Better Regulation for a Better Environment: EHS Better Regulation Programme
The Environment and Heritage Service (EHS) Northern Ireland has embarked on an ambitious programme of Better Regulation initiatives, to modernise and simplify regulation for businesses and achieve better standards for the environment.
Better Regulation is a significant change in approach geared towards delivering effective environmental protection and broad stakeholder buy-in. EHS is fully committed to applying the principles of better and effective regulation to all aspects of its work.
Regulation which is easier to understand will be easier to adhere to and implement, making the regulatory experience more effective for everyone involved. By improving awareness, compliance assistance, through effective and consistent enforcement, and by simplifying permitting and data returns, EHS will be able to provide a more balanced and integrated system.
The EHS Position Statement on Better Regulation - “Better Regulation for a Better Environment - EHS Better Regulation Programme” - outlines EHS approach to simple and effective regulation and the key initiatives to be taken forward.
EHS invites comments on this approach from those they regulate and from other stakeholders to help progressively improve the regulatory systems.
The full text of the programme can be accessed from:
http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/ehs_better_regulation_programme_-_web_version.pdf
Source: www.ehsni.gov.uk (accessed 03/04/08)