Business owners are being urged to review their health and safety procedures ahead of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 which received royal accent on the 26th of July 2007 and is due to come into effect on the 6th of April 2008.
Under the new offence, companies and organisations can be found liable […]

On the 13th December 2007, following four consultations (reported on in previous issues of in Touch), The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007 No. 3538) were made in parliament and come into force on the 6th April 2008.
The Environmental Permitting (EP) Regulations introduce a single environmental permitting and compliance regime to […]

On the 27th November 2007 the Chancellor Alistair Darling launched a major review of business health and safety laws.
The review, announced in a speech at the Confederation of British Industry, will ask employers, workers and experts for their views on how the health and safety system can be revamped, focussing on small and low […]

With ever increasing demand for legislation updates our sister company NIC Certification have published In Touch for Gas, Electrical, Water and Solar energy legislation.
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The Climate Change Levy (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007 No. 2903) were made on 8th October 2007 and entered into force on 1st November. These Regulations make many amendments to the Climate Change Levy (General) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/838). There are four key groups of amendments:
1. Changes relating to the abolition of climate […]

As reported in the March edition of In Touch, from 30 October 2007 non-hazardous waste must be treated before it is disposed of at a landfill site. This already applies to hazardous waste. Liquid waste will be banned from any landfill.
Non-hazardous solid waste includes household and builders’ skip waste, soil and rubble. The […]

The Environmental Permitting Programme (EPP) is a “Better Regulation” initiative designed to reduce costs for business and regulators by cutting red tape, without changing levels of protection for the environment and human health. It will do this by streamlining and simplifying environmental permitting and compliance systems.
DEFRA consulted on part of the Environmental Permitting Government Guidance […]

The Large Combustion Plants (National Emission Reduction Plan) Regulations 2007 were laid before Parliament on 9th August and enter into force on 10th September 2007. They introduce the national emissions reduction plan for large combustion plant and include the following:
- obligations on central government for the publication of a national emissions reduction plan and providing […]

On the 20th June 2007 – Roger Corbett, Chairman of CIES - The Food Business Forum announced to over 1100 senior executives at the CIES Annual World Food Business Summit in Shanghai, PR. China, that retailers have reached a landmark agreement on food safety schemes.
Under the umbrella of the Global Food Safety Initiative […]

Since 2001, the European Commission has collected data on mass emissions from all Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Directive installations, and published a collation and analysis of the data in the form of the European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER). The purpose is to make available information for the public and regulators, and to […]