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13th October 2023

SI 2023/1091

SI 2023/1091. The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023. Comes into force 8th November. Amends Schedule 2 of A 1971 c.38 by adding nitrous oxide to the list of Class C drugs.

13th October 2023

Revocations by the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023.

This Act passed into law on 29th June. The Act revokes, on 31st December, some six hundred items of subordinate legislation and retained direct EU legislation, listed in Schedule 1. The following are listed on the Simplifi website.

Energy Efficiency (Building Renovation and Reporting) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/952) Energy Efficiency (Eligible Buildings) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3220) Energy Efficiency (Encouragement, Assessment and Information) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1403) Flood Risk Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3042) Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from High-efficiency Cogeneration Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/292) Loading and Unloading of Fishing Vessels Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1656) Motor Fuel (Road Vehicle and Mobile Machinery) Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3030) National Emission Ceilings Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/129) Posted Workers (Agency Workers) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/384) Promotion of the Use of Energy from Renewable Sources Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/243) Renewable Transport Fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/374) Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/164)

Also:

Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures – Annex VIII only. Commission Delegated Regulations (EU 1078/2014), (EU 2015/229), (EU) 2019/33, (EU) 2019/1701 and (EU 2020/168) amending Annex 1 and V of Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 concerning the export and import of hazardous chemicals.

These will be revoked on the website using the standard processes.

16th October 2023

EU 2023/2055

EU 2023/2055. Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2055 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards synthetic polymer microparticles. Comes into force 25th September. The amendment adds Category 78) Synthetic polymer microparticles, with certain exclusions, which are solid and fulfil designated conditions shall not be placed on the market as substances on their own or in mixtures in a concentration equal to or greater than 0,01 % by weight. The amendment also adds test regimes for the degradability and solubility of polymers.

18th October 2023

WSI 2023/1096

WSI 2023/1096. The Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2023. Comes into force on 18th October. Sections 65 (requirements relating to separate collection etc. of waste), 67 (power to prohibit or regulate disposal of waste by incineration), 68 (civil sanctions), section 69(5) (regulations) and section 70 (minor and consequential amendments and repeals). Comes into force 6th April 2024. Section 66 (prohibition on disposal of food waste to sewer)