The Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2025 sets annual fees for diocesan and provincial registrars in the Church of England for 2025.

It details fees payable by diocesan boards of finance and diocesan bishops/archbishops, specifying the professional services covered in Schedule 2.

The order also revokes the 2023 order and clarifies additional remuneration possibilities, travel expenses, and Value Added Tax implications.

It takes effect the day after parliamentary approval.

The Immigration, Nationality and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 increase fees for various immigration, nationality, and passport services across multiple schedules.

These amendments, effective April and May 2025, adjust numerous fees in the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018 and the Passport (Fees) Regulations 2022.

Amendments also clarify references to updated appendices within Immigration Rules.

Furthermore, regulations remove fee entries for assessment of overseas qualifications not operational from 1 May 2025.

This order, made by the UK Treasury, sets the annual chargeable amounts for the annual tax on enveloped dwellings, effective from April 1st, 2025.

The amounts are determined according to a table referencing the taxable value of the interest, and these amounts are indexed to reflect a 1.7% increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) since September 2024.

This indexation is mandated by Section 101(5) of the Finance Act 2013.

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 Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, effective April 1st, 2025, amend the 2008 regulations to increase lump sum payments for individuals with diffuse mesothelioma and their dependents by 1.7%.

The adjustments only apply to claims made on or after this date, and individuals first diagnosed on or after this date.

The increase is applied across various age brackets as outlined in the updated tables within the amendment.

The regulations extend to England, Wales, and Scotland.

A full impact assessment was deemed unnecessary due to the insignificant effect on the public, private, or voluntary sectors.

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2025 establish commencement dates for several sections of the Act.

Key provisions brought into force include sections relating to identity verification, unique identifiers for companies, and a new offence of failing to prevent fraud.

The regulations also amend previous commencement regulations and update references to commencement dates in related legislation to reflect the actual dates provisions came into force, correcting an error regarding the required publication of guidance.

The Pensions Increase (Review) Order 2025, effective April 7, 2025, increases the annual rate of public service pensions.

For pensions starting before April 8, 2024, the increase is 1.7%.

For pensions starting on or after that date, the increase is 1.7% multiplied by a fraction representing the months between the pension's start date and April 7, 2025.

Similar increases apply to lump sums.

The order outlines adjustments for guaranteed minimum pensions, reducing the increase based on their rate of payment.

This Order, effective April 1st, 2025, revokes the 2018 Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement agreement between the UK and Belarus.

The revocation applies to income tax, capital gains tax, corporation tax, and comparable Belarusian taxes, impacting tax years 2025-26 onward for income tax and capital gains tax, and financial years beginning April 1st, 2025, onward for corporation tax.

The stated reason for the revocation is not detailed in the Order itself.