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CRIMINAL LAW, NORTHERN IRELAND 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 and shall come into force on the day specified in article 2 below. 2 This Order extends only to Northern Ireland. 2 The day hereby appointed for the purposes of section 25(2) of the Act is the day which shall be appointed for the purposes of Part 1 of the Act by order under section 1 of the Act; and the code of practice laid before Parliament on 3rd November 1997 containing the provisions referred to in section 23 of the Act shall come into operation accordingly on that day. Adam Ingram Minister of State Northern Ireland Office 12th November 1997
FOOD Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Food (Pistachios from Iran) (Emergency Control) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 23rd December 1997. Amendment of previous Order 2 The Food (Pistachios from Iran) (Emergency Control) Order 1997 shall be amended by the insertion at the end of article 2(1) (prohibition of import) of the words “except in accordance with the conditions in Article 2 of Commission Decision 97/830/ EC of 11th December 1997 repealing Commission Decision 97/613 and imposing special conditions on the import of pistachios and certain products derived from pistachios originating in, or consigned from, Iran ”. Jeff Rooker Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 22nd December 1997
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No. 10) Order 1997. Provisions coming into force on 23rd December 1997 2 The following provisions of the Environment Act 1995 shall come into force on 23rd December 1997: sections 82 to 86; section 90 and Schedule 11 in so far as they are not already in force; section 120(1) in so far as it relates to paragraph 46(5) of Schedule 22. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State, Michael Meacher Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 16th December 1997
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as the A41 Trunk Road (Camden) (Temporary Prohibition of Traffic) (No. 4) Order 1997, and shall come into force on 6th January 1998. 2 This Order is made because of the Traffic Director for London is satisfied that traffic on the roads, or lengths of road, mentioned in the schedule to this Order should be prohibited because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near those roads or lengths of road. 3 During the period starting at 00.01 hours on 6th January 1998 for a period of three months, or when those works have been completed, whichever is the sooner, no person shall cause or permit any vehicle to stop at any time in the roads, or lengths of roads, specified in the schedule to this Order. 4 1 The prohibitions specified in article 3 above shall apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by traffic signs specified by regulations or authorised under section 64 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. 2 The prohibitions specified in article 3 above shall not apply in respect of— i any vehicle being used for the purpose of those works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes, or ii anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden. 5 In so far as, and during such times as, the prohibition specified in article 3 above is in force, the provisions of the A41 Trunk Road (Camden) Red Route Experimental (No. 2) Traffic Order 1997 are hereby suspended so far as they relate to the roads or lengths of roads specified in the schedule to this Order. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 19th December 1997
LAND REGISTRATION 1 This Order may be cited as the Land Registration Act 1997 (Commencement) Order 1997. 2 The following provisions of the Land Registration Act 1997— a section 1, b Part I of Schedule 1 and section 4(1) so far as relating thereto, and c Part I of Schedule 2 and section 4(2) so far as relating thereto, shall come into force on 1st April 1998. 3 Part I of Schedule 1 to, and section 4(1) (so far as relating thereto) of, the Land Registration Act 1997 shall apply only in relation to dispositions made on or after 1st April 1998. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 9th December 1997
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE 1 This Order may be cited as the Export of Goods (United Nations Sanctions) (Sierra Leone) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 19th December 1997. 2 Article 2 of the Export of Goods (United Nations Sanctions) (Sierra Leone) Order 1997 is hereby revoked. A. J. Mantle An Officer of the Department of Trade and Industry authorised to act on behalf of the Secretary of State 18th December 1997
LAND REGISTRATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These rules may be cited as the Land Registration Rules 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. 2 In these rules— a “the principal rules” means the Land Registration Rules 1925 , and b a rule referred to by number means the rule so numbered in the principal rules. Amendments to the principal rules 2 1 The principal rules have effect subject to the amendments in Schedule 1 to these rules. 2 The forms set out in Schedule 2 to these rules are inserted as Schedule 1 to the principal rules. 3 The Schedule to the principal rules becomes Schedule 2 thereto and has effect subject to the amendments in Schedule 3 to these rules. 4 The schedule set out in Schedule 4 to these rules is added to the principal rules. Revocation 3 Rules 11, 33, 36, 63, 66, 71, 80, 115, 118, 119, 120, 142, 143, 167, 194, 229 and 233 and Forms 1 to 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 19, 32, 33, 37 to 39, 43 to 50, 54, 55 and 72 are revoked. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 9th December 1997
