Statwatch

Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/235) Commence 28 February 2008. Provide that a student who is a prisoner during any part of the academic year is not eligible for any part of the full-time student support package, with the exception of tuition fee support and  disabled students’ allowance.

Judicial Committee (General Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules (Amendment) Order 2008 (SI 2008/300) Commences 4 March 2008. Omits the current requirement for the parties to examine the proofs of the record and the corresponding fee. The record means the aggregate of papers relating to an appeal proper (including the pleadings, proceedings, evidence, judgments and order granting leave to appeal) to be laid before Her Majesty in council on the hearing of the appeal. The parties will prepare the record and then send it to the registry for approval. The registrar may, if necessary, give directions for it to be rearranged. Once the record has been approved by the registry it is then reproduced by the appellant who is required to send a number of copies to the registry and to the other parties.

Controlled Drugs (Drug Precursors) (Community External Trade) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/296) Commence on 7 March 2008. Implement Council Reg 111/2005/EC, which imposes obligations on operators in respect of the documentation, recording and labelling of substances useful for the manufacture of controlled drugs, known as drug precursors(scheduled substances). It requires: operators engaged in  the export or import or in intermediary activities involving scheduled substances to have a licence; and operators to notify the competent authorities about any circumstances which suggest that scheduled substances intended for import, export or intermediary activities might be diverted for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances.