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EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Environmental Information Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
EDUCATION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (Special Educational Needs Code of Practice) (Appointed Day) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and shall come into operation on 1st September 1998. Appointed Day 2 1st September 1998 is hereby appointed as the day on which the Code of Practice on the Identification and Assessment of Special Educational Needs issued pursuant to Article 5(3) of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 in 1998 shall come into force. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on N. Jackson Assistant Secretary 3rd June 1998.
HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Student Amounts Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation as follows— a regulation 1 on 3rd August 1998; b regulation 2( a ) and ( e )— i in a case where a student’s period of study begins on or after 1st August 1998 but before 31st August 1998, on the first day of that period; ii in any other case, on 31st August 1998, so, however, that regulation 2( a ) and ( e ) shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant at the beginning of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after the day mentioned in head (i) or the date mentioned in head (ii), whichever applies in his case; and for this purpose the expression “benefit week” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations or, as the case may be, in regulation 1(2) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations ; c regulations 2( b ) and 3— i in a case where a student’s period of study begins on or after 1st August 1998 but before 31st August 1998, on the first Monday of that period; ii in any other case, on 31st August 1998; d regulation 2( c ) and ( d )— i in a case where a student’s period of study begins on or after 1st August 1998 but before 31st August 1998, on the first Tuesday of that period; ii in any other case, on 1st September 1998. 2 In these Regulations— “the Housing Benefit Regulations ” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 ; “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 ; “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 . 3 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment to the calculation of a student’s grant income 2 In the following provisions (which all relate to the calculation of a student’s grant income) for “£287” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£295”— a regulation 62(2)( g ) of the Income Support Regulations ; b regulation 53(2)( g ) of the Housing Benefit Regulations ; c regulation 38(2)( f ) of the Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 ; d regulation 42(2)( e ) of the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 ; e regulation 131(2)( f ) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations . Amendment of regulation 51 of the Housing Benefit Regulations 3 In regulation 51(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (eligible rent) for “£17·85” there shall be substituted “£18·30”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 3rd June 1998. The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland hereby consents to regulation 2( b ) of the foregoing Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland on J. Ritchie Assistant Secretary 3rd June 1998.
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Citation and commencement 1 This order may be cited as the Proceeds of Crime (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (Code of Practice) Order 1998 and shall come into operation on 26th June 1998. Code of Practice 2 The Code of Practice laid in draft before Parliament on 22nd January 1998 in connection with the exercise by financial investigators of the powers conferred by the Schedule to the Order shall come into operation on 26th June 1998. Marjorie Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 29th May 1998
HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Health Services (Pilot Schemes: Financial Assistance for Preparatory Work) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 22nd June 1998. Provision of financial assistance to prepare proposals 2 1 A board may make payments of financial assistance for preparatory work in connection with preparing proposals for a pilot scheme. 2 Subject to the provisions of this regulation, a payment mentioned in paragraph (1) shall be made only following receipt by the board of a written application from a person (“the applicant”)— a who wishes to provide piloted services; and b with whom an agreement which constitutes, or is part of, a pilot scheme may be made . 3 Payments of financial assistance may be made under this regulation only if— a the applicant specifies in his application the purposes for which he intends to use the payment of financial assistance for which he has applied; b the board has notified the applicant in writing that it is willing to make a payment of financial assistance to him for the purposes so specified, and of the maximum amount of the payment which it is willing to make; and c the applicant has satisfied the board that— i he has incurred costs which are not less than the amount of the payment of financial assistance; ii the costs were incurred before the date specified in directions , given by the Department to boards, as the latest date by which proposals must be submitted by boards to the Department; and iii the costs were incurred for the purposes specified in the application. 4 Where two or more persons have together applied for financial assistance, payment may be made to any one of them on behalf of them all; but otherwise in such a case “the applicant” means all of them together. Conditions on payments of financial assistance to prepare proposals 3 1 A person to whom a payment of financial assistance is made under regulation 2 shall comply with any conditions which the board may impose in writing in connection with the requirements mentioned in that regulation. 2 A person to whom a payment of financial assistance is made under regulation 2 who fails to comply with any conditions imposed by the board under this regulation shall, on demand by the board, repay the amount of the payment forthwith. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on Joan Dixon Assistant Secretary 19th May 1998.
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notices in licensed offices 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restrictions on advertisements 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advertisements permitted 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HORSE RACING AND BETTING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Horse Racing (Charges on Bookmakers) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 1st July 1998. Charges on bookmakers 2 The charges to be paid to the Department under Article 9 of the Horse Racing (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 for the benefit of the Fund shall be— a £84 in the case of every person to whom paragraph (1)( a ) of that Article applies; b £944 in the case of every person to whom paragraph (1)( b ) of that Article applies. Revocation 3 The Horse Racing (Charges on Bookmakers) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 is hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on R. S. Johnston Assistant Secretary 21st May 1998. The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves the foregoing Order. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on J. G. Sullivan Assistant Secretary 21st May 1998.
ROADS Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Street Works (1995 Order) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998. 2 In this Order “ the Order ” means the Street Works (Northern Ireland) Order 1995. Appointed day 2 The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Order specified in the Schedule shall be 1st June 1998. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on J. Carlisle Assistant Secretary 22nd May 1998.
DISABLED PERSONS Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998. Appointed day 2 The day appointed for the coming into operation of sections 46, 47 and, in so far as it relates to section 46, section 48 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 is 13th May 1998. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on W. B. Smith Assistant Secretary 13th May 1998.
SALARIES Title and commencement 1 This order may be cited as the Salaries (Assembly Ombudsman and Commissioner for Complaints) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 3rd June 1998. Revocation 2 The Salaries (Assembly Ombudsman and Commissioner for Complaints) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 is hereby revoked. Increase in Salaries 3 The annual salaries payable to the Assembly Ombudsman and the Commissioner for Complaints shall be increased as follows— a from £76,629 to £78,162 from 1st April 1998, b from £78,162 to £80,460 from 1st December 1998. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on C. P. Moore Assistant Secretary 13th May 1998.
LANDS TRIBUNAL Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Lands Tribunal (Superannuation) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 30th June 1998. Amendments of the Lands Tribunal (Salaries and Superannuation) Order (Northern Ireland) 1964 2 1 The Lands Tribunal (Salaries and Superannuation) Order (Northern Ireland) 1964 shall be amended in accordance with this Article. 2 In Article 2 (interpretation), after paragraph (2) there shall be added— 3 For the purposes of Part III, a person shall be taken to have retired from office as a member on the ground of permanent infirmity where the Department is satisfied, by means of a medical certificate, that he retired by reason of an infirmity of mind or body which rendered him incapable of discharging the duties of his office and that the incapacity is likely to be permanent. . 3 In Article 4 (annual pension)— a for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted— 1 The Department may grant to a member an annual sum by way of pension if he has completed at least 2 years' service and— a he retires from office; b his office is declared vacant under section 2(4) of the Act; or c his service is otherwise terminated. 1A Except as provided by paragraph (1B), a pension granted under paragraph (1) shall be payable to a person from the date when he attains the age of 65 years or ceases to hold office as a member, whichever is the later. 1B A pension granted under paragraph (1) to a person who retires on the grounds of permanent infirmity shall be payable to him from the date of his retirement. . b in paragraph (2), for sub-paragraph ( a ) there shall be substituted— a for the first 2 completed years of service, six-eightieths of the last annual salary; aa for each completed year of service in excess of 2 and up to 5, three-eightieths of the last annual salary; . M. Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 11th May 1998
NORTHERN IRELAND DEPARTMENTS Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Departments (Transfer of Functions) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998. 2 This Order shall come into operation on 1st July 1998. Interpretation 2 1 In this Order “the transfer date” means 1st July 1998. 2 Any reference in the Schedule to an enactment includes— a a reference to any enactment in operation on the transfer date amending or extending that enactment; and b a reference to so much of any enactment in operation on the transfer date as confers functions on the Department of Agriculture for the purposes of that enactment. Transfer of certain functions of the Department of Agriculture 3 There are hereby transferred as from the transfer date to the Department of the Environment the functions exercisable immediately before that date by the Department of Agriculture under or for the purposes of the enactments set out in the Schedule. References in enactments, etc 4 1 In the construction and for the purposes of any enactment, judgment, decree, order, award, deed, contract, regulation, byelaw, certificate or other document passed or made before the transfer date, any reference to, or which is to be construed as a reference to, the Department of Agriculture shall, so far only as may be necessary for the purposes of this Order, be construed as a reference to the Department of the Environment. 2 The transfer of functions by this Order shall not effect any order, regulation, rule, appointment, direction, instruction, approval, requirement or authorisation made or given or other thing done by the Department of Agriculture before the transfer date, but any such matter shall, if in force immediately before that date, continue in force to the like extent and subject to the like provisions as if it had been duly made, given or done by the Department of the Environment. 3 Anything commenced before the transfer date by or under the authority of the Department of Agriculture may, so far as it relates to any function transferred by this Order, be carried on or completed by or under the authority of the Department of the Environment. 4 Where, at the transfer date, any legal proceeding is pending to which the Department of Agriculture is a party and the proceeding relates to any of the functions transferred by this Order, the Department of the Environment shall be substituted in the proceeding for the Department of Agriculture, and the proceeding shall not abate by reason of the substitution. Transfer of assets and liabilities 5 On the transfer date all property, rights and liabilities held, enjoyed or incurred immediately before that date by the Department of Agriculture in connection with the functions transferred to the Department of the Environment shall be transferred to, and by virtue of this Order vest in, the Department of the Environment. Dated this Marjorie Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 5th day of May 1998.
PUBLIC HEALTH Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amount of fixed penalty 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 24th May 1998. 2 These Regulations shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant— a in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in arrears in accordance with paragraph 7(1)( a ) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations (date when change of circumstances is to take effect)— i from the first day of the benefit week which includes 31st May 1998, or ii if the claim for income support is for a period beginning after 31st May 1998, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 24th May 1998; b in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in advance in accordance with paragraph 7(1)( b ) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 31st May 1998, and for this purpose, the expressions “claimant” and “benefit week” have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations (interpretation). 3 In these Regulations— “the Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 ; “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 . 4 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations 2 In Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations (housing costs), in paragraph 12(1)( a ) (standard rate of interest on qualifying loans) for “7·97 per cent.” there shall be substituted “8·34 per cent.”. Revocation 3 The Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 are hereby revoked save that those Regulations shall continue to have effect until the day before the first day of the benefit week having effect in relation to any particular claimant for the purpose of regulation 1(2) of these Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 30th April 1998.
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 27th May 1998. Revaluation of earnings factors 2 The earnings factors relevant— a to the calculation— i of the additional pension in the rate of any long-term benefit, or ii of any guaranteed minimum pension, or b to any other calculation required under Part III of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (including that Part as modified by or under any other enactment), are directed to be increased for the tax years specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order by the percentage of their amount shown opposite those tax years in the second column of that Schedule. Rounding of fractional amounts 3 Where any earnings factor relevant to the calculation specified in Article 2( a )(i) of this Order, as increased in accordance with this Order, would not but for this Article be expressed as a whole number of pounds, it shall be so expressed by the rounding down of any fraction of a pound less than one half and the rounding up of any other fraction of a pound. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 29th April 1998.
NURSES, MIDWIVES AND HEALTH VISITORS This Order may be cited as the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Professional Conduct) (Amendment) Rules 1998, Approval Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 18th May 1998. Robert Carswell Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland Dated 23rd April 1998
LEGAL AID, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE Citation and commencement 1 These Rules may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 29th June 1998. Alteration of date 2 In rules 6(3) and 9(5)( a ) of the Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1992 for the date “30th June 1998” there shall be substituted “30th June 1999”. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 21st May 1998 We approve Graham Allen Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 1st June 1998
LANDS TRIBUNAL Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Lands Tribunal (Salaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 27th May 1998. Revocation 2 The Lands Tribunal (Salaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 is hereby revoked. Increases in salaries 3 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the annual salary payable to the President of the Lands Tribunal shall be increased as follows— a from £92,378 to £94,819 from 1st April 1998; b from £94,819 to £96,214 from 1st December 1998. 2 The annual salary payable to a President of the Lands Tribunal appointed after this Order comes into operation shall be £86,601 and shall be increased to £88,077 from 1st December 1998. 3 The annual salary payable to any other member of the Lands Tribunal shall be increased as follows— a from £80,430 to £83,523 from 1st April 1998; b from £83,523 to £84,752 from 1st December 1998. M. Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 8th April 1998
HARBOURS, DOCKS ETC. , Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Ports (Levy on Disposals of Land, etc.) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 19th May 1998. Amendment of the Ports (Levy on Disposals of Land, etc.) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 2 1 The Ports (Levy on Disposals of Land, etc.) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2). 2 In Article 36(5) (disposal statements), for the words “paragraph 4(1)” there shall be substituted “paragraph 5(1)”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on J. Ritchie Assistant Secretary 6th April 1998. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on G. Lavery Assistant Secretary 7th April 1998.
PLANT HEALTH Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Plant Health (Amendment No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 11th May 1998. Amendment of the Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 2 1 The Plant Health Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4). 2 In Schedule 4, Part A, Section 1, after item 68 there shall be inserted the following— 69. Cut flowers of Orchidaceae originating in Thailand In relation to consignments leaving Thailand after 9th February 1998, an official statement on the phytosanitary certificate, either— under the heading “Additional declaration”, that the cut flowers have been produced at a place of production which has been found to be free from Thrips palmi Karny on official inspections carried out at least monthly during the three months prior to export; or, under the heading “Additional declaration”, that as a consignment prior to export the cut flowers have been subjected to an appropriate fumigation treatment to ensure freedom from Thysanoptera, and, under the heading “Disinfestation and/or disinfection treatment”, specifying the fumigation treatment applied prior to export. . 3 In Schedule 5, Part B, Section I, after paragraph 6 there shall be added the following— 7 Cut flowers of Orchidaceae originating in Thailand and which left Thailand after 9th February 1998. 4 In Schedule 14 at the end there shall be added the following— Commission Decision 98/109/EC O.J. No. L.27, 3.2.98, p. 47 . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on R. S. Johnston Assistant Secretary 6th April 1998.