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SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2005. Revaluation of earnings factors 2 The earnings factors for tax years specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order, in so far as they are relevant – a to the calculation – i of the additional pension in the rate of any long-term benefit, or ii of any guaranteed minimum pension, or b to any other calculation required under Part III of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (including that Part as modified by or under any other enactment), are directed to be increased for those tax years by the percentage of their amount shown opposite those tax years in the second column of that Schedule. Rounding of fractional amounts 3 Where any earnings factor relevant to the calculation specified in Article 2(a)(i) of this Order, as increased in accordance with this Order, would not but for this Article be expressed as a whole number of pounds, it shall be so expressed by the rounding down of any fraction of a pound less than one half and the rounding up of any other fraction of a pound. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 10th February 2005 John O'Neill A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
AGRICULTURE Title and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Designation 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Standards of good agricultural and environmental condition 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Permanent pasture 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Competent Control Authority 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powers of authorised persons 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistance to authorised persons 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences and penalties 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
FIREARMS Title 1 This Order may be cited as the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order 2005. Interpretation 2 “ The Order ” means the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 and “the 1981 Order ” means the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 . Commencement 3 Parts II, III , IV , V, VI , VII and VIII (with the exception of Articles 79 to 81) and Schedules 1 to 8 of the Order shall come into operation on 1st February 2005. Transitional provisions 4 Any firearm certificate granted under Article 28 of the 1981 Order shall continue in force as if granted under Article 5 of the Order but shall expire on the third anniversary of the grant and any condition attached to a certificate granted under Article 28 of the 1981 Order shall remain in force as if attached under Article 6 of the Order. 5 Any entry in the register of firearms dealers under Article 34 of the 1981 Order shall continue in force as if it was a grant of a firearms dealer’s certificate under Article 26 of the Order and any condition attached to the certificate of registration under Article 37 of the 1981 Order shall remain in force as if attached to a firearms dealer’s certificate under Article 27 of the Order. 6 Any authorisation of a firearms club under Article 54 of the 1981 Order shall remain in force as if it was an authorisation under Article 49 of the Order. 7 Until 1st February 2010 a firearm certificate may be granted for a period of three, four or five years at the discretion of the Chief Constable and the fee under Schedule 6 of the Order shall be adjusted until that date to the following – Grant of firearm certificate for 3 years £30 Grant of firearm certificate for 4 years £40 Grant of firearm certificate for 5 years £50 P. Murphy One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 3rd January 2005
ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles Lighting (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 31st March 2005. Amendment of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 2 In Part I of Schedule 4 (requirements relating to obligatory dipped-beam headlamps and to optional dipped-beam headlamps to the extent specified in Part II) to the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 , for paragraph 4 there shall be substituted – 4 Alignment – When a vehicle is at its kerbside weight and has a weight of 75 kg on the driver’s seat, and any manual headlamp levelling device control is set to the stop position, the alignment of every dipped-beam headlamp shall, as near as practicable, be as follows – a In the case of a vehicle having a maximum speed exceeding 25 mph – i if the dipped-beam headlamp bears an approval mark its aim shall be set so that the horizontal part of the cut-off of the beam pattern is inclined downwards as indicated by the vehicle manufacturer in a marking on the vehicle, as mentioned in sub-paragraph 12(b) or, where no such marking is provided – A 1.3 per cent if the height of the centre of the headlamp is not more than 850 mm above the ground, or B 2 per cent if the height of the centre of the headlamp is more than 850 mm above the ground; ii if the dipped-beam headlamp does not bear an approval mark and the headlamp can also be used as a main-beam headlamp its aim shall be set so that the centre of the main-beam pattern is horizontal or inclined slightly below the horizontal; iii if the dipped-beam headlamp does not bear an approval mark and the headlamp cannot also be used as a main-beam headlamp its aim shall be set so as not to cause undue dazzle or discomfort to other persons using the road; b In the case of a vehicle having a maximum speed not exceeding 25 mph – i if the dipped-beam headlamp bears an approval mark or not and the headlamp can also be used as a main-beam headlamp its aim shall be set so that the centre of the main-beam pattern is horizontal or inclined slightly below the horizontal; ii if the dipped-beam headlamp bears an approval mark or not and the headlamp cannot also be used as a main-beam headlamp its aim shall be set so as not to cause undue dazzle or discomfort to other persons using the road. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 4th January 2005. Wesley Shannon A senior officer of the Department of the Environment
CRIMINAL EVIDENCE 1 This Order may be cited as the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2004. 2 Insofar as they relate to adult witnesses in criminal proceedings before the county court the following provisions of the Criminal Evidence ( NI ) Order 1999 shall come into operation on 21st December 2004: Articles 3 to 10; Articles 11 to 14 and Article 18 and; Article 40(1) insofar as it relates to paragraph 6 of Schedule 1. Paul Murphy One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 21st December 2004
ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Anti-social Behaviour (2004 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004. Commencement 2 Article 6 of the Anti-social Behaviour (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 shall come into operation on 15th December 2004. Paul Murphy One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 15th December 2004
MAGISTRATES' COURTS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 6th January 2005. 2 In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Magistrates' Courts Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 . Amendments to the principal Rules 2 In Section D in Schedule 1 to the principal Order after Fee No. 12(m) there shall be inserted the following new fee:– n Application to vary or remove conditions with respect to a licence for an indoor arena under Article 77A £136·00 . 3 In Section E in Schedule 1 to the principal Order Fee No. 16, Fee No. 17 and Fee No. 18 shall be deleted. Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor I concur Baroness Ashton of Upholland Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs Dated 20th December 2004 We concur, Derek Twigg Nick Ainger Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 21st December 2004
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Claims and Payments and Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 2nd May 2005. Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2 1 The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4). 2 In regulation 4 (making a claim for benefit) – a in paragraph (1) at the beginning there shall be inserted “Subject to paragraphs (10) and (11),”; and b after paragraph (10) there shall be added the following paragraphs – 11 A claim for graduated retirement benefit or retirement pension may be made by telephone call to the telephone number specified by the Department, unless the Department directs, in any particular case, that the claim must be made in writing. 12 A claim made by telephone in accordance with paragraph (11) is defective unless the Department is provided, during that telephone call, with all the information it requires to determine the claim. 13 Where a claim made by telephone is defective, the Department may refer the claim to the person making it. 14 If the person corrects the defect within one month, or such longer period as the Department considers reasonable, of the date it referred the claim to the person, the Department shall treat the claim as if it had been duly made in the first instance. . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 In regulation 6(1) (date of claim) after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs – c in the case of a claim made by telephone in accordance with regulation 4(11), the date of that telephone call; d in the case of a claim made by telephone which is defective but which is treated under regulation 4(14) as having been duly made, the date of that telephone call. . Amendment of the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 3 In regulation 11(2) of the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 (recovery of overpayments by automated or other direct credit transfer) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph – b notice of the effect which this regulation would have, in the event of an overpayment, was given to the beneficiary or to a person acting for him- i in writing, where the claim was made in writing; or ii either orally or in writing, where the claim was made by telephone, before he agreed to the arrangement. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 13th January 2005. John O'Neill A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
ELECTRICITY Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obligation in connection with electricity from renewable sources 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orders under Article 52: supplementary 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Green certificates 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Use of green certificates issued in Great Britain 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payment as alternative to complying with order under Article 52 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
GAME Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Game Preservation (Special Protection for Irish Hares) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004, and shall come into operation on 19th January 2005. Prohibition of killing, taking, selling or trading of Irish hares 2 A person shall not kill, take, sell or purchase Irish Hares at any time during the period 19th January to 31st March 2005. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 22nd December 2004. F. Dillon A senior officer of the Department of the Environment
FISHERIES Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Foyle and Carlingford Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) Regulations 2001 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
EMPLOYMENT Citation and Interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004. 2 In this Order, “the 2003 Order ” means the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2003. Commencement 2 1 The provisions of the 2003 Order specified in Part I of Schedule 1 shall come into operation on 30th January 2005. 2 The provision of the 2003 Order specified in Part II of Schedule 1 shall come into operation on 1st February 2005. 3 The provisions of the 2003 Order specified in Part III of Schedule 1 shall come into operation on 3rd April 2005. 4 Schedule 6 to the 2003 Order to the extent that it repeals the provisions specified in Part I of Schedule 2 shall come into operation on 30th January 2005. 5 Schedule 6 to the 2003 Order to the extent that it repeals the provisions specified in Part II of Schedule 2 shall come into operation on 3rd April 2005. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 21st December 2004. R. B. Gamble A senior officer of the Department for Employment and Learning
EMPLOYMENT Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments to the principal Order 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
EDUCATION Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the 2003 Regulations 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
LOUGH NEAGH DRAINAGE Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Lough Neagh (Levels) Scheme (Confirmation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004. Confirmation of Scheme 2 The Department hereby confirms without modification the 2004 Scheme set out in the Schedule. Date of Operation of Scheme 3 The 2004 Scheme set out in the Schedule shall be put into operation on and from 31st January 2005. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 16th December 2004. J. R. Hagan Senior Officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
AGRICULTURE Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Common Agricultural Policy Support Schemes (Hardship Notification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 13th December 2004. Interpretation 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Date for hardship notification 3 In relation to any notification referred to in Article 40(3) of Council Regulation ( EC ) No. 1782/2003 in respect of a holding or part of a holding in Northern Ireland – a the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is hereby appointed as the competent authority; and b 7th January 2005 is hereby fixed as the deadline for the purposes of that paragraph. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 13th December 2004. R. Jordan A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scope 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prohibition on the placing on the market and use of pentabromodiphenyl ether 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prohibition on the placing on the market and use of octabromodiphenyl ether 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences and penalties 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocations 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ENVIRONMENT Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment to the Industrial Pollution Control (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment to the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
AGRICULTURE Citation and commencement 1 This Scheme may be cited as the Organic Farming (Conversion of Animal Housing) (Amendment) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 30th March 2005. Interpretation 2 In this Scheme “the principal Scheme ” means the Organic Farming (Conversion of Animal Housing) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2003 . Amendment of the principal Scheme 3 Subject to Article 7, the principal Scheme shall be amended in accordance with Articles 4 to 6. 4 In Article 2 (interpretation) – a for the definition of “Council Regulation 2092/91” there shall be substituted the following definition – “Council Regulation 2092/91” means Council Regulation ( EEC ) No. 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs as last amended by Commission Regulation ( EC ) No. 1481/2004 ; b in the definition of “inspection authority” for the words “Organic Products Regulations 1992” there shall be substituted the words “Organic Products Regulations 2004” ; c in the definitions of “livestock undergoing conversion” and “organic livestock” for the words “ UKROFS standards” there shall be substituted the words “ UK Organic Standards”; d for the definition of “UKROFS standards” there shall be substituted the following definition – “UK Organic Standards” means the standards set out in the Compendium of UK Organic Standards, May 2004 Edition, published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs . 5 In Article 6 (conditions of eligibility) for the words “UKROFS standards” where they twice occur there shall be substituted the words “UK Organic Standards”. 6 In Article 9 (closing date for claims) for the words “31st March 2005” there shall be substituted the words “31st March 2006”. Transitional provision 7 Articles 4(c) and (d) and 5 shall not apply in a case where expenditure has been approved by the Department for the purposes of a grant under Article 3 of the principal Scheme before coming into operation of this Scheme. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 25th February 2005. D. Small A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves the foregoing Scheme. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 25th February 2005. Jack Layberry A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
FISHERIES Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Fisheries Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2003 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annual close seasons for angling for salmon or trout 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Licence duties and fee 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . List of waters on which a coarse fishing rod licence is valid 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . List of waters where there is no close season for rainbow trout 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
POLICE 1 This Order may be cited as the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2004. 2 Sections 26(1) to 26(3) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (protected disclosures by police officers) shall come into force on 15th December 2004. Paul Murphy One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 9th December 2004
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Organisations authorised to issue passports 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powers and duties of passport-issuing organisations 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Records 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application for a passport 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Time limits for obtaining a passport 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Issue of a passport 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Section IX pages for existing passports 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multiple registration and cancellation of registration 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Identification 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language of passports 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Horses entering Northern Ireland 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Declaration concerning slaughter for human consumption 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prohibitions 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Replacement of a lost or damaged passport 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restrictions on the use of horses without passports 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Requirements on persons administering veterinary medicinal products 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duties of owners 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slaughter for human consumption 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powers of authorised officers 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obstruction 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Penalties 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .