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ROAD TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Bye-Laws may be cited as the Taxis (Enniskillen) Bye-Laws (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 13th April 2006. 2 In these Bye-Laws, “taxi” means a public service vehicle used in standing or plying for hire and used to carry passengers for hire and being a vehicle seating not more than eight passengers in addition to the driver. Location and number of taxis 2 In the local government district of Fermanagh, in the town of Enniskillen, no stand or starting place for taxis shall be used except that specified in column 2 of the Schedule in relation to the location specified in column 1, their number shall not exceed that specified in column 3 and the hours available for use shall be as stated in column 4. Use of stands or starting places 3 No vehicle other than a taxi shall use the stands or starting places specified in column 2 of the Schedule at any time. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 1st March 2006. Stanley Duncan A senior officer of the Department of the Environment
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 27th March 2006. 2 In these Regulations “principal regulations” means the Legal Aid (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1965 . Amendment to the principal regulations 2 In regulation 3B(1) of the principal regulations after the words “judgments in civil and commercial matters” there shall be inserted the following words – “or who applies for either the registration of or the registration and enforcement of a judgment under Council Regulation ( EC ) No. 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility”. 3 1 In each of the provisions in the principal regulations listed in paragraph (2), for “Department of Health and Social Services” substitute “Department for Social Development”. 2 The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are regulations 1(2), 3(4)(b), 3(6), 4(6), 5(2), 5(4), 5(5)(b), 5(8), 6(3), 6(4), 6(5)(a), 6(5)(b), 6(6), 6(10)(b)(i), 7(b), 7(c), 9(1)(d), 10(1)(a), 11(1), 12(3)(a), 13(6), 13(7) and 18(2)(a). Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor Bridget Prentice Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs Dated 18th February 2006 We approve Gillian Merron Tom Watson Two of the Lord’s Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 27th February 2006
EMPLOYMENT Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Information and Consultation of Employees (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2006. Amendment of Regulations 2 The Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (“the 2005 Regulations ”) shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5. 3 In regulation 2 after the definition of “parties” there shall be inserted the words— “ Pension Schemes Regulations ” means The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Consultation by Employers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 . 4 After regulation 17 there shall be inserted— Negotiated agreements and listed changes to pension schemes 17A 1 A requirement in any negotiated agreement or any part of such an agreement made before 6th April 2006 to inform and consult employees or their representatives about a listed change shall cease to apply once— a the employer is under a duty under any of regulations 7(3) and 11 to 13 of the Pension Schemes Regulations; and b he has notified the information and consultation representatives or, where he must consult employees directly, the employees, in writing that he will be complying with his duty under the provisions of the Pension Schemes Regulations referred to in sub-paragraph (a), instead of his obligations under the negotiated agreement, provided that the notification is given on each occasion on which the employer has become or is about to become subject to the duty. 2 For the purposes of this regulation “listed change” has the meaning given by regulation 6(2) of the Pension Schemes Regulations. . 5 In regulation 20(5)— a in sub-paragraph (a) the word “or” shall be omitted; b after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the words— or c any of regulations 7(3) and 11 to 13 of the Pension Schemes Regulations, ; and c for the words “sub-paragraph (a) or (b)” there shall be substituted the words “sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c)”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 6th March 2006. D. S. S. McAuley A senior officer of the Department for Employment and Learning
POLICE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Recruitment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 31st March 2006. 2 In these Regulations “the Recruitment Regulations ” means the Police (Recruitment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001 . Police reserve trainees 2 1 In the Recruitment Regulations, regulation 4(2) (police reserve trainees) shall be omitted. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lay assessors 3 In the Recruitment Regulations, for regulation 9(2) (lay assessors) substitute— 2 The lay assessors shall assist the agent in carrying out the functions prescribed by regulations 3(1) and 8. . Peter Hain One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 23 February 2006
ROAD TRAFFIC Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Health Services Charges) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2006. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Road Traffic (Health Services Charges) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 . Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations 2 Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (amount of health services charges — incidents on or after 2nd July 1997) shall be amended as follows— a in paragraph (2)— i in sub-paragraph (a) for “£483” there shall be substituted “£505”; ii in sub-paragraph (b) for “£593” there shall be substituted “£620”; b in paragraph (5) for “£35,500” there shall be substituted “£37,100”. Saving 3 Notwithstanding regulation 2, the principal Regulations shall continue to have effect in respect of a certificate relating to an incident which occurred before 1st April 2006 as if the amendments made by these Regulations had not been made. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 27th February 2006. Nigel Carson A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 16th April 2006. 2 In these Regulations— a “ the Order ” means the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers' Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979; b “the principal Regulations ” means the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 1 The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4) in relation to any case in which a person first satisfies the conditions of entitlement to a payment under the Order on or after the day on which these Regulations come into operation. 2 For the Schedule to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. 3 In regulations 5(2) (payment where death results from diffuse mesothelioma) and 7 (minimum amount payable to dependant), for “£2,248” (in each place where it occurs) there shall be substituted “£2,309”. 4 In regulation 6(1) (payment where pneumoconiosis is accompanied by tuberculosis), for “£4,649” (in each place where it occurs) there shall be substituted “£4,775”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 6th March 2006. D. S. S. McAuley A senior officer of the Department for Employment and Learning
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Persons eligible for advice and assistance 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Contributions from persons receiving advice and assistance 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
LEGAL AID AND ADVICE Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 10th April 2006. Revocation 2 The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 are hereby revoked. Amendment to Schedule 2 3 For the table set out in Schedule 2 to the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 there shall be substituted the following table— Disposable Income Range Maximum Contribution Exceeding £88 but not exceeding £95 a week £7 Exceeding £95 but not exceeding £102 a week £14 Exceeding £102 but not exceeding £109 a week £21 Exceeding £109 but not exceeding £116 a week £28 Exceeding £116 but not exceeding £123 a week £35 Exceeding £123 but not exceeding £130 a week £42 Exceeding £130 but not exceeding £137 a week £49 Exceeding £137 but not exceeding £144 a week £56 Exceeding £144 but not exceeding £151 a week £63 Exceeding £151 but not exceeding £158 a week £70 Exceeding £158 but not exceeding £165 a week £77 Exceeding £165 but not exceeding £165 a week £84 Exceeding £172 but not exceeding £179 a week £91 Exceeding £179 but not exceeding £186 a week £98 Exceeding £186 but not exceeding £193 a week £105 Exceeding £193 but not exceeding £200 a week £112 Exceeding £200 but not exceeding £208 a week £119 Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor Bridget Prentice Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs Dated 1st March 2006
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Employment Code of Practice (Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers) (Appointed Day) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006. Code of Practice 2 Subject to Article 3, the Department for Employment and Learning appoints 19th March 2006 as the day on which the revised Code of Practice on Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers, a draft of which was prepared and published by the Department on 21st July 2005 under Article 95(2) of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992, shall come into operation. Transitional provisions 3 Where the parties are informed by a trade union under Articles 105 or 118 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 before 19th March 2006 the Code of Practice on Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers will continue to apply. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 9th March 2006. D.S.S. McAuley A senior officer of the Department for Employment and Learning
CRIMINAL EVIDENCE Citation and Commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Evidence) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (Categories of Offences) Order 2006 and shall come into operation on 3 April 2006. 2 1 The categories of offences set out in Parts 1 and 2 of the Schedule to this Order are hereby prescribed for the purposes of Article 8(4)(b) of the 2004 Order. 2 Two offences are of the same category as each other if they are included in the same Part of the Schedule. David Hanson One of Her Majesty’s Principle Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 1st March 2006
INSOLVENCY Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (Minor and Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 27 March 2006. Consequential amendments to primary legislation 2 Subject to Article 4, the amendments to the primary legislation set out in Part 1 of the Schedule shall have effect. Consequential amendments to secondary legislation 3 Subject to Article 4, the amendments to the secondary legislation set out in Part 2 of the Schedule shall have effect. Transitional provisions 4 Nothing in Articles 2 and 3 or the Schedule shall apply in any case where a petition for an administration order was presented before the date mentioned in Article 1. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 22nd February 2006 Michael J Bohill A senior officer of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
LANDLORD AND TENANT Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Registered Rents (Increase) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006, and shall come into operation on 6th March 2006. Increase of registered rents 2 The rents registered under Part V of the Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 for dwelling houses which are let under regulated tenancies shall be increased by 2.7 percent. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 19 February 2006 D M Crothers A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
FISHERIES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Infected Waters (Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis) (Revocation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 7th April 2006. Revocation 2 The Infected Waters (Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis) (No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003 is hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 17th February 2006. N. B. Cornick A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
CREDIT UNIONS Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Limit on shares 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
EDUCATION Citation and Commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prohibition of Employment 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duty to Keep a List 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Decision to Include on List 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Representations, Evidence and Information 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Automatic Prohibition 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Review by the Department 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appeals to the Care Tribunal 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Social Security Pensions (Low Earnings Threshold) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2006. Low earnings threshold 2 It is hereby directed that, for the purposes of the Contributions and Benefits Act , the low earnings threshold for the tax years following the tax year 2005–2006 shall be £12,500. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 1st March 2006. John O'Neill A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
DISABLED PERSONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Disability Discrimination (Services and Premises) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 20th March 2006. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. Amendment of the Disability Discrimination (Services and Premises) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 2 The Disability Discrimination (Services and Premises) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 shall be amended in accordance with regulation 3. 3 Regulation 9 (Exemption from sections 19 to 21 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 for certain educational services) shall be revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister on 15thFebruary 2006. Gerard Mulligan A senior officer of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and duration 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Preparation for Employment Programme 50 to 59 Pilot) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 3rd April 2006. 2 These Regulations shall cease to have effect on 1st April 2007 unless revoked with effect from an earlier date. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations—— “office” means an office of the Department or of the Department for Employment and Learning, “benefit” means a jobseeker’s allowance or any earnings credited to a person in accordance with regulation 8A of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975 , “the Jobseeker’s Regulations ” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 . 2 In respect of any period throughout which a member of a joint-claim couple is receiving a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance, the other member of that couple shall, for the purposes of regulation 3(3)(c), also be treated as receiving benefit throughout that period. Application of Preparation for Employment Programme 50 to 59 Pilot 3 1 In relation to a person to whom paragraph (2) applies, regulation 75(1)(a)(v) of the Jobseeker’s Regulations (interpretation) shall be modified to the extent that for “any one individual aged 25 years or over and less than 50 years” there shall be substituted “any one individual aged 50 years or over and less than 60 years” 2 This paragraph shall apply to any person who meets the conditions specified in paragraph (3) and who is selected by an employment officer to participate in the Preparation for Employment Programme as specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(v) of the Jobseeker’s Regulations as modified by paragraph (1). 3 For the purposes of paragraph (2) the conditions are that he is a person—— a who, between 3rd April 2006 and 1st April 2007 attends an office pursuant to a notification given or sent under regulation 23 or 23A of the Jobseeker’s Regulations; b who, on the day he so attends, is aged 50 years or over and less than 60; c who has been receiving benefit for a cumulative period of at least 18 months in the previous 21 months, and d who has been given or sent a notice in writing by an employment officer notifying him of a place on the Preparation for Employment Programme as specified in regulation 75(1) (a)(v) of the Jobseeker’s Regulations as modified by paragraph (1), and advising him that if he fails to participate in that programme, his jobseeker’s allowance could cease to be payable or could be paid at a lower rate. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 28th February 2006. John O'Neill A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
DANGEROUS DRUGS Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 8th March 2006. Interpretation 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these regulations as it applies to an act of the Assembly. Amendment of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 3 In Part I of Schedule 4 to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (which specifies some of the controlled drugs that are subject to the requirements of regulations 22, 23, 26 and 27 and for which provision is made by certain other regulations), in paragraph 1 after “4-Hydroxy-n-butyric acid” insert “Ketamine” . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 15th February 2006. Deirdre Kenny A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
PENSIONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Pensions (2004 Act and 2005 Order) ( PPF Payments and FAS Payments) (Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 14th February 2006. 2 In this Order— “FAS payments” means payments made under the Financial Assistance Scheme Regulations 2005 ; “PPF payments” means any payments made in relation to a person— under the pension compensation provisions as specified in Article 146(2) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 or section 162(2) of the Pensions Act 2004 (the pension compensation provisions), or under Article 150 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 or section 166 of the Pensions Act 2004 (duty to pay scheme benefits unpaid at assessment date etc. ). Amendments of legislation 2 The Schedule, which contains amendments of provisions of certain legislation relating to pensions and benefit payments and extends those provisions to take into account PPF payments and FAS payments, shall have effect. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 13th February 2006. D. A. Baker A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation and saving 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prescribed fees 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .