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Legislation


15 Dec 2015 SR 2015/406. The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015. Comes into force 31st January
14 Dec 2015 SI 2015/2012. The Deep Sea Mining Act 1981 (Isle of Man) Order 2015. Coming into force 1st January. This Order extends the provisions of the Deep Sea Mining Act 1981 (c.53) as it currently has effect in the United Kingdom to the Isle of Man with certain modifications and it revokes the Deep Sea Mining (Temporary Provisions) Act 1981 (Isle of Man) Order 2000 (SI 2000/1112).
11 Dec 2015 SI 2015/1996. The Plant Health (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015. Comes into force 1st January. These Regulations amend the Plant Health (Fees) (England) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/601).
11 Dec 2015 SI 2015/1997. The Common Agricultural Policy (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015. Comes into force 1st January. These regulations amend The Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment and Support Schemes (England) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/3259), The Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/3263) and The Rural Development Enforcement (England) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/75).
10 Dec 2015 SI 2015/1984. The Port Talbot Steelworks Generating Station Order 2015. Comes into force 30th December. This Order grants Tata Steel UK Limited development consent for a gas-fired generating station on the site of the Port Talbot steelworks and for the decommissioning of the existing generating station on the site
10 Dec 2015 2015. Asp 13. Harbours (Scotland) Act 2015. Came into force 2nd December. An Act of the Scottish Parliament to repeal sections 10 to 12 of the Ports Act 1991 and amend Schedules 3 and 4 to the Harbours Act 1964. In The Ports Act 1991 the following provisions are repealed— (a)section 10; schemes initiated by the Scottish Ministers, (b)section 11; annual turnover requirement for purposes of section 10, (c)section 12; schemes made by the Scottish Ministers. In The Harbours Act 1964 the following schedules are amended as follows. (a) In Schedule 3 (procedure for making harbour revision and empowerment orders), in paragraph 7, in each of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), the words “six copies of” are repealed. (b) In Schedule 4 (procedure for confirming and making harbour reorganisation schemes), in paragraph 1, for “not less than six copies”, in both places where those words occur, substitute “a copy
09 Dec 2015 SI 2015/1980. The Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015. Come into force 31st December. These Regulations amend the Animal By-Products (Enforcement)(England) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/2952).
08 Dec 2015 SI 2015/1974. The Electricity Capacity (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015. Came into force 4th December. These Regulations amend the Electricity Capacity Regulations 2014 (SI.2014/2043) and establish a system known as the Capacity Market.
08 Dec 2015 EU 2015/2232. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2232 of 2 December 2015 authorising an increase of the limits for the enrichment of wine produced using the grapes harvested in 2015 in all wine-growing regions of Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Came into force 5th December.
07 Dec 2015 SI 2015/1973. The Large Combustion Plants (Transitional National Plan) Regulations 2015. Comes into force 31st December with exception of Regulation 11 which comes into force 1st April. These Regulations form part of the implementation of Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (Recast) in the United Kingdom
07 Dec 2015 SR 2015/388. The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Access to Infrastructure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015. Comes into forth 4th January. These Regulations form part of the implementation in Northern Ireland of Directive 2009/31/EC on the geological storage of carbon. They implement Articles 21 and 22 of the Directive on third party access to carbon dioxide storage sites and transport networks
07 Dec 2015 SR 2015/387. The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015. Comes into forth 4th January. These Regulations implement Article 2 (in part) and Articles 3 to 17 and 19 of the Directive 2009/31/EC on the geological storage of carbon concerning: (1) the granting of permits for the operation of carbon dioxide storage sites (and related exploration activities); (2) the obligations of the storage operator (for example in relation to monitoring, reporting and corrective measures) whilst storage activities are taking place; (3) the operator’s continuing obligations for a period after the closure of the storage site; and (4) the inspection of carbon dioxide storage complexes.
04 Dec 2015 SSI 2015/410. The Food Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Come into force 19th January. The Regulations make amendments to the Food Information Regulations 2014. (SSI 2014/312). These Regulations make provision to specify “food information law” as required by Section 15A of the Food Safety Act 1990 to enable enforcement action to be taken under that Act for breaches of food information law
03 Dec 2015 SI 2015/1968. The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2015. Comes into force 25th December. These Regulations amend the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/3113)
03 Dec 2015 The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (Wales) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2015. Comes into force 18th December. These Regulations amend the Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (Wales) Regulations 2009 (WSI 2009/995).
03 Dec 2015 SR 2015/386. The Waste Management Licensing (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015. Comes into force 31st December. These regulations make minor amendments to The Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (SR 1999/362) and The Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (SR 2003/493).
02 Dec 2015 WSI 2015/1867. The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Wales) Regulations 2015. Came into force 28th November. The Regulations revoke and replace the Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Water (Wales) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/3165) and amending instruments
01 Dec 2015 SI 2015/1947. The Renewables Obligation Order 2015. Comes into force 1st December. This Order consolidates and re-enacts the Renewables Obligation Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/785) as amended and makes new provision. It imposes an obligation on all electricity suppliers licensed under the Electricity Act 1989 which supply electricity in England and Wales.

15 Dec 2015

SR 2015/406. The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015. Comes into force 31st January

14 Dec 2015

SI 2015/2012. The Deep Sea Mining Act 1981 (Isle of Man) Order 2015. Coming into force 1st January.

This Order extends the provisions of the Deep Sea Mining Act 1981 (c.53) as it currently has effect in the United Kingdom to the Isle of Man with certain modifications and it revokes the Deep Sea Mining (Temporary Provisions) Act 1981 (Isle of Man) Order 2000 (SI 2000/1112).

11 Dec 2015

SI 2015/1996. The Plant Health (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015. Comes into force 1st January. These Regulations amend the Plant Health (Fees) (England) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/601).

11 Dec 2015

SI 2015/1997. The Common Agricultural Policy (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015. Comes into force 1st January.

These regulations amend The Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment and Support Schemes (England) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/3259), The Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/3263) and The Rural Development Enforcement (England) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/75).

10 Dec 2015

SI 2015/1984. The Port Talbot Steelworks Generating Station Order 2015. Comes into force 30th December.

This Order grants Tata Steel UK Limited development consent for a gas-fired generating station on the site of the Port Talbot steelworks and for the decommissioning of the existing generating station on the site

10 Dec 2015

2015. Asp 13. Harbours (Scotland) Act 2015. Came into force 2nd December. An Act of the Scottish Parliament to repeal sections 10 to 12 of the Ports Act 1991 and amend Schedules 3 and 4 to the Harbours Act 1964.

In The Ports Act 1991 the following provisions are repealed— (a)section 10; schemes initiated by the Scottish Ministers, (b)section 11; annual turnover requirement for purposes of section 10, (c)section 12; schemes made by the Scottish Ministers.

In The Harbours Act 1964 the following schedules are amended as follows. (a) In Schedule 3 (procedure for making harbour revision and empowerment orders), in paragraph 7, in each of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), the words “six copies of” are repealed. (b) In Schedule 4 (procedure for confirming and making harbour reorganisation schemes), in paragraph 1, for “not less than six copies”, in both places where those words occur, substitute “a copy

09 Dec 2015

SI 2015/1980. The Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015. Come into force 31st December. These Regulations amend the Animal By-Products (Enforcement)(England) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/2952).

08 Dec 2015

SI 2015/1974. The Electricity Capacity (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015. Came into force 4th December.

These Regulations amend the Electricity Capacity Regulations 2014 (SI.2014/2043) and establish a system known as the Capacity Market.

08 Dec 2015

EU 2015/2232. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2232 of 2 December 2015 authorising an increase of the limits for the enrichment of wine produced using the grapes harvested in 2015 in all wine-growing regions of Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Came into force 5th December.

07 Dec 2015

SI 2015/1973. The Large Combustion Plants (Transitional National Plan) Regulations 2015. Comes into force 31st December with exception of Regulation 11 which comes into force 1st April.

These Regulations form part of the implementation of Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (Recast) in the United Kingdom

07 Dec 2015

SR 2015/388. The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Access to Infrastructure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015. Comes into forth 4th January.

These Regulations form part of the implementation in Northern Ireland of Directive 2009/31/EC on the geological storage of carbon. They implement Articles 21 and 22 of the Directive on third party access to carbon dioxide storage sites and transport networks

07 Dec 2015

SR 2015/387. The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015. Comes into forth 4th January.

These Regulations implement Article 2 (in part) and Articles 3 to 17 and 19 of the Directive 2009/31/EC on the geological storage of carbon concerning: (1) the granting of permits for the operation of carbon dioxide storage sites (and related exploration activities); (2) the obligations of the storage operator (for example in relation to monitoring, reporting and corrective measures) whilst storage activities are taking place; (3) the operator’s continuing obligations for a period after the closure of the storage site; and (4) the inspection of carbon dioxide storage complexes.

04 Dec 2015

SSI 2015/410. The Food Information (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Come into force 19th January.

The Regulations make amendments to the Food Information Regulations 2014. (SSI 2014/312).

