March 2024 newsletter

In the Simplifi newsletter for March 2024  we present three new piece of legislation concerning fees payable to the Oil and Gas Authority, merchant shipping safety and support for energy intensive industries.  During the month amendments were made to twelve Statuary Instruments covering compensation for industrial diseases, fees payable for health and safety, infrastructure planning, waste management, countryside stewardship and renewable energy. For The Republic of Ireland, we have an amendment to an SI on marine pollution.  For the EU we have legislation on substances which deplete the ozone layer.

There were no relevant consultations raised this month.   In the news was a report by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch and an announcement about changes to guidance in support of the First Aid at Work Regulations.  We have prosecutions of note following deaths on a waste management facility and a steel fabrication works, four accidents resulting in serious injuries and a pollution incident.