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DIPLOMATIC SERVICE 1 This Order may be cited as the Consular Fees Order 1998 and shall come into force on 26th March 1998. 2 In this Order— a “consular officer” means any person authorised by the Secretary of State to exercise consular functions, or functions in the United Kingdom which correspond with consular functions (including persons who are not, as well as persons who are, consular officers); b “consular employee” means any person in the administrative or technical service of the consular post or diplomatic mission; c “consular premises” means the building or parts of buildings used for the purposes of the consular post or diplomatic mission; d “entry clearance” means a visa, entry certificate, entry permit or other document which, in accordance with the applicable immigration laws or rules, is to be taken as evidence of a person’s eligibility for entry into the United Kingdom, a dependency of the United Kingdom, or any other country or territory, as the case may be (but does not include a work permit); e “replacement passport” means a passport issued in substitution for a valid passport in order to incorporate an addition or amendment thereto. 3 The fees set forth in the table in the Schedule to this Order are prescribed to be levied by consular officers and by marriage officers under the Foreign Marriage Act 1892 and the Marriage with Foreigners Act 1906 in the execution of their duties, and the said table shall be construed as part of this Order. 4 The Consular Fees Order 1997 is hereby revoked. N.H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS 1 This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 1998. 2 The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) ( No. 2) (Amendment) Order 1997 is revoked. 3 The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986 is amended by deleting Schedules 1 and 2 and substituting therefor Schedules 1 and 2 which are set out in the Schedule to this Order. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
JUDICIAL COMMITTEE 1 This Order may be cited as the Brunei (Appeals) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. 2 Article 2 of the Brunei (Appeals) Order 1989 shall be amended:— a by inserting immediately after paragraph (3) the following paragraphs:— 4 Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2) of this article, the Committee shall have jurisdiction in respect of appeals from the Supreme Court to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in any case arising in a civil matter only where the parties to the proceedings have at any time before the hearing of the case on appeal by the Supreme Court consented in writing to be bound by an appeal to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in that case. 5 The Committee shall not have jurisdiction in respect of appeals from the Supreme Court to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in any criminal matter. b by deleting sub-paragraph (2)(c); c by deleting the semi-colon and the word “and” after sub-paragraph (2)(b) and inserting a comma; and d by inserting the word “and” after sub-paragraph (2)(a). N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman and Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland Act 1997 (Commencement) Order 1998. Commencement 2 The Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman and Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland Act 1997 shall, so far as not already in force, come into force on 1st April 1998. Calum MacDonald Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 27th January 1998
MARINE POLLUTION Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 17th March 1998. Amendment of 1987 Order 2 In the Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Order 1987 , article 5(1), after the words “under the said section 131” there shall be added the words “as if in subsection (3)(a) for “£250,000” there were substituted “£25,000””. Amendment of 1988 Order 3 1 The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage) Order 1988 shall be amended as follows. 2 In article 2(2), after sub-paragraph (c), there shall be added the following sub-paragraph: d for detaining any ship in respect of which a contravention is suspected to have occurred and, in relation to such a ship, for applying section 284 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 with such modifications, if any, as are specified in the Regulations. . 3 In article 3(1), after the words “under the said section 131” there shall be added the words “as if in subsection (3)(a) for “£250,000” there were substituted “£25,000””. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
WATER, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and extent 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Surface Waters (Dangerous Substances) (Classification) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 shall come into force on 1st April 1998, and shall extend to Scotland only. Classification of inland waters 2 The classification DS4 and the criteria for that classification set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations shall apply for classifying inland waters with a view to reducing the pollution of those waters by the dangerous substances listed in that Schedule. Classification of coastal waters and relevant territorial waters 3 The classification DS5 and the criteria for that classification set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations shall apply for classifying coastal waters(a) and relevant territorial waters(a) with a view to reducing the pollution of those waters by the dangerous substances listed in that Schedule. Sampling 4 The Scottish Environment Protection Agency shall ensure that waters classified under these Regulations are sampled at such sampling points and at such times, and samples are analysed in such manner, as the Agency considers necessary for– a monitoring the effect on those waters of discharges containing the dangerous substances in question; and b determining the extent to which those waters are polluted by those substances and whether the requirements for the relevant classification are satisfied. Modification of section 30C of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 5 Section 30C of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (water quality objectives) shall have effect as if– a it imposed a duty on the Secretary of State to exercise his powers under that section to apply the classification DS4 to all inland waters and the classification DS5 to all coastal waters and relevant territorial waters and to specify 1st April 1998 as the relevant date in each case; and b in relation to performance of that duty and the resulting water quality objectives, subsections (3) to (6) of that section (reviews and consultation requirements) were omitted. Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 27th January 1998
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 4th March 1998. 2 In these Regulations, a reference to “the principal Regulations” is a reference to the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1989 . Amendment of Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations 2 1 Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (overseas visitors exempt from charges) shall be amended by– a deleting paragraph (a)(iii); b inserting at the end of paragraph (p) the word “; or”; c inserting after paragraph (p) the following paragraph:– q who is pursuing a full time course of study. . Amendment of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations 3 Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (countries or territories in respect of which the United Kingdom has entered into a reciprocal agreement) shall be amended by deleting the words “Hong Kong”. Sam Galbraith Minister for Health, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 4th February 1998
MERCHANT SHIPPING Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution and General Provisions) (Guernsey) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 11th March 1998. Implementation of the Liability and Fund Conventions 2 Sections 152 to 170, 172 to 181, 277, 279, 281, 284, 308, 313 and 316 of, and Part I of Schedule 5 to, the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 shall, subject to the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, extend to Guernsey, and any instruments made, or to be made, under section 152 (2), 157 (2), 157 (4), 163 (1), 172 (2) or 176 (5) of that Act shall also extend to Guernsey if registered in the Royal Court of Guernsey and from the date of such registration. Supplementary provision 3 After section 277 of the Merchant Shipping Act of article 2 above, there shall be inserted— Accessories and abettors 277A Any person who-knowingly or wilfully 1995, as extended to Guernsey by virtue aids, abets, counsels, causes, procures or commands the commission of an offence under this Act shall be liable to be dealt with, tried and punished as a principal offender. . Interpretation 4 In this Order, “Guernsey” means the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Revocation and transitional provisions 5 1 Subject to paragraph (2) below, the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 (Guernsey) Order 1981 and the Merchant Shipping Act 1974 (Guernsey) Order 1981 are hereby revoked. 2 The Merchant Shipping (Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage) (Transitional Provisions) Order 1996 , shall, subject to the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in Schedule 2 to this Order, extend to Guernsey. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
POLICE 1 This Order may be cited as the Police (Secretary of State’s Objectives) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998. 2 The Police (Secretary of State’s Objectives) Order 1994 is hereby revoked. 3 The objectives for the policing of the areas of all police authorities established under section 3 of the Police Act 1996 are— a to deal speedily and effectively with young offenders and to work with other agencies to reduce re-offending; b to target and reduce local problems of crime and disorder in partnership with local authorities, other local agencies and the public; c to target drug-related crime in partnership with other local agencies; d to maintain and, if possible, increase the number of detections for violent crime; e to increase the number of detections for burglaries of people’s homes; and f To respond promptly to emergency calls from the public. Jack Straw One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 4th February 1998
CONTRACTING OUT Citation and Commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Contracting Out (Functions in relation to the Management of Crown Lands) Order 1998 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Contracting out of functions 2 The functions now vested in the Secretary of State under section 21 of the Crown Lands Act 1851 may be exercised by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State. Chris Smith Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 9th February 1998
TRANSPORT Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Transport and Works Act 1992 (Commencement No. 7) Order 1998. Provisions coming into force 2 The provisions of the Transport and Works Act 1992 specified in the Schedule to this Order (which relate to repeals) shall come into force on 26th February 1998. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Glenda Jackson Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 5th February 1998
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as The Education (Student Loans) Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 1998. 2 Sections 2, 3 and 6(2) of and the Schedule to the Act shall come into force on 1st March 1998. Tessa Blackstone Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 5th February 1998 Donald Dewar Secretary of State for Scotland 5th February 1998
SEA FISHERIES Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Sole, etc. (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) (Variation) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 26th February 1998. Variation 2 1 The Sole, etc. (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1997 shall be varied in accordance with paragraph (2) of this article. 2 In article 2 paragraph (2) sub-paragraph (b), for the words “beginning with the date of coming into force of this Order and ending immediately before 1st January 1998” there shall be substituted the words “beginning immediately before 28th February 1998 and ending immediately before 1st January 1999”. Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 3rd February 1998 Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 3rd February 1998 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 3rd February 1998 Dubs Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Northern Ireland 4th February 1998
AGRICULTURE Title and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 16th February 1998. Amendments to the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1996 2 1 The Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1996 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation. 2 In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation)— a the definitions of “the 1995 Order” and “the 1984 Regulations” shall be revoked; b the following definition shall be inserted immediately after the definition of “the 1994 Regulations”— “the 1997 Regulations ” means the Cattle Identification (Enforcement) Regulations 1997 ; ; and c in the definition of “the 1993 Suckler Cow Regulations” there shall be inserted at the end “, as amended at the time the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 are made”. 3 In paragraph (3) of regulation 2 there shall be substituted for “the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1997” the following— the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 . 4 In paragraph (1A) of regulation 3 (compensatory allowances for breeding cows and ewes)— a there shall be substituted for “the 1997 Scheme year” the phrase “the 1998 Scheme year”; b in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b)(i), for “£97.50” there shall be substituted “£47.50”; c in sub-paragraph (b)(i), for “£121.49” there shall be substituted “£88.70”; and d in sub-paragraphs (b)(ii) and (c), for “£69.75” there shall be substituted “£23.75”. 5 In paragraph (1B) of regulation 3— a there shall be substituted for “the 1997 Scheme year” the phrase “the 1998 Scheme year”; and b in sub-paragraph (b)(ii)(aa), for “£121.49” there shall be substituted “£88.70”. 6 In paragraph (2) of regulation 3, for “, the 1992 Regulations or the 1984 Regulations” there shall be substituted “or the 1992 Regulations”. 7 In paragraph (3) of regulation 3, the phrase “Subject to paragraph (3A)” shall be revoked. 8 Paragraph (3A) of regulation 3 shall be revoked. 9 In paragraph (5)(a) of regulation 9 (powers of authorised persons)— a the phrase “the 1995 Order or” shall be revoked; and b there shall be inserted after the phrase “the 1996 Order” the phrase “or the 1997 Regulations”. 10 In paragraph (4) of regulation 12 (withholding or recovery of compensatory allowance), for “article 5 of the 1995 Order” there shall be substituted “regulation 3(3) and (4) of the 1997 Regulations”. Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 2nd February 1998 Sewel Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 3rd February 1998
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (Funding for Teacher Training) Designation Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st March 1998. 2 The following are hereby designated as institutions eligible for funding under Part 1 of the Education Act 1994:— a Business in the Community. b The Marches Consortium Limited. c Max Gate Consultancy Limited. d Somerset County Council. Estelle Morris Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 3rd February 1998
ROAD TRAFFIC 1 This Order may be cited as The A3 Trunk Road (Kingston and Wandsworth) (Temporary 30mph Speed Restriction) Order 1998 and shall come into force on the 2nd February 1998. 2 This Order is made because the Traffic Director for London is satisfied that traffic in those lengths of the A3 Trunk Road known as Robin Hood Way, Kingston Vale and Roehampton Vale as specified in the schedule to this order should be restricted to 30mph because works are proposed to be executed on Kingston Vale and Robin Hood Way that could not safely be carried out with the existing speed limit in force. 3 During the period starting at 00.01 hours on 2 February 1998 and ending at 23:59 on 31 July 1999 or when those works have been completed, whichever is the sooner, subject to the provisions of article 4 below, no person shall cause or permit any vehicle to travel at a speed exceeding 30mph those lengths of road specified in the schedule to this order. 4 1 The provisions of article 3 above shall apply only during such times and to such extent as may from time to time be indicated by traffic signs. 2 The provisions specified in article 3 above shall not apply in respect of— i any vehicle being used for fire brigade, ambulance or police purpose, or ii anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform. Signed in accordance with a direction from the Secretary of State. Derek Turner Traffic Director for London 30th January 1998
DEFENCE 1 This Order may be cited as the Visiting Forces and International Headquarters (Application of Law) (Amendment) Order 1998 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made. 2 1 The Visiting Forces and International Headquarters (Application of Law) Order 1965 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article. 2 In article 3(3), for the words “the Federal Republic of Germany and Spain” there shall be substituted the words— the Federal Republic of Germany, Spain, Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Sweden. 3 In article 7(c), after the words “force or” there shall be inserted the words “any persons employed in support of that force or by members”. N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Frenchay Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1998 and shall come into force on 9th February 1998. Amendment of Establishment Order 2 In the Frenchay Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991 — a for article 3 there shall be substituted the following article:— Nature and functions of the trust 3 1 The trust is established for the purposes specified in section 5(1) of the Act. 2 The trust’s functions shall be— a to own and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act hospital accommodation and services provided at the premises specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order; b to provide and manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act hospital accommodation and services at any or all of the premises specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order and at any other premises which are for the time being associated with any of those premises; c to manage pursuant to section 5(1)(a) of the Act community health services provided from the premises specified in Part III of the Schedule to this Order and to own the associated premises; and d to manage pursuant to section 5(1)(b) of the Act community health services provided from the premises specified in Part IV of the Schedule to this Order and to provide the associated premises. ; and b at the end of that Order there shall be added the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health Alan Milburn Minister of State Department of Health 29th January 1998
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 This Order may be cited as the Pre-Sentence Report Disclosure (Prescription of Prosecutors) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st March 1998. 2 The following descriptions of prosecutors are prescribed for the purposes of section 50(4) of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997: a a Crown Prosecutor; b any other person acting on behalf of the Crown Prosecution Service; c a person acting on behalf of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise; d a person acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Social Security; e a person acting on behalf of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue; and f a person acting on behalf of the Director of the Serious Fraud Office. Joyce Quin Minister of State Home Office 27th January 1998
BROADCASTING Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Broadcasting (Percentage of National Radio Multiplex Revenue) Order 1998. Percentage 2 No percentage of multiplex revenue shall be specified under paragraph (h) of section 46(1) of the Broadcasting Act 1996 in relation to any notice published by the Authority in pursuance of that section while this Order is in force. Commencement and Duration 3 This Order shall come into force on 19th February 1998 and shall cease to have effect on 31st December 2006. Chris Smith Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 28th January 1998
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement, interpretation and application 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Alteration of Requisite Calculations) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 7th February 1998. 2 In these Regulations “the 1992 Act ” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992. 3 These Regulations have effect in relation to the financial year beginning on 1st April 1998. Police grant and relevant special grant 2 For subsection (12) of section 32 of the 1992 Act there shall be substituted the following subsection— 12 In this section and section 33 below— “police grant” means so much of the grant payable in accordance with paragraph 3.1 of the relevant police grant report as excludes the amounts shown in columns (b) and (c) of the Table set out below that paragraph; “relevant special grant” means any of the following grants, that is to say— the special grant payable in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 6 of the special grant report for England (Special Grant Report ( No. 31)) approved by a resolution of the House of Commons pursuant to section 88B of the 1988 Act on 5th February 1998; and the special grant payable in accordance with paragraphs 5 and 7 of that special grant report; and in this subsection “the relevant police grant report” means the police grant report (The Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 1998/99) approved by a resolution of the House of Commons pursuant to section 46 of the Police Act 1996 on 4th February 1998. . 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 5th February 1998 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 6th February 1998