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Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018

Reference
SI 2018/24
Effective
6 April 2020

The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 entitles parents who lose a child under the age of 18 to two weeks' paid leave.

Coronavirus Act 2020

Reference
Chapter 7
Effective
26 March 2020 and on such dates as the Secretary of State will announce by future regulations

This Act introduces emergency powers to tackle the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. It gives powers and tools to the agencies and services involved in dealing with the virus including schools, hospitals and the police.

Government Consultations

CQC Strategy 2021: The World of Health and Social Care is Changing. So Are We.

Starting date
7 January 2021
Closing date
4 March 2021

This consultation is about the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC’s) new strategy and ambitions for 2021 and beyond.

Older Legislation in Force

European Union (Withdrawal) (No 2) Act 2019

Reference
Chapter 26
Effective
9 September 2019

This Act, promoted by MPs Hilary Benn and Alistair Burt, is intended to avoid (or at least delay) the UK’s departure from the EU in the absence of a ratified withdrawal agreement.

Data Protection Act 2018

Reference
Chapter 12
Effective
25 May 2018

The Data Protection Act 2018 aims to modernise data protection laws in the UK to make them fit for purpose for an increasingly digital economy and society.

General Data Protection Regulation

Effective
25 May 2018

The General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679 EU) (GDPR) replaces the Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC).

The Data Protection (Charges and Information) Regulations 2018

Effective
25 May 2018

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force on 25 May 2018.

Regulations to protect whistleblowers applying for NHS jobs

Reference
2018 No. 579
Effective
23 May 2018

The Employment Rights Act 1996 (NHS Recruitment — Protected Disclosure) Regulations 2018 prohibit an NHS employer from discriminating against an applicant because it appears that the applicant has made a protected disclosure.

Increase in state pension age

Effective
2018–2028

The Government plans to increase the state pension age.

Increase to statutory sick pay

Reference
Statutory sick pay
Effective
6 April 2017

The Government has announced that statutory sick pay will increase from £88.45 to £89.35.

Increases to statutory maternity pay and other types of pay

Reference
Statutory maternity pay
Effective
2 April 2017

The Government has announced increases in the weekly rates for statutory maternity pay and other types of pay from 2 April 2017.

National Minimum Wage increases from April 2017

Effective
1 April 2017

The Government is aligning the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) so that both increase in April from 2017 onwards.

Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017

Reference
2017 No. 353
Effective
31 March 2017

These regulations are one of two statutory instruments that require employers to report on gender pay gaps in their organisations.

Trade Union Act 2016

Effective
4 May 2016

This Act amends the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation Act) Act 1992.

Pensions Act 2014

Effective
14 May 2014 and 6 April 2016

This Act creates a new single-tier state pension for people reaching pension age on or after 6 April 2016. A person entitled to the full state pension will receive a single weekly rate as set out in the regulations. This will replace the current state pension, which is made up of a basic and additional state pension.

Shared Parental Leave — Children and Families Act 2014

Effective
1 October 2014 and 5 April 2015

The Government’s proposals for introducing shared parental leave have been incorporated into the Children and Families Act 2014.

Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Effective
1 April 2015

The CQC has published the response to its Display of Ratings and Minor Amendments to Guidance for Providers consultation

Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014

Effective
October 2014 (NHS Trusts, Foundation Trusts, special health authorities); April 2015 (all other providers)

These regulations have been laid by the Department of Health under provisions of the Health and Social Care Act 2008, and fulfil the Government’s commitment to incorporate fundamental standards into the requirements for registering with the CQC.

Fitness to Practise Rules and Education, Registration and Registration Appeals Rules — approved legislation amendments

Reference
2015 No. 52
Effective
9 March 2015

The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) has sanctioned the proposed changes to its Fitness to Practise (FtP) Rules, and Education, Registration and Registration Appeals Rules.

Regulations on shared parental leave and pay

Effective
1 October 2014 and 1 December 2014

The Government has published thirteen sets of regulations that will bring the new shared parental leave and pay system into effect. The Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014 have been published in their final form, the rest of the regulations are currently in draft.

Revalidation for Nurses and Midwives

Effective
Revised Code comes into effect 1 April 2016.

The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) has proposed the development and implementation of an effective system of revalidation for nurses and midwives.

Flexible Working Regulations 2014

Reference
2014 No. 1398
Effective
30 June 2014

These Regulations introduce measures, set out in the Children and Families Act 2014, to extend the right to request flexible working to all employees and to replace the statutory procedure for considering requests with a duty to consider requests.

Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) (Codes of Practice and Amendment) Order 2014

Reference
2014 No. 1183
Effective
16 May 2014

This Order changes the Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) Order 2007 to amend the provisions of the civil penalty scheme to prevent illegal migrants working in the UK.

Care Act 2014

Reference
HL Bill 001 2013–14
Effective
Received Royal Assent on 14 May 2014 and is now law. Provisions to come into force in April 2015 and April 2016, in an order to be specified by the Health Secretary

The Care Act introduces legislation to provide support to people who have care requirements, and support for their carers. It also makes provision about safeguarding adults from abuse or neglect, and provision about care standards, and it establishes and makes provisions about Health Education England and the Health Research Authority.

Financial penalties for employers that breach employment rights

Effective
6 April 2014

Penalties of between £100 and £5000 may be imposed on an employer found to have breached any of the worker’s rights to which the claim relates where the employer’s behaviour in committing the breach had one or more “aggravating features”, eg the breach was deliberate or repeated.

Increase to Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay and Additional Statutory Paternity Pay from 6 April 2014

Effective
6 April 2014

Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay and Additional Statutory Paternity Pay increased from a weekly rate of £136.78 to £138.18 on 6 April 2014

Increase to Statutory Sick Pay from 6 April 2014

Effective
6 April 2014

Under the Welfare Benefits Up-rating Order 2014 the weekly rate for Statutory Sick Pay increased from £86.70 to £87.55 from 6 April 2014.

Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2014

Reference
2014 No. 382
Effective
6 April 2014

The increases to tribunal award limits from 6 April 2014 are set out in the Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2014.

Repeal of statutory questionnaire procedure

Reference
2014 No. 416 (C. 17)
Effective
6 April 2014

The Government has abolished the statutory questionnaire procedure (s.138 of the Equality Act 2010) that helps people to assess whether the treatment they have received from their employers amounts to unlawful discrimination.

Employment Tribunals (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2014

Effective
6 April 2014

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 amended the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 to introduce a requirement for prospective claimants to contact Acas before they are able to present a claim in the Employment Tribunal. Acas will then attempt to resolve the dispute in a process called early conciliation.

Immigration (Employment of Adults Subject to Immigration Control) (Maximum Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2014

Effective
6 April 2014

This Order prescribes £20,000 as the maximum penalty that the Secretary of State may require an employer to pay for employing an illegal migrant worker.

Regulation freeze extended to more small businesses

Effective
31 March 2014

For regulations that come into force after 31 March 2014, a new Small and Micro Business Assessment (SMBA) will extend the freeze to businesses with fewer than 50 employees.

Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Effective
31 January 2014

Following its consultation on changes to the Transfer of Undertakings and Protection of Employment Regulations 2006 (TUPE 2006), the Government has amended TUPE 2006. The Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (TUPE 2014) came into force on 31 January 2014. Changes to the Northern Ireland Regulation will be effective later in 2014.

Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

Reference
SI 2012 No. 1513
Effective
1 October 2013

This Instrument makes a series of amendments to the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010, changing the scope of activities regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), making some technical amendments and providing clarification.

Repeal of third-party harassment provisions in Equality Act 2010

Effective
1 October 2013

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 repeals in the Equality Act 2010 the provision which makes employers liable for repeated harassment of an employee by third parties over whom the employer does not have direct control, such as customers or clients.

National Minimum Wage effective from October 2013

Effective
1 October 2013

The National Minimum Wage rates that apply from 1 October 2013 are as follows.

Settlement agreements and negotiations — changes to the law

Effective
29 July 2013

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 renames compromise agreements as settlement agreements and makes offers of settlement inadmissible in unfair dismissal cases.

Introduction of fees in employment tribunals

Effective
29 July 2013

The Government has introduced fees for employment tribunals from 29 July 2013.

Change in the unfair dismissal compensatory cap

Effective
29 July 2013

Following its consultation on ending the employment relationship, the Government decided to introduce a 12 months’ pay cap on the compensatory award for unfair dismissal.

Removal of the qualifying period for dismissal for political opinion

Effective
25 June 2013

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 amended the Employment Rights Act 1996 to remove the requirement for a qualifying period of service to bring an unfair dismissal claim where the reason for the dismissal was the political opinion or affiliations of the employee, from 25 June 2013. Normally, a two-year qualifying period is now needed to bring an unfair dismissal claim.

