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MERCHANT SHIPPING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Bermuda) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 30th November 1997. Implementation of the Liability and Fund Convention 2 Sections 152 to 170 and 172 to 181 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, subject to the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order, shall extend to Bermuda, and any instrument made, or to be made, under section 152(2), 157(2), 157(4), 172(2) or 176(5) shall also extend to Bermuda. Revocations 3 The following Orders are hereby revoked— a The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Bermuda) Order 1975 ; b The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Bermuda) (Amendment) Order 1981 . N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
MERCHANT SHIPPING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (British Indian Ocean Territory) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 30th November 1997. Implementation of the Liability and Fund Convention 2 Sections 152 to 170 and 172 to 181 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, subject to the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order, shall extend to the British Indian Ocean Territory, and any instrument made, or to be made, under section 152(2), 157(2), 157(4), 172(2) or 176(5) shall also extend to British Indian Ocean Territory. Interpretation 3 In this Order, “the Territory” means the British Indian Ocean Territory, and references to the Territory include references to the territory and territorial sea of the British Indian Ocean Territory. Revocations 4 The following Orders, to the extent that they apply to the Territory, are hereby revoked— a The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Overseas Territories) Order 1975 ; b The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 1981 ; c The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1981 ; and d The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 1984 . N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
MERCHANT SHIPPING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Anguilla) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 30th November 1997. Implementation of the Liability and Fund Conventions 2 Sections 152 to 170 and 172 to 181 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, subject to the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order, shall extend to the Anguilla, and any instrument made, or to be made, under section 152(2), 157(2), 157(4), 172(2) or 176(5) shall also extend to Anguilla. Revocation 3 The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Anguilla) Order 1983 is hereby revoked. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
MERCHANT SHIPPING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims) (Overseas Territories) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 30th November 1997. Implementation of the Limitation of Liability Convention 2 Sections 185 and 186 of and Schedule 7 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 shall extend to each of the Territories listed in Schedule 1 to this Order subject to the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in Schedule 2 to this Order; and any instrument made, or to be made, under paragraphs 3, 5(2), 8(1) or 13 of Part II of Schedule 7 to the Act shall also extend to each Territory. Interpretation 3 In this Order, “the Territory” means any of the territories listed in Schedule 1 to this Order. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
MERCHANT SHIPPING Citation and Commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Pitcairn) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 30th November 1997. Implementation of the Liability and Fund Conventions 2 Sections 152 to 170 and 172 to 181 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, subject to the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order, shall extend to Pitcairn, and any instrument made, or to be made, under section 152(2), 157(2), 157(4), 172(2) or 176(5) shall also extend to Pitcairn. Interpretation 3 In this Order “Pitcairn” means Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands. Revocations 4 The following Orders, to the extent that they apply to Pitcairn, are hereby revoked— a The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Overseas Territories) Order 1975 ; b The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 1981 ; c The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) ( No. 2) Order 1981 ; and d The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 1984 . N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
MERCHANT SHIPPING 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage) (Transitional Provisions) (Overseas Territories) Order 1997, and shall come into force on 30th November 1997. 2 The Merchant Shipping (Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage) (Transitional Provisions) Order 1996 , shall extend to each of the following territories subject to the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified out in the Schedule to this Order: Anguilla Bermuda British Indian Ocean Territory Falkland Islands Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Turks and Caicos Islands Virgin Islands 3 In this Order, “the Territory” means each of the territories listed in Article 2. N. H. Nicholls Clerk to the Privy Council
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Cayman Islands) Order 1997, and shall come into force on 2nd December 1997. 2 Sections 1 to 24A, inclusive, section 25(1) and (2) and section 27 of and Schedules 1 to 3, inclusive, to the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985, modified as in the Schedule hereto, shall extend to the Cayman Islands. 3 For the purpose of the Schedule hereto, the term “Attorney-General” means the officer so appointed for the time being by the Governor and the term “Governor” means the officer for the time being administering the Government of the Cayman Islands. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
MERCHANT SHIPPING 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Intervention) (Foreign Ships) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 2nd December 1997. 2 In this Order “the 1995 Act ” means the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. 2 The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Intervention) Order 1980 is hereby revoked. 3 This Order applies to ships which are not United Kingdom ships and which are for the time being neither within United Kingdom waters nor within a part of the sea specified by virtue of section 129(2)(b) of the 1995 Act. 4 1 In relation to such ships the provisions of sections 137, 138, 138A, 139 and 140 of the 1995 Act shall, subject to paragraph (2) below, apply in any case where the Secretary of State is satisfied that there is a need to protect the coast of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom waters or a part of the sea specified by virtue of section 129(2)(b) of the 1995 Act against grave and imminent danger of pollution by oil, or by substances other than oil falling within section 138A(1)(a) or (b). 2 In the case of such ships the powers conferred on the Secretary of State to give directions under section 137 of the 1995 Act shall be exercisable only in relation to— a an individual who is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies; or b a body corporate which is established under the laws of a part of the United Kingdom; and section 139(2) of the 1995 Act (which relates to the offence of obstruction) shall apply only to such an individual or body corporate. N.H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1997. 2 The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 1997 is revoked. 3 The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986 is amended by deleting Schedules 1 and 2 and substituting therefor Schedules 1 and 2 which are set out in the Schedule to this Order. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
MERCHANT SHIPPING 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage) (Transitional Provisions) (Revocation) Order 1997, and shall come into force on 16th May 1998. 2 The Merchant Shipping (Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage) (Transitional Provisions) Order 1996 is hereby revoked. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
CIVIL AVIATION 1 This Order may be cited as the Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1997. 2 The provisions of the Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979 which are listed in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order and which relate to the matters respectively specified in relation to those provisions in column (2) thereof shall (to the extent stated in the Schedule) come into force on 1st December 1997. N.H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Designation of Ministers or departments 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation of earlier designation 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MERCHANT SHIPPING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (British Antarctic Territory) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 30th November 1997. Implementation of the Liability and Fund Conventions 2 Sections 152 to 170 and 172 to 181 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, subject to the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order, shall extend to the British Antarctic Territory; and any instrument made, or to be made, under section 152(2), 157(2), 172(2) or 176(5) shall also extend to the British Antarctic Territory. Interpretation 3 In this Order, “the Territory” means the British Antarctic Territory, and references to the Territory include references to the territory and territorial sea of the British Antarctic Territory. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
MERCHANT SHIPPING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Jersey) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st December 1997. Implementation of the Liability and Fund Conventions 2 Sections 152 to 170, 172 to 181, 277, 279, 281, 284, 308, 313 and 316 of, and Part I of Schedule 5 to, the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 shall, subject to the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, extend to Jersey and any instruments made, or to be made, under section 152(2), 157(2), 157(4), 163(1), 172(2) or 176(5) of that Act shall also extend to Jersey if registered in the Royal Court of Jersey and from the date of such registration. Supplementary provision 3 After section 277 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, as extended to Jersey by virtue of article 2 above, there shall be inserted— Accessories and abettors 277A Any person who knowingly or wilfully aids, abets, counsels, causes, procures or commands the commission of an offence under this Act shall be liable to be dealt with, tried and punished as a principal offender. . Interpretation 4 In this Order, “Jersey” means the Bailiwick of Jersey. Revocation and transitional provisions 5 1 Subject to paragraph (2) below, the Merchant Shipping Act 1974 (Jersey) Order 1975 , the Merchant Shipping Act 1974 (Jersey) (Amendment) Order 1977 and the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 (Jersey) Order 1981 are hereby revoked. 2 The Merchant Shipping (Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage) (Transitional Provisions) Order 1996 , shall, subject to the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in Schedule 2 to this Order, extend to Jersey. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (Inspectors of Schools in England) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 5th December 1997. 2 The persons named in the Schedule to this Order are hereby appointed Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools in England with effect from 5th December 1997. N.H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Viatel UK Limited) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 27th November 1997. 2 Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system. Barbara Roche, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Firms, Trade and Industry, Department of Trade and Industry 17th September 1997
PENSIONS Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational Pension Schemes (Payments to Employers) Amendment Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 24th November 1997. Amendment of regulation 14 of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Payments to Employers) Regulations 1996 2 In regulation 14 of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Payments to Employers) Regulations 1996 (which provides for certain schemes to be exempt from the application of sections 37 and 76 of the Pensions Act 1995) there shall be omitted from paragraph (b) the words “are provided for by virtue of any enactment or”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. John Y. Denham Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 27th October 1997
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Refund of Tax) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st December 1997. 2 The following bodies are hereby specified for the purposes of section 33 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994— charter trustees established by an Order made under section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992 or by any other statutory instrument made under Part II of that Act. Bob Ainsworth Graham Allen Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 27th October 1997
CORONERS 1 1 These Rules may be cited as the Coroners' Records (Fees for Copies) Rules 1997 and shall come into force on 1st December 1997. 2 In these Rules “photocopy” includes a copy produced by xerox machine, photocopier, facsimile, or printed from a computer disk. 2 The fees payable to coroners or other persons for furnishing copies, other than photocopies, of inquisitions, depositions or other documents in their custody relating to an inquest shall be as follows: a for a copy which does not exceed 360 words, £5.65; b for a copy of between 360 and 1440 words, £11.90; c for a copy in excess of 1440 words, £11.90 for the first 1440 words and 65p for each 72 words or part thereof thereafter. 3 The fee payable to coroners or other persons for furnishing a photocopy of inquisitions, depositions or other documents in their custody relating to an inquest shall be £1 for each photocopied sheet. 4 The Coroners' Records (Fees for Copies) Rules 1982 and the Coroners' Records (Fees for Copies) (Amendment) Rules 1990 are hereby revoked. Gareth Williams Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 24th October 1997
