27th November 2020

SI 2020/1358

SI 2020/1358.  The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. Comes into force immediately before IP completion day. These Regulations amend SI 2007/3106 The Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulations 2007.  The make very minor amendments to Regulation 3 – “The competent authority is also the enforcement authority” – and Regulation 4 – “Duties on the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland in Regulation (EU) 2019/1021”.

Waste

1st December 2020

SI 2020/1369

SI 2020/1369.  The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Withdrawal Agreement) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.  Comes into force come into force immediately before IP completion day. This Regulation amends SI 2012/3038 The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012.  They facilitate continued membership of the EU emissions trading system for generators of electricity for the wholesale market in Ireland/Northern Ireland

2nd December 2020

SI 2020/1376

SI 2020/1376.  The Pesticides (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. Comes into force immediately before IP completion day. These Regulations amend SI 2019/556 The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, SI 2019/306 The Pesticides and Fertilisers (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and SI 2019/557 The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.  These Regulations also amend retained direct EU legislation in the field of pesticides and plant protection products.

2nd December 2020

SR 2020/293

SR 2020/293.  The Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020.  Comes into force 23rd December.    These Regulations largely revoke and replace the SR 2019/230. Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019. They also revoke regulations 6 and 7 of the SR 2019/41 Plant Health and Seeds (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019.