Note: This list does not include
those measures which have already been laid.
| Brief Description of Proposal (listed by Department)
| Consultation Start Date
| Consultation End Date
|
| Reservoirs Act 1975: exempting small reservoirs from the required continuous supervision where certified as low risk by a qualified civil engineer (DETR)
| October 1993
| 19 November 1993
|
| Town Police Clauses Act 1847 and Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976: remove a number of minor restrictions on licensed hire vehicles (DETR)
| 15 October 1996
| 13 December 1996
|
| Road Traffic Act 1988: to allow holders of pre-1976 driving licences to obtain a full driving licence (DETR)
| 15 January 1997
| 12 March 1997
|
| Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982: reducing licensing requirements for skin piercing (Department of Health)
| 3 October 1996
| 5 December 1996
|
| Companies Act 1985: to introduce a de minimus threshold for notifying transactions involving directors' shareholders, below which transactions could be aggregated and disclosed annually or when the threshold was reached (DTI).
| 20 August 1996
| 8 November 1996
|
| Weights and Measures Act 1985: allow self verification of weighing and measuring equipment by manufacturers (DTI).
| 9 February 1996
| 25 March 1996
|
| Pipelines Act 1962: a number of proposals including the introduction of a written representations procedure to deal with objections and changes to the procedures dealing with applications for compulsory purchase orders and compulsory rights orders (DTI).
| February 1997
| 2 May 1997
|
| Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963: to permit pools winnings to be paid in shops and other premises (Home Office).
| 15 August 1996
| 31 October 1996
|
| Licensing Act 1964: to allow vineyards holding off-licences to sell their products at fetes and similar events (Home Office)
| 19 August 1996
| 18 October 1996
|
| Gaming Act 1968: allow limited advertising and postal and group membership of casinos (Home Office)
| 12 November 1996
| 31 January 1997
|
| Industrial Assurance Acts 1923 and 1948: remove some restrictions for new policies (H M Treasury)
| 2 December 1996
| 13 January 1997
|
| Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992: remove the requirement that trade union subscriptions can only be deducted from pay where the enmployee has made a written authorisation during the past three years (DTI).
| 29 August 1997
| 31 October 1997
|
| Companies Act 1985: widening the powers of open ended investment companies (H M Treasury)
| 4 December 1996
| 24 January 1997
|
Note: These proposals are provisional
and in particular are subject to the outcome of consultation.
