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ENERGY CONSERVATION Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Act 1990 (Commencement No.6) Order 1997. Appointed day 2 9th June 1997 is appointed as the day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Social Security Act 1990:– a section 15(11); b Schedule 7, so far as relating to the repeal of sections 252 and 253 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 ; and c section 21(2), so far as relating to the provisions mentioned in paragraph (b) above. Malcolm Chisholm Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 21st May 1997
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES 1 This Order may be cited as the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Exemptions and Reliefs) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997. 2 1 Anything required for the official use of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (“the Office”) shall be exempt from— a duties (whether of customs or excise) and taxes on importation; and b prohibitions and restrictions on importation. 2 The exemption in paragraph (1)(a) above shall be subject to such conditions as the Commissioners of Customs and Excise may prescribe for the protection of the Revenue. 3 The relief set out in paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the International Organisations Act 1968 (Hydrocarbon oil) shall apply to oil used for the official use of the Office. 4 The relief set out in paragraph 7 of that Schedule (supply of goods or services) shall apply in relation to motor vehicles used for the official use of the Office. 5 1 A member of the Office shall be exempt from income tax in respect of emoluments received in that capacity. 2 In paragraph (1) above the term “emoluments” does not include pensions or annuities. 6 The exemption set out in Article 48 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (social security) (set out in Schedule 1 to the Consular Relations Act 1968 ), construed in accordance with section 1(6) of that Act, shall apply in relation to members of the Office and members of their families who form part of their households. 7 The exemption and privilege set out in part 16 of Schedule 1 to the International Organisation Act 1968 (imports) shall apply to members of the Office. 8 Within a period of six months starting with the date on which a person enters the United Kingdom for the first time as a member of the Office, he may either— a import one motor vehicle for his personal use, in which case he shall be exempt from any duties and taxes which would be payable on the importation, or b purchase within the United Kingdom one motor vehicle for his personal use, in which case he shall be exempt from any tax which would be payable on the purchase. 9 This Order does not apply to any member of the Office who— a is a permanent resident of the United Kingdom, or b is resident in the United Kingdom immediately prior to appointment. Jim Dowd John Owen Jones Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 21st May 1997.
BROADCASTING 1 This Order may be cited as the Listed Events (Prescribed Multiplier) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 10th June 1997. 2 The prescribed multiplier for the purposes of section 102(3) of the Broadcasting Act 1996 shall be one. Chris Smith Secretary of State for National Heritage 20th May 1997
ROAD TRAFFIC Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the A501 Trunk Road (Euston Road, Camden and Westminster) Red Route (Prescribed Route and Prohibited Turn) Traffic Order 1997, and shall come into force on 2nd June 1997. Interpretation 2 In this Order: a causing includes permitting, and cause shall be construed accordingly; b a reference to an article followed by a number is a reference to the article of this order so numbered; c “the Osnaburgh Street island” means the triangular island site situated at or adjacent to the junction of Euston Road and Osnaburgh Street in the City of Westminster and the London Borough of Camden. Prescribed Routes and Prohibitive Turns 3 Subject to the provisions of article 4 below, every person causing any vehicle to enter the trunk road from Osnaburgh Street, in the London Borough of Camden— a on passing the east side of the Osnaburgh Street Island, shall cause that vehicle on reaching the junction with Euston Road to turn left into Euston Road; and b on passing the west side of the Osnaburgh Street island shall cause that vehicle on reaching the junction with Euston Road, to proceed ahead into the carriageway which lies immediately to the east of Great Portland Street, London Transport Station and forms part of the north-east to south-west arms of Euston Road and Great Portland Street. Exemptions 4 Nothing in Article 3 of this Order shall apply— a to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden; or b to a vehicle being used for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes. Revocations 5 The A501 Trunk Road (Euston Road and Osnaburgh Street, Camden and Westminster) Red Route (Prescribed Route and Prohibited Turn No. 1) Experimental Order 1995 is hereby revoked. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State for Transport. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 20 May 1997
SECURITIES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Stock Transfer (Gilt-Edged Securities) (CGO Service) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st September 1997. 2 The Stock Transfer (Gilt-Edged Securities) (CGO Service) Regulations 1985 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations. 3 Regulation 2 shall be amended— a by inserting after the definition of “the CGO” the following— “the CGO Rules ” means any rules or procedures relating to the operation of the CGO Service which may from time to time be established or amended by the Bank in accordance with the contracts under which persons are entitled to use the CGO Service; ; b by inserting after the words “the CGO Service” in the definition of “an exempt transfer” the words “, and includes a transfer effected in accordance with regulation 7 below”; and c by inserting after the definition of securities the following— “strip” means a security representing any amount, being one penny or any multiple thereof, payable under one or more strips, within the meaning of section 47 of the Finance Act 1942 , of any stock or bond, regardless whether that amount corresponds to the total amount payable under any security issued for the purpose of effecting any particular exchange of any stock or bond for strips. . 4 After regulation 6 there shall be inserted the following new regulation— Protection of Bank in relation to certain transfers of strips 7 1 This regulation applies where the CGO Rules make relevant provision for cases in which any person’s membership of the CGO Service is suspended or terminated, whether by reason of death, incapacity, bankruptcy, sequestration of his estate, winding-up, dissolution or any other cause, and any such person is referred to in this regulation as “the relevant person”. 2 In this Regulation, “relevant provision” means provision for transfers of strips registered in the name of the relevant person to be effected through the medium of the CGO Service by the Bank acting on the instructions of any person whose instructions the Bank would be entitled to accept as sufficient authority to effect a transfer by instrument in writing of— a those strips, or b where, by virtue of regulations made under section 47(1) of the Finance Act 1942, strips are not transferable by instrument in writing, any stock held by the relevant person which would be so transferable in accordance with those regulations. 3 The Bank may effect any transfer in accordance with any relevant provision notwithstanding that the suspension or termination of the relevant person’s membership of the CGO Service, or any event occasioning the same, has terminated any contractual authority to the Bank arising from or in connection with that membership, and, as regards the liability of the Bank to any person, any such transfer shall be treated as if such authority had not terminated, but without prejudice to any right which any person may have against any other person, not being the Bank. . Bob Ainsworth Jon Owen Jones Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 19th May 1997
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Gloucestershire Health Authority (Transfers of Trust Property) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 18th June 1997. 2 In this Order— “the Authority” means the Gloucestershire Health Authority; “the Schedule” means the Schedule to this Order; “the trust property” means, in the case of each NHS trust specified in column (1) of the Schedule, the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared, agreed upon and signed on behalf of the Authority and that NHS trust on the date specified in column (2) of the Schedule in relation to that NHS trust. Transfer of trust property 2 On 18th June 1997 the trust property which is trust property in relation to an NHS trust specified in the Schedule shall be transferred from the Authority to that NHS trust. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn Minister of State, Department of Health 20th May 1997
FOOD Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients (Fees) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 16th June 1997. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Circumstances in which a fee is payable and payment thereof 3 Any person who, pursuant to Article 4.1 of Regulation ( EC ) No. 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council, concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients , and regulation 3 (requests relating to novel foods or novel food ingredients and designation of food assessment body) of the Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients Regulations 1997 , submits to the Minister a request relating to a novel food or novel food ingredient, shall, at the time he submits that request, pay to the Minister, in connection with the services provided by him acting jointly with the Secretary of State for Health as the food assessment body for the purposes of that Regulation, the appropriate fee prescribed in regulation 4 below. Prescribed Fees 4 1 In respect of a request relating to any application involving a genetically modified organism for which an environmental risk assessment is required the fee payable shall be £6,500. 2 In respect of a request relating to any other application the fee payable shall be £4,000. 3 In respect of a request for an opinion as to substantial equivalence the fee payable shall be £1,725. Jeff Rooker Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 22nd May 1997 We consent, Bob Ainsworth Jon Owen Jones Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 19th May 1997
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Leicestershire Ambulance and Paramedic Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1997 and shall come into force on 30th May 1997. Amendment of NHS trust Establishment Order 2 In Article 4 of the Leicestershire Ambulance and Paramedic Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 for “4 non-executive” there shall be substituted “3 non-executive” and for “4 executive” there shall be substituted “3 executive”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn Minister of State, Department of Health 20th May 1997
AGRICULTURE Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Home-Grown Cereals Authority (Rate of Levy) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997. Interpretation 2 In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, expressions have the same meanings as they have in the Schemes. Rates of levy 3 1 For the relevant year the rates of levy per tonne of cereals delivered, which appear to the Ministers to be sufficient (but not more than sufficient) to meet the amount apportioned to each kind of cereal, shall in each case be— a 51.1125 pence in respect of dealer levy, b 47 pence in respect of grower levy, c 9.69375 pence in respect of standard rate processor levy, and d 4.7 pence in respect of reduced rate processor levy. 2 For the relevant year the rate of levy per tonne of oilseeds delivered, which appears to the Ministers to be sufficient (but not more than sufficient) to meet the amount apportioned to each kind of oilseed, shall in each case be 76.375 pence. Lord Donoughue Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 15th May 1997 Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 15th May 1997 Lord Dubs Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office 22nd May 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales: Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 20th May 1997
LAND DRAINAGE Title, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Northumbria Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st June 1997. 2 In this Order “the committee” means the Northumbria 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 metropolitan districts specified in the Schedule to this Order are the constituent councils. Number of members of the committee to be appointed by each constituent council 2 1 The number of members to be appointed to the committee by the council or councils of any county or metropolitan district 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 metropolitan districts shall be made jointly. Revocation 3 The Northumbria Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1996 is revoked. Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 28th May 1997
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997. 2 In this Order “the 1996 Order ” means the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (Designated Countries and Territories) Order 1996 . 3 This Order extends to England and Wales only. 2 Schedule 1 to the 1996 Order (countries and territories designated for the purposes of sections 39 and 40 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1994) shall be amended as follows— a below “Iran” there shall be inserted “Ireland”; b opposite the entry for Antigua & Barbuda there shall be inserted “The Attorney General”; c the entry opposite Colombia shall be deleted and replaced by “The Fiscalia General de la Nacion and the Ministerio de Justicia del Derecho”. 3 The Appendix to the 1996 Order, which describes when proceedings are instituted in a designated country, shall be amended as follows— a after the entry for Anguilla, there shall be inserted the following entry— Antigua & Barbuda when a person has been charged with a scheduled offence ; b After the entry for Chile, there shall be inserted the following entry— Colombia when a preliminary investigation or a formal process has begun and, in either case, a Resolution has been issued for a freezing or seizure order . N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
