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This order will expand the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) to include emissions from qualifying domestic maritime activities.
These requirements will apply to qualifying ships of 5,000 GT or greater and will exclude voyages with a port of call outside the UK.
These regulations will apply the first phase of the mandatory digital waste tracking system in Scotland.
The first phase will apply to all waste received at permitted facilities carrying out a waste activity (‘waste receivers’). Digital waste records will need to be recorded on the system for waste received.
Regulation (EU) 2025/1988 amended the REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 to apply restrictions on Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in firefighting foams.
Restrictions will be phased in on the sale and use of PFAS-containing firefighting foams, with applications being restricted in most cases from 23 October 2026.
These regulations allow data centre projects to be authorised via the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project regime under the Planning Act 2008, when directed by the Secretary of State.
Where a direction is made, planning for prescribed projects will not be determined as a planning application to the local planning authority.
