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Please find our newsletter covering legislation published during June.
New legislation
Animal Health.
SI 2018/731. The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2018. Comes into force 19th July. These Regulations, which apply in England, revoke and remake with amendments the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/801). These Regulations enforce Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
Environment
SSI 2018/192. The Regulatory Reform (Specification of Basic Safety Standards Directive) (Scotland) Order 2018. Comes into force 27th June. This Order allows for the transposition of Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom, which lays down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation and repeals Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom.
Amending legislation
Energy
SI 2018/635. The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2018. Coming into force 20th June. These Regulations amend the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations (SI 2014/928) and the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/611). The amendment to SI 2014/928 allows a participant in the domestic RHI scheme to assign their right to receive RHI payments to a third-party investor. The amendment to SI 2018/611 makes various changes to the non-domestic RHI scheme with particular reference to registration process for biomethane producers.
Environment
SI 2018/695. The Town and Country Planning and Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018. Comes into force 1st October. These Regulations make minor amendments to the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/571), the Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulation 2017 (S.I. 2017/572), the Town and Country, the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/596) and the Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/403).
Waste
WSI 2018/721. The Hazardous Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018. Comes into force 5th July. These Regulations amend legislation which refers to Directive 2008/98/EC on waste. The very minor amendments, as regards the hazardous property HP 14 ‘Ecotoxic’, are made to Environmental Protection Act 1990, Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005 (WSI 2005/1806), Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/871), Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/988) and Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/1154).
Water.
SI 2018/706. The Water Supply (Water Quality) (Amendment) Regulations 2018. Comes into force 11th July. These Regulations amend the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/614). The amendments principally implement the requirements of Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1787 which amended Council Directive 98/83/EC on the quality of water intended for human consumption. The purpose of those amendments is to align the principles applying in the EU in respect of risk based sampling and analysis of drinking water with those of the World Health Organisation.
SI 2018/707. The Private Water Supplies (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018. Comes into force 11th July. These Regulations amend the Private Water Supplies (England) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/618). The amendments principally implement the requirements of Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1787 (OJ L 260, 7.10.2015, p.6) which amended Council Directive 98/83/EC on the quality of water intended for human consumption.
Revocation
SI 2018/739. The Environment and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Revocations) Order 2018. Comes into force 11th July. This Order revokes:
SI 1986/1530. The Milk Quota (Calculation of Standard Quota) Order 1986 and amendments. SI 1974/514. The Agricultural Wages Committees (Transitional Provisions) Order 1974 SI 1979/1703. The Importation of Hay and Straw Order 1979. SI 1996/3062. The Code of Practice on Environmental Procedures for Flood Defence Operating Authorities (Internal Drainage Boards and Local Authorities) Approval Order 1996
EU legislation
EU 2018/782. Commission Regulation EU 2018/782 establishing the methodological principles for the risk assessment and risk management recommendations referred to in Regulation (EC) No 470/2009. Comes into force 18th June. Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 lays down Community procedures for the establishment of residue limits of pharmacologically active substances in foodstuffs of animal origin. This Regulation sets out the methodological principles for the scientific risk assessment and risk management recommendations referred to in Articles 6 and 7 of that Regulation that shall be applied by the European Medicines Agency when preparing opinions on the MRLs of pharmacologically active substances which may be permitted in food of animal origin under that Regulation.
EU 2018/841. Regulation EU 2018/841 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework, and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU. Comes into force 20th June. This Regulation applies to emissions and removals of the greenhouse gases listed in Section A of Annex I that occur in any of the land in accounting categories; afforested and de-afforested land, managed crop and grass land and managed forest land on the territories of Member States.
Eire legislation
RI 2018/197. European Communities (Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment) (amendment) Regulations 2018. Comes into force 3rd July. Amends Regulations 2, 10 1(f), 52, 53 and 56 of European Communities (Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment) Regulations 2011 (RI 2011/349).
Consultations
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is consulting on proposals to amend environmental impact assessment regulations that apply to decommissioning of nuclear reactors. Consultation closes 20th June. The Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment for Decommissioning) Regulations (SI 1999/2892) require all civil nuclear reactor dismantling and decommissioning projects to obtain consent before being allowed to commence. This ensures that projects likely to have significant effect on the environment take due measures to protect and reduce their environmental impact. This consultation invites comments on proposals for implementing amendments of the European Union Directive on environmental impact assessments in so far as the Directive applies to consent […]