CINEMAS AND FILMS 1 This Order may be cited as the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 10th June 1997. 2 The Schedule to the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production Order 1994 shall be amended by inserting at the appropriate places in alphabetical order the words “Czech Republic” and “Italy”. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeiture Orders) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997. 2 In this Order “the principal Order ” means— a in relation to England and Wales, the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeiture Orders) Order 1991 ; and b in relation to Northern Ireland, the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeiture Orders) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 . 2 Article 2(1) of the England and Wales Order shall be amended, in the definition of “drug trafficking offence”, by the substitution of the following in place of sub-paragraphs (d) and (e)— d an offence under section 12 or 19 of the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990; e an offence under section 49, 50 or 51 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 ; . 3 Article 2(1) of the Northern Ireland Order shall be amended as follows— a in the definition of “drug trafficking”, for sub-paragraph (d) there shall be substituted the following— d an offence under Article 45, 46 or 47 of the Proceeds of Crime (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 in connection with the proceeds of drug trafficking; . b for the definition of “offence to which this Order applies” there shall be substituted the following— “offence to which this Order applies” means a drug trafficking offence or any offence corresponding or similar to an indictable offence to which the Proceeds of Crime (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 applies, other than a drug trafficking offence; . 4 Schedule 1 to the principal Order (which defines the institution of proceedings for the purposes of article 2(5) of that Order) shall be amended as follows— a after the entry for Anguilla, there shall be inserted the following entry— Antigua & Barbuda when a person has been charged with a scheduled offence ; b after the entry for Chile, there shall be inserted the following entry— Colombia when a preliminary investigation or a formal process has begun and, in either case, a Resolution has been issued for a freezing or seizure order . 5 Schedule 2 to the principal Order shall be amended as follows— a below “Iran” there shall be inserted “Ireland”; b opposite the entry for Antigua & Barbuda there shall be inserted “The Attorney General”; c the entry opposite Colombia shall be deleted and replaced by “The Fiscalia General de la Nacion and the Ministerio de Justicia del Derecho”. 6 Schedule 3 to the principal Order shall be amended by the insertion at the appropriate places in alphabetical order, of the entries for the countries and territories specified in the Schedule to this Order (including where so specified the appropriate authority for the country or territory). N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997. 2 This Order extends to England and Wales only. 3 In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Designated Countries and Territories) Order 1991 . 2 There shall be inserted in Schedule 1 to the principal Order, at the appropriate places in alphabetical order, the entries for those countries specified in the Schedule to this Order. 3 The Appendix set out at the end of paragraph 21(i) of Schedule 2 to the principal Order (institution of proceedings) shall be amended by the insertion, at the beginning, of the following— Antigua & Barbuda when a person has been charged with a scheduled offence Colombia when a preliminary investigation or a formal process has begun and, in either case, a Resolution has been issued for a freezing or seizure order . 4 A like amendment to that in article 3 above shall be made to the Appendix to section 102 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 as set out in Schedule 3 to the principal Order. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
LAND DRAINAGE Title, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Severn-Trent Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st June 1997. 2 In this Order “the committee” means the Severn-Trent 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 metropolitan districts specified in the Schedule to this Order are the constituent councils. Number of members of the committee to be appointed by each constituent council 2 1 The number of members to be appointed to the committee by the council or councils for any county or metropolitan district 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 by the councils for those counties or metropolitan districts shall be made jointly. Revocation 3 The Severn-Trent Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1996 is revoked. Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 28th May 1997
LAND DRAINAGE Title, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Southern Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st June 1997. 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 of the counties and London boroughs specified in the Schedule to this Order are the constituent councils. Number of members of the committee to be appointed by each constituent council 2 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 London borough is specified in any entry in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order, any appointment made to the committee by the councils for those counties or London boroughs shall be made jointly. Revocations 3 Articles 3(2) and 3(3) of, and the Schedule to, the Southern Water Authority (Regional Land Drainage Committee) Order 1973 are revoked. Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 28th May 1997
COMPANIES 1 This Order may be cited as the Companies Overseas Branch Registers (Hong Kong) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997. 2 In the list of countries and territories in Part I of Schedule 14 to the Companies Act 1985 (which specifies the countries and territories in which an overseas branch register may be kept) and in the corresponding list in Part I of Schedule 14 to the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (corresponding provision for Northern Ireland) there shall be inserted at the appropriate place in alphabetical order in each the following entry: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China . 3 This Order extends to Northern Ireland. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council