SSI 2018/219.  The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018. Comes into force 1st September. These Regulations provide a framework for the authorisation of environmental activities in Scotland. They repeal the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (1993 c.12), and provide a new regulatory framework for radioactive substances activities. These Regulations transpose provisions of Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation.

SI 2018/764. The Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval and Emission of Gaseous and Particulate Pollutants) Regulations 2018.  Comes into force 21st September.  These Regulations make provision in connection with Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 on requirements relating to gaseous and particulate pollutant emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery.

SI 2018/798. The Offshore Combustion Installations (Pollution Prevention and Control) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.  Comes into force 27th June.  Amends The Offshore Combustion Installations (Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/971).  They transpose obligations in Directive (EU) 2015/2193 on the emissions of certain pollutants and in Part III of Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) insofar as those obligations apply to offshore combustion installations

SI 2018/800.  The Offshore Environmental Civil Sanctions Regulations 2018.  Comes into force 1st October. These Regulations give the Secretary of State the power to impose civil sanctions by way of fixed and variable monetary penalties on persons in respect of certain criminal offences under the following—