Schedule 15 of the Finance Act 2015 revises the Finance Act 1996 to allow the disposal of qualifying fines eligible at the lower (inert) rate of landfill tax. Qualifying fines are those composed of a mixture of qualifying material and non-qualifying material within prescribed proportions satisfying all applicable conditions, as defined by way of an order.
Read more about Updates on the ever-evolving world of environmental legislation: Pollution and a post-Brexit climbdown
From government compromises on retained EU law, to disposable vapes, Neil Howe provides an update on the ever-evolving world of environmental legislation
Litigation is becoming a key tool for delivering climate justice and action, with the number of court cases more than doubling worldwide in just five years, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has found.
This legislative update has been provided by Cedrec Information Systems Ltd, available at cedrec.com. In Partnership with Barbour EHS.
In Sunbeam Fishing Ltd v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the owner and operator of a sandeel fishing vessel argued that the secretary of state’s decision was unlawful in both substance and timing, and sought to ensure the same illegalities would not affect the UK fleet’s ability to catch sandeel in 2023.
Anglian Water has been fined £2.65m after pleading guilty at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court to allowing millions of litres of untreated sewage to overflow into the North Sea.
In February, the House of Lords began a consultation on the impact of environmental regulations on development.
UK ministers have published a list of 600 EU laws that the government plans to scrap by the end of the year following Brexit, including 341 environmental laws.
