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Draft Secondary Legislation
The Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2026

Published - Wednesday 28th January 2026

Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

The Churches Conservation Trust (formerly known as the Redundant Churches Fund) (“the Trust”) has as its object the preservation, in the interests of the nation and the Church of England, of churches and parts of churches of historic and archaeological interest or architectural quality which, together with their contents, are …


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The Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) (No. 2) Regulations 2025

Published - Thursday 30th October 2025

Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

These Regulations amend the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40) (“the Act”) to create exceptions within the merger control regime in Chapter 3A of Part 3 of the Act, which prohibits foreign state newspaper merger situations. A foreign state newspaper merger situation is created where a merger involving a newspaper enterprise, …


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The Football Governance Act 2025 (Specified Competitions) Regulations 2025

Published - Monday 13th October 2025

Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

These Regulations prescribe the top five tiers of the men’s English football pyramid as “specified competitions” for the purposes of the Football Governance Act 2025 (“the Act”).


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The Broadcasting (Independent Productions) Regulations 2025

Published - Monday 13th October 2025

Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

These Regulations set definitions and quotas for broadcasters in relation to independent productions. They implement the amendments made to the regulatory regime for independent productions quotas for the BBC, S4C and Channels 3, 4 and 5 (“the public service broadcasters”) in the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21) (“the 2003 Act”) …


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The Broadcasting (Regional Programme-making and Original Productions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Published - Monday 13th October 2025

Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

These Regulations create new provisions in relation to quotas for regional programme-making and amend the Broadcasting (Original Productions) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1652) (“the 2004 Order”) in order to implement provisions set out in the Media Act 2024 (c. 15) (“the 2024 Act”) relating to programme-making quotas for original and regional …


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The Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025

Published - Thursday 26th June 2025

Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Article 2 of this Order amends the definition of newspaper in section 44(10) of the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40) (“the Act”) for the purposes of the UK’s merger control regime in Part 3 of the Act.


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The Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025

Published - Thursday 15th May 2025

Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

These Regulations amend the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40) (“the Act”) to create exceptions within the merger control regime in Chapter 3A of Part 3 of the Act, which prohibits foreign state newspaper merger situations. A foreign state newspaper merger situation is created where a merger involving a newspaper enterprise, …


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The Casinos (Gaming Machines and Mandatory Conditions) Regulations 2025

Published - Monday 12th May 2025

Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Regulation 3 of these Regulations amends section 172(5)(b)(i) of the Gambling Act 2005 (c. 19) (“the Act”) to change how to calculate the number of gaming machines that may be made available for use in small casinos licensed under the Act. For every gaming table used in the casino, the …


Draft Secondary Legislation
The Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2025

Published - Tuesday 28th January 2025

Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

The Churches Conservation Trust (formerly known as the Redundant Churches Fund) (“the Trust”) has as its object the preservation, in the interests of the nation and the Church of England, of churches and parts of churches of historic and archaeological interest or architectural quality which, together with their contents, are …


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The Gambling Levy Regulations 2025

Published - Thursday 12th December 2024

Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

These Regulations are made under section 123 of the Gambling Act 2005 (c. 19) (“the Act”). They require holders of operating licences (within the meaning of sections 126(1) and 353(1) of the Act) to pay an annual levy to the Gambling Commission.