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The Environment Act 2021, passed in the UK, sets forth new environmental targets and establishes the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) as an oversight body. It outlines a governance framework and mandates an environmental improvement plan for England and Wales, focusing on enhancing environmental standards and biodiversity.
The Workmen's Compensation Act 1897 (60 & 61 Vict. c. 37) was a British law in operation from 1897 to 1946. Joseph Chamberlain , leader of the Liberal Unionist party and in coalition with the Conservatives, designed a plan that was enacted under the Salisbury government in 1897.
List of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly for the devolved Assembly established in 1999; List of acts of Senedd Cymru for the devolved Assembly and Parliament; The original acts of Parliament are held by the Parliamentary Archives. Legislation.gov.uk provides the revised editions of the legislation of the United Kingdom.
Breach of the health and safety regulations is a crime throughout the UK. In England and Wales contravention is punishable on summary conviction or on indictment with an unlimited fine. [ 4 ] Both individuals and corporations can be punished, [ 5 ] and sentencing practice is published by the Sentencing Guidelines Council .
Resource Management Act 1991 – primary environmental legislation, outlining the government's strategy of managing the "environment, including air, water soil, biodiversity, the coastal environment, noise, subdivision, and land use planning in general" [22] Resource Management Amendment Act 2005; Scenery Preservation Act 1903
UK Environmental Law Association; W. Water Act 2003; Weeds Act 1959; Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011
The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) is a regulatory body for environmental protection in England and Northern Ireland [1] "to provide independent oversight of the government's environmental progress". It was created as a statutory body by the Environment Act 2021. The OEP was launched as an interim body in July 2021.
For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the lists of acts of the Scottish Parliament, the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland