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Public Health, England Citation, commencement, extent and application 1 1 This order may be cited as the Control of Noise (Code of Practice for Construction and Open Sites) (England) Order 2015 and comes into force on 6th April 2015. 2 This Order extends to England and Wales but applies in England only. Approval of code of practice 2 The following parts of the British Standards Institution code of practice for noise and vibration control on construction and open sites, numbered BS 5228, are approved for the purpose of giving guidance on appropriate methods for minimising noise from those sites:— a Part 1: Noise, numbered BS 5228-1:2009, as amended by Amendment No. 1, which came into effect on 21st February 2014; b Part 2: Vibration, numbered BS 5228-2:2009, as amended by Amendment No. 1, which came into effect on 3rd June 2014. Revocation 3 The Control of Noise (Codes of Practice for Construction and Open Sites) (England) Order 2002 is revoked. Dan Rogerson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 11th February 2015
Health And Safety Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Justification Decision (Generation of Electricity by the UK ABWR Nuclear Reactor) Regulations 2015 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— “the 1996 Directive ” means Council Directive 96/29/Euratom laying down basic safety standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionizing radiation ; “class or type of practice” bears the same meaning as it bears under Article 6(1) of the 1996 Directive; “justified” in relation to a class or type of practice means justified by its economic, social or other benefits in relation to the health detriment it may cause; “spent fuel” means nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in and permanently removed from a reactor core; “the UK ABWR practice ” means the class or type of practice which is the generation of electricity from nuclear energy using oxide fuel of low enrichment in fissile content in a light water-cooled, light water moderated thermal reactor known as UK ABWR designed by Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd , and where the specification of that reactor matches that set out in Annex 1 to the document “Consultation on the Nuclear Industry Association’s Application to Justify the UK Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (UK ABWR) - Volume 2: Application Submitted by the Nuclear Industry Association” published in February 2014 by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, URN 14D/004. Justification decision 3 For the purposes of Article 6(1) of the 1996 Directive, subject to regulation 4, the following are justified— a the UK ABWR practice ; and b any class or type of practice which is— i a development of the UK ABWR practice; and ii so similar to the UK ABWR practice that the balance of benefits and detriments from that class or type of practice does not materially differ from the balance of benefits and detriments from the UK ABWR practice . Mixed oxide fuel and reprocessing 4 The justification decision in regulation 3 does not extend to— a the use of mixed oxide fuel in a class or type of practice justified under that regulation; or b the reprocessing of spent fuel which arises from such a class or type of practice. Verma Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of Energy and Climate Change 11th February 2015
Pensions Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions (Amendment) Order 2015 and shall come into force on 6th April 2015. 2 In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 2006. Amendment to article 33 (relationships subsequent to the award of a pension) of the principal Order 2 Article 33 (relationships subsequent to the award of a pension) of the principal Order is amended by— a inserting at the end of paragraph (1) “before the 1st April 2015”, b substituting for paragraph (2)— 2 Where— a in accordance with paragraph (1), an award to a person ceased, and b that person applies to restore the award in respect of a period which begins after the end of the relationship that led to the cessation of the award, the claim shall be determined as though the relationship had never existed. Amendment to the schedules to the principal Order 3 The schedules to the principal Order are amended by substituting— a the table in Schedule 1 for the table in Schedule 1, Part II of the principal Order, b the tables in Schedule 2 for tables 1 and 2 in Schedule 1, Part III of the principal Order, c the table in Schedule 3 for the table in Schedule 1, Part IV of the principal Order, d the tables in Schedule 4 for the tables in Schedule 2, Part II of the principal Order, and e the table in Schedule 5 for the table in Schedule 2, Part III of the principal Order. Richard Tilbrook Clerk of the Privy Council
Charities 1 This Order may be cited as the Exempt Charities Order 2015 and shall come into force on 12th February 2015. 2 University of St Mark and St John is hereby declared to be an exempt charity for the purposes of the Charities Act 2011. Richard Tilbrook Clerk of the Privy Council
Education, Wales Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appointment of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales or Prif Arolygydd Ei Mawrhydi dros Addysg a Hyfforddiant yng Nghymru 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Social Security Citation, commencement, interpretation and application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Penalty as Alternative to Prosecution) (Maximum Amount) Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st April 2015. 2 In this Order “the 1992 Act” means the Social Security Administration Act 1992. 3 The amendment made by article 2 applies only in relation to an act or omission referred to in paragraph (a) of section 115A(1) of the 1992 Act which appears, to the Secretary of State or the authority mentioned in that subsection, to have occurred wholly on or after 1st April 2015. Amended amount of maximum penalty 2 In section 115A(3)(b) of the 1992 Act (penalty as alternative to prosecution), for “£2000” substitute “£5000”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Mark Harper Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions 10th February 2015
Constitutional Law Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Scottish Administration (Offices) Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st April 2015. Specification of offices 2 The following offices are specified for the purposes of section 126(8)(b) of the Scotland Act 1998 (offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices)— a the Clerk of the Sheriff Appeal Court appointed under section 59(1) of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 ; b a Deputy Clerk of the Sheriff Appeal Court appointed under section 60(1) of that Act. Richard Tilbrook Clerk of the Privy Council
Highways, England Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Traffic Management Act 2004 (Commencement No. 8) (England) Order 2015. Commencement of provision 2 Section 59 (Guidance about inspections) of the Traffic Management Act 2004 comes into force as respects England on 6th April 2015. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Robert Goodwill Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Transport 9th February 2015
Investigatory Powers Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Communications Data) (Amendment) Order 2015 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Additional purpose and removal of powers to acquire communications data 2 1 The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Communications Data) Order 2010 is amended as follows. 2 In article 2, after paragraph (b), insert— c for the purpose of exercising functions relating to the regulation of financial services and markets or to financial stability. . 3 In Part 1 of Schedule 2— a in the entry for the Financial Conduct Authority, after “Section 22(2)(b)” insert “Article 2(c)”; b in the entry for the Prudential Regulation Authority, after “Section 22(2)(b)” insert “Article 2(c)”. 4 In Part 1 of Schedule 2, omit the entries for— a The Civil Nuclear Constabulary; b The force comprising the special constables appointed under section 79 of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 on the nomination of the Dover Harbour Board; c The force comprising the constables appointed under article 3 of the Mersey Docks and Harbour (Police) Order 1975 on the nomination of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company; d The Royal Mail Group Ltd, by virtue of being a Universal Service Provider within the meaning of Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011. 5 In Part 2 of Schedule 2, omit the entries for— a The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; b The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; c The Department of the Environment; d The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; e The Charity Commission; f The Environment Agency; g The Food Standards Agency; h The Pensions Regulator; i The Scottish Environment Protection Agency. James Brokenshire Minister of State Home Office 11th February 2015
Police, England And Wales Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Code of Practice for Powers of Entry and Description of Relevant Persons) Order 2015, and shall come into force on the seventh day after the day on which it is made. Powers of Entry Code of Practice 2 The Powers of Entry Code of Practice which was laid before Parliament on 8th December 2014 shall come into force on 6th April 2015. Description of relevant persons 3 For the purposes of section 51 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (effect of code), “relevant person” means any person exercising a power of entry or associated power, other than a devolved power of entry or devolved associated power, unless such exercise is subject to a separate Code of Practice issued (however described) under any enactment (whenever passed or made). Lord Bates Minister of State Home Office 11th February 2015
Education, Wales Title, commencement, application and revocation 1 1 The title of this Order is the Education Workforce Council (Additional Functions and Revocation) (Wales) Order 2015 and it comes into force on 1 April 2015. 2 This Order applies in relation to Wales. 3 The Orders set out in the Schedule are revoked. Interpretation 2 In this Order— ... the Regulations means “the European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2015”; and “relevant state” (“ gwladwriaeth berthnasol ”) means an EEA state or Switzerland. Additional Functions 3 1 The Education Workforce Council, having been specified as a competent authority in accordance with the Regulations, is to have the function of considering applications and granting authorisations to practice the profession of school teacher in Wales .... 2 The Council is to give advice and information to the public about the requirements for recognition in Wales of teaching qualifications obtained in a relevant state. Huw Lewis Minister for Education and Skills, one of the Welsh Ministers
Road Traffic Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Retention and Sale of Registration Marks Regulations 2015. 2 These Regulations come into force on 9th March 2015. 3 In these Regulations “the 1993 Regulations ” means the Retention of Registration Marks Regulations 1993 and “the 1995 Regulations ” means the Sale of Registration Marks Regulations 1995 . Amendment of the Retention of Registration Marks Regulations 1993 2 The 1993 Regulations are further amended in accordance with Schedule 1. Amendment of the Sale of Registration Marks Regulations 1995 3 The 1995 Regulations are further amended in accordance with Schedule 2. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Claire Perry Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Transport 10th February 2015
Terms And Conditions Of Employment Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Shared Parental Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 8th March 2015. Amendments to the Statutory Shared Parental Pay (General) Regulations 2014 2 1 The Statutory Shared Parental Pay (General) Regulations 2014 are amended as follows. 2 In regulation 29 (conditions relating to employment and earnings of claimant’s partner)— a in paragraph (3), for “paragraph (1)” substitute “paragraph (2)” and for “after” substitute “within”; b in paragraph (4), for “paragraph (1)” substitute “paragraph (2)”. 3 In regulation 31(conditions as to continuity of employment and normal weekly earnings of claimant), in paragraph (1)(b) for “relevant period” substitute “relevant week”. 4 In regulation 35 (continuous employment and unfair dismissal), in paragraph (1)(a) for “section 171ZY” substitute “section 171ZV”. 5 In regulation 36 (continuous employment and stoppages of work), in paragraph (1)(a)— a for “section 171ZY” substitute “section 171ZV”; b insert “)” after “paragraph (2)”. 6 In regulation 48 (persons unable to act), in paragraph (1)(c) for “additional statutory paternity pay” substitute “statutory shared parental pay”. Jo Swinson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 9th February 2015
Charities, England And Wales Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Charities (People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals) Order 2015 and comes into force on 10th March 2015. The scheme 2 The scheme set out in the Schedule has effect. Rob Wilson Parliamentary Secretary Cabinet Office 10th February 2015
