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 671 - 675 of 782Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation of Landfill Directive) (Scotland) Order 2003 (S.S.I. No. 185 of 2003).
This Order designates Council Directive 99/31/EC on the landfill of waste as a relevant directive for the purposes of paragraph 20(2)(c) of Schedule 1 to the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999. According to section 2 of the Act, the Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for any of the purposes listed in Part I of Schedule 1. Schedule 1 to the Act specifies particular purposes for which provision regulating polluting activities may be made under section 2 of the Act.
Town and Country Planning (Enforcement) (Hearings Procedure) (Wales) Rules 2003 (S.I. No. 1268 of 2003).
These Rules regulate the procedure to be followed for hearings in Wales caused by the National Assembly for Wales to be held before it, or an inspector, determines appeals made to it against enforcement notices, listed building and conservation area consent enforcement notices and non-determination of applications for a certificate of lawful use development on or after 1 June 2003. Rule 4 provides for the preliminary procedure to be followed, in particular the information to be provided by the local planning authority, on receipt by it of a notice that a hearing is to be held.
Regulatory Reform (Sugar Beet Research and Education) Order 2003 (No. 1281 of 2003).
This Order removes burdens on processors of, and those bodies substantially representative of growers of, home-grown sugar beet by repealing, in so far as it extends to England and Wales, section 68 of the Food Act 1984. Section 3 obliges inter alia the Secretary of State and the National Assembly for Wales, after consulting such processors and representative bodies, to prepare an annual programme for the carrying out of research and education in matters affecting the growing of home-grown beet.
Town and Country Planning Appeals (Determination by Inspectors) (Inquiries Procedure) (Wales) Rules 2003 (S.I. 1267 of 2003).
These Rules regulate the procedure to be followed in connection with local inquiries in Wales held by a person appointed by the National Assembly for Wales to determine appeals made to it in relation to planning permission, listed building consent, consent for the demolition of unlisted buildings in conservation areas, tree preservation order consent and tree preservation enforcement notices.
Implements: Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (1990 Chapter 8). (1990-05-24)
Town and Country Planning (Enforcement) (Inquiries Procedure) (Wales) Rules 2003 (No. 1269 of 2003).
These Rules set out the procedure to be followed in connection with local inquiries in Wales held for the purposes of: (a) appeals against enforcement notices under section 174 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990; (b) appeals against the refusal or non-determination of an application for a certificate of lawful use or development under section 195 of that Act; and (c) appeals against listed building enforcement notices and conservation area enforcement notices under section 39 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.