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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WALES Citation, commencement and application 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Revenue Support Grant (Specified Bodies) (Wales) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 9th February 2000. 2 These Regulations apply only to Wales. Revocation 2 In relation to any financial year beginning on or after 1st April 2000, the Revenue Support Grant (Specified Bodies) Regulations 1992 , the Revenue Support Grant (Specified Bodies) (Amendment) 1993 , the Revenue Support Grant (Specified Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 the Revenue Support Grant (Specified Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 are hereby revoked. Specified Bodies 3 The following bodies are specified for the purposes of section 76(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, namely:– a The Fire Services Examinations Board; b The National Institute for Adult Continuing Education; c The Local Government International Bureau; d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e Public Private Partnerships Programme Limited; f Syniad; g Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government; h Employers' Organisation for Local Government; and i National Foundation for Educational Research. j The Local Authorities Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998 Dafydd Elis Thomas The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES Citation and Commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Industrial and Provident Societies (Credit Unions) (Fees) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. Fees Payable 2 The fees set out in Schedule hereto shall be payable in advance to the Central Office or, in Scotland, to the Assistant Registrar of Friendly Societies for Scotland in respect of the matters specified in the Schedule. Consequential Revocations 3 The Industrial and Provident Societies (Credit Unions) (Fees) Regulations 1999 are revoked. Greg Pope Clive Betts Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 8th March 2000
SOCIAL SECURITY, NORTHERN IRELAND Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 3rd April 2000. Amendment of the Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 2 In regulation 4(2) of the Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (notional earnings) for the words from “but this paragraph” to the end there shall be substituted– but this paragraph shall not apply– to a claimant who is engaged by a charitable or voluntary organisation or is a volunteer if the Department is satisfied in any of those cases that it is reasonable for him to provide his services free of charge; or to a claimant who is participating in an employment or training programme for which a training allowance is not payable or, where such an allowance is payable, it is payable for the sole purpose of reimbursement of travelling or meal expenses to the person participating in that programme; and for this purpose “employment or training programme” has the meaning given in regulation 19(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and “training allowance” has the meaning given in regulation 1(2) of those Regulations. Bob Ainsworth Greg Pope Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 6th March 2000 The Department for Social Development hereby concurs. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 8th March 2000. John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Teachers (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) (Amendment) Regulations 2000. 2 Except for regulation 5, these Regulations shall come into force on 30th March 2000. 3 Regulation 5 shall come into force on 1st April 2000. 4 In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations ” means the Teachers (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) Regulations 1997 . Amendment of Principal Regulations 2 The Principal Regulations shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations. 3 In regulation 3 – a after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph– 4 Relevant employment is also employment as a teacher by an accepted function provider (within the meaning of regulation B3A(1) of the Pensions Regulations ) in the performance of the functions which it performs on behalf of the local education authority ; b after paragraph (7)(b) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph– c Category C comprises relevant employment as a teacher by an accepted function provider (within the meaning of regulation B3A(1) of the Pensions Regulations) in the performance of the functions which it performs on behalf of the local education authority. . 4 In regulation 4 in paragraph (2) for “regulation E4(2) to (7) of the Superannuation Regulations” there shall be substituted “regulation E4(2) to (5A) of the Pensions Regulations”. 5 In regulation 9 for “regulation E21(2) or (3)” there shall be substituted “regulation E21(2), (3) or (3A)”. 6 In regulation 22 after paragraph (6A) there shall be inserted the following paragraph– 6B Where the former employment fell within Category C the accepted function provider (within the meaning of regulation B3A(1) of the Pensions Regulations) shall pay to the Secretary of State on receipt of a written demand a sum equal to the actuarial value of the total compensation payable. . 7 In Schedule 1 the following shall be inserted in the three columns after the entry for Employment Category B – C function provider function provider . Malcolm Wicks Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 6th March 2000 We consent Bob Ainsworth Greg Pope Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 8th March 2000
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND Citation, commencment and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Functions of Health Authorities) (Prescribing Incentive Schemes) Amendment Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Functions of Health Authorities) (Prescribing Incentive Schemes) Regulations 1998 . 3 These Regulations extend to England only. Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 1 In regulation 1(2) of the principal Regulations (interpretation), in sub-p aragraph (b) of the definition of “practice” the words from “and who” to “the National Health Service (Fund Holding Practices Regulations 1996; and” shall be omitted. 2 At the end of regulation 1(2) of the principal Regulations there shall be added— “primary care group” means a committee appointed under regulation 14(1) of the Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1996 in accordance with the Secretary of State’s directions dated 15th October 1998 . . 3 At the end of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (prescribed function of Health Authorities), there shall be added the following paragraph— 2 The function referred to in paragraph (1) of this regulation shall be exercised on behalf of each Health Authority by any primary care group to whom a Health Authority has delegated functions in accordance with the directions dated 25th March 1999 . . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Hunt Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health 9th March 2000
PENSIONS Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Pensions Increase (Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme) Regulations 2000, and shall come into force on 30th March 2000, but shall take effect as specified in regulation 3. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations: “the 1971 Act ” means the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971; “pension” means a pension within the meaning of the 1971 Act. Pensions to which the 1971 Act will apply 3 With effect from 21st December 1999, the 1971 Act shall apply to any pensions payable under the Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme as if they were pensions specified in Part II of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act. Greg Pope Clive Betts Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 8th March 2000
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Special Health Authorities (Duty of Quality) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. 2 These Regulations extend to England only. Extension of the duty of quality 2 The duty in section 18 of the Health Act 1999 (duty of quality) shall extend to the following Special Health Authorities– a the National Blood Authority ; b the Ashworth Hospital Authority ; c the Broadmoor Hospital Authority ; d the Rampton Hospital Authority . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State John Denham Minister of State, Department of Health 9th March 2000
PUBLIC ORDER, NORTHERN IRELAND 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (Accounts and Audit) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 30th March 2000. Accounts and audit 2 In paragraph 12(5) of Schedule 1 to the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 for the words “31st December”, where they first appear, substitute the words “31st March”. Peter Mandelson One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 7th March 2000
ANIMALS, ENGLAND Title, Commencement and Extent 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic submission of route plans 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERP pilot schemes 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Permission to participate in ERP pilot schemes 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specific requirements applicable to electronic route plans 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
LEGAL PROFESSION 1 This Order may be cited as the Solicitors (Compensation for Inadequate Professional Services) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 31st March 2000. 2 In paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 1A to the Solicitors Act 1974, for the figure “ £1,000” there shall be substituted the figure “£5,000”. Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor David Lock Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor’s Department Dated 7th March 2000
LEGAL SERVICES 1 This Order may be cited as the Licensed Conveyancers (Compensation for Inadequate Professional Services) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 31st March 2000. 2 In paragraph 16(1) of Schedule 8 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, for the figure “£1,000” there shall be substituted the figure “ £5,000”. Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor David Lock Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor’s Department Dated 7th March 2000
SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Non-Contentious Probate Fees (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 25th April 2000. Interpretation 2 In this Order– a “the 1999 Fees Order ” means the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 1999 ; b an article referred to by number alone is a reference to the article so numbered in the 1999 Fees Order; and c a fee or column referred to by number alone means the fee or column so numbered in Schedule 1 to the 1999 Fees Order. Amendments to the 1999 Fees Order 3 After paragraph (1) of article 5 there shall be inserted the following new paragraphs– 1A Subject to paragraph (1B), where a fee has been paid at a time– a where the Lord Chancellor, if he had been aware of all the circumstances, would have reduced the fee under article 5(1), the amount by which the fee would have been reduced shall be refunded; and b where the Lord Chancellor, if he had been aware of all the circumstances, would have remitted the fee under article 5(1), the fee shall be refunded. 1B No refund shall be made under paragraph (1A) unless the party who paid the fee applies within 6 months of paying the fee. 1C The Lord Chancellor may extend the period of 6 months referred to in paragraph (1B) if he considers that there is good reason for an application being made after the end of the period of 6 months. . 4 For the word “value” in column 1 in fee 1 and in fee 2 there shall be substituted the words “assessed value”. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 6th March 2000 We concur, Bingham of Cornhill, C.J. Harry Woolf, M.R. Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, P. Richard Scott, V.-C. Dated 2nd March 2000 We concur, Greg Pope Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 7th March 2000
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. Amendment of regulation 5 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 2 In regulation 5 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as occupying a dwelling as his home) after paragraph (4) there shall be inserted the following paragraph– 4A Where a person is required to reside in a dwelling which is a bail hostel or probation hostel approved by the Secretary of State under section 27 of the Probation Service Act 1993 , he shall not be treated as occupying that dwelling as his home. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security. Angela Eagle Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security 7th March 2000
BANKS AND BANKING Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Banking Act 1987 (Exempt Transactions) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. Revocation 2 Regulation 7 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Banking Act 1987 (Exempt Transactions) Regulations 1997 are hereby revoked. Greg Pope Bob Ainsworth Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 7th March 2000
VALUE ADDED TAX 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. 2 The Value Added Tax Regulations 1995 shall be amended as follows. 3 1 The word “and” at the end of regulation 118(e) shall be omitted. 2 The following shall be inserted immediately before the full stop at the end of regulation 118(f)– , and g the Finance Act 1999, sections 126 and 127 (interest on unpaid customs debts and on certain repayments relating to customs duty) . 4 Regulation 119 shall be substituted as follows– 119 The provision made by or under the following subordinate legislation shall be excepted from applying as mentioned in section 16(1) of the Act– a regulations 16(4) and (5) and 19(1)(b) of the Excise Warehousing (Etc) Regulations 1988 (certain removals from warehouse); b any regulations made under section 197(2)(f) of the Finance Act 1996 (rate of interest on overdue customs duty and on repayments of amounts paid by way of customs duty). . 5 1 The word “and” at the end of regulation 120(2)(a)(v) shall be omitted. 2 The following shall be added to regulation 120(2)(a)– vii Articles 232(1)(b), (2) and (3) (interest on arrears of duty), and viii Article 241, second and third sentences only (interest on certain repayments by the authorities), . 6 Regulation 121 shall be substituted as follows– 121 1 The provision made by the following enactments shall apply, as mentioned in section 16(1) of the Act, subject to the adaptations prescribed by this regulation. 2 Section 125(3) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (valuation of goods) shall have effect as if the reference to the preceding subsections of that section included a reference to section 21 of the Act. 3 Section 129 of the Finance Act 1999 (recovery of certain amounts by the Commissioners) shall be regarded as providing for the recovery of a repayment of any relevant VAT (import VAT). . Martin Brown Commissioner of Customs and Excise New King’s Beam House 9th March 2000
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE 1 This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 1999, Part VII, (Appointed Day) Order 2000. 2 The day appointed for the purposes of sections 126 and 127 and 129 of the Finance Act 1999 is 1st April 2000. Clive Betts David Jamieson Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 7th March 2000
TELEGRAPHS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. 2 In these Regulations “the 1997 Regulations ” means the Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) Regulations 1997 . Amendment of 1997 Regulations 2 1 The 1997 Regulations shall be amended in accordance with this regulation. 2 In regulation 2 there shall be inserted at the end– c “the due date” in relation to any television licence means the date on which the licensee is required to obtain the licence in accordance with the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 whether in consequence of the expiry of the previous licence or otherwise. . 3 In regulation 4 there shall be inserted at the end– 3 On the issue of a television licence of a type specified in an entry in column 1 of Schedule 4 to these Regulations and of the description specified in column 2 of that Schedule in relation to that entry, there shall be paid (irrespective of the duration of the licence) as the issue fee for a licence of that type and description the sum which is prescribed in column 3 of that Schedule in respect of that entry and thereafter as instalment payments such sums as are so prescribed. . 4 In Part I of Schedule 2– a for “£33.50” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “ £34.50”, and b for “£101.00” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£104.00”. 5 In Part II of Schedule 2– a for the words “of pensionable age” in each place where they occur there shall be substituted the words “aged 60 years or more”, and b the definition of “pensionable age” in each place where it occurs shall be omitted. 6 In entry 1 in Schedule 3 for “£26.50” there shall be substituted “ £27.25”. 7 For entries 2 and 3 in Schedule 3 there shall be substituted the entries set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations. 8 After Schedule 3 there shall be inserted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations. Chris Smith Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 2nd March 2000 We consent to these Regulations Bob Ainsworth Greg Pope Two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 6th March 2000
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE 1 This Order may be cited as the Interest on Repayments of Customs Duty (Applicable Period) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. 2 For subsection (3) of section 127 of the Finance Act 1999 there shall be substituted– 3 Subject to section 128 below, in relation to any amount that carries interest under subsection (1) above, the applicable period for the purposes of this section is the period which– a begins with the thirty-first working day after the making of the claim for repayment of that amount; and b ends with the date on which the Commissioners issue the repayment of that amount, and in paragraph (a) above “working day” means any day other than a non-business day within the meaning of section 92 of the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 . A.R. Rawsthorne Commissioners of Customs and Excise New King’s Beam House, 22 Upper Ground, London SE1 9PJ 8th March 2000
GOVERNMENT TRADING FUNDS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Buying Agency Trading Fund (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. Amendment 2 In Article 4 of the Buying Agency Trading Fund Order 1991 for “the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster” substitute “the Treasury”. Marjorie Mowlam Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 8th March 2000 We concur Bob Ainsworth Greg Pope Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 8th March 2000
INJURIES IN WAR COMPENSATION 1 1 This Scheme may be cited as the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation (Amendment) Scheme 2000. 2 The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1999 and this Scheme may be cited together as the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 2000. 2 In paragraph (3) of the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Scheme 1914 for “£114.70”, wherever it appears, there shall be substituted “£116.00”. 3 This Scheme shall have effect as from 10th April 2000, so, however, that no payment shall be made under it in respect of any period before that date. Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean Mr Kevin Tebbit Members of the Defence Council We consent, Mr Bob Ainsworth Mr Greg Pope Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 7th March 2000
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and application 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. 2 These Regulations apply to local authorities in England only. Increase of allowances 2 1 Regulation 18 of the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) Regulations 1991 is amended– a in paragraph (1) (attendance allowance), by the substitution, for “ £29.48”, of “£30.39”; and b in paragraph (2) (financial loss allowance)– i in sub-paragraph (a), by the substitution for “£26.24” of “ £27.65”; and ii in sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), by the substitution for “£52.49 ” of “£55.31”. 2 The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall have effect in respect of approved duties performed on or after 1st April 2000. Revocation 3 The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 are revoked insofar as they relate to local authorities in England. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 7th March 2000
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and application 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. 2 These Regulations apply to local authorities and other bodies in England only. Increase of allowances 2 1 Regulation 17 (allowance in respect of conferences and meetings) of the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) Regulations 1991 is amended, in paragraph (2), by the substitution for “£29.48” of “ £30.39”. 2 The amendment made by paragraph (1) applies in relation to attendance at a conference or meeting on or after 1st April 2000. Revocation 3 The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 are revoked insofar as they relate to local authorities and other bodies in England. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Hilary Armstrong Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 7th March 2000
LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Funding of services—Direct payments 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Remuneration under contracts 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foreign Law 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .