Hi all, I'm looking for a simple chart ideally that lists all of the legislation required for 2003 ISO:14001 Standard which we currently adhere to, updating to the 2015 version of the standard. As part of the documentation in place; there is a 'register of environmental legislation' which will be renamed; 'Compliance Register'.

The regulations/legislation currently in the documant are:

The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011

Environmental Protection Act 1990, Part II

Hazardous Waste Regulations Waste. Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 SI 507

Environmental Permitting (EP) Regulations 2010

The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) 2012

End of Life Vehicles Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2635)

The Controlled Waste Regulations 2012

The Controlled Waste (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

Finance Act 1996 Part III

Landfill Tax Regulations 1996 (SI 1996/1527) (as amended 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002 and 2003 (twice))

 Landfill Tax (Contaminated Land) Order 1996 (SI 1996/1529)

Landfill Tax (Qualifying Material) Order 1996 (SI 1996/1528)

Landfill Directive 2002

Waste Electronic and Electrical Goods (WEEE) Directive, effective March 2007. Adopted by European Commission (i.e. Member States).

Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009 SI 890

Landfill Regulations (pre-treatment of waste), 2007.

The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007

The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

Water Resources Act 1991

Water Resources (Licenses) Regulations 1965 (as amended)

Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975

Groundwater Rags.  Implementing EC Directive 80/68 EEC,

Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations 2009

Anti-Pollution Works Regulations 1999

EU Regulation on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer 2037/2000 Other relevant legislation: Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances) Regulations 2002 SI 528 Fluorinated Greenhouse Gas Regulations 2009

Ozone Depleting Substances (Qualifications) Regulations 2009

The Clean Air Act 1993 Section 2

The Environmental Protection Act 1990 Part IIA (as amended under Part II of The Environment Act 1995).

Contaminated Land (Wales) Regulations 2001

Environmental Protection Act 1990, Part III

Noise & Statutory Nuisance Act 1993

Clean Neighbourhoods Act 2005

Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) Regulations 1997

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations 1995

Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2012

The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 (CDM)

The Conservation (Natural Habitats etc.) Regulations 1994

Hedgerow Regulations 1997

The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000

Town and Country Planning (Trees) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/1892) 

Town & Country Planning  Legislation

Planning (Listed building & Conservation Areas) Act 1990

Health & Safety at Work Act 1974

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH Regulations)

Climate Change Levy

The Energy Performance of Building Regulations 2007

The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections)(England and Wales)(Amendment) Regulations 2012

In this register of legislative commitments to environment I will also include any voluntary commitments to this register e.g. the company promises to plant trees, replace all plastics with eco packaging etc.

I really just need to see what changes there are in the above legislation so I can update this list and see if the updated legislation bears any issue to the current EMS in place, and how much I need to change/write/rewrite etc. Thanks in advance,

You might want to try the Legislation.Gov.UK website, which can be accessed at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga you can then insert the title of legislation in the 'Title' box (remove the year) then click on 'Search', this will then provide you with the most up to date version of legislation.

Or you can use the "Changes affecting" tab on the same web site.

Can be a bit time consuming for older legislation as it lists by article (but then provides a hyperlink to the text)

I concur with Post 5.  Unfortunately, such a simple list of updates of environmental regulations etc is not so easily obtainable without trawling through web searches or paying money to a friendly information company/organisation.  They can help you identify what law is relevant to the scope of your activities and update you of any changes.

Wjp62 is correct that you can use the gov legislation website to check if the regulation you know about is current.  I discovered this portal by accident recently which gives current legislation from DEFRA

www.legislation.gov.uk%2Fid%2Fpublicbody%2Fea">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/defralex/lists?regulator=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fid%2Fpublicbody%2Fea

(Cut and paste whole of the link if it doesn't work)

IOSH has an environmental and waste management group who may be able to assist

https://www.iosh.co.uk/Membership/Our-membership-network/Our-Groups/Environmental-and-Waste-Management-Group.aspx

By chance I stumbled across the energy legislation hub http://www.energylegislation.co.uk/ which appears to provide free info and updates (not looked closely at it)

Similarly, 360 environmental have free info see https://www.360environmental.co.uk/wastelegislation/

The EA used to have a helpful webpage that listed current and forthcoming environmental legislation, but since they were told to cut costs and transferred to gov.uk they tell you what you must do to comply with the law, but generally do not tell you what that bit of law is.  Some areas do list the actual regulations, but they are difficult to find.  (I was sure there was a page listing current regulations but now cannot find it.)

Netregs ( http://www.netregs.org.uk/ ) used to include England and Wales, but now just has Northern Ireland and Scotland (but will of course include legislation that covers the whole of the UK).

We use one company and it saves me hours when I update our legislation and compliance registers.  Look at companies such as Cedrec, ISO in a box and Barbour and others.  But if you don’t have a budget then it will be a slog.

And stating the obvious (for which I apologise in advance) Make sure you do not include irrelevant legislation.

Eg Hedgerow regs don’t apply to us – (only hedge we have separates the site from the industrial estate road!)  

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