SESSION 2001 - 2002

TENTH REPORT OF THE EXAMINER OF STATUTORY RULES
TO
THE ASSEMBLY
AND
THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES

(listed below)

DATED 12 APRIL 2002

Agriculture and Rural Development

(S.R. 2002 No. 88)

Enterprise, Trade and Investment Committee

(S.R. 2002 Nos. 70 and 71)

Health, Social Services and Public Safety Committee

(S.R. 2002 Nos. 66, 69, 83, 84, 85, 91 and 92)

Regional Development Committee

(S.R. 2002 No. 81)

Social Development Committee

(S.R. 2002 Nos. 74, 79, 80, 86, 87, 89,
90, 97, 98, 99, 102, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109 and 114 )

1. In accordance with the revised delegations under Standing Order 41 given to the Examiner of Statutory Rules by the appropriate Committees in October and November 2001, I submit my report on the statutory rules listed in the Appendix. At the same time, I am sending a copy of this report to each of the Departments concerned.
2. All of these statutory rules, except S.R. 2002 No. 79 and S.R. 2002 No. 99, are subject to negative resolution; S.R. 2002 No. 79 and S.R. 2002 No. 99 (both in respect of social security) are subject to confirmatory procedure.
3. There is nothing in the statutory rules covered by this report that requires to be brought to the special attention of the Assembly and the appropriate Committees under any of the grounds mentioned in Standing Order 41(5).

W G Nabney

Examiner of Statutory Rules

12 April 2002

APPENDIX

(The attention of the Assembly and the appropriate Committees is not drawn to any of the statutory rules listed below)

The Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (Fund-holding Practices) (Transfer of Assets, Rights and Liabilities and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 66)

The Health and Personal Social Services (Superannuation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 69)

Units of Measurement Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No.70)

Weights and Measures (Metrication Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

(S.R. 2002 No. 71)

The Occupational Pension Schemes (Winding Up Notices and Reports, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 74)

The Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

(S.R. 2002 No. 79)

The Social Security (Loss of Benefit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 80)

Trench Park, Belfast (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 81)

The Welfare Foods (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 83)

Dental Charges (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 84)

Optical Charges and Payments and General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 85)

The Social Security (Incapacity) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 86)

The Social Security (Guardian's Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 87)

Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 88)

The Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order (Northern Ireland) 2002

(S.R. 2002 No. 89)

The Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) (General) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 90)

Charges for Drugs and Appliances (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

(S.R. 2002 No. 91)

Pharmaceutical Services and General Medical Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 92)

The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 97)

The Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order (Northern Ireland) 2002

(S.R. 2002 No. 98)

The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2002

(S.R. 2002 No. 99)

Pensions Increase (Review) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 102)

The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Lone Parents Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 105)

The Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 106)

The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 107)

The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

(S.R. 2002 No. 108)

The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 109)

The Workmen's Compensation (Supplementation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 114)