Perhaps I am blind, but it seems to say nothing about being required to fly within sight of the surface under rule 25 for flying in class B airspace. The Licensing Division of the CAA reopens in 45 minutes, I shall telephone to enquire about this.
Insomuch as the original question is concerned, it is the responsibility of National Regulations which dictate what rules must be followed in each of the JAA Member States.
The NPA (equiv. to FAA NPRM) regarding JAR-OPS(2) and (4) [Corporate and Aerial Work, respectively] is the latest bunch of [proposed (and accepted by all Member States)] regulations to the best of my knowledge. Perhaps you could explain what 'new' JARs you are looking at?
The EASA has taken authority of the Civil Aviation Authority for the United Kingdom, but sadly comprises only one staff member (a Director) at the time being. I am not aware of which other Member States have done the same, perhaps there is room for a brief comment from the readers on this? It will be at least another 6 months before the EASA begins to swing its lead as far as it concerns the UK, but until such a time the aforementioned ANO extraction is the ultimate source of the National Regulations in the UK and shall continue to be for the foreseeable future.
CSX001, you may or may not be aware that Schedule 8 deals with the licences ratings and qualifications of flight crew. How is that regulatory in terms of VFR for the sake of VFRs alone?