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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Avon (Coroners) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 In this Order “the 1988 Act ” means the Coroners Act 1988 . 2 1 There shall be a single coroner’s district, called the Avon Coroner’s District, for the Counties of Bath and North East Somerset, the City of Bristol, North West Somerset and South Gloucestershire (which counties come into existence on 1st April 1996 by virtue of article 6(1) of the Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995 ). 2 The Council of the City of Bristol shall be the relevant council within the meaning of section 1(1A) of the 1988 Act for the coroner’s district constituted by paragraph (1) above. 3 The person who, at 31st March 1996, is the coroner for the County of Avon shall be deemed on 1st April 1996 to be appointed coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by paragraph (1) above. 4 Any agreement between the person to whom paragraph (3) above applies and Avon County Council (as the relevant council for the purposes of section 1 of the 1988 Act prior to 1st April 1996) as to his salary and pension as a coroner shall be deemed on and after 1st April 1996 to have effect as if originally made between him and the City of Bristol Council. 5 Any person who, at 31st March 1996, is a deputy or assistant deputy coroner for the County of Avon shall be deemed on 1st April 1996 to be appointed deputy or, as the case may be, assistant deputy coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by paragraph (1) above. 3 On 1st April 1996, all rights and liabilities (including those in connection with legal proceedings) of Avon County Council, in its capacity prior to that date as the relevant council for the purposes of the 1988 Act for coroners in the County of Avon shall be transferred to the City of Bristol Council, in its capacity as the relevant council for those purposes for coroners in the coroner’s district constituted by article 2(1) above. 4 1 On 1st April 1996, any process issued, order made, direction given, inquest begun or other thing done by or to the coroner for the County of Avon shall be deemed to have been issued, made, given, begun or done by or to the coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by article 2(1) above. 2 All documents, exhibits, registers and other things in the custody of the coroner for the County of Avon in connection with inquests or post-mortem investigations shall be transferred to the coroner for the coroner’s district constituted by article 2(1) above. 3 In this article “coroner” includes any deputy coroner or assistant deputy coroner. Home Office Tom Sackville Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 7th March 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the York and North Yorkshire (Coroners) Order 1996. 2 In this Order “the 1988 Act ” means the Coroners Act 1988. 2 Without prejudice to any order made under section 4(2) of the 1988 Act after the coming into force of this Order, on 1st April 1996— a there shall be added to the Claro Coroner’s District of the County of North Yorkshire the following parishes of the District of Selby, namely, Barlby, Cliffe, Escrick, Hemingbrough, Kelfield, North Duffield, Riccall, Skipwith, Stillingfleet and Thorganby; and b there shall be added to the Scarborough and Ryedale Coroner’s District of that County the following parishes of— i the District of Hambleton, namely, Aldwark, Alne, Brafferton, Brandsby cum Stearsby, Crayke, Dalby cum Skewsby, Easingwold, Farlington, Flawith, Helperby, Huby, Linton on Ouse, Marton cum Moxby, Myton on Swale, Newton on Ouse, Overton, Raskelf, Shipton by Beningbrough, Stillington, Sutton on Forest, Tholthorpe, Thormanby, Tollerton, Whenby and Youlton; and ii the District of Ryedale, namely, Barton le Willows, Buttercrambe with Bossall, Claxton, Crambe, Flaxton, Foston, Gate Helmsley, Harton, Lillings Ambo, Sand Hutton, Sheriff Hutton with Cornbrough, Stittenham, Thornton le Clay, Upper Helmsley and Warthill. 3 1 The person who, at 31st March 1996, is the coroner for the existing York Coroner’s District of the County of North Yorkshire by virtue of having been appointed for or assigned to that district shall be deemed on 1st April 1996 to be appointed coroner for the County of York (which comes into existence on 1st April 1996 by virtue of the North Yorkshire (District of York) (Structural and Boundary Changes) Order 1995). 2 Any agreement between the person to whom paragraph (1) applies and North Yorkshire County Council (as the relevant council for the purposes of section 1 of the 1988 Act prior to 1st April 1996) as to his salary and pension as a coroner shall be deemed on and after 1st April 1996 to have effect as if originally made between him and York District Council. 3 Any person who, at 31st March 1996, is a deputy or assistant deputy coroner for the existing York Coroner’s District shall be deemed on 1st April 1996 to be appointed deputy or, as the case may be, assistant deputy coroner for the County of York. 4 1 On 1st April 1996, any process issued, order made, direction given, inquest begun or other thing done by or to the coroner for the existing York Coroner’s District of the County of North Yorkshire shall be deemed to have been issued, made, given, begun or done by or to the coroner for the County of York. 2 All documents, exhibits, registers and other things in the custody of the coroner appointed for or assigned to the existing York Coroner’s District of the County of North Yorkshire in connection with inquests or post-mortem examinations shall be transferred to the coroner for the County of York. 3 In this article “coroner” includes any deputy coroner or assistant deputy coroner. Home Office Tom Sackville Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 7th March 1996
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Functions of Health Authorities in London) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 In these Regulations— “ the Act ” means the National Health Service Act 1977; and “London” means the London Initiative Zone defined in the Schedule to these Regulations. Additional function of Health Authorities in London 2 1 Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) and to any other directions given by the Secretary of State in exercise of a power conferred by the Act, each Health Authority whose duty it is to arrange for the provision of general medical services in any part of London has the additional function set out in paragraph (2) below, which is prescribed for the purposes of section 15(1)(b) of the Act. 2 The additional function referred to in paragraph (1) is to make practice premises available, to the extent (if any) that a Health Authority considers appropriate, for medical practitioners with whom it has made arrangements for the provision of general medical services in its area (or such part of it as is in London); and for that purpose, on behalf of the Secretary of State, to acquire land (otherwise than in the exercise of powers of compulsory purchase) and to dispose of, control, maintain, equip, develop and manage it. 3 A Health Authority shall not acquire any land for the purposes of the function mentioned in paragraph (2) after 31st March 1999. 4 In performing the function set out in paragraph (2), a Health Authority shall have regard to all the circumstances which it considers relevant, including the availability of resources. Revocation 3 The National Health Service (Functions of Family Health Services in London) Regulations 1994 are hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health. Gerald Malone Minister of State, Department of Health 8th March 1996
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) Amendment Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 6th April 1996. Amendment of the Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) and Miscellaneous Amendment Regulations 1994 2 In regulation 3 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) and Miscellaneous Amendment Regulations 1994 (determination of the amount of additional payment to which a small employer shall be entitled)— a for the date “6th April 1995” there shall be substituted the date “6th April 1996”; and b for the figure “5 per cent.” there shall be substituted the figure “5.5 per cent.”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Oliver Heald Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 7th March 1996
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 These Regulations shall apply for the purposes of work done on or after 1st April 1996 to which the Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) Regulations 1989 apply. 2 The Schedule to these Regulations shall be substituted for the Schedule to the Legal Advice and Assistance at Police Stations (Remuneration) Regulations 1989. Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 5th March 1996 We consent, Simon Burns Derek Conway Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 7th March 1996
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement, interpretation and transitional provisions 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 These Regulations shall apply to proceedings in respect of which a legal aid certificate is granted on or after 1st April 1996. 2 Regulation 101 of the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989 shall be amended by inserting after paragraph (2), the following new paragraph— 3 Without prejudice to regulation 100, where a the proceedings to which the certificate related have concluded or the solicitor acting for the assisted person is otherwise entitled to have his bill of costs taxed; b the solicitor commenced proceedings for taxation in accordance with the time limits laid down by rules of court; and c the solicitor has not received payment in respect of his costs for at least six months since he submitted his bill for taxation, he may apply to the appropriate area committee for payment of 75 per cent of the amount claimed on account of his profit costs for work done in connection with the proceedings to which the certificate related. . Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 5th March 1996 We consent, Simon Burns Derek Conway Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 7th March 1996
SCOTTISH LAND COURT 1 This Order may be cited as the Scottish Land Court (Fees) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 1 This Order regulates the fees payable in respect of proceedings before the Scottish Land Court. 2 The fees regulated by this Order shall be payable to the Principal Clerk of the Scottish Land Court or any officer acting for him. 3 The fees payable in respect of the matters specified in column 1 of the Table of Fees in the Schedule to this Order shall be the fees specified in relation to those matters in column 2 of that Table (the fees formerly payable being shown in column 3 of that Table). 4 The Scottish Land Court (Fees) Order 1995 is hereby revoked. James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 29th February 1996 We concur, Michael Bates Liam Fox Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 1st March 1996
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Duty Solicitor) (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 These Regulations shall apply for the purposes of work done on or after 1st April 1996 to which the Legal Advice and Assistance (Duty Solicitor) (Remuneration) Regulations 1989 apply. 2 The Legal Advice and Assistance (Duty Solicitor) (Remuneration) Regulations 1989 shall be amended by substituting for regulation 5(2) and (3) the following— 2 Subject to paragraph (3), the determining officer shall allow remuneration a in respect of paragraph (1)(a), i at £50.75 per hour or, in the case of work done by a franchisee, at £52.25 per hour or ii where the fee-earner’s office is situated within legal aid area 1, at £52.00 per hour or, in the case of work done by a franchisee, at £53.50 per hour; b in respect of paragraph (1)(b), at £25.00 per hour or, in the case of work done by a franchisee, at £25.50 per hour. 3 Remuneration allowed in accordance with paragraph (2)(a) shall be increased by 25 per cent in respect of work done on a day which is not a business day. 4 In this regulation “legal aid area” means an area specified by the Board under regulation 4(1) of the Civil Legal Aid (General) Regulations 1989 and legal aid area 1, means the area so specified by the Board. . Mackay of Clashfern, C Dated 5th March 1996. We consent, Simon Burns Derek Conway Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 7th March 1996
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Civil Proceedings (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 The Legal Aid in Civil Proceedings (Remuneration) Regulations 1994 shall be amended, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1996, by a substituting, for regulation 4(1)(a), the following a in accordance with Schedule 1 to these Regulations or, where the work done was done by a person or body (other than the Board) acting under the terms of a franchising contract which was entered into by the Board pursuant to its powers under section 4 of the Legal Aid Act 1988, in accordance with Schedule 2; b substituting, for the word “Schedule” in regulations 2(1), 4(1)(c) and 4(2), the word“Schedules”, and c substituting, for the Schedule to the Regulations, the following new Schedules.
MAGISTRATES' COURTS 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Changes for England (Magistrates' Courts) Regulations 1996 and, subject to paragraph (2), shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 These Regulations shall come into force immediately after the coming into force of paragraphs 10 and 11 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 . 2 The enactments listed in the Schedule shall be amended or construed as provided therein. 3 1 Every person who immediately before 1st April 1996 holds office as a justice of the peace for an old commission area shall on and after that date hold office as a justice of the peace for the new commission area which includes the petty sessions area for which he acts, and the commissions of the peace for the hold commission areas shall accordingly have effect as commissions of the peace for the new commission areas. 2 In paragraph (1)— “old commission area” means an area in England for which there was a commission of the peace immediately before 1st April 1996; “new commission area” means an area in England for which, in accordance with section 1 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 , there should be a commission of the peace on and after 1st April 1996. 4 Where by virtue of an order under section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992 one or more commission areas are created, abolished or altered, regulation 3 shall have effect in relation to that change with the following modifications: a for every reference to 1st April 1996 there shall be substituted the date on which the order comes into force; b for the reference to section 1 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 there shall be substituted a reference to the order; c at the end of paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the words “until such time as commissions of the peace for the new commission areas are granted”. 5 1 Subject to any order made under section 23 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979, every petty sessions area which, immediately before 1st April 1996, was a petty sessional division of a non-metropolitan county in England shall continue in existence on and after that date as a petty sessional division of the relevant area corresponding to that county. 2 Subject to any order made under section 69 of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 , every magistrates' courts committee for a non-metropolitan county in England existing immediately before 1st April 1996 shall continue in existence on and after that date as the magistrates' courts committee for the relevant area corresponding to that county. 3 In this regulation “relevant area” has the meaning given by section 70 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 as amended by paragraph 1(7)(a) of the Schedule to these Regulations, and a relevant area corresponds to a county if it comprises the area of that county as it existed immediately before 1st April 1995. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State David Curry Minister of State Department of the Environment 5th March 1996
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 6th April 1996. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 1 The principal Regulations shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation. 2 In regulation 7 (lower and upper earnings limits for Class 1 contributions) — a for the date “6th April 1995” there shall be substituted the date “6th April 1996”; and b for the sums “£58” and “£440” there shall be substituted respectively the sums “£61” and “£455”. 3 Regulation 115 (which provides for the payment of a reduced rate Class 1 contribution by serving members of H.M. forces and the Crown as their employer) is hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Oliver Heald Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 7th March 1996
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation provisions 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996 except for regulations 2(1) and 3 which shall come into force on 8th April 1996. 2 In regulations 3 and 4, a regulation or Schedule referred to by number means the regulation or Schedule so numbered in the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989 . Transitional provisions 2 1 Regulation 3 shall apply to applications for advice and assistance made on or after 8th April 1996 and applications made before that date shall be treated as if these Regulations had not come into force. 2 Regulation 4 shall apply for the purposes of work done on or after 1st April 1996 to which the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989 apply. Amendments to the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989 3 1 Regulation 11 shall be amended by substituting a “£75” for “£72” in paragraph (1) and b “£162” for “£156” in paragraph (2). 2 Regulation 12 shall be amended by substituting a “£67” for “£64” in each of the places where that amount is stated in paragraphs (1), (2) and (5) and b “£162” for “£156” in paragraph (1). 4 Schedule 6 shall be amended by substituting— a for the Table following paragraph 1, the following Class of work Rate Preparation £44.00 per hour — (£46.50 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1) Advocacy £55.25 per hour Attendance at court where counsel assigned £30.00 per hour Travelling and waiting £24.50 per hour Routine letters written and routine telephone calls £3.40 per item — (£3.55 per item for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1) b for the Table following paragraph 2, the following Class of work Rate Preparation £45.50 per hour — (£48.25 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1) Advocacy £57.25 per hour Attendance at court where counsel assigned £31.00 per hour Travelling and waiting £25.50 per hour Routine letters written and routine telephone calls £3.55 per item — (£3.70 per item for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1) c for the Table following paragraph 3, the following Class of work Rate Preparation £52.75 per hour — (£56.25 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1) Advocacy £64.00 per hour Attendance at court where counsel assigned £30.00 per hour Travelling and waiting £24.50 per hour Routine letters written and routine telephone calls £3.75 per item d for the Table following paragraph 4, the following Class of work Rate Preparation £54.50 per hour — (£58.25 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1) Advocacy £66.25 per hour Attendance at court where counsel assigned £31.00 per hour Travelling and waiting £25.50 per hour Routine letters written and routine telephone calls £3.90 per item Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 5th March 1996 We consent, Simon Burns Derek Conway Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 7th March 1996
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement, interpretation and transitional provisions 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 8th April 1996. 2 These Regulations shall apply to applications for legal aid made on or after 8th April 1996 and applications made before that date shall be treated as if these Regulations had not come into force. Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989 2 Regulation 4 of the Civil Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1989 shall be amended by substituting in a paragraph (2) for “£7,187”, “£7,403”, b paragraph (3) for “£7,920”, “£8,158”, and c paragraph (4) for “£2,425”, “£2,498”. Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 5th March 1996 We consent, Simon Burns Derek Conway Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 7th March 1996
COUNCIL TAX, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax (Additional Provisions for Discount Disregards) Amendment Regulations 1996 and come into force on 1st April 1996. Amendment of the 1992 Regulations 2 The Council Tax (Additional Provisions for Discount Disregards) Regulations 1992 are amended by the substitution in paragraph 3(a) of Part II of the Schedule for “in receipt of” of “entitled to”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Paul Beresford Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 6th March 1996 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales 7th March 1996