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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the County of Suffolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2004. 2 This Order shall come into force – a for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005, on the day after that on which it is made; b for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005. Interpretation 2 In this Order – “county” means the county of Suffolk; “existing”, in relation to an electoral division or ward, means the electoral division or ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; references to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to district and borough wards in the county ; any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Suffolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2004”, of which prints are available for inspection at – the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and the offices of Suffolk County Council; and any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number. Electoral divisions of the county of Suffolk 3 1 The existing electoral divisions of the county shall be abolished. 2 The county shall be divided into sixty-three electoral divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule. 3 The electoral divisions shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to wards, parishes or, where an area is not so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the electoral division and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each electoral division shall be the number specified in respect of the electoral division in column (3) of the Schedule. 4 Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature. Maps 4 Suffolk County Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Suffolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2004” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time. Electoral registers 5 The Electoral Registration Officer for each district or borough in the county shall make such rearrangement of, or adaptation of, the register of local government electors as may be necessary for the purposes of, and in consequence of, this Order. Revocation 6 The County of Suffolk (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1984 is revoked, save for article 5. Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the 9th day of December 2004 Sam Younger Chairman of the Commission 9th December 2004 Jacqui Dixon Secretary to the Commission 9th December 2004
MEDICINES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 1st January 2005. Amendment of the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Regulations 1973 2 In regulation 3 of the Medicines (Pharmacies) Applications for Registration and Fees) Regulations 1973 (fees)— a in paragraph (1) (fee for registration of premises), for “£163” substitute “£460” and for “£86” (fee where premises are in Northern Ireland) substitute “£90”; b in paragraph (2) (retention fee), for “£125” substitute “£137” and for “£112” (fee where premises are in Northern Ireland) substitute “£118”; c in paragraph (3) (additional sum by way of penalty), for “£336” substitute “£460” and for “£250” (sum where premises are in Northern Ireland) substitute “£262”. Revocation 3 The Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applicants for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 2003 are revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Rosie Winterton Minister of State, Department of Health 2nd December 2004 Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety D. C. Gowdy Permanent Secretary, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety 3rd December 2004
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Commencement No.3) Order 2004. Commencement 2 Section 3 of the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 shall come into force on the day after the day on which this Order is made. Elliot Morley Minister of State Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs 2nd December 2004
IMMIGRATION 1 This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Designation of Travel Bans) (Amendment) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 16th December 2004. 2 1 The Schedule to the Immigration (Designation of Travel Bans) Order 2000 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) below. 2 In Part 1, for “Resolution 1343 (2001) of 7th March 2001 (Liberia).” and “Resolution 1478 (2003) of 6th May 2003 (Liberia).”, there shall be substituted “Resolution 1521 (2003) of 22nd December 2003 (Liberia).”. 3 In Part 2: a before “Common Position 97/193/ CFSP (Bosnia-Herzegovina).”, there shall be inserted “Common Position 2002/402/CFSP of 27th May 2002 (Al Qa'ida and the Taliban) .” and “Common Position 2004/661/CFSP of 24th September 2004 (Belarus) .”; b for “Common Position 2003/297/CFSP of 28th April 2003 (Burma).”, there shall be substituted “Common Position 2004/423/CFSP of 26th April 2004 (Burma) as amended by Common Position 2004/730/CFSP of 25th October 2004 (Burma) .”; c after “Common Position 2001/155/CFSP of 26th February 2001 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia).”, there shall be inserted “Common Position 2004/133/CFSP of 10th February 2004 (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) .”; d for “Common Position 2003/280/CFSP of 16th April 2003 (International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia).” and “Common Position 2003/484/CFSP of 27th June 2003 (International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia).”, there shall be substituted “Common Position 2004/293/CFSP of 30th March 2004 (International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia) .” and “Common Position 2004/528/CFSP of 28th June 2004 (International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia) .”; e for “Common Position 2001/357/CFSP of 7th May 2002 (Liberia).”, “Common Position 2002/457CFSP of 13th June 2002 (Liberia).” and “Common Position 2003/365/CFSP of 19th May 2003 (Liberia).”, there shall be substituted “Common Position 2004/137/CFSP of 10th February 2004 (Liberia) .”; f for “Common Position 2003/139/CFSP of 27th February 2003 (Moldovan Republic).”, there shall be substituted “Common Position 2004/179/CFSP of 23rd February 2004 (Moldovan Republic) as amended by Common Position 2004/622/CFSP of 26th August 2004 (Modovan Republic) .”; and g for “Common Position 2002/145/CFSP of 18th February 2002 (Zimbabwe).”, “Common Position 2002/754/CFSP of 13th September 2002 (Zimbabwe).” and “Common Position 2003/115/CFSP of 18th February 2003 (Zimbabwe).”, there shall be substituted “Common Position 2004/161/CFSP of 19th February 2004 (Zimbabwe) .”. Des Browne Minister of State Home Office 13th December 2004
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND 1 This Order may be cited as the A590 Trunk Road (Whitestone to Cartmel Lane) (Detrunking) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 17th December 2004. 2 In this Order— i “classified road” and a classification for a highway, means that the highway is not a principal road for the proposes of enactments or instruments which refer to highways classified as principal road but is a classified road for the purpose of every enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State and which does not specifically refer to their classification as principal roads; ii “the new trunk roads” means the new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct referred to in article 2(2)(ii) of the A590 Trunk Road (High and Low Newton Bypass and Slip Roads) Order 2004; iii “the trunk road” means the Levens Bridge to Carlisle Trunk Road (A590). 3 The length of the trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a classified road from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies the County Council of Cumbria that the new trunk roads are open for traffic. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Derek Drysdale A Divisional Director for the Highways Agency 30th November 2004
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND 1 This Order may be cited as the A590 Trunk Road (High and Low Newton Bypass and Slip Roads) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 17th December 2004. 2 In this Order— 1 all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway; 2 i “the main new road” means the new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in Schedule 1 to this Order; ii “the new trunk roads” means the main new road and the slip roads; iii “the plan” means the plan numbered HA10/2-/N233 marked “A590 Trunk Road (High and Low Newton Bypass and Slip Roads) Order 2004”, signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at DfT Records Management Branch, Ashdown House, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex TN37 7GA; iv “the slip road” means the new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the routes described in Schedule 2 to this Order and which connect the main new road or the trunk road with other highways at the places stated in that Schedule; and v “the trunk road” means the Levens Bridge to Carlisle Trunk Road (A590). 3 The main new road and the slip roads shall become trunk roads from the date when this Order comes into force. 4 The centre line of each of the new trunk roads is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan. 5 The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of any of the new trunk roads that— a where the highway is maintainable at the public expense by a local highway authority, the part in question shall be maintained by that authority, and b where the highway is not so maintainable and is not maintainable under a special enactment or by reason of tenure, enclosure or prescription, the Secretary of State shall be under no duty to maintain the part in question, until, in either case, a date to be specified in a notice given by the Secretary of State to the highway authority for that highway. The date specified will not be later than the date on which the relevant route is opened for traffic. Signed by authority of the Secretary for State for Transport Derek Drysdale A Divisional Director for the Highways Agency 30th November 2004
MEDICINES Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation of regulation 14 of the Marketing Authorisations for Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulations 1994 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, WALES Citation, commencement and application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Electronic Communications) (Wales) (No. 3) Order 2004 and comes into force on 1st January 2005. 2 This Order applies to land in Wales. Amendment of certain rules relating to planning inquiries 2 1 The Town and Country Planning (Inquiries Procedure) (Wales) Rules 2003 are amended in accordance with Schedule 1 to this Order. 2 The Town and Country Planning Appeals (Determination by Inspectors) (Inquiries Procedure) (Wales) Rules 2003 are amended in accordance with Schedule 2 to this Order. 3 The Town and Country Planning (Hearings Procedure) (Wales) Rules 2003 are amended in accordance with Schedule 3 to this Order. Amendment of regulations and rules relating to enforcement appeals 3 1 The Town and Country Planning (Enforcement) (Inquiries Procedure) (Wales) Rules 2003 are amended in accordance with Schedule 4 to this Order. 2 The Town and Country Planning (Enforcement) (Determination by Inspectors) (Inquiries Procedure) (Wales) Rules 2003 are amended in accordance with Schedule 5 to this Order. 3 The Town and Country Planning (Enforcement) (Hearings Procedure) (Wales) Rules 2003 are amended in accordance with Schedule 6 to this Order. Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor Minister of State Baroness Ashton of Upholland 1st December 2004
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1 1 This Order may be cited as the International Fund for Agricultural Development (Sixth Replenishment) Order 2004 and shall come into force forthwith. 2 In this Order— “the Agreement” means the Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development dated 13th June 1976, as ratified by the Government of the United Kingdom on 9th September 1977 ; “the Fund” means the International Fund for Agricultural Development established by the Agreement; “the Government” means the Government of the United Kingdom; “the Resolution” means Resolution 130/ XXVI of the Governing Council of the Fund on the Sixth Replenishment of the Fund’s resources, adopted on 19th February 2003. 2 The Secretary of State may, on behalf of the Government, out of money provided by Parliament— a make payment of a further contribution to the Fund not exceeding £19,707,000 in accordance with arrangements made between the Government and the Fund in accordance with the Resolution; and b make payment of sums required to redeem any non-interest-bearing and non-negotiable notes or other obligations which may be issued or created by him and accepted by the Fund pursuant to the arrangements mentioned in paragraph (a) above. Hilary Benn One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 22nd October 2004 We approve, Nick Ainger Jim Murphy Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 8th November 2004
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Commencement No.1) (England) Order 2004. Commencement 2 As respects England— a sections 4, 5 and 10(1) of the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 shall come into force on the day after the day on which this Order is made; and b sections 9 and 10(2) of the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 shall come into force on 1st April 2005. Elliot Morley Minister of State Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs 2nd December 2004
INCOME TAX Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Insurance Companies (Overseas Life Assurance Business) (Excluded Business) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force — a for the purposes of this regulation, regulation 2 and paragraphs (1) and (6) of regulation 3 shall come into force on 31st December 2004; and b for all other purposes on 6th April 2006. Amendment of the Insurance Companies (Overseas Life Assurance Business) (Excluded Business) Regulations 2000 2 The Insurance Companies (Overseas Life Assurance Business) (Excluded Business) Regulations 2000 are amended as follows. Amendment of regulation 7 3 1 Regulation 7(b) is amended as follows. 2 In the words preceding sub-paragraph (i) omit “where the Board”. 3 At the beginning of sub-paragraph (i) insert “where the Board”. 4 At the end of sub-paragraph (i) omit “or”. 5 At the beginning of sub-paragraph (ii) insert “where the Board” 6 In sub-paragraph (ii) after “section 596(2)(b)” insert— of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act or section 390 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 ; 7 After sub-paragraph (ii) add— ; or iii which is for the time being a qualifying overseas pension scheme within the meaning of paragraph 5 of Schedule 33 to the Finance Act 2004. . David Varney Helen Ghosh Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue 10th December 2004
INCOME TAX Citation, commencement and effect 1 This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 2004, Sections 38 to 45 and Schedule 6 (Consequential Amendment of Enactments No. 2) Order 2004, shall come into force on 31st December 2004, and shall have effect in relation to accounting periods beginning on or after 1st April 2004, subject to the transitional provisions in sections 43 and 44 of the Finance Act 2004. Amendment of section 592 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 2 1 Section 592 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (exempt approved pension schemes) is amended as follows. 2 For subsection (4) substitute— 4 Where the employer makes contributions to the pension scheme in respect of any individual, then— a for the purposes of Case I or II of Schedule D the contributions— i are to be treated as not being payments of a capital nature, to the extent that they otherwise would be, ii are allowed as a deduction in computing the amount of the profits for the period of account in which they are paid: b for the purposes of section 75 (expenses of management: companies with investment business) the contributions — i are to be treated as being expenses of management to the extent that they otherwise would not be; and ii are referable to the accounting period in which they are paid; c for the purposes of section 76 (expenses of insurance companies), the contributions— i are to be brought into account at Step 1 in subsection (7) of that section, to the extent that they otherwise would not be; and ii are referable to the accounting period in which they are paid. . Revocation 3 In the Schedule to the Finance Act 2004, Sections 38 to 45 and Schedule 6 (Consequential Amendment of Enactments) Order 2004, paragraph 30(2) is revoked. Derek Twigg Jim Murphy Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 9th December 2004
LAND DRAINAGE, ENGLAND Title commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Southern Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 2004 and shall come into force on 1 st April 2005. 2 In this Order– “the committee” means the Southern Regional Flood Defence Committee, being the regional flood defence committee established by section 14 of the Environment Act 1995 for which the councils for the counties and London boroughs specified in the Schedule to this Order are the constituent councils; and “the Scheme” means the Southern Water Authority Local Land Drainage Scheme 1974, approved on 8th February 1974 by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food acting under paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 5 to the Water Act 1973 , and as varied by– the National Rivers Authority (Southern Region) Local Flood Defence (Amendment) Scheme 1993, approved on 17th June 1993 by the said Minister acting under section 12(4) of the Water Resources Act 1991 ; the Environment Agency Southern Regional Flood Defence Committee Local Flood Defence (Amendment) Scheme 1997, approved on 29th August 1997 by the said Minister under section 17(8) of the Environment Act 1995 ; and the Environment Agency Southern Regional Flood Defence Committee Local Flood Defence (Amendment) Scheme 1998, approved on 8th April 1998 by the said Minister under section 17(8) of the said Act. Revocation of local flood defence scheme 2 The Scheme is revoked. The total number of members of the regional flood defence committee 3 The total number of members of the committee shall be increased from seventeen to nineteen . Number of members of the committee to be appointed by each constituent council 4 1 The number of members to be appointed to the committee by the council or councils of any county or London borough specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order shall be the number specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of that Schedule. 2 Where more than one county or metropolitan district is specified in any entry in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order, any appointment made to the committee in relation to that entry by the councils for those counties and London borough shall be made jointly. Revocation 5 The Southern Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1998 is revoked. Elliot Morley Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 30th November 2004
CRIMINAL LAW (ENGLAND AND WALES) 1 This Order may be cited as the Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2004 and shall come into force on the twenty fourth day after the day on which it is made. 2 1 The Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) Order 2002 is amended as follows. 2 In article 2, after “a penalty offence” there is inserted “by a person aged 16 or over at the time he committed the penalty offence”. 3 After article 2, there is inserted – 3 The amount of the penalty payable in respect of a penalty offence by a person aged under 16 at the time he committed the penalty offence is – a in the case of an offence falling under Part I of the Schedule to this Order, £40, or b in the case of an offence falling under Part II of the Schedule to this Order, £30. . 4 For the heading to Part I of the Schedule there is substituted “OFFENCES ATTRACTING PENALTY OF £80 FOR PERSONS 16 AND OVER, OR £40 FOR PERSONS UNDER 16”. 5 For the heading to Part II of the Schedule there is substituted “OFFENCES ATTRACTING PENALTY OF £40 FOR PERSONS 16 AND OVER, OR £30 FOR PERSONS UNDER 16”. 6 For “Section 168E of the Licensing Act 1964 (c. 26) ” in Part II of the Schedule there is substituted “Section 169E of the Licensing Act 1964 (c. 26) ”. Scotland of Asthal Q.C. Minister of State Home Office 2nd December 2004
INCOME TAX Citation 1 This order may be cited as the Income Tax (Indexation) (No.2) Order 2004. Amounts of personal allowance, married couple’s allowance and blind person’s allowance for 2005-6 2 1 The amounts, which, unless Parliament otherwise determines, will be treated by virtue of sections 257C(1) and 265(1A) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 as specified for the year 2005-6 in sections 257, 257A and 265 of that Act are set out in paragraphs (2) to (4) below. 2 In section 257 of that Act (personal allowance)— a in subsection (1) (personal allowance) — £4,895; b in subsection (2) (personal allowance — age 65-74) - £7,040; c in subsection (3) (personal allowance — age 75 and over) — £7,170; d in subsection (5) (income limit for age-related allowances) — £19,500. 3 In section 257A of that Act (married couple’s allowance)— a in subsection (2) (married couple’s allowance — age 70 to 74 and born before 6th April 1935 - £5,905; b in subsection (3) (married couple’s allowance — age 75 and over) — £5,975; c in subsection (5) (income limit for age-related married couple’s allowance) — £19,500; d in subsection (5A) (minimum married couple’s allowance) — £2,280. 4 In section 265(1) of that Act (blind person’s allowance) — £1,610. Joan Ryan Nick Ainger Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 2nd December 2004
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Excise Duties (Surcharges or Rebates) (Bioethanol) Order 2004. 2 It comes into force on 1st January 2005 and has effect in relation to bioethanol that is charged with bioethanol duty on or after that date. Interpretation 2 In this Order— a “the Oil Act ” means the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 ; b “bioethanol” has the same meaning as in section 2AB of the Oil Act ; c “bioethanol duty” means the duty charged on bioethanol by section 6AD(1) of the Oil Act . Adjustment of liability to bioethanol duty 3 The liability to bioethanol duty is adjusted by the deduction from the amount payable of 4.98 per cent. Joan Ryan Nick Ainger Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 2nd December 2004