Bill Longley-Cook, Author at Simplifi Solutions

7th February 2019

SSI 2019/32

SSI 2019/32. The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019. Comes into force on Brexit day. Makes amendments to The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/318).

6th February 2019

Cambridge haulage company fined £510k for waste offences

A Cambridgeshire haulage company has been fined £510,000 and ordered to pay costs of £30,000 after they admitted illegally storing baled waste. Its director has been ordered to do 180 hours of unpaid work. The company operated from an address which had an environmental permit, but the offences occurred at sites which did not. During 2014 and 2015 the company used a site next to Royston Sewage Treatment Works to illegally store thousands of tonnes of baled combustible waste known as refuse derived fuel (RDF), which posed a significant fire risk. Some waste was also buried at the site and some stockpiled at another nearby location.

6th February 2019

SI 2019/160

SI 2019/160. The Merchant Shipping (Technical Requirements for Inland Waterway Vessels) (Amendment) Regulations 2019. Comes into force 25th February. These Regulations implement Directive (EU) 2016/1629 laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels and amend the Merchant Shipping (Technical Requirements for Inland Waterway Vessels) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/1075).

6th February 2019

SI 2019/156

SI 2019/156. The Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. Comes into force on Brexit day. These Regulations revoke and replace the Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/3087). These Regulations largely replicate the key provisions and penalties contained SI 2008/3087 in the United Kingdom but, in light of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union, they abolish the distinction between Member States and third countries. That means that all countries outside the United Kingdom will be treated as third countries and there is no longer any provision for the mutual recognition of authorisations. These Regulations also largely replicate the key procedural provisions contained in Council Directive 2006/117/Euratom in order to provide the maximum continuity for operators in this sector. The standard forms referred to in Regulation 9 will be found on the Gov.UK website.