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Air Quality Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on the day after the seventh day on which they are made. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations, “the 1995 Act” means the Environment Act 1995. 2 The provisions of the Schedule to these Regulations which follow the Table in that Schedule shall have effect for the purpose of the interpretation of that Schedule. Relevant period 3 1 The relevant period for the purposes of section 86(3) of the 1995 Act shall, in relation to the preparation of an action plan to which that section applies, be the period of 9 months beginning with the date on which the district council preparing the action plan first consults the relevant county council in relation to the plan pursuant to paragraph 1(2)(e) of Schedule 11 to the 1995 Act. 2 The relevant period for the purposes of the other provisions of Part IV of the 1995 Act shall be the period beginning with the date on which these Regulations come into force and ending on 31st December 2005. Air quality objectives 4 1 The air quality objective for each substance listed in the first column of the Table in the Schedule to these Regulations shall be to restrict, by no later than the end of the relevant period prescribed by regulation 3(2), the level at which that substance is present in the air to the level set out in the second column of that Table for that substance. 2 The achievement or likely achievement of an air quality objective prescribed by paragraph (1) shall be determined by reference to the quality of air at locations which are situated outside of buildings or other natural or man-made structures above or below ground and where members of the public are regularly present. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment Michael Meacher Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 16th December 1997. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 16th December 1997. Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 16th December 1997.
FINANCIAL SERVICES 1 This Order may be cited as the Financial Services Act 1986 (Miscellaneous Exemptions) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 19th January 1998. 2 A recognised investment exchange is an exempted person as respects any investment business which is carried on by it for the purposes of or in connection with the provision of clearing services and in respect of which it is not otherwise an exempted person. 3 Treasury Taskforce, a company limited by guarantee, is an exempted person. Graham Allen John McFall Two of the Lord’s Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 17th December 1997
AGRICULTURE Title and Extent 1 This Order may be cited as the Potato Marketing Scheme (Certification of Revocation) Order 1997 and applies in Great Britain. Interpretation 2 1 In this Order— “ the Act ” means the Agriculture Act 1993; “the Board” means the Potato Marketing Board administering the Scheme; “the Scheme” means the Potato Marketing Scheme . 2 In this Order any reference to a numbered section shall be construed as a reference to the section so numbered in the Act. Certification of Revocation 3 It is hereby certified that— a property, rights and liabilities of the Board were transferred under section 35 (statutory transfer on vesting day under approved transfer scheme), and b in pursuance of section 26(4), section 26(1) (which, subject to section 37 and any provision of regulations made under section 38(3)(a), revokes the Scheme) came into force on 1st July 1997. Donoughue Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 15th December 1997 Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 15th December 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 17th December 1997
RATING AND VALUATION Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 31st December 1997. 2 In these Regulations “the principal regulations” means the Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) Regulations 1994 . Hereditaments in rural settlements 2 1 Regulation 10 of the principal regulations is amended as follows. 2 For paragraph (1) there is substituted— 1 For a hereditament to which this regulation applies, the chargeable amount for a chargeable day which is a relevant day shall be found in accordance with the rules prescribed in this regulation in place of the provisions of sections 43(4) to (6E), 44 and 45(4) to (6) of the Act. 3 After paragraph (5) there is inserted— 5A Where paragraph (5B) applies, the chargeable amount for a chargeable day shall be found by dividing the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph (2) by 2. 5B This paragraph applies where, on the day concerned, section 43(6B) of the Act (general stores etc. in rural settlements) applies as respects the hereditament. New hereditaments in rural settlements 3 1 Schedule 2 (splits and mergers) to the principal regulations is amended as follows. 2 In sub-paragraph (1) in each of paragraphs 5 and 6, for “section 43(4) to (6)” there is substituted “section 43(4) to (6E)”. 3 In sub-paragraph (3)(c in each of paragraphs 5 and 6, for “sections 43(6) (charities)” there is substituted “sections 43(6) and (6B) (charities; general stores etc. in rural settlements)”. 4 After sub-paragraph (5) of each of paragraphs 5 and 6 there is inserted— 5A Where sub-paragraph (5B) applies, the chargeable amount for a chargeable day shall be found by dividing the amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) by 2. 5B This sub-paragraph applies where on the day concerned section 43(6B) of the Act (general stores etc. in rural settlements) applies as respects the hereditament. 5 In sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 9 , for “section 43(6) (charities)” there is substituted “sections 43(6) and (6B) (charities; general stores etc. in rural settlements)”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 17th December 1997 Signed by authority of The Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 17th December 1997
BROADCASTING 1 This Order may be cited as the Channel 4 (Application of Excess Revenues) Order 1997 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. 2 In section 27(1)(a) of the Broadcasting Act 1990 , for “50 per cent” substitute “331/3 per cent”. Chris Smith Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 17th December 1997
MERCHANT SHIPPING 1 This Order may be cited as the General Lighthouse Authorities (Beacons: Maritime Differential Correction Systems) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 12th January 1998. 2 For the purposes of Part VIII of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, all references to a beacon in the said Part VIII shall be construed as including equipment provided for broadcasts in the medium frequency range 283.5-315 khz from any transmitter situated in the United Kingdom where such equipment forms part of a maritime differential position-fixing, integrity monitoring and data carrying system based on real-time corrections to signals emanating from a global satellite system. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Glenda Jackson Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 15th December 1997
LANDLORD AND TENANT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Long Residential Tenancies (Principal Forms) Regulations and shall come into force on 15th January 1998. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations, any reference to a numbered form is a reference to the form bearing that number in the Schedule, or to a form substantially to the same effect. Forms 3 The forms prescribed for the purposes specified below shall be as follows— a for a notice under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 terminating a long residential tenancy and proposing an assured monthly periodic tenancy, form 1; b for a notice under paragraph 4(1) of that Schedule terminating a long residential tenancy and proposing to apply to court for possession, form 2; c for a notice under paragraph 6(1) of that Schedule proposing an interim monthly rent, form 3; d for a notice under paragraph 10(1) of that Schedule proposing different rent or terms for an assured periodic tenancy, form 4; e for a notice under paragraph 10(2) of that Schedule referring to a rent assessment committee a notice proposing different rent or terms for an assured periodic tenancy, form 5; and f for a notice under section 41(2) of the Housing Act 1988, as applied by paragraph 12(1) of that Schedule, requiring a landlord or tenant to give information to a rent assessment committee, form 6. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment Transport and the Regions 12th December 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 16th December 1997
LANDLORD AND TENANT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 15th January 1998. Amendments 2 The Rent Assessment Committees (England and Wales) Regulations 1971 shall be amended by substituting for regulation 2A from the start to the end of paragraph (1): 1988 and 1989 Act references 2A 1 This regulation applies where a reference is made under: paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 as applied by paragraph 19 of Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 ; section 6, 13, 14A or 22 of the Housing Act 1988 ; or paragraph 6(2) or 10(2) of Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 12th December 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales, Welsh Office 16th December 1997
CLEAN AIR Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 9th January 1998. Classes of fireplace exempted from section 20 of the Clean Air Act 1993 2 The classes of fireplace described in Schedule 1 shall, upon the conditions there specified, be exempted from the provisions of section 20 of the Clean Air Act 1993 (which prohibits smoke emissions in smoke control areas). Amendment of earlier Orders 3 The Orders mentioned in Schedule 2 shall be amended in accordance with that Schedule. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment Michael Meacher Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 15th December 1997 Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 17th December 1997
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning General (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 8th January 1998. Amendment of the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992. 2 After regulation 14(2) of the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992 , insert— 3 Where a notice is served under section 215 of the 1990 Act, any expenses recoverable by a local planning authority under section 219(1) of that Act are, until recovered, a charge that is binding on successive owners of the land to which the notice relates, and the charge shall take effect as from the date of the completion by that authority of the steps required to be taken by the notice. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment Richard Caborn Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 15th December 1997 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Welsh Office 17th December 1997
CRIMINAL LAW, SCOTLAND Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1997. 2 In this Order– “ the Act ” means the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997; and “the 1995 Act ” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 . Commencement of provisions 2 The provisions of the Act which are specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order and whose subject matter is specified in column 2 of that Schedule shall, insofar as they are not then in force, come into force on 1st January 1998, but where a particular purpose is specified in relation to any provision in column 3 of that Schedule that provision shall come into force on that day only for that purpose. Henry McLeish Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 12th December 1997
ANIMALS Title, commencement and duration 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Mink Keeping Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st January 1998. 2 This Order shall cease to have effect on 1st January 2001. Interpretation 2 In this Order— a “ the Act ” means the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932; and b “mink” means the animal of the species Mustela vison . Keeping of mink 3 1 The keeping of mink is prohibited absolutely— a on any off-shore island of Great Britain other than the Isle of Wight and the Isle of Arran (including neighbouring Holy Island); b in the Caithness District of the Highland Region of Scotland; and c in the Sutherland District of the Highland Region of Scotland. 2 The keeping of any mink within the remainder of Great Britain is prohibited, except under a licence granted under the Act. Exceptions to application of the Act 4 In the application of the Act in relation to mink, there shall be omitted section 5(2) and, in section 6(1), paragraph (f) and the reference to a penalty in the case of an offence under paragraph (f). Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 17th November 1997 Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 17th November 1997 Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 17th November 1997
RATING AND VALUATION Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 31st December 1997. 2 In these Regulations “the 1992 Regulations ” means the Non-Domestic Rating Contributions (Wales) Regulations 1992 . Amendment of the 1992 Regulations 2 Schedules 1, 2 and 4 to the 1992 Regulations are amended as follows. Deductions from gross amount: county schools 3 1 In paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the 1992 Regulations, after sub-paragraph (1), there is inserted— 1A For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above there shall be ignored any determination in so far as it is made in respect of the occupation of a hereditament for the purposes of a county school (within the meaning of section 31(1) of the Education Act 1996). 2 Paragraph (1) applies to a determination in so far as it is made in respect of a day in a financial year beginning on or after 1st April 1998. Assumptions relating to provisional amounts 4 In relation to financial years beginning on or after 1st April 1998— a in paragraph 2(12) of Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulations, for “0.962” there is substituted “0.996”; b in paragraph 8(1) of that Schedule, for “1.4 per cent.” there shall be substituted “1.1 per cent.”; and c for Schedule 4 to the 1992 Regulations there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
IMMIGRATION 1 This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 5th February 1998. 2 Article 2 of the Immigration (Transit Visa) Order 1993 shall be amended by the insertion, after the words “to this Order”, of the words “, or a person holding a travel document issued by the purported “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus”,”. Mike O'Brien Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 14th January 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 30th January 1998. 2 In these Regulations, “the 1995 Regulations ” means the National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995 . General Practice ( GP ) Registrars 2 1 The 1995 Regulations are amended as follows. 2 In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)– a in the definition of “assistant” for the words “trainee general practitioner” substitute “General Practice (GP) Registrar”; b omit the definition “trainee general practitioner” and insert the following definition in the appropriate alphabetical position– “General Practice (GP) Registrar” means a doctor who is being trained in general practice by a doctor whose name is included in a medical list; . 3 In regulation 6 (local directory of family doctors), in paragraph (1)(f) for “trainee general practitioners” substitute “General Practice (GP) Registrars”. 4 In Schedule 1 (terms of service for doctors) in sub-paragraph (1)(c) of paragraph 20 for “trainee general practitioner” substitute “General Practice (GP) Registrar”. Sam Galbraith Minister for Health, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 5th January 1998