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ROAD TRAFFIC Citation and Commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as The Road Traffic (Courses for Drink-Drive Offenders) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 24th December 1992. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations– “ the Act ” means the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988; “course” means a course approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 34A of the Act; “manager”, in relation to a course, means the person for the time being nominated as the manager of the course by the Secretary of State. Certificate of completion 3 The certificate referred to in section 34B(1) of the Act shall be a certificate in such form and contain such particulars as may from time to time be determined by the Secretary of State. Course organiser 4 The person responsible for giving the certificates mentioned in section 34B(1) of the Act in respect of the completion of a course shall be the person for the time being nominated for that purpose by the manager. Notice of non-completion 5 A notice under subsection (5) of section 34B of the Act shall, for the purposes of that subsection, be treated as given a person if it was sent by registered post or recorded delivery service addressed to him at his last known address, notwithstanding that it was returned as undelivered or was for any other reason not received by him. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Kenneth Carlisle Parliamentary under Secretary of State, Department of Transport 2nd December 1992
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Staffordshire Moorlands District Council) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993. Exemption of sports and leisure management 2 The management of sports and leisure facilities by the Staffordshire Moorlands District Council shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is undertaken at— a Biddulph Baths, Thames Drive, Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, b Sports Ground, Halls Road, Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, c Mill Hayes Sports Ground, Tunstall Road, Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, d St Lawrence Tennis Courts, Congleton Road, Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, e Sports Ground, Hot Lane, Biddulph Moor, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, or f Sports Ground, Church Road, Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire before 1st October 1994. Michael Howard Secretary of State for the Environment 27th November 1992
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as the Courses for Drink-Drive Offenders (Designation of Areas) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 24th December 1992. 2 The following areas and districts are hereby designated for the purposes of section 31 of the Road Traffic Act 1991— a the petty sessions areas specified in Schedule 1 to this Order; b the districts and the commission area in Scotland specified in Schedule 2 to this Order. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Kenneth Carlisle Parliamentary under Secretary of State, Department of Transport 2nd December 1992
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 1985 (Interest on Tax) (Prescribed Rate) (No. 2) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 6th December 1992. 2 For the purposes of subsections (1), (3) and (6) of section 18 of the Finance Act 1985 the prescribed rate shall be 7 per cent. Gregory Knight Tim Boswell Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 2nd December 1992
WILDLIFE Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules 2 and 3) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993. Variation of Schedule 2 2 The following birds are removed from Part II of Schedule 2 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981– Common name Scientific name Crow Corvus corone Dove, Collared Streptopelia decaocto Gull, Great Black-backed Larus marinus Gull, Lesser Black-backed Larus fuscus Gull, Herring Larus argentatus Jackdaw Corvus monedula Jay Garrulus glandarius Magpie Pica pica Pigeon, Feral Columba livia Rook Corvus frugilegus Sparrow, House Passer domesticus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Variation of Schedule 3 3 The following bird is removed from Part II of Schedule 3 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 – Common name Scientific name Pigeon, Feral Columba livia Michael Howard One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Department of the Environment 2nd December 1992
COMPANIES Citation 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Companies Act 1985 (Amendment of Sections 250 and 251) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force in the case of this regulation and regulation 3 on 4th December 1992 and in the case of regulation 2 on 31st December 1992. Amendment of section 250 2 1 Section 250 of the Companies Act 1985 (resolution not to appoint auditors) is amended as follows. 2 In subsection (1), in paragraph (a) the words from “by a special resolution” to the end of that paragraph shall be omitted. 3 In subsection (1), in paragraph (b) for the words “at which the annual accounts for that year are laid” substitute “at any time after copies of the annual accounts and reports for that year have been sent out in accordance with section 238(1)”. Amendment of section 251 3 1 Section 251 of the Companies Act 1985 (provision of summary financial statement) is amended as follows. 2 In subsection (1)— a after the word “shares” in both places where it occurs insert “or debentures”, and b for “members of the company” substitute “entitled persons”. 3 For the second paragraph of subsection (1), substitute the following:— In this section— “entitled persons”, in relation to a company, means such of the persons specified in paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (1) of section 238 as are or would apart from this section be entitled to be sent copies of those documents relating to the company which are referred to in that subsection; and “listed” means admitted to the Official List of The International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland Limited. . 4 In subsection (2)— a for “any member of the company” and “a member of the company” substitute “any entitled person” and “an entitled person” respectively, and b after “ascertained” insert “(whether before or after he becomes an entitled person)”. 5 In subsection (7), for “members of a company” substitute “entitled persons”. N. Hamilton Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Corporate Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 2nd December 1992
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC. Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fees payable 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation of Order 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE 1 This Order may be cited as the Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1992. Interpretation 2 In this Order and the Schedule hereto— “ the Act ” means the Finance (No. 2) Act 1992; “the 1983 Act ” means the Value Added Tax Act 1983 . Commencement 3 The provisions of the Act specified in the first column of Part I of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st December 1992. 4 Insofar as they amend, substitute, insert or otherwise affect any provision of any Act which confers a power to make any order or regulations or to publish any notice, the provisions of the Act specified in the first column of Part II of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force, insofar as they are not already in force, on 1st December 1992. Transitional provisions 5 Notwithstanding the effect of any provision brought into force by this Order which affects the 1983 Act, any orders, regulations or notices made under any power conferred by a provision of that Act and which are in force on 30th November 1992 shall remain fully in force until 31st December 1992. Leonard Harris Commissioner of Customs and Excise New King’s Beam House, 22 Upper Ground, London SE1 9PJ 30th November 1992
PENSIONS Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Occupational Pensions (Revaluation) Order 1992. 2 This Order shall come into force on 1st January 1993. The revaluation percentage for each revaluation period 2 For the purposes of section 52A of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975, the revaluation percentage for each revaluation period specified in column 1 below is the appropriate percentage specified in column 2. Column 1 Column 2 Revaluation Period Revaluation Percentage 1st January 1986—31st December 1992 40.7% 1st January 1987—31st December 1992 34.0% 1st January 1988—31st December 1992 27.6% 1st January 1989—31st December 1992 21.6% 1st January 1990—31st December 1992 15.8% 1st January 1991—31st December 1992 7.8% 1st January 1992—31st December 1992 3.6% Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Ann Widdecombe Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 30th November 1992
CHARITIES 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Charities (Qualified Surveyors' Reports) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993. 2 In these Regulations— “relevant land” means the land in respect of which a report is being obtained for the purposes of section 32(3) of the Charities Act 1992; and “the surveyor” means the qualified surveyor from whom such a report is being obtained. 2 A report prepared for the purposes of section 32(3) of the Charities Act 1992 (requirements to be complied with in respect of the disposition of land held by or in trust for a charity otherwise than with an order of the court or of the Charity Commissioners or where section 32(5) of that Act applies) shall contain such information and deal with such matters as are prescribed by the Schedule to these Regulations (together with such other information and such other matters as the surveyor believes should be drawn to the attention of the charity trustees). Kenneth Clarke One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 29th November 1992
SOCIAL SERVICES, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Community Care (Residential Accommodation) Act 1992 (Commencement) Order 1992. Day appointed 2 1st April 1993 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 1 of the Community Care (Residential Accommodation) Act 1992. Virginia Bottomley One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 30th November 1992
SOCIAL SERVICES, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (Commencement No. 10) Order 1992. 2 In this Order, “ the Act ” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990. Days appointed 2 1 10th December 1992 is the day appointed for the coming into force of— a section 49 of the Act (transfer of staff from health service to local authorities); b in Schedule 9 to the Act (minor and consequential amendments) paragraph 16 (amendment of section 99(1)(b) of the Children Act 1975 —inquiries in Scotland), and section 66(1) of the Act so far as it relates to that paragraph; and c section 66(2) of and Schedule 10 to the Act (repeals) so far as they relate to section 99(1)(b) of the Children Act 1975. 2 1st April 1993 is the day appointed for the coming into force of each provision of the Act specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order (which relate to the matters specified in the second column of that Schedule) and of section 66(1) and (2) of the Act so far as they relate to the provisions of Schedules 9 and 10 to the Act respectively, specified in that column. 3 12th April 1993 is the day appointed for the coming into force of— a section 45 of the Act (recovery of charges due to local authorities for accommodation; and b in Schedule 9 to the Act (minor and consequential amendments) paragraph 25(2) (recovery of sums due to local authority where persons in residential accommodation have disposed of assets), and section 66(1) so far as it relates to that paragraph. Virginia Bottomley One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 30th November 1992
FIRE SERVICES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993. Amendment of the Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (Scotland) Regulations 1978 2 The Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (Scotland) Regulations 1978 shall be amended as follows:— a in regulation 6 — i for paragraph (6) there shall be substituted— 6 A member of a brigade shall not be eligible to enter for an examination specified in Schedule 1, 2 or 3, as the case may be, if— a i in the immediately preceding year, he entered for the examination in question but attended no part of that examination, and ii he has not satisfied the Fire Services Examinations Board that he had a reasonable excuse for such non-attendance, or b where the examination in question is a written examination specified in Part I of Schedule 1 or 2, or in Schedule 3, he has, in the two successive immediately preceding years, failed that examination and has, on each occasion, obtained less than 25% of the marks available in that examination. ; ii in paragraph (6A) for the words “date of the sitting of the final paper in” there shall be substituted the words “end of”; and iii for paragraph (6B) there shall be substituted— 6B Paragraph (6) above shall not apply in respect of— a non-attendance at a practical examination, as specified in Part II of Schedule 1 or 2, before 1st January 1993, or b failure to achieve 25% or more of the total marks available in an examination before 1st April 1991. ; and b in Schedules 1 and 2, in the heading to Part II, for the word “Test” there shall be substituted the word “Examination”. Fraser of Carmyllie Minister of State, Scottish Office St. Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 24th November 1992
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 The Leeds City Council (Crown Point Bridge Improvement) Scheme 1992 is hereby confirmed without modifications. 2 The said Scheme as confirmed (hereinafter referred to as “the Scheme”) is set out in the Schedule hereto and copies of the Scheme with its accompanying plan are deposited at The Department of Transport, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY and at the offices of the City Engineer, Leeds City Council, 2nd Floor, Dudley House, 133 Albion Street, Leeds, LS2 8JX. 3 The Scheme will become operative on the date on which notice that it has been confirmed is first published in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Highways Act 1980. 4 This Instrument may be cited as the Leeds City Council (Crown Point Bridge Improvement) Scheme 1992 Confirmation Instrument 1992. Signed by authority of theSecretary of State for Transport P. A. Shaw Regional Director, Northern Region, Department of Transport 24th November 1992
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 The new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in Schedule 1 to this Order, shall become a Trunk Road as from the date when this Order comes into force. 2 The centre line of the new Trunk Road is indicated by a heavy black line on the deposited plan. 3 The length of Trunk Road described in Schedule 2 to this Order and shown by broad striped hatching on the deposited plan shall cease to be a trunk road, and shall be classified as a classified road as from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies the County Council of Gwent that the new Trunk Road is open for through traffic. 4 In this Order— All measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway— i “the deposited plan” means the plan numbered HA10/2 WO 88 marked the Newport—Shrewsbury Trunk Road (A4042) (Llantarnam By-Pass) Order 1992, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales, and deposited at the Welsh Office Repository, Curran Embankment, Cardiff; ii “the new trunk road” means the highway mentioned in article 1 of this Order; iii “the trunk road” means the Newport—Shrewsbury Trunk Road (A4042); iv “classified road” as a classification for a highway means that the highway is not a principal road for the purposes of enactments or instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads, but is a classified road for the purpose of every enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State and which does not specifically refer to their classification as principal roads. 5 This Order shall come into force on 15th December 1992 and may be cited as The Newport—Shrewsbury Trunk Road (A4042) (Llantarnam By-Pass) Order 1992. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State P. R. Marsden A Grade 6 Officer, Welsh Office Dated 25th November 1992
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 21st December 1992. 2 In regulation 14 of the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986 , for paragraph (3) the following shall be substituted:– 3 Section 18 of the Act shall apply to proceedings in a magistrates' court or the Crown Court– a for dealing with an offender under Schedule 1, Part I, paragraph 1B and Schedule 2, Part II, paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (orders for conditional discharge, community service orders, probation orders etc ); b under section 23(1) or 27 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 for dealing with an offender in respect of a suspended sentence or for breach of a suspended sentence supervision order; or c under section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 for dealing with an offender in respect of a breach of an attendance centre order, as if the offender had been tried in those proceedings for the offence for which the order was made or the sentence passed. Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 18th November 1992
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 The County Council of Norfolk (River Wissey Bridge) Scheme 1992 is hereby confirmed without modifications. 2 The said Scheme as confirmed (hereinafter referred to as “the Scheme”) is set out in the Schedule hereto and copies of the Scheme with its accompanying plan are deposted at the offices of the Norfolk County Council, County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich NR1 2DH, and at the offices of the Department of Transport, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY. 3 The Scheme will become operative on the date on which notice that it has been confirmed is first published in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Highways Act 1980. 4 This Instrument may be cited as the County Council of Norfolk (River Wissey Bridge) Scheme 1992 Confirmation Instrument 1992. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport P. A. Shaw Regional Director, Northern Region, Department of Transport 10th November 1992
PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the British Railways (Penalty Fares) Act 1989 (Activating No. 7) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 14th December 1992. 2 In this Order— a “ the Act ” means the British Railways (Penalty Fares) Act 1989; b “activating order” has the meaning assigned to it in section 3 of the Act; c any reference to a line on which train services are provided includes a reference to the named stations by which the ends of the line are defined. Activation of penalty fares provisions 2 1 Subject to paragraphs (2) and (4) below, sections 4 to 9 of the Act shall have effect in respect of all train services and parts of train services provided by the Board on the lines specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order. 2 Save as is mentioned in paragraph (3) below, sections 4 to 9 of the Act shall not have effect with respect to any part of a train service in a case where that service commences at a station which is not on a line specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order. 3 Nothing in paragraph (2) above affects the application of paragraph (1) above to— a any part of a train service provided by the Board on the lines so specified where that service commences at a station on a line which— i is specified in the Schedule to any other activating order or, where that Schedule is divided into parts, in Part I of that Schedule, and ii is connected either directly, or by another line or lines of the description in sub-paragraph (i) above which are so connected, with a line specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order; b any part of a train service provided by the Board on the lines specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order where that service commences at a station on the line specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order. 4 Sections 4 to 9 of the Act shall not have effect with respect to any part of a train service, other than a conductor train service, which commences at a station where, at the time of commencement of the part in question of the service, there was no ticket office open for the sale of fare tickets or any facility for the sale of deferred fare authorities. 3 Article 2(3)(b) of and Part II of the Schedule to the British Rail (Penalty Fares) Act 1989 (Activating No. 6) Order 1992 are hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Roger Freeman Minister of State, Department of Transport 13th November 1992
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Payments) (English Authorities) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1 April 1993. 2 1 Paragraphs (2) to (4) apply in any case where– a the Secretary of State is liable to pay to an English receiving authority at any time an amount or amounts under one or more of the first relevant provisions, and b that authority is liable to pay to him at the same time an amount or amounts under one or more of the second relevant provisions. 2 If the total of the amount or amounts mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) above exceeds the total of the amount or amounts mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) above, the Secretary of State may set off the latter in paying the former. 3 If the total of the amount or amounts mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) above exceeds the total of the amount or amounts mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) above, the receiving authority shall set off the latter in paying the former. 4 If the total of the amount or amounts mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) above is the same as the total of the amount or amounts mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) above, no payment need be made in respect of the former or the latter. 3 1 Where the Secretary of State exercises his powers under paragraph (2) of regulation 2, any liability of the receiving authority which has been set off in accordance with that paragraph, and the part of the liability of the Secretary of State against which that liability has been set off, shall be treated as discharged. 2 Where a receiving authority sets off any amount in accordance with paragraph (3) of regulation 2, any liability of the Secretary of State which is set off in accordance with that paragraph, and the part of the liability of the authority against which that liability has been set off, shall be treated as discharged. 3 Where in accordance with regulation 2(4) no payment is made by the Secretary of State or the receiving authority, their respective liabilities which are taken into account shall be treated as discharged. 4 1 The provisions of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (“ the Act ”) prescribed below shall be read subject to these Regulations– section 79(2) and (3) section 83(1) to (5) section 84C section 86(2) and (3) paragraph 5(4), (5), (7), (9), (10)(b) and (14) of Schedule 8 paragraph 12 of Schedule 8 paragraph 15 of Schedule 8. 2 The provisions of paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to the Act shall be read as if references to sums received or payments made were to sums or payments which would have been received or made apart from these Regulations. 5 The Local Government Finance (Payments) (English Authorities) Regulations 1990 are hereby revoked. Michael Howard Secretary of State for the Environment 30th November 1992