These regulations will amend the assimilated, Great British version of the Recast Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulation (EU) 2019/1021.
Manufacturing, use and placing on the market restrictions will apply to three further chemicals (UV-328, dechlorane plus and methoxychlor).
This Act will revoke and replace the Planning and Development Act 2000 and its amendments, once brought into force.
This Act will consolidate, maintain and update planning and development control obligations in Ireland. Statutory timescales will be introduced for planning consent processes, while strategic planning will be reformed. New requirements will support consents for developments with Imperative Reasons of Overriding Public Interest.
This order will amend legislation implementing the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS): the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020, assimilated Free Allocation Regulation (EU) 2019/331 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Auctioning Regulations 2021.
Carbon dioxide venting from the upstream oil and gas sector and flights from Northern Ireland to Switzerland will be brought into the scheme. Rules on free allocations will be updated, including to reflect net-zero commitments.
These regulations will make it an offence to supply, offer to supply or possess for supply single-use vapes in the course of business in England. Single-use vapes are those that are not designed or intended to be re-used. This includes any vape that is not refillable, rechargeable or refillable and rechargeable.
The ban is also expected to be applied across Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on this date.
These regulations will require decarbonisation readiness to be demonstrated in environmental permit applications for combustion installations, waste incinerators, specified generators and medium combustion plants in England.
This condition will be met through viable Carbon Capture Readiness (CCR) or Hydrogen Conversion Readiness (HCR).
This policy update confirms details of standardised separate collections of waste from businesses, other relevant non-domestic premises and households in England.
From 31 March 2025, separate residual, food waste and dry mixed recyclable collections will be required from businesses and relevant non-domestic premises as a minimum.
Where the waste collector has not undertaken a written assessment concluding that co-mingled collections of paper and card with other recyclable streams are acceptable, paper and card will also need to be collected and processed separately.
These regulations will introduce a deposit return scheme for single-use closed bottles and cans made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, steel or aluminium that contain between 150 millilitres and 3 litres of a drink. The deposit scheme is due to operate from 1 October 2027.
Separate legislation will apply schemes in Wales and Scotland.
Amendments by these regulations will partially relax the ban on direct emission heating systems for heating or hot water in buildings constructed or subject to a building warrant after 1 April 2024.
The prohibition will not apply to heating designed to use bioenergy, biomass (including wood) or peat. The use of direct emission heating systems is also allowed for ‘secondary heating’ purposes.
