The Energy (Euratom Decisions and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2025 revoke 37 obsolete instruments, mostly related to the UK's former Euratom membership.

These regulations also revoke legacy transitional provisions concerning environmental assessments for electricity and pipeline works.

The changes simplify UK energy law, remove redundant provisions, and align the legal framework with the post-Brexit regulatory environment.

The Oil and Gas Authority (Carbon Storage) (Retention of Information and Samples) Regulations 2025, effective May 13, 2025, establish mandatory retention periods for carbon storage information and samples held by licensees.

The regulations cover various categories of information including survey, well, site, injection, production, monitoring, and installation data, specifying retention periods until a relevant event occurs or an information plan takes effect.

Similar requirements are outlined for the retention of samples, with stipulations about disposal notification and timeframes.

The regulations also address scenarios where a carbon storage license terminates, transferring responsibilities to a defined ‘responsible person’.

These regulations amend existing legislation in Northern Ireland to incorporate the latest EU ecodesign requirements for energy-related products and energy labelling.

The changes, implemented under the Windsor Framework, update the lists of products and their associated regulations, ensuring compliance with EU law.

Specific products covered include tumble dryers, space heaters, and smartphones, with staggered implementation dates.

The Hornsea Four Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2025 amends the 2023 Order to make non-material changes to bycatch reduction measures.

Specifically, it revises the definition of "the offshore compensation measures" and modifies paragraphs 10-12 of Part 3 of Schedule 16, related to guillemot compensation, by updating consultation processes, predator eradication methods, and notification requirements.

The changes were made following an application under the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011 and are effective from April 14, 2025.

This order corrects errors in the Heckington Fen Solar Park Order 2025, a development consent order under the Planning Act 2008.

The Secretary of State approved corrections based on a written request from the applicant, which were then notified to the relevant local planning authorities.

The corrections amend several sections of the original order, updating references and coordinates, particularly in Schedules 1 and 13.

The effective date is April 14, 2025.

The National Grid (Bramford to Twinstead Reinforcement) (Correction) Order 2025 rectifies errors and omissions in the 2024 Order, a development consent order under the Planning Act 2008.

The Secretary of State received a request for corrections and subsequently issued this order detailing specific textual changes across multiple articles and schedules of the 2024 Order, impacting definitions, articles defining development consent and procedures, along with specific provisions relating to the project.

The order ensures the legal framework for the project is accurate.

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 amend the 1986 Regulations to permit road use of hydrogen-fuelled agricultural vehicles, engineering plant, works trucks, and category T tractors.

The amendments introduce new safety requirements for hydrogen fuel systems, including stipulations for fuelling receptacles, pressure relief devices, leak prevention, and driver warnings.

These requirements align with UNECE regulations and aim to balance enabling the use of hydrogen technology with ensuring public and environmental safety.

The Power to Award Degrees etc. (Engineering College of Technology Limited) Order 2025 authorizes Engineering College of Technology Limited to grant taught awards up to the master's level in specified engineering and technology subjects.

The authorization, effective April 1, 2025, and expiring April 1, 2029, follows advice from the relevant body and is based on the Higher Education and Research Act 2017.

The Order lists specific subjects covered and requires that award recipients be enrolled at the college at the time of course completion.

An impact assessment was deemed unnecessary due to the lack of impact on businesses, civil society organizations, or the public sector.