Transport Legislation
Legislative framework for transportation systems, road safety, public transport, aviation, and maritime matters.
The Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) Order 2025
The Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) Order 2025 designated the Republic of Moldova's specified driving licenses as exchangeable with UK licenses, effective July 31, 2025.
This Order, effective July 31, 2025, designates the Republic of Moldova's driving licenses as exchangeable with UK licenses under the Road Traffic Act 1988.
The order specifies that exchangeable Moldovan licenses authorize driving category B vehicles and details conditions regarding automatic transmission.
It extends to England, Wales, and Scotland, and includes a Schedule listing other countries with exchangeable licenses.
The order allows for smoother transitions for drivers and simplifies administrative processes, relying on pre-existing legal frameworks.
The Investigatory Powers (Communications Data) (Relevant Public Authorities and Designated Senior Officers) Regulations 2025
The 2025 regulations amended Schedule 4 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, modifying which public authorities could access communications data and for what purposes, adding some agencies while removing others.
These regulations amend the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, specifying which public authorities can access communications data and for what reasons.
The changes add several new authorities, like the Department for Business and Trade and the Security Industry Authority, while others, such as some ambulance services, lose this power.
The amendments also fine-tune access for existing authorities, such as the Department for Transport, by limiting access depending on the specific agency within the department.
These alterations are intended to improve the targeting of investigations while maintaining safeguards against misuse.
The Road Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025
The 2025 regulations amended Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/79, updated terminology, introduced a new Annex X for extending GB type-approvals for eCall systems, and allowed for the equivalent treatment of certain EU and GB-approved eCall components.
The Road Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 amend Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/79, updating language in Article 5 to use terms such as 'must' instead of 'shall have to'.
The regulations introduce a new Annex X outlining the procedure for extending GB type-approvals for eCall in-vehicle systems operating over circuit-switched networks.
They also allow EU-approved eCall components and separate technical units to be treated similar to GB-approved parts, enabling exemptions from some tests.
The New Heavy-Duty Vehicles (Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards) (Vocational Vehicles) Regulations 2025
Established a procedure to identify and correct misreported heavy-duty vehicles for CO2 emission performance standards calculations.
These regulations outline a procedure for identifying and correcting misreported heavy-duty vehicles regarding their CO2 emission performance standards.
The Secretary of State is empowered to notify manufacturers of misreported vehicles, allowing manufacturers one month to provide evidence.
If the vehicle was incorrectly certified as a vocational vehicle, the Secretary of State corrects the manufacturer's average specific CO2 emissions, using either provided data or, failing that, a formula detailed in the Schedule.
The regulations apply to England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland and come into effect on July 29th, 2025.
The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions Designation (No. 2) (Amendment) and the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions Designation (County of Cambridgeshire) (Huntingdonshire District) Order 2025
This Order designated Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, as a civil enforcement and special enforcement area for parking contraventions and amended the 2020 Surrey order to add previously excluded roads.
This order designates Huntingdonshire District in Cambridgeshire as a civil enforcement area and special enforcement area for parking contraventions under the Traffic Management Act 2004.
It also amends the 2020 Order to include previously excluded roads in Surrey within their civil enforcement and special enforcement areas.
The Secretary of State consulted relevant police authorities before making this order, which comes into force on July 29, 2025.
The 2025 regulations amended the 2023 Road Traffic Act 1988 (Police Driving: Prescribed Training) Regulations to clarify training provider licensing, update training standards, and revise course details.
These regulations amend the 2023 Road Traffic Act 1988 (Police Driving: Prescribed Training) Regulations.
Key changes include clarifying that the College of Policing licenses training providers in England and Wales, updating references to training standards, and making various clarificatory amendments to course details in the schedule, including omissions of some courses.
The changes aim to improve clarity, consistency, and efficiency in police driver training.
The Associated British Ports (Immingham Green Energy Terminal) (Corrections) Order 2025
The Associated British Ports (Immingham Green Energy Terminal) (Corrections) Order 2025 corrected errors in the 2025 Order concerning the Immingham Green Energy Terminal development.
This order corrects errors found in the Associated British Ports (Immingham Green Energy Terminal) Order 2025, a development consent order under the Planning Act 2008.
The Secretary of State received a request to correct the errors, which were then detailed in a schedule to amend the existing document.
The order itself is cited with an effective date and includes a signature from the relevant authority.
The corrections address issues in several articles and schedules of the 2025 order, primarily related to textual inconsistencies and numbering errors within the original order.
The Oxfordshire County Council (Didcot to Culham Thames Bridge) Scheme 2022 Confirmation Instrument 2025
The Oxfordshire County Council's scheme to construct a bridge over the River Thames between Didcot and Culham was confirmed.
This legal instrument confirms the Oxfordshire County Council's 2022 scheme to build a bridge across the River Thames between Didcot and Culham.
The bridge's design specifications, including dimensions and headway, are detailed, and the instrument cites the Highways Act 1980 as its legal basis.
The completed project's plan is available at specified locations.