Transport for London made and enacted comprehensive regulations governing the licensing, conduct, fitness, background checks, and enforcement procedures for all pedicab drivers operating in Greater London.

These Regulations, implemented by Transport for London (TfL) under the Pedicabs (London) Act 2024, establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for individuals operating pedicabs within Greater London, making a London pedicab driver's licence mandatory for all drivers and prescribing detailed application criteria covering age, physical fitness, immigration status, and mandatory testing on safety and English language proficiency (B1 level).

The rules also detail ongoing obligations, such as maintaining high-level public liability insurance, mandatory background checks via enhanced DBS certificates, adherence to TfL conditions, and specific rules regarding advertisement language, while establishing procedures for licence suspension, revocation, fixed penalties for minor infractions, and a dual-level appeal process.

The Regulations established immediate, temporary restrictions on unmanned aircraft flying below 1000 feet over a 0.5 nautical mile radius centered on Leicester due to an emergency.

These Regulations impose emergency restrictions on the flight of unmanned aircraft within a defined circular area centered on Leicester, prohibiting all flights below 1000 feet above mean sea level unless specifically directed by the Leicestershire Police; the Secretary of State implemented this restriction immediately due to a public interest matter arising from an emergency in the specified area.

The regulations established temporary emergency restrictions on flying aircraft over Brimscombe.

The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Brimscombe) (Emergency) Regulations 2025 establishes a temporary, legally enforceable restriction or prohibition on flying aircraft over a defined area known as Brimscombe, enacted under the powers granted by air navigation legislation to address an immediate emergency situation.

Emergency regulations were made that immediately prohibited unmanned aircraft from flying below 1,000 feet over the specified one-nautical-mile area centered near Prescott, Merseyside, unless directed otherwise by the Merseyside Police.

This Statutory Instrument, titled the Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Prescott, Merseyside) (Emergency) Regulations 2025, establishes an immediate, temporary ban on all unmanned aircraft flying below 1,000 feet above mean sea level within a one-nautical-mile radius centered on Prescott, Merseyside, due to an unspecified emergency deemed necessary by the Secretary of State for Transport.

The Secretary of State made and enacted emergency regulations immediately restricting low-altitude flights over Mountain Ash, allowing exceptions only for police-directed aircraft.

The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Mountain Ash) (Emergency) Regulations 2025 immediately restrict all aircraft from flying below 1,500 feet above mean sea level within a one nautical mile radius centered on Mountain Ash, as this prohibition is deemed necessary by the Secretary of State due to an emergency affecting the public interest in that area; these restrictions remain in force until the emergency subsides and permit exceptions only for aircraft operating under the direction of the South Wales Police.

The Secretary of State made an Order granting development consent for the Helios Renewable Energy Project after examination by the Examining Authority and consideration of all relevant environmental and policy matters.

The Helios Renewable Energy Project Order 2025 grants development consent under the Planning Act 2008 for the construction, operation, and decommissioning of a solar generating station and battery energy storage system in the North Yorkshire Council area, defining the scope of the authorised development, granting the undertaker powers for compulsory acquisition of land or rights, and establishing detailed preliminary provisions, street works, and specific protective requirements for various statutory undertakers including electricity, gas, water, drainage, and railway interests.

The Regulations revoked and restated previous marine equipment legislation, established new UK conformity assessment procedures utilizing approved and nominated bodies, defined economic operator obligations, and introduced enforcement measures.

These Regulations establish the framework for ensuring marine equipment placed on board UK ships complies with relevant international safety and pollution prevention standards, replacing the 2016 regulations and associated EU exit amendments; they define the roles and responsibilities of manufacturers, importers, distributors, approved bodies (for UK conformity approval), and nominated bodies (for type approval), and lay out detailed conformity assessment procedures, enforcement powers including ship detention, and consequential amendments to related maritime legislation.

The Regulations formally brought into force on January 1st, 2026, key enforcement provisions (tampering and parts suitability) and preliminary regulatory powers (term restriction, information management) from the Automated Vehicles Act 2024.

These Regulations, made by the Secretary of State under the Automated Vehicles Act 2024, specify the first set of provisions from that Act that will come into force on 1st January 2026.

Specifically, they activate sections strengthening laws against tampering with vehicle equipment (including software) and fitting unsuitable parts, and they also activate sections that grant the Secretary of State power to regulate the restriction of certain terms, the collection and protection of information, and other administrative procedures, though these latter powers are currently only active for the purpose of making subsequent regulations.