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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Mid-Sussex National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1996, and shall come into force on 31st July 1996. 2 In this Order— “the Authority” means the West Sussex Health Authority established on 1st April 1996 ; “the old Authority” means the West Sussex Health Authority established on 1st April 1995 and abolished on 1st April 1996 ; “the Trust” means the Mid-Sussex National Health Service Trust; “the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by and agreed upon by the old Authority and the Trust on 30th November 1995, which schedule has been signed on behalf of both the old Authority and the Trust. Transfer of trust property 2 On 31st July 1996 the trust property shall be transferred from the Authority to the Trust. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health John Horam Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 2nd July 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Runnymede and Spelthorne (Borough Boundaries) Order 1996. 2 This Order shall come into force for the purposes of article 2(2) on 26th July 1996, for the purposes referred to in paragraph (3) below on 1st February 1997 and for all other purposes on 1st April 1997. 3 The purposes mentioned in paragraph (2) above are those of all proceedings preliminary or related to any local government election to be held on or after 1st April 1997. Interpretation 2 1 In this Order— “electoral division” means an electoral division of the county of Surrey; “the map” means the map prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Map of the Runnymede and Spelthorne (Borough Boundaries) Order 1996” and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 ; “Runnymede” means the borough of Runnymede; “Spelthorne” means the borough of Spelthorne; and any reference to a ward is a reference to a ward of the borough from or to which an area is transferred by this Order. 2 For the purposes of any statutory instrument made under Part II of the Local Government Act 1992 (local government changes for England) — a 1st April 1997 is specified as the reorganisation date; and b the period beginning with the date on which this paragraph comes into force and ending immediately before the reorganisation date is specified as the preliminary period. Transfer from Runnymede to Spelthorne 3 The area marked B3 on the map shall be transferred from Runnymede, the Chertsey Meads ward, the Chertsey electoral division and the Surrey police area to— a Spelthorne; b the Shepperton Town ward; c the Shepperton electoral division; and d the Metropolitan Police District; and shall remain unparished. Transfers from Spelthorne to Runnymede 4 1 The areas marked B1, B2 and B4 on the map shall be transferred from— a Spelthorne to Runnymede; and b the Metropolitan Police District to the Surrey police area; and shall remain unparished. 2 The area marked B1 on the map shall be transferred from the Staines Town ward and the Staines electoral division to the Hythe Ward and the Egham South electoral division. 3 The area marked B2 on the map shall be transferred from the Laleham ward and the Laleham and Shepperton Green electoral division to the Chertsey St. Ann’s ward and the Chertsey electoral division. 4 The area marked B4 on the map shall be transferred from the Shepperton Town ward and the Shepperton electoral division to the Addlestone Bourneside ward and the Addlestone electoral division. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Paul Beresford Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 27th June 1996
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (National Transcommunications Limited) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 27th July 1996. 2 Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system. Ian Taylor Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry 27th June 1996
CONTRACTING OUT Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Contracting Out (Functions in relation to the Welfare Food Scheme) Order 1996. 2 This Order shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Contracting out of certain functions in relation to the welfare food scheme 2 1 The functions of the Secretary of State specified in paragraph (2) which are conferred by any welfare food scheme made under section 13 of the Social Security Act 1988 may be exercised by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State. 2 The functions referred to in paragraph (1) are— a the function of reimbursement of suppliers of welfare food under the welfare food scheme; and b the functions of requiring and receiving such information or evidence as may be reasonably needed in connection with the administration of any such scheme. Stephen Dorrell One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Department of Health 27th June 1996
PENSIONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Pensions Act 1995 (Commencement) (No. 5) Order 1996. 2 In this Order — a every reference to a section by number alone means the section so numbered in the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 ; b all words and phrases defined in section 25D(3) and (4) have the meanings assigned by that section. 3 Subject to the following articles of this Order, section 166 of the Pensions Act 1995 shall come into force on the following dates: — a in relation to the amendment to the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 consisting of the insertion of section 25D(2), (3) and (4), the day following the day on which this Order was made; b for all other purposes, 1st August 1996. 4 1 Subject to paragraph (2), sections 25B and 25C shall have effect in relation to applications for an order under section 23 — a which are made on or after 1st August 1996, or b which are made before that date and amended on or after that date pursuant to rule 3 of the Family Proceedings (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 1996 so as to include provision under section 25B or 25C. 2 Where a petition for divorce, nullity of marriage or judicial separation was presented before 1st July 1996 the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 shall have effect in relation to those proceedings, including any answer or cross petition filed in those proceedings, as if section 166 of the Pensions Act 1995 had not come into force. 5 No order under section 23 shall be made requiring the trustees or managers of a pension scheme to make periodical payments to the party without pension rights with effect from a date earlier than 6th April 1997. Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 26th June 1996
NORTHERN IRELAND Citation and Commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 (Codes of Practice) (No. 3) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 29th July 1996. Codes of Practice 2 Subject to article 3 below, the revised codes of practice laid in draft before Parliament on 26th June 1996 in connection with the detention, treatment, questioning and identification of persons detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 shall come into operation on 29th July 1996. Transitional provisions 3 1 The revised code of practice for the detention, treatment and questioning of persons detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 shall apply as follows— a sections 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 and 15 shall apply to persons who are in such detention where the period of detention commenced after 28th July 1996; and b the remaining provisions shall apply to persons in such detention after midnight on 28th July 1996, notwithstanding that their period of detention may have commenced before that time. 2 The code of practice for the identification of persons detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 shall apply to any procedures to which the code relates which are carried out after 28th July 1996. Revocation 4 The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 (Codes of Practice) (No. 2) Order 1993 is hereby revoked. P. B. B. Mayhew One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 28th June 1996
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Performance Information) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 24th July 1996. 2 In these Regulations references to the principal Regulations are to the Education (School Performance Information) (Wales) Regulations 1995 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 1 Regulation 3(1) of the principal Regulations (interpretation) shall be amended as follows. 2 In the definition of “the Document” there shall be substituted for “relating”“covering”, and “to” (in the second and third places where it appears) shall be omitted. 3 Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations shall be amended by the deletion of “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (k) of paragraph 15, by the insertion after sub-paragraph (l) of “and” and by the addition at the end of paragraph 15 of the following— m achieved any grade from A–C in a GCSE English or Welsh examination (other than Welsh Second Language) and in both a GCSE Science examination and a GCSE Mathematics examination. . 4 1 Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations shall be amended as follows. 2 There shall be inserted at the end of that Schedule the following— 5 The information about vocational qualifications referred to in paragraph 3 above but in relation to a Part 1 Foundation GVNQ. 6 The information about vocational qualifications referred to in paragraph 3 above but in relation to a Part 1 Intermediate GVNQ. . William Hague Secretary of State for Wales 24th June 1996
CHARITIES 1 This Order may be cited as the Charities (The Royal School for the Blind) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the fourteenth day after the day on which it is made. 2 The Scheme set out in the Appendix to this Order shall have effect. Inglewood Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of National Heritage 24th June 1996
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the St. Helier National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1996, and shall come into force on 31st July 1996. 2 In this Order — “the Authority” means the Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority established on 1st April 1996 ; “the old Authority” means the Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority established on 1st April 1994 and abolished on 1st April 1996 ; “the Trust” means the St. Helier National Health Service Trust; “the trust property” means the items specified in a schedule of trust property prepared by and agreed upon by the old Authority and the Trust on 14th March 1996, which schedule has been signed on behalf of both the old Authority and the Trust. Transfer of trust property 2 On 31st July 1996 the trust property shall be transferred from the Authority to the Trust. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health John Horam Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of Health 2nd July 1996
DEREGULATION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Model Appeal Provisions) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 18th July 1996. Model Provisions 2 The Secretary of State hereby prescribes, as model provisions with respect to appeals against enforcement action, the model rules set out in the Schedule to this Order, of which— a the rules contained in Chapter I of the model rules determine the conduct of appeals against enforcement action, and b the rule set out in Chapter II of the model rules determines the procedure to be followed before enforcement action is taken; with a view to their being incorporated, if thought fit and with or without modifications, in enactments which include provision the effect of which is to impose, or authorise or require the imposition of, a restriction, requirement or condition affecting any person in the carrying on of any trade, business or profession or otherwise. 3 In any enactment, any reference to the “model provisions with respect to appeals” shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be taken as a reference to the provisions set out in the Schedule. Michael Heseltine First Secretary of State, the Deputy Prime Minister, Office of Public Service 27th June 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Gosport Borough Council) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 24th July 1996. Exemptions 2 1 Cleaning (other than the cleaning of buildings), and the repair and maintenance of vehicles, shall not be treated as defined activities so long as they are carried out by the council of the borough of Gosport (“the authority”) in their area before 1st April 1997. 2 The maintenance of ground by the authority shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out in their area during the period beginning on 1st January 1997 and ending with 31st March 1997. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Paul Beresford Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 25th June 1996
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Anti-avoidance (Heating)) Order 1996 and shall apply in relation to any supply made on or after 27th June 1996 and any acquisition or importation taking place on or after that date. 2 Group 2 of Schedule 8 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (sewerage services and water) shall be varied as follows— a the word “and” at the end of paragraph (a) of item 2 shall be omitted; and b there shall be added after paragraph (b) of that item— and c water which has been heated so that it is supplied at a temperature higher than that at which it was before it was heated. Michael Bates Liam Fox Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 26th June 1996
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the A556 Trunk Road (Church Farm-Turnpike Wood, Over Tabley) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 28th June 1996. 2 In this Order all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway. 2 The new highway which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in the Schedule to this Order shall become a trunk road from the date when this Order comes into force. 3 The centre line of the new trunk road is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan marked “The A556 Trunk Road (Church Farm-Turnpike Wood, Over Tabley) Order 1996”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, LG12 Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport R. R. Bineham Director Highways Agency Northern Operations Division 4th June 1996
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the A556 Trunk Road (Turnpike Wood, Over Tabley— A56 Bowdon Roundabout) (Detrunking) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 28th June 1996. 2 In this Order— i “the new trunk roads” means the new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct pursuant to the A556(M) Motorway (M6-M56 Link) and Connecting Roads Scheme 1996; ii “principal road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is a principal road for the purposes of enactments and instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads and is also classified for the purpose of every other enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State; iii “the trunk road” means the Turnpike Wood, Over Tabley—A56 Bowdon Roundabout Trunk Road (A556). 3 The length of the trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a principal road from the date on which the Secretary of State notifies the Cheshire County Council that the new trunk roads are open for traffic. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport R. R. Bineham Director, Highways Agency Northern Operations Division 4th June 1996
HEALTH AND SAFETY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Adventure Activities (Enforcing Authority and Licensing Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 19th July 1996. 2 In these Regulations “the 1996 Regulations ” means the Adventure Activities Licensing Regulations 1996 . Application of Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1989 2 1 The Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1989 shall, subject to paragraph (2) below, apply in respect of the enforcement of the 1996 Regulations. 2 Where, by virtue of paragraph (1) above, a local authority is responsible for the enforcement of the 1996 Regulations in relation to premises, it shall be responsible for such enforcement in relation to the provision of facilities for adventure activities (within the meaning of the 1996 Regulations)— a at those premises; and b from those premises if the premises are, at the time in question, primarily used for, or as a base for, the provision of instruction or leadership in sporting, recreational or outdoor activities; and references in the said Regulations of 1989 to an enforcing authority for premises shall be construed accordingly. Amendment of 1996 Regulations 3 1 The 1996 Regulations shall be amended as follows. 2 In regulation 7(1)(a) for “regulation 5(1)(a)” there shall be substituted “regulation 5(1)(a)(i)” and for “regulation 5(1)(b)” there shall be substituted “regulation 5(1)(a)(ii)”. Henley Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 22nd June 1996
INCOME TAX 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income Tax (Payments on Account) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 17th July 1996. 2 Regulation 3 shall have effect as respects the year 1996–97 and subsequent years of assessment. 3 Regulation 4 shall have effect as respects the year 1997–98 and subsequent years of assessment. 2 In these Regulations “subsection (1)” means subsection (1) of section 59A of the Taxes Management Act 1970. 3 The prescribed amount for the purposes of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) is the amount of £500. 4 The prescribed proportion for the purposes of paragraph (d) of subsection (1), that is to say, the proportion which the relevant amount as mentioned in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) bears to the assessed amount as mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection (1), is the proportion of one to four. S C T Matheson C W Corlett Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue 26th June 1996
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Disability Statements for Further Education Institutions) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 31st July 1996. Information to be contained in disability statements 2 Information contained in a disability statement about the provision of facilities for education made by the institution in respect of disabled persons shall cover the following matters— a the policies of the institution relating to the provision of facilities for education; b the names of a member or members of the staff with special responsibility for disabled persons; c admission arrangements; d educational facilities and support including— i academic and curriculum support; ii relevant staff expertise; iii technology and equipment available; e arrangements for handling complaints and (where applicable) appeals in respect of any of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (c) and(d) above or (f) to (h) below; f additional support or special arrangements during examinations and assessments; g facilities and support associated with the matters mentioned in sub-paragraph (d) above including counselling and welfare arrangements; h physical access to educational and other facilities; Intervals at which disability statements must be published 3 1 The interval between the first occasion on which a condition requiring the governing body to publish a disability statement is imposed (“the condition date”) and the date of publication shall be such that— a where the condition date is on or before 1st August 1996, the first disability statement is published by 1st December after the condition date, and b in any other case, the first disability statement is published by 1st October in the financial year following that in which the condition date fell. 2 The interval between the publication of subsequent disability statements shall be such that each statement is published by 1st October in the year following the year in which the previous statement was required to be published. 3 In this regulation “financial year” means the period of twelve months ending with 31st March in any year. Henley, Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 21st June 1996 William Hague Secretary of State for Wales 24th June 1996
YOUNG OFFENDER INSTITUTIONS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Rules may be cited as the Young Offender Institution (Amendment) Rules 1996 and shall come into force on 22nd July 1996. 2 The Young Offender Institution Rules 1988 shall have effect subject to the amendments set out in the Schedule to these Rules. 3 Without prejudice to the operation of the Interpretation Act 1978 , any appointment of a chairman or a vice chairman of a board of visitors for a young offender institution made under rule 73(3) of the Young Offender Institution Rules 1988 as in force prior to the commencement of these Rules shall be deemed to have been made under rule 73(3) of the Young Offender Institution Rules 1988 as substituted by paragraph 8 of the Schedule to these Rules. Home Office Michael Howard One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 24th June 1996
PENSIONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment (No. 2) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 29th July 1996. 2 In this Order “the Service Pensions Order ” means the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983 and other expressions shall have the meaning assigned to them by the Service Pensions Order and, except where the context otherwise requires, a reference to a numbered article or Schedule is a reference to the article of, or Schedule to, that Order which is so numbered. Amendment of the Service Pensions Order 2 The Service Pensions Order shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 1 to this Order. Transitional provisions 3 The transitional provisions set out in Schedule 2 to this Order shall have effect. Revocations 4 The instruments specified in column 1 of Schedule 3 to this Order are, to the extent shown in column 2 of that Schedule, revoked. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
CHARITIES 1 This Order may be cited as the Exempt Charities Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st August 1996. 2 The London Business School is hereby declared to be an exempt charity for the purposes of the Charities Act 1993. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
PRISONS 1 These Rules may be cited as the Prison (Amendment) Rules 1996 and shall come into force on 22nd July 1996. 2 The Prison Rules 1964 shall have effect subject to the amendments set out in the Schedule to these Rules. 3 Without prejudice to the operation of the Interpretation Act 1978 , any appointment of a chairman or a vice chairman of a board of visitors for a prison made under rule 92(3) of the Prison Rules 1964 as in force prior to the commencement of these Rules shall be deemed to have been made under rule 92(3) of the Prison Rules 1964 as substituted by paragraph 4 of the Schedule to these Rules. Michael Howard One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 24th June 1996