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STATUTORY MATERNITY PAY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 6th April 1997. Amendment of the Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) and Miscellaneous Amendment Regulations 2 In regulation 3 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) and Miscellaneous Amendment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 (amount of additional payment to which a small employer shall be entitled)— a for “6th April 1996” there shall be substituted “6th April 1997”; b for “5·5 per cent.” there shall be substituted “6·5 per cent.”. Revocation 3 The Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 4th March 1997.
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1997. Increase of earnings limits in respect of dependent children 2 In paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 for “£130” in both places where it occurs there shall be substituted “£135”. Revocation 3 Article 2( a ) of the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 is hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 4th March 1997.
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Jamaica) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1997. Modification of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act and the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 2 1 The Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 shall be modified to such an extent as may be required to give effect to the provisions contained in the Convention and the Protocol, so far as the same relate to Northern Ireland. 2 In this Article “the Convention and the Protocol” mean the Convention on Social Security between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Jamaica (set out in Schedule 1 to this Order) providing for an earlier Agreement concerning reciprocity in social security and the extension and modification of that Agreement to be consolidated into a single document, with extensions and modifications in scope and taking account of changes in legislation, and the Protocol supplementary to that Convention (set out in Schedule 2 to this Order), signed on behalf of those Governments at London on 12th November 1996. 3 The Convention and the Protocol (as provided therein) shall enter into force on 1st April 1997, the date specified in Notes (set out in Schedule 3 to this Order) exchanged through the Diplomatic Channel. Revocation and amendment of Orders 3 1 The National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Jamaica) Order (Northern Ireland) 1972 is hereby revoked. 2 In Part II of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 , the Schedule to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order (Northern Ireland) 1979 , the Schedule to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order (Northern Ireland) 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995 , the entry relating to the National Insurance and Industrial Injuries (Jamaica) Order (Northern Ireland) 1972 shall be omitted. P. B. B. Mayhew One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Dated this 24th day of March 1997.
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 7th April 1997. 2 In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires— “the Administration Act ” means the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992; “the Up-rating Order ” means the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 . Exceptions relating to payment of additional benefit under awards made before the commencing date 2 Section 135(3) of the Administration Act (effect of alteration of rates of benefit under Parts II to V of the Contributions and Benefits Act) shall not apply if a question arises as to either— a the weekly rate at which the benefit is payable by virtue of the Up-rating Order; or b whether the conditions for the receipt of the benefit at the altered rate are satisfied, until that question has been determined in accordance with the provisions of the Administration Act. Persons not ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland 3 Regulation 5 of the Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978 (application of disqualification in respect of up-rating of benefit) shall apply to any additional benefit payable by virtue of the Up-rating Order. Amendment of the Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations 4 In paragraph 2B of Schedule 2 to the Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1977 (prescribed circumstances for increase of an invalid care allowance) for “£130” in both places where it occurs there shall be substituted “£135”. Amendment of the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 5 In regulation 14 of the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984 (earnings level for the purpose of unemployability supplement) for “£2,366·00” there shall be substituted “£2,418·00”. Amendment of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations 6 In regulation 7 of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 (limit of earnings from councillor’s allowance) for “£45·50” there shall be substituted “£46·50”. Revocations 7 Regulations 2 to 4( a ) and 5 to 7 of the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 4th March 1997.
HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Health and Personal Social Services (Disciplinary Procedures) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1997. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Disciplinary Procedures) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 . Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations 2 In regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (provisions relating to the start of disciplinary proceedings), in paragraph (3) for “paragraph 2( b )” there shall be substituted “paragraph (2)( a )”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on Joan Dixon Assistant Secretary 3rd March 1997.
RATES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Rates (Regional Rates) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1997. 2 In this Order— “specified hereditament” means a hereditament of a type specified under Article 3 of The New Valuation List (Time and Class of Hereditaments) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995 ; “unspecified hereditament” means a hereditament which is not a specified hereditament. Regional rate 2 The regional rates for the year ending 31st March 1998 shall be 26·03 pence in the pound in respect of specified hereditaments and 163·97 pence in the pound in respect of unspecified hereditaments. Reduction of regional rate on dwellings 3 The amount by which the normal regional rate fixed for the year ending 31st March 1998 under Article 2 is to be reduced in respect of unspecified hereditaments for the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3) of Article 27 of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 shall be 71 pence. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on V. N. Hewitt Assistant Secretary 4th March 1997.
SOCIAL SECURITY Now, therefore, the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 129 and 165(1) and (3) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and Article 4(3) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, and with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel in so far as relates to Article 6 of this Order, hereby makes the following Order: Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating and Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund Payments) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 6th April 1997. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 . 3 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Assembly. Percentage rate figures for secondary earnings brackets 2 In section 9(3) of the Act (appropriate percentage rates) for the figure 10·2 specified in respect of Bracket 4 there shall be substituted the figure 10. Rate of, and small earnings exception from, Class 2 contributions 3 In section 11 of the Act (Class 2 contributions)— a in subsection (1) (weekly rate) for “£6·05” there shall be substituted “£6·15”; b in subsection (4) (small earnings exception) for “£3,430” there shall be substituted “£3,480”. Amount of Class 3 contributions 4 In section 13(1) of the Act (amount of Class 3 contributions) for “£5·95” there shall be substituted “£6·05”. Lower and upper limits for Class 4 contributions 5 In sections 15(3) and 18(1) of the Act (Class 4 contributions recoverable under the Income Tax Acts and under regulations)— a for “£6,860” (lower limit) wherever it appears there shall be substituted in each of those sections “£7,010”; b for “£23,660” (upper limit) there shall be substituted in each of those sections “£24,180”. Prescribed percentage of estimated benefit expenditure 6 Article 4(3) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (payments into National Insurance Fund out of appropriated money) shall have effect with respect to the tax year 1997-98 and the prescribed percentage of estimated benefit expenditure for the financial year ending in that tax year shall be 4 per cent. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 3rd March 1997. The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to Article 6 of the foregoing Order. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on J. G. Sullivan Assistant Secretary 3rd March 1997.
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 7th April 1997. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Assembly. Amendment of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations 2 In regulation 17(2)( a ) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (exempt work) for “£45·50” there shall be substituted “£46·50”. Revocation 3 The Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 3rd March 1997.
RATING AND VALUATION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Rates (Restriction on Amount Recoverable) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1997. Alteration to fraction 2 Article 12(1) of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 shall have effect as if a reference to three quarters were substituted for the reference to a half. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on V. N. Hewitt Assistant Secretary 4th March 1997.
HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Dental Charges (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1997. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Dental Charges Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989 . Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations 2 In regulation 1(2) of the principal Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation)— a the following definition shall be added in the appropriate place in alphabetical order— “qualifying full-time education” means full-time instruction— at an educational establishment recognised by the Department as being, or as comparable to, a school, college or university; or by other means accepted as comparable by the Department; ; b in the definition of “capitation arrangement”, “continuing care arrangement”, “emergency”, “estimate”, “treatment” and “treatment on referral” there shall be substituted for the words “General Dental Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975” the words “General Dental Services Regulations”; c in the definition of “Committee” there shall be substituted for the words “regulation 8” the words “regulation 30”; d in the definition of “Statement of Dental Remuneration” there shall be substituted for the words “regulation 18” the words “regulation 19”. Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations 3 In regulation 3(2)( e ) of the principal Regulations (Charges for other general dental services) there shall be substituted for the words “Schedule 1 (terms of service) to the General Dental Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975” the words “Schedule 2 (terms of service) to the General Dental Services Regulations”. Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations 4 In regulation 4(5) of the principal Regulations (calculation of charges) for “£325·00” there shall be substituted “£330·00”. Amendment of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations 5 In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (Exemptions — Categories and Evidence) at column (1) paragraph 2 the words “(within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Dental Services Regulations( a ))” shall be deleted. Revocation 6 Regulation 2 of the Health and Personal Social Services Dental Charges (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 is hereby revoked. Application of regulations 7 The amendment made by regulation 4 applies only in relation to the supply of any dental appliances or the provision of other dental services in pursuance of a contract or arrangement for the provision of general dental services made on or after 1st April 1997. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on Joan Dixon Assistant Secretary 27th February 1997. The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves the foregoing Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on J. G. Sullivan Assistant Secretary 27th February 1997.
PLANT HEALTH Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1997. Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 2 The Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 shall be amended in accordance with Articles 3 to 6. 3 In Schedule 1, (Pests prohibited) Part A, Section C, after Item 17 there shall be inserted the following new Item— 17.1 Tilletia indica Mitra . 4 In Schedule 4, Part A, (Conditions to be met before certain plants, plant products and other objects may be landed or moved within the European Community) Section 1 , after Item 67 there shall be inserted the following new Items— 67A. Seeds of the genera Triticum, Secale and X Triticosecale from Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan and the USA where Tilletia indica Mitra is known to occur. Official statement that the seeds originate in an area where Tilletia indica Mitra is known not to occur. The name of the area shall be mentioned on the phytosanitary certificate. 67B. Grain of the genera Triticium, Secale and X Triticosecale from Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan and the USA where Tilletia indica Mitra is known to occur. Official statement that either: the grain originates in an area where Tilletia indica Mitra is known not to occur, the name of the area or areas being mentioned on the phytosanitary certificate under the rubric “place of origin”; or no symptoms of Tilletia indica Mitra have been observed on the plants at the place of production during their last complete cycle of vegetation and representative samples of the grain have been taken both at the time of harvest and before shipment and have been tested and found free from Tilletia indica Mitra in these tests, the latter shall be mentioned on the phytosanitary certificate, in the rubric “name of produce”, as “tested and found free from Tilletia indica Mitra”. . 5 In Schedule 5, Part B, (Plants, plant products and other objects originating outside the European Community) Section 1— a in paragraph 1 after the word “Uruguay)”, there shall be inserted the following— genera Triticum, Secale and X Triticosecale from Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan and the USA, ; and b after paragraph 5 there shall be added the following paragraph— 6 Grain of the genera Triticum, Secale and X Triticosecale originating in Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan and the USA. . 6 In Schedule 14 (Instruments amending and supplementing Council Directive 77/93/EEC ) at the end there shall be added the following— “Commission Directive 96/78/EC O.J. No. L.321, 12.12.96, p. 20.”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture R. S. Johnston Assistant Secretary on 26th February 1997.
AGRICULTURE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Eggs (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 31st March 1997. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of the Eggs (Marketing Standards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 2 The Eggs (Marketing Standards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5. 3 In regulation 4 (Enforcement authorities) there shall be inserted at the end the following paragraph— 5 In this regulation “sale” includes possession for sale and offer, exposure or advertisement for sale. . 4 After regulation 7 (United Kingdom official mark) there shall be inserted the following regulation— 7A 1 The official mark for the purposes of the bands and labels referred to in Article 21(2) of Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No. 1274/91 shall consist of the letters “ UK ”, each letter being 1 centimetre high and surrounded by a line describing an oval. 2 Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of any band or label affixed outside Northern Ireland. . 5 In the Schedule (Community Provisions) there shall be inserted in paragraph 2 at the end the following entry— g Commission Regulation ( EC ) No. 2401/95 O.J. No. L246, 13.10.95, p. 6 . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on L. McKibben Assistant Secretary 26th February 1997.
PENSIONS Now, therefore, the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 105 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order: Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 6th April 1997. 2 In this Order— “relevant period” has the same meaning as in section 109(3A) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 . 3 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Assembly. Increase of guaranteed minimum pensions 2 For the purposes of section 105(1) of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 the percentage by which there is to be an increase in the rate of that part of any guaranteed minimum pension which is attributable to earnings factors for the tax years in the relevant period shall be 2.1 per cent. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 26th February 1997.
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 6th April 1997. Amendment of regulation 96 of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2 In regulation 96( c ) of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 (weekly rate of any Class 2 contributions payable by share fishermen) for “£7·20” there shall be substituted “£6·80”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland John O'Neill Assistant Secretary on 25th February 1997.
PLANNING Citation and commencement 1 These regulations may be cited as the Planning (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1997. Amendment of the Planning (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 2 1 The Planning (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (7). 2 In regulations 11(1) (reduced fees and refunds), 13(3) (fee for certain deemed applications), 16 (fees for applications for listed building consent) and 19(2) (fee for certain statutory authorities) for “£31” substitute “£34”. 3 In regulation 17(1) (fee for appeals) for “£65” substitute “£100”. 4 In regulation 18(1) (fee for application for a determination) for “£27” substitute “£30”. 5 In Schedule 1— a in Part I, in paragraphs 4(1) (fee for application or deemed application by certain non-profit making organisations), 5(2) and (3) (fee for certain applications for approval of reserved matters) for “£270” substitute “£300”; b in Part I, paragraph 3 is hereby revoked; and c for Part II, substitute Part II set out in the Schedule to these regulations. 6 In Schedule 2 (fees for applications for consent to display advertisements)— a for “£51” where it twice occurs substitute “£56”; b for “£236” substitute “£260”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on J. McConnell Assistant Secretary 26th February 1997.