Category: UK Legislation

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The Judicial Appointments and Discipline (Amendment and Addition of Offices) Order 2017

This Order amends Table 1 in Part 3 of Schedule 14 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), to reflect the bringing into force of section 38(6) of the Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12) (“the Act”), which requires the Lord Chancellor to appoint one of the members of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales as President (rather than, as previously, chairman) of the Tribunal. This amendment is brought into force by the Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 12 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017 (S.I. 1038 C. 95) on 1st December 2017.

Link: The Judicial Appointments and Discipline (Amendment and Addition of Offices) Order 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk

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The Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 12 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017

This Order is the twelfth commencement order made under the Mental Health Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”) and brings into force on 1st December 2017 the provisions set out in Article 2 of this Order. These provisions rename certain judicial offices in the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales by amending the Mental Health Act 1983 (“the 1983 Act”). Specifically, they rename the role of “chairman” of the Tribunal as “president” and, where the term “president” as it is currently used under the 1983 Act to refer to the chair of a Tribunal constituted for particular proceedings, it is replaced with “chairman”.

Link: The Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 12 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk

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The Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017

These Regulations consolidate the Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1842) with subsequent amending instruments, and make minor modifications reflecting changes to related legislation. The instruments being consolidated by these Regulations made, amongst things, provision for implementing Council Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds (OJ No. L20, 26.01.2010, p.7.) and Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ No. L206, 22.7.92, p.7) in relation to marine areas where the United Kingdom has jurisdiction beyond its territorial sea. The Regulations make provision in relation to the offshore marine area, offshore marine installations and certain ships and aircraft. The “offshore marine area” is defined in regulation 2(1).

Link: The Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk

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The Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (Amendment and constitution of tribunals) Rules 2017

Subsections (3), (5), (7) and (9) of section 38 of the Mental Health Act 2007 (c.12) rename certain judicial offices in the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales by amending the Mental Health Act 1983 (“the 1983 Act”). Specifically, they rename the role of “chairman” of the Tribunal as “president” and, where the term “president” as it is currently used under the 1983 Act to refer to the chair of a Tribunal constituted for particular proceedings, it is replaced with “chairman”. These amendments are brought into force by the Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No.12 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017 (S.I. 1038, C. 95) on 1st December 2017.

Link: The Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (Amendment and constitution of tribunals) Rules 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk

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my Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017

These Regulations contain transitional provisions relating to the licensing of water abstraction by certain categories of persons, in the light of amendments made by the Water Act 2003 (c. 37) to the Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57) (“the 1991 Act”). Those amendments, which come into force on the same date as these Regulations, limit or remove certain exemptions from the restriction on abstracting water in the 1991 Act.

Link: my Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk