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TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Minerals) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on the fourteenth day after the day on which they are approved by resolution of each House of Parliament. 2 In these Regulations– “the 1997 Act ” means the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997; “development consisting of the winning and working of minerals” does not include– the winning and working, on land held or occupied with land used for the purposes of agriculture, of any minerals reasonably required for the purposes of that use, including the fertilisation of the land so used and the maintenance, improvement or alteration of buildings or works on it which are occupied or used for those purposes; or the winning and working of peat by any person for the domestic requirements of that person. Modification of the meaning of “use” 2 1 For the purpose of the provisions specified in Part I of Schedule 18 to the 1997 Act, “use” in relation to the discontinuance of a use of land includes the discontinuance of the use of land for development consisting of the winning and working of minerals. 2 Save as provided in paragraph (1), for the purpose of those provisions “use”, in relation to land, does not include the use of land for development consisting of the winning and working of minerals. Modification of specific provisions of the 1997 Act 3 In relation to development consisting of the winning and working of minerals or involving the depositing of mineral waste, the provisions of the 1997 Act, set out in column (1) of the Schedule to these Regulations, shall have effect subject to the modifications set out opposite such provisions in column (2) of the Schedule. Revocations 4 The Town and Country Planning (Minerals) (Scotland) Regulations 1971 and the Town and Country Planning (Minerals) (Scotland) Regulations 1982 are hereby revoked. Calum MacDonald Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House Edinburgh 12th November 1998 We consent, Jim Dowd Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 17th November 1998
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Allowances for Governors and Individual Pupil Information) (Modification) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 15th December 1998. 2 In these Regulations– “the 1996 Act ” means the Education Act 1996 ; and “the 1998 Act ” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. Modification of the 1996 Act 2 In relation to any time before the appointed day , section 519 of the 1996 Act, as amended by paragraph 139 of Schedule 30 to the 1998 Act , shall have effect as if the reference to the governors of any community, foundation or voluntary school or community or foundation special school included a reference to the governors of any county, voluntary, maintained special, grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school within the meaning of the 1996 Act. 3 In relation to any time before the appointed day, section 537A of the 1996 Act shall have effect as if the reference to the governing body of every school which is maintained by a local education authority included the governing body of every grant-maintained school within the meaning of the Education Act 1996. Estelle Morris Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 24th November 1998
MERCHANT SHIPPING 1 This Order may be cited as the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (United Kingdom Carriers) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999. 2 The following instruments are hereby revoked:– a the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (United Kingdom Carriers) Order 1987 ; b the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (United Kingdom Carriers) (Amendment) Order 1989 . 3 In relation to any carrier whose principal place of business is in the United Kingdom, paragraph 1 of Article 7 to the Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, set out in Part I of Schedule 6 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, (including that paragraph as applied to domestic carriage by the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (Domestic Carriage) Order 1987 ) shall have effect as if for the limit of 46,666 units of account there specified there were substituted a limit of 300,000 units of account. 4 This Order does not apply in relation to any liability arising out of an occurrence which took place before the coming into force of the Order. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Glenda Jackson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 25th November 1998
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 The length of trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order and shown by broad striped hatching on the deposited plan, shall cease to be a trunk road and become an unclassified road as from the date on which this Order comes into force. 2 In this Order:– 1 all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway; 2 i “the deposited plan” means the plan numbered HA10/2/WO 125 marked The Swansea–Manchester Trunk Road (A483) (Llandovery County Primary School Layby Detrunking) Order 1998 signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Welsh Office Repository, Curran Embankment, Cardiff; ii “the trunk road” means the Swansea–Manchester Trunk Road (A483). 3 This Order shall come into force on 16th December 1998 and may be cited as The Swansea–Manchester Trunk Road (A483) (Llandovery County Primary School Layby Detrunking) Order 1998. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales D. M. Timlin Head of Roads Administration Division, Welsh Office 20th November 1998
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the General Teaching Council for Wales Order 1998. 2 This article and article 3 of this Order shall come into force on 30th December 1998, and article 2 shall come into force on 1st September 2000. 3 In this Order, “ the Act ” means the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998. Establishment of the General Teaching Council for Wales 2 There shall be a body corporate to be known as the General Teaching Council for Wales which shall exercise, in relation to Wales, as from 1st September 2000, the functions conferred on them by or under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Act. Application of Section 1 and Schedule 1 to the General Teaching Council for Wales 3 Section 1(2) and (4) to (9) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Act shall have effect in relation to the General Teaching Council for Wales as they have effect in relation to the General Teaching Council for England. Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales, Welsh Office 19th November 1998
COUNTY COURTS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 24th December 1998, except for article 4(a), which shall come into force on 31st December 1998. Interpretation 2 In this Order, “the 1983 Order ” means the Civil Courts Order 1983 , and a Schedule referred to by number alone means the Schedule so numbered in that Order. Amendments to the 1983 Order 3 In Schedule 1: a “Camborne and Redruth” shall be deleted from its position in the second column opposite the entry for “Truro” in the first column; b “West Bromwich” shall be deleted from its position in the first and second columns. 4 In Schedule 3: a the entry relating to Loughborough shall be deleted; b the entries relating to Camborne, Hemel Hempstead and West Bromwich shall be deleted ; c the word “Divorce” shall be inserted in Column 2 opposite the entry for Penzance in Column 1; d opposite the entry for Staines in Column 1, “Kingston-upon-Thames” shall replace “Slough” in Column 4. 5 In Schedule 4, paragraph 3 shall be deleted. 6 For the purpose of section 33(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, the County Court at Penzance is hereby designated as a divorce county court and court of trial. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 21st November 1998.
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 4th January 1999. Amendment to Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989 2 In regulation 30(1) of the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989 , after “criminal proceedings in a magistrates' court”, there shall be inserted “other than those referred to in regulation 3(1)(b) of the Costs Regulations ”. Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor G. W. Hoon Minister of State, Lord Chancellor’s Department Dated 17th November 1998 We consent Clive Betts Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 19th November 1998
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 4th January 1999. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations “ the Regulations ” means the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989 and a reference to a regulation or Schedule by number alone means the regulation or Schedule so numbered in the Regulations. Amendments to the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989 3 2 In regulation 2(1), after the definition of “the General Regulations”, there shall be inserted the following definitions: “send for trial” means send for trial under section 51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and “sent for trial” and “sending for trial” shall be construed accordingly. “sending proceedings” means criminal proceedings in a magistrates' court where the legally aided person is sent for trial. . 2 In regulation 3(1)(b) after “criminal proceedings in the Crown Court” there shall be inserted “and any sending proceedings associated with criminal proceedings in the Crown Court”. 3 In regulation 3(1)(c) after “criminal proceedings in a magistrates' court” there shall be inserted “other than proceedings referred to in sub-paragraph 3(1)(b) but including proceedings in a magistrates' court following a remittal under paragraph 10(3)(a) or 13(2) of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998”. 4 In regulation 4E after “criminal proceedings in a magistrates' court” there shall be inserted “other than sending proceedings”. 5 In regulation 4F(2)(b) after “committal or transfer for trial” there shall be inserted “or sending for trial”. 6 After regulation 6(6) the following paragraph shall be inserted: 7 Where the legally aided person has been sent for trial and the appropriate authority determines fees for a class of work in accordance with this regulation the appropriate authority shall determine separately in accordance with this regulation the fees in relation to that class of work: i in the proceedings in the Crown Court; and ii in the proceedings in the magistrates' court and aggregate the amounts so determined. . 7 In regulation 14(1)(a) after “criminal proceedings before a magistrates' court” there shall be inserted “which are not sending proceedings”. 8 In paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 1 Part II after “specified in sub-paragraph (2)” there shall be inserted “and, where the legally aided person has been sent for trial, in relation to the sending proceedings associated with those proceedings in the Crown Court”. 9 In paragraph 1(2)(a) of Schedule 1 Part II after “committals for trial” there shall be inserted “and proceedings in the Crown Court where the legally aided person has been sent for trial,”. Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor G. W. Hoon Minister of State Lord Chancellor’s Department Dated 17th November We consent Clive Betts Jim Dowd Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 19th November 1998
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 25th November 1998. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979 . Amendment of regulation 18 of the principal Regulations 2 In regulation 18 of the principal Regulations (calculation of earnings)— a after paragraph (2) , insert— 2A Paragraph (2) of this regulation shall apply to shares in a body corporate which are capable of being acquired pursuant to an option, or a voucher capable of being exchanged for such an option, where those shares, that option or that voucher are a readily convertible asset. 2B For the purposes of paragraphs (2A), (5A) and (9A) of this regulation, “body corporate” includes— a a body corporate constituted under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom; and b an unincorporated association wherever constituted, but does not include a partnership, a local authority within the meaning of section 842A of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 or a local authority association within the meaning of section 519 of that Act. ; b after paragraph (5) , insert— 5A Paragraph (4) of this regulation shall apply to shares in a body corporate which are capable of being acquired pursuant to an option, or a voucher capable of being exchanged for such an option, where those shares, that option or that voucher are a readily convertible asset. ; c in paragraph (9) , for “The amount”, substitute “Subject to paragraphs (2A), (5A) and (9A) of this regulation, the amount”; d after paragraph (9), insert— 9A Paragraph (9) of this regulation does not apply to an option to acquire shares in a body corporate, or a voucher capable of being exchanged for such an option, where those shares, that option or that voucher are a readily convertible asset. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Stephen C. Timms Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,Department of Social Security 24th November 1998
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 30th November 1998. 2 1 Article 4 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article. 2 Paragraph (1)(i) shall be omitted. 3 After paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph: 1A Section 26 of the 1998 Act (retention and disposal of things seized) shall come into force on 1st December 1998 for the purpose of making regulations under section 60A of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 . . Paul Boateng Minister of State Home Office 23rd November 1998
EDUCATION, SCOTLAND Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 (Commencement No.2) Order 1998. Appointed day 2 The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 is 21st November 1998– a sections 7 to 10; b Schedule 1; and c Schedule 9, paragraphs 4(3) and 5(3) so far as not already in force. Helen Liddell Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 20th November 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st December 1998. Vehicles propelled by natural gas 2 1 The Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) General Order 1979 shall be amended as follows. 2 After Article 17 there shall be inserted the following Article— 17A The Secretary of State authorises the use on roads of vehicles propelled by compressed natural gas notwithstanding that they do not comply with the requirements of regulations 40, 94(2) and (3) and 96 of, or of Schedule 4 or 5 to, the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 subject to the following conditions:— a all other relevant requirements of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 shall be complied with; b the compressed natural gas system shall comply with Schedule 5A; and c Schedule 5B shall be complied with. 3 After Schedule 5 there shall be inserted the Schedules set out in the Schedule to this Order. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Larry Whitty Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 21 November 1998
HUMAN RIGHTS 1 This Order may be cited as the Human Rights Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 1998. 2 The day appointed for the coming into force of section 19 of the Human Rights Act 1998 is 24th November 1998. Jack Straw One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 20th November 1998
CHARITIES 1 This Order may be cited as the Charities (Royal Russell School) Order 1998 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. Jack Straw One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 19th November 1998
PENSIONS Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Occupational Pensions (Revaluation) Order 1998. 2 This Order shall come into force on 1st January 1999. The revaluation percentage for each revaluation period 2 For the purposes of paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3 to the Pension Schemes Act 1993, the revaluation percentage for each revaluation period specified in column 1 below is the percentage specified in column 2 in relation to that period. Column 1 Column 2 Revaluation period Revaluation percentage 1st January 1986–31st December 1998 72.4% 1st January 1987–31st December 1998 67.3% 1st January 1988–31st December 1998 60.5% 1st January 1989–31st December 1998 51.9% 1st January 1990–31st December 1998 41.1% 1st January 1991–31st December 1998 27.3% 1st January 1992–31st December 1998 22.2% 1st January 1993–31st December 1998 18.0% 1st January 1994–31st December 1998 15.9% 1st January 1995–31st December 1998 13.4% 1st January 1996–31st December 1998 9.2% 1st January 1997–31st December 1998 6.9% 1st January 1998–31st December 1998 3.2% Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. John Y. Denham Minister of State, Department of Social Security 25th November 1998
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Home–School Agreements) (Appointed Day) Order 1998. 2 1st September 1999 is hereby appointed as “the relevant date” for the purposes of section 110 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. Charles Clarke Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 11th November 1998 Peter Hain Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 12th November 1998
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 20th December 1998. 2 These Regulations shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant– a in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in arrears in accordance with paragraph 7(1)(i) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations (date when change of circumstances is to take effect)– i from the first day of the benefit week which includes 27th December 1998; or ii if the claim for income support is for a period beginning after 27th December 1998, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 20th December 1998; b in a case where income support is paid to the claimant in advance in accordance with paragraph 7(1)(ii) of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations, from the first day of the first benefit week commencing after 27th December 1998, and for this purpose, the expressions “claimant” and “benefit week ” have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations (interpretation). 3 In these Regulations, “the Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 and “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 . Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations 2 In paragraph 12(1)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations (standard rate of interest on qualifying loans), for the words “8.34 per cent.” there shall be substituted the words “8.65 per cent.”. Revocation of the Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment) Regulations 1998 3 The Income Support (General) (Standard Interest Rate Amendment) Regulations 1998 are hereby revoked save that those Regulations shall continue to have effect until the day before the first day of the benefit week having effect in relation to any particular claimant for the purpose of regulation 1(2) of these Regulations. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Angela Eagle Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 23rd November 1998
REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Political Parties (Access to the Register) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 14th January 1999. 2 The registrar shall keep the register open to inspection by any person on payment of a fee of £5 at the Information Centre, Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, during the hours when that Centre is open to the public. 3 1 The registrar shall, on request and on payment of a fee of £20, provide a copy of the register. 2 The registrar shall, on request and on payment of a fee of £5 for each party to which the request relates, provide a copy of the entry in the register in respect of any such party. 3 Where the register includes an index to the names of all the parties registered in it, the registrar shall, on request and on payment of a fee of £5, provide a copy of that index. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 21st November 1998
REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Registration of Political Parties (Fees) Order 1998. 2 This article and article 2 shall come into force on 3rd December 1998 and articles 3 and 4 shall come into force on 14th January 1999. 3 In this Order “ the Act ” means the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998. 2 The fee for an application by a party under section 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Act for inclusion in the register of political parties is £150. 3 The fee for an application by a party under section 6 of the Act to alter its entry in the register is £25. 4 The fee for a notice under section 7 of the Act by the registered leader of a party notifying the registrar that the party is to remain registered is £25. George Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 21st November 1998
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on the fourteenth day after the day on which they are made. 2 These Regulations extend to Northern Ireland only. 3 In these Regulations “the 1986 Regulations ” means the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1986 . 2 In regulation 66 of the 1986 Regulations (additional requirements for applications in respect of a particular election)– a in paragraph (6)(a) for “eleventh” there shall be substituted “fourteenth”; and b in paragraphs (5)(a) and (7)(a) after “address” there shall be inserted “, that he has seen the applicant in connection with the circumstances set out in paragraph (1) above”. 3 In regulation 69(1), (2) and (5) of the 1986 Regulations (closing dates for applications) for “eleventh” there shall be substituted “fourteenth”. 4 In regulation 78 of the 1986 Regulations (form of declaration of identity) for “Form E” there shall be substituted “Form H”. Marjorie Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 18th November 1998