Research and analysis

Regulatory Policy Committee: published opinions since May 2015

Published 24 May 2016

Department or regulator	Proposal	RPC opinion	Stage
Cabinet Office	EU Procurement Directive on Utilities Contracts	Green	Final
Cabinet Office	EU Procurement Directive on Concession Contracts	Green	Final
Cabinet Office	Charity Commission powers and trustee disqualification*	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Trade Union Bill	Red/Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	UK implementation of the EU Damages Directive (2014/104/EU)	Green	Consultation
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	UKCS Environmental Regulations - Retrospective Fee Scheme Legislation	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Tackling intimidation of non-striking workers	Red	Consultation
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Hiring agency staff during strike action	Red	Consultation
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Ballot thresholds in important public services	Red	Consultation
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Compulsory Stocking Obligations on Refiners and Non-Refiners in the UK	Green	Consultation
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Simplifying the law of groundless threats of patent, trade mark and design right infringement	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Define protected areas under section 4B of the Petroleum Act 1998 (fracking)*	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Preventing misuse of the term ‘apprenticeships’ in relation to unauthorised training	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Preventing misuse of the term ‘apprenticeships’ in relation to unauthorised training	Green	Consultation
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Transfer of consenting powers for onshore wind generating stations to local authorities.	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	UK implementation of the EU Directive on statutory audits	Green	Consultation
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Extension of the Business Impact Target	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Simplification and expansion of the Primary Authority scheme	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Remake of the Accounting standards (Prescribed Bodies) (United States of America and Japan) Regulations 2012	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Remake of the Accounting standards (Prescribed Bodies) (United States of America and Japan) Regulations 2012	Green	Consultation
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Company filing requirements for corporate entities other than companies	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Procedure for resolving disputes about the registered offices that companies state on the public register of companies	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) Rules 2015	Red/Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Reforming the regulatory framework for employment agencies and employment businesses: 2nd Consultation	Green	Consultation
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Company registration: director disputes procedure	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	PSC register - protection regime	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Providing a route for redress for individuals on zero hours contracts who suffer detriment due to taking a second job	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Repeal of section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988: revised transitional arrangements and related legislative changes	Green	Consultation
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	PSC register - fees	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Unified Patent Court Agreement: Exceptions to Infringement	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Extending competitive tendering in the GB transmission network	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Challenging ‘grossly unfair’ terms and practices	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use in the internal market	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	*Increases in national minimum wage rates – 2015	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Energy Bill – Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) Measures	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Enforcement of Posted Workers Directive	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Fast and reliable switching and Half-hourly electricity settlement power(s)	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Reforms to Ofgem Enforcement Powers	Green	Consultation
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Amendment to the National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015 - introducing a national living wage	Red/Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Increased NMW financial penalty calculation – 2016	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Growth Duty	Green	Consultation
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Legislation to require energy suppliers to provide key personal information on consumer bills in a machine readable format*	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Employment Tribunal Postponement Procedures	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Partial IP authorisation	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Pyrotechnics Directive (NLF Directive)	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Trust and Transparency: Prohibition of Corporate Directors with exceptions and change to the application of directors duties to shadow directors	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Transparency and Trust: Abolition of Bearer share	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Reforms to the process by which SoS and official receivers requires information on director behaviour	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Transparency and Trust: People with Significant Control (PSC) register	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	check and confirm - companies	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Pubs Statutory Code and Adjudicator	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Removal of the SoS from Competent Authority provisions in Insolvency	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Enabling Liquidators and Administrators to assign to third parties certain rights of action that only they can bring under the Insolvency Act 1986 and to extend the right to bring fraudulent and wrongful trading actions to an administrator.	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Insolvency Red Tape Challenge Package (April 15 measures)*	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Cape Town Convention - repossession of aircraft from insolvent companies	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Insolvency Practitioner Fees upfront estimates	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Insolvency Red Tape Challenge Package (October 16 measures)	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Alternative Dispute Resolution	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Unified Patent Court implementation - changes relating to the unitary patent	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Consumer Rights Act: Goods	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Unified Patent Court implementation - jurisdictional changes	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Consumer Rights Act: Consumer Law Enforcement Powers	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Consumer Rights Bill: Unfair Contract Terms	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Amendment to Outer Space Act 1986 (introduce upper limit on liability of licenced UK space operators.	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Consumer Rights Bill: Services	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Consumer Rights Act: Digital Content	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Consumer Rights Act: Private Actions and the CMA Redress power	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Clarifying the process for the appointment of an administrator by a company or director	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Reforms to DROs and increase to creditor to creditor petition debt limits	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Maximising Economic Recovery of Offshore UK Petroleum: Strategy	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Continuity of essential supplies to insolvent businesses	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Changes to the Conduct Regulations	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Technical changes to IP regulations and the appointment of an administrator*	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Alternative student finance	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	New powers to enter and inspect HE providers	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	HE Information Sharing and Data Transparency Duties	Red/Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Introducing registration fees for Office for Students	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Teaching Excellence Framework	Red/Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Entry into the higher education sector and single entry gateway	Red/Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Deregulating Higher Education Corporations and simplifying the Privy Council Approval process	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Student protection in the event of closure of HE course, discipline, campus or provider	Red/Green	Consultation
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Amendment to the National Minimum Wage Regulations 2016 - increase in national minimum wage rates	Red/Red	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Notices of auditors leaving office - simplification for companies and auditor	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Amendment to Employment Tribunal Act 1996	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Pressure Equipment (amendment) regulations 2015	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Bankruptcy and insolvency fees increase order 2015/16	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Reform to the process by which the SoS and Official Receiver request information on directors’ behaviour	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Requirement for higher education providers to subscribe to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education	Green	Final
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy	Insolvency practitioner regulatory regime	Green	Final
Department for Communities and Local Government	Helping Home Businesses - Amendment to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954	Green	Final
Department for Communities and Local Government	Permitted development rights for the change of use of offices, light industrial buildings and laundrettes	Red/Green	Final
Department for Communities and Local Government	Technical Improvements to Compulsory Purchase Powers	Green	Final
Department for Communities and Local Government	Reducing planning regulations to support housing, high streets and growth	Green	Final
Department for Communities and Local Government	Transparency of Letting Agents Fees	Green	Final
Department for Communities and Local Government	Serving of Section 21 Eviction Notices – Deregulation Act 2015	Red	Final
Department for Communities and Local Government	The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 (Electronic Communications) Order 2015	Red/Green	Final
Department for Communities and Local Government	Amendment to permitted development rights for drilling boreholes for petroleum exploration site investigation and monitoring	Green	Final
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	Extension to local Digital Radio multiplex Licences 2015	Green	Final
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	Extension to National and Local Analogue Radio Licences	Green	Final
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	Incidental Non Commercial private Society, Work and Residents Lotteries: Lifting Restrictions	Green	Final
Department for Education	Paediatric First Aid (PFA) in early years provision	Green	Consultation
Department for Education	Registration of Social Work Providers	Green	Final
Department for Education	Child Safety Register	Green	Final
Department for Education	The Education (Non-Maintained Special Schools) (England) Regulations 2015	Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Introduction of a statutory notification scheme for imported firewood into England and Scotland	Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	New Authorisations for water abstraction	Green	Consultation
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Addition of Flood Defence Consents regime to the Environmental Permitting regime	Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Petrol vapour recovery - Environmental Permitting Regulations (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. ?) Regulations 2015	Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Designation of the second tranche of Marine Conservation Zones	Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus notifications	Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Marine Licensing (Delegation of Functions)[(Amendment)] Order 2015	Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Amendment to Part I Schedule 8 of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 as regards its application in England - End of Tenancy Compensation for Improvements	Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	The Agriculture (Model Clauses for Fixed Equipment) (England) Regulations 2015	Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	reform of the farm animal welfare codes	Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Transitional National Plan	Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Amendments to environmental permitting guidance on waste incineration (small waste oil burners)	Red/Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Plastic Carrier Bags Charge	Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Welfare of animals at time of killing (WATOK)	Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Consolidate bottled drinking water regulations and transpose EU rules on radon monitoring	Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	The Unauthorised Deposit of Waste (Fixed Penalties) Regulations 2016	Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Options to increase the chance of achieving Officially TB Free (OTF) status for the TB Low Risk Area	Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Amendments to the producer responsibility regime	Red/Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Introduction of measures against the introduction of Epitrix on potatoes imported from Spain	Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Update of statutory notification scheme in the Plant Health (England) Order 2015 to include imports of Prunus planting material	Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales)(Amendment) Regulations 2016	Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	The Agriculture (Calculation of Value of Compensation) (Revocation)(england) Regulations 2015	Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS)	Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales)(Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2015 (Four Enforcement Activities related to Waste Crime)	Red/Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Private water storage and supply	Green	Final
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Introducing retail competition in the water sector*	Green	Final
Department for Transport	Abolition of the Vehicle Identity Check	Red/Green	Final
Department for Transport	Merchant Shipping (Code of Safe Working Practices) (Amendments and Revocation) Regulations 2015	Green	Final
Department for Transport	Increasing the rate of Payments in Lieu of Training (PILOT) under the tonnage tax in line with inflation	Green	Final
Department for Transport	The Hovercraft Code	Green	Final
Department for Transport	Changes to the Public Service Vehicles (Conduct if Drivers, Inspectors and Passengers) Regulations 1990	Green	Final
Department for Transport	EU Regulation 165/2014 on tachographs	Green	Final
Department for Transport	The Train Driving Licences and certificates(Amendment) Regulations 2015	Green	Final
Department for Transport	Merchant Shipping (standards of training, certificaiton and watchkeeping) and (alcohol) Regulations 2015	Green	Final
Department for Transport	The Railways (Interoperability) (Amendment) Regulations 2015	Red/Green	Final
Department for Work and Pensions	Banning commission in occupational pension schemes used for automatic enrolment	Green	Final
Department for Work and Pensions	A ‘risk warning’ provision for members of occupational pension (trust-based) schemes	Green	Final
Department for Work and Pensions	Amendments to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Requirement to Obtain Audited Accounts and a Statement from the Auditor) Regulations 1996	Red/Green	Final
Department for Work and Pensions	The Pensions Act 2014 Contributions Equivalent Premium Order 2016	Red/Green	Final
Department for Work and Pensions	Amendments to The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 that provide exceptions to the automatic enrolment employer duties	Green	Final
Department for Work and Pensions	Amendment to Employers’ Duties (Registration and Compliance) Regulations 2010	Green	Final
Department for Work and Pensions	Amendment to The Employers’ Duties (Implementation) Regulations 2010	Green	Final
Department for Work and Pensions	Abolition of short service refunds	Green	Final
Department of Health	General Dental Council (GDC) Case Examiner S60 Order	Green	Final
Department of Health	CQC Fee Raising Powers	Green	Consultation
Department of Health	CQC Fee Raising Powers	Green	Final
Department of Health	Amendments to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 to widen access to naloxone for use in an emergency	Green	Final
Department of Health	Tobacco Products Directive (TPD)	Green	Final
Department of Health	Standardised packaging of tobacco products	Green	Final
Department of Health	Nicotine Inhaling Products	Green	Final
Government Equalities Office	Gender pay gap reporting	Red/Green	Consultation
Government Equalities Office	Section 78: Gender pay gap reporting	Green	Consultation
Health and Safety Executive	Exemption from Section 3(2) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 for self-employed persons whose work activities pose no risk of harm to others.	Green	Final
Health and Safety Executive	the transposition of the Seveso III Directive into UK Law through the COMAH Regulations 2015	Green	Final
Health and Safety Executive	The Offshore Installation (Offshore Safety Directive (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015	Green	Final
HM Treasury	Late payment of insurance claims	Green	Final
HM Treasury	Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities Directive	Red/Green	Final
HM Treasury	Transparency Directive	Green	Final
HM Treasury	Implementation of the European Long Term Investment Funds Regulation	Green	Final
HM Treasury	EU Payments Accounts Directive	Green	Consultation
HM Treasury	EU Payments Accounts Directive	Green	Final
HM Treasury	Immigration Bill: tackling existing current accounts held by illegal migrants	Red/Green	Final
HM Treasury	Interchange Fee Regulation	Green	Final
HM Treasury	Senior managers and certification regime: extension to foreign branches	Green	Final
HM Treasury	Removing buy-to-let broking from within the scope of credit broking	Green	Final
HM Treasury	Help to Match SMEs Rejected for Finance with Alternative Lenders	Green	Final
HM Treasury	Cheque Imaging	Green	Final
HM Treasury	Insurance contract law: updating the Marine Insurance Act 1906	Green	Final
HM Treasury	Independent Complaints Commission	Green	Final
HM Treasury	SME Credit Data	Green	Final
Home Office	Modern Slavery Act - Transparency in Supply Chains	Green	Final
Home Office	Amendment to the Serious Crime Bill to create the power for a court to compel mobile phone operators to disconnect illegal mobile phones in prison	Green	Final
Home Office	Creation of a general ban on new psychoactive substances in the UK	Green/Green	Final
Home Office	Licensing Act 2003: proposals to reduce burdens of licensing on those who sell limited amounts of alcohol as part of a wider service (“ancillary sellers”) and for community sellers	Green	Final
Home Office	Late Night Refreshment - Reducing the burdens of the Licensing Act 2003	Green	Final
Home Office	Riot Compensation Bill	Green	Final
Home Office	Alcohol licensing - Increase in Temporary Event Notice limit	Green	Final
Home Office	Right to Rent Scheme (landlord checks)	Green	Final
Home Office	Summary Reviews and arrangements for interim steps under the Licensing Act 2003	Green	Final
Home Office	Investigatory Powers Bill: Communications Data	Red/Green	Final
Home Office	Investigatory Powers Bill: Equipment Interference	Red/Green	Final
Home Office	Investigatory Powers Bill: Interception	Red/Green	Final
Home Office	Investigatory Powers Bill: Overarching Impact Assessment	Red/Green	Final
Insolvency Service	Revision of Statement of Practice 16 in light of changes to pre-pack administration	Red/Green	Final
Maritime and Coastguard Agency	High Speed Offshore Service Craft	Green	Final
Ministry of Justice	Enabling Digital by Default	Green	Consultation
Ministry of Justice	Third Parties (Rights against Insurers Act) 2010	Green	Final
Ministry of Justice	Claims management regulation - cutting the costs for consumers of financial claims	Red/Green	Consultation
Ministry of Justice	Cost protection in defamation and privacy claims	Green	Final
Ministry of Justice	Amendment to The Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) Regulations 2015	Green	Final
National Measurement and Regulation Office	Change in the approach to the submission of due diligence submissions under the EU Timber Regulation	Green	Final
National Measurement and Regulation Office	Updated guidance in relation to the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive	Green	Final
National Measurement and Regulation Office	Change in the approach to business improvement plans under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment recycling (WEEE) & Battery Take-back Regulations	Green	Final
Veterinary Medicines Directorate	Review of approach to issuing animal test certificates for veterinary medicines	Green	Final