January 2021 Legal Updates

7 January 2021  |  Environmental Updates  |  Green Element  |  Leave a comment

This month the following pieces of legislation have been changed or altered:

1. The Invasive Non-native Species (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020. Formerly known as The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

This has been changed to prevent the introduction of invasive species.

2. The Hazardous Substances and Packaging (Legislative Functions and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

This has been altered to align with the UK leaving the EU.

The Hazardous Substances and Packaging amendment has affected the following pieces of legislation:

1. The Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012

2. The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2015

3. The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019

4. The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

3. The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020