The Order amended existing fees in the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008 and the Magistrates’ Courts Fees Order 2008.

The Civil Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 2025, effective the day after its enactment, amends fee schedules in the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008 and the Magistrates’ Courts Fees Order 2008 for England and Wales.

Specifically, it updates fees related to ship/goods sales in the High Court's Admiralty jurisdiction and liability orders/warrants of entry in Magistrates' Courts, with each fee's value restated.

This action was undertaken with the consent of the Treasury and following parliamentary approval, in accordance with the Courts Act 2003 and the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

The regulations specified the roles of independent domestic violence, sexual violence, and stalking advocates, and mandated the Secretary of State to issue guidance on these roles.

The Victim Support (Specified Roles) Regulations 2025, enacted under the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, specify the roles of independent domestic violence advisors, independent sexual violence advisors, and independent stalking advocates.

These regulations mandate the Secretary of State to provide guidance on these roles, aiming to enhance support services for victims of crime. The regulations have a staggered implementation, with most provisions coming into force on May 9th, 2025, and one specific regulation effective February 2nd, 2026.

The legislation clarifies the responsibilities of these support roles, drawing existing legal definitions from the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.

Specific provisions of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 were brought into force on various dates in 2024 and 2025.

The Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2025 bring into force several provisions of the 2024 Act.

These include amendments to the power to alter release on license criteria for specific prisoners, changes to offences relevant to public protection decisions, and the introduction of mandatory guidance for defined victim support roles.

The regulations stipulate different commencement dates for these provisions, ranging from the day after their making to May and June 2025.

The regulations apply to England and Wales, and the Explanatory Note confirms no significant impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

The regulations amended the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 by increasing fees for welfare benefit cases, removing some fee schedules, and safeguarding pre-May 1, 2025, applications.

The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, effective May 1, 2025, amend the 2013 Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations.

The amendments increase standard fees for legal representation in welfare benefit cases and streamline the fee schedule by removing certain tables.

A saving provision ensures that these changes do not apply retroactively to applications made before May 1, 2025.

The order amended several court and tribunal fees, removing some, adding others, and adjusting existing fees to reflect cost reductions and inflation.

The Court and Tribunal Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025, effective April 8, 2025, modifies fees across various UK courts and tribunals.

The order adjusts fees in the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004, Gender Recognition (Application Fees) Order 2006, Court of Protection Fees Order 2007, Magistrates’ Courts Fees Order 2008, Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008, Family Proceedings Fees Order 2008, Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) Fees Order 2009, First-tier Tribunal (Gambling) Fees Order 2010, Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (Judicial Review) (England and Wales) Fees Order 2011, First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) Fees Order 2013, and Supreme Court Fees Order 2024.

Changes include fee reductions where service costs have fallen, removing obsolete fees, and implementing across-the-board inflationary increases.

The order also adds new fees to reflect procedural changes such as the introduction of fixed costs determinations and the express financial remedy procedure.

The Social Security Contributions (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 were amended to include statutory neonatal care pay in decisions and appeals relating to social security contributions.

These regulations, effective April 6, 2025, amend the Social Security Contributions (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 to incorporate statutory neonatal care pay into decisions and appeals processes.

The amendments are made under the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 and are a direct consequence of changes introduced by the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023.

The Lord Chancellor and Scottish Ministers concur with the regulations.

A pilot program for Part 3 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 was implemented in specified areas of England and Wales between March 11th and November 26th, 2025.

These regulations implement a pilot program for Part 3 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 in specified areas of England and Wales.

This part establishes domestic abuse protection notices and orders.

The pilot runs from March 11th to November 26th, 2025, in Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees.

Provisions are made to ensure ongoing legal effect for cases initiated before the pilot's end, and the program is assessed with an impact assessment not considered necessary at this staged rollout.

The 2025 regulations amended the 2013 Recovery of Costs regulations by increasing the daily cost amounts for detaining children on remand in various youth detention accommodations in England and Wales.

These regulations, effective April 1st, 2025, amend the 2013 Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation) Regulations to increase the daily cost reimbursement the Secretary of State receives for detaining children on remand in various youth detention facilities in England and Wales.

The amounts are raised for young offender institutions, secure training centres, and secure children's homes (including a specific amount for secure 16-19 Academies).