Research and analysis

Complete list of validated costs and benefits of regulatory and deregulatory proposals

Updated 3 March 2015

Following an exercise to ensure measures are presented in a consistent price base year, EANCBs marked by an asterisk have been amended since they were published in the relevant IA. This figure will also be different to the one originally reported in previous Better Regulation Executive Statements of New Regulation.

1. Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS)

SNR period Title One-in, One-out / One-in, Two-out status Equivalent Annual Net Cost to Business (millions)
1 Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption Zero Net Cost £0.00
1 Default Retirement Age IN £8.00
1 Land Agreements Exclusion and Revocation Order 2010 IN £0.24
1 Apprenticeship measures Zero Net Cost £0.00
1 Change to Debt Relief Order (DRO) eligibility criteria Zero Net Cost £0.00
2 Revision of the Scheme for Construction Contracts OUT -£29.20 *
2 Online File Inspection for Patent files OUT -£0.07
2 Companies Act 2006 (Annual Returns) Regulations 2011 OUT -£0.15 *
2 Weights and Measures (Specified Quantities) (Unwrapped Bread and Intoxicating Liquor) Order 2011 Zero Net Cost £0.00
2 The Insolvency Regulations 1994 - Removal of Insolvency Service Account facility in Voluntary Liquidations IN £0.01
2 The Patents County Court (Financial Limits) (No.2) Order 2011 Zero Net Cost £0.00
2 The Companies (Disclosure of Auditor Remuneration and Liability Limitation Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 OUT -£1.60 *
2 The Overseas Companies (Execution of Documents and Registration of Charges) Regulations 2009 Zero Net Cost £0.00
2 Special Administration Regime of the Postal Services Act Zero Net Cost £0.00
2 Public Policy Exclusion Order (Complex Weapons) (Revocation) Zero Net Cost £0.00
3 Apprenticeships Agreement in England and Wales Zero Net Cost £0.00
3 Extending the qualifying period for unfair dismissal OUT -£4.60 *
3 The Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Part 23) (Investment Companies) Regulations Zero Net Cost £0.00
3 Reforming the Financial Reporting Council OUT -£0.34 *
4 The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions - Disqualification General) Order 2012 Zero Net Cost £0.00
4 Amendment of restrictions for companies moving between IFRS and UK GAAP OUT -£2.02 *
4 The Accounting Standards (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations 2012 OUT -£1.04 *
4 Changes to provisions which allow merging of registered trade marks Zero Net Cost £0.00
4 Audit and Financial Reporting under Companies Act 2006 OUT -£304.26
5 Registration of Company Charges OUT -£19.20 *
5 Groceries Code Adjudicator IN £1.71 *
5 Employee ownership and share buy backs Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 Amendment to Employment Relations Act 1999 – Resolving Workplace Dispute OUT -£5.00 *
5 Consumer Rights Directive provision on payment surcharges IN £0.23 *
5 Corrections of Trade Marks and Design Rules Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 Collective Redundancy Consultations OUT -£66.43
6 Employment Tribunal Rules OUT -£0.20
6 National Minimum Wage Regulations IN £1.50
6 Narrative reporting regulations OUT -£0.37
6 Directors’ Remuneration Reports IN £5.20
6 Repeal of Early Discharge from Bankruptcy OUT -£0.60
6 Extension to the Range of Regulations covered by Primary Authority OUT -£5.03
6 Implementing the employer shareholder employment status IN £0.97
7 The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (Copyright Exceptions for disabled people) OUT -£0.07
7 A competition regime for growth IN £0.14
7 Enterprise Act 2002 (Publishing of Relevant Information under section 188A) Order 2014 IN £0.01
7 Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Payments) Regulations 2013 IN £1.34
7 The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consumer Credit) Order 2013 IN £16.00
7 Extension to the Primary Authority Scheme Out -£11.30
7 Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) Regulations 2013 OUT -£8.70
7 Right to Request Flexible Working (Part 8, Children and Families Bill) IN £10.30
7 The Waste Electrical and Electronic Regulations 2013 IN £0.60
7 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 - Schedule 4 Street Trading IN £0.02
7 Further Education – 24+ Advanced Learning Loans OUT -£0.22
7 Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2014 Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 The Copyright (Regulation of relevant licensing bodies) Regulations 2014 (Codes of Conduct) IN £0.40
8 The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (Archive & preservation) OUT -£24.40
8 The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (Educational Use) OUT -£0.31
8 The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (Text & data analytics) Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (Quotations) OUT -£0.35
8 The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (Private Copying) Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (Private Study) Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (Amendment) Regulations 2014(Parody) Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 New rights for victims of misleading & aggressive commercial practices OUT -£2.80
8 Changes to family-related leave, including the introduction of Shared Parental Leave and Pay IN £4.33
8 Amendment of Design Ownership Provisions Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 Revision of scope of design protection Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 Criminal Sanctions for Designs infringement Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 Patent Opinions Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 Changes to references to ‘counsel’ in the Patents Act 1977 Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 Constructive notice in relation to patented products Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 Experimental use and Bolar exception Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 Investment into Community Interest Companies Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 Extended Collective Licensing for qualifying collective societies Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 The Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business (Sensitive Words and Expressions) Regulations 2014 Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 Implementation of Chapter 10 of the EU Accounting Directive IN £6.60
8 The Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business (Names and Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2014 OUT -£0.13
8 Orphan Works (UK scheme) OUT -£0.01
8 Continuity of essential supplies to insolvent businesses Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Penalties on non-payment of tribunal awards IN £0.10
9 Ratification of Cape Town treaty Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Recruitment Sector Advertising IN £0.01
9 Removal of the Competent Authority provisions in Insolvency Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Continuity of essential supplies to insolvent businesses Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Zero Hours Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Appeals route Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Reducing the duration of Copyright in unpublished works (2039) Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Partial IP authorisation OUT -£0.01
9 Tribunal postponements OUT -£0.60
9 Amendment to Outer Space Act 1986 OUT -£0.96
9 Accounting Directive Chapters 1-9 OUT Not yet validated
9 Amendment to section 7(4) Company Directors Disqualification Act Zero Net Cost £0
9 Repeal Deeds of Arrangement Act Zero Net Cost £0
9 Changes to the law governing insolvency proceedings OUT -£2.10
9 Release of liquidator where winding up order rescinded Zero Net Cost £0
9 Requiring higher education providers to provide students with access to external dispute resolution IN £0.47

2. Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG)

SNR period Title One-in, One-out / One-in, Two-out status Equivalent Annual Net Cost to Business (millions)
2 The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Amendment) (England) Order 2011 OUT -£1.27
2 The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (England) Order 2011 Zero Net Cost £0.00
2 Building (Amendment) Regulations 2011 OUT -£2.10 *
2 The Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011 OUT £0.00 *
2 The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011 Zero Net Cost £0.00
3 Tenure reform (also called Fixed Tenancies) IN £0.00
3 Improving Social Housing Mobility IN £0.04
3 Reform of Social Housing Regulation OUT -£0.16 *
3 Community Right to Bid (Assets of Community Value) Zero Net Cost £0.00
3 Simplifying the Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Re-licensing process Zero Net Cost £0.00
3 Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation) (England) Regulations 2012 Zero Net Cost £0.00
3 Neighbourhood Plans and Community Right to Build Zero Net Cost £0.00
3 Permitted development rights for microgeneration of renewables on non-domestic premises OUT -£0.25 *
4 Amendment to the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007 OUT -£0.02
4 Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 OUT -£0.30
4 Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order 2012 Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 Recast of the Energy Performance of Building Regulations (2010/31/EU) OUT -£13.20 *
5 Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 Reuse of Existing Buildings OUT -£0.30
5 Amendment to Part P (Electrical safety in dwellings) of the Building Regulations OUT -£11.80 *
5 Amendment to Part B (Fire Safety) of the Building Regulations Light Diffusers and Wall Coverings OUT -£22.26 *
5 Consolidation and simplification of parts M, K and N of the Building Regulations OUT -£3.80 *
5 Amendments to Building Regulations – building control system OUT -£1.79 *
5 Amendments to Part M (Access to and use of buildings) of the Building Regulations OUT -£1.86 *
5 Repeal of Local Acts regarding fire safety standards for buildings OUT -£0.76
5 Streamlining Information Requirements for Planning Applications OUT -£5.10 *
5 Amendments to Town and Country Planning (Modification and Discharge of Planning Obligations) (Amendments) (England) Regulations 2012 Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 Increasing Permitted Development Thresholds for Homeowners and Businesses OUT -£2.60
5 Extending Permitted Development Rights to Enable Change of Use from Commercial to Residential Properties OUT -£0.31 *
5 Amendment to the Building Regulations 2010 – extending the use of self-certification of building work OUT -£3.30 *
5 Streamlining Planning Applications OUT -£24.00
5 Reform of the Mobile Homes Act 1983 IN £0.02
5 Amendment to the Building Regulations 2010 – extending the use of self-certification of building work OUT -£1.60
5 Appeal procedures for S106BB appeals Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 Reducing the Information Requirements for Planning Applications OUT -£9.40
5 Review of Minerals permissions Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 Reform of Special Parliamentary Procedures for Development Consent Orders and Compulsory Purchase Orders Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 Special Parliamentary Procedures (SPP) for Major Infrastructure Regime (MIR) Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 Expanding the ‘one-stop-shop’ for major infrastructure consents Zero Net Cost £0.00
6 Increasing permitted development rights for businesses – mobile telecommunications OUT -£1.80
6 Amendment of the Town and Country Planning Fees Regulations 2012 Zero Net Cost £0.00
6 Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013 - data access regulations IN £0.19
6 Part C building regulations IN £0.32
6 Compulsory pre-planning application consultation with local communities for more significant onshore wind turbine development IN £0.40
6 Third party certification schemes OUT £0.00
6 Review of planning appeal procedures OUT -£3.30
7 Changes to Part L of the Building Regulations Zero Net Cost £0.00
7 Changes to Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2010 for onshore oil and gas extraction Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 Changing prescribed scale of maps for off-shore major infrastructure applications Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 Further flexibilities between building use classes to support change of use OUT -£0.60
8 Mandatory redress scheme for letting and property management agents IN £0.69
8 Ability to submit ‘connected applications’ directly to the Secretary of State Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Changes to Development Consent Orders for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) IN Not yet validated
9 Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011 OUT Not yet validated
9 Streamlining Consents for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) (section 150) OUT £0.00
9 Smoke Alarms IN £2.90
9 Carbon Monoxide Alarms IN £0.83
9 Housing Standards Review OUT -£96.20
9 Housing standards – security standards Zero net cost £0.00
9 Clause 29: Deregulation Bill IN £0.90
9 Transparency of Letting Agents Fees IN Not yet validated
9 Neighbourhood planning reform Zero Net Cost Not yet validated
9 Tenancy Deposit Provisions in the Housing Act 2004 Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Helping Home Businesses - Amendment to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 IN Not yet validated

3. Cabinet Office

SNR period Title One-in, One-out / One-in, Two-out status Equivalent Annual Net Cost to Business (millions)
2 Exempt Charities Zero Net Cost £0.00
6 The Charities Act 2011 (Principal Regulators of Exempt Charities) Regulations Zero Net Cost £0.00
7 Extending the exception from Registration for certain Christian religious charities Zero Net Cost Not yet validated
9 Raising the Charities Audit Threshold OUT -£5.61
9 A Statutory Register of Lobbyists IN £0.48
9 Political Reform Bill: non-party funding in general elections IN Not yet validated

4. Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) (including Government Equalities Office (GEO) for SNRs 5 – 9)

SNR period Title One-in, One-out / One-in, Two-out status Equivalent Annual Net Cost to Business (millions)
2 Gambling Act 2005 : Category B3 Gaming Machine OUT -£9.70 *
2 The Media Ownership (Radio and Cross media) order 2010 Zero Net Cost £0.00
3 Implementing the new PEGI Classification System for Video Games Zero Net Cost £0.00
3 Local TV: Implementing a new framework Zero Net Cost £0.00
3 Local TV and Independent Producers Zero Net Cost £0.00
3 Adjustments to Gambling Operating Licence Fees OUT -£0.71
3 Amendments to Schedule 6 of the Gambling Act 2005 OUT -£0.01 *
4 Licensing Act 2003 OUT -£0.40
5 The Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003: off line publications IN £0.01
5 The Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003: on line publications OUT -£0.56 *
5 Amendment to Licensing Act 2003 OUT -£1.25 *
5 Amendment to the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967 OUT -£2.49
5 Heritage proposal in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (ERR) Bill OUT -£0.04
5 Amendment to Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill – listed building consent OUT -£2.26 *
6 Equality Act 2010: third party harassment of employees IN £0.30
7 Triennial Review of Gaming Machine Stake and Prize Limits OUT -£34.00
7 Heritage changes in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 OUT -£0.80
8 Gaming Machine (Circumstances of Use) Regulations 2014 IN £17.00
9 Extension of commercial analogue radio licences Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Review of funding restrictions for community radio Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 The Legislative Reform (Inidental Non-Commercial, Private Society, Work and Residents’ Lotteries) Order 2014 Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 EHRC Guidance on age discrimination in the provision of services Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Entertainment Deregulation OUT -£1.00

5. Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC)

SNR period Title One-in, One-out / One-in, Two-out status Equivalent Annual Net Cost to Business (millions)
1 Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme (Amendment) Order 2011 OUT -£0.04
1 Gas transporter licence exemption Zero Net Cost £0.00
1 The Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Handling (Designated Technical Matters) Order, the Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Handline (Finance and Fees) Regulations 2010. Zero Net Cost £0.00
2 EU third package - licence modification appeals IN £0.02
2 [Energy Bill] Third Party access to upstream petroleum infrastructure OUT -£1.00
2 Repeal of 18 Exemption Orders for minor use of radioactive substances OUT -£1.01 *
2 Raising the threshold for energy supplier participation in social and environmental programmes OUT -£0.37 *
2 [Energy Bill] Extending Compulsory Purchase Powers to change of use of pipelines to CO2 transport Zero Net Cost £0.00
2 [Energy Bill] Introduction of a Special Administration Regime OUT -£0.01
4 CERT (Carbon Emissions Reduction Target) OUT Considered to be equivalent to ECO1 (see below)
4 Green Deal and accompanying the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) IN £1,265.00
4 Transmission Constraint Licence Condition Zero Net Cost £0.00
4 Amendment to the exemption regime for electricity generators Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 Energy Supply Company Administration Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 Amendment to the Planning Act 2008 (electric lines above ground) OUT -£0.01
5 Licensing and Pipelines Consents (Fees Regulation) IN £0.06
5 Nuclear Decommissioning (Finance and Fees) Regulations OUT -£0.06
6 Amendment of electricity development consents under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 OUT -£1.80
6 Electricity (Compulsory Wayleaves) (Hearings Procedure) Rules 1967 Zero Net Cost £0.00
6 The Gas Act 1986 (Exemption) (Onshore Gas) Order 2013 OUT -£0.04
6 Smart Meters - Tranche 3 of the approved measures Zero Net Cost £0.00
6 UK Oil Portal Enhancement Project OUT -£1.88
7 Energy Bill : Emissions Performance Standard Zero Net Cost £0.00
7 Energy Bill : Domestic Tariffs (powers a-e) Zero Net Cost £0.00
7 Energy Bill : Domestic Tariffs (power g) Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 Petroleum Model Clauses (Amendment) Order 2014 OUT -£45.80
8 Gas and Electricity Regulated Providers (Redress Scheme) Order 2008 SI 2008/2268 OUT -£0.01
8 Future of the Energy Company Obligation ECO2 OUT -£604.00
9 Implementation of the Wood Review proposals for UK offshore oil and gas regulation Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Shetland non-domestic cross subsidy IN £0.07
9 Legislation to require energy suppliers to provide key, personal information on consumers bills in a machine readable format IN £1.19
9 Emissions Performance Standard - secondary IN Not yet validated
9 The Community Electricity Right IN £0.30
9 Private Rented Sector Regulations Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Transmission ownership (unbundling) rules options Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Underground Access Rights clauses in 2014 Infrastructure Bill – impact on deep geothermal activities OUT -£0.52
9 Underground Access Rights clauses in 2014 Infrastructure Bill – impact on oil and gas activities OUT -£65.09

6. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

SNR period Title One-in, One-out / One-in, Two-out status Equivalent Annual Net Cost to Business (millions)
1 Flood and Water Management Act (2010) Schedule 2 Amendment of Other Acts IN £0.23
1 The Licensable Means of Fishing Order 2010 OUT -£0.08
1 Flood and Water Management Act (2010) Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management - Funding Zero Net Cost £0.00
1 Flood and Water Management Act (2010) The National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy Zero Net Cost £0.00
1 Flood and Water Management Act (2010) Regional Flood and Coastal Committees - Establishment and Membership Zero Net Cost £0.00
1 Sea Fisheries, England – Amendment of The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Measures) (Penalty Notices) Order 2008 Zero Net Cost £0.00
1 Consolidation of National List Regulations Zero Net Cost £0.00
2 The Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances) Regulations 2011 OUT -£0.03
2 Amendments to Schedules 5 & 8 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 Zero Net Cost £0.00
2 Flood & Water Managment Act (2010) Implemention of sections 38 & 39 Incidental Flooding. IN £0.003
2 Flood & Water Management Act (2010) Implementation of Section 27(2) guidance on sustainable development duty. Zero Net Cost £0.00
2 Flood & Water Management Act (2010) Implementation of Section 7 (6) on co-operation and sharing information IN £0.002
2 The Water Industry (Schemes for Adoption of Private Sewers) Regulations 2011 Zero Net Cost £0.00
2 Amendment of Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 2007 OUT -£0.16
2 Simplification of the contaminated land regime OUT -£132.00 *
2 The Water Supply (Amendment to the Threshold Requirement) Regulations 2011 OUT -£0.00
3 Revision of Annex III of the the Volatile Organic Compounds in Paints, Varnishes and Vehicle Refinishing Products Regulations 2005 OUT -£0.48
3 Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 OUT -£0.16 *
3 Commencement of Section 30 and Schedule 1 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010- Designation for third party flood management assets Zero Net Cost £0.00
3 Introduction of electronic notices of variation to licenses for all fishing vessels in England Zero Net Cost £0.00
3 Order under Section 14 of the Planning Act 2008 OUT -£0.50
3 The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2011. OUT -£2.06 *
4 Amendment to The Tuberculosis (England) Order 2007 IN £0.18 *
4 English Scallop Order 2012 IN £0.17 *
5 Legislation Reform Order Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 IN £0.04
5 The Welfare of Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (England) Regulations 2012 IN £0.02
5 Marine Licensing: Navigational Dredging and Other Exemptions OUT -£0.45
5 Reforms to section 15 of the Commons Act 2006 OUT -£2.98 *
5 Cattle Identification (Amendment) Regulations OUT -£0.55 *
5 Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations Amendments OUT -£0.50
5 The Nitrate Pollution Prevention (Amendment) Regulations 2013 OUT -£0.03
6 Flood and Water Management Act 2010: Commencing Schedule 4 on Reservoir Safety OUT -£3.86 *
6 Plant Health (England) (Amendment) (No.3) Order 2013 IN £0.00
6 Company reporting of greenhouse gas emissions IN £3.40
6 Designation of Marine Conservation Zones in English Inshore Waters and English and Welsh Offshore Waters IN £0.50
6 Amendment to Code of Practice on Noise from Ice-Cream Van Chimes Etc. 1982 (approved Code under the Control Of Pollution Act 1974) OUT -£0.00
6 Animal By-Products (Enforcement)(England) Regulations 2013 OUT -£0.01
6 Changes to the scope of the Gangmaster Licensing Authority OUT -£0.06
6 Agricultural Wages Board OUT -£26.30
6 Site Waste Management Plans OUT -£0.86
6 Plant Health Order IN £0.05
7 The Non-Native Species Prohibition of Sale (England and Wales) Order 2014 IN £0.07 *
7 The Tuberculosis (England) Amendment Order 2014 Zero Net Cost £0.00
7 The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (England) (Amendment) Order 2014 OUT -£0.07
7 Waste (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 OUT Not yet validated
7 Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 OUT -£0.42
7 Prohibition of Keeping or Release of Live Fish (Specified Species) Order 2013 IN £0.04
8 Compulsory Microchipping of Dogs IN £0.40
8 Amendment to TB Order (remove Pre-Movement Testing exemption) IN £0.12
8 Tuberculosis (Deer and Camelid) Slaughter Compensation (Tuberculosis (Deer and Camelid) (England) Order) OUT £0.00
9 Amend jam legislation Zero Net Cost Not yet validated
9 Amendments to Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 – reform of controls for small sewage discharges from septic tanks and package treatment plants in England. OUT -£0.30
9 The Keeping and Introduction of Fish (England) Regulations 2014 OUT -£0.04
9 Amend the bird ringing regulations. OUT Not yet validated
9 Amend Part 3 of the Clean Air Act 1993 Zero Net Cost Not yet validated
9 Revision of Brucellosis (England) Order) OUT -£0.06
9 Repeal legislation on Noise Abatement Zones OUT -£0.03
9 Improve the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 OUT -£0.73
9 Improve Cattle Identification Regulations 2007 OUT -£0.16
9 Introduce provisions through guidance and remove the need for applicants to publish application on website or by other means. OUT Not yet validated

7. Department for Education (DfE)

SNR period Title One-in, One-out / One-in, Two-out status Equivalent Annual Net Cost to Business (millions)
1 The Education (Provision of Information by Independent Schools) (England) Regulations 2010 OUT -£0.07
4 Childcare (General Childcare Register) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 OUT -£0.00
4 Childcare (Inspections) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2012 OUT -£0.18 *
4 Childcare (Early Years Register) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 OUT -£0.03
4 Early Years Foundation Stage (Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements) Regulations 2012 OUT -£0.26 *
4 Early Years Foundation Stage (Learning and Development Requirements) (Amendment) Order 2012 OUT -£9.70 *
4 The Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2012 Zero Net Cost £0.00
4 Revised statutory guidance Free Early Years Education for Three- and Four-Year Olds OUT -£0.46 *
4 The Early Years Foundation Stage (Exemptions from Learning and Development Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 OUT -£0.01
5 The Education (Independent School Standards) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 OUT -£0.26 *
5 Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 The Residential Family Centres (Amendment) Regulations 2013 OUT -£0.00
5 Revised statutory guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children OUT -£2.15 *
6 Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013 OUT -£0.06
6 The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review and Fostering Services (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013 OUT -£0.06
6 Regulations relating to holiday schemes for disabled children OUT -£0.01
7 Revised statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education Zero Net Cost £0.00
7 Amendment to the Children’s Homes Regulations 2001 IN £2.59
7 Amendment to the Children’s Homes Regulations 2001 IN £0.06
7 Amendment to the Care Standards Act 2000 (Registration) (England) Regulations 2010 IN £0.07
8 Childcare (Learning and Development Requirements and Exemption from Registration) (Amendment) Order 2014 (SI 2014/913) Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 Childcare (Welfare and Registration Requirements) (Amendment) regulations 2014 (SI 2014/912) Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 Keeping Children Safe in Education (Statutory Guidance) Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 The Independent Educational Provision in England (Prohibition on Participation in Management) Regulations IN £0.08
9 Regulations amending The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) Regulations 2005 Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Amendments to the Education (Independent School Standards)(England)(Amendment) Regulations 2014 IN Not yet validated
9 Children’s Home Quality Standards Regulatory Reform IN Not yet validated
9 Changes to the Early Years Foundation Stage and General Childcare Register IN Not yet validated
9 Social Work Provider Registration Unknown Not yet validated
9 Acoustic design of schools: performance standards 2014 OUT -£0.29
9 Education (Independent School Standards)(England)(Amendment) Regulations 2014 IN not yet validated

8. Department for Transport (DfT)

SNR period Title One-in, One-out / One-in, Two-out status Equivalent Annual Net Cost to Business (millions)
1 Travel Concession Schemes Regulations (Transport Act 1985) IN £0.00
1 Administrative reform of the National Bus concession in England OUT -£0.00 *
1 The Aerodromes (Designation) (Detention and Sale of Aircraft) (England and Wales) Order 2011 Zero Net Cost £0.00
1 The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 Zero Net Cost £0.00
1 The Airport Byelaws (Designation) Order 2011 - Designation of Shoreham for purposes of making byelaws Zero Net Cost £0.00
2 M25 Motorway Junctions 2 to 3 (Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2010 Zero Net Cost £0.00
2 Residual CPC Changes Zero Net Cost £0.00
2 The Equality Act 2010 - Application of Part 5 to Seafarers IN £0.02
2 Revocations of the explosive provision in Clasification and Labelling of Explosive Regulations 1983 OUT -£0.02 *
3 M1 Junctions 10 to 13 Improvements (Managed Motorways) Zero Net Cost £0.00
3 M25 Junctions 7-16 (Variable Speed Limits) Regulations Zero Net Cost £0.00
3 Reforming the Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing (ATOL) Scheme IN £5.00
3 Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Middleton Railway Drewery Car and Cairngorm Funicular Railway) Exemptions (Amendment) Order 2011 Zero Net Cost £0.00
3 The Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship transfers) 2010 Regulations as amended by the 2012 Regulations IN £0.03
3 European Directive on Interoperability of Rail Systems OUT -£2.06 *
3 Air Navigation Order (Omnibus Amendment and other necessary amendments) OUT -£0.16 *
3 The Street Works (Charges for Occupation of the Highway) (England) Regulations 2012 Zero Net Cost £0.00
4 Historic Vehicles MOT Exemption Zero Net Cost £0.00
4 M62 J25-30 Managed Motorway Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 Greater Manchester Light Rail Exemption Order Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 – Epilepsy Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 Railways and other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 OUT -£0.10
5 Introduction of Thresholds for Nationally Significant Highways and Railways Schemes and amendments to the Planning Act 2008 to facilitate speedier delivery of road schemes OUT -£0.00
5 Proposed routes for specific seafarer certification for operating work boats less than 5000 gross tons OUT -£14.88
5 Marine Navigation (No.2) Bill Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 Maritime Studies Qualifications for Tug operators OUT -£0.49
5 Transitional SI (Commencement Order) for the airport economic regulation reforms OUT -£3.76
6 Real weight requirements for vehicles and vehicle-trailer combinations used for driving tests Zero Net Cost £0.00
6 Streamlining the process for stopping up and diversion orders Zero Net Cost £0.00
6 Removal of the insurance check at the point of vehicle licensing OUT -£0.46
6 Changes to Cabotage Rules OUT -£1.30
6 Introduction of Thresholds for Nationally Significant Highways and Railways Schemes and amendments to the Planning Act 2008 to facilitate speedier delivery of road schemes Zero Net Cost £0.00
6 Amendment to the street works communication protocol (ETON 6) OUT -£0.60
6 Extending the Date at end of Month scheme to vehicles which pay ‘nil’ licence OUT -£0.10
6 Removing the address from the digital tachograph card used to record bus or lorry drivers hours OUT -£0.02
6 Vehicle drivers (certificates of professional competence) regulations 2007 OUT -£23.94
6 The Strategic Road Network and the Delivery of Sustainable Development OUT -£5.80
7 Civil Aviation Act 2012 : Civil Aviation Authority information and advice duty IN £0.45
7 Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Hours of Work) (Amendment) Regulations IN £0.01
7 Amendment to the Motor Fuel Composition and Content Regulations 1999 Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 Abolition of the tax disc OUT Not yet validated
8 Vehicle Registration Certificate - amendment to the Roads Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002 OUT -£2.31
8 DVLA personalised registration services - amendment to the Retention of Registration Marks Regulations 1993 and Sale of Registration Marks Regulations 1995 OUT -£5.35
8 Safety at Street Works and Road Works Code of Practice Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 Boatmasters’ Licences (Amendment) Regulations OUT -£0.57
8 Night Flying Restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted Airports Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 Maritime Labour Convention 2009/13, including Seafarers’ Employment Agreements Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Adopt the European timescales for downloading digital data OUT -£0.93
9 The Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Safety) (Revocations) Regulations 2014 Zero Net Cost Not yet validated
9 Abolition of the paper counterpart to the driving licence IN (deregulatory) Not yet validated
9 Deregulation Bill – Taxi and private hire vehicle measures OUT -£6.70
9 Return of insurance certificates OUT -£28.69
9 The Wreck Removal Convention Act 2011 Commencement Order 2015 IN £0.08
9 Abolition of the paper counterpart to the driving licence IN (deregulatory) £3.72
9 V5C on demand - Amendment to the Roads Vehicles (Registration and Licensing Regulations) 2002 OUT -£2.31
9 Merchant Shipping (Boatmasters’ Qualifications, Crew and Hours of Work) Regulations 2015 Out -£0.57
9 The Drug Driving (Specified Limits)(England and Wales) Regulations 2014 IN £0.55
9 Examining the maximum weight limit for agricultural trailers and combinations, and examining the maximum speed limit for tractors OUT Not yet validated
9 The Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) (Amendment) Regualtions 2015 Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Raising the speed limit for HGVs over 7.5t on dual carriageway roads Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Driving Instructors (Disabilities) Deregulation Bill Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Raising the speed limit for HGVs over 7.5t on single carriageway roads OUT -£11.83
9 MS (Domestic Passenger Ships) (Safety Management Code) Regulations 2001 OUT Not yet validated
9 Designation of the statutory harbour authorities IN Not yet validated
9 Amendment of the registration of local bus service legislation Zero Net Cost Not yet validated
9 The Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle (Amendment) Regulations 2015 OUT Not yet validated
9 Regulations covering the behaviour of drivers, inspectors, conductors and passengers on buses Zero Net Cost Not yet validated
9 Removal of the requirement for ships to carry hard copies of the Code of safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen OUT Not yet validated

9. Department of Health (DH)

SNR period Title One-in, One-out / One-in, Two-out status Equivalent Annual Net Cost to Business (millions)
1 The Medical Profession (Responsible Officers) Regulations 2010 IN £1.78
1 Regulation of Sunbeds IN £7.50
1 The Health Service Branded Medicines (Control of Prices and Supply of Information) Amendment Regulations 2010 Zero Net Cost £0.00
1 Amendments to the Primary Medical Services (Electronic Prescription Service Authorisation) Directions 2008 Zero Net Cost £0.00
2 Prohibition on the sale of tobacco from vending machines IN £9.20 *
2 To include the medical exposure of self-referred asymptomatic individuals within the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulatons 2000 (IRMER) IN £0.05
2 Recognition of pharmacist qualifications awarded in the European Economic Area and Switzerland: removing the ‘‘Three-year rule’’ from new pharmacies OUT -£0.06 *
3 Prohibition of the display of tobacco products at the point of sale IN £2.27 *
3 Changes to regulations for Care Quality Commission registration OUT -£0.42
4 Consolidation of UK Medicines legislation OUT -£0.91 *
4 Repealing the smoke-free signs regulations (2007) OUT -£0.06 *
5 Medical Profession (Responsible Officers) Regulations Zero Net Cost £0.00
7 The HIV Testing Kits and Services (Revocation) Regulations 2014 OUT -£2.81
8 Healthcare and associated professions (Indemnity arrangements) - domestic patients IN £0.90
8 Abbreviated advertisements for human medicines OUT -£0.86
8 Relaxation on restrictions on asthma inhalers OUT Not yet validated
9 Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Display)(England) Regulations IN £14.79
9 Duty of Candour IN £1.00
9 Fit and proper persons requirement for directors (FPPT) IN £1.41
9 Market Oversight of difficult to replace care providers IN £0.37
9 Displaying ratings IN £0.16
9 Mitochondrial donation treatment Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Review of CQC registration requirements (fundamental standards) OUT -£0.30

10. Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

SNR period Title One-in, One-out / One-in, Two-out status Equivalent Annual Net Cost to Business (millions)
1 Private pensions uprating OUT -£3,342.00
2 Occupational pensions schemes employer debt regulations OUT -£26.20 *
3 Abolition of contracting-out for defined contribution pension schemes OUT -£4.78 *
4 Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations 2012 IN £0.10
4 The Child Support (Meaning of Child and New Calculation Rules) (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2012 OUT -£0.70 *
4 Workplace Pension Reforms IN £2,699.80 *
4 Occupational Pension Schemes (Automatic enrolment) Regulation 2012 IN £18.00 *
4 Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012 OUT -£8.18 *
4 The Employers’ Duties (Implementation) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 OUT -£130.96 *
4 Abolition of stakeholder pension designation requirement Pension Act 2008 OUT -£0.34 *
4 The Occupational Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 The Social Security (Recovery by Deduction from earnings) Regulations 2013 Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 Occupational Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013 Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 Occupational Pensions Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments No.2) Regulations 2013 Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 Amendments to National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Order 2013 Zero Net Cost £0.00
6 The Social Security (Persons Required to Provide Information) Regulations 2013 Zero Net Cost £0.00
7 The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2013 OUT -£10.70
7 Abolition of Statutory Sick Pay record-keeping obligations associated with applications under the Percentage Threshold Scheme Zero Net Cost £0.00
7 Child Maintenance: Child Support Agency Case Closure, Child Maintenance Service Fees & Supporting Family Based Arrangements OUT -£0.03
7 Pensions Bill : Maximum period between scheme returns for micro schemes OUT -£0.29
7 Occupational Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2014 – Audit requirements Zero Net Cost £0.00
7 Occupational Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2014 – TUPE provisions Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 Pensions Act 2011 (Transitional, consequential and supplementary provisional) regulations 2014 (Bridge) Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Pension Schemes Bill - Procedure for registering independent trustees (PEN004) Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Regulations to exclude certain workers from Automatic Enrolment (A-E) Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Automatic Enrolment (A-E) (information provision) easement for employers Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Adjustment of Pension Credit Benefit Age Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Alternative test for Defined Benefit (DB) Auto-Enrolment schemes Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Charges in qualifying A-E qualifying schemes IN £18.80
9 Minimum Governance Standards in qualifying A-E schemes IN £5.05
9 Defined Ambition Zero Net Cost £0.00

11. Food Standards Agency (FoodSA)

SNR period Title One-in, One-out / One-in, Two-out status Equivalent Annual Net Cost to Business (millions)
2 Earned Recognition in the Dairy Sector (England and Wales) OUT -£0.13
5 Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations 2013 Zero Net Cost £0.00
7 Revised Feed Law Code of Practice Zero Net Cost £0.00
7 Revised Food Law Code of Practice OUT -£0.67
9 Revisions to the Food Law Code of Practice OUT Not yet validated

12. HM Treasury (HMT)

SNR period Title One-in, One-out / One-in, Two-out status Equivalent Annual Net Cost to Business (millions)
1 Mutual Societies (Electronic Communications) Order OUT -£10.20 *
2 Introducing a protected cell regime for UK open ended investment companies Zero Net Cost £0.00
2 The FSMA 2000 (Carrying on Regulated Activities by Way of Business)(Amendment) Order IN £1.48
2 The FSMA 2000 (Exemption)(Amendment) Order OUT -£0.39
2 Legislative Reform Order on mutuals OUT -£4.80 *
2 Early implementation measures of Amending Directive 2003/71/EC on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading OUT -£11.00 *
4 Money Laundering Regulations 2007 OUT -£3.05 *
4 Payment Services Regulations 2012 IN £0.16 *
4 UK implementation of the amended EU Prospectus Directive OUT -£0.55 *
5 Amendments to UK Covered Bond Regulations 2008 Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act 2012 OUT -£0.47
7 Deregulatory amendments to co-operatives legislation OUT -£1.53
7 Modernisations to the Building Societies Act (as amendments to the Banking Reform Bill) OUT -£4.00
7 Reform of Consumer Credit Regulatory Framework (Formerly Consumer Credit Act Transfer) IN £16.00
8 Illegal Immigrants access to Banking Accounts IN £0.20
9 Fair and Effective Markets IN £4.02
9 Transparency Directive (TD) IN £33.60
9 Sale and Rent Back Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Instalment Credit OUT -£2.20
9 Payday Lending Cap IN £91.30
9 Right to free and Impartial Pension Advice IN Not yet validated
9 Pensions Advice - Defined Benefit Schemes IN £1.70
9 Mutuals’ Redeemable Shares Bill Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 The Money Laundering Amendment Regulations 2014 IN Not yet validated

