The Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2025 amended the Parole Board Rules 2019 to define 'victim', delegate specific functions, establish new rules for victim observation, detail Special Advocate functions regarding withheld material, and set procedures for High Court referrals.

The Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2025 primarily amend the Parole Board Rules 2019 to integrate definitions related to victims from the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, clarify delegation of functions, refine procedures for managing withheld evidence involving Special Advocates, establish new requirements for victim observation of hearings, and set out the process for referring release decisions to the High Court as enabled by recent legislation.

These rules govern how the Parole Board conducts its hearings and determinations concerning prisoner release and licence revocation in England and Wales.

The Rules amended Part 77 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 to introduce procedures for High Court review of referred Parole Board release decisions under specific statutory powers and established protocols for managing non-disclosure applications within these proceedings.

The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2025, enacted by the Civil Procedure Rule Committee, bring into force amendments to Part 77 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998, effective December 31, 2025.

These rules establish the specific civil procedure, including defining the parties and processes for evidence submission and service, to handle cases where the Secretary of State directs the High Court to review a Parole Board decision regarding a prisoner's release.

Furthermore, the amendments detail the application process for non-disclosure of sensitive material during these proceedings, including the appointment and duties of Special Advocates.

The Secretary of State for Transport confirmed the Borough Council of Calderdale's scheme to construct a pedestrian and cycle bridge over the Calder and Hebble Navigation as part of the Elland Station and West Vale Access Package.

The Secretary of State for Transport confirms the Borough Council of Calderdale’s Scheme, enacted under the Highways Act 1980, which authorizes the construction of a multi-span bridge over the Calder and Hebble Navigation.

This bridge is a component of the Elland Station and West Vale Access Package, intended to provide essential pedestrian and cycle access to the proposed Elland Rail Station from the north bank, while ensuring navigational requirements of the waterway are met.

These Regulations amended previous commencement instruments to extend the pilot operation of Part 3 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 until March 31, 2026, and clarified the associated saving provisions for ongoing legal cases involving DAPOs and DAPNs.

These Regulations amend three previous Statutory Instruments to postpone the end date of the pilot commencement of Part 3 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021—which covers Domestic Abuse Protection Notices (DAPNs) and Domestic Abuse Protection Orders (DAPOs)—from November 2025 to March 31, 2026, for specified areas in England and Wales.

Furthermore, the regulations revise the 'saving provisions' within the commencement instrument for Part 3 to detail precisely how ongoing legal proceedings related to DAPNs and DAPOs (including applications, appeals, and enforcement) will be handled after the pilot period ends, ensuring continuous protection measures are in place.

The Regulations mandated risk assessments, required public bodies to implement reasonable steps to address identified modern slavery risks in NHS procurements, and delegated guidance creation to NHS England.

These Regulations mandate that public bodies must assess the modern slavery risk associated with procuring goods or services for the health service in England, requiring them to take reasonable, proportionate steps to address or eliminate those risks during procurement design, contract management, and throughout the lifecycle of framework agreements and dynamic markets, with guidance to be issued by NHS England.

The Regulations prescribed the top five tiers of the men’s English football pyramid as 'specified competitions' for the Football Governance Act 2025.

These Regulations, made under the Football Governance Act 2025, officially designate the top five tiers of the men's English football pyramid—the Premier League, the Championship, League One, League Two, and the Premier Division of the National League—as 'specified competitions' to which the Act's provisions apply, effective from November 24, 2025, and extending to England and Wales.

The Regulations formally commenced most of Part 2 of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, establishing the framework for digital verification services, effective 1st December 2025.

These Regulations officially bring into force key provisions of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 related to digital verification services across the United Kingdom, setting the commencement date for most of Part 2, excluding sections 45 to 48 which cover public authority information sharing, to 1st December 2025, exercising powers granted under section 142(1) of the same Act.

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.