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FOOD, ENGLAND Title, extent and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Food (Control of Irradiation) Regulations 1990 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Audit Commission Act 1998 (Publication of Information as to Standards of Performance) (Variation) (England) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 15th September 2000. Variation of the period for publication of information as to standards of performance 2 1 In section 44(2)(b) of the Audit Commission Act 1998 (period for publication of information as to standards of performance) after “nine months” there shall be inserted “or, in the case of a relevant body in England, seven months”. 2 Accordingly, the latest time for the publication of information by a relevant body in England in accordance with section 44(2)(b) of the Audit Commission Act 1998 is immediately before the end of the period of seven months beginning with the end of the financial year in question. Application 3 This Order applies in relation to— a relevant bodies in England; and b the financial year ending with 31st March 2000 and subsequent financial years. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Chris Mullin Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 17th August 2000
ANIMALS, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 26th August 2000. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations" means the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 . 3 These Regulations extend to England and Wales. Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations— a after the entry relating to Bristol Port (Royal Portbury Dock) there shall be inserted the following entry— Gatwick Airport All animals other than ungulates (ii) ; and b the entry relating to Tilbury Port shall be deleted. 3 In Schedule 3 Part I, paragraph 1, to the principal Regulations— a before the words “Council Directive 97/12/EC " where they appear for the second time there shall be inserted the words “ The requirements of ” ; b after the entry relating to Council Directive 98/99/EC there shall be added the following entry— Directive 2000/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L163, 4.7.00, p. 35); ; and c after the entry relating to Commission Decision 99/579/EC there shall be added the following entry— Commission Decision 2000/528/EC (OJ No. L214, 25.8.00, p. 42); . Nick Brown Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 25th August 2000
MEDICINES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of fees specified in the principal Regulations 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional provisions 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Employment Code of Practice (Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures) Order 2000. Appointed day for Code of Practice 2 The day appointed by the Secretary of State under section 200(5) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 for the coming into effect of the Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures (the draft of which was laid before both Houses of Parliament on 7th June 2000) issued by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service pursuant to that section is 4th September 2000. Alan Johnson, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competitiveness, Department of Trade and Industry 17th August 2000
IMMIGRATION Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration (Removal Directions) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 2nd October 2000. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations— “ the Act ” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; “aircraft” includes hovercraft; “captain” means master (of a ship) or commander (of an aircraft); “international service” has the meaning given by section 13(6) of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987 ; “ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation; and “the tunnel system” has the meaning given by section 1(7) of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987. 2 In these Regulations, a reference to a section number is a reference to a section of the Act. Persons to whom directions may be given 3 For the purposes of section 10(6)(a) (classes of person to whom directions may be given), the following classes of person are prescribed— a owners of ships; b owners of aircraft; c agents of ships; d agents of aircraft; e captains of ships about to leave the United Kingdom; f captains of aircraft about to leave the United Kingdom; and g persons operating an international service. Requirements that may be imposed by directions 4 1 For the purposes of section 10(6)(b) (requirements that may be imposed by directions), the following kinds of requirements are prescribed— a in the case where directions are given to a captain of a ship or aircraft about to leave the United Kingdom, a requirement to remove the relevant person from the United Kingdom in that ship or aircraft; b in the case where directions are given to a person operating an international service, a requirement to make arrangements for the removal of the relevant person through the tunnel system; c in the case where directions are given to any other person who falls within a class prescribed in regulation 3, a requirement to make arrangements for the removal of the relevant person in a ship or aircraft specified or indicated in the directions; and d in all cases, a requirement to remove the relevant person in accordance with arrangements to be made by an immigration officer. 2 Paragraph (1) only applies if the directions specify that the relevant person is to be removed to a country or territory being— i a country of which he is a national or citizen; or ii a country or territory to which there is reason to believe that he will be admitted. 3 Paragraph (1)(b) only applies if the relevant person arrived in the United Kingdom through the tunnel system. 4 “Relevant person” means a person who may be removed from the United Kingdom in accordance with section 10(1). Steve Bassam Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 16th August 2000
IMMIGRATION 1 This Order may be cited as the Asylum (Designated Safe Third Countries) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 2nd October 2000. 2 The Asylum (Designated Countries of Destination and Designated Safe Third Countries) Order 1996 is hereby revoked. 3 The following countries are designated for the purposes of section 12(1)(b) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (designation of countries other than EU Member States for the purposes of appeal rights): Canada Norway Switzerland United States of America. Steve Bassam Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 16th August 2000
