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This Order authorizes London Underground to construct the Bank Station Capacity Upgrade, a major infrastructure project at Bank/Monument stations in the City of London. It grants powers for compulsory purchase of land, street works, temporary traffic management, drainage connections, protective works to buildings, and related powers necessary for constructing a new passenger platform, enlarged circulating areas, and a new station entrance on Cannon Street. The Order incorporates various statutory provisions and establishes the regulatory framework for executing this transport infrastructure project.
This is project-specific infrastructure authorization, not a general regulatory burden. It enables a critical transport investment that will enhance the City of London's connectivity and capacity. The Bank Station upgrade addresses genuine capacity constraints at one of London's most important interchange hubs. Unlike EU-derived regulations that impose broad compliance burdens, this Order simply consents to a defined public works project. The compulsory purchase, street works, and traffic management powers are necessary and proportionate tools for delivering major urban infrastructure. Deleting this Order would prevent the upgrade from proceeding, harming London's economic productivity and public transport users.
This Order, effective 15th January 2016, amends the Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012 to implement caps and a temporary suspension ('pause period') on new accreditations for small-scale renewable energy installations (solar, wind, hydro, anaerobic digestion). Key changes include: introducing 'tariff periods' (quarterly intervals), a 'pause period' (15th Jan - 7th Feb 2016) blocking new accreditations, application limits per technology type, MCS certification requirements, and complex transitional provisions for installations in the pipeline. The Order governs how the Ofgem administers Feed-in Tariff payments to households and businesses generating renewable electricity.
Feed-in Tariffs are a government-mandated subsidy scheme that picks winners in the energy market, distorting investment signals and allocating capital inefficiently. This regulatory apparatus—complete with pause periods, application limits, quarterly tariff periods, and MCS certification requirements—imposes substantial administrative burden while perpetuating the fallacy that bureaucrats can engineer optimal energy outcomes. Deleting this would remove distortion from the electricity market, allow genuine cost-reflective pricing, and eliminate the wealth transfer from electricity consumers to relatively affluent households with solar panels. The retained EU-derived elements and gold-plating only compound the interventionist framework.
This Order designates specific geographic areas as 'designated assisted areas' under s.45K of the Capital Allowances Act 2001, enabling enhanced tax deductions for plant and machinery expenditure in those locations. Designations are backdated to either 1 April 2012 or 1 April 2015. The precise areas are defined by reference to memoranda of understanding between HM Treasury and responsible authorities, with maps at 1:1250 scale kept at HM Treasury for public inspection.
Capital allowances in designated assisted areas represent government picking favored geographic regions through tax policy, distorting capital allocation and creating unequal treatment between businesses based on location rather than market signals. This perpetuates the EU regional aid framework that British taxpayers should not be funding. The backdating provisions suggest retroactive subsidies rather than genuine incentive. Such spatial subsidies shift economic activity rather than create it, benefiting some businesses at others' expense. A genuinely liberal tax system would apply uniform capital allowance rules nationwide, not delegate boundary-drawing to civil servants via unpublished memoranda.
This regulation (2015 No. 1670) requires the Secretary of State to periodically review the effect of amendments to the Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) Regulations 1971. It mandates that reports be published assessing: whether regulatory objectives are being achieved, and whether they could be achieved with less regulation. First report due within one year of January 2016, subsequent reports at intervals not exceeding five years.
This is a bureaucratic review requirement that adds administrative burden with no corresponding benefit. The Secretary of State could conduct and publish such reviews voluntarily without this regulation. The obligation to review 'from time to time' is vague and essentially toothless. Most importantly, this regulation does not achieve any substantive objective—it merely creates paperwork. The substantive regulations governing blood test evidence for paternity remain in place regardless of whether reviews occur. Better Britain's mission requires deleting regulations that impose costs without justification, and this meta-regulation adds nothing to the protection of life, liberty, or commerce.
Technical amendment regulation that corrects and updates the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 by: (1) changing commencement dates from 11th January to 1st April 2016, (2) updating contract definitions to include new 2015 Duty Provider Crime Contract and 2015 Own Client Crime Contract alongside existing 2010 Standard Crime Contract, and (3) substituting definitions in the Criminal Legal Aid (Financial Resources) Regulations 2013. The regulation is machinery for administering government-funded legal aid procurement.
This is a technical correction and update to legal aid contract definitions, not a new regulatory burden. Criminal legal aid is a statutory government service requiring contractual arrangements — these definitions simply ensure the correct contracts are referenced for remuneration purposes. Deleting it would create chaos in legal aid payments and potentially leave no valid contractual framework for criminal defence services at court. The amendment actually expands contract options (adding 2015 contracts) which could improve provider participation. While legal aid itself represents government intervention, this regulation merely administers an existing policy framework.
These Regulations amend the Finance Act 1995 to liberalize alcoholic ingredients relief. They remove certain prescriptive conditions for claiming relief (omitting paragraphs a-c from s.4(3)), dramatically extend the time limit for claiming relief from one month to three years, and remove subsection 6 entirely. The relief applies when dutiable alcoholic liquor is used as an ingredient in products or converted into vinegar.
These Regulations reduce regulatory burden by extending relief time limits from 1 month to 3 years (removing arbitrary compliance friction), removing obsolete prescriptive conditions, and simplifying the regime for businesses using alcoholic ingredients in manufacturing. Deletion would restore the older, more restrictive framework, harming British manufacturers who benefit from this relief.
Amendment regulations to the 2014 Rules governing accreditation of social impact contractors for tax relief under the Social Investment Tax Relief scheme. The regulations establish criteria for social impact contracts, mandatory ongoing reporting to the Cabinet Office, requirements to remain party to at least one social impact contract at all times during accreditation, information provision obligations, and appeals procedures.
These regulations compound the fundamental flaw of the underlying Social Investment Tax Relief scheme: using tax policy to pick winners in social investment rather than allowing capital to flow freely. The accreditation regime creates barriers to entry by requiring contractors to maintain perpetual participation in government-defined 'social impact contracts' — a moving target set by ministerial discretion. The mandatory reporting requirements and discretionary information requests impose ongoing compliance costs that deter smaller operators, while the 30-day notification burden for any material change creates bureaucratic friction. The market for social finance would be better served by removing these gatekeeping requirements and allowing investors to conduct their own due diligence based on outcomes achieved, not bureaucratic compliance maintained.
Amends the Broadcasting Act 1990 to allow radio licensees (both national and local) to renew their licenses on up to two occasions instead of one, with the first renewal at 7 years and the second at 5 years.
This regulation extends radio license duration beyond previous limits, entrenching incumbent broadcasters and reducing competitive pressure. The original single renewal limitation was a reasonable competition safeguard ensuring periodic market access for new entrants. By allowing two renewals, this regulation creates a de facto monopoly preservation mechanism that protects existing licensees from competitive challenge, restricts market entry for new broadcasters, and ultimately harms consumers through reduced choice and innovation in the radio broadcasting sector.
Amends the Unauthorised Unit Trusts (Tax) Regulations 2013 to exempt exempt unauthorised unit trusts and mixed unauthorised unit trusts from the finance cost restriction rules in section 272A of ITTOIA 2005 when calculating profits from UK or overseas property businesses for income tax purposes.
Creates selective tax advantages for specific trust structures, exempting them from finance cost restrictions that apply to other property businesses. This distorts capital allocation, creates unequal treatment in the tax system, and represents the kind of politically-motivated carve-outs that enrich sophisticated investors at the expense of ordinary taxpayers. Such targeted exemptions encourage tax structuring over genuine economic activity.
This Order extends ACAS conciliation procedures to complaints under the Exclusivity Terms in Zero Hours Contracts (Redress) Regulations 2015. It adds 'z3' category to Employment Tribunals Act 1996 section 18, making these complaints subject to mandatory pre-claim conciliation, and inserts regulation 3A which pauses and extends tribunal time limits during the conciliation period (Day A when worker contacts ACAS to Day B when certificate issued, plus one month).
