These Regulations amend the Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005 (“the principal Regulations”) to implement Commission Directive (EU) 2016/1214 (“the 2016 Directive”) which amends Directive 2005/62/EC which contains technical requirements relating to blood establishments.
Link: The Blood Safety and Quality (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk
Link: The Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk
Regulation 2 of these Regulations provides for an increase of approximately 20% for all existing fees to be paid to local planning authorities in respect of applications, deemed applications, requests or site visits in respect of which a fee is payable under the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2920), “the 2012 Regulations”. The increase was offered by Government to all local planning authorities in Command Paper 9352 (paragraph 2.15) if they agreed that the additional money would be re-invested within their planning department. All local planning authorities accepted the offer.
Link: The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk
These Regulations prohibit the use of microbeads as an ingredient in the manufacture of rinse-off personal care products and the sale of any such products containing microbeads (regulation 3). Breach of these prohibitions is an offence (regulation 3). (Definitions of “microbead” and “rinse-off personal care product” are contained in regulation 2.) The prohibition on the manufacture of such products comes into force 21 days after these Regulations are made and the prohibition on the sale of any such products comes into force 6 months after the day on which these Regulations are made.
Link: The Environmental Protection (Microbeads) (England) Regulations 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk
This Order designates certain primary schools, in England, as rural primary schools for the purpose for section 15 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006. It also revokes the Designation of Rural Primary Schools (England) Order 2016.
Link: The Designation of Rural Primary Schools (England) Order 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk
This Order makes changes to electoral arrangements for the district of East Devon following recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. The area of the district remains unchanged. The changes made by this Order apply in respect of local government elections held on and after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2019.
Link: The East Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk
This Order amends the orders which provide for the enforcement of trade restrictions against Syria and Libya. The amendments update the orders, taking account of recent changes made to the EU Regulations imposing the restrictions. The Regulations are Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 of 18 January 2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (OJ No L 16, 19.1.2012, p.1) (“the Syria Regulation”), as last amended by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2017/1751 (OJ No L 246, 26.9.2017, p.1); and Council Regulation (EU) No 2016/44 of 18 January 2016 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya and repealing Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 (OJ No L 12, 19.1.2016, p.1) (“the Libya Regulation”), as last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2017/1974 of 30 October 2017 (OJ No L 281, 31.10.2017, p.27).
Link: The Export Control (Syria and Libya Sanctions) (Amendment) Order 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk
This Order amends the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1984), the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1995) and the Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/382) (“the Orders”) to make changes to the manner in which a local housing allowance is determined.
Link: The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk
The Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008 make provision about the cremation and incineration of human remains.
Link: The Cremation (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk
These Regulations make amendments to the following subordinate criminal legal aid legislation made under Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c.10) (“the Act”): (i) the Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/9) (the “General Regulations”); (ii) the Criminal Legal Aid (Financial Resources) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/471) (the “Financial Resources Regulations”); and (iii) the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations (S.I. 2013/435) (the “Remuneration Regulations”). The amendments made by these Regulations expand the scope of criminal legal aid to include (i) advice and assistance regarding reviews of a prisoner’s classification as a Category A Prisoner (a “Category A Prisoner” being a prisoner whose escape would be highly dangerous to the public, the police or national security, and for whom the aim is to make escape impossible); (ii) advice and assistance regarding directions as to a prisoner’s placement in a close supervision centre of a prison; (iii) advice and assistance regarding directions as to a prisoner’s placement in a separation centre within a prison; and (iv) all proceedings before the Parole Board.
Link: The Criminal Legal Aid (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk
