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LANDLORD AND TENANT ENGLAND AND WALES Title, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 12th September 1997. 2 Any reference in this Order to “the Schedule” is a reference to the Schedule to this Order. 3 Any reference in this Order to a Community instrument is a reference to that instrument and any amendment of such instrument as may exist on the date this Order is made. 4 In this Order: “Council Regulation 805/68” means Council Regulation ( EEC ) No. 805/68 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal ; “Council Regulation 3013/89” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3013/89 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ; “Council Regulation 1765/92” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1765/92 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops . Assessment of productive capacity of land 2 1 Paragraph (2) of this article has effect for the purpose of the assessment of the productive capacity of a unit of agricultural land, in order to determine whether that unit is a commercial unit of agricultural land within the meaning of subparagraph (1) of paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986. 2 Where the land in question is capable, when farmed under competent management, of being used to produce any livestock, crop, fruit, etc. or as set-aside land, as is mentioned in any of the entries 1 to 8 in column 1 of the Schedule, then— a the unit of production prescribed in relation to that use of the land shall be the unit specified in column 2 of the Schedule opposite to that entry, and b the amount determined, for the period of 12 months beginning with 12th September 1997, as the net annual income from that unit of production in that period shall be the amount specified in column 3 of the Schedule opposite that unit of production. 3 The Schedule has effect subject to the Notes to the Schedule. Revocation 3 The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) Order 1996 is revoked. Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 28th July 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 4th August 1997
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT AND CO-OPERATION 1 1 This Order may be cited as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Further Payments to Capital Stock) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 31st July 1997. 2 In this Order— “the Agreement” means the Agreement establishing the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development done at Paris on 29 May 1990 and ratified by the Government of the United Kingdom on 10 August 1990 ; “the Bank” means the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development established by the Agreement; “ ECU ” means the European Currency Unit as defined in Council Regulation ( EC ) No. 3320/94 or any Council regulation amending or replacing same; “the Government” means the Government of the United Kingdom. “the Resolution” means Resolution No. 59 of the Board of Governors of the Bank entitled “Increase in Authorised Capital Stock and Subscriptions thereto”, adopted on 15 April 1996. 2 The Secretary of State may, on behalf of the Government out of money provided by Parliament:— a make payment of a further subscription to the increased authorised capital stock of the Bank of sums not exceeding in the aggregate ECU 851,750,000 in accordance with the arrangements made between the Government and the Bank pursuant to the terms of the Resolution; 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 her and accepted by the Bank pursuant to the arrangements mentioned in paragraph (a) above. 3 Any sums received by the Government in pursuance of the said arrangements shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund. Clare Short One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State. 20th July 1997 We approve, Jim Dowd Graham Allen Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury. 31st July 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Accounts Commission for Scotland (Financial Year) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st September 1997. Financial year of Commission 2 Subsections (1) and (2) of section 4 of the Audit (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996 shall first have effect in relation to the period from 1st April 1997 to 31st October 1997. Malcolm Chisholm Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 4th August 1997
The Cromarty Firth Port Authority Harbour Revision Order 1997 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1953/made The Cromarty Firth Port Authority Harbour Revision Order 1997 This Order provides that TBAC Limited shall cease to be the harbour authority for the deep water berth and pier known as Saltburn Pier which was previously within the ownership of the Company and which lies within the area of jurisdiction of the Cromarty Firth Port Authority. Consequently, the Order repeals the British Aluminium (Saltburn Pier) Order Confirmation Act 1971 and revokes the British Aluminium (Saltburn Pier) Order 1971. S.K. Reeves, Head of Ports Division, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions Port authorities Ports and harbours Piers Ferries HARBOURS, DOCKS, PIERS AND FERRIES en King’s Printer of Acts of Parliament 2010-07-16
TRANSPORT AND WORKS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Transport and Works (Guided Transport Modes) (Amendment) Order 1997, and shall come into force on the seventh day after the day on which it is made. 2 Article 3(2) of the Transport and Works (Guided Transport Modes) Order 1992 shall be amended: a by substituting the words “for the carriage of passengers or goods” for the words “wholly or mainly for the carriage of passengers”; and b by inserting before the word “and” the words “, “goods” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Railways Act 1993 ”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Glenda Jackson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 4th August 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authority Accounts (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st January 1998. Amendment of Regulations 2 In regulation 4 of the Local Authority Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 1985 , for “31st August” there shall be substituted “30th June”. Malcolm Chisholm Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 4th August 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Christchurch Borough Council) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 2nd September 1997. Exemption of information technology services 2 The provision of information technology services by the council of the borough of Christchurch shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out by Dorset County Council between 1st April 1998 and 30th September 1998. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 4th August 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Publication of Performance Information) (Scotland) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st January 1998. 2 This Order extends to Scotland only. Publication of Performance Information 2 The period specified in paragraph (b) of section 1(2) of the Local Government Act 1992 is hereby varied by substituting, in that paragraph, the word “six” for the word “nine”. Malcolm Chisholm Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 4th August 1997
PARTNERSHIP 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Partnerships (Unrestricted Size) No. 12 Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st September 1997. 2 Section 716(1) of the Companies Act 1985 does not prohibit the formation, for the purpose of carrying on practice in relation to matters connected with the European Patent Convention, of a partnership consisting of persons the majority of whom are members of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office. 3 For the purposes of these Regulations the European Patent Convention is the Convention on the Grant of European Patents signed in Munich on 5th October 1973 as from time to time amended . Ian McCartney, Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry 31st July 1997
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 —This Order may be cited as the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for the Core Subjects) (Key Stage 1) (England) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 8th August 1997. Amendment of Order 2 1 The Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for the Core Subjects) (Key Stage 1) (England) Order 1995 shall be amended as follows. 3 —In Article (6) the following paragraphs shall be substituted for paragraph (2)— 2 The verifying authority shall exercise the functions conferred by this article in relation to each of English and mathematics and— a subject to paragraph (2A), in any school year in relation to at least 25% of all relevant schools; b in each school year, in relation to those schools in relation to which verification took place in the last preceding school year and in the opinion of the verifying authority, having regard to the results of that verification, a further verification should be made. 2A For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), a verifications carried out pursuant to paragraph (2)(b) shall not count towards the 25% minimum; b the verifying authority shall so exercise its functions as to secure that in any period of four years they have been exercised in relation to all relevant schools. 2B For the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (2A), the `relevant schools' are, in the case of a verifying authority which is a local education authority, all the schools maintained by that authority and, in the case of the Authority, all grant-maintained and grant-maintained special schools. . Estelle Morris Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 30th July 1997
CUSTOMS & EXCISE Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 1997, section 7(10), (Appointed Day) Order 1997. Commencement 2 The day appointed as the day on which section 7 of the Finance Act 1997 comes into force is 15th August 1997. New King’s Beam House 22 Upper Ground London SE1 9PJ D. J. Howard Commissioner of Customs and Excise 6th August 1997
FEES AND CHARGES Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Passport (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st September 1997. Amendment of the Plant Passport (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) Regulations 1993 2 For the Schedule to the Plant Passport (Plant Health Fees) (England and Wales) Regulations 1993 , there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 6th August 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 4th August 1997 We consent, John McFall Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 31st July 1997
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Sex Offenders (Certificate of Caution) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st September 1997. 2 This Order extends to England and Wales and Northern Ireland only. 2 The certificate referred to in section 5(4) of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 (Certificate of Caution) shall be in the form set out in the Schedule to this Order or a form to like effect. Home Office Alun Michael Minister of State 2nd August 1997
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Sex Offenders Act 1997 (Commencement) Order 1997. 2 The Sex Offenders Act 1997 shall come into force on 1st September 1997. Home Office Alun Michael Minister of State 2nd August 1997
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Dartford–Thurrock Crossing (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st September 1997. Abnormal loads 2 For Parts I and II of the Table to Regulation 2 of the Dartford–Thurrock Crossing (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (“the 1996 Regulations ”) there shall be substituted the following:— PART I Time of Commencement of Passage 1996 Charge 1997 Charge Overall width Greater than 2.75 metres and not more than 6.1 metres Passage commencing after 06.00 hours and before 22.00 hours £38 £39 Greater than 2.75 metres and not more than 6.1 metres Passage commencing on or after 22.00 hours and on or before 06.00 hours £18 £19 Greater than 6.1 metres At any time £173 £178 Overall length Greater than 18.3 metres and not more than 27.4 metres Passage commencing after 06.00 hours and before 22.00 hours £38 £39 Greater than 18.3 metres and not more than 27.4 metres Passage commencing on or after 22.00 hours and on or before 06.00 hours £18 £19 Greater than 27.4 metres At any time £173 £178 Total weight of vehicle Greater than 150,000 kilograms At any time £173 £178 PART II Time of Commencement of Passage 1996 Charge 1997 Charge Overall Width Greater than 3.65 metres and not more than 6.1 metres Passage commencing after 06.00 hours and before 22.00 hours £38 £39 Greater than 3.65 metres and not more than 6.1 metres Passage commencing on or after 22.00 hours and on or before 06.00 hours £18 £19 Greater than 6.1 metres At any time £173 £178 Overall length Greater than 27.4 metres At any time £173 £178 Total weight of vehicles Greater than 150,000 kilograms At any time £173 £178 Dangerous goods 3 In regulation 3 of the 1996 Regulations for the reference to the booklet entitled “Dangerous Traffic”, 9th edition issued in 1996, there shall be substituted a reference to the 9th edition of that booklet issued in 1997. Removal of stationary vehicles 4 For the table to regulation 4 of the 1996 Regulations there shall be substituted the following table: (1) 1996 (1) 1997 (2) 1996 (2) 1997 Minimum Charge Minimum Charge Additional Charge Additional Charge Motor cycle & combinations £8 £8 £3 £3 Vehicles with two axles—which could not be removed otherwise than by a large breakdown vehicle £53 £54 £17 £18 in any other case £31 £32 £10 £10 Vehicles with more than two axles £105 £108 £35 £36 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Helene Hayman Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 30th July 1997
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Nursery Education (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 29 August 1997. Amendment of Regulations 2 1 The Nursery Education Regulations 1996 shall be amended as follows. 2 Regulation 4 shall be amended by the insertion at the end of the definition of “unit amount” in paragraph (1) of the words “(otherwise than under regulation 4A)”, and by the insertion after paragraph (1), of the following paragraph, namely— 1A In relation to the provision of nursery education by a local authority in Wales, this regulation applies only for the purpose of determining grant in respect of nursery education provided by the authority during the period ending on 31st August 1997. . 3 There shall be inserted after regulation 4 the following regulation— 4A 1 This regulation applies for the purpose of determining the amount of grant to be made to a local authority in Wales in respect of nursery education provided by them during the period commencing on 1st September 1997 and ending on 31st March 1998. 2 The amount of grant made to a local authority under this regulation shall be obtained by deducting from the amount specified by the Secretary of State, in relation to that authority, for the purpose of determining under this regulation the amount of grant to be made to them, the aggregate amount of grant made to the authority under regulation 4 in relation to that authority. . Signed under the authority of the Secretary of State Peter Hain Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Welsh Office 2nd August 1997
POLICE 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Police Pensions (Provision of Information) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st September 1997. 2 References in these Regulations to section 8A are to that section of the Police Pensions Act 1976. 2 1 Paragraphs (2) and (3) set out the circumstances prescribed for the purposes of section 8A(1) in which information may be provided by a police authority in connection with the questions specified in section 8A(2). 2 Those circumstances are where a written request for, or a written consent to, the provision of the information has been given by, or on behalf of, the individual to whom the information relates. 3 Where the individual to whom the information relates has died, those circumstances are where a written request for, or a written consent to, the provision of the information has been given by his personal representatives. 3 1 Paragraph (2) sets out the persons prescribed for the purposes of section 8A(1)(a) ( as persons to whom information may be supplied). 2 Those persons are— a a person who is or has been an authorised person within the meaning of the Financial Services Act 1986 (“an authorised person”); b an appointed representative within the meaning of section 44 of the Financial Services Act 1986 (“an appointed representative”); c a recognised self-regulating organisation within the meaning of the Financial Services Act 1986; d a recognised professional body within the meaning of the Financial Services Act 1986; e the Securities and Investments Board ; f the Investors Compensation Scheme Limited ; g a professional indemnity insurer of an authorised person or an appointed representative; h The Chartered Accountants Compensation Scheme Limited; i The Solicitors Indemnity Fund Limited; j a person or body arbitrating or adjudicating in, or investigating or considering, a complaint or dispute made or referred to them by such an individual as is mentioned in section 8A(2) and which involves that individual and an authorised person or an appointed representative; and k a person or body appointed to act on behalf of any of the above. 4 The persons prescribed for the purposes of section 8A(3) (as persons who may be required by a police authority to pay a reasonable fee in respect of the expenses referred to in that provision) are those listed in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) and (f) to (i) of regulation 3(2) and any person or body appointed to act on behalf of any of those persons. Home Office Alun Michael Minister of State 31st July 1997
MARINE POLLUTION 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st September 1997. 2 The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 1996 shall be amended as follows. 3 In regulation 7(6)(a) for “fitting arrangements” there shall be substituted “fittings, arrangements”. 4 In regulation 8(1)(b) after “Secretary of State” there shall be inserted “, other than the direct replacement of fittings or equipment”. 5 In regulation 14(2) for “(2) and (6)” there shall be substituted “(3) and (6)”. 6 In regulation 16(3)(b) for “Paragraph (2)(a)” there shall be substituted “Paragraph (2)(b)”. 7 In regulation 32(3)(b) for “platform” there shall be substituted “machinery space”. 8 In regulation 36(2) for “£50,000” there shall be substituted “£250,000”. 9 In regulation 37(3)(c)(i) and (ii) for “£55,000” there shall be substituted “£255,000”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Glenda Jackson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 31st July 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Hackney and Southwark London Borough Councils and Liverpool City Council) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 29th August 1997. Exemption of financial services 2 The provision of financial services by Hackney London Borough Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out before 23rd February 1998. Exemption of grounds maintenance 3 The maintenance of ground by Southwark London Borough Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out before 6th April 1998. Exemption of sports and leisure facilities management 4 The management of sports and leisure facilities by Liverpool City Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as— a it is carried out at Beechley Riding Stables, Harthill Road, Calderstones Park, Liverpool L18 4TU; and b that facility is provided for use predominantly by disabled persons (within the meaning of Part I of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 ). Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 31st July 1997
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Knives Act 1997 (Commencement) (No. 1) Order 1997. 2 Sections 1 to 7, 9 and 10 of the Knives Act 1997 shall come into force on 1st September 1997. Alun Michael Minister of State Home Office 25th July 1997