South Thames Estuary) Limited) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 7th March 1991. 2 Each of the Applicable Cabled Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system. John Redwood Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry 3rd February 1991
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 For the purpose of connecting the motorway with access roads to be constructed to the service area, the Secretary of State is authorised to provide along the routes described in the schedule special roads for the use of traffic of Classes I and II of the classes of traffic set out in Schedule 4 to the Highways Act 1980. 2 The centre line of each of the special roads is indicated by a heavy black line on the deposited plan. 3 The special roads shall become trunk roads on the date when this Scheme comes into force. 4 In this Scheme:– i “the motorway” means the M5 Birmingham-Exeter Motorway, ii “the deposited plan” means the plan folio numbered HA16/1WM/4 marked “The M5 Birmingham-Exeter Motorway (Strensham Re-located Northbound Service Area), Connecting Roads Scheme 1991”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY; iii “the special roads” means the special roads which the Secretary of State is authorised by this scheme to provide; iv “the service area” means the proposed northbound motorway service area to be constructed on land adjacent to “The Brakes” woodland in the Districts of Malvern Hills and Wychavon. 6 This Scheme shall come into force on 15th February 1991 and may be cited as the M5 Birmingham-Exeter Motorway (Strensham Re-Located Northbound Service Area) Connecting Roads Scheme 1991. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport D. R. Ritchie Regional Director West Midlands Region Department of Transport 30th January 1991
BUILDING AND BUILDINGS 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991. 2 Any form referred to in these Regulations by number means the form so numbered in the Schedule hereto and any reference in these Regulations to the Act is a reference to the Building (Scotland) Act 1959. 2 The forms set out in the Schedule to these Regulations are hereby prescribed as the forms of any notice or other document which is required or authorised to be used under or for the purposes of the Act. 3 The Building (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1975 and the Building (Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1981 are hereby revoked. James Douglas-Hamilton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 28th January 1991
FOREIGN COMPENSATION 1 This Order may be cited as the Foreign Compensation (Financial Provisions) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 30th March 1991. 2 The Foreign Compensation Commission shall pay into the Consolidated Fund not later than 31st March 1991 out of the compensation funds named in Column 1 of the Schedule to this Order the amounts specified in Column 2 of the Schedule which are hereby determined to be the amounts of the expenses of the Commission during the periods specified in Column 3 of the Schedule attributable to the discharge by the Commission of their functions in relation to the distribution of sums from those compensation funds. G. I. de Deney Clerk of the Privy Council
BUILDING AND BUILDINGS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Building Standards (Relaxation by Local Authorities) (Scotland) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991. 2 In these Regulations— “ the Act ” means the Building (Scotland) Act 1959; “the building standards regulations” means the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990 ; “enclosed shopping centre” means a building containing shops having frontages to an arcade, mall or other covered circulation area. Construction or change of use of particular buildings 2 1 This regulation shall apply to an application made under section 4(1)(a) of the Act for a direction dispensing with or relaxing any provision of the building standards regulations in the case of the construction or change of use of a particular building. The power to dispense with or relax such a provision shall be exercisable by the local authority instead of by the Secretary of State except where— the building consists of or contains an enclosed shopping centre, or an application for a warrant under section 6 of the Act in respect of the building is referred to the Secretary of State under section 6A of the Act . Revocation and transitional provision 3 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the Building Standards (Relaxation by Local Authorities) (Scotland) Regulations 1985 are hereby revoked. 2 Notwithstanding the revocation in paragraph (1), the Building Standards (Relaxation by Local Authorities) (Scotland) Regulation 1985 shall continue to apply to an application made under section 4(1)(a) of the Act where an application for a warrant for the construction or change of use of the building is made before 1st April 1991. James Douglas-Hamilton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 28th January 1991
NORTHERN IRELAND Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Redundancy Fund (Abolition) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 and shall come into operation on 28th March 1991. Interpretation 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Abolition of Northern Ireland Redundancy Fund 3 1 The assets and liabilities of the Northern Ireland Redundancy Fund shall become assets and liabilities of the Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund and the Northern Ireland Redundancy Fund shall cease to exist. 2 The Department of Economic Development shall prepare an account (in such form as the Department of Finance and Personnel may direct) showing the final state of the Northern Ireland Redundancy Fund, and shall send a copy of it to the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland who shall examine, certify and report on the account and lay copies of it and of his report before the Assembly. 3 References to the Northern Ireland Redundancy Fund in any statutory instrument (within the meaning of section 1(c) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954) shall be construed as references to the Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund. 4 Section 41 of the Contracts of Employment and Redundancy Payments Act (Northern Ireland) 1965 ) (power to make repayments where contributions paid in respect of certain employees not entitled to redundancy payment) shall cease to have effect. Amendments and repeals 4 1 The statutory provisions set out in Schedule 1 shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in that Schedule. 2 The statutory provisions set out in Schedule 2 are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule. G. I. de Deney Clerk of the Privy Council
REPESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 1991. 2 Subject to paragraph (3) below, this Order shall come into force on 15th February 1991. 3 Article 3 below shall come into force on the issue of a proclamation by Her Majesty summoning a new Parliament, except that for the purposes of prceedings prelimenary or relating to a parliamentary election held after the issue of that proclamation, it shall come into force on 15th February 1991. 2 Paragraph (3) of article 1 of the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England and Wales) Order 1983 (meaning of constituencies) shall be omitted. 3 In Part I of Schedule 3 to the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England and Wales) Order 1983 (acting returning officers for county constituencies in England) the entry in respect of “Milton Keynes” shall be omitted and after the entry in respect of “North East Derbyshire” there shall be inserted in column 1 of that Part the words “North East Milton Keynes” and in column 2 the words “Milton Keynes”. Kenneth Baker One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 31st January 1991
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, SCOTLAND 1 This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (General Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st March 1991. 2 For Class XV E in Part I of Schedule 1 to the Town and Country Planning (General Development) (Scotland) Order 1981 (Electricity Undertakings) there shall be substituted the Class XV E set out in the Schedule to this Order. 3 Article 2(d) of the Town and Country Planning (General Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1990 is hereby revoked. James Douglas-Hamilton Edinburgh Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 31st January 1991
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT AND CO-OPERATION 1 1 This Order may be cited as the International Fund for Agricultural Development (Third Replenishment) Order 1991 and shall come into force forthwith. 2 In this Order— “the Agreement” means the Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development dated 13th June 1976 and ratified by the Government of the United Kingdom on 9th September 1977 ; “the Fund” means the International Fund for Agricultural Development established by the Agreement; “the Resolution” means Resolution No. 56/Xll of the Governing Council of the Fund entitled Third Replenishment of the IFAD’s Resources adopted on 8th June 1989. 2 The Secretary of State may make payment on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom out of money provided by Parliament of an additional contribution to the Fund of a sum not exceeding £11,305,433 in accordance with arrangements made between the Government and the Fund in accordance with the terms of the Resolution. 3 The Secretary of State may out of money provided by Parliament make payment of sums required to redeem any non-interest-bearing and non-negotiable notes or other obligations which may be issued or created by him and accepted by the Fund in accordance with the Agreement or the said arrangements. 4 Any sums received by the Government of the United Kingdom from the Fund in pursuance of the Agreement or the said arrangements shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund. Douglas Hurd One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 21st January 1991 We approve, Thomas Sackville Sydney Chapman Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 25th January 1991
SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 1 This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Applicayions under Part VII of the Companies Act 1989) 1991 and shall come into force on 25th February 1991. 2 This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt. 3 In this Act of Sederunt, “insolvency proceedings” means proceedings commenced by a petition in accordance with rules 10 (administration orders), 15 (appointments of receiver) or 18 (winding up a company) of the Act of Sederunt (Sherriff Court Company Insolvency Rules) 1986 , a petition for sequestration under sections 5 or 6 of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 or a summary petition under section 11A of the Judicial Factors (Scotland) Act 1889 . Applications under Part VII of the Companies Act 1989 2 1 An application for an order or direction under the provisions of the Companies Act 1989 (“ the Act ”) specified in sub-paragraph (2) below shall be made; a where there are before the sheriff insolvency proceedings to which the application relates, by note in the process of those proceedings; or b where there are no such proceedings before the sheriff, by summary application. 2 The provisions of the Act referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above are— a section 161(1) (interim order in relation to party to market contract dissipating or applying assets to prevent recovery by relevant office-holder); b section 161(3) (order altering or dispensing from compliance with duties of relevant office-holder); c section 163(4) (direction that profit arising from a sum is not recoverable by relevant office-holder); d section 164(4) (direction that profit from a market contract or the amount or value of a margin is not recoverable by relevant office-holder); e section 175(2) (order to ensure that charge under a prior or pari passu ranked charge is not prejudiced by enforcement of market charge); f section 175(5) (direction that profit from a property disposition is not recoverable by relevant office-holder); and g section 182(4) (order to acheive same result as if provisions of Schedule 22 to the Act had been in force). Intimation 3 Without pejudice to any other order in respect of intimation which the sheriff may make, he shall not make an order under section 175(2) of the Act unless intimation has been made to such persons having an interest as he considers necessary and any such person has had an opportunity to be heard. J.A.D. Hope Lord President, I.P.D. Edinburgh 30th January 1991
RATING AND VALUATION Citation and commencement 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Central Lists) (Amendment) Regulations 1991. 2 These Regulations, other than regulation 3 and, insofar as it relates to that regulation, regulation 2, shall come into force on 1st April 1991. 3 Regulation 3 and, insofar as it relates to that regulation, regulation 2, shall come into force on 15th February 1991. Amendment of Regulations 2 The Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Central Lists) Regulations 1989 are amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations. Definitions 3 1 In regulation 2(1) for the definition of “the amount payable”there is substituted the following definition— “the amount payable”for a chargeable financial year or part of a chargeable financial year in relation to a ratepayer and a hereditament means— the amount the ratepayer is liable to pay to the Secretary of State as regards the hereditament in respect of the year or part under section 54 of the Act; or where an amount falls to be credited by the Secretary of State against the ratepayer’s liability in respect of the year or part, the amount (if any) by which the amount referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above exceeds the amount falling to be so credited; 2 The substitution referred to in paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to any non-domestic rate in respect of the chargeable financial year beginning 1st April 1990. Adjustment of instalments 4 1 For paragraph 7(2) of Part II of the Schedule there is substituted the following— 2 The Secretary of State shall on or as soon as practicable after the relevant day— a adjust the instalments (if any) payable on or after the adjustment day (“the remaining instalments”) so that they accord with the amounts mentioned in sub-paragraph (4); and b serve a notice on the ratepayer which is to state— i the amount of the revised estimate mentioned in sub-paragraph (3); and ii the amount of any remaining instalment. . 2 At the end of paragraph 7(6) of Part II of the Schedule there are inserted the words “, or has been paid (or credited) by way of interest under the Non-Domestic Rating (Payment of Interest) Regulations 1990” . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment Michael Portillo Minister of State, Department of the Environment 31st January 1991 David Hunt Secretary of State for Wales 31st January 1991