DOCSLIB.ORG

Environment Bill Explanatory Notes

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Environment Bill Explanatory Notes ENVIRONMENT BILL EXPLANATORY NOTES What these notes do These Explanatory Notes relate to the Environment Bill as brought from the House of Commons on 26 May 2021 (HL Bill 16). • These Explanatory Notes have been prepared by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in order to assist the reader of the Bill and to help inform debate on it. They do not form part of the Bill and have not been endorsed by Parliament. • These Explanatory Notes explain what each part of the Bill will mean in practice; provide background information on the development of policy; and provide additional information on how the Bill will affect existing legislation in this area. • These Explanatory Notes might best be read alongside the Bill. They are not, and are not intended to be, a comprehensive description of the Bill. HL Bill 16–EN 58/2 Table of Contents Subject Page of these Notes Overview of the Bill 9 Policy background 13 Exiting the European Union (EU) 13 Part 1: Environmental Governance 13 Part 2: Environmental Governance: Northern Ireland 14 Part 3: Waste and Resource Efficiency 15 Part 4: Air Quality and Environmental Recall 16 Part 5: Water 17 Part 6: Nature and Biodiversity 18 Part 7: Conservation Covenants 19 Part 8: Miscellaneous and General Provisions 20 Legal background 20 Territorial extent and application 21 Commentary on provisions of Bill 23 Part 1: Environmental Governance 23 Chapter 1: Improving the natural environment 23 Clause 1: Environmental targets 23 Clause 2: Environmental targets: particulate matter 24 Clause 3: Environmental targets: process 24 Clause 4: Environmental targets: effect 25 Clause 5: Environmental targets: reporting duties 25 Clause 6: Environmental targets: review 26 Clause 7: Environmental improvement plans 26 Clause 8: Annual reports on environmental improvement plans 28 Clause 9: Reviewing and revising environmental improvement plans 28 Clause 10: Reviewing and revising plans: interim targets 29 Clause 11: Reviewing and revising plans: other requirements 30 Clause 12: Renewing environmental improvement plans 31 Clause 13: Renewing plans: interim targets 31 Clause 14: Renewing plans: other requirements 32 Clause 15: Environmental monitoring 32 Clause 16: Policy statement on environmental principles 33 Clause 17: Policy statement on environmental principles: process 34 Clause 18: Policy statement on environmental principles: effect 35 Clause 19: Statements about Bills containing new environmental law 36 Clause 20: Reports on international environmental protection legislation 37 Chapter 2: The Office for Environmental Protection 37 Clause 21: The Office for Environmental Protection 37 Clause 22: Principal objective of the OEP and exercise of its functions 37 Clause 23: The OEP’s strategy: process 39 These Explanatory Notes relate to the Environment Bill as brought from the House of Commons on 26 May 2021 (HL Bill 16) 1 1 Clause 24: Guidance on the OEP’s enforcement policy and functions 40 Clause 25: Memorandum of understanding 40 Clause 26: Co-operation duties of public authorities and the OEP 40 Clause 27: Monitoring and reporting on environmental improvement plans and targets 41 Clause 28: Monitoring and reporting on environmental law 42 Clause 29: Advising on changes to environmental law etc. 43 Clause 30: Failure of public authorities to comply with environmental law 43 Clause 31: Complaints 44 Clause 32: Investigations 46 Clause 33: Duty to keep complainants informed 47 Clause 34: Information notices 48 Clause 35: Decision notices 50 Clause 36: Linked notices 51 Clause 37: Environmental review 52 Clause 38: Judicial review: powers to apply in urgent cases and to intervene 55 Clause 39: Duty of the OEP to involve the relevant Minister 56 Clause 40: Public statements 57 Clause 41: Disclosures to the OEP 57 Clause 42: Confidentiality of proceedings 57 Chapter 3: Interpretation of Part 1 58 Clause 43: Meaning of “natural environment” 59 Clause 44: Meaning of “environmental protection” 59 Clause 45: Meaning of “environmental law” 59 Clause 46: Interpretation of Part 1: general 61 Part 2: Environmental Governance: Northern Ireland 61 Clause 47: Improving the natural environment: Northern Ireland 61 Clause 48: The Office for Environmental Protection: Northern Ireland 61 Part 3: Waste and Resource Efficiency 61 Clause 49: Producer responsibility obligations 61 Clause 50: Producer responsibility for disposal costs 62 Clause 51: Resource efficiency information 62 Clause 52: Resource efficiency requirements 63 Clause 53: Deposit schemes 63 Clause 54: Charges for single use plastic items 64 Clause 55: Charges for carrier bags 64 Clause 56: Separation of waste 64 Clause 57: Electronic waste tracking: Great Britain 71 Clause 58: Electronic waste tracking: Northern Ireland 73 Clause 59: Hazardous waste: England and Wales 75 Clause 60: Hazardous waste: Northern Ireland 77 Clause 61: Transfrontier shipments of waste 77 Clause 62: Regulations made under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 80 Clause 63: Powers to make charging schemes 81 Clause 64: Waste charging: Northern Ireland 82 Clause 65: Enforcement powers 83 Clause 66: Enforcement powers: Northern Ireland 84 Clause 67: Littering enforcement 84 Clause 68: Fixed penalty notices 85 Clause 69: Regulation of polluting activities 86 Clause 70: Waste regulation: amendment of Northern Ireland Order 86 Part 4: Air Quality and Environmental Recall 86 Clause 71: Local air quality management framework 86 Clause 72: Smoke control areas: amendments of the Clean Air Act 1993 87 Clause 73: Environmental recall of motor vehicles etc. 87 These Explanatory Notes relate to the Environment Bill as brought from the House of Commons on 26 May 2021 (HL Bill 16) 2 2 Clause 74: Compulsory recall notices 88 Clause 75: Further provision about regulations under section 73 88 Clause 76: Interpretation of sections 73 to 75 88 Part 5: Water 88 Clause 77: Water resources management plans, drought plans and joint proposals 88 Clause 78: Drainage and sewerage management plans 91 Clause 79: Authority’s power to require information 94 Clause 80: Water and sewerage undertakers in England: modifying appointments 94 Clause 81: Electronic service of documents 98 Clause 82: Water abstraction: no compensation for certain licence modifications 98 Clause 83: Water quality: powers of Secretary of State 100 Clause 84: Water quality: powers of Welsh Ministers 101 Clause 85: Water quality: powers of Northern Ireland department 101 Clause 86: Solway Tweed river basin district: power to transfer functions 101 Clause 87: Water quality: interpretation 102 Clause 88: Valuation of other land in drainage district: England 102 Clause 89: Valuation of other land in drainage district: Wales 102 Clause 90: Valuation of agricultural land in drainage district: England and Wales 103 Clause 91: Disclosure of Revenue and Customs information 103 Part 6: Nature and Biodiversity 104 Clause 92: Biodiversity gain as condition of planning permission 104 Clause 93: Biodiversity gain site register 104 Clause 94: Biodiversity credits 105 Clause 95: General duty to conserve and enhance biodiversity 106 Clause 96: Biodiversity reports 107 Clause 97: Local nature recovery strategies for England 108 Clause 98: Preparation of local nature recovery strategies 109 Clause 99: Content of local nature recovery strategies 110 Clause 100: Information to be provided by the Secretary of State 111 Clause 101: Interpretation 113 Clause 102: Species conservation strategies 113 Clause 103: Protected Site Strategies 114 Clause 104: Wildlife conservation: licences 116 Clause 105: Habitats Regulations: power to amend general duties 117 Clause 106: Habitats Regulations: power to amend Part 6 118 Clause 107: Controlling the felling of trees in England 119 Clause 108: Local highway authorities in England to consult before felling street trees 119 Clause 109: Use of forest risk commodities in commercial activity 120 Part 7: Conservation Covenants 120 Clause 110: Conservation covenant agreements 120 Clause 111: Conservation covenants 121 Clause 112: Responsible bodies 121 Clause 113: Local land charge 122 Clause 114: Duration of obligation under conservation covenant 122 Clause 115: Benefit and burden of obligation of landowner 122 Clause 116: Benefit of obligation of responsible body 124 Clause 117: Breach of obligation 124 Clause 118: Enforcement of obligation 124 Clause 119: Defences to breach of obligation 125 Clause 120: Discharge of obligation of landowner by agreement 125 Clause 121: Discharge of obligation of responsible body by agreement 126 Clause 122: Modification of obligation by agreement 126 Clause 123: Discharge or modification of obligation by Upper Tribunal 126 Clause 124: Power of responsible body to appoint replacement 127 These Explanatory Notes relate to the Environment Bill as brought from the House of Commons on 26 May 2021 (HL Bill 16) 3 3 Clause 125: Body ceasing to be a responsible body 127 Clause 126: Effect of acquisition or disposal of affected land by responsible body 128 Clause 127: Effect of deemed surrender and re-grant of qualifying estate 128 Clause 128: Declarations about obligations under conservation covenants 129 Clause 129: Duty of responsible bodies to make annual return 129 Clause 130: Crown application 129 Clause 131: Index of defined terms in Part 7 129 Clause 132: Consequential amendments relating to Part 7 129 Part 8: Miscellaneous and General Provisions 129 Clause 133: Amendment of REACH legislation 129 General provisions 130 Clause 134: Consequential provision 130 Clause 135: Regulations
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Biodefense and Constitutional Constraints
    Georgetown University Law Center Scholarship @ GEORGETOWN LAW 2011 Biodefense and Constitutional Constraints Laura K. Donohue Georgetown University Law Center, [email protected] Georgetown Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 11-96 This paper can be downloaded free of charge from: https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/677 http://ssrn.com/abstract=1882506 4 Nat'l Security & Armed Conflict L. Rev. 82-206 (2014) This open-access article is brought to you by the Georgetown Law Library. Posted with permission of the author. Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub Part of the Constitutional Law Commons, and the Military, War, and Peace Commons BIODEFENSE AND CONSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS Laura K. Donohue* I. INTRODUCTION"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" & II. STATE POLICE POWERS AND THE FEDERALIZATION OF U.S. QUARANTINE LAW """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 2 A. Early Colonial Quarantine Provisions""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 3 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 4 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""&)
    [Show full text]
  • Legislation (Wales) Act 2019, Section 3
    Changes to legislation: There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019, Section 3. (See end of Document for details) Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 2019 anaw 4 PART 2 INTERPRETATION AND OPERATION OF WELSH LEGISLATION Application and effect of Part 3 Legislation to which this Part applies (1) This Part applies to— (a) this Act; (b) [F1Acts of Senedd Cymru] that receive Royal Assent on or after [F21 January 2020]; (c) Welsh subordinate instruments that are made on or after [F31 January 2020]. (2) “Welsh subordinate instrument” means an instrument (whether or not that instrument is a statutory instrument) containing only one or both of the following— (a) subordinate legislation that is made under an [F4Act of Senedd Cymru] or an Assembly Measure, whether by the Welsh Ministers or by any other person; (b) subordinate legislation that— (i) is made under an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom or retained direct EU legislation, (ii) is made only by the Welsh Ministers or any other devolved Welsh authority (within the meaning given by section 157A of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)), and (iii) applies only in relation to Wales. (3) References in the rest of this Part to an [F4Act of Senedd Cymru] or a Welsh subordinate instrument are (unless otherwise provided) references to an [F4Act of Senedd Cymru] or Welsh subordinate instrument to which this Part applies by virtue of subsection (1). [F5(4) In relation to subordinate legislation that relates to fishing, fisheries or fish health and is made after section 45 of the Fisheries Act 2020 (c.
    [Show full text]
  • Fourteenth Report: Draft Statute Law Repeals Bill
    The Law Commission and The Scottish Law Commission (LAW COM. No. 211) (SCOT. LAW COM. No. 140) STATUTE LAW REVISION: FOURTEENTH REPORT DRAFT STATUTE LAW (REPEALS) BILL Presented to Parliament by the Lord High Chancellor and the Lord Advocate by Command of Her Majesty April 1993 LONDON: HMSO E17.85 net Cm 2176 The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission were set up by the Law Commissions Act 1965 for the purpose of promoting the reform of the Law. The Law Commissioners are- The Honourable Mr. Justice Brooke, Chairman Mr Trevor M. Aldridge, Q.C. Mr Jack Beatson Mr Richard Buxton, Q.C. Professor Brenda Hoggett, Q.C. The Secretary of the Law Commission is Mr Michael Collon. Its offices are at Conquest House, 37-38 John Street, Theobalds Road, London WClN 2BQ. The Scottish Law Commissioners are- The Honourable Lord Davidson, Chairman .. Dr E.M. Clive Professor P.N. Love, C.B.E. Sheriff I.D.Macphail, Q.C. Mr W.A. Nimmo Smith, Q.C. The Secretary of the Scottish Law Commission is Mr K.F. Barclay. Its offices are at 140 Causewayside, Edinburgh EH9 1PR. .. 11 THE LAW COMMISSION AND THE SCOTTISH LAW COMMISSION STATUTE LAW REVISION: FOURTEENTH REPORT Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill To the Right Honourable the Lord Mackay of Clashfern, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, and the Right Honourable the Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Q.C., Her Majesty's Advocate. In pursuance of section 3(l)(d) of the Law Commissions Act 1965, we have prepared the draft Bill which is Appendix 1 and recommend that effect be given to the proposals contained in it.
    [Show full text]
  • Now-Forgotten Common-Law Warrantless Arrest Standards and the Original Understanding of “Due Process of Law”
    File: 02 Davies Master Dec 19 Created on: 12/19/2007 10:40:00 AM Last Printed: 12/20/2007 3:39:00 PM CORRECTING SEARCH-AND-SEIZURE HISTORY: NOW-FORGOTTEN COMMON-LAW WARRANTLESS ARREST STANDARDS AND THE ORIGINAL UNDERSTANDING OF “DUE PROCESS OF LAW” Thomas Y. Davies* “Real history is not achieved by the subordination of the past to the present, but rather by our making the past our present and attempting to see life with the eyes of another century than our own.”** Introduction ...............................................................................................3 A. The Errors in Conventional Fourth Amendment History....................... 5 B. Common-Law Arrest Standards and the “Law of the Land” and “Due Process of Law” Provisions .................................................... 7 C. Recovering Authentic Constitutional History........................................ 13 D. The Organization of this Article............................................................. 21 I. The Errors in Conventional Search-and-Seizure History ................25 A. Contemporary Fourth Amendment Doctrine......................................... 25 B. The Conventional History....................................................................... 27 C. The General Warrant Controversies...................................................... 28 * E.E. Overton Distinguished Professor of Law and Alumni Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Tennessee College of Law. The author wishes to thank Professor Thomas K. Clancy, Director of The National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law, for inviting him to participate in this symposium. He also thanks the National Judicial College for the opportunity to make an oral presentation on the same topic. Additionally, the author thanks his colleagues Professor Otis H. Stephens, for helpful comments on a draft of this article, and Professor Sibyl Marshall, for research assis- tance. Of course, the views and any errors are solely the responsibility of the author.
    [Show full text]
  • Legislative Consent Memorandum Health and Care Bill
    LEGISLATIVE CONSENT MEMORANDUM HEALTH AND CARE BILL 1. This legislative consent memorandum is laid under Standing Order (“SO”) 29.2. SO29 prescribes that a legislative consent memorandum must be laid, and a legislative consent motion may be tabled, before Senedd Cymru if a UK Parliamentary Bill makes provision in relation to Wales for any purpose within, or which modifies the legislative competence of Senedd Cymru. 2. The Health and Care Bill (“the Bill”) was introduced in the House of Commons on 6 July 2021. The Bill as introduced can be found at: https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3022. Policy Objective(s) 3. The UK Government’s stated objective is to enact policies set out in the NHS’s recommendations for legislative reform, following the NHS Long Term Plan, and the White Paper, Integration and Innovation: working together to improve health and social care for all. The UK Government says that the Bill builds on the NHS’s own proposals for reform, aiming to make it less bureaucratic, more accountable, and more integrated, and to incorporate lessons learnt from the pandemic. Summary of the Bill 4. The Bill is sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care. 5. The key provisions of the Bill cover a number of areas, set out briefly below. a) Addressing of concerns raised by NHS England, such as establishing existing Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) on a statutory footing, formally merging NHS England and NHS Improvement, and making changes to procurement and competition rules relating to health services. The Bill also includes proposals to give the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care powers to direct NHS England and to decide how some other health services are organised.
    [Show full text]
  • Guide to the Scrutiny Stages of Public Bills
    Guide to the scrutiny stages for Public Bills Welsh Parliament Senedd Business Guide to the scrutiny stages for Public Bills June 2021 www.senedd.wales Guide to the scrutiny stages for Public Bills The Welsh Parliament is the democratically elected body that represents the interests of Wales and its people. Commonly known as the Senedd, it makes laws for Wales, agrees Welsh taxes and holds the Welsh Government to account. An electronic copy of this document can be found on the Senedd website: www.senedd.wales Copies of this document can also be obtained in accessible formats including Braille, large print, audio or hard copy from: Welsh Parliament Cardiff Bay CF99 1SN Tel: 0300 200 6565 Email: [email protected] © Senedd Commission Copyright 2021 The text of this document may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium providing that it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading or derogatory context. The material must be acknowledged as copyright of the Senedd Commission and the title of the document specified. Guide to the scrutiny stages for Public Bills Contents Summary of process for Senedd scrutiny of Public Bills ........................ 6 Introduction of a Public Bill ............................................................................... 8 Form and introduction .................................................................................................................................... 8 Accompanying documentation.............................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020
    Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 Guidance on the legislative drafting implications of Part 2 © Crown copyright 2020 WG40020 Digital ISBN: 978-1-80038-591-7 Mae’r ddogfen yma hefyd ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh Contents Introduction 1 Summary of changes to names made by SEWA 2020 1 How should legislation refer to the legislature after its name changes? 2 How should legislation refer to members of the legislature after the 2 change of name? How should legislation refer to devolved Acts and Measures after the 3 change of name? How does the change of name affect references to the Assembly etc in 3 existing legislation? Which names should be used in amendments and references to 4 existing legislation? Will it ever be appropriate to refer to the National Assembly for Wales? 4 Should statutory instruments include footnotes to explain the change 5 of name? Where can I get more help? 5 Annex – Summary of name changes 6 Introduction Part 2 of the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (SEWA 2020) renames the National Assembly for Wales, Acts of the Assembly and various bodies and offices relating to the Assembly. These changes took effect on 6 May 2020. This note contains guidance on the implications of the changes for the drafting of Bills and subordinate legislation. Summary of changes to names made by SEWA 2020 Part 2 of SEWA 2020 makes the following changes. • The name of the legislature is changed from “National Assembly for Wales or Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru” to “Senedd Cymru or the Welsh Parliament”.
    [Show full text]
  • Professional Qualifications Bill [HL]
    Professional Qualifications Bill [HL] [AS AMENDED IN COMMITTEE] CONTENTS Recognition of overseas qualifications 1 Power to provide for individuals to be treated as having UK qualifications 2 Power conferred by section 1 exercisable only if necessary to meet demand 3 Implementation of international recognition agreements 4 Authorisation to enter into regulator recognition agreements 5 Revocation of general EU system of recognition of overseas qualifications 6 Revocation of other retained EU recognition law Assistance and information 7 Assistance centre 8 Duty of regulator to publish information on requirements to practise 9 Duty of regulator to provide information to regulator in another part of UK 10 Duty of regulator to provide information to overseas regulator Architects 11 Amendments to the Architects Act 1997 Final provisions 12 Crown application 13 Regulations: general 14 Authority by whom regulations may be made 15 Parliamentary procedure for making regulations 16 Interpretation 17 Extent 18 Commencement 19 Short title HL Bill 36 58/2 Professional Qualifications Bill [HL] 1 A BILL [AS AMENDED IN COMMITTEE] TO Make provision relating to entitlement to practise certain professions, occupations and trades; and for connected purposes. E IT ENACTED by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present BParliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— Recognition of overseas qualifications 1 Power to provide for individuals to be treated as having UK qualifications (1) The appropriate national authority may by regulations make provision for individuals who meet the condition in subsection (2) or (3) and any other specified condition to be treated, for the purpose of determining whether they 5 are entitled to practise a specified regulated profession in the United Kingdom or a part of it, as if they have a specified UK qualification or specified UK experience.
    [Show full text]
  • European Union (Future Relationship) Bill
    European Union (Future Relationship) Bill CONTENTS PART 1 SECURITY Criminal records 1 Duty to notify member States of convictions 2 Retention of information received from member States 3 Transfers to third countries of personal data notified under section 2 4 Requests for information from member States 5 Requests for information made by member States 6 Interpretation of the criminal records provisions Passenger and vehicle registration data 7 Passenger name record data 8 Disclosure of vehicle registration data Evidence 9 Mutual assistance in criminal matters 10 Accreditation of forensic service providers Extradition 11 Member States to remain category 1 territories 12 Dual criminality 13 Category 1 territory not applying Trade and Cooperation Agreement to old cases DRAFTPART 2 TRADE AND OTHER MATTERS Information about non-food product safety 14 Disclosure of non-food product safety information from Europe within UK 15 Disclosure of non-food product safety information to Commission 3B 58/1 Draft Bill (29.12.20) ii European Union (Future Relationship) Bill 16 Offence relating to disclosure under section 14(4)(b) 17 General provisions about disclosure of non-food product safety information 18 Interpretation of sections 14 to 17 Use of relevant international standards 19 Use of relevant international standards Customs and tax 20 Disclosure of information and co-operation with other customs services 21 Powers to make regulations about movement of goods 22 Administrative co-operation on VAT and mutual assistance on tax debts Transport 23 Licences
    [Show full text]
  • Enlightenment and Dissent 30(2015) [PDF 2303KB]
    ENLIGHTENMENT AND DISSENT No. 30 CONTENTS Articles 1 Magna Carta in the Age of Revolution H T Dickinson 68 ‘The principles of reason, morality and religion, applied to the concerns of large communities’: Major John Cartwright and the intellectual roots of radical reform in late eighteenth- century Britain George Owers Review Article 99 Benjamin Franklin, the ends of Empire, and the American Revolution Mark Spencer Reviews 110 Pamela Clemit ed., The Letters of William Godwin: Volume II: 1798-1805 H T Dickinson 113 Leslie Ellen Brown, Artful Virtue: The Interplay of the Beautiful and the Good, in the Scottish Enlightenment Peter Jones 116 Gina Luria Walker ed., Female Biography; Or, Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women, of All Ages and Countries. Jenny Macauley 122 Martin Priestman, The Poetry of Erasmus Darwin: Enlightened Spaces, Romantic Times K E Smith 126 Mike Hill and Warren Montag, The Other Adam Smith Mark Spencer Received 129 Ellen Spolsky, The Contracts of Fiction: Cognition, Culture, Community. Notice 130 An insight into the Enlightenment in Spain Lioba Simon-Schuhmacher Document 136 A Previously Unpublished Letter from Thomas Belsham to Samuel Fawcett, 21 April 1791 Tony Rail MAGNA CARTA IN THE AGE OF REVOLUTION H T Dickinson The recent 800th anniversary of Magna Carta has inspired a most impressive range of publications, exhibitions and conferences across the world. A close examination of the charter of liberties accepted by King John in June 1215, however, does not seem to justify the excessive praise and attention that Magna Carta has received from historians, lawyers, politicians, and the general public on both sides of the Atlantic, and even much further afield.
    [Show full text]
  • Health and Social Care (Quality and Engagement) (Wales) Act
    HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE (QUALITY AND ENGAGEMENT) (WALES) ACT Explanatory Memorandum incorporating the Regulatory Impact Assessment and Explanatory Notes June 2020 Health and Social Care (Quality and Engagement) (Wales) Act Explanatory Memorandum to Health and Social Care (Quality and Engagement) (Wales) Bill This Explanatory Memorandum has been updated by the Health and Social Services Department of the Welsh Government to reflect the Bill as amended by the National Assembly for Wales, at Stage 3 of proceedings, on 10 March 2020. It was originally prepared and laid in accordance with Standing Order 26.6 in June 2019. A revised Memorandum, updated after the Bill completed Stage 2, was laid in accordance with Standing Order 26.28 in March 2020. This version is not required to be laid, but is published on the Welsh Government website. As the Bill was passed by the National Assembly for Wales on 17 March 2020 and received Royal Assent on 1 June 2020, where appropriate, it is referred to in this version as ‘the Act’. Furthermore, between the passing of the Bill and Royal Assent, the National Assembly for Wales has been renamed as the Welsh Parliament or Senedd Cymru. Throughout this document “the Senedd” is referred to have the same meaning as Senedd Cymru and the National Assembly for Wales. The Act is an Act of Senedd Cymru by virtue of section 107 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 as amended. 1 Contents page List of abbreviations Part 1 – EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 1. Description 2. Legislative Competence 3. Purpose and intended effect of the legislation 4.
    [Show full text]
  • Legislation (Wales) Act 2019, PART 4
    Changes to legislation: There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019, PART 4. (See end of Document for details) Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 2019 anaw 4 PART 4 GENERAL 41 Consequential amendments and repeals Schedule 2 contains consequential amendments and repeals. 42 Power to make additional provision to give full effect to this Act (1) If the Welsh Ministers consider it necessary or expedient for the purpose of giving full effect to any provision in this Act, or in consequence of any such provision, they may by regulations make— (a) supplementary, incidental or consequential provision; (b) transitory, transitional or saving provision. (2) Regulations under subsection (1) may amend, repeal, revoke or otherwise modify any enactment (including a provision in this Act). 43 Regulations made under this Act (1) A power to make regulations under this Act— (a) is exercisable by statutory instrument; (b) includes power to make different provision for different purposes. (2) A statutory instrument containing any of the following may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, [F1Senedd Cymru]— (a) regulations under section 6(2); (b) regulations under section 42(1) which amend, repeal or otherwise modify any provision in an [F2Act of Senedd Cymru], an Assembly Measure or an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. 2 Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 anaw 4 PART 4 – GENERAL Document Generated: 2021-06-28 Changes to legislation: There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019, PART 4.
    [Show full text]