Description
Book SynopsisThe Environment Act 2021 is the most wide-reaching and significant new environmental Statute for many years. In this book, the full text of the Act is reproduced, accompanied by commentary and a section-by-section analysis written by 2 of the UK’s leading experts in environmental law. The book comments on and analyses the main provisions of the Act, including: - A requirement on government to establish long-term environmental targets and environmental improvement plans; - Legal recognition for the first time in national law of a number of core environmental principles, including the precautionary principle and the polluter pays principle; - The establishment of a new independent statutory body, the Office for Environmental Protection; - Substantial provisions on waste including producer responsibility and resource efficiency; - Provisions on water resource management, water abstraction and drainage and sewerage; - Strengthening of controls on air quality; and - New provisions concerning the protection of nature and biodiversity, including the creation of conservation covenants. This comprehensive and practical guide to the new legislation will be of significant value to anyone involved in environmental law in both the private and public sector, in particular practitioners and those advising on the impact and ambit of environmental law. This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Environmental Law online service.
Table of ContentsPart 1 Environmental governance Chapter 1 Improving the natural environment Environmental targets Environmental monitoring Policy statement on environmental principles Environmental protection: statements and reports Chapter 2 The Office for Environmental Protection The Office for Environmental Protection The OEP’s scrutiny and advice functions The OEP’s enforcement functions Arrangement of Sections and Schedules Information Chapter 3 Interpretation of Part 1
Part 2 Environmental governance: Northern Ireland Part 3 Waste and resource efficiency Producer responsibility Resource efficiency Managing waste Arrangement of Sections and Schedules Waste enforcement and regulation Part 4 Air quality and environmental recall Air quality Environmental recall of motor vehicles etc Part 5 Water Plans and proposals Storm overflows Regulation of water and sewerage undertakers Abstraction Water quality Land drainage Part 6 Nature and biodiversity Biodiversity gain in planning Biodiversity objective and reporting Arrangement of Sections and Schedules Local nature recovery strategies Conservation Habitats Regulations Tree felling and planting Use of forest risk commodities in commercial activity Part 7 Conservation covenants Creation of conservation covenant Effect of conservation covenant Arrangement of Sections and Schedules Breach and enforcement Discharge and modification Replacement etc of responsible body Miscellaneous Supplementary Part 8 Miscellaneous and general provisions Regulation of chemicals Concurrent functions in Wales General provisions Arrangement of Sections and Schedules
