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.
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Displaying 31 - 35 of 782Community Empowerment (Registers of Land) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. No. 362 of 2016).
These Regulations specify descriptions of land that need not be included in the register of land to be established and maintained by relevant authorities under section 94(1) of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015. It includes land used for water purposes. Section 94 requires each relevant authority to establish and maintain a register of specified land. The land is land which, to the best of the authority’s knowledge and belief, is owned or leased by a relevant authority.
Community Planning (Locality Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. No. 364 of 2016).
These Regulations describe the localities into which community planning partnerships must divide local authority areas for the purpose of carrying out locality planning under Part 2 (section 9(2)) of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015. Section 9 requires each community planning partnership, for the purposes of locality planning, to divide the area of the local authority into smaller areas.
Implements: Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (2015 Asp 6). (2015-07-24)
Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (W.S.I. No. 971 (W. 240) of 2016).
These Regulations amend the he Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations, 2016 by substituting regulation 57(2). As a result, the period prescribed in article 22(2) after which an applicant can appeal if an application which requires an EIA is amended but not determined, becomes four weeks from the date the amendment is received by the authority or twenty weeks from the date the original application which requires an EIA was received, whichever is the longer.
Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Hearings) (Amendment) Rules 2016 (S.I. No. 955 of 2016).
These Rules amend the Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Hearings) Rules 2013 following the inclusion of applications for non-major development within the categories of application which may be made directly to the Secretary of State rather than a local planning authority when that planning authority is subject to a designation under section 62A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. These Regulations make detailed provision in that regard.
Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure and Section 62A Applications) (England) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 944 of 2016).
This Order amends the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2010, the Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Procedure and Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 and the Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Written Representations and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 so as to make new provision in respect of the circumstances in which an authority may be designated under section 62A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and where, as a consequence, an applicant making certain types of application for plannin