13. Home Office (including Government Equalities Office for SNRs 1 -4)

SNR period Title One-in, One-out / One-in, Two-out status Equivalent Annual Net Cost to Business (millions)
1 Introducing an annual limit on the number of non-EU economic migrants admitted into the UK to live and work (Tiers 1, 2) IN £0.50
1 Reform of the student immigration system (Tier 4) IN £25.50
1 Firearms (Electronic Communications) Order 2010 OUT -£0.83
1 Positive action - recruitment & promotion Zero Net Cost £0.00
2 Specification for new firearms Zero Net Cost £0.00
2 Civil Partnerships on Religious Premises Zero Net Cost £0.00
3 Changes to Tier 5 of the Points Based System for immigration and overseas domestic workers Zero Net Cost £0.00
3 Alcohol Licensing Measures IN £16.00 *
3 Migration fees changes Zero Net Cost £0.00
3 Alcohol measures in Section 182 Guidance of Licensing Act 2003 IN £0.73 *
3 Migration Permanent Limit, Tier 2 IN £0.001
4 Equality Act 2010 (Age Exceptions) Order 2012 Zero Net Cost £0.00
4 Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 and Part V of the Police Act 1997 OUT -£8.30 *
4 Reform of Vehicle Immobilisation IN £21.73 *
4 Early Morning Restriction Orders IN £9.28 *
4 Pathogens and Toxins listed in the Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act 2011 OUT -£0.06
4 Family Migration Route IN £0.02
4 Authority to Carry IN £1.05 *
6 Scrap Metal Dealers Act IN £30.40
7 Extension to the Primary Authority Scheme Out -£2.31
8 Simplifying the civil penalties to prevent illegal working OUT Not yet validated
8 Merging the ‘registered’ and ‘exempt’ categories of organisations that are regulated by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) IN Not yet validated
9 Powers of Entry: Code of Practice Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Liqueur confectionary Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Proposed changes to the Poisons Act OUT -£0.02
9 Lost Licences OUT -£0.05
9 Late Night Refreshment Orders OUT -£0.34
9 Hospices requisition forms OUT -£1.68
9 Community and Ancillary Notices OUT -£2.00
9 Personal Licences - renewal requirements OUT -£2.90

14. Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

SNR period Title One-in, One-out / One-in, Two-out status Equivalent Annual Net Cost to Business (millions)
1 The Health and Safety at Work etc Act (Application Outside Great Britain) (Variation) Order 2011 Zero Net Cost £0.00
3 Amendment of the Identification and Traceability of Explosives Regulations 2010 and the Identification and Traceability of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 OUT -£0.02 *
3 Implementing ‘Common Sense, Common Safety’ recommendation to amend RIDDOR Regulation 3(2) OUT -£0.23 *
5 The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act (Application Outside Great Britain) Order 2013 IN £0.00
5 Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Repeals, Revocations and Amendment) Regulations 2013 OUT -£0.09
6 Reporting of Injuries, Diseases & Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) 2013 OUT -£0.03
6 Miscellaneous Regulations to revoke the Docks Regulations 1988 and amend the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 OUT -£0.38
8 Petroleum (Consolidation) Regulations 2014 OUT -£0.03
8 Genetically Modified Organisms Legislation (Contained Use) (Consolidation) Regulations 2014 OUT -£0.11
8 Explosives Regulations 2014 OUT -£0.15
8 Acetylene Safety (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2014 Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (General duties of self-employed persons)(Prescribed undertakings) Regulations 2015 Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Deregulation Bill – Amending the Employment Act 1989 to extend the exemption for turban wearing Sikhs Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Mines Regulations 2014 OUT -£0.19
9 Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 OUT -£19.60
9 Health and Safety and Nuclear (Fees) Regulations 2015 OUT not yet validated

15. Ministry of Justice (MoJ)

SNR period Title One-in, One-out / One-in, Two-out status Equivalent Annual Net Cost to Business (millions)
1 Legislative Reform Order on mutuals Zero Net Cost £0.00
2 Implementation of the Legal Services Act 2007 Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 Amendment of the Client specific rule 6(b) of the Claims Management Regulator’s Conduct of authorised Persons Rules 2007 Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 Referral fees in Personal Injury Claims Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 Reform of Civil Litigation Funding and Costs in England and Wales (Jackson) Zero Net Cost £0.00
5 Scheme Rules for the Office of Legal Complaints (Legal Ombudsman) Zero Net Cost £0.00
6 Trust (Capital and Income) Bill Zero Net Cost £0.00
6 [Claims Management Rules Review (Phase 2)] (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/impact-assessment-opinion-claims-management-rule-review) Zero Net Cost £0.00
7 Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2014 Zero Net Cost £0.00
7 Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act- Bailiffs’ Law - dealing with the certification of bailiffs Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 Whiplash IN £11.89
8 Presumption of Death Certificate Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 Claims Management Regulation – Financial Penalties Zero Net Cost £0.00
8 Claims Management Review - Conduct Rules IN £0.15
9 Recovering the costs the Lord Chancellor will incur in meeting the costs of the Legal Ombudsman, dealing with complaints about claims management companies (CMCs) from the authorised claim industry IN £1.70
9 Judicial Review Phase 2 IN £0.02
9 Ban on lawyers giving inducements to make a claim Zero Net Cost £0.00
9 Modifications of Functions Order 2014 Solicitors Regulatory Authority: The Legal Services Act 2007 (The Law Society)(Modification of Functions) order 2013 for sole practitioners OUT -£0.03

16. Cross government account

SNR period Title One-in, One-out / One-in, Two-out status Equivalent Annual Net Cost to Business (millions)
4 Smart Meters IN £36.00 *

17. EU measures out of scope of One-in, One-out / One-in, Two-out

Dept SNR period Title Equivalent Annual Net Cost to Business (millions)
BIS 5 The Consumer Rights Directive £60.00
BIS 5 EU Directive 2011/90/EU – Additional Annual Percentage Rates (APR) Assumptions £0.29
BIS 5 Revocation of Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2008 & 2009 Not currently validated
BIS 5 Recast of the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive £35.00
BIS 5 Revised Parental Leave Directive (2010/18/EU) £0.59
BIS 5 (Recast) Directive of the European Parliament and the Council on combating Late Payment £0.00
BIS 6 The Companies and Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) Regulations 2013 Not currently validated
BIS 6 EU Directive 2011/77/EU amending Directive 2006/116/EC on the term of protection of copyright rights and certain related rights £0.3
BIS 6 Cosmetic Products Enforcement Regulations 2013 Not currently validated
BIS 6 The Small Companies (Micro Entities Accounts) Regulations 2013 Not currently validated
BIS 6 The Companies and Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) Regulations 2013 £190.0
BIS 7 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 - Schedule 4 Street Trading Not currently validated
BIS 7 The Waste Electrical and Electronic Regulations 2013 £2.30
BIS 7 The Aerosols Dispensers (Amendment) Regulations 2014 £0.45
BIS 8 Orphan Works Directive 2012/28/EU £0.00
BIS 8 Section 72 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act – exception for the pubic showing or playing of a film contained in a broadcast Not currently validated
BIS 9 Pressure Equipment (Amendment) Regulations £1.00
DCLG 6 Amendment to Part A of the Building Regulations 2013 £4.90
DCMS 5 The Authorisation of Frequency Use for the Provision of Mobile Satellite Services Not currently validated
DCMS 5 The Mobile Roaming (European Communities Amendment) Regulations 2012 Not currently validated
DCMS 7 Introduction of criminal penalties to support EU Mobile Roaming Regulations Not currently validated
DECC 5 Enforcement regime for the EU Regulation on Wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT) Not currently validated
DECC 5 Offshore Combustion Installations (Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2013 , SI 2013 / 971 Not currently validated
DECC 6 EU Congestion Management Procedure (CMP) Network Code £0.00
DECC 7 Energy Efficiency Directive - Billing £1.50
DECC 7 Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme £29.00
Defra 6 Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013 £0.08
Defra 6 The Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (England) Regulations 2013 Not currently validated
Defra 6 REACH Enforcement and Control of Asbestos (Amendment) Regulations 2010 Not currently validated
Defra 7 The Olive Oil (Marketing Standards) Regulations 2014 -£0.07
Defra 7 The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing Regulations 2014 £4.54
Defra 7 The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment no 2) Regulations 2014 £1.00
Defra 7 Amendment to Environmental permitting (England & Wales) Regulations 2010 - new schedule for Materials Recycling Facilities (MRFs) £0.80
Defra 8 Diseases of Swine Regulations 2014 Not currently validated
Defra 8 The Sea Fishing (EU Enforcement) (Miscellaneous Provisions, Amendments and Revocations) Order 2013 Not currently validated
Defra 8 The sea fish marketing standards regulations and amendments to the fish labelling regulations 2013. Not currently validated
Defra 8 The Non Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Amendment) Order 2014 Not currently validated
Defra 8 Consolidate existing legislation for dealing with an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF), Classical Swine Fever (CSF), or Swine Vesicular (SV) Not currently validated
Defra 9 Implementation of the pelagic landing obligation in England Not currently validated
Defra 9 Invasive Alien Species Regulation Not currently validated
Defra 9 The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2015 Not currently validated
Defra 9 The Ship Recycling Facilities Regulation Not currently validated
Defra 9 Proposed amendments to on farm scrapie controls Not currently validated
Defra 9 Amendments to controls on the use of Processed Animal Protein in feed for farmed fish Not currently validated
Defra 9 The removal of gold plating from the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) (England) Regulations Not currently validated
DfT 5 The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 – Vision £0.00
DfT 5 The Operation of Air Services in the Community (Pricing etc.) Regulations Not currently validated
DfT 5 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulations Not currently validated
DfT 5 The Merchant Shipping (Passengers’ Rights) Regulations 2012 Not currently validated
DfT 5 Amendment to Marine Equipment Directive providing an updated list of International Standards for Marine Equipment £0.60
DfT 5 Revised administrative validity of driving licences (drivers of small vehicles) Not currently validated
DfT 5 5 year administrative renewal & medical compliance for drivers of medium and large vehicles at licence renewal. Not currently validated
DfT 5 Implementation of the third EU directive on driving licences (driver testing and driving examiner requirements) Not currently validated
DfT 5 Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Passengers by Sea) Regulations 2012 -£0.05
DfT 5 Channel Tunnel: Transposition of Railway Safety and £0.00
DfT 5 Implementing Directive 2010/48 on Roadworthiness £2.40
DfT 5 EU Regulation 181/2011 concerning the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport £0.00
DfT 6 The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 £0.00
DfT 6 Implementing EC Regulation on International Safety Management Code £0.00
DfT 6 The Rights of Passengers in Bus and Coach Transport (Exemptions and Enforcement) Regulations 2013 £0.00
DfT 6 Agricultural or Forestry Tractors: Emission of Gaseous and Particle Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations 2013 Not currently validated
DfT 6 Tractor Front Power Takeoffs Not currently validated
DfT 6 Eighth Annual Amendment (Directive 2012/32/EU) to Marine Equipment Directive providing an updated list of International Standards for Marine Equipment Not currently validated
DfT 6 Port Security Directive 2005/65/EC for the ports of Rosyth, Peterhead, Cromarty Firth, Troon, Fowey, Oban, Shoreham, Great Yarmouth, Plymouth, Ipswich, Felixstowe/Harwich, Portsmouth, Medway, Londonderry, Coleraine Not currently validated
DfT 7 Amendments to the Driving Licence Regulations to introduce changes required by EU legislation for vehicles used for taking driving tests Not currently validated
DfT 7 Non-Road Mobile Machinery Emissions Stage IV Implementing Measures Not currently validated
DfT 7 Amendment to the Air Navigation Order £0.00
DfT 7 Amendment to EU Emissions Trading Scheme Not currently validated
DfT 7 The Merchant Shipping (Convention related to the Carriage of Passengers by Sea) Order 2014 AND The Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (United Kingdom Carriers) Order 2014 AND The Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (Interim Provisions) (Notice) Order 1980 (Repeal) Order 2014 Not currently validated
DfT 7 Port Security Directive 2005/65/EC for the ports of Barrow, Belfast, Cardiff, Cromarty Firth, Fowey, Glasgow, Great Yarmouth, Londonderry, Medway, Peterhead, Plymouth, Rosyth, Thames (London), Tyne, Troon, Shoreham, Stour and Orwell (Felixstowe, Harwich, Ipswich) £0.02
DfT 7 The Merchant Shipping (Survey and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations £0.00
DfT 8 The Merchant Shipping (International Safety Management (ISM) Code) Regulations 2014 £0.00
DfT 8 Update to MoT emissions data Not currently validated
DfT 8 Consolidation of Maritime Labour Convention Not currently validated
DfT 8 The Civil Aviation (Access to Air Travel for Disabled Persons and Persons with Reduced Mobility (Civil Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2014 £0.01
DfT 8 Clarifying rules on drivers’ hours and working time Not currently validated
DfT 8 Rail Passengers’ Rights & Obligations (Exemptions) Regulations 2014 Not currently validated
DfT 8 Amendments to the Air Navigation Order; and Rules of the Air Regulations 2014 £0.05
DfT 8 Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping and Safe Manning) Regulations 2014 Not currently validated
DfT 8 Sulphur Content in Liquid Fuels Directive amendment £400.00
DfT 9 Amendments to the Air Navigation Order; and Rules of the Air Regulations 2014 Not currently validated
DfT 9 Wearing of seat belts by children on coaches Not currently validated
DfT 9 Equalities Act on Ships and Hovercraft Amendment Not currently validated
DfT 9 Transposition of Tractor Exhaust Emissions Update Directives Not currently validated
DfT 9 The Shipping (Alcohol) (Prescribed Limits Amendment) Regulations Not currently validated
DfT 9 The Railways Infrastructure (Access and Management (Amendment) Regulations 2015 Not currently validated
DfT 9 The Railways Infrastructure (Access and Management) and Railway (Licensing of Railway Undertakings) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 Not currently validated
DH 7 Health protection (ships and aircraft) regulations 2014 Not currently validated
DH 6 The Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulation 2012 Not currently validated
DH 6 Medical Devices (Amendment) Regulations 2013 Not currently validated
DH 6 Implementation of Pharmacovigilance directive 2012/26/EU Not currently validated
DH 7 The Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 Not currently validated
DH 8 Healthcare and associated professions (Indemnity arrangements) - Cross border patients £2.10
FoodSA 6 The Food Safety, Food Hygiene and Official Controls (Sprouting Seeds) (England) Regulations 2013 £1.34
FoodSA 6 Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 Not currently validated
FoodSA 7 Food with Added Phytosterols or Phytostanols (Labelling) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 Not currently validated
FoodSA 8 The Food Safety and Hygiene (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 £0.02
FoodSA 8 The Animal Feed (Hygiene, Sampling etc. and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2015 Not currently validated
FoodSA 8 Animal Feed (Composition, Marketing and Use) Regulations 2015 Not currently validated
HMT 6 Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive £1,238.00
HMT 6 Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (technical measures on charity funds and 3rd countries) Not currently validated
HMT 6 Credit Rating Agency 3 Regulations – Defining civil liability terms Not currently validated
HMT 8 Transparency Directive: Removal of quarterly reporting Not currently validated
HMT 8 The Central Securities Depositories Regulations 2014 Not currently validated
HMT 9 The EU Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) £362.90
HSE 6 Domestic fees regulations to support EU Biocides Regulation 528/2012 on placing on the market and use of biocidal products £0.00
HSE 6 Regulations to make an exception to section 69 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 for breaches of the Pregnant Workers Directive (EEC92/85 as amended). £0.00
HSE 7 Heavy Fuel Oil (Amendment) Regulations 2014 £0.14
HSE 7 Amendments to the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals Enforcement Regulations 2008 Not currently validated

18. Out of scope measures of European origin 2010-2012[footnote 1]

Department Title Estimated impact on business per annum
DEFRA Industrial Emissions Directive [footnote 2] £130 million (net cost)
DfT Non-Road Mobile Machinery Emissions Directive - Extended Flexibility Scheme [footnote 2] £82 million (net benefit)
BIS Proposals to Revise the Toys (Safety) Regulations 1995 £45.4 million (net cost)
DECC Council Directive 2009/119/EC - obligation on Member States to maintain minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products £33.5 million (net benefit)
DEFRA The Animal By-Products Regulation (EC) No. 1069/2009 £29 million (net benefit)
BIS Recast of the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHs) Directive £22.9 million (net cost)
HSE Control of Asbestos Regulations £22 million (net cost)
DfT Amendments to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation for compliance with the Renewable Energy Directive £18 million (net cost)
HMT Transposition of the Recast Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities (UCITS IV) Directive 2009 £16.3 million (net cost)
HMT UK implementation regulations making amendments to the EU Prospectus Directive £12 million (net benefit)
DEFRA EU Directive to limit Petrol Vapour Emissions from Fuelling of Service Stations £8 million (net cost)
DCMS Implementing the Revised EU Electronic Communications Framework £7.7 million (net cost)
DEFRA Transposition of the Revised Waste Framework Directive (Directive 2008/98/EC) £7.2 million (net cost)
DEFRA Plant Protection Products: Enforcement Regulations and Fees Regulations £5.6 million (net cost)
DH Transposition of Pharmacovigilance Directive 2010/84/EU £4.6 million (net cost)
DEFRA Plant Protection Products: Sustainable Use Regulations 2012 £2.9 million (net cost)
DEFRA Revision of Fees: Amendment of the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (England) Regulations 2010 and the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2010 £2.7 million (net cost)
DEFRA Marine Strategy Framework Directive – targets and indicators for Good Environmental Status £2.6 million (net benefit)
DH Pharmacy proposals - Repeal of Section 10(7) of the Medicines Act £2.4 million (net cost)
DEFRA FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade) licensing scheme, implementing FLEGT Regulation 2005 £1.1 million (net cost)
DfT The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No.x) Regulations 2011 £1 million (net benefit)

19. Non-EU out of scope measures 2010-2014[footnote 3]

Department Title Estimated impact on business per annum Category
BIS Transparency & Trust - Enhanced Transparency of Company Beneficial Ownership £97.5 million (net cost) International
DECC Proposed legislation to implement the amended Paris and Brussels Conventions on nuclear 3rd party liability £43.8 million (net cost) International
DfT Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Crew Accommodation) Regulations 2013 £35 million (net cost) International
BIS Transparency and Trust : Opacity of the control of corporate structures through company directors - thos on the record and those they conceal £4.5 million (net cost) International
DCLG Decentralisation of Planning Application Fees £52 million (net cost) Fees and charges
MoJ Court Fees, Costs recovery £50 million (net cost) Fees and charges
FoodSA A new approach to charges for official controls on meat : delivering efficiency and reform £5.1 million (net cost) Fees and charges
BIS Land Registration Fee Order 2012 £5.1 million (net benefit) Fees and charges
DfT Increase in fees covering marine surveys; registration, transfer and mortgage of fishing vessels (RSS); and seaman training and certification (STC) £3.1 million (net cost) Fees and charges
BIS Companies House Fees Regulations £2.9 million (net benefit) Fees and charges
DEFRA Revision of Fees: Amendment of the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (England) Regulations 2010 and the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2010 £2.7 million (net cost) Fees and charges
HO Re-introduction of charges for controlled drug and precursor chemical licences £2.7 million (net cost) Fees and charges
BIS Merger Fees £2.6 million (net cost) Fees and charges
HO The Immigration & Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2011 £2.2 million (net cost) Fees and charges
DfT Lorry, bus and coach examination fees - location differentiation £1.8 million (net cost) Fees and charges
DEFRA Drinking Water Inspectorate Charging Scheme for England £1.4 million (net cost) Fees and charges
BIS Changes to petition deposits in bankruptcy and compulsory liquidation £1.4 million (net cost) Fees and charges
DfT Proposed Amendment to the Fees Charged by Approved Tachograph Centres £1.3 million (net cost) Fees and charges
BIS The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Limited Partnership) (Amendment) Regulations 2011, The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (European Economic Interest Grouping) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 and The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Companies, Overseas Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 £1.2 million (net benefit) Fees and charges
DCLG Increasing the fees for entering Energy Performance Certificates and Related Documents onto the Energy Performance Certificate Registers £1.2 million (net benefit) Fees and charges
MoJ Introducing a fee charging regime into Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal £1.0 million (net cost) Fees and charges
DfT Proposals to bring Payments in Lieu of Training (PILOT) under the tonnage tax in line with actual training costs £1.0 million (net cost) Fees and charges
DfT Street Works (Charges for Unreasonably Prolonged Occupation of the Highway) (England) Regulations 2011 £31.3 million (net cost) Other

20. Significant additional out of scope measures[footnote 4]

Department Title Estimated impact on business
HMT Banking reform: Ring-fencing secondary legislation Ongoing costs of £1.8 billion per annum; transition costs of £0.5 billion (lower bound estimates). Limited monetisation of potential benefits.
HMT Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill Ongoing costs of £1.7 billion per annum (lower bound estimates). Limited monetisation of potential benefits.
HMT Amendment to the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill - Introducing a Bail-in power £75 - £220 million for one year
BIS Amendment to the National Minimum Wage regulations 2014 - increase in NMW rates £401 million cost in 2014
BIS Amendment to the National Minimum Wage regulations 2013 - increase in NMW rates £187 million cost in 2013
BIS Amendment to the National Minimum Wage regulations 2012 - increase in NMW rates £155 million cost in 2012
DEFRA Abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board up to £31 million savings per annum
  1. The table includes measures receiving a fit for purpose rating at final stage with an estimated impact over £1 million. 

  2. These are SNR5/6 measures. However, they were seen by the RPC pre October 2012 and do, therefore, not fall into the category of validated EANCBs.  2

  3. The table includes measures receiving a fit for purpose rating at final stage with an estimated impact over £1 million. 

  4. The table includes measures receiving a fit for purpose rating at final stage with an estimated impact over £1 million.