SI 2023/747. The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2023. Comes into force 26th July.   This Order amends Class B of Part 4 of Schedule 2 the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (SI 2015/595) with respect to campsites.  Amendments also cover prison fences, adds National Park authorities and the Broads Authority to the definition of local authority and places a duty on the Environment Agency to respond to consultation.

A 2023 c.28.  Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023.  This Act passed into law on 29th June.  The Act lists some six hundred items of subordinate legislation and retained direct EU legislation, shown in Schedule 1. which are to be revoked or “sun setted” by 31st December 2023. An explanation of the Act is provided in https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-03/0156/en/220156en.pdf.  EU-derived subordinate legislation is EU legislation enacted on to the UK Statute Book by way of secondary legislation only (e.g. a Statutory Instrument) and not by an Act of Parliament.  Retained direct EU legislation includes regulations, decisions, and tertiary EU legislation. This term does not extend to UK legislation derived from EU treaties or directives.

SI 2023/729. The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations 2023.  Comes into force 4th July. These regulations amend Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 to extend exemption in Annex 1 applicable to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and related compounds for certain types of PPE to 3rd December 2025.