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Legislation round-up

16 October 2008
Issue: 7341 / Categories: Legislation
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Legislation news update

In force
28 Oct 2008

Legislation
European Single Currency (Taxes) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/2647)

Summary
Amend the European Single Currency (Taxes) Regulations 1998 (SI 2008/2647), reg 6(1)(b) to make terminology consistent between primary legislation relating to taxation of life assurance companies.

In force
3 Nov 2008

Legislation

Sustainable Communities Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/2694)

Summary

Make provision regarding the constitution of panels. Sufficient representatives must be involved in a panel so that local persons are adequately represented by the panel, but there is no breach of this requirement if a local authority takes reasonable steps to involve a group of local persons and no representatives of the group become so involved.

In force
1 Jan 2009

Legislation
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (Commencement No 4 and Transitional Provision) Order 2008 (SI 2008/2664)

Summary
Brings into force on 1 January 2009 the Special Educational Needs (Information) Act 1998, s 1. That section inserts sections 332C—332E into Pt 4 of the Education Act 1996. Those provisions impose a duty on the secretary of state to exercise relevant powers with a view to securing the provision of information about children in England with special educational needs (SEN) which would, in his opinion, be likely to assist him or others in improving the well-being of such children; and to publish, or arrange to be published, certain information about children with SEN to assist him, or others, to improve their well-being. The secretary of state has discretion as to the manner of publication, except that the information must be published on an anonymised basis.

Issue: 7341 / Categories: Legislation
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

London labour and employment team announces partner hire

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Double partner appointment marks Belfast expansion

NEWS
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned
Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome
After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights
The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains
Boris Johnson’s 2019 attempt to shut down Parliament remains a constitutional cautionary tale. The move, framed as a routine exercise of the royal prerogative, was in truth an extraordinary effort to sideline Parliament at the height of the Brexit crisis. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC dissects how prorogation was wrongly assumed to be beyond judicial scrutiny, only for the Supreme Court to intervene unanimously
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