Category: legislation
Solicitors and others remain divided over desirability of the government’s civil justice reforms – Law Society’s Gazette
“In The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, the government conceded remarkably little following extensive – though hardly protracted – periods of consultation.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Police bail debate raises legal eyebrows – The Guardian
“The supreme court seemed to be exercising powers it does not have when it offered to consider suspending the bail ruling”
The Guardian, 6th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Supreme court dismisses police bail ruling appeal – The Guardian
“The supreme court has dismissed an application from the police to suspend a ruling that triggered a bail crisis, leaving the legal position of 85,000 suspects in doubt.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Strasbourg ruling may change UK’s responsibilities under the Human Rights Act – The Guardian
“The Human Rights Act applies in the UK. That much is clear. Whether it applies outside of UK territory is a whole other question, and one for which we may have a new answer when the grand chamber of the European court of human rights (ECtHR) gives judgment in the case of Al-Skeini and others v the United Kingdom & Al-Jedda v the United Kingdom this week.”
The Guardian, 4th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2011
The Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (Section 684(3A)) Order 2011
The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2011
The Finance Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Emergency law to overturn court ruling on police bail – The Guardian
“Emergency legislation is to be introduced to overturn a court ruling that has severely restricted police powers to detain suspects for questioning and plunged police bail laws into chaos.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Right to self-defence in homes to be ‘much clearer’ – BBC News
“Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has said a householder who knifes a burglar will not have committed a criminal offence under plans to clarify the law on self-defence in England.”
BBC News, 29th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court ruling on bail ‘a disaster’, say police – The Guardian
“The home secretary, Theresa May, is considering whether emergency legislation to stem growing concern among senior police officers over their ability to hold suspects is needed in the wake of a court ruling.”
The Guardian, 29th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instrument – legislation.gov.uk
The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2011
The Social Security (Exemption from Claiming Retirement Pension) Regulations 2011
The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2011
The Social Security (Exemption from Claiming Retirement Pension) Regulations 2011
The Water Industry (Schemes for Adoption of Private Sewers) Regulations 2011
The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Contracting Out (Local Authorities Social Services Functions) (England) Order 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Wireless Telegraphy (Mobile Spectrum Trading) Regulations 2011
The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa)(Amendment) Order 2011
The NHS Foundation Trusts and Primary Care Trusts (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 2011
The Care Quality Commission (Additional Functions) Regulations 2011
The African Development Bank (Further Payments to Capital Stock) Order 2011
The African Development Fund (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2011
The Lowestoft (Pilotage) Harbour Revision Order 1988
The African Development Bank (Twelfth Replenishment of the African Development Fund) Order 2011
The Weights and Measures (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1988
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances) Regulations 2011
The Assured Tenancies (Amendment of Rental Threshold) (Wales) Order 2011
The Energy Information Regulations 2011
The Armed Forces (Terms of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Distress for Rent (Amendment) Rules 2011
The Wireless Telegraphy (Register) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2011
The Wireless Telegraphy (Mobile Spectrum Trading) Regulations 2011
The Food Additives (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Shropshire Community Health National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2011
The Nottinghamshire Healthcare National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2011
The Plastic Kitchenware (Conditions on Imports from China) (England) Regulations 2011
The Building (Amendment) Regulations 2011
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Nitrous Oxide) Regulations 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation of Directives) (England and Wales) Order 2011
The Media Ownership (Radio and Cross-media) Order 2011
The Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Fees and Amendment) (England) Order 2011
The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Termination of Licences) Regulations 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The Overseas Territories (Change of Name) Order 2011
The Overseas Territories (Change of Name) (No. 2) Order 2011
The Overseas Territories (Change of Name) (No. 3) Order 2011
The Overseas Territories (Change of Name) (No. 4) Order 2011
The Overseas Territories (Change of Name) (No. 5) Order 2011
The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 2011
The South East Lincolnshire Joint Strategic Planning Committee Order 2011
The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration Data Schemes) Regulations 2011
The Immigration (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2011
The Electoral Registration Data Schemes Order 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
