Bill Longley-Cook, Author at Simplifi Solutions

9th December 2022

WSI 2022/1305

WSI 2022/1305. The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022. Comes into force 31st December. The amendments cover holdings or parts of holdings not previously situated within a nitrate vulnerable zone and set a an annual application limit of livestock manure of 170kg per hectare.

9th December 2022

SI 2022/1291

SI 2022/ 1291. The Biocidal Products (Health and Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2022. Comes into force 31st December. These Regulations amend retained EU law relating to the applications for authorisation of biocidal products. In particular, they impose new deadlines within which certain actions must be taken by the competent authority in relation to an application for the authorisation of a biocidal product. The legislation in question is Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 and Regulation (EU) No 414/2013.

8th December 2022

SI 2022/1289

SI 2022/1289. The Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) (Amendment) Regulations 2022. Comes into force on 1st January 2023. Amends the definition of “Technical Instructions”.

7th December 2022

Chemicals company fined £800,000

A north-east England chemicals company was fined £800,000 after a worker suffered life-changing injuries in an explosion. The explosion, which occurred on 4 August 2020 also caused significant damage to the building. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) identified that the company failed to put sufficient measures in place to control the risk. This included a failure to use a correctly working extraction system to remove the flammable vapours and effective electrical earthing of the bulk bag to prevent the build-up of electrostatic charge that led to the static spark discharging.