SI 2023/825. The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Exemptions and Modifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2023. Comes into force 1st October.  These Regulations amend The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Regulations 1995 (SI 1995/2869). The amendments introduce Schedules providing for classes of vehicle for which an operator’s licence is not required and modifications of legislative provisions in relation to certain vehicles brought temporarily into Great Britain which are not exempted from the licence requirement. The new Part 3 includes classes of vehicle brought temporarily into Great Britain by international operators from countries with which the United Kingdom has an international agreement relating to the transport of goods by road.

EU 2023/1442. Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/1442 amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, as regards changes to substance authorisations and addition of new substances. Comes into force 31st July.   In Table 1 Entry 96 on wood flour and fibres, untreated, and Entry 121 on salicylic acid are deleted.  Also, in that table, Entry 157 on phthalic acid, dibutyl ester, Entry 159 on phthalic acid, benzyl butyl ester, Entry 283 on phthalic acid, bis(2-ethylhexyl) ester, Entry 728 on phthalic acid, diesters with primary, saturated C8-C10 branched alcohols, more than 60 % C9, Entry 793 on triethanolamine are replaced and five new substances added.

SI 2023/810. The Control of Explosives Precursors and Poisons (Amendment) Regulations 2023. Comes into force 1st October. These Regulations make corrections to Regulation 8 of the Control of Explosives Precursors and Poisons Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/63) which amends Schedule 1A to the Poisons Act 1972 (c. 66).