The United Kingdom has historically played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith in the 19th century, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the earth's surface. The first half of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two world wars and the Irish Republic's withdrawal from the union. The second half witnessed the dismantling of the Empire and the UK rebuilding itself into a modern and prosperous European nation. As one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council and a founding member of NATO and the Commonwealth, the UK pursues a global approach to foreign policy. The Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly were established in 1999. The latter was suspended until May 2007 due to wrangling over the peace process, but devolution was fully completed in March 2010.
The UK was an active member of the EU from 1973 to 2016, although it chose to remain outside the Economic and Monetary Union. However, frustrated by a remote bureaucracy in Brussels and massive migration into the country, UK citizens on 23 June 2016 narrowly voted to leave the EU. The so-called “Brexit” will take years to carry out but could be the signal for referenda in other EU countries where skepticism of EU membership benefits is strong.
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Displaying 236 - 240 of 782Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 2093 of 2008).
These Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 to implement Council Directive 85/337/EEC and amendments of that Directive in respect of applications for approval of reserved matters and applications for approval of conditions attached to the grant of planning permissions and applications made to mineral planning authorities to determine the conditions to which a mineral planning permission is subject under Schedule 2 to the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 and Schedules 13 and 14 to the Environment Act 1995.
Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Amendment No. 2) (England) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 2185 of 2010).
These Regulations amend, in relation to England, regulations 3 and 3A of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 so as to modify certain procedural requirements for consent applications which are related to planning applications to which article 18 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2010 refers.
Amends: Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 (S.I. No. 1519 of 1990). (1990-07-20)
Radioactive Contaminated Land (Enabling Powers and Modification of Enactments) (England)(Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 2147 of 2010).
These Regulations amend the Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (England) Regulations 2006 and the Radioactive Contaminated Land (Enabling Powers) (England) Regulations 2005 in the definition of "substance" as a consequence of modifications made to section 78A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999.
These Regulations implement Council Directive 85/337/EC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment, as amended by Directive 97/11/EC. The main changes made by Directive 97/11/EC, which these Regulations implement, are as follows. The number of categories of project subject to environmental impact assessment (EIA) is increased. An individual determination on whether EIA is required must be made in respect of every project in Annex II to the Directive (Schedule 2 to these Regulations) which exceeds thresholds established by a Member State.
Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 1998 (S.I. No. 2927, S. 171 of 1998).
By establishing an action programme for nitrate vulnerable zones these Regulation implement, as regards Scotland, the requirements in this respect as laid down in article 5 of Council Directive 91/676/EC concerning the protection of waters against pollution by nitrates from agricultural sources. Regulation 3 requires an occupier of a farm or livestock unit comprising all or part of a nitrate vulnerable zone to ensure that the action programme set out in the Schedule to these Regulations is implemented. The Regulations also provide for monitoring of the action programme (reg.