Category: UK Legislation

This Order approves the making of payments on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom to the Caribbean Development Bank of sums not exceeding £18,000,000 as a further contribution to the resources of the Unified Special Development Fund. The payment approved by this Order will be made pursuant to the Resolution of the Board of Governors adopted on December 8 2016. The Order also provides for the redemption of non-interest-bearing and non-negotiable notes issued by the Secretary of State pursuant to those arrangements.

Link: The Caribbean Development Bank (Ninth Replenishment of the Unified Special Development Fund) Order 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk

This Order approves the making of payments on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom to the Asian Development Bank of sums not exceeding £110,000,000 as a further contribution to the resources of the Asian Development Fund. The payment approved by this Order will be made pursuant to Resolution No. 382 adopted by the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank on 15 July 2016. The Order also provides for the redemption of non-interest-bearing and non-negotiable notes issued by the Secretary of State pursuant to those arrangements.

Link: The Asian Development Bank (Eleventh Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund) Order 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk

This Order amends the African Development Fund (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) Order 2006 by increasing the amount that may be paid by the Secretary of State as additional contributions to the African Development Fund from £262.2 million to £329.03 million. The adjusted amount is in accordance with arrangements made with the Fund pursuant to Resolution F/BG/2006/12 adopted by the Board of Governors of the Fund on 18 May 2006.

Link: The African Development Fund (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk

This Order approves the making of payments on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom to the African Development Bank of sums not exceeding £460,100,000 as a further contribution to the resources of the African Development Fund. The payment approved by this Order will be made pursuant to Resolution No F/BG/2017/01 adopted by the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank on 27th April 2017. The Order also provides for the redemption of non-interest-bearing and non-negotiable notes issued by the Secretary of State pursuant to those arrangements.

Link: The African Development Bank (Fourteenth Replenishment of the African Development Fund) Order 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk

These Regulations provide that members of the Ministry of Defence Police are persons of a specified description, and therefore law enforcement officers, for the purposes of sections 84(3)(g), 96(3)(e) and 107(3)(e) of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c.3). This ensures that they will be able to exercise the maritime enforcement powers given to law enforcement officers by Chapters 5, 6 and 7 of Part 4 of that Act when those powers are brought into force.

Link: The Maritime Enforcement Powers (Persons of a Specified Description) Regulations 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk

These Rules make provision for applications for adult protection and support orders under section 127 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014. The purpose of such orders, set out in section 127(2), is to enable an authorised officer (a person authorised for this purpose by a local authority in Wales) to speak in private to a person living in any premises within the local authority’s area who is thought to be an adult at risk (an adult who is experiencing or is at risk of abuse or neglect, has needs for care and support and as a result of those needs is unable to protect himself or herself against the neglect or abuse or risk of it), so that the authorised officer can establish whether the person is making decisions freely, whether he or she is an adult at risk, whether any action should be taken, and if so what action.

Link: The Magistrates’ Courts (Adult Protection and Support Orders) Rules 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk

These are the first Regulations to be made under section 3(6) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017.

Link: The Office for Students (Register of English Higher Education Providers) Regulations 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk

These Regulations, made under the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (“the Act”) apply to registered higher education providers, which by virtue of section 3(3) of the Act means providers which are, or which intend to become, English higher education providers.

Link: The Higher Education (Fee Limit Condition) (England) Regulations 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk

This Order amends the Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2517) (“the principal Order”) in relation to England and Scotland to implement—

Link: The Plant Health (Forestry) (Amendment) (England and Scotland) Order 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk

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Source: Legislation .gov.uk