WSI 2018/1208.  The Environmental Noise (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018. Comes into force 31st December.  These Regulations amend The Environmental Noise (Wales) Regulations 2006 (WSI 2006/2629) to implement Commission Directive (EU) 2015/996 establishing common noise assessment methods.

SI 2018/1205. The Climate Change Agreements (Amendment of Agreements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018. Comes into force on Brexit day.  These Regulations make amendments to the umbrella and underlying agreements, which exist under the Climate Change Agreement Scheme established under Schedule 6 to the Finance Act 2000 (c.17).

WSI 2018/1216. The Environment, Planning and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018.  Comes into force 17th December.  These Regulations make amendments in relation to Wales to a number of pieces of secondary legislation relating to the environment, planning and rural affairs.  Amendments, minor, are made to:

The Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994

The Drinking Water (Undertakings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000

The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Wales) Regulations 2002

The Environmental Information Regulations 2004

The Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005

The Contaminated Land (Wales) Regulations 2006

The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (Wales) Regulations 2009

The Wildlife and Countryside (Registration, Ringing and Marking of Certain Captive Birds) (Wales) Regulations 2011

The Incidental Flooding and Coastal Erosion (Wales) Order 2011

The Controlled Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012

The Bathing Water Regulations 2013

The Nitrate Pollution Prevention (Wales) Regulations 2013

The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

The Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017

The Water Abstraction and Impounding (Exemptions) Regulations 2017