Amended insolvency procedures by removing fax filing, increasing London bankruptcy petition limits, and updating judicial terminology.

These Rules amend the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 to modernize court procedures and administrative requirements for corporate and personal insolvency.

The instrument removes fax as a permitted method of document delivery, simplifies electronic filing requirements to a single copy, and replaces the term 'registrar' with 'judge' across various procedural categories.

It also increases the financial threshold for presenting bankruptcy petitions in the London Insolvency District from £50,000 to £500,000 and clarifies the approval process for insolvency practitioners seeking to exceed their original fee estimates.

These changes apply to insolvency practitioners, the courts, the Insolvency Service, and parties involved in insolvency proceedings in England and Wales.

A formal correction was issued in May 2026 for the 2026 Regulations concerning fees for registration of births, deaths, marriages, and civil partnerships in England and Wales, adding a regulation note and correcting a row reference in the Schedule.

This document, identified as a Statutory Instrument Correction from May 2026, amends The Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Fees) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 for England and Wales.

The correction specifically mandates the insertion of a shoulder note identifying 'Regulation 5' on page 3 of the Schedule and corrects a typographical error where 'row 1' must now read 'row 11' in paragraph 1(12) of that Schedule.

The legal instrument corrected specified technical errors and omissions within the associated A46 Coventry Junctions (Walsgrave) Development Consent Order 2026 following a formal request.

This Statutory Instrument, the A46 Coventry Junctions (Walsgrave) Development Consent (Correction) Order 2026, formally amends the original 2026 Development Consent Order concerning the A46 Coventry Junctions project by correcting specific errors and omissions identified in the primary order, as authorized under the Planning Act 2008, with corrections detailed in the accompanying Schedule relating to interpretations, limits of deviation, street stopping up, and various works plans.

The regulations applied existing behaviour improvement powers under Section 29A of the 2002 Act and related 2010 Regulations to Academies and Pupil Referral Units in England, mandated specific review timings for pre-existing pupil requirements, and corrected references to Educational, Health and Care (EHC) plans in subordinate legislation.

These Regulations, legally enacted in May 2026 and commencing in July 2026, extend the powers outlined in Section 29A of the Education Act 2002, which govern educational provision aimed at improving pupil behaviour, to cover Academy schools and Pupil Referral Units across England, while also making several minor legislative corrections to related educational and health/social care continuity regulations, specifically updating obsolete terminology related to special educational needs.

Activated legal provisions allowing schools to access social security data to verify free school meal eligibility starting June 2026.

These regulations bring section 33 of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 into force on 1 June 2026 for England.

This legal change authorizes the Department for Education and other government departments to share social security, asylum support, and tax credit information with schools and local authorities.

The primary purpose of this information sharing is to verify eligibility for free school meals and to calculate financial assistance linked to child welfare and educational provision.

The Armed Forces (Pension and Compensation on Termination of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 amended the existing UK regulations governing pensions and compensation upon service termination for Armed Forces personnel.

These 2022 Regulations amend the principal Regulations concerning pensions and compensation payable to members of the Armed Forces upon the termination of their service, detailing specific changes to the existing legal framework governing these payments.

Added hantavirus disease and its associated syndromes to the statutory list of notifiable diseases in England.

These Regulations amend the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010 to include hantavirus disease in the list of notifiable diseases in England.

This addition requires registered medical practitioners to notify the relevant local authority if they suspect a patient is suffering from hantavirus disease, including hantavirus pulmonary syndrome or haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.

The duty also extends to operators of diagnostic laboratories who identify evidence of the causative agent in human samples.

Amended NHS GP contracts to remove online consultation limits and mandate electronic registration and screening data sharing.

These Regulations amend the standard contracts for General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services in England to modify how patients interact with GP practices and pharmacies.

The instrument directs GP contractors to stop limiting online consultation requests during core hours, requires them to provide next-day responses for non-urgent matters, and mandates cooperation with the national Lung Cancer Screening Programme.

It applies to all NHS GP contractors and NHS England, establishing new duties for data sharing, staff survey participation, and the use of digital registration tools.