- Burials
- Care proceedings reform
- Coroners
- Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
- Cremation
- Data protection
- Devolution
- Elections
- EU funding
- Flu pandemic
- Forced labour
- Forced marriage
- Forms of address
- Freedom of information
- Funding for the victim and witness voluntary sector
- Human rights
- Justice impact test
- Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Mentally disordered offenders
- Pleural plaques former claimants payment scheme
- Referral orders
- Regulatory offences
- Rehabilitation of Offenders Act
Guidance
Under the Code of Practice on Guidance on Regulation, we have produced a list of guidance documents aimed at business.
Burials
Guidance for burial ground managers, custodians of war memorials, archaeologists and others.
Care proceedings reform
We are committed to reducing unnecessary delay in care proceedings, bringing together all the agencies involved in the care proceedings system with local accountability.
Coroners
Guidance for coroners on reports to prevent future deaths and on the supply of information concerning the death of children.
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act introduces a new offence, across the UK.
Cremation
The Cremation Regulations 2008 come into effect on 1 January 2009. They modernise and consolidate all previous regulations, replacing the Cremation Regulations 1930 as amended.
Data protection
Guidance for professionals and practitioners on application of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Devolution
The Prime Minister has agreed that those areas of political reform for which the Deputy Prime Minister will have direct responsibility should transfer from the Ministry of Justice to the Cabinet Office.
Elections
Guidance for electoral administrators including electoral modernisation pilots and acting returning offers guidance.
EU funding
Guidance for non-profit organisations on applying for European Union grants under its fundamental rights and justice programme.
Flu pandemic
Guidance for coroners, planners and justice system agencies in the event of a flu pandemic in England and Wales.
Forced labour
Guidance on the new offence: Holding someone in slavery or servitude, or requiring forced or compulsory labour.
Forced marriage
Guidance for local authorities on applying for forced marriage protection orders and information for other agencies.
Forms of address
Guidance on how to address ministers, the judiciary, peers and members of parliament verbally and in writing.
Freedom of information
Guidance and resources to help those who work in central government, or other public authorities, to deal with freedom of information requests.
Funding for the victim and witness voluntary sector
The Government has announced that up to £9.8m per year, for three years, will be available in grant funding for voluntary-sector groups providing specialist support to victims and witnesses.
Human rights
Human rights guidance documents
Justice impact test
Guidance aimed at policy makers in government departments to help them assess the impact of their proposals on the justice system.
Mental Capacity Act 2005
The Mental Capacity Act provides a framework to empower and protect people who may lack capacity to make some decisions for themselves.
Mentally disordered offenders
Guidance and forms for those working with mentally disordered offenders (restricted patients).
Pleural plaques former claimants payment scheme
How to apply for a payment under the pleural plaques former claimants payment scheme.
Referral orders
Guidance for youth offending teams, community panel members and the courts on referral orders for young offenders.
Regulatory offences
Guidance for government departments and agencies on creating new regulatory penalties and offences.
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act
This guidance provides background information on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, explains who benefits from it, and sets out rehabilitation periods for offences covered by the act.
