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These Regulations may be cited as the War Pensions Committees (Amendment) Regulations 1996, and shall come into force
(a) for the purposes of paragraphs (5), (7) and (10) of Regulation 2, and paragraph (1) of that Regulation so far as it relates to those paragraphs, on 5th August 1996; and
(b) for all other purposes on 1st April 1997.
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(1) Schedule 1 to the War Pensions Committees Regulations 1990 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this Regulation.
(2) In the entry relating to the Central Southern England War Pensions Committee, in the second column, after the words “Isle of Wight” there shall be inserted the words “Portsmouth, Southampton”.
(3) In the entry relating to the Chilterns War Pensions Committee, in the second column, after “Hertfordshire” there shall be inserted the words “Luton, Milton Keynes”.
(4) In the entry relating to the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire War Pensions Committee, in the second column, for the words “Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire”, there shall be substituted the words “Derby, Derbyshire, Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland, Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent.”.
(5) In the entry relating to the Essex War Pensions Committee, in the second column, for the word “Havering” there shall be substituted the words “Dagenham, Havering, Newham”.
(6) In the entry relating to the Northumbria War Pensions Committee, after “of” there shall be inserted the word “Darlington,”.
(7) In the entry relating to the South West Midlands War Pensions Committee, after “Shropshire” there shall be inserted the words “and the metropolitan boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton”.
(8) In the entry relating to the Sussex War Pensions Committee, in the second column, after “Sussex” there shall be inserted the words “and Brighton and Hove”.
(9) In the entry relating to the West of England War Pensions Committee, for the words in the second column there shall be substituted the words “the counties of Bath and North East Somerset, Bournemouth, the City of Bristol, Dorset, Gloucestershire, North West Somerset, Poole, South Gloucestershire, Thamesdown and Wiltshire.”.
(10) For the entry relating to the West Midlands, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire War Pensions Committee there shall be substituted the following entry—“
West Midlands, Northamptonshire and Warwickshire War Pensions Committee The counties of Northamptonshire and Warwickshire, the Cities of Birmingham and Coventry and the metropolitan borough of Solihull.”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
MacKay of Ardbrecknish
Minister of State,
Department of Social Security
8th July 1996