All amends regarding the UK leaving the EU will only take place on the day of exit. The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) Regulations 2019 Sections which have been amended are: Bathing Water Regulations 2013, the list of bathing areas has changed. The new list will be published. In addition, small amendments […]
Exiting the EU, means this month there are more environmental legislation updates than usual. All amends will only take place on the day of exit. There will be changes in legislative wording to fit in with domestic UK legislation. Most changes will be minor. The laws which will be affected are the following: The Air […]
April 2018 Legal Updates The Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 revise the fees to be paid when entering data onto the register. Additions have been made to the list of data items from the register that may be published on a website. The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendments No. […]
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 sets new targets for packaging waste recycling for 2018-2020. Targets for paper, aluminium, steel and wood for 2018 to 2020 have been updated while the target for recycling plastic and glass for 2018 to 2020 remain the same. Other changes mean the recycling allocation for small […]
November 2016 – Environmental Compliance Journal The Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2016 sets out provisions of the 2014 Act that came into force on 1st November 2016. The act consists of six parts with some of the more pertinent ones including Part 1, Water Industry, where the amendments introduce […]
What you need to know following the end of the transition period. From June 2017 chemical mixtures placed on the market must comply with the CLP regulation, and therefore will have new labelling of hazards. As of June 2015, the CLP Regulation applied in full to mixtures which were placed on the market. To aid […]
Enters into force – 1 January 2017 The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 consolidated and revoked the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 and all of its subsequent amendments. Duties under the regulations broadly remain unchanged. Additionally, the 2016 regulations revised the T17 waste management exemption and allow statutory undertakers undertaking dredging […]
There are two pieces of legislation that we would like to cover this month. The first is The Climate Change Agreements (Administration) (Amendment and Related Provision) Regulations 2016 that amends the Climate Change Agreements (Administration) Regulation 2012. The changes require companies to pay a ‘buy-out’ fee of £14 (increased from £12) for every tonne of […]
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 came into force on 20th December 2016. The changes amended the 2007 regulations by setting new packaging targets for plastic for 2016 to 2020 and for glass for 2018 to 2020. In addition, the target for recycling by re-melt for 2016 and 2017 is continued for […]
There have been no major changes this month so we just wanted to pick up on a piece of legislation that came into force on 6th April 2016. The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 amends the position where the killing, taking, possession or control of wild birds or their […]