Police, England And Wales Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Commencement No. 15) Order 2015. Commencement 2 Section 163(2) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, insofar as it relates to section 113B(10)(i) and (m) of the Police Act 1997 (enhanced criminal record certificates), shall come into force on 9th March 2015 for all remaining purposes. Simon Hughes Minister of State Ministry of Justice 11th February 2015
Social Security Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Pensions (Low Earnings Threshold) Order 2015 and comes into force on 6th April 2015. Low earnings threshold 2 For the purposes of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 , it is directed that the low earnings threshold for the tax years following the tax year 2014-2015 shall be £15,300. Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Steve Webb Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions 9th February 2015
Education, Wales Title, commencement, application and revocation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amount of registration fee payable 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information to be supplied by an employer to the Council on request 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deduction of fee 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Remittance of fees to the Council 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information to be supplied to the Council by the employer with the fee 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Failure to discharge duty 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Social Security Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Pensions (Flat Rate Accrual Amount) Order 2015 and comes into force on 6th April 2015. Flat Rate Accrual Amount 2 For the purpose of paragraph 13(2) of Schedule 4B to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 , the flat rate accrual amount for the tax year beginning 6th April 2015 and subsequent tax years shall be £93.60. Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Steve Webb Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions 9th February 2015
Social Security Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order 2015 and comes into force on 6th April 2015. Revaluation of earnings factors 2 The earnings factors for tax years specified in the Schedule to this Order in so far as they are 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 3 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (including that Part as modified by or under any other enactment), are directed to be increased for those tax years by the percentage of their amount shown opposite those tax years in 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 rounding down any fraction of a pound less than one half and rounding up any other fraction of a pound. Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Steve Webb Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions 9th February 2015
Education, England Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Further Education Loans (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 30th March 2015. Amendment of Further Education Loans Regulations 2012 2 The Further Education Loans Regulations 2012 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4. Time limits 3 For regulation 11 of the Further Education Loans Regulations 2012, substitute— Time limits 11 1 An application for a fee loan in connection with a further education course beginning before 1st August 2015 must reach the Secretary of State within the period of eligibility for the further education course for which support is required. 2 An application for a fee loan in connection with a further education course beginning on or after 1st August 2015 must reach the Secretary of State— a within the period of eligibility for the further education course for which support is required; and b before the applicant completes the further education course for which support is required. . Amount of the fee loan 4 For regulation 16 of the Further Education Loans Regulations 2012, substitute— Amount of the fee loan 16 1 The amount of a fee loan in respect of a further education course beginning before 1st August 2015 must not exceed the lesser of— a the maximum level of public funding in connection with that further education course, or b the amount which the institution is charging the eligible student for the further education course. 2 The amount of a fee loan in respect of a further education course beginning on or after 1st August 2015 must not exceed the lesser of— a the maximum loan amount available in connection with that further education course as contained in the document published by the Skills Funding Agency on 5th February 2015 entitled “Funding rates for 24+ Advanced Learning Loans designated qualifications 2015 to 2016, Version 1” , or b the amount which the institution is charging the eligible student for the further education course. . Nick Boles Minister of State for Skills and Equalities Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 10th February 2015
Social Security Citation and commencement 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 2015. 2 They come into force on 23rd March 2015. Amendment of the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 2 In the table in Schedule 1 to the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 (identification of stations and postcode districts), in the entry numbered 34 (Heathrow), after “E1-18,” insert “E20,”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Steve Webb Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions 9th February 2015
Local Government, England And Wales Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2015. Appointed day 2 The day after the day on which this Order is made is the day appointed for the coming into force of paragraphs 49, 50(1) and (3), 51 and 52 of Schedule 12 to the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 for the purpose of the Secretary of State making regulations under section 21 of the Local Government Act 2003 , and section 45 so far as it relates to those paragraphs and that purpose. Transitory provision 3 In the period until there is a recognised supervisory body within the meaning in the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 , the reference to the recognised supervisory bodies in section 32(3)(c) of that Act is to be treated as a reference to the bodies that are recognised supervisory bodies for the purposes of section 1217(4) of, and Schedule 10 to, the Companies Act 2006 as they have effect in relation to statutory audit. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Kris Hopkins Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Communities and Local Government 9th February 2015