Whistleblowing changes

Effective
25 June 2013

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 amends the Employment Rights Act 1996 to ensure that individuals only make whistleblowing claims on matters of public interest from 25 June 2013.

DBS “Update Service”

Effective
17 June 2013

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) introduced a new Update Service on 17 June 2013 that allows employers to carry out status checks on an individual’s DBS certificate, rather than having to apply for a certificate from scratch.

Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013

Effective
11 May 2013

These regulations impose duties on employers in the healthcare sector to protect employees from injuries caused by medical sharps, implementing Directive 2010/32/EU.

Employers must no longer consider old and minor criminal offences

Effective
29 April 2013

Employers can now only ask potential employees to provide details of convictions and cautions that the employer is legally entitled to know. If an employer takes into account a conviction or caution that is not disclosed on the certificate, they are acting unlawfully under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

Reference
2013 No.521
Effective
6 April 2013 and 6 April 2014

These Regulations amend the Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations (SI 2003/2682) (the 2003 Regulations) as necessary for the operation of HMRC’s Real Time Information programme (RTI) for the majority of employers from April 2013. For example, the amendments allow employers, in specific circumstances, to submit a return up to seven days after the payment is made to the employee. New reporting requirements have also been introduced.

Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment and Application of Schedule 38 to the Finance Act 2012) Regulations 2013

Reference
2013 No.622
Effective
6 April 2013 and 6 April 2014

The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment and Application of Schedule 38 to the Finance Act 2012) Regulations 2013 is a combined Statutory Instrument, which amended the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 (SI 2001 No. 1004) (“the SSCR 2001”) and brought into force certain parts of Schedule 38 to the Finance Act 2012.

Increase to Statutory Sick Pay

Effective
6 April 2013

The weekly rate for Statutory Sick Pay increased from £85.85 to £86.70 from April 2013.

Controlled Drugs (Supervision of Management and Use) Regulations 2013

Reference
(SI (2013/373)
Effective
1 April 2013

These regulations carry forward a number of measures originally set out in the Controlled Drugs (Supervision of Management and Use) Regulations 2006. The 2006 regulations were originally introduced as part of the then-Government’s response to the Shipman Inquiry’s Fourth Report in 2004. They are revoked by the new regulations.

Care Quality Commission (Registration) and (Additional Functions) and Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

Reference
SI 2012 No. 921
Effective
1 April 2013

This Instrument makes a series of amendments to the Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009, and a single amendment to both the Care Quality Commission (Additional Functions) Regulations 2011 and the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010.

Welfare Reform Act 2012

Effective
On Royal Assent; two months after Royal Assent; and by Commencement Orders

The Welfare Reform Act 2012 outlines the changes proposed by the Government to ensure people in work are better off than the unemployed.

Parental Leave (EU Directive) Regulations 2013

Effective
8 March 2013

These regulations make two amendments to legislation in Great Britain in order to implement the Parental Leave Directive (2010/18/EU).

Protection of Workers Bill

Effective
Second reading in Parliament due 1 March 2013

This Bill aims to protect workers from violence at work.

Corporate Accountability and Safeguarding of Adults from Abuse and Neglect Bill 2012–13

Effective
Introduced to Parliament 16 January 2013

Former care services minister Paul Burstow presented new legislation in the Commons on 16 January 2013 to hold companies criminally accountable for abuse and neglect in care settings.

Building (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Reference
SR 2012/375
Effective
31 October 2012

The Building (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 have been issued.

National Minimum Wage increases from October 2012

Effective
1 October 2012

There have been changes to some National Minimum Wage rates since 1 October 2012

Pensions Automatic Enrolment: Employers’ Duties

Effective
1 June 2012, 1 July 2012 and 1 October 2012

The Government has introduced four statutory instruments setting out the practical arrangements employers must make to automatically enrol eligible jobholders into a pension scheme.

Protection of Freedoms Act 2012

Effective
22 September 2012

The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 includes a wide range of measures including legislative changes that amend the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 and the Police Act 1997 Regulations, on which the CRB (now DBS) checking service is based.

Changes to criminal record disclosures and barring

Effective
10 September 2012

The Government has scaled back the criminal records and barring systems to ensure fair and proportionate regulation of those who want to work with vulnerable groups. The changes are included in the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, which received Royal Assent in May 2012.

Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

Effective
1 July 2012

These amendment regulations amend the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) Regulations 2010 with regard to:

Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2012

Reference
2012 No. 1506
Effective
15 June 2012

This instrument sets out revised rates for the 2012/13 tax year for the automatic enrolment and re-enrolment earnings trigger and the qualifying earnings band. These rates were set initially in the Pensions Act 2008 with a requirement to review them every tax year.

Automatic Enrolment (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2012

Reference
2012 No.215
Effective
1 June 2012

These Regulations amend the Employers’ Duties (Implementation) Regulations 2010, the Employers’ Duties (Registration and Compliance) Regulations 2010 and the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) Regulations 2010.

Care Quality Commission (Registration and Membership) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

Reference
SI 2012 No. 1186
Effective
1 June 2012

This instrument makes amendments to the Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009 and to the Care Quality Commission (Membership) Regulations 2008.

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 2) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2012

Reference
SI 2012 No 973
Effective
23 April 2012

On 23 April 2012 changes to the nurse and pharmacist independent prescribing of controlled drugs in England, Scotland and Wales came into effect. Northern Ireland's Misuse of Drugs Regulations were published on 10 May.

Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

Reference
2012 No.822
Effective
6 April 2012

From 6 October 2013, all employers are expected tell HMRC about PAYE payments and deductions (tax, NICs, Student Loan repayments, etc) at the time they pay their employees, rather than at the end of the year as happens now. This is known as real time information (RTI).

Health and Social Care Act 2012

Effective
Progressing through Parliament

The Health and Social Care Bill gained Royal Assent on 27 March to become the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The provisions of the Act will come into force on a day specified in an order made by the Secretary of State for Health, with the exception of the provisions that came into force by Royal Assent on 27 March and ss.35–37 in relation to Wales, which will be commenced by order made by the Welsh Ministers.

Pensions Act 2011

Effective
3 November 2011

The Pensions Act 2011 introduces numerous changes, such as the increase of the State Pension Age to 66 for both men and women, the CPI, rather than RPI, is now used as the basis for statutory increases in occupational pension payments and payments from the Pension Protection Fund, and much more.

National Minimum Wage increases from October 2011

Effective
1 October 2011

The Government has announced that the National Minimum Wage rates will increase from 1 October 2011.

Agency Workers Regulations 2010

Reference
2010 No. 93
Effective
1 October 2011

These regulations will give agency workers the right to equal treatment with permanent staff on pay, holidays and other basic conditions after 12 weeks in a job.

Change to NMW Regulations: Employed Students and the Accommodation Offset

Effective
1 October 2011

The national minimum wage (NMW) rules allow employers who provide accommodation for workers to count it as a benefit in kind towards payment of the NMW, up to a specified daily limit. Between January and April 2011 the Government consulted on whether to change the NMW rules on employer-provided accommodation in relation to students who work part-time for their educational institution.

Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011

Effective
10 September 2011

The Equality Duty consists of a general duty and specific duties. The general duty applies throughout Great Britain both to public bodies and to any other organisation when it is carrying out a public function. The specific duties only apply to public bodies and are designed to help them meet the general duty. Specific duties differ between England, Scotland and Wales. (The provisions of the Equality Act 2010 do not apply to Northern Ireland.)

Agency Workers (Amendment) Regulations 2011

Reference
2011 No. 1941
Effective
1 September 2011

These Regulations amend the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 to correct drafting errors in regulations 3, 10 and 14 and Schedule 2. The errors in the regulations concern the meaning of agency worker, the provisions concerning permanent contracts providing for pay between assignments, and the liability of the temporary work agency and hirer. The error in the Schedule is a numbering error.

Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2011

Reference
2011 No. 729
Effective
6 April 2011

The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/729) implement the changes to the taxation of post-termination payments that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) announced at the end of 2010.

Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011

Reference
SI 2011/988
Effective
29 March 2011

These regulations transpose, for England and Wales, Directive 2008/98/EC on waste.

Equality Act 2010

Reference
Chapter 15
Effective
1 October 2010

The Equality Act 2010 imposes a duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled persons to facilitate access to education, employment, housing, goods and services like shops, banks, cinemas, hospitals, council offices, leisure centres, associations and private clubs like the Scouts and Guides, private golf clubs and working men clubs.

Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2010

Reference
SI 2010/1736
Effective
5 July 2010

The Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2010 has been issued.

Normal minimum pension age to rise

Effective
6 April 2010

Under the Finance Act 2004, the “normal minimum pension age” will increase from 50 to 55 from 6 April 2010. The normal minimum pension age is the age at which people can start receiving money from their occupational or personal pension schemes without paying extra tax.

Additional Paternity Leave Regulations 2010

Effective
6 April 2010

These Regulations introduce a new entitlement for employees who are fathers or partners of mothers or adopters (of either sex) to take additional paternity leave in the first year of their child’s life or the first year after the child’s placement for adoption. The provisions have effect in relation to children whose expected week of birth, or notification of being matched for adoption, begins on or after 3 April 2011. However, employees are protected against detriment or dismissal attributable to the fact they took or sought to take such leave from 6 April 2010.

Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (General) Regulations 2010

Effective
6 April 2010

These Regulations introduce a new entitlement for employees who are fathers or who are the partners of mothers or adopters to receive additional statutory paternity pay from their employers. The Regulations apply to children born or matched for adoption on or after 3 April 2011.

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009

Effective
6 April 2010

The right to request time to train will be phased in. It will be made available to employees in large businesses with more than 250 employees from April 2010 and extended to all employees from April 2011. The right to an apprenticeship is expected to come into force in 2013.

Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Reference
No./Reference: 2010 No. 137
Effective
6 April 2010

These Regulations change the format and content of medical statements so they provide information that might help a patient return to work sooner.

Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2010

Effective
4 April 2010

New rates for Statutory maternity pay (SMP), statutory adoption pay (SAP) and statutory paternity pay (SPP) come into effect on Sunday 4 April 2010.

Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010

Effective
1 April 2010

These Regulations may be cited as the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010 and came into force on 1 April 2010.

National Health Service (Primary Medical Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010

Effective
1 April 2010

These amend the PMS Regulations and the GMS Regulations. Section 6 (relevant to GMS) and section 10 (relevant to PMS) apply to practices which use non-geographical numbers (ie any numbers that don't start with 01 or 02) to deal within incoming calls from patients.

Medical Devices (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Effective
21 March 2010

The 2008 Regulations amend the 2002 Regulations to update the definitions of a medical device, a custom-made device, intended purpose of a device, authorised representatives and clinical data and make provisions concerning the supply of information to patients.

Data Protection (Notification and Notification Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Reference
SI 2009/1677
Effective
1 October 2009

Organisations that handle people’s personal data must be on a register maintained by the Information Commissioner.

Statutory Redundancy Pay Increase

Effective
1 October 2009

In the 2009 Budget, delivered on 22 April, the Government announced a one-off increase in the level of statutory redundancy pay, making the weekly rate £380 instead of £350 (as it had been from 1 February). This will make the maximum amount of statutory redundancy pay (20 years x 1.5 weeks x £380) £11,400.

National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Effective
1 October 2009

The National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2009 increase the minimum hourly rate of the national minimum wage from £5.73 to £5.80 per hour and the development rate from £4.77 to £4.83 per hour from 1 October 2009.

Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Reference
SI 2009/1567
Effective
1 August 2009

These Regulations amend the Working Time Regulations 1998 so that certain doctors in training can work up to 52 hours a week until 31 July 2011. Most doctors are restricted to a 48-hour week from 1 August 2009 (see Working Time Amendment Regulations 2003).

Accession (Immigration and Workers Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Effective
29 April 2009

The Accession (Immigration and Worker Registration) Regulations 2004 set up the workers registration system (WRS) regulating access to the UK labour market by nationals from eight of the States (“the A8”) that acceded to the European Union on 1 May 2004.

Extension to Right to Request Flexible Working

Effective
6 April 2009

The right to request flexible working has been extended to parents with children aged 16 and under.

Skilled Workers Under the Points Based System — (Tier 2) Statement of Intent

Effective
27 November 2008

Tier 2 of the new points-based immigration system, relating to the recruitment of skilled workers, came into force on 27 November 2008.

Temporary Workers and Youth Mobility Under the Points Based System — (Tier 5) Statement of Intent

Effective
27 November 2008

Tier 5 of the new points-based immigration system concerns temporary workers and those coming to the UK under youth mobility schemes.

Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Reference
SI 2008 No. 1765
Effective
1 October 2008

These Regulations amend the Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 1998.

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006

Effective
12 October 2008

The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 was published on 1 March 2006 and received Royal Assent on 8 November 2006.

Employment Act

Effective
13 November 2008

The Employment Bill received Royal Assent on 13 November and is now the Employment Act 2008.

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Barring Procedure) Regulations 2008

Reference
SI 2008 No. 474
Effective
7 April 2008

The Independent Safeguarding Authority is being established to prevent those who are deemed unsuitable from working or volunteering with children and vulnerable people.

Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007

Reference
Chapter 19
Effective
6 April 2008

The Act creates an offence of corporate manslaughter in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and corporate homicide in Scotland.

Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006

Reference
2006 Chapter 13
Effective
29 February 2008

The Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act, which was unveiled as a Bill on 22 June 2005 and enacted on 30 March 2006, will tackle illegal working through a new civil penalties scheme for employers by introducing fines of up to £10,000 per illegal employee, custodial sentences of up to two years and unlimited fines for those found knowingly to use or exploit illegal workers.

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2007

Reference
SI 2007 No. 3454
Effective
1 January 2008

These regulations were revoked by the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013.

Childcare Act 2006

Reference
Chapter 21
Effective
Various dates in 2007

The Childcare Act, which sets out new provisions for young children’s care and education came into force in April 2007.

Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2007

Reference
SI 2007/2079
Effective
1 October 2007

These regulations increase the statutory minimum for paid holiday entitlement.

Health Act 2006

Effective
1 July 2007

The Health Act 2006 includes a requirement that all enclosed public places and workplaces will become smoke-free in England and Wales.

Health Act 2006

Reference
Chapter 28
Effective
1 July 2007 and Various

Smoking in every pub, club and indoor public space in England has been banned from 1 July 2007

Work and Families Act 2006

Reference
2006 Chapter 18
Effective
1 October 2006; 1 and 6 April 2007

The Work and Families Bill received Royal Assent on 21 June 2006 and the Work and Families Act 2006 will deliver commitments outlined in the Ten Year Childcare Strategy and set out in the Government's response to the consultation “Work and Families: Choice and Flexibility” that closed on 25 May 2005.

Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Public Authorities) (Statutory Duties) Order 2006

Reference
2006 No. 2930
Effective
6 April 2007

This Order imposes specific gender equality duties on public authorities listed in the Schedule to the Order.

Employment Equality (Age) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2007

Reference
SI 2007 No. 825
Effective
6 April 2007

These regulations make various amendments to legislation so that it complies with the age strand of Directive 2000/78 EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and vocational training. They include the following changes:

Equality Act 2006

Reference
2006 Chapter 3
Effective
1 April 2007

The Equality Act 2006 came into force in April 2007.

Accession (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

Reference
SI 2007 No.475
Effective
16 March 2007

These regulations amend the Accession (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2006 to allow Bulgarian and Romanian students to work full time during their vacations or as part of their vocational training and for four months after the completion of their studies without the need for authorisation.

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006

Reference
SI 2006 No. 3289
Effective
2 January 2007

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006 were laid before Parliament on 12 December 2006 and entered into force on 2 January 2007, so implementing the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive (2002/96/EC).

Disability Discrimination Act 2005

Reference
SI 2005 Chapter 13
Effective
5 December 2005 and 4 December 2006

The Disability Discrimination Act 2005, which amends the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, came into force in stages between 5 December 2005 and 4 December 2006.

Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

Reference
SI 2005 No. 1541
Effective
1 October 2006

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 reforms the law relating to fire safety in non-domestic premises in England and Wales. It replaces fire certification under the Fire Precautions Act 1971 with a general duty to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the safety of employees and to carry out risk assessments as well as a general duty, in relation to non-employees to take such fire precautions as may reasonably be required in the circumstances to ensure that premises are safe.

Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003

Effective
1 April 2006

Implementation of Part 3 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 introducing a scheme to recover the costs of treatment in certain cases.

Mental Capacity Act 2005

Reference
2005 Chapter 9
Effective
7 April 2005

This Act is the result of an extended consultation and it:

Health Protection Agency Act 2004 (National Radiological Protection Board and Health Protection Agency Special Health Authority (Yr Asiantaeth Diogelu Iechyd)) (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005

Reference
SI 2005 No. 525
Effective
1 April 2005

This order makes provisions that are a consequence of the coming into force of the Health Protection Agency Act 2004 by which the functions of the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) and the special health authority, the Health Protection Agency (Yr Asiantaeth Diogelu Iechyd) (HPA SHA) will be carried out by a new Health Protection Agency (HPA).

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