Business Diary: UK Regulations - January 2018
Currently, two to three new Regulation entries are added to the Archive each day. Regulation Watch covers business related topics such as new legislation, changes in legislation, consultations and regulatory body announcements.
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Business Laws
Regulator Activity: The Competition and Markets Authority has announced a package of measures, including the requirement that banks adopt Open Banking by 2018, aimed at ensuring that banks compete harder for customers, technological advances are fully exploited and smaller providers are able to compete more fairly.
Unknown Future Date - Start Date: 1st January 2018
2nd
Business Laws
On 2 January 2018, the existing discard ban for cod, whiting and saithe was extended to include more vessels in the North Sea. Fishermen targeting saithe in North Western Waters, including the Irish Sea, will be required to land it for the first time.
Published Date: 2nd January 2018