TRADE UNIONS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Employment Code of Practice (Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers) Order 2000 and comes into force on 18th September 2000. Appointed date for revised code of practice 2 The day appointed for the coming into effect of the revised Code of Practice on Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers issued by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 203 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (the draft of which was laid before both Houses of Parliament on 26th June 2000 and approved by resolutions of the House of Commons on 18th July 2000 and the House of Lords on 14th July 2000) is 18th September 2000. Alan Johnson, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competitiveness, Department of Trade and Industry 17th August 2000
EDUCATION, ENGLAND 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Grants) (Dance and Drama) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st September 2000. 2 1 The Education (Grants) (Dance and Drama) (England) Regulations 2000 shall be amended as follows. 2 In the Table in Schedule 2, in the entry for the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art for “£5913” in the fifth column there shall be substituted “£5973”. Tessa Blackstone Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 16th August 2000
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2000. 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Employment Relations Act 1999; “the 1992 Act ” means the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 . Commencement 2 1 Sections 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15 of the Act and subsections (4) to (6) of section 13 of the Act (all of which relate to the right to be accompanied) shall come into force on 4th September 2000. 2 Section 4 of and Schedule 3 to the Act (ballots and notices) shall come into force on 18th September 2000. Transitional provisions 3 Section 10 of the Act does not have effect in relation to a disciplinary or grievance hearing taking place on or after 4th September 2000 if the worker is required or invited to attend the hearing before that date. 4 1 The amendments to section 226A of the 1992 Act (made by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Act) shall apply in relation to a notice given pursuant to that section where a trade union— a takes the steps or any of the steps referred to in the section in relation to the notice mentioned in subsection (1)(a) of the section after 17th September 2000; or b takes the steps referred to in the section in relation to that notice before 18th September 2000 and reasonably believes that the notice will be received by the employer after 17th September 2000. 2 The amendments to sections 229, 230 and 246, substitution of section 228, and insertion of sections 228A and 232B of the 1992 Act (made by paragraphs 5, 6, 7 and 9 of Schedule 3 to the Act) have effect in relation to all ballots in respect of which the notice required by section 226A of the 1992 Act is subject to the amendments made to that section by the Act. 3 Subject to paragraph (4), the amendments to sections 226, 227, 234, 234A and insertion of section 232A of the 1992 Act (made by paragraphs 2, 4, 8, 10 and 11 of Schedule 3 to the Act) have effect only in relation to a ballot where the date of the ballot falls after 17th September 2000. 4 Section 234A(7B) of the 1992 Act (inserted by paragraph 11 of Schedule 3 to the Act) shall have effect in relation to agreements concluded after 17th September 2000. Alan Johnson, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competitiveness, Department of Trade and Industry 17th August 2000
LONDON GOVERNMENT Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (GLA Side Roads Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st October 2000. Amendment of Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 2 1 The Road Traffic Regulations Act 1984 shall be amended as follows. 2 In section 124A(8) (which specifies the “appropriate authority” in relation to certain orders) for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted— b in relation to an order made under section 124B of this Act, the Mayor of London; . 3 In section 124A(9) (which provides for references to GLA side roads to be construed by reference to orders of certain descriptions) for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted— b an order made by the Greater London Authority under section 124B of this Act. 4 After section 124A there shall be inserted the sections 124B and 124C set out in the Schedule to this Order (which make provision corresponding to sections 14B and 14C of the Highways Act 1980 as respects changing the status, and recording the status, of roads). Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Keith Hill Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 10th August 2000
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment and Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 17th September 2000. 2 In these Regulations, “the General Regulations ” means the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 1987 . Amendment of the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the General Regulations 3 In regulation 5(2) of the General Regulations (amount of a Sure Start Maternity Grant), in each place where the amount “£200 ” appears there shall be substituted the amount “£300”. Transitional arrangements 4 1 Subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation, the General Regulations shall have effect as if regulation 3 of these Regulations had not been made where— a the expected date of confinement; b the date of birth of the child (including any still-born); c the date of the adoption order; or d in the case of a child in respect of whom an order has been granted pursuant to section 30 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 , the date of the order, is before 3rd December 2000. 2 Subject to paragraph (3), where a claim is made for a Sure Start Maternity Grant before 3rd December 2000 in respect of a child born (including any still-born) on or after that date, regulation 5(2) of the General Regulations shall have effect as if the amount of the Sure Start Maternity Grant in that case were £300. 3 Where a decision is made in a case to which paragraph (2) applies on the basis that the amount of a Sure Start Maternity Grant is £200— a that decision may be revised under section 9 of the Social Security Act 1998 (revision of decisions)— i within 13 months of that decision; or ii where the Secretary of State receives an application for a revision of that decision made within 13 months of that decision; and b any payment made pursuant to that decision (before revision) shall be offset against any amount payable pursuant to the revision under section 9 of that Act. 4 Regulation 4(1) of the General Regulations (provision against double payment) shall not prevent a payment being made in consequence of paragraphs (2) and (3). Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Angela Eagle Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 15th August 2000
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Commission Areas (North Wales) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st January 2001. 2 In this Order, except where the context otherwise requires:— “area” means a commission area including any part of the North Wales committee area; “abolished area” means an area abolished by article 3(a) below; “new area” means the area constituted by article 3(b) below; any reference to a justice for an area shall be construed as a reference to a person who holds the commission of the peace for that area. 3 In Part II of the Schedule to the Justices of the Peace (Commission Areas) Order 1999 :— a the entries for Clwyd and Gwynedd shall be omitted; b after the entry for Gwent there shall be inserted the following new entry: Name of commission area Extent of commission area North Wales The area of North Wales MCC 4 Every person who immediately before 1st January 2001 holds office as a justice of the peace for an abolished area shall on and after that date hold office as a justice of the peace for the new area, and the commissions of the peace for the abolished areas shall accordingly have effect as commissions of the peace for the new area until such time as a commission of the peace for that area is granted. Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor Jane Kennedy Parliamentary Secretary Lord Chancellor’s Department Dated 13th August 2000
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 2nd October 2000. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations a reference to any regulation or Schedule by number alone means the regulation or Schedule so numbered in the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 . Transitional provisions 3 These Regulations shall apply to applications for legal aid made on or after 2nd October 2000, and applications before that date shall be treated as if these Regulations had not come into force. Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (General) Regulations 1989 4 In the Arrangement of Regulations, after the entry for regulation 3 there shall be inserted:— 3A Cases where assessment of financial resources is not required. 5 After regulation 3 there shall be inserted the following new regulation:— Cases where assessment of financial resources is not required 3A In the circumstances set out in regulation 4(2) and (3) of the Legal Aid Act 1988 (Modification) Regulations 2000 the following provisions of these Regulations shall not apply:— a regulation 11(3); b regulation 13; c regulation 14(7); d Part III; e Schedules 3 and 4. . Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor David Lock Parliamentary Secretary Lord Chancellor’s Department Dated 31st July 2000 We consent Jim Dowd Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 10th August 2000
DISABLED PERSONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Gatwick Express Class 460 Vehicles) Exemption (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 22nd September 2000. 2 Article 4(2) of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Gatwick Express Class 460 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2000 (“the principal Order”) shall be amended by inserting before the words “regulation 5(1)(b)” the words “subject to paragraph (2A) below,”. 3 After article 4(2) of the principal Order the following shall be inserted— 2A The exemption given by paragraph (2) above in relation to regulation 5(1)(b) shall apply to an exempted vehicle only while— a the maximum amount of pressure required to operate a door control does not exceed 40 newtons; and b the operator provides in that vehicle or, where an exempted vehicle forms part of a train, in that train a person, other than the driver of that vehicle or train, who is reasonably available to assist a disabled person. 4 Article 5(4) of the principal Order shall be amended by substituting “28th April 2011” for “30th September 2000”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Keith Hill Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 30th August 2000
FOOD, ENGLAND Title, extent and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Poultry Meat, Farmed Game Bird Meat and Rabbit Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Minced Meat and Meat Preparations (Hygiene) Regulations 1995 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consequential amendments 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CONTRACTS Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2000. Interpretation 2 1 In this Order— a “small business supplier” means a supplier, not being a United Kingdom public authority, whose business is a small business; b “a United Kingdom public authority” means an authority falling within Schedule 1 to the first commencement order, the Schedule to the second commencement order or the Schedule to this Order; c “the first commencement order” means the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1998 ; d “the second commencement order” means the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1999 . 2 For the purposes of this Order, a business is a small business if the number of full-time employees employed in the business is 50 or fewer when calculated in accordance with Schedule 2 to the first commencement order. Contracts in relation to which the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 comes into force on 1st September 2000 3 1 The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 shall come into force on 1st September 2000 in relation to contracts for the supply of goods or services made on or after that date between a small business supplier and any purchaser falling within the Schedule to this Order. 2 The question whether a contract falls within this description is to be determined by reference to the circumstances when the contract is made and, accordingly, is not affected by any subsequent change in those circumstances. Patricia Hewitt, Minister for Small Business and E-Commerce, Department of Trade and Industry 12th August 2000