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These regulations will amend the Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020.
The start of the deposit and return scheme will be deferred until 1 October 2027. The scope and rules of the scheme will be modified to bring it into line with the English and Northern Irish system. For example, glass will no longer be within the scheme's scope.
A joint statement released following the UK/EU summit in May set out commitments for a strategic partnership between the UK and EU.
Proposals relevant to the environment include linking the UK and EU Emissions Trading Systems and establishing a common UK-EU sanitary and phytosanitary zone, which would reduce checks on animal and plant products.
Draft legislation concerning the proposed UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (UK CBAM) has been published as part of a consultation.
The UK CBAM will apply a tax on goods imported to the UK from the aluminium, cement, fertiliser, hydrogen and iron and steel sectors on or after 1 January 2027. Importers of CBAM goods would be required to pay the CBAM tax on the respective embodied emissions of the goods they import.
This order amended the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
The amendments expand and update permitted development rights concerning electric vehicle charging equipment and domestic air source heat pumps.
