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BROADCASTING Citation and commencement 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Satellite Television Service Regulations 1997. 2 These Regulations shall come into force on the day after the day on which they are made. Amendments of Broadcasting Act 1990 2 The Broadcasting Act 1990 is amended in accordance with the Schedule to these Regulations. Modification of licence conditions 3 Any licence to provide a non-domestic satellite service (within the meaning of Part I of the Broadcasting Act 1990 as originally enacted) granted before the commencement of these Regulations shall, as from that commencement, for the remainder of the term of the licence— a be taken to be a licence to provide a satellite television service (within the meaning of that Part), and b be taken to include a condition requiring that either— i the holder of the licence is established in the United Kingdom, or ii the holder of the licence is not established in any EEA State and the service is provided in circumstances falling within section 43(2) of that Act. Transitional saving for any satellite service becoming licensable on commencement of Regulations 4 1 In this Regulation— “the 1990 Act ” means the Broadcasting Act 1990; “commencement” means the commencement of these Regulations. 2 Paragraph (3) applies in relation to any service which— a was provided before commencement, b immediately before commencement, was not required by Part I of the 1990 Act to be licensed as a domestic satellite service or a non-domestic satellite service, and c on commencement, is a satellite television service for the purposes of section 43 of the 1990 Act (as amended by these Regulations). 3 During the period of three months beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force, section 13 of the 1990 Act (prohibition on providing television services without a licence) shall not apply in relation to any service to which this paragraph applies. Saving for existing order under section 79(5) of Broadcasting Act 1990 5 Until the commencement of the first order made under subsection (5) of section 79 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 after the commencement of these Regulations— a the Broadcasting (Foreign Satellite Programmes) (Specified Countries) Order 1994 shall have effect as if made for the purposes of paragraph (b) of that subsection (which relates to radio), and b the specified countries for the purposes of paragraph (a)(iii) of that subsection (which relates to television) shall be taken to be such of the countries listed in the Schedule to that Order as are not EEA States (within the meaning of the 1990 Act). Consequential repeal and revocation 6 1 Paragraph 15 of Schedule 10 to the Broadcasting Act 1996 is hereby repealed. 2 The Broadcasting (Prescribed Countries) Order 1996 is hereby revoked. Chris Smith Secretary of State for National Heritage 10th July 1997
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Mandatory Awards) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st September 1997. 2 The Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1997 shall be amended as follows. 3 In regulation 4(1) delete the reference to “(ii) or (iii)”. 4 1 In regulation 10(1)(d):— a in sub-paragraph (i) insert after the first word “a” the words “full-time”; and b in sub-paragraph (ii) substitute for the words “a week during the course” the words “for the purposes of study or teaching practice during each of at least 30 weeks during each year of the course”. 2 After regulation 10(2) insert the following paragraphs: 3 For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d) a full-time course is a course involving not less than 30 weeks’ full-time attendance for the purposes of study or teaching practice during each year of the course, a part-time course is a course involving periods of attendance for those purposes all of which are part-time, and a partly full-time and partly part-time course is any other course. 4 In paragraphs (1)(d)(ii) and (3) in relation to a course provided at the University of Oxford or Cambridge a reference to a period of 30 weeks shall have effect as a reference to a period of 25 weeks. 5 In regulation 20(1) substitute the following for the words following the word “unless”: a the student is a member of a religious order and regulation 21 applies; or b the course is a course for the initial training of teachers designated under regulation 10(1)(d). 6 1 In regulation 22(3) substitute for the word “study” wherever it appears the word “attendance”. 2 In regulation 22(6) add the following words to the end of the paragraph: “, and “attendance” means attendance for the purposes of study or teaching practice.” 7 In regulation 23(2)(b) substitute for the word “study” in both places where it appears the word “attendance”. 8 Substitute for sub-paragraph (a)(v) of Schedule 1 the following sub-paragraph: v in the case of a course of initial training for teachers designated under regulation 10(1)(d) involving periods of full-time study in aggregate less than 10 weeks in the relevant year, where the course leads to the Postgraduate Certificate in Education or is a course with a substantial laboratory or workshop component, a first and second instalment of £267 and a third instalment of £266, otherwise three instalments of £125; 9 In paragraph 6(1)(d) of Schedule 3 move the words “the parent’s income shall be determined as though those deductions did not fall to be made” from sub-paragraph (d) so that they follow that sub-paragraph as part of sub-paragraph (1). Dr Kim Howells Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 8th July 1997
INCOME TAX 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Taxes (Interest Rate) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 6th August 1997. 2 In regulation 5(1) of the Taxes (Interest Rate) Regulations 1989 — a for “6th November 1996” there shall be substituted “6th August 1997”; b for “6.75 per cent. per annum” there shall be substituted “7.25 per cent. per annum”. Jim Dowd Jon Owen Jones Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 10th July 1997
PENSIONS 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Judicial Pensions (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 8th August 1997. 2 These Regulations shall apply to an election under section 1(2) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993, written notification of which is received by the appropriate Minister on or after 8th August 1997. 3 Part II of the Judicial Pensions (Miscellaneous) Regulations 1995 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations, and in those provisions any reference to a regulation by number alone shall be construed as a reference to the regulation so numbered in the 1995 Regulations. 4 After regulation 4 insert— Circumstances in which an office-holder may make an election 4A Subject to the time limit specified in regulation 5(1), an office-holder to whom section 1(2) of the Act applies may make an election if no payment of pension or other benefit has been made under a judicial pension scheme in respect of service in his last qualifying judicial office. Circumstances in which a personal representative may make an election 4B 1 Subject to the time limit specified in regulation 5(3), a personal representative may make an election in accordance with this regulation if the office-holder had not made an election under section 1(2) of the Act before his death. 2 Where the office-holder died in service, a personal representative may make an election only if— a no payment of surviving spouse’s pension has been made under a judicial pension scheme in respect of the service in the last qualifying judicial office held by the deceased office-holder, or b the amount of surviving spouse’s pension which is being paid under such a scheme does not exceed the amount of pension to which the surviving spouse would have been entitled if Part I had applied to the deceased office-holder from the date of death or, where this is not the case, the condition referred to in paragraph (3) is satisfied. 3 The condition referred to in paragraph (2)(b) is that the surviving spouse had agreed, in respect of the period prior to the making of an election, to accept an amount on account of the pension which he is eligible to receive under an existing scheme which does not exceed the amount of pension to which he would be entitled if Part I had applied to the deceased office-holder from the date of death. 4 Where the office-holder died after ceasing to hold qualifying judicial office, a personal representative may make an election only if— a the office-holder died within six months of ceasing to hold qualifying judicial office; and b the office-holder had not received any payment of pension or other benefit under a judicial pension scheme in respect of the service in the last qualifying judicial office held by the office-holder. . 5 Omit regulation 5(2), (4) and (5). 6 In regulation 6(4), omit “sections 4(3) and 5 to 8 of”. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 10th July 1997 Donald C. Dewar One of Her Majesty'sPrincipal Secretaries of State Dated 8th July 1997
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SPORTS GROUNDS AND SPORTING EVENTS 1 This Order may be cited as the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 31st July 1997. 2 The sports grounds specified in the Schedule to this Order (being sports grounds in England at which association football matches are played and which are occupied by a club which is a member of the Football League Limited or the Football Association Premier League Limited, each of which in the opinion of the Secretary of State has accommodation for more than 5,000 spectators) are hereby designated as sports grounds requiring safety certificates under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 . 3 In the Schedule to the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 1978 , the entry in respect of Burnden Park, Bolton shall be omitted. Chris Smith Secretary of State for National Heritage 9th July 1997
ROAD TRAFFIC Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) ( No. 2) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st August 1997. Preliminary 2 The Motor Vehicles (Tests) Regulations 1981 shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations. Amendments to regulation 15 (results of examinations) 3 1 Regulation 15 shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (4)(c), after the words “by that examiner” there shall be inserted the words “or by a person authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State”. 3 After paragraph (4), there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 5 For the purposes of paragraph (4)(c) only, any test certificate or notice of the refusal of a test certificate which has been issued in accordance with the provisions of this regulation or regulation 16 and which bears a facsimile, by whatever process reproduced, of the signature of the examiner or other authorised person shall be deemed to have been duly signed. Amendments to regulation 16 (refusal of a test certificate where braking test cannot be carried out) 4 1 Regulation 16 shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (2), sub-paragraph (b) and the word “and” immediately preceeding it shall be omitted. Amendments relating to fees 5 In each provision specified in column (1) of the Table below for the amount specified in relation to that provision in column (2) of that Table there shall be substituted the amount so specified in column (3) of that Table. TABLE (1) (2) (3) Regulation Existing Amount Substituted Amount 20(1)(a) £11.90 £12.33 20(1)(aa) £20.00 £20.64 20(1)(b) £23.40 £24.12 20(1)(c) £28.66 £29.42 20(1)(d) £35.12 £36.15 20(1)(f) £30.68 £31.60 25(2) £36.00 £49.00 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Helene Hayman Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 10th July 1997
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES ETC Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces (Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st August 1997. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations– “the principal Regulations ” means the Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 3 In regulation 2– a in the definition of “general search” after the words “means a search,” there shall be inserted the words “(other than an Internet search)”; b after the definition of “general search” there shall be inserted the following definitions:– “Internet search” means a search, in the indexes to the statutory registers and in the indexes to the parochial registers made available on the Internet, made by any person by means of the Internet with the permission of the Registrar General. “Internet search session” means the period of time beginning with the time at which a person has– access to the indexes made available on the Internet; and agreed to pay the prescribed fee for an Internet search session, and ending– 24 hours after that time; or if sooner, with the time at which that person has retrieved 30 computer screens or part screens of index data; . c at the end there shall be added the following:– , and any reference in these Regulations to an application made by post includes an application made by facsimile. . 4 After the entries numbered 1(b) and 2(b) in column 2 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following entries in columns 2 and 4 of that Schedule– c by electronic mail 15.00 5 After the entry numbered 4 in column 2 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following entries in column 2 and 4 of that Schedule– 4A Issue of extract of entry identified by an Internet search where application is made by electronic mail in the course of that search. 10.00 6 After the entry numbered 5(b) in column 2 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following entries in columns 2 and 4 of that Schedule:– c by electronic mail 15.00 7 After the entries numbered 9(b) and 10(b) in column 2 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations there shall be entered the following entries in columns 2 and 4 of that Schedule:– c by electronic mail 7.00 8 After the entry numbered 11 in column 2 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following entries in columns 1, 2 and 4 of that Schedule:– Sections 38(2) and 47 11A Internet search– per Internet search session 6.00 James Meldrum Registrar General New Register House, Edinburgh 3rd July 1997 Approved by the Secretary of State for Scotland Henry B McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 10th July 1997
ARCHITECTS Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Architects Act 1997 (Commencement) Order 1997. Commencement 2 The Architects Act 1997, except for section 28 (short title, commencement and extent) , shall come into force on 21st July 1997. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Nick Raynsford Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 9th July 1997
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 These Regulations may be cited as the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 11th August 1997. 2 In regulation 2 (Interpretation and transitional provision) of the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Regulations 1985 for the definition of “ ATP ” there shall be substituted: “ATP” means the Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be used for such Carriage (ATP) concluded at Geneva on 1st September 1970 as amended pursuant to article 18 of the agreement and as further amended pursuant to that article by an amendment to article 18 which came into force on 24 February 1996 and by amendments to Annex 1 which came into force on 15 May 1991 , 24 February 1996 and 12 July 1997 , amendments to appendices 1 and 2 of Annex 1 which came into force on 6 July 1989 and 13 December 1991 , amendments to appendix 2 of Annex 1 which came into force on 30 September 1990 , 15 June 1993 , 18 July 1993 and 22 February 1996 , amendments to Annex 2 which came into force on 28 March 1991 and 13 February 1996 , and an amendment to Annex 3 which came into force on 14 November 1996 ; . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Helene Hayman Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions 8th July 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Craven, Kerrier and Mid-Devon District Councils and Middlesbrough Borough Council) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 6th August 1997. Exemption of activities 2 1 The management of sports and leisure facilities shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out— a by Craven District Council before 1st April 2000; or b by Kerrier District Council before 1st October 1997; or c by Mid-Devon District Council during the period beginning with 1st January 1998 and ending with 31st December 1998. 2 The provision of legal services by Middlesbrough Borough Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as the work is carried out before 1st April 1999. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary J. Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 8th July 1997
MERCHANT SHIPPING 1 This Scheme may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Compensation to Seamen—War Damage to Effects) (Revocation) Scheme 1997 and shall come into force on 1st August 1997. 2 The Merchant Shipping (Compensation to Seamen—War Damage to Effects) Scheme 1982 is hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Glenda Jackson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Environment, Transport, and the Regions 2nd July 1997 We consent to the making of this Scheme John McFall Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 8th July 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Recreation Grounds (Revocation of Parish Council Byelaws) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 15th August 1997. 2 The byelaws mentioned in the first column of the Schedule to this Order, made with respect to the recreation grounds and other areas named or described in the second column of that Schedule, are hereby revoked. Gareth Williams Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 4th July 1997
CONTRACTING OUT Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Contracting Out (Functions in relation to the provision of Guardians Ad Litem and Reporting Officers Panels) Order 1997. 2 This Order shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Contracting out of functions in relation to the provision of panels of guardians ad litem and reporting officers 2 Any function of a local authority which is conferred by Regulations made under section 41(7) and (9) of the Children Act 1989 or section 65A(1) and (2) of the Adoption Act 1976 may be exercised by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by that local authority. Revocation of the Contracting Out (Functions in relation to the provision of Guardians Ad Litem and Reporting Officers Panels) Order 1996 3 The Contracting Out (Functions in relation to the provision of Guardians Ad Litem and Reporting Officers Panels) Order 1996 is hereby revoked. Frank Dobson One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, Department of Health 30th June 1997
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Noise Act 1996 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1997. Provisions coming into force on 23rd July 1997 2 The Noise Act 1996, so far as not already brought into force by the Noise Act 1996 (Commencement No.1) Order 1996 , shall come into force on 23rd July 1997. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Angela Eagle Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department of the Environment 10th July 1997
UNITED NATIONS 1 1 This Order may be cited as the United Nations (International Tribunal) (Rwanda) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st October 1997. 2 This Order extends to the United Kingdom. 2 In article 22(1)(b) of the United Nations (International Tribunal) (Rwanda) Order 1996 the words “set out in article 15(1) and (2) of the 1974 Order” shall be replaced by the words “set out in articles 15(1) and (2) and 16 of the 1974 Order”. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
CONTRACTING OUT Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Contracting Out (Metropolitan Police and Civil Staffs Pensions) Order 1997 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Contracting out of functions 2 1 Functions conferred on the Secretary of State, as the police authority for the metropolitan police district, by section 8A of the Police Pensions Act 1976 or by any regulations made under section 1 or 8A of that Act may be exercised by, or by the employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State. 2 Functions conferred on the Secretary of State by section 15(2)(a) of the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967 (superannuation of metropolitan civil staffs) or by provisions (being the principal civil service pension scheme and enactments and instruments relating to civil service pensions) having effect for the purposes of those functions by virtue of section 15(2)(b) of that Act may be exercised by, or by the employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State. Alun Michael Minister of State Home Office 19th July 1997
CUSTOMS & EXCISE Citation and Commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 (Bingo Prize Limit) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 11th August 1997. Increase in Prize Limit 2 Paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 (exemption from bingo duty for certain small-scale, commercially-provided bingo games) shall have effect as if for the amount specified in sub-paragraph (2)(c) there were substituted “£5” . Revocation 3 Article 5(c) of the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 (Monetary Amounts) Order 1995 is hereby revoked. D. J. Howard Commissioner of Customs and Excise New King’s Beam House 22 Upper Ground London SE1 9PJ 17th July 1997