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01 April 2024
The Waste Enforcement (Fixed Penalty Receipts) (Amendment) (England And Wales) Regulations 2024

Amendments by these regulations ring-fence funds raised by fixed penalty notices for certain waste and littering offences.

The funds raised must be used by councils to finance enforcement, land restoration or the clean-up of litter or fly-tipping.

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03 March 2025
Regulation (EU) 2024/590 on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

This Regulation will repeal and replace the Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009. Most of the duties remain unchanged.

The regime is extended to cover the storage and subsequent supply of ozone-depleting substances. Requirements are also applied on the removal of foam panels and laminated boards by building owners and contractors.

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01 April 2024
Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Amendment) and Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Act 2016 (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024

These regulations increased the rates of landfill tax payable on disposals to landfill in Wales.

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21 March 2024
Energy-Intensive Industry Electricity Support Payments and Levy Regulations 2024

These regulations will provide further relief against network charging costs for companies in energy intensive industry sectors.

This will reduce the cost of electricity for companies in sectors such as steel, brick, tile, construction product, oil, glass or paper manufacturing.

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03 March 2025
Fluorinated Greenhouse Gas Regulation (EU) 2024/573

This Regulation will revoke and replace the Fluorinated Greenhouse Gas Regulation (EU) No 517/2014.

Changes will include expanded leak testing obligations, further bans or restrictions on supplying additional types of product and further restrictions on maintenance and service operations using higher GWP gases. Decreasing production rights and quotas will apply to F-gases and the associated products produced or placed on the EU Market. 

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31 March 2024
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2024

Amendments by this order will delay a range of UK ETS deadlines by a year.

The window for UK ETS installations to apply for free allocations in the 2026-2030 period is deferred to the period between 1 April to 30 June 2025. This delayed window will also apply for applicants to the hospital or small emitters scheme or ultra-small emitters scheme for 2026-2030.

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01 April 2024
Finance Act 2024

This Act will increase the rates of landfill tax (in England and Northern Ireland), plastic packaging tax and aggregates levy from 1 April 2024.

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20 February 2024
Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2024

This order amended the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.

Further commercial, business, and service premises may be converted into dwellinghouses without planning permission: requirements on the period of vacancy and the upper floorspace limit were removed.

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