WATER RESOURCES, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Surface Waters (Dangerous Substances) (Classification) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 26th November 1997. Classification of inland freshwaters 2 The classification DS4 and the criteria for that classification set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations shall apply for classifying inland freshwaters with a view to reducing the pollution of those waters by the dangerous substances listed in that Schedule. Classification of coastal waters and relevant territorial waters 3 The classification DS5 and the criteria for that classification set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations shall apply for classifying coastal waters and relevant territorial waters with a view to reducing the pollution of those waters by the dangerous substances listed in that Schedule. Sampling 4 The Environment Agency shall ensure that waters classified under these Regulations are sampled at such sampling points and at such times, and samples are analysed in such manner, as the Agency considers necessary for— a monitoring the effect on those waters of discharges containing the dangerous substances in question; and b determining the extent to which those waters are polluted by those substances and whether the requirements for the relevant classification are satisfied. Modification of section 83 of the Water Resources Act 1991 5 Section 83 of the Water Resources Act 1991 (water quality objectives) shall have effect as if— a it imposed a duty on the Secretary of State to exercise his powers under that section to apply the classification DS4 to all inland freshwaters and the classification DS5 to all coastal waters and relevant territorial waters and to specify 1st April 1998 as the relevant date in each case; and b in relation to performance of that duty and the resulting water quality objectives, subsections (3) to (6) of that section (reviews and consultation requirements) were omitted. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Michael Meacher Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 22nd October 1997 Ron Davies Secretary of State for Wales 24th October 1997
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Payments on Account) (Appeals) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st December 1997. 2 In section 83 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (appeals), after paragraph (f) there shall be inserted the following paragraph— fa a decision contained in a notification under paragraph (4) of article 12A of the Value Added Tax (Payments on Account) Order 1993 that an election under paragraph (1) of that article shall cease to have effect; . Bob Ainsworth Graham Allen Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury. 27th October 1997
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Gloucester City Council and North West Leicestershire District Council) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 24th November 1997. Exemption of sports and leisure facilities management 2 1 The management of sports and leisure facilities by the council of the city of Gloucester shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is undertaken at Gloucester Leisure Centre, Bruton Way, Gloucester before 1st January 2000. 2 The management of sports and leisure facilities by the council of the district of North West Leicestershire shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is undertaken at— a the Hermitage Leisure Centre and Recreation Ground, Silver Street, Whitwick, b the Hood Park Leisure Centre, North Street, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, c Coalville Park, London Road, Coalville, d Whitwick Park, North Street, Whitwick, e Scotlands Playing Field, Forest Road, Coalville, f South Street Recreation Ground, South Street, Ellistown, g Thringstone Bowls Club, Loughborough Road, Thringstone, h Melrose Recreation Ground, Melrose Road, Thringstone, or i Millfield Recreation Ground, Station Road, Hugglescote, during the period beginning on 1st January 1998 and ending with 30th April 1999. Exemption of construction and property services 3 1 The provision of construction and property services by the council of the City of Gloucester shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as those services are provided before 31st March 2001. 2 In this article “works” means the construction, improvement, maintenance or repair of roads for the maintenance of which the authority are responsible. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 27th October 1997
FOOD Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scope of these Regulations 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prohibition on importing certain food from third countries 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enforcement responsibilities 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Examination of food by a food authority 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re-export, alternative use or destruction of certain food 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences and penalties 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application of certain provisions of the Act 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the General Food Hygience Regulations 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocations 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PROTECTION OF WRECKS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Protection of Wrecks (Designation No. 4) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 24th October 1997. Identification of site and designation of restricted area 2 1 The site where a vessel lies, or is supposed to lie, wrecked on or in the sea bed and in respect of which this Order is made is in position Latitude 50° 12'.696 North, Longitude 03° 44'.679 West. 2 The area within a distance of 250 metres of that position, but excluding any part of that area which lies above the high-water mark of ordinary spring tides, shall be a restricted area for the purposes of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973. Mark Fisher Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State 23rd October 1997
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the A2 Trunk Road (A296 Watling Street Slip Road) (Trunking) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 20th November 1997. 2 In this Order, all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway. 2 The length of highway described in the Schedule to this Order (the highway being in this Order referred to as “the slip road”), shall become a trunk road from the date when this Order comes into force. 3 The centre line of the slip road is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan numbered SNPR97/5, marked “the A2 Trunk Road (A296 Watling Street Slip Road) (Trunking) Order 1997”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at the Department of Transport, Great Minster House, Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport J. Boud Divisional Director Highways Agency 21st October 1997
PROFESSIONS SUPPLEMENTARY TO MEDICINE This Order may be cited as The Professions Supplementary to Medicine (Registration Rules) (Amendment) Order of Council 1997. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Greater Manchester Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st November 1997. Amendment of NHS trust Establishment Order 2 In Article 4 of the Greater Manchester Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 for “5 non-executive” there shall be substituted “4 non-executive” and for “5 executive” there shall be substituted “4 executive”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health, Alan Milburn Minister of State, Department of Health 21st October 1997