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Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010
An Act to make provision about the rights of third parties against insurers of liabilities to third parties in the case where the insured is insolvent, and in certain other cases.  More Info
Digital Economy Act 2010
An Act to make provision about the functions of the Office of Communications; to make provision about the online infringement of copyright and about penalties for infringement of copyright and performers rights; to make provision about internet domain registries; to make provision about the functions of the Channel Four Television Corporation; to make provision about the regulation of television and radio services; to make provision about the regulation of the use of the electromagnetic spectrum; to amend the Video Recordings Act 1984; to make provision about public lending right in relation to electronic publications; and for connected purposes.  More Info
Policing and Crime Act 2009
An Act to make provision about the police; to make provision about prostitution, sex offenders, sex establishments and certain other premises; to make provision for reducing and dealing with the abuse of alcohol; to make provision about the proceeds of crime; to make provision about extradition; to amend the Aviation Security Act 1982; to make provision about criminal records and to amend the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 and the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007; to confer, extend or facilitate search, forfeiture and other powers relating to the United Kingdom’s borders or elsewhere; to make further provision for combatting crime and disorder; to repeal redundant provisions; and for connected purposes.  More Info
Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009
An Act to amend the law relating to the avoidance of future interests on grounds of remoteness and the law relating to accumulations of income.  More Info
Law Commission Act 2009
An Act to make provision in relation to the Law Commission.  More Info
Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants etc) Act 2010
An Act to protect persons whose tenancies are not binding on mortgagees and to require mortgagees to give notice of the proposed execution of possession orders.  More Info
Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Act 2009
An Act to provide for the suspension in certain circumstances of registration and licences relating to the provision of driving instruction; to make provision about exemptions from prohibitions concerning registration (including provision about suspension); to make provision about compensation in connection with suspension; and for connected purposes.  More Info
Bribery Act 2010
An Act to make provision about offences relating to bribery; and for connected purposes.  More Info
Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010
An Act to make provision for societies to be registered as co-operative or community benefit societies and to re-name the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts; to apply to registered societies the provisions relating to directors disqualification and to make provision for the application of certain other enactments relating to companies; to confer power to make provision for credit unions corresponding to any provision applying to building societies; and for connected purposes.  More Info
Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009
An Act to make provision about apprenticeships, education, training and children s services; to amend the Employment Rights Act 1996; to establish the Young People s Learning Agency for England, the office of Chief Executive of Skills Funding, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation and the School Support Staff Negotiating Body and to make provision about those bodies and that office; to make provision about the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority; to make provision about schools and institutions within the further education sector; to make provision about student loans; and for connected purposes.  More Info
The Home Information Pack (Redress Scheme) (Revocation) Order 2007
This Order revokes the Home Information Pack (Redress Scheme) Order 2007  More Info
The Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2008
This Order gives effect to levy proposals of the Construction Industry Training Board (“the Board”) which were submitted to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills under section 11 of the Industrial Training Act 1982 (“the Act”)  More Info
The Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2008
This Order gives effect to levy proposals of the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (“the Board”) which were submitted to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills under section 11 of the Industrial Training Act 1982 (“the Act”)  More Info
Sale of Goods Act 1979
An Act to consolidate the law relating to the sale of goods  More Info
The UK Borders Act 2007 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008
This Order brings into force provisions of the UK Borders Act 2007. The provisions specified in article 2 are brought into force on 31st January 2008. In some cases those provisions are commenced partially and in some cases they are commenced subject to transitional provision contained in articles 3 and 4  More Info
The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice) (Armed Forces) Order 2008
This Order make provision equivalent, subject to modifications, to provisions of Part 2 of the 1996 Act and the code made under it. The main modifications are to adjust the provisions in and under Part 2 of the 1996 Act to take account of the structure and operation of service courts and of the service police  More Info
The Metropolitan Police Authority Regulations 2008
Part 1 of the Regulations provides that they apply in respect of the members of the Metropolitan Police Authority appointed on or after 1st October 2008 and makes transitional provisions. Part 2 of the Regulations provides for the appointment of Metropolitan Police Authority members, for the appointment of chairman and vice-chairman, for the disqualification of members, their tenure of office, the validity of their acts and their allowances and those of the authorities’ standards committee. Part 3 of the Regulations provides for the establishment of a selection panel to nominate persons for appointment as independent members of the Metropolitan Police Authority and for provisions governing the how that panel advertises for and makes such nominations  More Info
The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) (Amendment) Order 2008
This Order amends the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme Order 2005 (“the Scheme”) which provides for benefits to be payable to or in respect of a person by reason of his illness or injury (whether physical or mental), or his death, which is caused (wholly or partly) by his service in the armed forces or the reserve forces  More Info
The Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating) Order 2008
This Order increases the rates of Class 2 and Class 3 contributions specified in sections 11(1) and 13(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ( “the Act”) from £2.20 to £2.30 and from £7.80 to £8.10. It also increases the amount of earnings specified in section 11(4) of the Act, below which an earner may be excepted from liability for Class 2 contributions from £4,635 to £4,825 (Articles 2 and 3)  More Info
The Judicial Committee (General Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules (Amendment) Order 2008
This Order amends the Judicial Committee (General Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules Order 1982 (S.I. 1982/1676)  More Info
The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment Regulations 2008
These Regulations amend the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985 (S.I. 1985/967) which prescribe diseases for which industrial injuries benefit is payable  More Info
The Immigration and Nationality (Fees)(Amendment) Order 2008
This Order amends the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2007, S.I. 2007/807, (“the 2007 Order”) so as to require applications for sponsorship licences to be accompanied by a specified fee. The fee will be specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 51(3) of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”)  More Info
The UK Borders Act 2007 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008
This Order brings into force provisions of the UK Borders Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”). The provisions specified in article 2 are, subject to the transitional provision in article 5, brought into force on 29th February 2008. The provisions specified in article 3 are brought into force on 31st March 2008 and the provisions in article 4 are brought into force on 1st April 2008. The transitional provision in article 6 applies to the commencement of the provision in article 3(a) and the transitional provision in article 7 applies to the commencement of the provision in article 4(a)  More Info
The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) (England) Order 2008 (2008 No. 214)
This Order amends Schedule 1 to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Order 2006. Some of the amendments correct errors in the New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) (“the Scheme”) set out in that Schedule. Others introduce new provisions  More Info
The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2008
These regulations amend the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 (“the SSCR”). The amendments form two groups: (i) amendments to the provisions concerning the recovery of earnings-related contributions, and (ii) amendments consequential upon the replacement of the penalties provisions of section 98A(4) of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (“TMA”) by Schedule 24 to the Finance Act 2007  More Info
The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2008
This instrument contains only provisions in consequence of an order under sections 150 and 150A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5). Accordingly, by virtue of paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to that Act, the Secretary of State has not referred these Regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee  More Info
The Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews for Partners) Amendment Regulations 2008
These Regulations amend the Principal Regulations to impose additional requirements on the partner of a claimant of a jobseeker’s allowance (other than a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance) to take part in interviews every six months where the claimant or his partner is responsible for a child or qualifying young person who lives in his household  More Info
The Immigration (Notices) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
These Regulations amend the Immigration (Notices) Regulations 2003 (“The 2003 Regulations”). The 2003 Regulations govern the circumstances in which a person or his representative must be notified of an appealable decision under Part 5 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (“the 2002 Act”) or under the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1003). They also govern the information that the notice of decision must contain  More Info
The Gender Recognition (Application Fees) (Amendment) Order 2008
