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HOUSING Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2003 and shall come into force — a in relation to any case where rent is payable at intervals of a whole number of weeks, on 7 th April 2003; and b in relation to any other case, on 1 st April 2003. 2 In this Order — “ the Order ” means the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997 ; “the Scotland Order ” means the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997 . Amendment of the Order 2 1 Schedule 1 to the Order (determinations by rent officers for the purposes of housing benefit) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs. 2 In paragraph 4(3) (local reference rents – exclusion of rent attributable to provision of services) paragraph (c) and the word “and” which immediately precedes it shall be omitted. 3 In paragraph 7 (ineligible charges and support charges) — a in sub-paragraph (1) — i in paragraph (a), head (i) and the word “and” which immediately follows it shall be omitted, and ii paragraph (b) and the word “and” which immediately precedes it shall be omitted; b in sub-paragraph (2), paragraph (b) and the word “and” which immediately precedes it shall be omitted. 4 In paragraph 11(4) (indicative rent levels – exclusion of rent attributable to provision of services) paragraph (c) and the word “and” which immediately precedes it shall be omitted. Amendment of the Scotland Order 3 1 Schedule 1 to the Scotland Order (determinations by rent officers for the purposes of housing benefit) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs. 2 In paragraph 4(3) (local reference rents – exclusion of rent attributable to provision of services) paragraph (c) and the word “and” which immediately precedes it shall be omitted. 3 In paragraph 7 (ineligible charges and support charges) — a in sub-paragraph (1) — i in paragraph (a), head (i) and the word “and” which immediately follows it shall be omitted, and ii paragraph (b) and the word “and” which immediately precedes it shall be omitted; b in sub-paragraph (2), paragraph (b) and the word “and” which immediately precedes it shall be omitted. 4 In paragraph 11(4) indicative rent levels – exclusion of rent attributable to provision of services) paragraph (c) and the word “and” which immediately precedes it shall be omitted. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Malcolm Wicks Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions 3rd March 2003
FOOD, ENGLAND Title, commencement and extent 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES AND ACCOUNTS Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003. Designation 2 The bodies listed in the schedule to this Order are designated in respect of the financial year ending on 31st March 2004 for the purposes of section 10 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000. Nick Ainger Philip Woolas Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 4th March 2003
ECCLESIASTICAL LAW, ENGLAND 1 The amount to be paid to the Churches Conservation Trust (“the Trust”) by the Church Commissioners during the three year period 1 st April 2003 to 31 st March 2006, hereby determined as the funding period for the purposes of Part III of the 1983 Measure, shall not exceed £3,857,142. 2 The maximum amount of the payments which may be made to the Trust under section 52(1)(a) of the 1983 Measure out of the one-third of the net proceeds of sale and premiums shall not exceed £300,000 and such payments shall be applied towards the £3,857,142 referred to in paragraph 1. 3 Subject to paragraph 4 hereof, the balance of the said amount of £3,857,142 shall be paid in such amounts as the Church Commissioners shall determine, either under section 53(1)(c) of the 1983 Measure from any remaining balance of the said one-third of the net proceeds of sale and premiums, or by way of grants made to the Trust by the Church Commissioners under section 44(10) of the 1983 Measure out of their General Fund. 4 A payment on account of the said £3,857,142 shall be made to the Trust only when the Church Commissioners have determined that the payment is an appropriate proportion of a specific sum of money needed by the Trust and are satisfied the balance of that sum will be paid to the Trust out of moneys provided by Parliament. 5 This Order may be cited as The Payments to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1 st April 2003. The COMMON SEAL of the CHURCH COMMISSIONERS was hereunto affixed this 23rd day of January Two thousand and three Howell Harris Hughes Secretary APPROVED by the General Synod of the Church of England the 26th day of February 2003 William Fittall Secretary General
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (Application of Parts 12ZA , 12ZB and 12ZC to Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force, in so far as they apply powers to make regulations, on 10th March 2003, and for all other purposes on 6th April 2003. 2 In these Regulations— “ adoption from overseas ” means the adoption of a child who enters Great Britain from outside the United Kingdom in connection with or for the purposes of adoption which does not involve the placement of the child for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom; “ the Act ” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992. Application of Part 12ZA of the Act to adoptions from overseas 2 Part 12ZA of the Act ... shall apply in relation to adoptions from overseas, with the modifications of sections 171ZB, 171ZE , 171ZEB, 171ZEE and 171ZJ of the Act specified in the second column of Schedule 1. Application of Part 12ZB of the Act to adoptions from overseas 3 Part 12ZB of the Act shall apply in relation to adoptions from overseas, with the modifications of sections 171ZL and 171ZS of the Act specified in the second column of Schedule 2. Application of Part 12ZC of the Act to adoptions from overseas 4 Part 12ZC of the Act shall apply in relation to adoptions from overseas, with the modifications of section 171ZV of the Act specified in the second column of Schedule 3. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Alan Johnson, Minister of State for Employment Relations, Industry and the Regions, Department of Trade and Industry
EDUCATION, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (Additional Functions of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in England) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 25th March 2003. 2 This Order applies in relation to England. Interpretation 2 In this Order– “the Chief Inspector” means Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in England ; “home child care provider” means a person approved in accordance with a Scheme; “information”, in article 3(e), means such information as can, in the circumstances in which it is provided, be regarded as necessary or expedient in the interest of protecting children from potential harm or in assisting the obtaining of suitable home child care; “Scheme” means a scheme made by the Secretary of State under section 12(5) of the Tax Credits Act 2002 . Additional functions of the Chief Inspector 3 The Chief Inspector, if specified by a Scheme, shall have the following functions– a in accordance with the Scheme, to approve persons to be home child care providers and to withdraw or suspend any approval given; b in accordance with the Scheme, to impose upon an approval any condition he thinks necessary or expedient and to vary or remove any such condition; c in accordance with the Scheme, to assess, by such means as he considers appropriate, the suitability or continued suitability of persons to be home child care providers; d to keep the Secretary of State informed about the operation of the Scheme and about the quality and standards of home child care provided by persons approved under the Scheme and to advise the Secretary of State generally, and as required by him, about these and related matters; e to provide to the Secretary of State, to local authorities and to parents information relating to persons who have applied to be, are or have been home child care providers and which has been obtained by the Chief Inspector in the course of carrying out his functions under the Scheme; f to maintain a list of home child care providers; and g to do such other things as are necessary to give full effect to the requirements of the Scheme or which are incidental to the functions referred to in paragraphs (a) to (f). Catherine Ashton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Education and Skills 25th February 2003
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 7 th April 2003. Amendment of regulation 7A of the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 1987 2 In regulation 7A(2)(g) and (5)(b) of the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 1987 (amount of funeral payment) , in each place where the sum “£600” appears there shall be substituted the sum “£700”. Transitional provision 3 Where, in respect of a death which occurs before 7 th April 2003, a claim is made for funeral expenses from the social fund, regulation 2 shall not have effect with respect to that claim. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Malcolm Wicks Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions 27th February 2003
AGGREGATES LEVY 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Aggregates Levy (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and come into force on 1st April 2003. 2 The Descriptions in the Schedule (Industrial and Agricultural Processes) to the Aggregates Levy (General) Regulations 2002 are amended as follows. 3 1 In Code 004, for “Water and air” substitute “Drinking water, air and oil”. 2 In Code 012, for “Production of food and food processing” substitute “Production and processing of food and drink”. 3 In Code 020— a after “Production of” insert “growing media and”; and b after “sports pitches” insert “and other leisure facilities”. 4 In Code 032, for “proppart” substitute “a propping agent”. 5 In Code 039, after “additives to soil” insert “eg agricultural lime”. 6 In Code 044, after “growing media” insert “, including compost, for agricultural and horticultural use only”. M. W. Norgrove Commissioner of Customs and Excise New King’s Beam House, 22 Upper Ground, London SEI 9PJ. 3rd March 2003
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Costs of Inquiries etc.) (Standard Daily Amount) (England) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 31st March 2003. 2 These Regulations apply in England only. Application 2 1 These Regulations apply in relation to any person, other than a person described in paragraph (2) below, appointed by the Secretary of State to hold, or as one of the persons who are to hold, a qualifying inquiry opening on or after the date on which these Regulations come into force. 2 These Regulations do not apply in relation to any person who is appointed to conduct, or is appointed as one of the persons who are to conduct, an examination in public under section 35B(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act ”) and whose remuneration and travelling or subsistence allowances (if any) in respect of that appointment are to be paid as mentioned in section 303A(7) of the 1990 Act. Standard daily amount 3 The standard daily amount prescribed under section 303A(5) of the 1990 Act is £566. Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State Tony McNulty, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 27th February 2003
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Customs (Presentation of Goods for Export) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 26th March 2003. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— “ the Commissioners ” mean the Commissioners of Customs and Excise; “ the Council Regulation ” means the Council Regulation (EEC) 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code ; “ customs declaration ” has the meaning given by Article 4(17) of the Council Regulation; “ electronic communication ” means a communication transmitted (whether from one person to another, from one device to another or from a person to a device or vice versa)— by means of electronic communications network, or by other means but while in an electronic form; “ export ” means the customs procedure for export described in Articles 4(16), 161 and 162 of the Council Regulation; “ official system ” means a system operated by the Commissioners for the acceptance of an electronic communication containing information in connection with the completion of a customs procedure. Presentation of goods for export by documentary means 3 For the purposes of Article 4(19) of the Council Regulation (presentation of goods to Customs), presentation of goods to the Commissioners for export shall be made by delivering to them— a the form prescribed in Schedule 1, or a form to the like effect approved by the Commissioners, containing the information required in relation to those goods by that form; and b a document containing the information required in relation to those goods by Schedule 2. Presentation of goods for export using an electronic communication 4 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the requirements concerning presentation of goods described in regulation 3 may be satisfied by delivery, to an official system by means of an electronic communication, of information concerning the place at which those goods are situated. 2 Information shall be taken to have been delivered to an official system by means of an electronic communication only if it is accepted by the official system to which it is delivered and is in a form intelligible to the Commissioners. Evidence of contents of an electronic communication 5 1 A document certified by the Commissioners to be a printed-out version of any information delivered by means of an electronic communication shall be evidence, unless the contrary is proved, of the authenticity and entirety of the information delivered on that occasion. 2 A document purporting to be a certificate given in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be presumed to be such a certificate unless the contrary is proved. Ray McAfee Commissioner of Customs and Excise New King’s Beam House, 22 Upper Ground, London SE1 9PJ.
IMMIGRATION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Immigration Services Commissioner (Designated Professional Body) (Fee) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 24th March 2003. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; “ Commissioner ” means the Immigration Services Commissioner appointed under section 83(2) of the Act; and “designated professional body” has the same meaning as in section 86(1) of the Act. Fee 3 The fee to be paid to the Commissioner by each designated professional body for the year 1st April 2002 to 31st March 2003 shall be the sum specified in the Schedule to this Order which shall be paid on or before the 31st March 2003. Beverley Hughes Minister of State Home Office 25th February 2003
ANIMALS, ENGLAND Title, extent and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Sheep and Goats Identification and Movement (Interim Measures) (England) (No. 2) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2003; it extends to England only and comes into force on 31st March 2003. Amendment of the Sheep and Goats Identification and Movement (Interim Measures) (England) (No. 2) Order 2002 2 1 The Sheep and Goats Identification and Movement (Interim Measures) (England) (No. 2) Order 2002 shall be amended in accordance with this article. 2 In article 1(2) for “1st April 2003” there shall be substituted “1st August 2003”. 3 In article 4(2)(c)(iv) the word “number” shall be added before the word “together”. 4 In article 5(2)(c)(iv) the word “number” shall be added before the word “together”. 5 In article 12(2)(a)(iv) the word “number” shall be added before the word “together”. Whitty Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 4th March 2003
IMMIGRATION 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration Appeals (Family Visitor) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003. 2 1 For the purposes of section 90(1) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, a “member of the applicant’s family” is any of the following persons— a the applicant’s spouse, father, mother, son, daughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece or first cousin; b the father, mother, brother or sister of the applicant’s spouse; c the spouse of the applicant’s son or daughter; d the applicant’s stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother or stepsister; or e a person with whom the applicant has lived as a member of an unmarried couple for at least two of the three years before the day on which his application for entry clearance was made. 2 In these Regulations, “first cousin” means, in relation to a person, the son or daughter of his uncle or aunt. Home Office Beverley Hughes Minister of State 5th March 2003
PUBLIC RECORDS, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Records (Designation of Bodies) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003. Amendments to Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 2 In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 (definition of public records), in Part II of the Table at the end of paragraph 3, at the appropriate alphabetical place insert— “British Council.” “Disability Rights Commission.” “The Simpler Trade Procedures Board.”. A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
AGGREGATES LEVY 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Aggregates Levy (Registration and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and come into force on 1st April 2003. 2 The Aggregates Levy (Registration and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2001 are amended as follows. 3 For regulation 3, substitute— 3 1 Where the only taxable activities that a person carries out or intends to carry out are relevant taxable activities, that person shall be exempt from the requirement of registration and all consequent obligations and liabilities. 2 For the purposes of this regulation, a “relevant taxable activity” is the commercial exploitation of aggregate which is exempt under section 17(3)(b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) or section 17(4)(a), (c), (d), (e) or (f) of the Act. 3 Where at least one of the relevant taxable activities which such a person carries out is the commercial exploitation of aggregate which is exempt under section 17(3)(e) or (f) or section 17(4)(a) of the Act or clay (exempt under section 17(4)(f) of the Act), that person shall notify the Commissioners (notification under paragraph 1A of Schedule 4 to the Act) of this fact in writing in such a manner and providing such information as may be directed by the Commissioners or stipulated by them in a published notice. 4 A person who has notified the Commissioners under paragraph (3) above shall also notify them of any change in circumstance in writing in such a manner and providing such information as may be directed by the Commissioners or stipulated by them in a published notice. 5 In this regulation— “aggregate” has the meaning given in section 17(1) of the Act; “commercial exploitation” has the meaning given in section 19 of the Act; “published notice” refers to a notice published by the Commissioners and not withdrawn or replaced by a further notice. . M. W. Norgrove Commissioner of Customs and Excise New King’s Beam House, 22 Upper Ground, London SE1 9PJ 3rd March 2003
EXTRADITION 1 This Order may be cited as the European Convention on Extradition (Fiscal Offences) (Amendment) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003. 2 1 The European Convention on Extradition (Fiscal Offences) Order 2001 is amended as follows. 2 In Schedule 3 (which names the States parties to the Protocol which have accepted Chapter II), at the appropriate point in alphabetical order, insert the following entries— “Azerbaijan” “Moldova”. 3 In Schedule 4 (which sets out the reservations and declarations made by States parties to the Protocol which have accepted Chapter II), at the appropriate point in alphabetical order insert— AZERBAIJAN The Republic of Azerbaijan declares that it is unable to guarantee the application of the provisions of the Convention and its Additional Protocols in the territories occupied by the Republic of Armenia until these territories are liberated from that occupation. . A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council
PENSIONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment Order 2003 and shall come into force on 7th April 2003. 2 In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983 and, except where the context otherwise requires, a reference to a numbered article, Part, Table or Schedule is to the article, Part, Table or Schedule in the principal Order which bears that number. Amendments to the principal Order and application 2 The amendments to the principal Order contained in Schedule 1 to this Order shall have effect. A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council