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 151 - 155 of 782Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. No. 228 of 2011).
These Regulations consolidate the waste management licensing and exemption system currently contained in the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 as amended.
Groundwater Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 (S.R. 401 of 1998).
The Regulations require the Department of the Environment to use its new powers under the Regulations and its existing powers under the Water Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 to prevent the direct or indirect discharge of list I substances to groundwater and to control pollution resulting from the direct or indirect discharge of list II substances (regs. 4 to 14).
Nitrate Sensitive Areas (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (S.I. No. 1708 of 1995).
The principal Regulations allow the Minister of Agriculture to make payments of aid to farmers in nitrate sensitive areas who undertake to manage their land in accordance with a "basic scheme", "a premium arable scheme" or a "premium grass scheme". These Regulations add areas covered by a now repealed Order (S.I. 1990/1187) to the list of nitrate sensitive areas. Furthermore they expand the criteria of eligibility of land for aid which was included in the 1990 Order.
Infrastructure Planning (Miscellaneous Prescribed Provisions) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 105 of 2010).
These Regulations concern matters of miscellaneous nature relative to the granting of development consent by the Infrastructure Planning Commission for certain types of nationally significant infrastructure projects. The Regulations provide with respect to, among other things: consents or authorizations that the Commission must seek; the duration of a development consent order; and steps that might need to be taken in a case where there is a notice of unauthorized development and relevant application of provisions of the Public Health Act 1936.
Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005 (2005 asp 15).
This Act defines the requirement to carry out environmental impact assessment of qualifying plan or programmes and implements in part Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment.