The Order amended the 2014 legislation to mandate that nationals or citizens of Nauru require a transit visa for travelling through the UK, effective December 10, 2025.

This Order, enacted under the powers of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, amends the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014 to require nationals or citizens of Nauru to obtain a transit visa when passing through the United Kingdom while remaining airside. The legislation comes into force on December 10, 2025, and includes a transitional clause exempting those who arrived on or before January 20, 2026, provided they had a booking made before the Order’s enactment.

The Regulations amended the Police Regulations 2003 by removing consultation requirements for part-time appointments, aligning probation/overtime treatment between part-time and full-time staff, and altering annual leave calculation from 'days' to flexible 'periods'.

These Regulations, made by the Secretary of State under the Police Act 1996, amend the Police Regulations 2003 concerning part-time appointments and annual leave for police officers in England and Wales.

Specifically, the changes remove the obligation for chief officers to consult local representatives when appointing part-time officers, ensure equal treatment for part-time officers regarding probation and overtime, and allow annual leave to be taken in flexible 'periods' rather than fixed 'days' or 'half days'.

The Regulations established the citation, commencement on 12th January 2026, and territorial extent for the forthcoming statutory Code of Practice governing Victim Information Requests under the relevant 2022 and 2024 Acts.

These Regulations officially bring into force on January 12th, 2026, the 'Victim Information Requests: Code of Practice,' which provides guidance for authorized persons on their statutory duties for requesting relevant victim information during crime investigations, as established by the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and amended by the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, extending the framework to England and Wales generally, and incorporating service police matters across the UK.

* The Secretary of State exercised powers under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 to define 'counselling services' relevant to information requests by law enforcement, establishing commencement and extent provisions.

These Regulations, enacted by the Secretary of State under powers granted by the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, formally define what constitutes a 'counselling service' for the purposes of restricting when authorised persons, including police bodies, can request confidential information related to those services, specifying that these services offer psychological or emotional support to improve a service user's mental health, and setting a commencement date of January 12, 2026, primarily for England and Wales.

The Regulations amended the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) Regulations 2002 and 2009 to add pedicab licensing suitability and healthcare roles within the DWP as prescribed purposes for enhanced criminal record certificates.

These Regulations, made under powers in the Police Act 1997, amend existing criminal records regulations from 2002 and 2009 to introduce two new purposes for obtaining enhanced criminal record certificates.

First, they include assessing an applicant's suitability to hold a licence under the Pedicabs (London) Act 2024.

Second, they allow for enhanced checks, including barring list checks, when assessing a registered health care professional’s suitability to work with children or vulnerable adults if they are employed or contracted by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

The Regulations prescribed a new purpose under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, allowing police disclosure of information to aid suitability assessments for child-facing roles outside the UK.

These Regulations, made under powers in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, prescribe a new purpose allowing a chief officer of police to disclose information to assist a person located outside the United Kingdom in assessing an individual's suitability for a role working with children.

The instrument cites the relevant empowering sections, states it applies to England and Wales, and sets a commencement date of 18th December 2025.

The Order formally amended the Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 2 Territories) Order 2003 by removing Hong Kong and Zimbabwe and designating Chile.

This Order, made under the Extradition Act 2003, amends the list of designated Part 2 territories by revoking the designation for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Zimbabwe due to the suspension or termination of underlying international agreements, while simultaneously adding Chile as a designated Part 2 territory following its accession to the European Convention on Extradition 1957; it also sets commencement rules and provides transitional arrangements for cases already in progress.

These Regulations partially enacted Section 20 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 on November 7, 2025, and fully enacted Sections 28, 29, and 30 on January 12, 2026.

These Regulations exercise powers under the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 to specify dates for bringing certain provisions of that Act into force, representing the eighth commencement instrument.

Specifically, Regulation 2 brings into force part of Section 20 concerning child victims of domestic abuse, requiring notification to schools starting November 7, 2025, while Regulation 3 brings into force Sections 28, 29, and 30 on January 12, 2026, relating to information requests for victims, service police information protocols, and the review of counselling information requests.