The Secretary of State formally corrected defined errors within the Oaklands Farm Solar Park Order 2025 concerning development consent, implementing changes via a schedule of substitutions and renumbering.

This Order, known as the Oaklands Farm Solar Park (Correction) Order 2025, formally enacts corrections to the original 2025 Development Consent Order (DCO) granted under the Planning Act 2008, following a request from the applicant.

The Order specifies these technical amendments, primarily involving the substitution of lists, numbering sequences, and minor textual variations across various articles and schedules pertaining to the solar park development, and it came into force on October 9th, 2025.

The Regulations doubled fixed penalties under certain street works regulations, modified the basis for charging for unreasonably prolonged occupation, and ring-fenced 50% of excess occupation charge proceeds for highway maintenance in England.

This statutory instrument, made under the powers of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 and the Traffic Management Act 2004, amends several pieces of legislation governing street and road works in England, with effect from January 5th, 2026.

The key changes involve doubling fixed penalty amounts for notice breaches and permit violations, extending the calculation basis for charges on unreasonably prolonged occupation, and requiring highway authorities to dedicate 50% of the net excess proceeds from occupation charges to highway maintenance.

The Order varied the Power to Award Degrees etc. (Hull College Group) Order of Council 2015 to extend the validity of Hull College Group's competence to award specified degrees until March 30, 2029.

This Order, made by the Office for Students under the powers of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, formally amends the existing 2015 Order concerning Hull College Group's power to award degrees, extending the fixed term of this competence to expire at the end of the day on March 30, 2029.

The procedure involved obtaining advice from the relevant body regarding the quality and standards of the higher education provided by the institution.

The instrument revoked the prior regulations that scheduled specific child protection reporting duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to commence on November 3rd, 2025.

These Regulations, made by the Secretary of State under the Online Safety Act 2023, revoke the Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2025, thereby preventing specific provisions of the Act that mandate certain user-to-user service providers to report child sexual abuse and exploitation content to the National Crime Agency from coming into force on their scheduled date of November 3rd, 2025; this legislative action extends across England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland and is stated not to require a full impact assessment.

The Secretary of State issued The East Yorkshire Solar Farm (Correction) Order 2025 to rectify specific textual errors within the original development consent Order dated on September 19, 2025.

This Order, officially titled The East Yorkshire Solar Farm (Correction) Order 2025, formally amends specific linguistic and structural errors found within the previous development consent approval, The East Yorkshire Solar Farm Order 2025, as granted under the Planning Act 2008; these corrections were enacted by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero following a formal request from the project applicant and come into force on September 20th, 2025.

The Order provided for the Chancel Repair (Church Commissioners’ Liability) Measure 2025 to commence operation on 1st October 2025.

This Order officially establishes the commencement date for the Chancel Repair (Church Commissioners’ Liability) Measure 2025, bringing the Measure into force, insofar as it is not already active, on 1st October 2025.

The Church Commissioners enacted this Order using powers granted under previous measures, including the Chancel Repair (Church Commissioners’ Liability) Measure 2025 and related governing legislation.

The Regulations conferred housing and regeneration functions from the HCA onto Buckinghamshire, Surrey, and Warwickshire County Councils, modifying the application of relevant 2008 Act provisions.

These Regulations formally transfer specific housing, regeneration, land acquisition, and financial assistance functions, previously held by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) under the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008, to Buckinghamshire Council, Surrey County Council, and Warwickshire County Council, enabling them to exercise these powers concurrently within their respective local government areas to meet local needs for housing, infrastructure, and community well-being.

The regulations amended the definition of 'smaller authority' in the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, raising the financial threshold to £15 million for financial years commencing on or after April 1st, 2025.

These regulations amend the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, redefining 'smaller authority' based on gross income and expenditure.

For financial years starting after April 1st, 2024, the threshold increases from £6.5 million to £15 million.

The changes aim to provide greater financial flexibility for local authorities while maintaining appropriate levels of financial scrutiny.

The regulations apply to England and Wales and were approved by both Houses of Parliament.