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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations”means the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1989 . Amendment of regulation 20 of the principal Regulations 2 In regulation 20 of the principal Regulations (redemption value of voucher for replacement or repair)— a in paragraph (1)(b), for “£38.60” there is substituted “£39.00”; and b in paragraph (3), for “£9.90” there is substituted “£10.00”. Amendment of Schedules to the principal Regulations 3 1 In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (voucher letter codes and face values — supply and replacement) , in column 3 (face value of voucher), for each amount specified in column 1 of the table below there is substituted the amount specified in relation to it in column 2 of that table. TABLE Column 1 Column 2 Old Amount New Amount £26.40 £26.70 £40.10 £40.50 £54.70 £55.20 £107.30 £108.40 £45.50 £46.00 £57.90 £58.50 £69.80 £70.50 £118.00 (in both places where it appears) £119.20 £38.60 £39.00 2 In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances)— a in paragraph 1(1)(a) (prism— single vision lens), for “£5.10”there is substituted “£5.20”; b in paragraph 1(1)(b) (prism— other lens), for “£6.30” there is substituted “£6.40”; c in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens), for “£2.60” there is substituted “£2.70”; d in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens), for “£3.10” there is substituted “£3.20”; e in paragraph 1(1)(e) (small glasses)— i in sub-head (i), for “£43.50” there is substituted “£43.90”, ii in sub-head (ii), for “£38.60” there is substituted “£39.00”, and iii in sub-head (iii), for “£20.90” there is substituted “£21.10”; f in paragraph 1(1)(f) (photochromic lenses), for “£2.60” there is substituted “£2.70” and for “£3.10” there is substituted “£3.20”; g in paragraph 1(1)(g) (specially manufactured frames), for “£43.50” there is substituted “£43.90”; h in paragraph 2(a) (minimum complex appliance payment— single vision lenses), for “£4.30” there is substituted “£4.40”; and i in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment— other lenses), for “£23.40” there is substituted “£23.60”. 3 For Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (voucher values — repair) , there is substituted the Schedule 3 set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Application of these Regulations 4 The amendments made by these Regulations apply only in relation to a voucher— a accepted or used pursuant to regulation 12 or regulation 18 of the principal Regulations on or after 1st April 1996; or b provided to a Health Authority pursuant to regulation 14(2)(c) of the principal Regulations in respect of cost incurred on or after that date. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Gerald Mallone Minister of State Department of Health 5th March 1996
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Amendment Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 1989 . Nurse prescribing 2 In regulation 2(1A) of the principal Regulations (which describes nurse prescribers who may issue prescription forms), in each of sub-paragraphs (a)(iii) and (b)(ii), for the words from “a fund-holding practice” to “effect” substitute “a doctor whose name is included in a medical list”. Amendment of amounts specified in the principal Regulations 3 For each amount specified in column (3) of the Schedule to these Regulations, where it appears in the provision of the principal Regulations specified in relation to it in column (1) (the subject matter of which is indicated in column (2)), there shall be substituted the amount specified in relation to it in column (4). Transitional provisions 4 Where, on or after 1st April 1996— a any appliance specified in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations is supplied pursuant to an order given before that date; or b any pre-payment certificate is granted under regulation 8 of the principal Regulations pursuant to an application under that regulation which was received before that date, the principal Regulations shall have effect in relation to that supply or, as the case may be, that grant as if regulation 3 of these Regulations had not come into force. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health. Gerald Malone Minister of State, Department of Health 5th March 1996
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as the A1 Trunk Road (Islington) (Bus Lanes) Red Route Experimental Order 1996, and shall come into force on 15th March 1996. 2 The A1 Trunk Road (Islington) Red Route (Bus Lanes) Traffic 1993 as amended by the A1 Trunk Road (Islington) (Bus Lanes) Red Route Traffic Order 1993 Variation Order 1994 shall have effect as if:— a in article 2, after definition of “Schedule”, there were inserted the following definition— “vehicle” includes part of a vehicle b in article 5, for the words “enter or to proceed” there were substituted the word “be”; and, c in article 8, after paragraph (3) there were inserted the following paragraph— 4 Nothing in article 5 shall apply so as to prevent a vehicle being in the bus lane so long as may be necessary— i to enable a person to board or alight from the vehicle; or ii to enable goods to be loaded onto or be unloaded from the vehicle; if and in so far as the activity is not prohibited by provisions other than the provision of this order. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State for Transport. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 28th February 1996
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as the A1 Trunk Road (Haringey) (Bus Lanes) Red Route Experimental Order 1996, and shall come into force on 15th March 1996. 2 The A1 Trunk Road (Haringey) Red Route (Bus Lanes) Traffic1993 as amended by the A1 Trunk Road (Haringey) (Bus Lanes) Red Route Traffic Order 1993 Variation Order 1994 shall have effect as if:— a in article 2, after definition of “Schedule”, there were inserted the following definition— “vehicle” includes part of a vehicle b in article 5, for the words “enter or to proceed” there were substituted the word “be”; and, c in article 8, after paragraph (3) there were inserted the following paragraph— 4 Nothing in article 5 shall apply so as to prevent a vehicle being in the bus lane so long as may be necessary— i to enable a person to board or alight from the vehicle; or ii to enable goods to be loaded onto or be unloaded from the vehicle; if and in so far as the activity is not prohibited by provisions other than the provision of this order. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State for Transport. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 28th February 1996
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Chichester Priority Care Services National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 28th March 1996. 2 In this Order— “the Authority” means the West Sussex Health Authority; “the Trust” means the Chichester Priority Care Services National Health Service Trust; “the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by and agreed upon by the Authority and the Trust on 21st December 1995, which schedule has been signed on behalf of both the Authority and the Trust. Transfer of trust property 2 On 28th March 1996 the trust property shall be transferred from the Authority to the Trust. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health John Horam Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 5th March 1996
INJURIES IN WAR COMPENSATION 1 1 This Scheme may be cited as the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation (Amendment) Scheme 1996. 2 The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1995 and this Scheme may be cited together as the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1996. 2 In paragraph (3) of the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Scheme 1914 , for “£101.10”, wherever it appears, there shall be substituted “£105”. 3 This Scheme shall have effect as from 8th April 1996, so, however, that no payment shall be made under it in respect of any period before that date. James Arbuthnot Richard Mottram Members of the Defence Council We consent, Michael Bates Liam Fox Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 1st March 1996
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT 1 This Order may be cited as the Financial Assistance for Industry (Increase of Limit) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the day after it is made. 2 The limit of £1,900 million specified in section 8(5) of the Industrial Development Act 1982 shall be increased by the sum of £200 million. Phillip Oppenheim, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Company Affairs Department of Trade and Industry 25th February 1996 We consent to the making of this Order, Simon Burns, Liam Fox, Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 28th February 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Changes for England (Finance) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Amendment of Finance Regulations 2 In regulation 54A of the Local Government Changes for England (Finance) Regulations 1994 (subsidy, contributions and financial assistance) — a for paragraph (2)(a) substitute— a section 63 of the Rent Act 1977 (rent officer schemes) ; ab section 429 of the Housing Act 1985 (the improvement for sale scheme) ; and b at the end add— 4 In this regulation “designated authority” includes an authority designated by a scheme made under section 63 of the Rent Act 1977 where the scheme takes effect on the reorganisation date. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 1st March 1996
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC. Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces (Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— “the principal Regulations ” means the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 1993 . “the 1965 Act ” means the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 3 At the end of regulation 5(c) of the principal Regulations the full stop shall be deleted and there shall be inserted the following:— ; or d the Registrar General has— i received a notice concerning a death from a procurator-fiscal under section 28(1)(b) of the 1965 Act and has thereupon caused to be made such entry in the Register of Corrections Etc., as he thinks proper; ii notified the person named as the informant in the relevant entry in the register of deaths, in writing, of the matters referred to in paragraph (d)(i) above; iii received within one month of the date of receipt of such notification a request in writing from that person for an extract of the relevant entry in the register of deaths showing the annotation set out in the relative insertion in the Register of Corrections Etc. 4 In the entry numbered 11 in column 2 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (general search in both the parochial registers and in the indexes to the statutory registers), there shall be substituted, for the words “(a) In a case” in that column to the end of that entry, (including the corresponding entries in columns 3 and 4 of that Schedule), the following entries :— a in a case where payment is made not less than 14 days in advance and a place is occupied in the limited amount of general search accommodation made available for reservation at this fee— per day or part thereof 12.00 13.00 b in any other case— per afternoon or part thereof (being any time after 1300 hours) 9.00 10.00 per day 16.00 17.00 per week 60.00 65.00 per four weeks 200.00 220.00 per quarter 455.00 500.00 per year 1,350.00 1,350.00 . 