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LAND DRAINAGE, ENGLAND Title, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Severn-Trent Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 2006 and comes into force on 1st April 2006. 2 In this Order, “the committee” means the regional flood defence committee established by section 14 of the Environment Act 1995 and known as the Severn-Trent Regional Flood Defence Committee, for which the councils for the counties and metropolitan districts specified in the Schedule to this Order are the constituent councils. Number of members of the committee to be appointed by each constituent council 2 1 The number of members to be appointed to the committee by the council or councils of any county or metropolitan district specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order is the number specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of that Schedule. 2 Where more than one county or metropolitan district is specified in any entry in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order, any appointment made to the committee in relation to that entry by the councils for the counties and metropolitan districts specified in that entry must be made jointly. Revocation 3 The Severn-Trent Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1998 is revoked. Elliot Morley Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 16 March 2006
SECURITY INDUSTRY, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Designated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 20th March 2006. 2 This Order extends to England and Wales. Amendment of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Designated Activities) Order 2006 2 1 The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Designated Activities) Order 2006 is amended as follows. 2 For article 2(2)(a) there is substituted— a those set out in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 2001 Act (manned guarding) except in the cases specified in paragraph (3); 3 After article 2(2) insert— 3 The cases specified for the purposes of this paragraph are— a where the activities are carried out by any person pursuant to an arrangement made by the Secretary of State under section 80 of the 1991 Act (arrangements for the provision of prisoner escorts) or section 12 of, and Schedule 1 to, the 1994 Act (escort arrangements: England and Wales) ; b where the activities are carried out by any person pursuant to a contract entered into by the Secretary of State under section 84 (contracting out prisons etc. ) or 88A (contracted out functions at directly managed prisons) of the 1991 Act or section 7 (contracting out of secure training centres) or 11 (contracted out functions at directly managed secure training centres) of the 1994 Act; c where the activities are carried out by a detainee custody officer who is certified under section 154(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (detainee custody officers) as authorised to perform those activities, or a prison custody officer exercising functions in accordance with section 154(5) of that Act or as a result of a contract entered into under section 150(1)(b) of that Act, and the activities are carried out in accordance with Part 8 of that Act (removal centres and detained persons) and Schedules 11 (detainee custody officers) and 13 (escort arrangements) to that Act ; and d a person who is designated by a chief officer of police under section 39(2) of the Police Reform Act 2002 (police powers for contracted-out staff) as a detention officer or escort officer or both and the activities are carried out pursuant to and in accordance with that designation. 4 For the purposes of paragraph (3)— “the 1991 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 1991 ; “the 1994 Act” means the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 . Paul Goggins Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 17th March 2006
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Amendment Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 10th April 2006. Amendment of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982 2 1 Regulation 2 of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982 (persons deemed incapable of work) shall be amended as follows. 2 For paragraph (1)(b) substitute— b he is— i excluded or abstains from work, or from work of such a kind, pursuant to a request or notice in writing lawfully made under an enactment; or ii otherwise prevented from working pursuant to an enactment, by reason of his being a carrier, or having been in contact with a case, of a relevant disease. . 3 After paragraph (2) add— 3 For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b)— “enactment” includes an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under— an Act; or an Act of the Scottish Parliament; and “relevant disease” means— in England and Wales, any disease, food poisoning, infection, infectious disease or notifiable disease— to which section 20(1) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (stopping of work to prevent spread of disease) applies; or to which— regulation 3 (public health enactments applied to certain diseases) of, and Schedule 1 to, regulation 9(1) (provisions for preventing the spread of typhus and relapsing fever) of, and Schedule 3 to, or regulation 9(2) (provisions for preventing the spread of food poisoning and food borne infections) of, and Schedule 4 to, the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1988 applies; or to which regulations 8 and 9 (examination, etc. of persons on aircraft and powers in respect of persons leaving aircraft) of the Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations 1979 applies; or to which regulations 9 and 10 (examination, etc. of persons on ships and powers in respect of certain persons on ships) of the Public Health (Ships) Regulations 1979 applies; and in Scotland, any food poisoning or infectious disease— to which section 71(1) of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (compensation for stopping employment to prevent spread of disease in Scotland) applies; to which— regulations 8 and 9 (examination, etc. of persons on aircraft and powers in respect of persons leaving aircraft) of the Public Health (Aircraft)(Scotland) Regulations 1971 ; or regulations 9 and 10 (examination, etc. of persons on ships and powers in respect of certain persons on ships) of the Public Health (Ships)(Scotland) Regulations 1971 , applies. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Margaret Hodge Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions 15th March 2006
PENSIONS Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Pensions Increase (Armed Forces Pension Schemes and Conservation Board) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 7th April 2006. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— “the 1971 Act ” means the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971; “conservation board” means a board established under section 86 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 . Pensions to which the 1971 Act will apply 3 1 The 1971 Act shall have effect in relation to— a any pension payable under the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 2005 (being a scheme made under section 1(1) of the Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004 ); and b any pension payable under the Reserve Forces Pension Scheme 2005 (being a scheme made under sections 4 and 8 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 ); as if it were a pension specified in Part I of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act. 2 The 1971 Act shall have effect in relation to any pension payable by a conservation board under a scheme made under section 7 of the Superannuation Act 1972 (being the enabling power under which pension schemes are made for persons employed in local government service) as if it were a pension specified in Part II of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act. Tom Watson Vernon Coaker Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 16th March 2006
EDUCATION, ENGLAND Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Archbishop Courtenay Primary School (Designation as having a Religious Character) Order 2006. Designation of School 2 1 The Archbishop Courtenay Primary School, College Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6YH, a voluntary aided school, is hereby designated as a school having a religious character. 2 The religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets religious education is, or may be, required to be provided at the school in accordance with Schedule 19 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 is Church of England. Shan Scott A Divisional Manager in the Department for Education and Skills 15th March 2006
EDUCATION, ENGLAND Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Unity College (Designation as having a Religious Character) Order 2006. Designation of School 2 1 The Unity College, Trinity Avenue, Northampton, NN2 6JW , a voluntary aided school, is hereby designated as a school having a religious character. 2 The religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets religious education is, or may be, required to be provided at the school in accordance with Schedule 19 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 is Church of England. Shan Scott A Divisional Manager in the Department for Education and Skills 15th March 2006
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) (Establishment) Amendment Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1 st April 2006. 2 In this Order— a “the Establishment Order ” means the Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 ; b “ the trust ” means the National Health Service Trust established by the Establishment Order. Change of name of trust and transitional provision 2 1 The trust shall be called the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership National Health Service Trust instead of the Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare National Health Service Trust, and accordingly in article 1(2) of the Establishment Order in the definition of “the trust”, and in article 2 of the Establishment Order, for “Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare” there shall be substituted “Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership”. 2 The change of name effected by paragraph (1) shall not— a affect any right or obligation of any person; or b be taken as invalidating any instrument (whether made before or on or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the trust by its previous name, and all instruments and other documents which refer to the trust under its previous name shall be construed as referring to it under its new name. Amendment of the Establishment Order 3 1 Article 3 of the Establishment Order (nature and functions of the trust) shall be replaced by the following— 3 1 The trust is established for the purpose specified in section 5(1) of the Act. 2 The trust’s functions shall be to provide goods and services, namely hospital accommodation and services, and community health services, for the purposes of the health service. . 2 Article 8 of the Establishment Order shall be deleted. 3 The Schedule to the Establishment Order shall be deleted. Amendment of the directors of the trust 4 In Article 4 of the Establishment Order (directors of the trust)— a “5 non- executive directors” shall be replaced by “6 non-executive directors”; and b “5 executive directors” shall be replaced by “6 executive directors”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Caroline Flint Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 14th March 2006
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Buckinghamshire Mental Health National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st April 2006. Dissolution of NHS trust 2 The Buckinghamshire Mental Health National Health Service Trust established by The Buckinghamshire Mental Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2001 is dissolved, and accordingly that Order is revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Caroline Flint Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 14th March 2006
PETROLEUM Citation and Commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Seaward and Landward Areas) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 13th April 2006. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations ” means the Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Seaward and Landward Areas) Regulations 2004 . Amendment of the Principal Regulations 3 1 The Principal Regulations shall be amended as follows. 2 In— a paragraph 16(6) of Schedule 2; b paragraph 17(6) of Schedule 3; c paragraph 15(6) of Schedule 4; and d paragraph 15(6) of Schedule 6, for “Subject to paragraph (7)”, substitute “Subject to paragraphs (7) and (7A)”. 3 After— a paragraph 16(7) of Schedule 2; b paragraph 17(7) of Schedule 3; c paragraph 15(7) of Schedule 4; and d paragraph 15(7) of Schedule 6, insert the following— 7A Where the Minister revokes this licence, any Well drilled by the Licensee pursuant to this licence shall— a be plugged and sealed in accordance with paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (5) of this clause, as soon as reasonably practicable; or b if the Minister so directs at the time of revocation, be left in good order and fit for further working together with all casings and any Well head fixtures the removal whereof would cause damage to such Wells. . 4 For— a paragraph 16(9) of Schedule 2; b paragraph 17(9) of Schedule 3; c paragraph 15(9) of Schedule 4; and d paragraph 15(9) of Schedule 6, substitute the following— 9 All casings and fixtures forming part of a Well and left in position at the expiry or determination (whether by revocation or otherwise) of the Licensee’s rights in respect of the area or part thereof in which that Well is drilled, or at the completion of any works required of the Licensee under paragraph (7A) of this clause (whichever is the later), shall be the property of the Minister. . 5 At the beginning of— a paragraphs 20(2)(c), (d) and (e) of Schedule 1; b paragraphs 38(2)(c), (d) and (e) of Schedule 2; c paragraphs 39(2)(c), (d) and (e) of Schedule 3; d paragraphs 37(2)(c), (d) and (e) of Schedule 4; and e paragraphs 36(2)(c), (d) and (e) of Schedule 6, insert the words “in Great Britain,”. 6 In— a paragraph 20(2)(c) of Schedule 1; b paragraph 38(2)(c) of Schedule 2; c paragraph 39(2)(c) of Schedule 3; d paragraph 37(2)(c) of Schedule 4; and e paragraph 36(2)(c) of Schedule 6, after the word “bankruptcy”, insert the words “or sequestration”. 7 After— a paragraph 20(2)(e) of Schedule 1; b paragraph 38(2)(e) of Schedule 2; c paragraph 39(2)(e) of Schedule 3; d paragraph 37(2)(e) of Schedule 4; and e paragraph 36(2)(e) of Schedule 6, insert the following— ee in a jurisdiction other than Great Britain, the commencement of any procedure or the making of any arrangement or appointment substantially corresponding to any of those mentioned in sub-paragraphs (c) to (e) of this paragraph; . Malcolm Wicks Minister of State for Energy Department of Trade and Industry 15th March 2006
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENGLAND Title, commencement and application 1 This Order— a may be cited as the Statutory Nuisances (Artificial Lighting) (Designation of Relevant Sports) (England) Order 2006; b comes into force on 6th April 2006; c applies in England only. Designation of a “relevant sport” 2 A sport appearing in the list of sports set out in the Schedule to this Order is designated as a “relevant sport” for the purposes of section 80(8A) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 . Ben Bradshaw Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Date 10th March 2006
INCOME TAX Citation, commencement and effect 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income Tax (Pay As You Earn, etc.), (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 6th April 2006 subject to the following paragraph. 2 Regulation 6 has effect for the tax year 2007-08 and subsequent tax years. Amendment of the Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 2 The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 are amended as follows. 3 In regulation 70 (quarterly tax periods)— a in paragraph (2) for the formula “(P + N + L + S)−(C + SP + CD )” substitute “(P + N + L + S)−(SP + CD)”; b in paragraph (3)— i in the description of “P” omit “disregarding any WTC adjustment”; ii in the description of “S” omit “, disregarding any WTC adjustment”; iii in the descriptions of “N” and “L” omit paragraph “(b)” and the word “and” immediately preceding it; and iv omit the description of “C”; and c in paragraph (4) omit the definitions of “WTC adjustment” and “WTC Regulations”. 4 In regulation 191(3)(a) (large and medium sized employers) omit “, or by regulation 6(6) of the Working Tax Credit (Payment by Employers) Regulations 2002,”. 5 In regulation 203(4)(b) (default surcharge) omit paragraph (i). Amendment of the Income Tax (Incentive Payments for Voluntary Electronic Communication of PAYE Returns) Regulations 2003 6 1 The Income Tax (Incentive Payments for Voluntary Electronic Communication of PAYE Returns) Regulations 2003 are amended as follows. 2 In regulation 1(3)(a) (person treated as paying PAYE income)— a for “ PAYE Regulations ,” substitute “PAYE Regulations or by”; and b omit “, or by regulation 6(6) of the Working Tax Credit (Payment by Employers) Regulations 2002”. David Varney Mike Eland Two of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs 15th March 2006
DOGS, ENGLAND Title, commencement and application 1 This Order— a may be cited as the Controls on Dogs (Non-application to Designated Land) Order 2006; b comes into force on 6th April 2006; c applies in England only. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005; “land” means any land which is open to the air and to which the public are entitled or permitted to have access (with or without payment), and any land which is covered is to be treated as “open to the air” if it is open on at least one side; “road” means any length of highway or of any other road to which the public have access, and includes bridges over which a road passes. Land to which Chapter 1 of Part 6 of the Act does not apply 3 Any land that falls within a description in the first column of the table in the Schedule is designated as land to which Chapter 1 (controls on dogs) of Part 6 of the Act does not apply, for the purposes specified in relation to the particular description in the second column of that table. Ben Bradshaw Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Date 10th March 2006
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as Great Western Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Avon Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust, the Gloucestershire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust and the Wiltshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1 st April 2006. 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990; “community health services” means any services which the Secretary of State may provide under section 3(1)(d) or (e) of, or Schedule 1 to, the National Health Service Act 1977 and any service which she has a duty to provide under section 5(1) of that Act ; “dissolution date” means the date this Order comes into force; “operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act; and “the trust” means Great Western Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order. Establishment and name of the trust 2 There is established a National Health Service trust which shall be called Great Western Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust. Nature and functions of the trust 3 1 The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the Act. 2 The trust’s functions shall be to provide goods and services for the purposes of the health service and, in particular, to provide and manage— a ambulance and associated transport services; and b such other services, including community health services, as can reasonably be carried out in conjunction with the provision and management of ambulance and associated transport services. Directors of the trust 4 The trust shall have, in addition to the chairman, 5 executive directors and 5 non-executive directors. Operational date and accounting date of the trust 5 1 The operational date of the trust shall be 1 st April 2006. 2 The accounting date of the trust shall be 31 st March. Dissolution of NHS trusts 6 On the dissolution date— a the Avon Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust, which was established by the Avon Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991 ; b the Gloucestershire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust, which was established by the Gloucestershire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991 ; and c the Wiltshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust, which was established by the Wiltshire Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992 , are dissolved, and accordingly their Establishment Orders are revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Caroline Flint Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 14th March 2006
STAMP DUTY LAND TAX Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Stamp Duty Land Tax (Administration) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 17th April 2006. Amendment of the Stamp Duty Land Tax (Administration) Regulations 2003 2 1 The Stamp Duty Land Tax (Administration) Regulations 2003 (“the principal Regulations”) are amended as follows. 2 For Schedule 1 (which sets out the form of a self-certificate in respect of a land transaction) substitute the form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Transitional provision 3 In relation to forms delivered before 16 th April 2007, the requirement to deliver a self certificate in the form prescribed by Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations containing the information required by that form, is satisfied by delivering a certificate— a on the form prescribed in the Schedule to these Regulations containing the information required by that form, or b on the form formerly prescribed by Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations containing the information required by that form. David Varney Mike Eland Two of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs 15th March 2006
LAND DRAINAGE, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Witham Third District Internal Drainage District (Alteration of Boundaries) Order 2006 and shall, if confirmed by the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 3 to the Land Drainage Act 1991, come into force in accordance with that paragraph. Confirmation of the Scheme with modifications 2 1 The Scheme as submitted by the Environment Agency (the provisions of which appear in Schedule 1 to this Order) is confirmed, subject to the following modifications— a in paragraph 2, in the definition of “the Witham Third District Internal Drainage District”, insert “internal” before “drainage”, insert “the Scheme confirmed by” after “constituted by” and for “amended” substitute “altered”. 2 Schedule 2 sets out the Scheme as it has effect by virtue of paragraph (1) on its coming into force. Secretary of State’s expenses 3 The expenses of the Secretary of State in connection with the making and confirmation of this Order shall be borne by the Environment Agency. Sarah Nason A Senior Civil Servant for and on behalf of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 18th January 2006