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PENSIONS Citation and Commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Judicial Pensions (Preserved Benefits and Personal Pension Option) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st September 1988. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Judicial Pensions Act 1981 , “the Principal Order ” means the Judicial Pensions (Preservation of Benefits) Order 1988 , “ the Regulations ” means the Judicial Pensions (Personal Pension Option) Regulations 1988 , “judicial office” means one of the several offices referred to in sections 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 of and schedule 1 to the Act, and, references to a person’s eligibility for a pension are, in relation to a judicial office which carries entitlement to a pension, references to such entitlement. Preserved Benefits 3 For the purpose of assessing a person’s eligibility for a pension under the Principal Order he shall be deemed not to have held judicial office at any time when an election under section 14A of the Act as modified by the Regulations was in force in respect of him. Mackay of Clashfern, C. 29th July 1988 Malcolm Rifkind 5th August 1988
PENSIONS Citation and Commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Judicial Pensions (Personal Pension Option) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st September 1988. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— “ the Act ” means the Judicial Pensions Act 1981( ), and references to a person’s eligibility for a pension are, in relation to a judicial office which carries entitlement to a pension, references to such entitlement. Personal Pension Option 3 The provisions of the Act specified in the Schedule to these Regulations shall apply with the modifications specified in the Schedule. John Moore Secretary of State for Social Security 29th July 1988
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (Scotland) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st September 1988. 2 1 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Local Government Act 1988. 2 This Order applies to an activity if carried out by a defined authority specified in section 1(1) of the Act which has functions in Scotland. 3 1 None of the activities listed in section 2(2) of the Act shall be treated as a defined activity so long as the condition mentioned in paragraph (2) below is fulfilled. 2 The condition is that the amount estimated by the authority as the gross cost of carrying out the activity in question through their direct labour organisation or a similar organisation in the immediately preceding financial year does not exceed £100,000. 3 For the purposes of this article, the cost of carrying out any activity shall— a include such proportion of the authority’s administrative expenses, other than expenses that would be incurred by the authority whether the activity were carried out by it or by another person, as is properly attributable to the carrying out of the activity; b exclude the cost of any work which is treated as carried out by the authority by virtue of section 3(4) of the Act; and c exclude the cost of any work which, by virtue of article 4, 5 or 6 of this Order, does not fall within a defined activity. 4 None of the activities mentioned in section 2(2) of the Act shall be treated as a defined activity so long as it constitutes work carried out through an employee who is required as a condition of his employment to live in particular accommodation for the better performance of his duties and the work forms part of his duties. 5 The repair or maintenance of a motor vehicle or trailer shall not be treated as a defined activity where the motor vehicle or trailer is one which is used only for the discharge of a fire service function of a defined authority. 6 None of the activities mentioned in section 2(2) of the Act shall be treated as a defined activity so long as it constitutes work carried out pursuant to an agreement made with the Training Commission or the Secretary of State which is an agreement made by virtue of any provision of the Employment and Training Act 1973 , which specifies the work to be carried out by the authority and under which the Commission or the Secretary of State has agreed to pay the whole or part of the cost of the work so specified. Ian Lang Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 8th August 1988
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Specified Periods) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st September 1988. Application 2 These Regulations apply only to work to be carried out in Scotland. Specified periods 3 1 In the case of an authority specified in Part I of Schedule 1 hereto, the second condition, set out in section 7(3) of the Local Government Act 1988, shall not be treated as fulfilled as respects an activity mentioned in the first column of Part II of that Schedule if the period stated in the detailed specification by virtue of section 7(3)(c) is less than the period mentioned in the second column of that Part or exceeds the period mentioned in the third column. 2 In the case of an authority specified in Part I of Schedule 2 hereto, the said condition shall not be treated as fulfilled as respects an activity mentioned in the first column of Part II of that Schedule if the period so stated is less than the period mentioned in the second column of that Part or exceeds the period mentioned in the third column. Ian Lang Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 8th August 1988
NEW TOWNS 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Peterborough Development Corporation (Transfer of Property and Dissolution) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st October 1988. 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the New Towns Act 1981; “the Corporation” means the Peterborough Development Corporation; “the transfer date” means 1st October 1988. 2 It is directed that on the transfer date— a the property of the Corporation shall vest in the Commission for the New Towns; and b the Corporation shall cease to act except for the purposes of carrying out its functions under sections 67 , 68 and 70 of the Act (annual accounts of development corporations, audit and reports), and taking such other steps as are necessary to wind up its affairs. 3 For the purpose of ensuring the satisfactory discharge of the functions remaining to the Corporation on and after the transfer date the Commission shall provide the Corporation with all the necessary facilities including, in particular, access to any books, papers or documents which immediately before the transfer date were the property of the Corporation. 4 Any property received by the Corporation on or after the transfer date shall be transferred by the Corporation to the Commission. 5 A period of ten years commencing on the transfer date is hereby specified as the period for which, by virtue of paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 10 to the Act, section 11 of the Act (which relates to the acquisition of land for highways) and, so far as they have effect for the purposes of that section, the other provisions of the Act, shall continue to have effect in relation to the area of Peterborough New Town. 6 It is directed that the Corporation shall be dissolved on 31st December 1988. Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State A. G. Watson An Under Secretary in the Department of the Environment 4th August 1988
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1988. 2 1 Subject to paragraph (2) below, the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 referred to in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order (which relate to the matters described in column 2 of that Schedule) shall come into force on 1st October 1988. 2 Nothing in this Order shall bring into force any provision of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 in its application to Scotland and, accordingly, this Order does not extend to Scotland. Douglas Hurd One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 5th August 1988
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Employment Training: Payments) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 4th September 1988. 2 In this Order, “Class 1 contributions”, “ primary Class 1 contributions ”, “ secondary Class 1 contributions ” and “ Class 2 contributions ” shall have the same meanings as in the Social Security Act 1975( ). Treatment of payments for purposes of the Social Security Act 1975 2 No primary or secondary Class 1 contributions shall be payable, and no person shall be liable to pay Class 1 or Class 2 contributions, in respect of payments to any person in receipt of a training premium under provision made under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973( ;) or section 2 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 , being payments under provision made under either of those sections in connection with his use of facilities provided in pursuance of arrangements, known by the name of Employment Training, under either of those sections ; and Part I (Contributions) of the Social Security Act 1975 shall be modified accordingly. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security Nicholas Scott Minister of State, Department of Social Security
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND AND WALES Application, citation and commencement 1 1 This Order shall apply to the Wolverhampton urban development area. 2 This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Wolverhampton Urban Development Area) Special Development Order 1988 and shall come into force on 31st August 1988. Interpretation 2 In this Order, “Wolverhampton urban development area” means the area designated as an urban development area by the Wolverhampton Urban Development Area Order 1988 . Permitted development 3 1 The Town and Country Planning (Black Country Urban Development Area) Special Development Order 1987 shall have effect to permit development within the Wolverhampton urban development area in the circumstances in which, and to the same extent as, and subject to the same limitations, conditions and restrictions as, it is permitted by that order in the area designated as an urban development area by the Black Country Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1987 , and, accordingly, the first mentioned order shall have effect subject to the modifications mentioned in paragraph (2). 2 The modifications mentioned in paragraph (1) are— i in article 1(1), the insertion at the end of the words “and the Wolverhampton urban development area”; ii in article 2, the substitution for the definition of “the development area” of— “the development area” means the areas designated as urban development areas by the Black Country Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1987 and the Wolverhampton Urban Development Area Order 1988; ; and iii in article 6(2)(f), the substitution of the words “the development area” for “their area”. Nicholas Ridley Secretary of State for the Environment 5th August 1988
SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY 1 This Order may be cited as the British Shipbuilders Borrowing Powers (Increase of Limit) Order 1988 and shall come into force on the day after it is made. 2 The limit of £1550 million specified in section 11(7) of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 in respect of the aggregate of the amounts for the time being outstanding, otherwise than by way of interest, in respect of money borrowed by British Shipbuilders and each of its wholly owned subsidiaries (other than money borrowed on excluded loans as defined in section 11(9) of that Act) and the public dividend capital received by British Shipbuilders, is hereby increased to £1700 million. Tony Newton Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister of Trade and Industry 25th July 1988 We consent to the making of this Order, David Lightbown Tony Durant Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 29th July 1988
AGRICULTURE 1 This Scheme may be cited as the Farm Diversification Grant (Variation) Scheme 1988 and shall come into force on 1st October 1988. 2 The Farm Diversification Grant Scheme 1987 shall be varied in accordance with the following provisions of this Scheme. 3 In paragraph 5(2) thereof (restrictions on approval of farm diversification plans) there shall be inserted the following subparagraph— e proposed expenditure in relation to any work, facility or transaction— i which is of a kind specified in item 7(a) to (d) in Column 2 of the Schedule in respect of an ancillary farm business of a kind specified in paragraph 5 of Column 1 of the Schedule (provision of facilities for sports and recreation) or in respect of the letting of any land for the purposes of such a business; or ii which is of a kind specified in item 6(b) or (c) in Column 2 of the Schedule in respect of an ancillary farm business of a kind specified in paragraph 6 of Column 1 of the Schedule (provision of educational facilities relating to farming and the countryside and to farm-based industry) or in respect of the letting of any land for the purposes of such a business; or iii which is necessary or incidental to the carrying out of any work, facility or transaction of a kind mentioned in (i) and (ii) above for any of the purposes mentioned in (i) and (ii) above, where that work, facility or transaction is to be carried out on any set-aside land within the meaning of the Set-Aside Regulations 1988 . In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 28th July 1988. John MacGregor Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Sanderson of Bowden Minister of State, Scottish Office 28th July 1988 Peter Walker Secretary of State for Wales 2nd August 1988 We approve, Mark Lennox-Boyd David Lightbown Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 25th July 1988
MERCHANT SHIPPING Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Health and Safety: General Duties) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st September 1988. 2 The Merchant Shipping (Health and Safety: General Duties) Regulations 1984 shall be amended by substituting for regulation 8 the following:— 8 1 Contravention of regulation 4 of these Regulations shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding £2000 or, on conviction on indictment, by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine, or both. 2 Contravention of regulation 5 of these Regulations shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding £400. 3 Contravention of regulation 6 of these Regulations shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding £1000. 4 Contravention of regulation 7 of these Regulations shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding £1000. 5 It shall be a defence for a person charged under paragraphs (1) to (3) of this regulation to show that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence. . Paul Channon Secretary of State for Transport 4th August 1988
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st August 1988. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Regulations 1987 . Amendment of principal Regulations 3 At the end of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following:— and appeals to the Sheriff under the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 . 4 In regulation 4 of the principal Regulations— a in paragraph (b) the words “the Act of Adjournal (References to the European Court) 1973” shall be deleted and there shall be substituted the words “rule 113 of the Act of Adjournal (Consolidation) 1988” b the word “and” at the end of paragraph (b) shall be deleted and a semi-colon shall be substituted for the full stop at the end of paragraph (c); c there shall be inserted after paragraph (c) the following paragraphs:— d at any diet at which the court is considering the accused’s plea of guilty to the charges and where there has been no change of plea, and thereafter until final disposal of the case; e at any diet at which the court is considering the accused’s changed plea of guilty to the charges, provided that the accused has intimated in writing his intention to change his plea to one of guilty to the prosecutor within 14 days of the diet at which the plea of not guilty was tendered, and where no application for criminal legal aid has been made, and thereafter until final disposal of the case; and f at any diet where the judge orders a proof in mitigation, and thereafter until final disposal of the case. . James Douglas-Hamilton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 29th July 1988
HARBOURS, DOCKS, PIERS AND FERRIES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Port of Ramsgate (Pilotage) Harbour Revision Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st October 1988. Interpretation 2 In this Order “the Authority” means the Thanet District Council; “the Port” means the Port of Ramsgate; “signed plan” means the plan signed in triplicate by an Under Secretary in the Department of Transport, two copies of which have been deposited at that Department and one copy of which has been deposited at the offices of the Authority situated in Cecil Street, Margate, Kent CT9 1XZ. Extension of limits of jurisdiction for the purpose of pilotage 3 The limits within which the Authority shall have jurisdiction for the purposes of pilotage under Part I of the Pilotage Act 1987 shall include (in addition to the Port) the area outlined in red on the signed plan, being so much of the area outside the Port as lies within a radius of 3 nautical miles from the Lighthouse on the West Pier (Latitude 51° 19'.63 N. Longitude 01° 25'.40 E.) and to the east of a line bearing 065° true and to the north of a line bearing 145° true from that Lighthouse. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State J. W. S. Dempster An Under Secretary in the Department of Transport 18th August 1988
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, SCOTLAND 1 This Order may be cited as the Legal Aid Act 1988 (Commencement No. 2) (Scotland) Order 1988. 2 The following provisions of the Legal Aid Act 1988 shall come into force on 29th July 1988:— a section 44, insofar as it relates to the amendments made by the provisions specified in paragraph (b) below; b in Schedule 4, paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 5A, 6, 7, 8 and 9. James Douglas-Hamilton Parliamentary Under Secretary for State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 29th July 1988
BUILDING SOCIETIES Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Building Societies (Designation of Qualifying Bodies) (Amendment) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 30th August 1988. Amendment of previous Order 2 The Building Societies (Designation of Qualifying Bodies) Order 1988 shall have effect subject to the amendments set out in the Schedule to this Order. In witness whereof the common seal of the Building Societies Commission is hereto fixed, and is authenticated by me, a person authorised under paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to the Building Societies Act 1986, on 27th July 1988. P. H. Gevers Secretary to the Commission We consent to this Order Peter Lloyd David Lightbown Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 27th July 1988
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 The new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct— a along the route described in Schedule 1 to this Order (the highway along this route being in this Order referred to as “the main new trunk road”); b along the routes described in Schedule 2 to this Order (the highways along these routes being in this Order referred to as “the Beckton slip roads”), and c along the routes described in Schedule 3 to this Order (the highways along these routes being in this Order referred to as “the Newham Way slip roads”), shall become trunk roads as from the date when this Order comes into force. 2 The centre lines of the new trunk roads are indicated by heavy black lines on the deposited plan. 3 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 a highway 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 a highway 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 the purpose of through traffic. 4 In this Order:— 1 All measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway; 2 i “the deposited plan” means the plan numbered GLRT065/5012/36/ TO1/1—5, marked “The A406 London North Circular Trunk Road (East London River Crossing (A13 to A2) Supplementary Trunk Road and Slip Roads) Order 1988”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY; ii “the new trunk roads” means the new trunk roads described in article 1 of this Order; and iii “the No. 2 Supplementary Side Roads Order ” means “The A406 London North Circular Trunk Road (East London River Crossing (A13 to A2) No. 2 Supplementary Side Roads) Order 1988”. 5 This Order shall come into force on 11th August 1988 and may be cited as the A406 London North Circular Trunk Road (East London River Crossing (A13 to A2) Supplementary Trunk Road and Slip Roads) Order 1988. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State P. Wood An Under Secretary in the Department of Transport 1st August 1988
PUBLIC RECORDS 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Public Record Office (Fees) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st August 1988. 2 1 Subject to the following provision, the fees to be charged for the authentication of copies of or extracts from records under the charge of the Keeper of Public Records and for other services afforded by officers of the Public Record Office shall be those set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. 2 The Keeper of Public Records may remit a fee where the service performed by him is likely to include any research in consequence of a postal inquiry or has been or is likely to be exceptionally simple. 3 The Public Record Office (Fees) Regulations 1987 are hereby revoked. Mackay of Clashfern, C. 27th July 1988 We concur, David Lightbown Tony Durant Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 29th July 1988
WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Welsh Water Authority (Extension of Operation of Byelaws) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 23rd July 1988. 2 The byelaws made on 24th July 1978 by the Welsh Water Authority under section 17 of the Water Act 1945, which byelaws would, by virtue of section 19(6)(a) of the Water Act 1945 cease to have effect on 23rd July 1988, shall remain in force until 23rd July 1990. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Dinah Nichols An Under Secretary in the Department of the Environment 22nd July 1988 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Alwyn H. H. Jones An Assistant Secretary in the Welsh Office 21st July 1988