Legislative Changes July 2025

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION CHANGES

These Regulations amend the Building Regulations 2010 (Building Regulations) as they apply in relation to Wales, and the Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (Approvers Regulations). The amendments made by these Regulations impose new requirements for digital infrastructure and connectivity in newly built dwellings in Wales. Find out more about these Regulations and how they affect you by subscribing to We Comply

These Regulations revise the hourly rates used to determine the fees which are payable by the UK offshore oil and gas industry (the offshore hydrocarbons industry) to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero’s Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED) for certain regulatory activities that are undertaken by OPRED in relation to the environmental management of the offshore hydrocarbons industry. Find out more about these Regulations and how they affect you by subscribing to We Comply

These Regulations amend two statutory instruments made under the Energy Act 2013 relating to Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme. They amend the Contracts for Difference (Allocation) Regulations 2014 (Allocation Regulations) and the Contracts for Difference (Electricity Supplier Obligation) Regulations 2014 (ESO Regulations).  The purpose of the amendments is to amend the Contract Budget Notice publication process; amend the information Secretary of State has access to during the allocation round and; amend Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) calculations to include Clean Industry Bonus (CIB) payments. Find out more about these Regulations and how they affect you by subscribing to We Comply

These Regulations amend the Electricity Capacity Regulations 2014 (the CM Regulations) in order to make technical amendments to the Capacity Market (CM) aimed at introducing a decarbonisation pathway for unabated gas. Unabated gas plants with Capacity Market agreements of up to 15 years will be allowed to exit from their agreements before its scheduled end date without penalty and transfer to a bespoke support mechanism under a Dispatchable Power Agreement (DPA) (which, outside of the CM, the government intends to enter as a type of contract for difference (CfD)). The DPA will enable unabated gas to decarbonise by retrofitting carbon capture equipment, aligning with the government’s objectives of enabling a transition to clean power. Find out more about these Regulations and how they affect you by subscribing to We Comply

These Regulations amend The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (the principal Regulations). The amendments will supplement the existing legislation and will ensure the proposed regulations are enforceable and apply equitably in Northern Ireland. The Rule will strengthen the enforcement powers of the Department in the principal Regulations and safeguard against illegal single-use vapes re-entering the marketplace in Northern Ireland. Find out more about these Regulations and how they affect you by subscribing to We Comply