Key UK Environmental Legislation - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
	1995	100%
Established Environment Agency, centralised regulations of air, water, and waste.	The Environment Act	100%
Privatised the water and sewage industry in E&W (Maggie Thatch)	Water Act	83%
Reformed water industry in E&W. Introduced new regulatory framework for newly privatised water supply and sewerage sector. Established Ofwat. Regulates trade effluent discharge.	Water Industry Act	83%
Covers water management, regulation, and conservation. System for licensing and regulating activities related to water abstraction. Defines controlled waters	Water Resources Act	83%
	1981	67%
	1991	67%
	1991	67%
	1995	67%
	2008	67%
Framework for tackling climate change through legally binding targets, reducing net emissions, national carbon budgeting system, creation of independent advisory body: Committee on Climate Change/	Climate Change Act	67%
Grants public right of access on foot for recreation, local authorities to review Rights of Way, strengthened protection for certain wildlife + increased penalties for some offenses	Countryside and Rights of Way Act	67%
Established National Air Quality Strategy, and Local Air Quality Management Regime, responsibilities placed on local authorities to monitor and asess areas	The Environment Act	67%
Restructuring of environmental regulation and placed a duty on the companies to promote the efficient use of water by customers. It created a new body, the Environment Agency, which took over the functions of other bodies.	The Environment Act	67%
Introduced reforms in water industry to create increased competition and effieciency. Environmental regulation. Flood insurance.	The Water Act	67%
Provisions for the protection of native wild animals, inc birds and plants, designation of SSSIs, controls for non-native species, liscenses and exceptions for scientific purposes	Wildlife and Countryside Act	67%
	1949	50%
	1989	50%
	1995	50%
	2000	50%
	2011	50%
	2014	50%
	2021	50%
	2023	50%
	2023	50%
Prohibits dark smoke emissions from chimneys - post London smog	Clean Air Act	50%
Legally binding targets for biodiversity, BNG, nature recovery network, Office for Environmental Protection created to monitor and report on government progress.	Environment Act	50%
Goal 2 - Clean Air	Environmental Improvement Plan	50%
Roadmap for improving the UKs environment	Environmental Improvement Plan	50%
Established Natural England, creation of National Parks and AONBs, secured public access to open country	National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act	50%
Requires businesses to implement waste hierarchy, introduced concept of waste dealer, waste collection authorities required to collect waste paper, metal, plastic, and glass separately.	The Waste (England & Wales) Regulations	50%
	2009	33%
	2013	33%
	2018	33%
	2019	33%
	2019	33%
	2021	33%
	2021	33%
Regulate emissions from industrial processes and domestic sources	Clean Air Act	33%
EU Exit Amendments. Includes the protection of European sites, SACs and SPAs, duty for public authorities to consider nature conservation when exercising functions. Planning permissions prior to developments	Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations	33%
Separate waste collections, extended producer responsibility, reposit return schemes.	Environment Act	33%
Post-Brexit framework for environmental protection	Environment Act	33%
Hazardous waste is defined, producers must notify EA of their premises, ensures separation of waste types, requires cosignees to keep accurate records of hazardous waste and provide EA with quarterly disposal and recovery info.	Hazardous Waste Regulations	33%
Established the Marine Management Organisation, created strategic marine planning system, designating Marine Conservation Zones, created continuous signed coastal walking routes.	Marine and Coastal Access Act	33%
Producers, distributors and users of EEE manage waste responsibly, promote resuse, take-back schemes.	WEEE Regulations	33%
	1968	17%
	1993	17%
	1997	17%
	1997	17%
	2005	17%
	2016	17%
	2019	17%
	2019	17%
	2021	17%
	2023	17%
	2025	17%
Provides further powers and regulations for the energy sector, covers energy production, security, market regulation, carbon capture, hydrogen, and new tech	Energy Act	17%
Air quality and environmental recall, stricter amendments to previous legislation on local air quality, smoke control areas, and recall of certain motor vehicles.	Environment Act	17%
Revised roadmap for improving the UKs environment	Environmental Improvement Plan	17%
Streamlines the legislative system for industrial waste installations into a single permitting structure.	Environmental Permitting Regulations	17%
Regulation of trade based on the four CITES annexes	EU Regulation on the Protection of Species of Wild Fauna and Flora by Regulating Trade	17%
	2007	0%
	2010	0%
Implemented requirements of 2008/50/EC: on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe	Air Quality Standards Regulations	0%
EU Exit Amendments	Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations	0%
Businesses placing packaging on the UK market were to take responsibility for the waste they were generating, certain businesses had to pay a fair proportion of packaging recovery and recycling costs	Producer Responsibility Obligations Regulations	0%
EU Exit Amendments. Sets limits on pollutants which are based on health considerations. Local Authorities have legal obligation to take action to comply with limits	The Air Quality Regulations	0%
Provides the legal authority in the UK to enforce CITES	The Control of Trade in Endangered Species Regulations	0%
EU Exit Amendments	The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations	0%
Goals including: Clean air, through reducing emissions, ending the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040, maintaining improvement in industrial emissions	UK 25 Year Plan	0%

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