5 In the entry numbered 12 in column 2 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (Recording of name, or change of name or surname, or alternative name) there shall be substituted, for the words “Recording of name” in that column to the end of that entry (including the corresponding entries in columns 3 and 4 of that Schedule), the following entries Recording of name, or change of name or surname, or alternative name 30.00 34.00 . Revocation 6 Regulation 4 of the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces (Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995 is hereby revoked. James Meldrum Registrar General New Register House, Edinburgh 1st March 1996 Approved by the Secretary of State James Douglas Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 5th March 1996
RATING AND VALUATION Citation and commencement 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 27th March 1996. 2 These Regulations apply in relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 1996. Recalculation of provisional amounts 2 At the end of paragraph (2) of regulation 6 of the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (England) Regulations 1992 there shall be inserted the following: e that where in any period of 3 months commencing on 1st April, 1st July, 1st October or 1st January the authority has given a notification under paragraph (c) above of an amount calculated, the authority has not previously in that period given such a notice in respect of which the Secretary of State has informed the authority of his belief under paragraph (d) above in relation to the amount calculated. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 5th March 1996
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and interpretation 1 This Order may be cited as the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1995 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1996. Appointed day 2 1st April 1996 is the day appointed for the coming into force of all the provisions of the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1995 so far as they are not already in force. Stephen Dorrell Secretary of State for Health 4th March 1996
PUBLIC RECORDS 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Public Record Office (Fees) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 1 Subject to paragraph (3), the fees to be charged for the authentication of copies of or extracts from records under the charge of the Keeper of Public Records and for other services afforded by officers of the Public Record Office shall be those set out in column A of the Schedule in place of those set out in column B. 2 In the Schedule, where a charge is made by reference to an hour, the full hourly charge shall be payable in respect of part of an hour. 3 The Keeper of Public Records may remit a fee where the service performed or to be performed by him has been or is likely to be exceptionally simple. 3 The Public Record Office (Fees) Regulations 1995 are hereby revoked. Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 1st March 1996 We concur Simon Burns Derek Conway Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 5th March 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Changes for Scotland (Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994; “the Administration Act ” means the Social Security Administration Act 1992 ; “the 1987 Regulations ” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 ; “the 1992 Regulations ” means the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 ; “new authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Act; and “old authority” means a regional or district council. Termination of benefit periods 2 1 Without prejudice to any right or power of an authority under the 1987 or 1992 Regulations, but subject to paragraphs (2) to (4) below, in any case where an old authority had made an award of benefit under either of those Regulations, the new authority for the area in which the dwelling lies and in respect of which the liability to pay that led to that award arose, may determine that the benefit period for any such award shall be brought to an end on such date as that new authority may determine. 2 Any determination to end a benefit period under paragraph (1) above— a shall be made within the period of twelve months beginning with 1st April 1996; b shall be of no effect unless— i that determination has been notified to the claimant as though that determination were a determination made under the 1987 or 1992 Regulations, as the case may be; and ii the new authority has invited the person whose benefit period has been brought to an end to make a claim for a further award of housing benefit or council tax benefit, as the case may be. 3 Any claim received within 4 weeks of the end of the benefit period terminated under paragraph (1) above, following an invitation issued in accordance with paragraph (2)(b)(ii) above, shall have effect as if made on the date following the day on which that benefit period ended. 4 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 63(3) of the Administration Act, there shall be no review or further review under regulation 79 or 81 of the 1987 Regulations or regulation 69 or 70 of the 1992 Regulations (reviews and further reviews of determinations) of any determination made under this article. 5 Expressions used in this article and in the 1987 Regulations or, where the matter relates to council tax benefit, the 1992 Regulations shall have the same meaning in this article as they have in those Regulations. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Roger Evans Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 4th March 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Changes for England (Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) Amendment Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Amendment of the 1995 Regulations 2 1 The Local Government Changes for England (Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) Regulations 1995 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 there shall be inserted, after the definition of “abolished authority”, a new definition— “designated authority”means— in a case where there are two or more successor authorities in relation to an abolished authority which are principal councils, the successor authority which is specified in a section 17 Order as the designated authority in relation to regulation 6(8) and Part III of the Local Government Changes for England (Property Transfer and Transitional Payments) Regulations 1995 ; and in the case of the relinquishing authority and the acquiring authority in relation to a transferred area, the relinquishing authority; . 3 In regulation 3, at the beginning, there shall be inserted the words “Subject to regulation 5 below,”. 4 After regulation 4 there shall be added a new regulation 5 — Designation of authorities for subsidy purposes 5 In relation to any benefit granted or allowed before the reorganisation date, for the purposes of— a payment of any subsidy under section 135 (housing benefit finance) or 140 (council tax benefit subsidy) of the Administration Act ; b any claims or other matters associated with such subsidy under sections 137 and 140(7) (claims etc. ) of that Act; and c any Regulations or Orders made under those sections, in any case where there is a designated authority that authority shall be deemed to be the authority referred to in those sections or in any Regulations or Orders made thereunder. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Roger Evans Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 4th March 1996
COMPANIES 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Companies (Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 In these Regulations— “the 1985 Act ” means the Companies Act 1985; and “the 1990 Regulations ” means the Companies (Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 . 2 With effect from 1st April 1996, form 225 in the Schedule to these Regulations, with such variations as circumstances require, is the form prescribed for the purposes of section 225 of the 1985 Act, including that section as applied by section 701 of the 1985 Act. 3 1 With effect from 1st April 1996, forms 225(1), 225(2), 701b and 701c in Schedule 2 to the 1990 Regulations are revoked, save that those forms may be used until 1st April 1997 for those purposes of section 225 of the 1985 Act (including that section as applied by section 701) which correspond to the purposes for which the forms were originally prescribed. 2 With effect from 1st January 1997, forms 224 and 701a in Schedule 2 to the 1990 Regulations are revoked. Wendy E. M. Alexander A Grade 5 Officer in the Department of Trade and Industry 5th March 1996
BROADS AUTHORITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads (Extension of Byelaws) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 31st March 1996. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988. Byelaws 2 1 The byelaws listed in the Schedule hereto shall continue to have effect in relation to the navigation area until 31st March 1998 and may be amended or revoked by byelaws made by the Broads Authority under section 10 of the Act. 2 Any reference in the byelaws continued by this article to the authority or body by whom the byelaws were made, or to an officer or the offices of such authority or body shall be construed as a reference to the Broads Authority, the navigation officer appointed by the Broads Authority under section 10(7) of the Act for the area in question, or the offices of the Broads Authority, as the case may require. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Goschen Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of Transport 4th March 1996
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (Inner London Education Authority) (Property Transfer) (Modification) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 29th March 1996. 2 In this Order a reference to “the principal Order” is a reference to the Education (Inner London Education Authority) (Property Transfer) Order 1990 . Modification of the principal Order 2 Condition A in article 2(2) of the principal Order shall apply in relation to the land known as “Divisional Office 2, 3–4 Picton Place, W1N 9HE” (transferred to the Council of the London Borough of Westminster by article 4 of, and Schedule 13 to, the principal Order) with the addition after the word “functions” of the words “or the provision of services in accordance with arrangements made with the Secretary of State under section 10 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 (careers services) or both”. Cheryl Gillan Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 5th March 1996