othertales/uklegislation huggingface dataset:
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the National Health Service (Functions of the Common Services Agency) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003. Amendment of the National Health Service (Functions of the Common Services Agency) (Scotland) Order 1974 2 In article 3 of the National Health Service (Functions of the Common Services Agency) (Scotland) Order 1974 omit sub-paragraph (n) . MALCOLM CHISHOLM A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 6th March 2003
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These regulations may be cited as the NHS Health Scotland (Transfer of Officers) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003. 2 In these Regulations– “the Board” means NHS Health Scotland ; “contracts of employment” means those contracts of employment mentioned in regulation 2(2) below; Transfer of Officers 2 1 All officers employed by the Agency and who are immediately before 1st April 2003 engaged in functions in relation to the provision of research and development services in the field of public health shall transfer to the Board on 1st April 2003. 2 The contracts of employment between the officers transferred by paragraph (1) above and the Agency shall not be terminated but shall continue to have effect on and after that transfer as if originally made between such officers and the Board. 3 Without prejudice to paragraph (1) above, on 1st April 2003– a all the rights, powers, duties and liabilities of the Agency under or in connection with the contracts of employment shall be transferred by virtue of this regulation to the Board; b anything done before the transfer of officers in accordance with paragraph (1) above by or in relation to the Agency in respect of the contracts of employment, shall be deemed to have been done by or in relation to the Board; and c any right or liability which was enforceable by or against the Agency in respect of the employment by them of any officer who is transferred to the Board by virtue of paragraph (1) above shall be enforceable by or against the Board. MALCOLM CHISHOLM A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 6th March 2003
SOCIAL CARE Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Regulation of Care (Requirements as to Care Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003. Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 1 The Regulation of Care (Requirements as to Care Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2002 shall be amended as follows. 2 After regulation 1(3), insert– 4 In the case of a care service which is a child care agency, any reference in– a regulation 4(3); b regulation 9; and c regulation 19(2) in relation to paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d), to a person employed shall include a reference to a person who is introduced to a service user by the provider and associated expressions referring to employment shall be construed accordingly; and in regulation 19(2)(c) the reference to “positions held” shall include introductions effected . 3 In regulation 4(3) after “child minding”, insert “or a child care agency”. 4 At the end of regulation 5(4), insert “or a child care agency”. 5 After regulation 19(3) insert– 4 The requirements in paragraphs (2)(e) and (3)(a), (d), (h), (j) and (k) shall not apply to providers of child care agencies. . FRANCIS McAVEETY Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 6th March 2003
COUNCIL TAX Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax (Supply of Information) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003. 2 In these Regulations, “local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 . 3 These Regulations extend to Scotland only. Local authority supply of relevant information 2 A local authority may supply relevant information , to any person who requests it for a purpose not relating to Part I or Part II of the Local Government Finance Act 1992. Prescribed fee 3 A local authority may charge a fee of £500 for supplying information under regulation 2 above. PETER J PEACOCK Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 3rd March 2003
PUBLIC HEALTH Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (Orkney) (No. 3) (Scotland) Order 2002 Revocation Order 2003 and shall come into force at 1500 hours on 13th March 2003. Revocation 2 The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (Orkney) (No. 3) (Scotland) Order 2002 and the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (Orkney) (No. 3) (Scotland) Partial Revocation Order 2002 are hereby revoked. MARY MULLIGAN Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 13th March 2003
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (Modification of Enactments) Order 2003, and shall come into force on 1st May 2003. Amendment of enactments 2 The enactments mentioned in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order are amended to the extent specified in column 2 of that Schedule. PETER J PEACOCK A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 18th March 2003
RATING AND VALUATION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Petrol Filling Stations, Public Houses and Hotels) (Scotland) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003. Interpretation 2 In this Order– “a hotel” means lands and heritages where alcoholic liquor may be sold under a hotel licence granted in terms of section 9 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 ; “a petrol filling station” means lands and heritages where petrol or other automotive fuels are sold by retail to the general public for fuelling motor vehicles intended or adapted for use on roads; “a public house” means lands and heritages where alcoholic liquor may be sold under a public house licence granted in terms of section 9 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976; and “the ratepayer” means the person occupying the lands and heritages. Prescribed conditions 3 The conditions prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 3(2)(c)(ii) of Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 are that the whole or part of the lands and heritages in the settlement concerned is used as– a a petrol filling station, where the ratepayer in relation to that petrol filling station is not the ratepayer in relation to any other petrol filling station in Scotland; b a public house, where– i the ratepayer in relation to that public house is not the ratepayer in relation to any other public house in Scotland; and ii there is no hotel or other public house in the settlement concerned; or c a hotel where– i the ratepayer in relation to that hotel is not the ratepayer in relation to any other hotel in Scotland; and ii there is no public house or other hotel in the settlement concerned. ANDREW P KERR A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 10th March 2003
SEA FISHERIES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Sea Fish (Specified Sea Areas) (Regulation of Nets and Other Fishing Gear) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2003 and shall come into force on 11th March 2003. Amendment of the Sea Fish (Specified Sea Areas) (Regulation of Nets and Other Fishing Gear) (Scotland) Order 2000 2 1 The Sea Fish (Specified Sea Areas) (Regulation of Nets and Other Fishing Gear) (Scotland) Order 2000 is amended in accordance with this article. 2 In article 5(2) (twine thickness requirements) , for “99 millimetres” there is substituted “94 millimetres”. ROSS FINNIE A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 10th March 2003
RATING AND VALUATION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Non Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003. Amendment of rateable value limits 2 For article 3(1) of the Non Domestic Rating (Rural Areas and Rateable Value Limits) (Scotland) Order 1997 , there shall be substituted– 1 The amount prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 3(2)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Act (mandatory relief) shall be– a in the case of any lands and heritages which, in whole or in part, are used as a qualifying general store, qualifying food store or qualifying post office, £6,000; and b in the case of any lands and heritages which satisfy the conditions prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 3(2)(c)(ii) of that Schedule , £9,000. ANDREW P KERR A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 6th March 2003
HOUSING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (Payments out of Grants for Housing Support Services) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003. Interpretation 2 In this Order– “the 2001 Act ” means the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 ; “care home service” has the same meaning as in the 2001 Act; “grant” means sums paid to local authorities by Scottish Ministers under section 91(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001; “payee” means the recipient of the payment out of grant; and “payer” means the local authority making the payment out of grant. Conditions for payments in respect of housing support services 3 The payer may make payments out of grant only if one of the conditions specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order is satisfied. Conditions for repayment 4 The payer shall impose a condition for repayment of any payment out of grant in any of the circumstances specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order. MARGARET CURRAN A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House Edinburgh 6th March 2003
RATING AND VALUATION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Valuation (Stud Farms) (Scotland) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003. Specified amount 2 For the purposes of section 7B of the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956 (rateable value of certain buildings used for breeding or rearing horses), the amount specified is £3,000. Prescribed amount 3 For the purposes of paragraph 4(2B)(c) of Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (discretionary relief) the amount prescribed is £6,000. Revocation 4 The Valuation (Stud Farms) (Scotland) Order 1989 is hereby revoked. ANDREW P KERR A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 6th March 2003
PENSIONS Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Pension Scheme (Management and Investment of Funds) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003. 2 These Regulations shall come into force on 31st March 2003. 3 These Regulations extend to Scotland only. Amendment of Regulations 2 The Local Government Pension Scheme (Management and Investment of Funds) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 (“the principal Regulations”) are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5 of these Regulations. Statement of investment principles 3 In regulation 9A of the principal Regulations– a insert a new paragraph after paragraph (3) as follows:– 3A A statement published after 30th June 2003 must also– a state the extent to which the administering authority comply with the ten principles of investment practice set out in the document published in April 2002 by CIPFA , the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, and called “CIPFA Pensions Panel Principles for Investment Decision Making in the Local Government Pension Scheme in the United Kingdom (Guidance note issue No. 5)” ; and b give the reasons for not complying where they do not do so. ; and b in paragraph (4), for “paragraph (2)” substitute “paragraphs (2) and (3A)”. Schedule 1 – Limits on investments 4 1 In paragraph 10 of Part 1 of Schedule 1, for “All insurance contracts” substitute “Any single insurance contract”. 2 In Part III of Schedule 1, for the definition of “open-ended investment company” substitute– “open-ended investment company” means an open-ended investment company as defined in section 236 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 which is an undertaking for collective investment schemes to which the Council Directive No. 85/611/ EEC co-ordinating the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities, as amended, applies; . Transitional provision 5 Nothing in these Regulations requires an administering authority which has published a statement under regulation 9A of the principal Regulations (as in force immediately before the date on which these Regulations come into force) to prepare a new statement but they must revise the statement which they have published so as to include the matters referred to in regulation 9A(3A) of the principal Regulations and publish the revised statement by 30th June 2003. ANDREW P KERR A member of the Scottish Executive St. Andrew’s House. Edinburgh 5th March 2003
ADULTS WITH INCAPACITY Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2003. Commencement 2 1 Sections 37(2) and (9), 39(3) and 41(d) of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 shall come into force on 6th March 2003 but only for the purpose of making regulations to come into force on 1st April 2003. 2 The following provisions of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 shall come into force on 1st April 2003:– a Part 4 (Management of Residents' Finances) insofar as not already in force; b Schedule 1 (Managers of an Establishment); c Section 88(1) and schedule 4 but only for the purpose of bringing paragraph 5 of that schedule into force; d Section 88(2) and schedule 5 (minor and consequential amendments) but only for the purpose of bringing paragraph 17(23) of that schedule into force; and e Section 88(3) and schedule 6 (repeals) but only for the purpose of bringing into force the repeal in section 5(2) and of section 94 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 . MALCOLM CHISHOLM A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 5th March 2003
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (Commencement No.1) Order 2003. 2 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003. Appointed days 2 1 The provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the Schedule (and the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of the Schedule) shall come into force on 1st April 2003 but, where a particular purpose is specified in relation to any provision in column 3 of the Schedule, that provision shall come into force on that day only for that purpose. 2 Section 60(1)(g) (repeal of section 31 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989) of the Act shall come into force on 1st May 2003. PETER J PEACOCK Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 4th March 2003
COUNCIL TAX Citation, commencement and amendment of the Council Tax (Liability of Owners) (Scotland) Regulations 1992 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax (Liability of Owners) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003. 2 1 The Council Tax (Liability of Owners) (Scotland) Regulations 1992 are amended as follows. 2 In the Schedule, for paragraph 3 there shall be substituted– 3 A dwelling occupied, or which could be occupied, by persons who do not constitute a single household and which is occupied by one or more persons each of whom– a is a tenant of, or has a licence to occupy, part only of the dwelling; or b has a licence to occupy, but is not liable (whether alone or jointly with other persons) to pay rent or a licence fee in respect of the dwelling as a whole. . PETER J PEACOCK A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 3rd March 2003
FOOD Citation, commencement and extent 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water Regulations 1999 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal regulations” means the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 . Amendment to the principal regulations 2 1 Subject to regulation 3 below, the principal regulations are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs. 2 In regulation 3(1)(b) (supply of drugs and appliances by chemists) omit “£6.20” and insert “£6.30”. 3 In regulation 8(5) (pre-payment certificates)– a omit “£32.40” and insert “£32.90”; and b omit “£89.00” and insert “£90.40”. 4 Omit Schedules 1, 2 and 3 and insert Schedules 1, 2 and 3 as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Transitional provisions 3 Regulation 2(2) to (4) shall apply in relation to supplies of drugs and appliances and payments for pre-payment certificates made on or after 1st April 2003 except that– a the amendment of regulation 8(5) (pre-payment certificates) of the principal regulations by regulation 2(3) above shall apply only where the application referred to in paragraph (1) of the said regulation 8 is received on or after that date; and b the insertion of Schedule 3 into the principal regulations by regulation 2(4) above shall apply only where the examination or first examination leading to the supply of the specified appliance takes place on or after that date. FRANCIS McAVEETY Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St. Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 28th February 2003
TRANSPORT Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority (Constitution, Membership and Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Amendment Order 2003 and shall come into force on 2nd April 2003. Amendment of the 1995 Order 2 In article 12(1) of The Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority (Constitution, Membership and Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 1995 for “or to the chairman” there is substituted “, to the chairman or to an officer or member of staff”. LEWIS MACDONALD Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 27th February 2003
RATING AND VALUATION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Former Agricultural Premises) (Scotland) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003. Prescribed amount 2 For the purposes of paragraph 3A(2)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (mandatory relief), the amount prescribed is £6,000. ANDREW P KERR A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 6th March 2003
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (Stipulated Time Limit) Order 2003, and shall come into force on 31st March 2003. Stipulated time limit 2 The stipulated time limit for the purposes of section 3(1) of the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 shall be in relation to– a the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority the period ending on 1st September 2003; and b the Cairngorms National Park Authority the period ending on 1st December 2003. ANDREW P KERR A member of the Scottish Executive St. Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 27th February 2003
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS Citation, interpretation and extent 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 (Commencement No. 10) (Scotland) Order 2003. 2 In this Order “the 1978 Act ” means the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 . 3 This Order extends to Scotland only. Appointed day 2 1st June 2003 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999:– a section 2(1), (2), (3), (4) and (6) (Central Authorities and accredited bodies) insofar as it relates to Scotland; b section 3 (Convention adoption orders) insofar as it amends the 1978 Act; c section 5 (effect of Convention adoptions in Scotland); d section 6 (Annulment of Convention adoptions etc. ) insofar as it amends the 1978 Act; e section 8 (meaning of “Convention adoption” and related expressions) insofar as it amends the 1978 Act; f section 11 (six month residence requirement for certain intercountry adoptions) insofar as it amends the 1978 Act; g section 15 (amendments and repeals) insofar as it relates to Schedule 2 and the repeals of the 1978 Act in Schedule 3; h Schedule 1 insofar as it relates to Scotland; i Schedule 2, paragraph 4; j Schedule 3 insofar as it amends the 1978 Act; and k section 17 (Savings for adoptions etc. under 1965 Convention) insofar as it relates to the 1978 Act. CATHY JAMIESON A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrews House, Edinburgh 27th February 2003
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (Devolved Public Bodies) Order 2003, and shall come into force on 1st May 2003. Devolved public bodies 2 1 The Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2). 2 In schedule 3– a omit– i “The Clinical Standards Board for Scotland”; ii “The Health Technology Board for Scotland”; and iii “The Scottish Council for Post Graduate Medical and Dental Education”; and b insert at the appropriate place– i “ NHS Education for Scotland”; and ii “NHS Quality Improvement Scotland”. PETER J PEACOCK Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 26th February 2003
RATING AND VALUATION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rate (Scotland) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003. Non domestic rate for 2003 2004 2 For the purposes of section 7B of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975, the Scottish Ministers prescribe a rate of 47.8 pence per pound as the non-domestic rate to be levied throughout Scotland in respect of financial year 2003–2004. ANDREW P KERR A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 27th February 2003
CINEMAS AND FILMS Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Cinematograph (Safety) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003. Amendment of the Cinematograph (Safety) (Scotland) Regulations 1955 2 In regulations 4(1) and (2), 26, 31(7)(a) and 38(1) of the Cinematograph (Safety) (Scotland) Regulations 1955 , for “twenty-one” substitute “eighteen”. JAMES WALLACE A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 4th March 2003