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 536 - 540 of 782Incidental Flooding and Coastal Erosion (Wales) Order 2011 (W.S.I. No. 2829 (W.302) of 2011).
This Order concerns powers of compulsory purchase, powers of entry, and compensation of the Environment Agency and local authorities under sections 38 and 39 respectively of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 for purposes incidental flooding and coastal erosion works. Those sections empower the Environment Agency and local authorities to carry out certain works in the interests of nature conservation, the preservation of cultural heritage or people’s enjoyment of the environment or of cultural heritage.
Implements: Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (Cap. 29). (2010-04-08)
Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 2741 of 2011).
These Regulations amend the Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2009: by inserting a new regulation 1A which requires the Secretary of State to review regularly the operation and effect of the principal Regulations; in Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 to implement the amendments made by Council Directive 2009/31/EC to Council Directive 85/337/EEC in relation with environmental impact assessments; and to correct an omission made in Schedule 1.
Countryside (Appeals against Works Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 67 of 2012).
These Regulations amend the Access to the Countryside (Appeals against Works Notices) (England) Regulations 2011: in regulation 2 (initial stages of appeal) and in regulation 15 (notification of a decision); by substituting regulation 6 (preliminary information to be supplied by the appropriate authority); and by inserting a new section (12A) on the scope of Chapter 1.
Amends: Access to the Countryside (Appeals against Works Notices) (England) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 2019 of 2011). (2011-08-11)
Agriculture (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 66 of 2012).
These Regulations amend the Agriculture (Cross compliance) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 so as: (a) to remove the Environment Agency as a competent control authority for specified requirements; and (b) to provide that the Secretary of State may give an exemption from the rules on overgrazing and supplementary feeding, management of land not in agricultural production and the control of weeds. The Regulations also make a minor amendment to the Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Integrated Administration and Control System) Regulations 2009.
Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (Development Planning) (Saving, Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Amendment Order 2011 (S.S.I. No. 336 of 2011).
This Order amends the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (Development Planning) (Saving, Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 so as to apply to a local plan adopted or approved on or after 17 September 2011 the provisions of sections 237 and 238 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 in respect of how a challenge to the local plan may be made to the Court of Session.
Amends: Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (Development Planning) (Saving, Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.S.I. No. 427 of 2008). (2008-12-18)