Section 7(2) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (c.7) (“the Act”) provides that fees are payable for certain applications to a Gender Recognition Panel under the Act. The Gender Recognition (Application Fees) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/758 as amended by S.I. 2007/839) (“the Fees Order”) prescribes the level of those fees and the circumstances in which no fee is payable. Two levels of fee are prescribed, depending on the income of the applicant. This Order, which comes into force on 6th April 2008 in relation to applications made on or after that date, amends the Fees Order to increase those income thresholds. It raises the income above which a fee of £30 becomes payable from £16,017 to £16,642, and raises the income above which a fee of £140 becomes payable from £24,019 to £24,956  More Info
The Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order 2008
This Order is made consequent upon a review under section 148 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5). This Order directs that the earnings factors relevant to the calculation of the additional pension in the rate of any long-term benefit or of any guaranteed minimum pension, or to any other calculation required under Part III of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c.48), are to be increased for the tax years specified in the Schedule to the Order by the percentage of their amount specified in that Schedule. The percentages specified in this Order for the tax years from and including 2000-2001 are also relevant for the purposes of revaluing state scheme pension debits and credits in accordance with sections 45B(6), 55A(5) and 55B(6) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c.4). The percentage for the tax year 2007-2008 is 4.2 per cent., and those for earlier tax years have been increased so that the earnings factors for those years are revalued at 2007-2008 earnings levels  More Info
The Workmen's Compensation (Supplementation) (Amendment) Scheme 2008
This Scheme amends the Workmen’s Compensation (Supplementation) Scheme 1982 (S.I. 1982/1489) by making adjustments to the rate of lesser incapacity allowance, such adjustments being consequential upon the increase in the maximum rate of that allowance made by the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/632). The Scheme also makes transitional provision  More Info
The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2008
These Regulations amend the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1004; “SSCR”)  More Info
The Air Force Act 1955 (Part 1) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
These Regulations substitute regulation 3 of the Air Force Act 1955 (Part 1) Regulations 2007 (“the 2007 Regulations”) and amend Schedules 1 and 4 to those Regulations  More Info
The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2008
These Rules amend the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Procedure) Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/230), which prescribe the procedures to followed for appeals and applications to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal  More Info
The Human Rights Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2000
This Order appoints 2nd October 2000 as the date on which those provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998 that are not already in force will come into force. The provisions give further effect to the European Convention on Human Rights  More Info
The Official Statistics Order 2008
This Order specifies that the statistics produced, or to be produced, by the persons listed in the Schedule are also official statistics. Article 2(2) provides that this does not apply to wholly Scottish devolved statistics. Scottish devolved statistics are defined in section 66 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007  More Info
The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Fast Track Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2008
These Rules amend the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Fast Track Procedure) Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/560) (“the Fast Track Rules”). The Fast Track Rules provide for a Fast Track Procedure for appeals to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, where the appellant is in detention under the Immigration Acts at a location specified in Schedule 2 to the Fast Track Rules  More Info
The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2008
These Regulations amend the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 (SI 2001/1004), Schedule 3 of which allows certain payments to be disregarded in the computation of earnings for the purpose of establishing liability for earnings-related national insurance contributions. These Regulations provide such a disregard in Great Britain in respect of any Up-Front Childcare Fund payment  More Info
The Immigration and Nationality (Cost Recovery Fees) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2008
These Regulations, which amend the Immigration and Nationality (Cost Recovery Fees) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/936), as amended by the Immigration and Nationality (Cost Recovery Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/218) (the “2007 Regulations”), specify a fee for certain of those matters specified in the 2007 Order. The fees for certain other applications specified in the Fees Order 2007 will be specified in other Regulations made under section 51(3) of the Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Act 2006 (the “2006 Act”) and in reliance of section 42(1) and 42(2A) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc.) Act 2004 (the “2004 Act”)  More Info
The UK Borders Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008
This Order brings into force the automatic deportation provisions of the UK Borders Act 2007 to the extent specified in the Order. The provisions set out in the Schedule (sections 32 to 38 and section 39 (interpretation)) shall come into force on the 1st August 2008 in respect of a person to whom Condition 1 in section 32 applies  More Info
The Army Terms of Service (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2008
These Regulations amend the Army Terms of Service Regulations 2007 (“the 2007 Regulations”)  More Info
National Insurance Contributions Act 2008
An Act to make provision in connection with the upper earnings limit for national insurance contributions (including in particular provision about the upper accrual point)  More Info
The Public Service Vehicles Accessibility (Amendment) Regulations 2008
These Regulations amend the Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000 (“the 2000 Regulations”). The 2000 Regulations apply to single-deck and double-deck buses, and to single-deck and double-deck coaches, where such vehicles are used to provide local and scheduled services and have a capacity of more than twenty-two passengers  More Info
The Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
These Regulations amend the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) Regulations 1981 (“the 1981 Regulations”)  More Info
The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2008
This Order amends the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme Order 2005 (“the Scheme”) which provides for benefits to be payable to or in respect of a person by reason of his illness or injury (whether physical or mental), or his death, which is caused (wholly or partly) by his service in the armed forces or the reserve forces  More Info
The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Mineral Permissions and Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008
These Regulations apply in relation to England only. They apply the 1999 Regulations, with modifications, to ROMP applications made before 15th November 2000 which are undetermined on 22nd July 2008 (“undetermined ROMP applications”). They also make provisions which apply to all ROMP applications  More Info
The Building Societies Act 1986 (Accounts, Audit and EEA State Amendments) Order 2008
The Order makes an amendment to the definition of “EEA State” in section 97 of the 1986 Act. The existing definition of “EEA State” excludes Bulgaria and Romania, which became Community member States on 1st January 2007. The new definition refers to the definition of “EEA State” in the Interpretation Act 1978 (c.30), which was inserted into that Act by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51). It therefore includes all Community member States  More Info
National Insurance Contributions Act 2006
An Act to make provision about national insurance contributions in cases where there is a retrospective change to the law relating to income tax and to enable related provision to be made for the purposes of contributory benefits, statutory payments and other matters; to make provision about the disclosure of information in relation to arrangements for the avoidance of national insurance contributions; and for connected purposes  More Info
Pensions Act 2004
An Act to make provision relating to pensions and financial planning for retirement and provision relating to entitlement to bereavement payments, and for connected purposes  More Info
The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2007
This Order is the second commencement order made under the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (“the Act”). The Order brings Part 6 of the Act (Protection of Cultural Objects on Loan) into force on 31st December 2007. Part 6 provides for the protection from seizure or forfeiture of cultural objects on loan from abroad for temporary public exhibition in the United Kingdom  More Info
The Time Off for Public Duties (Parent Councils) Order 2007
Section 50 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 requires an employer to allow time off during working hours, subject to the provisions of the section, to an employee who is a justice of the peace or a member of one of the bodies set out in section 50(2). A “relevant education body” is listed as one of these bodies at section 50(2)(f)  More Info
The Occupational Pension Schemes (Consultation by Employers) (Modification for Multi-employer Schemes) Regulations 2006
These Regulations modify sections 259 and 261 of the Pensions Act 2004 (c.35) in their application to occupational pension schemes in relation to which there is more than one employer. Sections 259 and 261 already enable regulations to be made which apply to any person who is the trustee or manager of an occupational pension scheme. The modifications made by these Regulations enable regulations made under those sections to extend to any other person who has power to make decisions in relation to a multi-employer scheme  More Info
The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) Order 2007
In accordance with section 23(2) of that Act the Secretary of State has consulted those bodies specified in section 23(2)(a) about a code specifying what an employer should or should not do to avoid contravention of the Race Relations Act 1976(2) or the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997(3), published a draft code, considered representations made about the published draft code and has laid a draft code before Parliament, after modifying the code to reflect the representations  More Info
The Further Education and Training Act 2007 (Commencement No. 1) (England) Order 2008
This Order is the first England only Commencement Order made under the Further Education and Training Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”) and brings into force certain provisions of the 2007 Act. There was an earlier UK wide order, SI. 2007/3505, which commenced provisions in relation to England.  More Info
Identity Cards Act 2006
An Act to make provision for a national scheme of registration of individuals and for the issue of cards capable of being used for identifying registered individuals; to make it an offence for a person to be in possession or control of an identity document to which he is not entitled, or of apparatus, articles or materials for making false identity documents; to amend the Consular Fees Act 1980; to make provision facilitating the verification of information provided with an application for a passport; and for connected purposes  More Info
Employment Rights Act 1996
An Act to consolidate enactments relating to employment rights  More Info
Employment Relations Act 2004
An Act to amend the law relating to the recognition of trade unions and the taking of industrial action; to make provision about means of voting in ballots under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992; to amend provisions of that Act relating to rights of members and non-members of trade unions and to make other provision about rights of trade union members, employees and workers; to make further provision concerning the enforcement of legislation relating to minimum wages; to make further provision about proceedings before and appeals from the Certification Officer; to make further provision about the amalgamation of trade unions; to make provision facilitating the administration of trade unions and the carrying out by them of their functions; and for connected purposes  More Info
Employment Act 2002
An Act to make provision for statutory rights to paternity and adoption leave and pay; to amend the law relating to statutory maternity leave and pay; to amend the Employment Tribunals Act 1996; to make provision for the use of statutory procedures in relation to employment disputes; to amend the law relating to particulars of employment; to make provision about compromise agreements; to make provision for questionnaires in relation to equal pay; to make provision in connection with trade union learning representatives; to amend section 110 of the Employment Rights Act 1996; to make provision about fixed-term work; to make provision about flexible working; to amend the law relating to maternity allowance; to make provision for work-focused interviews for partners of benefit claimants; to make provision about the use of information for, or relating to, employment and training; and for connected purposes  More Info
Employment Relations Act 1999
An Act to amend the law relating to employment, to trade unions and to employment agencies and businesses  More Info
Employment Agencies Act 1973
An Act to regulate employment agencies and businesses; and for connected purposes  More Info
The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (Amendment) Regulations 2008
These Regulations, which are made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68), are the fifth set of regulations which implement (in Great Britain) Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27th November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment (OJL 303, 2.12.2000, p.16) so far as it relates to discrimination on grounds of age. The Regulations amend the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1031). Regulation 3 takes account of statutory transfer schemes in relation to the exception for provision of certain benefits based on length of service. Regulations 4 and 5 respectively amend the provision that an employee may serve a questionnaire on his employer, and the provision which stipulates the period in which proceedings are to be brought, to take account of the Employment Act 2002 (Dispute Resolution) Regulations 2004  More Info
Employment Act 1988
An Act to make provision with respect to trade unions, their members and their property, to things done for the purpose of enforcing membership of a trade union, to trade union ballots and elections and to proceedings involving trade unions; to provide for the Manpower Services Commission to be known as the Training Commission; to amend the law with respect to the constitution and functions of that Commission and with respect to persons to whom facilities for work-experience and training for employment are made available; to enable additional members to be appointed to industrial training boards and to the Agricultural Training Board; and to provide that the terms on which certain persons hold office or employment under the Crown are to be treated for certain purposes as contained in contracts of employment  More Info
The Immigration Services Commissioner (Designated Professional Body) (Fees) Order 2008
This Order specifies the fee to be paid by the designated professional bodies to the Immigration Services Commissioner (“Commissioner”) for the purpose of meeting the costs incurred by her in discharging her functions under Part V of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999  More Info
The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Barring Procedure) Regulations 2008
These Regulations regulate aspects of the procedure to be followed by the Independent Barring Board (“IBB”) established under section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (“the Act”)  More Info
The Immigration and Nationality (Cost Recovery Fees)(Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Secretary of State specified in the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/166) (the “2008 Amendment Order”), which amends the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/807), matters in connection with immigration or nationality in respect of which she was going to charge a fee  More Info
The Social Security (National Insurance Numbers) Amendment Regulations 2008
These Regulations amend the Social Security (Crediting and Treatment of Contributions, and National Insurance Numbers) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/769) (“the 2001 Regulations”). The amendments are consequential on the coming into force of the Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3290) (“the 2007 Order”). The 2007 Order replaces the Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/755) which listed the documents required to accompany an application for a national insurance number (“NINO”) to be allocated under regulation 9(1A) of the 2001 Regulations  More Info
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972[1] (being a Minister designated for the purposes of that section in relation to rights and obligations relating to employers and employees on the transfer or merger of undertakings, businesses or parts of businesses [2]) and section 38 of the Employment Relations Act 1999[3]  More Info
Human Rights Act 1998
An Act to give further effect to rights and freedoms guaranteed under the European Convention on Human Rights; to make provision with respect to holders of certain judicial offices who become judges of the European Court of Human Rights; and for connected purposes  More Info
The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (No. 2) Regulations 2009
These Regulations, which come into force on 12th October 2009, amend the purposes for which an application for an enhanced criminal records certificate can be made under section 113B of the Police Act 1997 (“the Act”). The Regulations also prescribe the cases in which those persons making such an application may receive suitability information in respect of children (under section 113BA of the Act) or vulnerable adults (under section 113BB of the Act).  More Info
Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009
An Act to amend the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 so as to give effect to the Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 done on 8 December 2005; and to amend the United Nations Personnel Act 1997 so as to give effect to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 8 December 2005.  More Info
Local Transport Act 2008
An Act to make further provision in relation to local transport authorities, the provision and regulation of road transport services and the subsidising of passenger transport services; to amend sections 74, 75 and 79 of the Transport Act 1985; to make provision for or in relation to committees which represent the interests of users of public transport; to rename Passenger Transport Authorities as Integrated Transport Authorities and to make further provision in relation to them; to make further provision in relation to charging for the use of roads; to make provision about the meaning of “street works” and “street works licence” in Part 3 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991; to amend Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 and section 90F of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988; to make provision in relation to the acquisition, disclosure and use of information relating to vehicles registered outside the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.  More Info
The Trade Marks Rules 2008
A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the UK Intellectual Property Office, Trade Marks Law Section, Concept House, Cardiff Road, Newport NP10 8QQ and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on the OPSI website. Copies have also been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.  More Info
The Companies (Share Capital and Acquisition by Company of its Own Shares) Regulations 2009
These Regulations may be cited as the Companies (Share Capital and Acquisition by Company of its Own Shares) Regulations 2009.  More Info
The Employment Equality (Age) (Amendment) Regulations 2006
These Regulations amend the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1031) ("Age Regulations") which implement the Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27th November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (OJ L 303, 2.12.2000, p.16)  More Info
National Minimum Wage Act 1998
An Act to make provision for and in connection with a national minimum wage; to provide for the amendment of certain enactments relating to the remuneration of persons employed in agriculture; and for connected purposes  More Info
The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2007
These Regulations make further provision for the proper conduct of employment agencies and employment businesses; they increase protection for work-seekers, reduce certain regulatory burdens on employment businesses and also make minor clarifications to the 2003 Regulations  More Info
The Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2008
These Regulations amend the Police Pensions Regulations 1987, the Police Pensions (Purchase of Increased Benefits) Regulations 1987, the Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006, the Police Pensions Regulations 2006 and the Police Pension Fund Regulations 2007. These amendments make provision for such Regulations to apply to a “specified employee of SOCA”. Specified employees of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (“SOCA”) are those who immediately before joining SOCA, were serving as the Director General of the National Crime Squad, or a police member of the National Crime Squad or the National Criminal Intelligence Service  More Info
Clean Air Act 1993
An Act to consolidate the Clean Air Acts 1956 and 1968 and certain related enactments, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission  More Info
The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2008
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has also made a review as required by section 150A(1) of that Act(2) and it appeared to him that the general level of earnings was greater at the end of the period under review than it was at the beginning of the period  More Info
 
 
 
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