This regulation imposes mandatory ACAS conciliation as a precondition to tribunal access for zero hours contract complaints, adding procedural friction that delays worker remedies. The underlying Exclusivity Terms regulations restrict contractual freedom between employers and workers by banning exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts—a intervention that reduces flexibility and may discourage employers from using such contracts altogether. The conciliation extension merely compounds this by creating an additional bureaucratic hurdle. Rather than facilitating conciliation, Parliament should allow parties to voluntarily seek resolution. The core problem is that these regulations restrict legitimate contractual arrangements; deleting this Order does not restore true freedom as long as the underlying ban on exclusivity clauses remains.
This Order amends the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2015, which brings into force provisions of the Banking Reform Act 2013 relating to ring-fencing of banks. The amendment modifies the commencement of sections 30(3) and 32(2) of the 2013 Act, which insert sections 64A, 64B, 66A, and 66B into the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA). These provisions establish requirements for the governance, management, and structural separation (ring-fencing) of banking activities.
Ring-fencing forces structural separation of retail and investment banking, adding compliance costs that disadvantage UK banks relative to unencumbered competitors in New York, Singapore, and Dubai. The regulation constrains banks' ability to allocate capital efficiently across business units, reduces risk diversification, and imposes bureaucratic governance requirements (sections 64A, 64B, 66A, 66B) that benefit neither depositors nor taxpayers in proportion to their costs. While designed to address too-big-to-fail concerns, these restrictions limit competition and innovation in financial services without clear evidence of commensurate benefit.
Amends Police Pensions Regulations 1987 and Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006 to modify rules affecting widows' and surviving civil partners' pension entitlements upon remarriage, civil partnership formation, or cohabitation. Introduces a cutoff date of 1 April 2015, such that the existing restrictions (which suspend pension payments upon remarriage or cohabitation) no longer apply to new relationships beginning after that date. Contains transitional provisions protecting those already subject to the old rules before 1 April 2015.
Deletion would reinstate the prior regime where widows and surviving civil partners lose their police pension entitlements upon remarriage or cohabitation. This would directly harm bereaved families by punishing them for forming new relationships, creating perverse incentives that distort personal decisions. The amendment liberates widows from a paternalistic restriction that served no legitimate purpose beyond moral disapproval of second marriages. Since police pensions represent deferred compensation for public servants, retaining this liberalized framework prevents revert ing to a rule that directly harms specific Britons without countervailing benefit.
This Order amends the Pensions Act 2014 (Savings) Order 2015, bringing certain provisions into force on specific dates (January and April 2016) and inserting savings provisions to preserve sections 12A-12D, 50, and 87(1)(a) of the 1993 Act for salary related contracted-out schemes. These savings maintain the 'reference scheme minimum benefit' requirements and HMRC approval powers for schemes that ceased contracted-out status before the 'second abolition date', protecting members' accrued rights during the transition to the new state pension system.
This is a transitional savings instrument preserving accrued rights under legacy contracted-out occupational pension schemes. Deletion would create legal uncertainty for scheme members with rights dependent on these provisions, potentially harming individuals whose defined benefit entitlements are predicated on the statutory standards being maintained. The regulation serves a protective function during pension system reform and its removal would leave a legal vacuum where accrued rights become unenforceable.
These Regulations ( Disclosure of Exporter Information Regulations 2015) grant officers of Revenue and Customs the authority to disclose exporter information including commodity codes, goods categories, names and addresses of exporters, and export dates. They came into force the day after being made.
This regulation facilitates trade transparency rather than restricting it. Deletion would hamper the ability of businesses, researchers, and market participants to access valuable trade intelligence, increasing information asymmetry. Removing this would make Britons worse off by reducing market efficiency and the free flow of trade information that enables informed commercial decisions.