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SEA FISHERIES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Conservation of Seals (England and Wales) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 19th December 1988. 2 Without prejudice to its earlier revocation this Order shall cease to have effect on the expiration of two years beginning with the date of its coming into force. 2 There is hereby prohibited in England and Wales and within the seaward limits of the territorial waters adjacent thereto the killing, injuring or taking of the seals of the species known as Halichoerus grypus (grey seals). 3 For the purposes of article 2 above, the territorial waters adjacent to England and Wales shall be taken to be— a on the east coast, the territorial waters south of a line drawn at 055° true from the point on the mainland at 55° 48'.67 North latitude and 02° 02'.0 West longitude; and b on the west coast, the territorial waters south of a line drawn at 050° true from Point of Ayre light on the Isle of Man to the Barnkirk Point light near Annan: provided that any waters which are nearer to any point on the coast of Scotland than to any point on the coasts of England or Northern Ireland shall be deemed to be north of that line. Douglas Hurd One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 21st November 1988
LANDLORD AND TENANT, SCOTLAND 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Assured Tenancies (Exceptions) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 2nd January 1989. 2 For the purposes of paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (tenancies granted to a person who is pursuing or intends to pursue a course of study which cannot be assured tenancies), there are specified the following educational institutions and bodies of persons or classes thereof:— a any university, university college and any constituent college, school or hall of a university; b any central institution within the meaning of section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 ; c any college of education within the meaning of that section; d any institution for the provision of further education within the meaning of that section which is administered by an education authority; e any association approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 8 of the Further Education (Scotland) Regulations 1959 ; and (f) The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. James Douglas-Hamilton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 28th November 1988
LANDLORD AND TENANT, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Assured Tenancies (Approved Bodies) (No. 4) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 16th December 1988. 2 The bodies named in the Schedule to this Order are specified for the purposes of Part II of the Housing Act 1980. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State David Trippier Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 16th November 1988 Peter Walker Secretary of State for Wales 17th November 1988
LANDLORD AND TENANT, SCOTLAND 1 This Order may be cited as the Assured Tenancies (Tenancies at a Low Rent) (Scotland) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 2nd January 1989. 2 For the purposes of paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (tenancies at a low rent), there is specified— a in the case of a tenancy where the rent is payable weekly, a rent of £6 per week; and b in the case of a tenancy where the rent is payable for any other period, a rent calculated for that period at the rate of £6 per week. James Douglas-Hamilton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 28th November 1988
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988 and shall come into force two months after the day on which it is made. 2 The Schedule to this Order shall have effect. Douglas Hurd One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State Home Office
FINANCIAL SERVICES Now, therefore, the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 87 of the Financial Services Act 1986 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf hereby makes the following Order— 1 This Order may be cited as the Financial Services (Designated Countries and Territories) (Overseas Collective Investment Schemes) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 12th December 1988. 2 The Isle of Man is designated for the purposes of section 87 of the Financial Services Act 1986 in respect of any collective investment scheme managed in and authorised under the law of the Isle of Man which is a scheme of a class specified in the Schedule to this Order. Francis Maude Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry 17th November 1988
MERCHANT SHIPPING 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Fishing Vessels' Names) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st December 1988. 2 Any person who proposes to make application for the registration of a British fishing vessel in the United Kingdom shall before making such application obtain the approval of the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen to the proposed name of the vessel. 3 When seeking such approval the applicant shall specify the port at which it is intended that the vessel should be registered. 4 If the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen is satisfied— a that the proposed name is not already the name of a British fishing vessel registered at that port, and b that it is not a name so similar to that of another British fishing vessel registered at that port as to be calculated to deceive, he shall notify the applicant that he approves the name and the fishing vessel may thereafter be registered under that name at that port provided that all requirements for registry have been duly complied with. 5 If the Registrar General is not so satisfied he shall notify the applicant in writing that the name is not approved. 6 Any approval of a name given under these Regulations shall be valid only for the period of 3 months beginning with the date it was notified to the intending owner. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Michael Portillo Minister of State, Department of Transport 2nd November 1988 Philip Nash Commissioner, Customs & Excise 4th November 1988
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Education Reform Act 1988 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1988. 2 The provisions of the Education Reform Act 1988 specified in column 1 of Schedules 1 and 2 to this Order (which relate to the matters mentioned in column 2 thereof) shall, except as otherwise provided in the said column 1, come into force on the date specified in relation to each Schedule in the following table— Schedule 1 30th November 1988 Schedule 2 1st April 1989
MERCHANT SHIPPING 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Ships' Names) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st December 1988. 2 The Merchant Shipping (Ships' Names) Regulations 1979 shall be amended as follows: 1 After regulation 2 a new regulation 2A shall be inserted as follows: 2A In these Regulations “registry” and “registered” mean respectively registry under, and registered under Part I of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 . ; 2 The proviso to regulation 3 shall be deleted. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Michael Portillo Minister of State, Department of Transport 2nd November 1988 Philip Nash Commissioner, Customs & Excise 4th November 1988
SEA FISHERIES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Conservation of Seals (Common Seals) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 19th December 1988. 2 Without prejudice to its earlier revocation this Order shall cease to have effect on the expiration of two years beginning with the date of its coming into force. 3 The Conservation of Seals (Scotland) Order 1973 is hereby revoked. 2 There is hereby prohibited in Great Britain and within the seaward limits of the territorial waters adjacent thereto the killing, injuring or taking of the seals of the species known as Phoca vitulina (common seals). Douglas Hurd One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 21st November 1988
SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Small Claims (Scotland) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 30th November 1988. Proceedings to be small claims 2 The form of summary cause process, to be known as a “small claim”, shall be used for the purposes of summary cause proceedings of one or other of the following descriptions, namely— a actions for payment of money not exceeding £750 in amount (exclusive of interest and expenses), other than actions in respect of aliment and interim aliment and actions of defamation; b actions ad factum praestandum and actions for the recovery of possession of moveable property where in any such action ad factum praestandum or for recovery there is included, as an alternative to the claim, a claim for payment of a sum not exceeding £750 (exclusive of interest and expenses). 3 For the purpose of article 2, actions ad factum praestandum include actions for delivery and actions for implement but do not include actions for count, reckoning and payment. Limit on award of expenses in small claims 4 1 The provisions of this article are without prejudice to the provisions of section 36B(3) of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971. 2 No award of expenses shall be made in a small claim as specified in article 2 of this Order in which the value of the claim does not exceed £200. 3 In the case of any small claim other than a small claim to which paragraph (2) applies, the sheriff may award expenses not exceeding £75. Cameron of Lochbroom Lord Advocate Lord Advocate’s Chambers 15th November 1988
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Petty Sessional Divisions (Berkshire) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st January 1989 except that for the purposes of paragraph 2 of the Schedule thereto this Order shall come into force forthwith. 2 In this Order, except where the context otherwise requires, the expression “division” means petty sessional division and any reference to a justice for a division shall be construed as a reference to a justice of the peace who ordinarily acts, or, as the case may be, will on or after 1st January 1989 ordinarily act, in and for that division. 3 The divisions of Bradfield and Sonning and Reading shall be combined to form a new division which shall be known as the Reading and Sonning division. 4 The transitional and other consequential provisions set out in the Schedule to this Order shall have effect in connection with the provisions of article 3 of this Order. Douglas Hurd One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 16th November 1988
SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (Privative Jurisdiction and Summary Cause) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 30th November 1988. Variation in limit of privative jurisdiction of sheriff court 2 Section 31 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 shall be amended by substituting for the sum of five hundred pounds the sum of one thousand five hundred pounds. Variation in limit of summary cause 3 Paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of section 35(1) of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 shall be amended by substituting for the sum of one thousand pounds the sum of one thousand five hundred pounds. Supplementary provisions 4 The amendments made by articles 2 and 3 of this Order shall not apply in relation to any proceedings commenced before this Order comes into force. Revocations 5 The Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (Private Jurisdiction, etc. ) Order 1976 and the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (Summary Cause) Order 1981 are hereby revoked. G I de Deney Clerk of the Privy Council
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, SCOTLAND 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Prospective Cost) (No.2) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 17th December 1988. 2 1 Where a solicitor continues, in terms of regulation 2(2) of the Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Prospective Cost) (No.3) Regulations 1988 , to provide assistance by way of representation or advice and assistance the cost of which exceeds £60, he shall notify the Board within 14 days of that limit being exceeded. 2 Failure so to notify shall, unless the Board considers that there is special reason for it to excuse such failure, render that part of the solicitor’s account in excess of £60 ineligible for payment. James Douglas-Hamilton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 17th November 1988
AGRICULTURE Citation and commencement 1 This Scheme may be cited as the Agriculture Improvement (Variation) (No. 3) Scheme 1988 and shall come into force on 29th November 1988. Variation of the Agriculture Improvement Scheme 1985 2 The Agriculture Improvement Scheme 1985 shall be varied in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 below. 3 In paragraph 7 thereof (closing dates for claims)— a after sub-paragraph (bA) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraphs— bB any work, facility or transaction which is of a kind specified in paragraph 9 in column 1 of Schedule 1 (arterial drainage works in Scotland) unless the claim for grant is received by him on or before 31st May 1991; bC any work, facility or transaction in relation to an agricultural business which on 31st May 1989 is the subject of a current development plan approved under the 1980 Regulations or the 1981 Regulations or of a current improvement plan approved under the 1985 Regulations unless the claim for grant is received by him within one month of the date of closure of that plan; ; b there shall be substituted for sub-paragraph (c) the following sub-paragraph— c any work, facility or transaction which is of a kind not referred to in any of the above sub-paragraphs unless the claim for grant is received by him on or before 31st May 1989, or such later date, not later than 30th June 1989, as that Minister may in special circumstances permit. . 4 For paragraph 7A thereof (closing date for incurring expenditure) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 7A The appropriate Minister shall not pay grant under this Scheme in relation to any expenditure incurred on or after 29th November 1988 except expenditure incurred— a in relation to any work, facility or transaction which is of a kind specified in paragraph 5 or 6 in column 1 of Schedule 1 (heated glasshouses and glasshouse heating systems); b in Scotland in relation to any work, facility or transaction which is of a kind specified in paragraph 9 in column 1 of Schedule 1 and for which an application for approval was made in writing before 29th November 1988; c in the Scilly Isles on or before 16th November 1993 in respect of any work, facility or transaction which is of a kind specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 5 in column 1 of Schedule 1A. . In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 23rd November 1988. John MacGregor Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food Sanderson of Bowden Minister of State, Scottish Office 23rd November 1988 Peter Walker Secretary of State for Wales 24th November 1988 We approve, Kenneth Carlisle Tony Durant Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 25th November 1988
SEA FISHERIES Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) (Revocation) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 30th November 1988. Revocation 2 The Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1988 is hereby revoked. In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 24th November 1988. John MacGregor Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Sanderson of Bowden Minister of State, Scottish Office 28th November 1988 Peter Walker Secretary of State for Wales 27th November 1988 Tom King Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 28th November 1988
MONOPOLIES AND MERGERS 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Merger Reference (Strong & Fisher (Holdings) plc and Pittard Garnar plc) Order 1988 and shall come into force at 9.00 am on 25th November 1988. 2 For the purposes of this Order— a “associate” means a person associated with Strong & Fisher or with any subsidiary of Strong & Fisher; b “interest in shares” shall include an entitlement, by a person not being the registered holder, to exercise any right conferred by the holding of those shares or an entitlement to control the exercise of any such right; c “subsidiary” has the same meaning as in section 736 of the Companies Act 1985 ; and d “voting shares” means shares in respect of which the holders have the right, either at all times or for the time being, to vote at general meetings of the company in question on all, or substantially all, matters. 2 1 It shall be unlawful for Strong & Fisher, any subsidiary of Strong & Fisher or any associate— a directly or through any nominee or trustee to acquire any shares or interest in shares of Pittard Garnar in circumstances where Strong & Fisher, its subsidiaries and any associate hold, or after the acquisition would hold, directly or indirectly, 15 per cent or more, or an interest in 15 per cent or more, of any class of voting shares of Pittard Garnar or of any subsidiary of Pittard Garnar, or b to exercise, directly or indirectly, at any general meeting of, or of any class of the members of, Pittard Garnar or any of its subsidiaries, any voting rights conferred by the holding of shares or attaching to any interest in shares if the aggregate of the voting rights exercised by or on behalf of Strong & Fisher, its subsidiaries and any associate would amount to 15 per cent or more of the total of the voting rights exerciseable on the resolution in question, or c to enter into any agreement or arrangement with any other person with a view to or for the purpose of acting together to secure or exercise control of Pittard Garnar or any of its subsidiaries or of any of the enterprises thereof. 2 Subparagraph (a) of paragraph (1) of this Article shall not apply to anything done in pursuance of an agreement to acquire shares or interests in shares made before 9.00 am on 25th November 1988 and legally enforceable against Strong & Fisher, any of its subsidiaries or any associate. Lord Young of Graffham Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 24th November 1988
PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER 1 This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Commissioner (No. 2) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st January 1989. 2 Paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (which describes certain actions or matters in respect of which the Commissioner may not conduct an investigation under the Act) is hereby amended by the deletion of the following words at the end thereof— “and which is so taken in relation to a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies who has the right of abode in the United Kingdom”,so that the said paragraph shall henceforth read as follows— 2 Action taken, in any country or territory outside the United Kingdom, by or on behalf of any officer representing or acting under the authority of Her Majesty in respect of the United Kingdom, or any other officer of the Government of the United Kingdom other than action which is taken by an officer (not being an honorary consular officer) in the exercise of a consular function on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom. . G. I. de Deney Clerk of the Privy Council
AGRICULTURE HORTICULTURE Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Variation of the Agriculture Improvement Scheme 1985 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MERCHANT SHIPPING 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Deck Officers and Marine Engineer Officers) (Guernsey) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st January 1989. 2 In this Order, the expression“Guernsey” means the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the territorial waters adjacent thereto. 3 It is hereby directed that— a subject to the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Deck Officers) Regulations 1985 , and b subject to the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in Schedule 2 to this Order, the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Marine Engineer Officers and Licensing of Marine Engine Operators) Regulations 1986 , shall extend to Guernsey as part of the law there and shall apply to ships registered in Guernsey and to masters and seamen employed in them as they apply to ships registered in the United Kingdom and to masters and seamen employed in them. 4 The Merchant Shipping (Certification of Deck Officers and Marine Engineer Officers) (Guernsey) Order 1981 is hereby revoked. G. I. de Deney Clerk of the Privy Council