The new regulations are available in full at the following web address:
http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/so...20nat%20EN.pdf
This is FCO's posting of the Italian government's translation of their own regs. It's quite complicated - as you'll see it you read then, it's difficult to advise people without knowing their precise circumstances. And of course, the regulations may be being interpreted differently in different places.....