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This Order brings into force revised codes of practice governing the detention, treatment, questioning, and identification of persons detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 in Northern Ireland. It specifies transitional provisions for application of different sections to existing versus new detention periods, and revokes the 1993 Order.

While this Order governs terrorism detention procedures, deleting it would leave the 1993 codes of practice in force, which are older and less protective. Codes of practice constrains police discretion by establishing clear procedural limits on detention treatment, questioning methods, and identification procedures. Without updated codes, those detained would have fewer procedural protections, not more. The revision suggests improved standards that benefit detained persons.

These Regulations amend the Dairy Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1995, making numerous changes including: adding definitions for EU Commission Decisions 95/165 and 95/340; modifying the EEA State definition to exclude Iceland; raising the 'limited production' threshold from 300,000 to 2 million litres; creating a derogation pathway for smaller dairy establishments manufacturing milk-based products; amending enforcement responsibilities between the Minister and approving authorities; updating import requirements referencing EU Decisions; and making various technical amendments to schedules covering hygiene conditions, microbiological criteria, labelling and analysis methods.

This regulation exemplifies the regulatory burden Better Britain seeks to eliminate: (1) It is retained EU law never subject to democratic scrutiny in Parliament; (2) It creates arbitrary volume-based thresholds (2 million litres) that favor larger established producers over smaller competitors, contradicting the supposed deregulation intent; (3) The approval regime for dairy establishments imposes pre-market licensing requirements that serve as barriers to entry, reducible to bureaucratic discretion rather than market discipline; (4) Import controls tied to EU Decisions 95/165 and 95/340 constrain Britain's post-Brexit trade independence; (5) Microbiological criteria and hygiene requirements that could be addressed through private certification, market reputation, and tort liability are instead mandated through government approval regimes; (6) The regulation perpetuates a multi-tiered system where smaller producers face separate (though still significant) compliance burdens, while the structure itself suppresses competitive entry into dairy production and processing.

This Order, made under the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, amends Section 48 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to provide a transitional grace period for vehicle test certificates. It introduces subsection (1A) which treats test certificates issued within one month before the date section 47 first applies to a vehicle as if issued at the end of that period. The Order also corrects a cross-reference in subsection (5)(a) by inserting the new subsection reference and replacing 'both places' with 'each place'.

This is a deregulatory measure that provides essential transitional relief preventing vehicle owners from being forced to re-test their vehicles when the testing regime first applied. Without this one-month grace period, certificates issued legitimately just before the law took effect would become invalid, imposing unnecessary re-testing costs on citizens. The minor textual correction also prevents confusion and ensures proper operation of the statute. This Order reduces regulatory burden rather than increasing it, and has functioned without issue since 1996.

A 1996 statutory instrument providing for the transfer of trust property (NHS assets specified in a schedule) from the East Kent Health Authority to the Kent and Canterbury Hospitals NHS Trust on 31st July 1996, as part of NHS restructuring following the abolition and re-establishment of the East Kent Health Authority.

This is a one-time administrative transfer that took effect in 1996 — it has no ongoing regulatory effect. The transfer has long since been completed and the property now sits with the Trust regardless. Retaining this spent instrument on the statute book serves no purpose and contributes to unnecessary legislative clutter. The underlying NHS property rights issues are a separate structural question not addressed by retaining this order.

This Order effects the transfer of trust property from the Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority to the St. Helier National Health Service Trust on 31st July 1996. It defines key terms including 'the Authority', 'the old Authority', 'the Trust', and 'the trust property', and specifies that the property transfer occurs on the specified date based on a schedule agreed between the parties on 14th March 1996.

This Order is entirely spent and without ongoing effect. It was a one-time administrative mechanism to transfer specific property assets from one NHS body to another on a single date (31st July 1996). The transfer has already been executed and recorded. It imposes no ongoing regulatory requirements, prohibitions, or obligations on any party. It is purely a historical record of a completed transaction and retains no regulatory force nearly 30 years after its specified effective date.

A 1996 statutory instrument that transferred trust property from the Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority to the Wandsworth Community Health NHS Trust on 31st July 1996. It defines key terms (Authority, old Authority, Trust, trust property) and specifies that property detailed in a mutually agreed schedule would transfer on that date.

This Order is entirely obsolete — the property transfer occurred on 31st July 1996 and has long since been completed. The instrument imposes no ongoing obligations, restrictions, or regulatory requirements on any party. Retaining it serves no practical purpose and contributes to unnecessary clutter in the statute book. As a one-time administrative transfer that has been fully executed, keeping it provides no benefit while deletion removes a superfluous historical document.

A 1996 statutory instrument providing for the one-time transfer of trust property from the West Surrey Health Authority to the Heathlands Mental Health NHS Trust on 31st July 1996. It defines key terms and establishes that the property schedule agreed on 29th November 1995 shall take effect on that date.

This Order describes a single historical property transfer that was completed on 31st July 1996 — nearly 30 years ago. Once the transfer occurred, the instrument's sole purpose was fulfilled. It imposes no ongoing obligations, restrictions, or regulatory burdens on any party. Retaining it serves no practical purpose and merely adds to statute book clutter. There is no democratic interest in maintaining a completed administrative record of a past NHS restructuring.

A technical statutory instrument that transfers trust property from West Surrey Health Authority to North Downs Community Health NHS Trust, effective 31 July 1996. Defines key terms ('the Authority', 'the old Authority', 'the Trust', 'the trust property') and effectuates a pre-agreed property transfer as set out in a schedule signed by both parties.

This Order effectuates a one-time administrative transfer that occurred on 31 July 1996 — it has no ongoing regulatory effect. It imposes no restrictions, creates no compliance burdens, and is merely the legal mechanism for effectuating a pre-agreed property transfer between NHS bodies. Once the transfer date passed, the Order became functionally inert historical legislation. Furthermore, such intra-public-sector property transfers between NHS bodies lack any market-competitive dimension and serve no regulatory purpose that private law contract could not achieve more efficiently.

A 1996 statutory instrument authorizing the transfer of trust property from West Surrey Health Authority to the Royal Surrey County and St. Luke's Hospitals NHS Trust on 31st July 1996. It defines key terms (Authority, old Authority, Trust, trust property) and effectuates a one-time property transfer based on a schedule agreed between the old Authority and the Trust in November 1995.

This is a one-time administrative order that executed a property transfer completed in 1996 — it has no ongoing regulatory effect, imposes no ongoing obligations or restrictions, and serves only as historical record of a transaction that occurred nearly 30 years ago. It creates no continuing burden on citizens, businesses, or markets, and its retention serves no practical purpose.

Administrative order transferring trust property from South Essex Health Authority to Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, effective 31st July 1996. Defines key terms including the Authority, old Authority, Trust, and trust property. The schedule of property was prepared and agreed by both parties on 26th February 1996.

This Order effected a one-time administrative transfer of NHS property that was completed on 31st July 1996 — nearly 30 years ago. It has no ongoing regulatory effect, imposes no costs on businesses or individuals, and does not restrict market activity, competition, or supply. It is a dead letter from a historical NHS reorganization that has been fully executed. Keeping it on the statute books serves no economic or regulatory purpose.

A 1996 statutory instrument that transfers trust property (items specified in a schedule agreed by both parties on 14th March 1996) from the Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority to the Merton and Sutton Community National Health Service Trust on 31st July 1996. This is a routine administrative transfer following Health Authority reorganisation.

This is a one-time administrative transfer of property between NHS bodies that was already mutually agreed upon. Without this Order, the Trust would lack legal authority to hold property essential for delivering healthcare services. Unlike regulatory burdens that restrict trade or competition, this merely effectuates a consensual property transfer agreed by the parties. Deleting it would create legal uncertainty and disrupt NHS operations without advancing free-market objectives.

Administrative Order transferring trust property from West Sussex Health Authority to Mid-Sussex National Health Service Trust on 31st July 1996. Defines key terms including 'Authority', 'old Authority', 'Trust', and 'trust property', and effects the one-time transfer of property specified in a schedule agreed between the old Authority and Trust.

This is a spent instrument - it effected a one-time property transfer that was completed on 31st July 1996. The transfer has long since been executed and the trust property now belongs to the Trust. The Order serves no ongoing regulatory function, imposes no continuing obligations, and creates only statutory clutter. It is a historical administrative document that should be removed from the books.

This Order partially revokes the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Oil and Chemical Pollution of Fish and Plants) Order 1996 by removing a specific area (described in Part I of the Schedule) from the designated pollution control zone, while substituting the remaining affected area (Part II of the Schedule). It came into force on 3rd July 1996 and was signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales.

This Order is itself a deregulatory measure — it removes emergency prohibitions in areas where the pollution emergency has passed, reducing regulatory burden on affected land users and businesses. Deleting this would leave the original, broader 1996 emergency designation in force, imposing unnecessary ongoing restrictions in areas no longer requiring them. The partial revocation reflects the natural resolution of a pollution incident and demonstrates appropriate regulatory sunset logic.

Administrative order transferring trust property from Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Health Authority to Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust on 31st July 1996, formalising a property schedule agreed between the old South East London Health Authority and the Trust on 29th November 1995.

This order is fully spent - the property transfer occurred on 31st July 1996 as specified. It was a one-time administrative mechanism necessitated by NHS organisational restructuring, not a regulatory instrument creating ongoing obligations. Once the transfer date passed, the order served its entire purpose and imposes no ongoing costs or benefits. Unlike regulatory instruments that distort incentives or restrict behaviour, this was merely the legal paperwork effectuating a decision already made for administrative reasons.

A short administrative Order transferring trust property from special trustees for Nottingham University Hospitals to the Nottingham Community Health National Health Service Trust on 31st July 1996. The 'trust property' refers to items specified in a schedule agreed between the parties on 26th July 1995.

This is a purely facilitative administrative instrument enabling a consensual property transfer between NHS bodies that had already agreed the terms. It imposes no regulatory burden, creates no restrictions on economic activity, and does not fall within any category of EU-derived regulation, gold-plating, financial regulatory excess, or NHS competition restriction. Deleting it would merely create legal uncertainty around an already-executed property transfer without reducing any regulatory cost or restriction on Britons.