In our January 2020 News Letter we report on two pieces of new legislation relating to plant health and food and amendments to legislation covering dangerous substances, environmental protection, plant health and waste.  We review the passage of new legislation through Parliament. We cover two consultations, two changes to guidance brought about by the HSE and two prosecutions of note.

Seventy-year-old legislation is still driving performance.  The Statistics of Trade Act 1947 (A1947 . c39) empowers the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to carry out business surveys.  https://www.ons.gov.uk/surveys/informationforbusinesses/aboutonsbusinesssurveys. Examples of information gathered under the provisions of the Act are The Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Survey and The Survey of Research and Development Carried Out in the United Kingdom. Failure to comply with a request for information from the ONS could lead to prosecution at a Magistrates Court with a fine up to a maximum of £2,500.

Dear Simplifi User,

In our March 2020 News Letter we report on new legislation covering building and planning controls and plant protection and on amendments to legislation covering environmental and health protection, planning and waste.

UK Government is publishing temporary amendments to Statutory Instruments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The time frame for these amendments appears to be from present until September 2020. Simplifi will process these amendments as normal and will “red-line” them at such time that they cease to apply.

New consultations cover the design of an environmental land management scheme and changes to the CfD (Contract for Difference).  We cover revised guidance on manage the risks of working alone and the dangers resulting from the discharges of particulates from fire suppression systems in confined spaces.  Finally, there are prosecutions of note.

In our April 2020 News Letter we report on three new items of legislation, all concerned with the control of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and five amendments to legislation. There is no new relevant EU legislation.  With sittings of Parliament suspended no progress has been made on The Environment Bill 2019-21.  We note two consultations.  We also report on temporary arrangements, made in response to the COVID-19, by the HSE and the Environment Agency.  There were no prosecutions made during the month.

We cover how we present new and amended legislation.