Environment Brief Contents

Volume 1 - Commentary (some 540pp)

SECTION ON BREXIT - A. LEGAL SYSTEM - EU Law; National Law; Environment Agency; NRBW; SEPA B. EU LEGISLATION - Lisbon Treaty of 2007; Treaty on the Functioning of the EU; Former EC Treaty; Sustainable Development; Environment Action Programmes; European Environment Agency; Instruments & Principles; Climate Change; Air; Water; Waste; Nature & Biodiversity; Noise; Chemicals, REACH etc C. ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING AND PPC - The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 are fully integrated throughout the text. D. AIR - Climate Change; Climate Change Act 2008; Energy Acts 2008-2013; Carbon Plan 2011; Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations 2015; Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012; Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2015; CRC; Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010; Clean Air Act 1993. E. WATER - Water Industry Act 1991, Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2016, etc; EPR; Water Resources Act 1991, etc; Water Framework Directive Regulations 2017; Groundwater 2016; Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015; Bathing Water Regulations 2013; Flood Risk Regulations 2009. F. WASTE - Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011; Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA); Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (CNEA); Litter; Carriage; Hazardous Waste (England & Wales) Regulations 2005; Waste (England and Wales) Regulations; List of Wastes; EPR; Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003; Landfill Regulations 2011 and Waste Incineration/EPR; Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007; Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2015; End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations and EPR; Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008; Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009; WEEE Regulations 2013. G. CHEMICALS - Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 & Regulations 2015; Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015; REACH (Appointment of Competent Authorities) Regulations 2007; REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008; Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2009 (until 01.06.15); Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2009; Biocidal Products and Chemicals (Appointment of Authorities and Enforcement) Regulations 2013; PCBs etc Regulations 2000; etc H. STATUTORY NUISANCE - General & Specific; Enforcement etc I. NOISE - Control of Pollution Act 1974; Noise Emission in the Environment etc Regulations 2001; Noise & Statutory Nuisance Act 1993; Noise Act 1996; Household Appliances (Noise Emission) Regulations 1990; CNEA; Civil Aviation Act 1982 etc J. CONTAMINATED LAND - EPA; Contaminated Land (England) Regulations 2006; etc K. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, INFORMATION AND DAMAGE - Environmental Assessment etc Regulations 2004; Environmental Information Regulations 2004;Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations 2015 L. COMMON LAW - Private & Public Nuisance; Rylands v. Fletcher; Trespass & Negligence.

 

VOLUME 2 - APPENDIX OF KEY LEGISLATIVE TEXTS (some 540pp)

Verbatim reproduction of consolidated legislative texts of Key Acts, Regulations etc cited in Volume 1 above.