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PENSIONS Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational Pension Schemes (Levies) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation— a for the purposes of this regulation and regulation 2(9), on 30th March 2007, and b for all other purposes, on 1st April 2007. Amendment of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Levies) Regulations 2 1 The Occupational Pension Schemes (Levies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (11). 2 In regulation 2 (interpretation) omit the definition of “the PPF Ombudsman levy”. 3 For the cross heading to Part II substitute “ADMINISTRATION LEVY”. 4 Omit regulation 3 (meaning of “the levies” in Part II). 5 In regulation 4 (liability for the levies)— a for the heading substitute “Liability for the administration levy”; b omit paragraph (2); c in paragraph (3) for “Subject to paragraph (4), the levies are” substitute “The administration levy is”; d omit paragraph (4) ; e in paragraph (5) for “The levies in respect of a financial year are” substitute “The administration levy in respect of a financial year is”; f in paragraph (6) for “the levies are” substitute “the administration levy is”. 6 In regulation 5(1) (the reference day) for “each of the levies” substitute “the administration levy”. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 In regulation 7(2) (schemes eligible for only part of the financial year) for “each of the levies” substitute “the administration levy”. 9 After regulation 7 insert— Waiver of the administration levy 7A 1 This regulation applies to an eligible scheme if, in respect of a financial year— a any amount payable by way of any pension protection levy in respect of the scheme is waived under regulations made under Article 164(8)(b) of the 2005 Order; and b the scheme is not a scheme which is authorised under Article 137 of the 2005 Order to continue as a closed scheme. 2 In respect of the same financial year, any amount payable by way of the administration levy in respect of the scheme is also waived. . 10 In regulation 13 (meaning of “the levies” in Part IV) omit “, the PPF Ombudsman levy”. 11 In regulation 18(4) (avoidance of double liability: schemes in Great Britain) omit sub-paragraph (b) . Revocations 3 Regulation 2(2), (4) and (8)(a) of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Levies) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 is revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 23rd March 2007 (L.S.) John O’Neill A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
PENSIONS Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The compensation cap 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
animals Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as The Poultry Breeding Flocks and Hatcheries Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 and comes into operation on 13 th April 2007. Breeding flocks and hatcheries scheme 2 For the purposes of keeping poultry, so far as practicable, free from Salmonella and controlling and, so far as practicable, reducing the incidence of Salmonella, the Department makes the Scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 23 rd March 2007. L.S. E. Redmond A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 23 rd March 2007. L.S. Mary McIvor A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
water and sewerage Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Water Industry (Determination of Turnover for Penalties) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2007. Interpretation 2 1 In this Order— “ the Order ” means the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006; “aid” means state aid within the meaning of Article 87 of the Treaty establishing the European Community; “applicable turnover” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph (2); “business year” means a period of more than six months in respect of which relevant undertaker prepares a single set of regulatory accounts; “company” means a relevant undertaker; “date of the notice” means the date on which the enforcement authority gives notice under Article 35(3) of the Order; “preceding business year” means the last business year preceding the date of the notice; “regulated activities” means— in the case of a company holding an appointment as a water undertaker, its functions as a water undertaker; or in the case of a company holding an appointment as a sewerage undertaker, its functions as a sewerage undertaker; “regulatory accounts” means regular accounting and other information which the undertaker is required by its instrument of appointment to supply to the Authority; 2 “Applicable turnover” means— a the amounts, determined in conformity with normal accounting practice in the United Kingdom, which are derived by a company from the provision of goods and services in the course of the company’s regulated activities in respect of which the penalty is imposed, less sales rebates, value added tax and any other taxes based on such amounts; and b payments by way of aid granted by a public body to the company, if the aid— i facilitates or promotes the company’s regulated activities; and ii is reflected in the price charged by the company for the goods or services it provides. Determination of turnover 3 1 Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), for the purposes of Article 35(10) of the Order, the turnover of a company shall be the applicable turnover for the preceding business year. 2 Where the preceding business year is more or less than twelve months, the turnover shall be the applicable turnover in that business year divided by the number of months in that business year and multiplied by twelve. 3 Where there is no preceding business year, the turnover shall be the applicable turnover for the relevant year. 4 For the purposes of paragraph (3), where the period for which the company held an appointment as a relevant undertaker during the relevant year was less than twelve months, the turnover shall be the applicable turnover in that period divided by the number of months in that period and multiplied by twelve. 5 In paragraphs (3) and (4), “the relevant year” means the twelve months ending on the last day of the month preceding the month in which the date of the notice falls. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Regional Development on 23rd March 2007 Nigel McCormick A senior officer of the Department for Regional Development
POLICE 1 This Order may be cited as the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (Renewal of Temporary Provisions) Order 2007 and shall come into operation on 29th March 2007. 2 The “temporary provisions” of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000, as defined in section 47(1) of that Act, which are in force on 28th March 2007 shall continue in force for the period beginning 28th March 2007 and ending 28th March 2010. Peter Hain One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office Date 28th March 2007
EDUCATION Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (2006 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007. Appointed Day 2 The day appointed for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 is 23rd March 2007— a Paragraphs 22 to 39, 45 and 46 of Part II of Schedule 2, and Article 44(1) in so far as it relates to that Part; b In Part III of Schedule 3, the repeals set out in the Schedule, and Article 44(2) in so far as it relates to that Part. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on 22nd March 2007. Katrina Godfrey A senior officer of the Department of Education
water and sewerage Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Water and Sewerage Services (2006 Order) (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007. 2 In this Order— “the 1973 Order ” means the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 ; “the 1999 Order ” means the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 ; and “the 2006 Order ” means the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006. Appointed days 2 1 Subject to Article 3, and except in so far as they are already in operation in accordance with Article 1(3) of the 2006 Order, the provisions of the 2006 Order specified in Part I of Schedule 1 shall have effect on the date this Order is made to the extent so specified. 2 Subject to Article 3, and except in so far as they are already in operation in accordance with Article 1(3) of the 2006 Order, the provisions of the 2006 Order specified in Part II of Schedule 1 shall come into operation on the 1st April 2007 to the extent so specified. Transitional, transitory and saving provisions 3 The transitional, transitory and saving provisions in Schedule 2 shall have effect. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Regional Development on 22nd March 2007 John Mills A senior officer of the Department for Regional Development
FOOD Citation and commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Healthy Start Scheme and Day Care Food Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2007. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Healthy Start Scheme and Day Care Food Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 . 3 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 In the following provisions of the principal Regulations, for the sum of “£14,155” substitute “£14,495— a regulation 4(3)(a)(iii), (d)(iii) and (e) (Entitlement to benefit), and b paragraph 4(1)(a)(iii) of Schedule 1 (APPLICATION FOR BENEFIT). Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 15th March 2007. Andrew Elliot A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
rates Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Rates (Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2007. Amendment of statutory provisions 2 1 The amendments specified in Schedule 1 (amendment to primary legislation) shall have effect. 2 The amendments specified in Schedule 2 (amendment to subordinate legislation) shall have effect. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 22nd March 2007 Brian McClure A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
rates Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Rates (Maximum Capital Value) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2007. 2 In these Regulations— “the 1977 Order ” means the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977; “domestic purposes” and “exempting purposes” have the same meaning as in Article 41 of the 1977 Order; “hereditament in the social sector” has the same meaning as in Article 23A of the 1977 Order; “maximum capital value” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 2; and “specified hereditament” means a hereditament, other than a hereditament in the social sector, which is included in the capital value list. Maximum capital value 2 1 Subject to paragraphs (2) to (5), the maximum capital value of a specified hereditament which has a rateable capital value shall be £500,000. 2 This paragraph applies to a specified hereditament which – a has a rateable capital value; and b is distinguished in the capital value list under Article 41 of the 1977 Order as exempt from rates under that list to one-half of the extent to which it is used for domestic purposes which are also exempting purposes. 3 Where a hereditament to which paragraph (2) applies is wholly used for domestic purposes which are also exempting purposes, its maximum capital value shall be £250,000. 4 Where a hereditament to which paragraph (2) applies is partly used for domestic purposes which are also exempting purposes, its maximum capital value shall be determined in accordance with the formula— £ 250 , 000 + [ A × £ 250 , 000 B ] where – A is the part of the capital value of the hereditament shown in the capital value list as apportioned to the use of the hereditament for purposes which are not domestic purposes which are also exempting purposes; and B is the capital value of the hereditament. 5 For the purposes of paragraphs (3) and (4) there shall be disregarded any use of the hereditament which is not relevant to its capital value. Liability to be rated according to maximum capital value 3 In respect of a specified hereditament which has a rateable capital value, a person shall be liable for rates in respect of its maximum capital value instead of its rateable capital value, if its rateable capital value exceeds its maximum capital value. References 4 In respect of a specified hereditament which has a rateable capital value which exceeds its maximum capital value— a references to rateable capital value in Articles 9(5)(b) , 30(2)(b) , 30A(5) and 31A(10) of the 1977 Order shall be construed as references to maximum capital value; and b the reference to rateable values in Article 16(1)(a) of the 1977 Order, in so far as it includes a reference to rateable capital value, shall be construed as a reference to maximum capital value. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 20th March 2007 Brian McClure A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
JUSTICE 1 This Order may be cited as the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (Commencement No.12) Order 2007. 2 The provisions of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 specified in the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 16th April 2007. David Hanson Minister of State Northern Ireland Office 29th March 2007
environmental protection Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Landfill (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st May 2007. Amendment of the Landfill Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 2 1 The Landfill Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 are amended as follows. 2 For regulation 17(1) (Offences) substitute— 17 1 It shall be an offence for an operator of a landfill to contravene— a regulation 9 as applied by paragraph 1(14) or 6(2) of Schedule 4; b regulation 12 as applied by paragraph 3(3)(a) or 6(2) of Schedule 4; c regulation 10 as applied by paragraph 3(3)(b) or 6(2) of Schedule 4; d paragraph 3(5), 5(6) or 5(10)(b) of Schedule 4; or e from 1st May 2007, paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 4. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 20th March 2007 Wesley Shannon A Senior Officer of the Department of the Environment
CRIMINAL LAW Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Criminal Evidence (1999 Order) (Commencement No.5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007. Appointed Day 2 The day appointed for the coming into operation of Article 36 of the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 is 1st March 2007. David Hanson Minister of State Northern Ireland Office 27th February 2007
rates Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Rating of Quarries (Plant and Machinery) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2007. Modification of Part III of Schedule 12 to the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 2 1 In paragraph 3 of Part III of Schedule 12 to the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 , in sub-paragraph (d) of the first paragraph of Class 4 for “structure.” there shall be substituted “structure;”. 2 After that sub-paragraph there shall be inserted— e so much of any recycling equipment fitted to any plant and machinery used in quarries where that recycling equipment is used or intended to be used for the purposes of environmental works; f any of the following such items or part of such items used or intended to be used for the purposes of environmental works in quarries— i bunds which prevent environmental pollution and the ingress of water; ii covers for oil and chemical storage facilities which prevent environmental pollution and the ingress of water; iii covers for screen houses, conveyors and bays which prevent the spread of dust; iv pits which are used for the settlement of suspended solids in water discharges to protect surrounding water courses; v bays used in connection with construction and demolition waste materials. In this paragraph— a “environmental pollution” has the same meaning as in Article 8 of the Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 ; b “environmental works” means any works used or intended to be used for the purposes of improving the environmental performance of quarries in accordance with the Code of Practice for the Aggregates Industry in Northern Ireland; and c “recycling equipment” means equipment used for the collection of demolition or construction waste, the separation (either partially or completely) of such waste into its components or the subjection of such waste or its components to any process. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 16th March 2007 Brian McClure A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
Legal aid and advice Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Persons eligible for advice and assistance 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Contributions from persons receiving advice and assistance 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
legal aid and advice Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 9th April 2007. Revocation 2 The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 are hereby revoked. Amendment to Schedule 2 3 For the table set out in Schedule 2 to the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 there shall be substituted the following table – Disposable Income Range Maximum Contribution Exceeding £91 but not exceeding £98 a week £7 Exceeding £98 but not exceeding £105 a week £14 Exceeding £105 but not exceeding £112 a week £21 Exceeding £112 but not exceeding £119 a week £28 Exceeding £119 but not exceeding £126 a week £35 Exceeding £126 but not exceeding £133 a week £42 Exceeding £133 but not exceeding £140 a week £49 Exceeding £140 but not exceeding £147 a week £56 Exceeding £147 but not exceeding £154 a week £63 Exceeding £154 but not exceeding £161 a week £70 Exceeding £161 but not exceeding £168 a week £77 Exceeding £168 but not exceeding £175 a week £84 Exceeding £175 but not exceeding £182 a week £91 Exceeding £182 but not exceeding £189 a week £98 Exceeding £189 but not exceeding £196 a week £105 Exceeding £196 but not exceeding £203 a week £112 Exceeding £203 but not exceeding £210 a week £119 Exceeding £210 but not exceeding £215 a week £124 Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor Bridget Prentice Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs Dated 18th March 2007
local government Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Local Government (Payments to Councillors) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (Scope) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 30 April 2007. Amendment to the Order 2 In Part II of Schedule 1 to the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, after paragraph 7 there shall be added the following new paragraphs– 8 Applications to the High Court under section 103A of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (including applications which are considered by a member of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal pursuant to paragraph 30 of Schedule 2 to the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc. ) Act 2004) where the person making the application is the person who made an appeal to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal under section 82 or 83 of that Act. 9 Proceedings before the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal for the reconsideration of an appeal pursuant to an order made on application to the High Court under section 103A of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, where the appellant is the person who made the application to the High Court. Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor Bridget Prentice Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs Dated 10th March 2007
social security Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2007. Amendment of the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 2 1 Part I of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986 (list of prescribed diseases and the occupations for which they are prescribed) is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (8). 2 For the first column of the entry relating to prescribed disease A4 substitute— A4. Task-specific focal dystonia. . 3 In the first column of the entry relating to prescribed disease A5 omit “(beat hand)”. 4 In the first column of the entry relating to prescribed disease A6 omit “(beat knee)”. 5 In the first column of the entry relating to prescribed disease A7 omit “(beat elbow)”. 6 Omit the entry relating to prescribed disease A9. 7 For the second column of the entry relating to prescribed disease A12 substitute— (a) The use, at the time the symptoms first develop, of hand-held powered tools whose internal parts vibrate so as to transmit that vibration to the hand, but excluding those tools which are solely powered by hand; or (b) repeated palmar flexion and dorsiflexion of the wrist for at least 20 hours per week for a period or periods amounting in aggregate to at least 12 months in the 24 months prior to the onset of symptoms, where “repeated” means once or more often in every 30 seconds. . 8 In the second column of the entry relating to prescribed disease B6 after sub-paragraph (d) add— or (e) work involving exposure to metalworking fluid mists. . Transitional provision 3 Regulation 2 shall not apply to a period of assessment which relates to a claim made before the date on which these Regulations come into operation. Revocation 4 Regulation 3(3)(b) of the Social Security (Industrial Injuries and Diseases) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 is revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 14th March 2007 (L.S.) John O’Neill A senior officer of the Department for Social Development