Eire legislation. Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) (Amendment) Regulations 2018. Comes into force 26th March. Amends definitions of the terms “producer” and “placed on the market” in The Waste Management (Tyres and waste tyres) Regulations 2017 (RI 2017/400).

The Justification of Practices Involving Ionising Radiation (Amendment) Regulations 2018. Comes into force 18th April. These Regulations amend The Justification of Practices Involving Ionising Radiation Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/1769). These Regulations are part of a package of measures to transpose Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation, and repealing Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom.

.The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Enabling Powers and Modification of Enactments) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018. Comes into force 18th April. These Regulations are part of a package of measures to transpose Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation, and repealing Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom. These Regulations amend The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Enabling Powers) (England) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/3467) and The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (England) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1379).

The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018. Comes into force 2nd May. These Regulations transpose provisions of the Basic Safety Standards Directive as it applies to radioactive substances activities, by amending the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/1154). These Regulations also make amendments not required for transposition but which removes unnecessary regulatory burdens.