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Social Security Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit and Jobseeker’s Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 6th September 1999. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Assembly. Amendment of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations 2 In Regulation 3(1)(a) of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 (days not to be treated as days of incapacity for work) after head (iii) there shall be added the following head— iv subject to regulation 1A , is not entitled to incapacity benefit because section 1(1A) of the Administration Act (requirement to state national insurance number) applies; . Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 3 In regulation 47(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (jobseeking period) after sub-paragraph (e) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph— f subject to regulation 2A , any period in respect of which the claimant is not entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance because section 1(1A) of the Administration Act (requirement to state national insurance number) applies. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on 6th August 1999. John O'Neill Assistant Secretary
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Title, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 1st October 1999. 2 In this Order “the exemption end date for a council” shall be construed in accordance with Article 3. Activities not to be treated as defined activities 2 Where an activity specified in columns 2 to 7 of the Schedule is carried out by a council specified in column 1 of the Schedule on or before the exemption end date for that council, that activity shall not be treated as a defined activity on or before the exemption end date for that council. Provision as to end of exemption 3 In respect of each council specified in column 1 of the Schedule, the exemption end date for that council is— a in respect of collection of refuse, the date specified opposite that council in column 2 of that Schedule; b in respect of other cleaning, the date specified opposite that council in column 3 of that Schedule; c in respect of maintenance of ground, the date specified opposite that council in column 4 of that Schedule; d in respect of repair and maintenance of vehicles, the date specified opposite that council in column 5 of that Schedule; e in respect of managing sport and leisure facilities, the date specified opposite that council in column 6 of that Schedule; f in respect of construction and maintenance work, the date specified opposite that council in column 7 of that Schedule. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 12th August 1999. R. Warburton Assistant Secretary
CIVIL EVIDENCE Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Civil Evidence (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999. Appointed day 2 The Civil Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 except— a Article 10; and b Article 13(2) and Schedule 2 insofar as they relate to the repeal of Sections 10 and 16(5) of the Civil Evidence Act 1995, shall, insofar as it is not already in operation, come into operation on 6th September 1999. Marjorie Mowlam One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 20th July 1999.
PLANNING Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exempted applications 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
EDUCATION Citation and interpretation 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (1998 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999. Appointed day 2 Article 13 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 shall come into operation on 1st September 1999. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on 22nd July 1999. C. Jendoubi (Mrs) Assistant Secretary
COUNTY COURTS Citation 1 These Rules may be cited as the County Court (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999. Hearsay Evidence 2 Order 24 of the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1980 shall be amended by substituting for Part II the following Part— Part II Hearsay Evidence Admissible under the Civil Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 Interpretation and application of this Part 23 1 In this Part “hearsay evidence” means evidence consisting of hearsay within the meaning of Article 3(3) of the Civil Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (in this rule referred to as “the 1997 Order ”). 2 Expressions used in this Part and in the 1997 Order have the same meaning in this Part as they have in that Order. 3 This Part applies in relation to the trial or hearing of an issue or question arising in any civil proceedings, and to a reference, inquiry or assessment of damages, as it applies to the trial or hearing of any civil proceedings. Power to call witness for cross-examination on hearsay evidence 24 1 Where a party to civil proceedings adduces hearsay evidence of a statement made by a person but does not call the person who made the statement to give evidence, the court may, on the application of another party, allow that other party to call and cross-examine the person on the statement as if he had been called by the first-mentioned party and as if the hearsay statement were his evidence in chief. 2 Where the court allows another party to call and cross-examine the person who made the statement, it may give such directions as it thinks fit to secure the attendance of that person as a witness and as to the procedure to be followed. Credibility 25 If— a a party has indicated an intention to adduce hearsay evidence of a statement made by a person who will not be called to give evidence; and b another party wishes to attack the credibility of the person who made the statement, that other party shall, so far as is reasonable in the circumstances, notify the party tendering the hearsay evidence of his intention. . We, the undersigned members of the County Court Rules Committee, having by virtue of the powers vested in us in this behalf made the foregoing Rules, do certify the same under our hand and submit them to the Lord Chancellor accordingly. A. R. Hart J. J. Curran T. A. Burgess B. Kennedy Brian J. Stewart B. F. Walker James A. Agnew Dated 29th June 1999 After consultation with the Lord Chief Justice I allow these Rules which shall come into operation on 6th September 1999. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 21st July 1999
EDUCATION Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Loans) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 1st August 1999. Amendment of the Education (Student Loans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 2 The Education (Student Loans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 shall be amended as provided in regulations 3 and 4. 3 For each figure in column (1) in the following table wherever it appears in regulation 6(1) to (4) there shall be substituted the figure specified opposite thereto in column (2)— (1) (2) £ £ 970 995 1,565 1,605 1,325 1,360 2,145 2,200 1,265 1,295 1,735 1,780 4 In Schedule 2— a in paragraph 1 in the definition of “course” insert after the words “at the same” the words “or another”; b in paragraph 3— i for the word “results” substitute the words “would result”; and ii after the initials “APR” insert the words “for a loan on the terms of this loan”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on 3rd August 1999. Alan McVeigh Assistant Secretary
DISABLED PERSONS Citation 1 This Order may be cited as The Disability Discrimination Code of Practice (Goods, Facilities, Services and Premises) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999. Code of Practice 2 The day appointed for the coming into force of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Code of Practice on the Rights of Access to Goods, Facilities, Services and Premises ( ISBN 0 337 08453 X), issued by the Department of Health and Social Services under section 51(2) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 on 14th July 1999, is 1st October 1999. Revocation 3 The Code of Practice on the Rights of Access to Goods, Facilities, Services and Premises (ISBN 0 337 37109 1) referred to in the Disability Discrimination Code of Practice (Goods, Facilities, Services and Premises) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 is revoked with effect from 1st October 1999. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on D. Hill Under Secretary 15th July 1999.
Animals Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Approval of staging points 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powers of an inspector 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powers of entry and inspection 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Waste and Contaminated Land (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999. 2 In this Order “ the Order ” means the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997. Appointed Days 2 1 The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Order specified in Schedule 1 shall be 19th August 1999. 2 The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Order specified in Schedule 2 shall be 11th March 2000. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on R. W. Rogers Assistant Secretary 9th July 1999.
GAME Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Game Birds Preservation Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 11th August 1999. Prohibition of sale for consumption of grouse 2 It shall not be lawful for any person to sell or purchase grouse for consumption in Northern Ireland or elsewhere by human beings or animals at any time from 11th August 1999 to 11th August 2000. Prohibition of killing or taking partridge, red-legged partridges and hen pheasants 3 It shall not be lawful for any person to kill or take partridge, red-legged partridges or hen pheasants at any time from 30th September 1999 to 30th September 2000 provided that the Department of the Environment may, where it is considered expedient so to do, grant exemption from the terms of this Article. Prohibition of sale for consumption of partridge, red-legged partridges and hen pheasants 4 It shall not be lawful for any person to sell or purchase partridge, red-legged partridges or hen pheasants for consumption in Northern Ireland or elsewhere by human beings or animals at any time from 30th September 1999 to 30th September 2000 except that a person who has been exempted under Article 3 to kill partridge, red-legged partridges or hen pheasants may sell them to a licensed game dealer. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 19th July 1999. R. W. Rogers Assistant Secretary
AGRICULTURE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (National Limits) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999, and shall come into operation on 25th August 1999. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. 3 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (National Limits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations, the references to the pesticide Chlorpyrifos-methyl in column 1 and to the residue chlorpyrifos-methyl in column 2 shall be deleted. 3 In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations, all of the references to the maximum levels of the pesticides listed in column 1 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations per kilogramme of the individual products or group of products specified opposite each such pesticide in column 2 of that Schedule, shall be deleted. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on Liam McKibben Assistant Secretary 9th July 1999.
AGRICULTURE Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (EEC Limits) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999, and shall come into operation on 25th August 1999. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (EEC Limits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 . 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of the principal Regulations 3 In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations there shall be inserted— a in column 1 in their appropriate alphabetically ordered positions the pesticides specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and b in relation to each such pesticide, in column 2 the residues specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations opposite that pesticide. 4 In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations there shall be inserted, in the appropriate place to preserve the alphabetical ordering from left to right, references to each pesticide stated at the head of a column in Schedule 2 to these Regulations together with the figure stated below the statement of that pesticide so that those figures will appear opposite the references to the product “TEA” in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations as they appear opposite the reference to that product in Schedule 2 to these Regulations. 5 The maximum levels of pesticides per kilogramme of an individual product stated opposite the name of each product in Schedule 3 to these Regulations shall be substituted for the corresponding maximum levels specified for each of those products in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations. 6 In column 2 of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations— a additional references to the products “Olives (table consumption) ” and “Olives (oil extract) ” shall be inserted after the reference to the product “Olives ” in that column; and b additional references to the products “Sunflower seed (with shell)” and “Sunflower seed (without shell)” shall be inserted after the reference to product “Sunflower seed*” in that column. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on Liam McKibben Assistant Secretary 9th July 1999.
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 28th October 1999. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2 1 For the purposes of determining whether a person shall be entitled to a winter fuel payment for the winter of 1999 to 2000 and for subsequent winters and its amount, the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 shall apply as amended by the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 subject to the following further amendments. 2 in regulation 1(2) (interpretation) in the definition of “the qualifying week” for “9th November 1998” there shall be substituted “the third Monday in September in each year in respect of a winter fuel payment for the following winter,”. 3 In regulation 3(1) (prescribed amount)— a in sub-paragraph (a) for “£50” there shall be substituted “£100”; b in sub-paragraph (b)(i) and (ii) for “£20” there shall be substituted “£100”; c in sub-paragraph (b)(iii) for “£10” there shall be substituted “£50”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 2nd July 1999.
HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Notional Income and Capital Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 15th November 1999. 2 In these Regulations— ... “the Income Support Regulations ” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 ; “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations ” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 . 3 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Notional income and notional capital 2 1 After head (i) in— a both regulations 42(4)(a) and 51(3)(a) of the Income Support Regulations , and b both regulations 105(10)(a) and 113(3)(a) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations , (which relate respectively to notional income and to notional capital), there shall be inserted the following— ia in a case where that payment is a payment of an occupational pension or is a pension or other periodical payment made under a personal pension scheme, as possessed by that single claimant or, as the case may be, by that member; . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 There shall be added as— a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b regulations 42(4ZA)(d) and 51(3A)(c) of the Income Support Regulations ; c regulations 105(10A)(d) and 113(3A)(c) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations , the following sub-paragraph— under an occupational pension scheme or in respect of a pension or other periodical payment made under a personal pension scheme where— i a bankruptcy order has been made in respect of the person in respect of whom the payment has been made or, in Scotland, the estate of that person is subject to sequestration or a judicial factor has been appointed on that person’s estate under section 41 of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 ; ii the payment is made to the trustee in bankruptcy or any other person acting on behalf of the creditors, and iii the person referred to in (i) and any member of his family does not possess, or is not treated as possessing, any other income apart from that payment. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 21st September 1999. The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland hereby consents to regulation 2(2) and (3)(a) of the foregoing Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland on R. E. Aiken Assistant Secretary 21st September 1999.
FOOD Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Animal Feedingstuffs from Belgium (Control) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 30th June 1999. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Animal Feedingstuffs from Belgium (Control) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 . 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of the principal Regulations 3 The principal Regulations shall be amended as provided in regulations 4 to 6. 4 After regulation 2 there shall be inserted the following regulation— Exemptions 2A 1 Regulation 3 shall not apply to— a the importation of any controlled entity, if when imported, that controlled entity is accompanied by valid certification relating to it, as specified in paragraph (4); b any subsequent activity in relation to the controlled entity, if it can be proved by the person carrying out the activity that at the time of importation it was so accompanied; or c the return to Belgium, under cover of an official certificate in accordance with Article 3a of Commission Decision 1993/363/ EC or, as the case may be, Article 3a of Commission Decision 1999/389/EC , of any controlled entity. 2 Subject to paragraph (3), regulation 5 shall not apply to any imported controlled entity which is accompanied by valid certification relating to it as specified in paragraph (4). 3 Article 8(1) of the Order with the modifications set out in regulation 5(2)(a) and (d) and with the omission of the words “and paragraphs (3) to (9) shall apply where, on such an inspection, it appears to the authorised officer that any food fails to comply with food safety requirements” shall apply to a controlled entity mentioned in paragraph (2). 4 The certification referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) and (2) is the certification which would have applied to the controlled entity by virtue of the Food (Animal and Animal Products from Belgium) (Emergency Control) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 , had that Order extended beyond food and food sources. . 5 In regulation 3— a at the end of paragraph (1)(e) the words “for that purpose” shall be deleted; and b in paragraph (3) after the word “who” there shall be inserted the word “knowingly”. 6 In regulation 4(2) at the end there shall be added the words “and shall also have, in relation to any business producing material to feed to animals, the same power as an officer of a district council or an officer of a Northern Ireland Department has under that Article in relation to a food business”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on Liam McKibben Assistant Secretary 30th June 1999.
RACE RELATIONS Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Race Relations Code of Practice (Elimination of Discrimination in Employment) (Appointed Day) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999. Code of Practice 2 The Department of Economic Development hereby appoints 2nd August 1999 as the day on which there shall come into effect the Code of Practice for the Elimination of Discrimination and the Promotion of Equality of Opportunity in Employment, issued by the Commission under Article 45(1) of the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Economic Development on R. B. Gamble Assistant Secretary 28th June 1999.