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FOOD Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Animals, Meat and Meat Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 14th March 1996. Amendment of the 1991 Regulations 2 In the Animals, Meat and Meat Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regulations 1991 , in Schedule 1 (the Council Regulation), for items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) there shall be substituted the following items— a Commission Regulation ( EC ) No. 2701/94 OJ No. L287, 8.11.94, p.7. b Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2703/94 OJ No. L287, 8.11.94, p.19. c Commission Regulation (EC) No. 3059/94 OJ No. L323, 16.12.94, p.15. d Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1102/95 OJ No. L110, 17.5.95, p.9. e Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1441/95 OJ No. L143, 27.6.95, p.22. f Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1442/95 OJ No. L143, 27.6.95, p.26. . Angela Browning Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 15th February 1996 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health: Cumberlege Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 5th February 1996 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales: Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 13th February 1996 Lindsay Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 1st February 1996
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the National Health Service Trusts (Originating Capital Debt) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st March 1996. 2 In this Order “the Schedule” means the Schedule to this Order. Originating capital debt of NHS trusts 2 1 The originating capital debt of an NHS trust specified in column 1 of the Schedule shall be of the amount specified opposite it in column 2 of the Schedule. 2 Each originating capital debt specified in column 2 of the Schedule shall be divided between an initial loan of an amount specified opposite it in column 3 of the Schedule and public dividend capital of an amount specified opposite it in column 4 of the Schedule. Stephen Dorrell Secretary of State for Health 19th February 1996 We consent, Derek Conway Simon Burns Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 20th February 1996
RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICES Title and Commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Restrictive Trade Practices (Non-notifiable Agreements) (EC Block Exemptions) Order 1996. 2 This Order shall come into force on 19th March 1996 and shall apply to agreements made on or after that date. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976; “block exemption regulation” means an EC Council Regulation or an EC Commission Regulation (whether adopted before or after the coming into force of this Order) which declares the prohibition contained in Article 85.1 of the EC Treaty inapplicable to a category or categories of agreements decisions and concerted practices. Descriptions of Non-notifiable Agreements 3 An agreement is of a description specified for the purposes of section 27A of the Act (which defines non-notifiable agreements) if— a it is an agreement which is exempt from Article 85.1 of the EC Treaty by virtue of the application to it of a block exemption regulation; or b it is an agreement which does not fall within the prohibition contained in Article 85.1 of the EC Treaty but which, if it did so fall, would be exempt from that provision by virtue of the application to it of a block exemption regulation. John Taylor Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 19th February 1996
RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICES Title and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Restrictive Trade Practices (Non-notifiable Agreements) (Turnover Threshold) Order 1996. 2 This Order shall come into force on 19th March 1996 and shall apply to agreements made on or after that date. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976; “relevant period” has the meaning set out in paragraph 1 of the Schedule; and “turnover in the United Kingdom” has the meaning set out in paragraph 2 of the Schedule. Description of non-notifiable agreement 3 1 For the purposes of section 27A of the Act, and subject to the provisions of that section, an agreement is a non-notifiable agreement if the parties to it are persons whose aggregate relevant annual turnover in the United Kingdom does not exceed £20 million on the date on which it is made. 2 For the purposes of paragraph (1) above the relevant annual turnover in the United Kingdom of a person party to an agreement shall include the relevant annual turnover in the United Kingdom of any person which on the date the agreement is made is a member of the same group of interconnected bodies corporate as that party. 3 For the purposes of this article, the relevant annual turnover in the United Kingdom of a person in any particular case is— a where the relevant period equals twelve months, the turnover in the United Kingdom of that person during that period, and b where the relevant period does not equal twelve months, the amount which bears the same proportion to the turnover in the United Kingdom of that person during that period as twelve months does to that period. 4 In relation to an agreement to which the Act— a has effect by virtue of section 8 of the Act as if it were an agreement between members of a trade association, or persons represented on the trade association by such members; b has effect by virtue of section 16 of the Act as if it were an agreement between members of a services supply association, or persons represented on the services supply association by such members; references in this article to the parties to an agreement include references to those members or persons. John Taylor, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 19th February 1996
DEREGULATION 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Fair Trading Act 1973) (Amendment) (Merger Reference Time Limits) Order 1996. 2 This Order shall come into force one month after the date on which it is made and shall apply to cases where two or more enterprises cease to be distinct enterprises on or after the date on which it comes into force. 2 In section 64(4) of the Fair Trading Act 1973, in each of paragraphs (a) and (b), for “six months” there shall be substituted “four months”. John Taylor Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry 19th February 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 The Order may be cited as the Welsh Church Act Funds (Designation and Specification) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “the 1994 Act ” means the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994; “old authority” means a county council which ceases to exist as a result of the 1994 Act; “new authority” means a county or county borough council established under the 1994 Act; “scheme” means a scheme under section 19 of the Welsh Church Act 1914 (application of Welsh Church funds for charitable or eleemosynary purposes). Designation and specification of new authorities 3 1 For the purposes or section 50 of the 1994 Act (Welsh Church funds) each new authority listed in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order is designated in relation to the area or areas listed opposite thereto in column 2 of that Schedule. 2 Any property which is required to be applied in accordance with a scheme and immediately before the commencement of section 50 of the 1994 Act is vested in an old authority listed in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order shall, in accordance with the provisions of section 50(2) of the 1994 Act, vest in the new authority, designated under paragraph (1), which is specified opposite thereto in column 2 of that Schedule. Rights and Liabilities 4 Any rights and liabilities of an old authority in respect of any property which is required to be applied in accordance with a scheme shall transfer to such new authority in which the property is vested. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 14th February 1996
LANDLORD AND TENANT, ENGLAND AND WALES Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Agricultural Holdings (Fee) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st March 1996. Prescribed fee 2 The fee for an application to the President of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors— a for a person to be appointed by him under section 22(2) of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986, or b for an arbitrator to be appointed by him under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 11 to that Act is hereby increased from £70 to £115. Revocation 3 The Agricultural Holdings (Fee) Regulations 1985 are hereby revoked. Tim Boswell Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 19th February 1996 Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Gwilyn Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales 15th February 1996
AGRICULTURE Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as The Potato Marketing Scheme (Commencement of Revocation Period) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Commencement of revocation period 2 1st July 1996 is hereby specified as the first day of the period mentioned in section 26(2) of the Agriculture Act 1993 (which provides that revocation of the Potato Marketing Scheme under section 26(1) of the Agriculture Act will come into force at the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day so specified). Tim Boswell Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 16th February 1996 Lindsay Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 9th February 1996 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 14th February 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the the Local Government Reorganisation (Wales) (Calculation of Basic Amount of Council Tax) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 21st February 1996. Amendment of Local Government Finance Act 1992 2 Section 33 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 shall be amended by the insertion after subsection (3A) of the following subsection— 3B In the case of a Welsh county council or county borough council, the aggregate of the sums mentioned in item P in subsection (1) above shall be reduced by the amount calculated in accordance with the following formula— ( J + K ) - L J is the council’s estimate of the amount by which the aggregate for the year of the chargeable amounts under Part III of the 1988 Act (non-domestic rating) will be less than it would be apart from section 47 of that Act (discretionary relief); K is the council’s estimate of the reductions and remittances which will be made for the year under section 49 of that Act (reduction or remission of liability); L is the council’s estimate of the deductions which, in pursuance of rules made by virtue of paragraph 4(5)(a) of Schedule 8 to that Act (non-domestic rating contributions), will be made for the year as regards the operation of sections 47 and 49 of that Act. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 19th February 1996
COUNCIL TAX, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Changes for England (Council Tax) (Transitional Reduction) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 23rd February 1996. Deductible amount 2 Schedule 2 to the Local Government Changes for England (Council Tax) (Transitional Reduction) Regulations 1996 shall be amended as follows— a in paragraph 1 after the words “deductible amount” there shall be inserted the words “in a case where section 11 of the 1992 Act (discounts) does not apply”, b the following shall be inserted after paragraph 1— 1A Subject to paragraph 2 below, the deductible amount in a case where section 11 of the 1992 Act applies is calculated by applying the following formula— ( C - U ) × V × ( 1 - Z ) W =X where— C, U, V, W and X have the same meanings as in paragraph 1 above, and Z is the appropriate percentage for the purposes of section 11(1) of the 1992 Act, expressed as a fraction, or, in a case to which subsection (2) of that section applies, twice the appropriate percentage, expressed as a fraction. , and c in paragraph 2 for “paragraph 1 above,” there shall be substituted “paragraphs 1 or 1A above, as the case may be,”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment David Curry Minister of State, Department of the Environment 19th February 1996
TRANSPORT 1 This Order may be cited as the Railways Act 1993 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 5) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 20th March 1996. 2 The provisions of the Schedule hereto shall have effect. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport John Watts Minister of State, Department of Transport 26th February 1996
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the West Glasgow Hospitals University National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1996 and shall come into force on 14th February 1996. 2 In this Order “the principal Order ” means the West Glasgow Hospitals University National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 . Amendment of Article 3 of the principal Order 2 For article 3 of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following:— 3 1 The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 12A(1) of the Act. 2 The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more health boards) shall be— a to own and manage under section 12A(1)(a) of the Act the hospital establishments or facilities known as the Western Infirmary, Drumchapel Hospital, Gartnavel General Hospital, Belvidere Oncology Unit, Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital and Glasgow Eye Infirmary, all in Glasgow and establishments associated with those hospitals, including management of the facilities provided at and from those establishments, and also including the management of any teaching and research facilities associated with these establishments and the support services related thereto; and b to provide and manage under section 12A(1)(b) of the Act a new hospital and associated facilities to replace Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital. . James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 12th February 1996
GAS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Gas Volume Meters) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 11th March 1996. 2 In these Regulations, “the 1988 Regulations ” means the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988 as applied to gas volume meters by the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Gas Volume Meters) Regulations 1988. Amendment of the 1988 Regulations 2 In their application to Great Britain, the 1988 Regulations shall have effect on and after the day on which these Regulations come into operation with the substitution, for each reference to the Secretary of State, of a reference to the Director General of Gas Supply (hereinafter, “the Director”). Power of Director to charge fees 3 The Director may charge such reasonable fees as he may determine in respect of any costs reasonably incurred by him for the purpose of — i an examination of any pattern of instrument submitted to him in accordance with regulation 8 of the 1988 Regulations (EEC pattern approval); ii considering such an application as is mentioned in regulation 13 of the 1988 Regulations (EEC initial verification); and iii re-examining meters bearing the mark of EEC initial verification under regulation 4 of the Gas (Meters) Regulations 1983. Revocation of S.I. 1983/1247 4 The Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) (Gas Volume Meters) (Fees) Regulations 1983 are hereby revoked. Tim Eggar, Minister for Industry and Energy, Department of Trade and Industry 14th February 1996 We consent to the making of these Regulations. Bowen Wells, Simon Burns, Two of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty’s Treasury 15th February 1996
COMPANIES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Companies (Revision of Defective Accounts and Report) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 The Companies (Revision of Defective Accounts and Report) Regulations 1990 (“the 1990 Regulations ”) are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 7 below. 3 In regulations 6(1) and 7(1) of the 1990 Regulations, for the words from “where a company’s auditors” to “make a further report” substitute “a company’s current auditors shall make a report or (as the case may be) further report under section 235 of the Act”. 4 In regulation 9(1) of the 1990 Regulations, for “Regulation 4” substitute “Regulation 5”. 5 In regulation 10(3) of the 1990 Regulations after “The directors shall also” insert “, not more than 28 days after the revision,”. 6 After regulation 13 of the 1990 Regulations insert— 13A 1 This Regulation has effect (subject to Regulation 16(2)) where the directors have delivered to the registrar abbreviated accounts which do not comply with the provisions of the Act for reasons other than those specified in Regulation 13(2) above. 2 The directors of the company shall cause the company— a to prepare further abbreviated accounts under section 246 in accordance with the provisions of that section and Schedule 8 to the Act, and b to deliver those accounts to the registrar within 28 days after the date of revision together with a statement as to the effect of the revisions made. 3 Section 242(2) to (5) shall apply with respect to a failure to comply with the requirements of this Regulation as they apply with respect to a failure to comply with the requirements of section 242(1) but as if— a the references in section 242(2) and (4) to “the period allowed for laying and delivering accounts and reports” was a reference to the period of 28 days referred to in the last paragraph; the reference in section 242(2) to “that period” shall be construed accordingly, and b the references in section 242(5) to “the documents in question” were a reference to the documents referred to in paragraph (2)(a) and to the provisions of Part VII of the 1985 Act as applied by these Regulations. . 7 In Regulation 16(2) of the 1990 Regulations after “Regulation 13” insert “or 13A”. Phillip Oppenheim Minister for Company Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 13th February 1996
MINISTERS OF THE CROWN Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Transfer of Functions (Foreign Service Allowance) Order 1996. 2 This Order shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Transfer of functions 2 1 The function of the Treasury under section 319 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (Crown servants: foreign service allowance) shall be exercisable concurrently with the Secretary of State, the Lord Chancellor, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Minister for the Civil Service, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the Attorney General and the Lord Advocate. 2 Section 319 shall become section 319(1) and— a the words “by the Treasury” shall be omitted; and b at the end there shall be added— 2 A certificate under subsection (1) shall be given by the Treasury, the Secretary of State, the Lord Chancellor, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Minister for the Civil Service, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the Attorney General or the Lord Advocate. . N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Educational Endowments (Borders Region) Transfer Scheme Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Making of Scheme 2 The Scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order shall have effect. Raymond S Robertson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 7th February 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Educational Endowments (Highland Region) Transfer Scheme Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. Making of Scheme 2 The Scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order shall have effect. Raymond S Robertson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 7th February 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, Commencement and Application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Avon (Staff Transfer) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996. 2 This Order makes provisions which are consequential or supplementary to the Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995 . Interpretation 2 In this Order— “Avon district council” has the same meaning as in the Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995); “contract of employment” means a contract under which a person works for another person whether under a contract of service or apprenticeship or otherwise but does not include a contract for services; “designated list” means the list marked “The Avon (Staff Transfer) Order 1996 Designated List” which is signed by the Secretary of State for the Environment, one copy of which is deposited with each of the four Avon district councils and one in the offices of the Secretary of State; “employee” means a person employed under a contract of employment including a person employed under a fixed term contract the expiry date for which is after 31st March 1996, but does not include a person whose employment is on a temporary basis and who on 31st March 1996, has had a continuous period of employment (when calculated in accordance with section 151 of, and Schedule 13 to, the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 ) of less than two years. Transfer of Staff 3 1 This article shall apply to any employee (a “designated employee”)— a who immediately before 1st April 1996 (“the reorganisation date”) was employed by the Avon County Council; b whose employment would continue but for the abolition of that council; and c whose name is mentioned, or who falls within a class or description of employees which is mentioned, in the designated list. 2 The contract of employment of a designated employee shall not be terminated on the reorganisation date but shall have effect— a in the case of an employee who falls within a class or description of employees mentioned in any section of Part I of the designated list, as if originally made between that employee, and the district council mentioned at the head of that section; b in the case of an employee whose name is mentioned in any section of Part II of that list, as if originally made between that employee, and the district council mentioned at the head of that section. 3 This article is without prejudice to any provision of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Paul Beresford, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 21st February 1996
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as the A1 Trunk Road (Barnet) (50mph Speed Limit) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 19th February 1996. 2 No person shall drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 50 miles per hour on the length of road specified in the Schedule to this Order. 3 The Trunk Roads (Speed Limits) ( No. 1) Order 1972 , shall be varied so that paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 shall not apply to the length of the road specfied in the Schedule to this Order. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport R. T. Thorndike Director Highways Agency London Network Management Division 12th February 1996