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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Scottish Parliament (Regional Returning Officers) (Scotland) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 8th February 1999. 2 In this Order– “local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ; and “local government area” means the area of a local authority. Regional returning officers 2 For the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998, the person designated as the regional returning officer for a region specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order shall be the person who, under section 41 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 , is the returning officer at elections of councillors for the local authority for the local government area specified in the corresponding entry in the second column of that Schedule. Henry McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 4th February 1999
CIVIL AVIATION 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Aviation (Canadian Navigation Services) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st March 1999. 2 The Civil Aviation (Canadian Navigation Services) Regulations 1998 , shall be amended as follows– in regulation 4(1)(d) for the sum of $0.03263 Canadian there shall be substituted the sum $0.03506 Canadian. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Glenda Jackson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 2nd February 1999 We consent to the making of these Regulations Jim Dowd Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 8th February 1999
FEES AND CHARGES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the European Economic Interest Grouping (Fees) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st March 1999. 2 In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires– “ the Act ” means the Companies Act 1985 ; “the EC Regulation ” means Council Regulation ( EEC ) No. 2137/85 of 25th July 1985 on the European Economic Interest Grouping ; “ EEIG ” means a European Economic Interest Grouping formed in pursuance of article 1 of the EC Regulation; “the principal Regulations ” means the European Economic Interest Grouping Regulations 1989 ; “the relevant Community obligations” means the Community obligations of the United Kingdom under article 39 of the EC Regulation; “the registrar of companies” has the meaning specified in section 744 of the Act ; and “basic set of microfiche copies” means a set of copies of the records relating to one EEIG kept by the registrar of companies in the form of microfiche copies. 3 The fees payable in connection with the services and facilities provided by the Department of Trade and Industry in pursuance of the relevant Community obligations relating to the matters set out in the first column of the Schedule to these Regulations, implemented in part by the principal Regulations, are the fees payable to the registrar of companies set out in the second column of the Schedule. 4 The European Economic Interest Grouping (Fees) Regulations 1989 are hereby revoked. Kim Howells Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 1st February 1999 We consent Jane Kennedy Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury. 2nd February 1999
ROAD TRAFFIC Commencement and citation 1 This Order may be cited as The Trunk Roads (Red Route) Traffic Orders (General Variation) Order 1999, and shall come into force on 18th February 1999. Variations 2 Each of the Orders specified in the schedule to this Order is hereby varied so that– a in article 2 (Interpretation) at the end there is added the following definition: 1 “pedal cycle” has the same meaning as in regulation 4 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994. ; and b in article 9 (Other exemptions) there is added the following paragraph: 4 The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing a pedal cycle to be parked at a facility specifically provided for the purpose of pedal cycle parking by, or with the consent of, the highway authority. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 4th February 1999
POLICE 1 This Order may be cited as the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice No. 5) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st March 1999. 2 The revised code of practice laid in draft before Parliament on 7th December 1998 in connection with the matters referred to in section 66(a) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 shall come into operation on 1st March 1999. Paul Boateng Minister of State Home Office 8th December 1998
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating and National Insurance Fund Payments) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 6th April 1999. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992. Rate of, and small earnings exception from, Class 2 contributions 2 In section 11 of the Act (Class 2 contributions) – a in subsection (1) (weekly rate) for “£6.35”, substitute “£6.55”; b in subsection (4) (small earnings exception) for “£3,590”, substitute “£3,770”. Amount of Class 3 contributions 3 In section 13(1) of the Act (amount of Class 3 contributions) for “£6.25”, substitute “£6.45”. Lower and upper limits for Class 4 contributions 4 In sections 15(3) and 18(1) of the Act (Class 4 contributions recoverable under the Income Tax Acts and under regulations) – a for “£7,310” (lower limit) in each place where it appears, substitute “£7,530”; b for “£25,220” (upper limit) in both places where it appears, substitute “£26,000”. Prescribed percentage of estimated benefit expenditure 5 Section 2(2) of the Social Security Act 1993 (payments into the National Insurance Fund out of money provided by Parliament) shall have effect with respect to the tax year 1999–2000 and the prescribed percentage of estimated benefit expenditure for the financial year ending with 31st March in that tax year shall be 2 per cent. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Stephen C. Timms Minister of State, Department of Social Security 2nd February 1999 We consent, Clive J. C. Betts Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 4th February 1999
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Aptitude for Particular Subjects) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999. 2 The following subjects are prescribed for the purposes of section 102 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (permitted selection: aptitude for one or more particular subjects)– Modern foreign languages, or any such language; The performing arts, or any one or more of the performing arts; The visual arts, or any one or more of the visual arts; Physical education or sport, or one or more sports; Design and technology; Information technology. Estelle Morris Minister of State, Department of Education and Employment 30th January 1999 Peter Hain Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 2nd February 1999
RATING AND VALUATION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rate (Scotland) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999. Non-domestic rate for 1999-2000 2 For the purposes of section 7B of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975, the Secretary of State prescribes a rate of 48.9 pence per pound as the non-domestic rate to be levied throughout Scotland in respect of financial year 1999-2000. Henry B McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 28th January 1999
HEALTH AND SAFETY Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duty to appoint safety advisers 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Functions and duties of safety advisers 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keeping of reports 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vocational training certificates 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mutual recognition of vocational training certificates 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information to be provided to the Secretary of State or goods vehicle examiners 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exemptions 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the CDGCPL Regulations 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the CDG Road Regulations 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment to the Carriage of Explosives by Road Regulations 1996 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 1997 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
BUILDING SOCIETIES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Building Societies (Contents of Accounts) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 23rd March 1999. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations– “the 1986 Act ” means the Building Societies Act 1986; and “the 1998 Regulations ” means the Building Societies (Accounts and Related Provisions) Regulations 1998 . Amendments 3 The 1986 Act and the 1998 Regulations are amended as specified in the Schedule. Transitional provision 4 A building society shall prepare, with respect to a financial year which ends after the operative date of the 1998 Regulations for it under regulation 12(6) of those Regulations and before 23rd March 1999, the statement of the source and application of funds which it would have been required to prepare had these Regulations not been made. In witness whereof the common seal of the Building Societies Commission is hereto affixed, and is authenticated by me, a person authorised under paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to the Building Societies Act 1986, on G.S. Johnson Secretary to the Commission 4th February 1999. We consent to this Order. Bob Ainsworth Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 8th February 1999
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as the A4 Trunk Road (Bath Road and North Hatton Road, Hillingdon) (Left Turn Lane) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 7th February 1999. 2 In this Order: “the trunk road” means that length of the A4 Trunk Road in the London Borough of Hillingdon known as Bath Road; “North Hatton Road” means the road of that name in the London Borough of Hillingdon; “bus” means a “public service” vehicle as defined in section 1 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 ; “bicycle” means a bicycle not being a motor vehicle; and “taxi” has the meaning given in regulation 4 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 . 3 Save as provided in article 4 below, no person shall cause or permit any vehicle proceeding in the nearside lane of the westbound carriageway of the trunk road, between a point 49 metres east of the eastern kerbline of the off slip road at North Hatton Road and the western kerbline of that off slip road, from proceeding in any direction other than southbound– 4 Nothing in article 3 above shall apply to:– a buses, taxis or bicycles; b any vehicle being used for Police, Fire Brigade or Ambulance purposes; and c anything done at the direction or with the permission of a constable in uniform or a traffic warden. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions A.R. Mellors A Grade 7 Officer, Highways Agency, London Network & Customer Services Division 29th January 1999
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Grants for Education Support and Training) (England) Regulations 1998 (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 25th February 1999. 2 The Education (Grants for Education Support and Training) (England) Regulations 1998 shall be amended as follows. 3 In regulation 2–(1) the following definition shall be inserted at the appropriate place– “leading mathematics teacher” means an experienced mathematics teacher who is required to provide demonstration mathematics lessons; . 4 In regulation 5(2) the following entries shall be inserted at the end of the table in the left hand and right hand columns respectively– 34 100 35 100 36 100 . 5 In regulation 11(1) for “or 31” there shall be substituted “, 31 or 35”. 6 In the Schedule after paragraph 33 there shall be inserted the following paragraphs– 34 Support for the training of numeracy consultants and leading mathematics teachers in maintained schools, including the provision of additional staff to assist such schools for the period during which teachers are attending training courses and the payment of fees to consultants who are not teachers in respect of their attendance at training courses. 35 Support for the setting up and running of out of school hours literacy and numeracy classes for pupils in maintained schools who will be completing key stage 2 in the summer of 1999. 36 The provision of portable CD Rom systems to education authorities to aid school management and curriculum support for pupils with special educational needs. Estelle Morris Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 2nd February 1999
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as the A4 Trunk Road (Bath Road, Hillingdon) (Bus Lane) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 7th February 1999. 2 In this Order: “the trunk road” means that length of the A4 Trunk Road in the London Borough of Hillingdon known as Bath Road; “Boltons Lane”, “North Hatton Road”, “Sipson Road”, and “Sipson Way” means the roads of that name in the London Borough of Hillingdon; “bicycle” means a bicycle not being a motor vehicle; “bus” means a public service vehicle as defined in section 1 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 ; “taxi” has the meaning given in regulation 4 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 ; “eastbound bus lane” means the left hand or nearside lane of the eastbound carriageway of the trunk road between the western kerbline of Sipson Way and a point 108 metres west of the western kerbline of Sipson Road a distance of approximately 285 metres; and “westbound bus lane” means the left hand or nearside lane of the westbound carriageway of the trunk road between a point 16 metres east of the eastern kerbline of North Hatton Road and a point 46 metres east of the eastern kerbline of Boltons Lane, a distance of approximately 790 metres. 3 1 Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall cause or permit a vehicle to enter or proceed in the eastbound bus lane or the westbound bus lane. 2 Paragraph (1) shall not apply to:– a a bus, a licensed taxi or a bicycle; b any vehicle being used for Police, Fire Brigade or Ambulance purposes; and c anything done at the direction or with the permission of a constable in uniform or a traffic warden. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions A.R. Mellors A Grade 7 Officer, Highways Agency, London Network & Customer Services Division 29th January 1999
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as the A4 Trunk Road (Bath Road and Sipson Road, Hillingdon) (Prohibition of Turns) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 7th February 1999. 2 In this Order: “the trunk road” means that length of the A4 Trunk Road in the London Borough of Hillingdon known as Bath Road; “Sipson Road” means the road of that name in the London Borough of Hillingdon; and “the Excelsior Slip Road” means that length of the trunk road which links the M4 Motorway (Heathrow Airport Spur Road) with its main eastbound carriageway. 3 Save as provided in article 4 below, no person shall cause or permit any vehicle– a having entered the main eastbound carriageway of the trunk road from the Excelsior Slip Road to proceed in any direction other than eastwards, b proceeding in the offside lane of the Excelsior Slip Road to turn left at the junction with Sipson Road, c proceeding in the main eastbound or westbound carriageway of the trunk road to make a U-turn at the junction with Sipson Road so as to proceed in the opposite direction, or d proceeding in the offside lane of the main eastbound or westbound carriageway of the trunk road at the junction with Sipson Road to turn left or proceed straight ahead. 4 Nothing in article 3 above shall apply to:– a any vehicle being used for Police, Fire Brigade or Ambulance purposes; or b anything done at the direction or with the permission of a constable in uniform or a traffic warden. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions A.R. Mellors A Grade 7 Officer, Highways Agency, London Network & Customer Services Division 29th January 1999
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 The new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in Schedule 1 to this Order shall become a trunk road as from the date when this Order comes into force. 2 The centre line of the new trunk road is indicated by a heavy black line on the deposited plan. 3 The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of the new trunk road that:– a where the highway is a highway maintainable at the public expense by a local highway authority, the part in question shall be maintained by that authority, and b where the highway is not a highway so maintainable and is not maintainable under a special enactment or by reason of tenure, enclosure or prescription, the Secretary of State shall be under no duty to maintain the part in question, until, in either case, a date to be specified in a notice given by the Secretary of State to the highway authority for that highway. The date specified will not be later than the date on which the relevant route is opened for the purposes of through traffic. 4 The lengths of the trunk road described in Schedule 2 to this Order, and numbered 1–4 therein, and shown by broad striped hatching on the deposited plan, shall cease to be trunk road and numbers 1 and 3 shall be classified as classified roads and numbers 2 and 4 will become unclassified roads as from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies Gwynedd Council that the new trunk road is open for through traffic. 5 In this Order– All measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway; i “classified road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is not a principal road for the purposes of enactments or instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads but is a classified road for the purpose of every enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State and which does not specifically refer to their classification as principal roads; ii “the deposited plan” means the site plans numbered 1 to 3 as contained in the plan folder marked “The Fishguard to Bangor Trunk Road (A487) (Llanwnda to South of Llanllyfni Improvement) Order 1999” signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Welsh Office Repository, Curran Embankment, Cardiff; iii “the new trunk road” means the highway mentioned in Article 1 of this Order; iv “the trunk road” means the Fishguard to Bangor Trunk Road (A487). 6 This Order shall come into force on 18th February 1999 and may be cited as the Fishguard to Bangor Trunk Road (A487) (Llanwnda to South of Llanllyfni Improvement) Order 1999. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State D. M. Timlin Head of Roads Administration Division, Welsh Office Dated the 29th January 1999
PENSIONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Scheme may be cited as the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1999 and shall come into force on 12th April 1999. 2 In this Scheme, the expression “the principal Scheme” means the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 . Amendment of article 18 of the principal Scheme 2 In article 18 of the principal Scheme (unemployability allowances) in paragraph (2) for the amount “£2,496” there shall be substituted the amount “£3,016”. Substitution of article 25B of the principal Order 3 For article 25B (medical expenses) there shall be substituted the following article– 25B Any necessary expenses in respect of the medical, surgical or rehabilitative treatment of a disabled person and of appropriate aids and adaptations for disabled living may, in so far as the expenses wholly or mainly arise as a result of a qualifying injury and in so far as the treatment, aids or adaptations are not provided for, otherwise than on payment of a charge by the disabled person, under legislation of the United Kingdom (other than any enactment under which this Scheme is made), be defrayed by the Secretary of State under such conditions and up to such amounts as he may determine. . Substitution of Schedules 3 and 4 to the principal Scheme 4 For Schedules 3 and 4 to the principal Scheme (rates of pensions and allowances payable in respect of disablement and death) there shall respectively be substituted the Schedules set out in the Schedule to this Scheme and numbered 3 and 4. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. P. Hollis Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 1st February 1999 We approve, Clive J. C. Betts Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 4th February 1999
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as the A4 Trunk Road (Bath Road and Sipson Way, Hillingdon) (Prohibition of Traffic Movements) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 7th February 1999. 2 In this Order: “the trunk road” means that length of the A4 Trunk Road in the London Borough of Hillingdon known as Bath Road; “Sipson Way” and “Newport Road” means the roads of that name in the London Borough of Hillingdon; “bus” means a public service vehicle as defined in section 1 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 ; “bicycle” means a bicycle not being a motor vehicle; and “taxi” has the meaning given in regulation 4 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994 ; 3 Save as provided in article 4 below, no person shall cause or permit any vehicle– a proceeding in the westbound carriageway of the trunk road to turn right at the junction with Sipson Way, or b proceeding in the nearside lane of the eastbound carriageway between Newport Road and Sipson Way from proceeding in any direction other than northbound at the junction with Sipson Way. 4 Nothing in article 3 above shall apply to: a any vehicle being used for Police, Fire Brigade or Ambulance purposes; or b anything done at the direction or with the permission of a constable in uniform or a traffic warden. 5 Nothing in article 3(b) above shall apply to buses, taxis or bicycles. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions A.R. Mellors A Grade 7 Officer, Highways Agency, London Network & Customer Services Division 29th January 1999