These Regulations make provision to specify “food information law” as required by Section 15A of the Food Safety Act 1990 to enable enforcement action to be taken under that Act for breaches of food information law

03 Dec 2015

SI 2015/1968. The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2015. Comes into force 25th December. These Regulations amend the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/3113)

03 Dec 2015

The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (Wales) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2015. Comes into force 18th December. These Regulations amend the Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (Wales) Regulations 2009 (WSI 2009/995).

03 Dec 2015

SR 2015/386. The Waste Management Licensing (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015. Comes into force 31st December. These regulations make minor amendments to The Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (SR 1999/362) and The Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (SR 2003/493).

02 Dec 2015

WSI 2015/1867. The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Wales) Regulations 2015. Came into force 28th November. The Regulations revoke and replace the Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Water (Wales) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/3165) and amending instruments

01 Dec 2015

SI 2015/1947. The Renewables Obligation Order 2015. Comes into force 1st December.

This Order consolidates and re-enacts the Renewables Obligation Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/785) as amended and makes new provision. It imposes an obligation on all electricity suppliers licensed under the Electricity Act 1989 which supply electricity in England and Wales.

Press Releases


09 Dec 2015 ECHA’s Committee for Socio-economic Assessment (SEAC) announced final opinions on the restriction proposals for Bisphenol A and PFOA (pentadecafluorooctanoic acid) and agreed on draft opinions supporting the restriction of methanol, in windshield washing fluids, and authorisation applications for one use of sodium chromate, sodium dichromate and 1,2-dichloroethane (EDC). http://echa.europa.eu/view-article/-/journal_content/title/seac-concludes-on-three-restriction-proposals-and-three-authorisation-applications
09 Dec 2015 ECHA has published an update of Chapter R.12 of the Guidance on information requirements and chemical safety assessment (IR&CSA) on use description. The scope of the guidance document has been extended from the system of use descriptors to also cover the principles and elements for describing the uses of chemical substances, the role that the use description plays in different REACH processes, and the related legal requirements. In addition, the lists of use descriptors have been updated, including a new use descriptor (Life cycle stage) and some modifications of the descriptors already available. http://echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/13632/information_requirements_r12_en.pdf

09 Dec 2015

ECHA’s Committee for Socio-economic Assessment (SEAC) announced final opinions on the restriction proposals for Bisphenol A and PFOA (pentadecafluorooctanoic acid) and agreed on draft opinions supporting the restriction of methanol, in windshield washing fluids, and authorisation applications for one use of sodium chromate, sodium dichromate and 1,2-dichloroethane (EDC).

http://echa.europa.eu/view-article/-/journal_content/title/seac-concludes-on-three-restriction-proposals-and-three-authorisation-applications

09 Dec 2015

ECHA has published an update of Chapter R.12 of the Guidance on information requirements and chemical safety assessment (IR&CSA) on use description.

The scope of the guidance document has been extended from the system of use descriptors to also cover the principles and elements for describing the uses of chemical substances, the role that the use description plays in different REACH processes, and the related legal requirements. In addition, the lists of use descriptors have been updated, including a new use descriptor (Life cycle stage) and some modifications of the descriptors already available.

http://echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/13632/information_requirements_r12_en.pdf

In The News


03 Dec 2015 HSE has published a guide to controlling health risks from rosin (colophony)-based solder flux fumeINDG249(rev1). http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg249.htm?ebul=gd-welding&cr=4/Dec15
01 Dec 2015 Scientists from the Centre for Atmospheric Science and the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester have developed and tested an unmanned aerial system (UAS) to quantify the methane, a potent greenhouse gas, released into the atmosphere from landfill sites. The project built on a previous feasibility study on the use of remote sensing techniques to quantify methane emissions from landfills. This earlier study examined sensor and UAS platform technology, and the requirements of Civil Aviation Authority regulations governing flights by unmanned aircraft. The feasibility study concluded that a mass balancing approach was the most promising method of calculating bulk methane fluxes from landfill sites using an unmanned aerial system. (Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measuring-landfill-methane-emissions-using-unmanned-aeria)

03 Dec 2015

HSE has published a guide to controlling health risks from rosin (colophony)-based solder flux fumeINDG249(rev1).

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg249.htm?ebul=gd-welding&cr=4/Dec15

01 Dec 2015

Scientists from the Centre for Atmospheric Science and the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester have developed and tested an unmanned aerial system (UAS) to quantify the methane, a potent greenhouse gas, released into the atmosphere from landfill sites.

The project built on a previous feasibility study on the use of remote sensing techniques to quantify methane emissions from landfills. This earlier study examined sensor and UAS platform technology, and the requirements of Civil Aviation Authority regulations governing flights by unmanned aircraft.

The feasibility study concluded that a mass balancing approach was the most promising method of calculating bulk methane fluxes from landfill sites using an unmanned aerial system.

(Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measuring-landfill-methane-emissions-using-unmanned-aeria)

Consultations


15 Dec 2015 DEFRA is consulting on proposed regulation changes for mobile crushing of lamps containing mercury. Consultation closes on 8th February. https://consult.defra.gov.uk/waste/rules-for-mobile-crushing-of-lamps
14 Dec 2015 DECC. 14th December. DECC is consulting to ensure that The Energy Technology List (ETL) continues to deliver its energy efficiency policy ambitions effectively. Consultation closes on 29th January. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-energy-technology-list-call-for-evidence
08 Dec 2015 DEFRA is consulting on a draft code of practice setting out how provisions for control against invasive non-native species will be used in England. Consultation closes 28th February. https://consult.defra.gov.uk/non-native-species/species-control-code
03 Dec 2015 Maritime and Coastguard Agency is consulting on a proposed Code for High Speed Offshore Service Craft of up to 500GT carrying up to sixty persons on board. Consultation closes 15th January. The proposed HS-OSC Code is based on the requirements in the HSC Code for cargo-carrying vessels and in recognition that the personnel being carried on vessels in the offshore renewable sector are not passengers in the normal sense, being better regarded as “industrial personnel” who comply with safety training and medical fitness standards more akin to normal seafarers. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-the-propose-code-for-high-speed-offshore-service-craft-of-up-to-500gt-carrying-up-to-60-persons-on-board
01 Dec 2015 Department for Communities and Local Government. 1st December. DCLG is consulting on a new Part R to the Building Regulations concerning high speed electronic communications networks. Consultation closes 11th January. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/new-part-r-of-the-building-regulations

15 Dec 2015

DEFRA is consulting on proposed regulation changes for mobile crushing of lamps containing mercury. Consultation closes on 8th February. https://consult.defra.gov.uk/waste/rules-for-mobile-crushing-of-lamps

14 Dec 2015

DECC. 14th December. DECC is consulting to ensure that The Energy Technology List (ETL) continues to deliver its energy efficiency policy ambitions effectively. Consultation closes on 29th January.

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-energy-technology-list-call-for-evidence

08 Dec 2015

DEFRA is consulting on a draft code of practice setting out how provisions for control against invasive non-native species will be used in England. Consultation closes 28th February.

https://consult.defra.gov.uk/non-native-species/species-control-code

03 Dec 2015

Maritime and Coastguard Agency is consulting on a proposed Code for High Speed Offshore Service Craft of up to 500GT carrying up to sixty persons on board. Consultation closes 15th January.

The proposed HS-OSC Code is based on the requirements in the HSC Code for cargo-carrying vessels and in recognition that the personnel being carried on vessels in the offshore renewable sector are not passengers in the normal sense, being better regarded as “industrial personnel” who comply with safety training and medical fitness standards more akin to normal seafarers.

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-the-propose-code-for-high-speed-offshore-service-craft-of-up-to-500gt-carrying-up-to-60-persons-on-board

01 Dec 2015

Department for Communities and Local Government. 1st December. DCLG is consulting on a new Part R to the Building Regulations concerning high speed electronic communications networks. Consultation closes 11th January.

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/new-part-r-of-the-building-regulations

Prosecutions


07 Dec 2015 Two companies operating a Merseyside woodchip factory have been fined a total of £410,000 and ordered to pay £214,000 costs following the death, in December 2010, of an employee and a contractor who were maintaining a conveyor. While carrying out the work the conveyor suddenly and unexpectedly started to operate, dragging both men into the machinery causing catastrophic fatal injuries. The companies had failed to properly assess the risks associated with the work on the conveyor or sharing these with contractors, did not have in place a proper process for managing contractors or a procedure for isolating dangerous machinery, and failed to train or check the competence of workers.
02 Dec 2015 The Environment Agency has revoked a Kent waste management operator’s environment permit following years of persistent non-compliance with permit conditions.

07 Dec 2015

Two companies operating a Merseyside woodchip factory have been fined a total of £410,000 and ordered to pay £214,000 costs following the death, in December 2010, of an employee and a contractor who were maintaining a conveyor. While carrying out the work the conveyor suddenly and unexpectedly started to operate, dragging both men into the machinery causing catastrophic fatal injuries.

The companies had failed to properly assess the risks associated with the work on the conveyor or sharing these with contractors, did not have in place a proper process for managing contractors or a procedure for isolating dangerous machinery, and failed to train or check the competence of workers.

02 Dec 2015

The Environment Agency has revoked a Kent waste management operator’s environment permit following years of persistent non-compliance with permit conditions.

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