Category: Environmental Law

  • Land

    Land in different occupation in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 Meaning of Land in different occupation in the context of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003: in relation to a building, means land occupied, or to be occupied, by a person other than the occupier of the land on which the building […]

  • Hazardous Substance

    Hazardous Substances in the United Kingdom Hazardous Substances Consent and Land Planning in Scotland Hazardous substances consent is required for the presence of a hazardous substance on, over or under land (which includes presence in buildings and on structures) unless the aggregate quantity of the substance present is less than the controlled quantity for that…

  • Tobacco

    Tobacco Scottish Tobacco Retailer Register The Scottish Tobacco Retailers Register was introduced by the Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2010[26]. The Register was introduced because international experience had shown that age restrictions on the sale of tobacco products were more difficult to enforce effectively without licensing[27]. The Register allows retailers to be clearly…

  • Radioactive Material

    Radioactive Material Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) waste NORM Waste Regulation in the UK NORM waste is a specific term used in legislation and includes wastes from NORM industrial activities and NORM wastes from the remediation of land contaminated with NORM. Some of the industrial activities generate, or have the potential for generating, NORM wastes.…

  • Radioactive Material

    Radioactive Material Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) waste NORM Waste Regulation in the UK NORM waste is a specific term used in legislation and includes wastes from NORM industrial activities and NORM wastes from the remediation of land contaminated with NORM. Some of the industrial activities generate, or have the potential for generating, NORM wastes.…

  • Genetically Modified Organism

    Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) in the United Kingdom Concordat on the implementation of Directive 2001/18/EC and Regulation 1946/2003/EC Agreement between the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland, the National Assembly for Wales, the Scottish Executive and the UK Government This Concordat (“the Concordat”) sets out the agreed framework for co-operation between the Department of…

  • Genetically Modified Organism

    Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) in the United Kingdom Concordat on the implementation of Directive 2001/18/EC and Regulation 1946/2003/EC Agreement between the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland, the National Assembly for Wales, the Scottish Executive and the UK Government This Concordat (“the Concordat”) sets out the agreed framework for co-operation between the Department of…

  • Conveyancing

    Definition of Conveyancing In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Conveyancing : The procedures involved in validly creating, extinguishing, and transferring ownership of interests in land. Only a practising solicitor or *licensed conveyancer may charge a fee […]

  • Architecture

    Compartment floor in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 Meaning of Compartment floor in the context of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003: a floor with the fire resistance required to ensure compartmentation. Sub-compartment in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 Meaning of Sub-compartment in the […]

  • Community Protection Notice

    Definition of Community Protection Notice This is intended to deal with particular persistent environmental anti-social behaviour, by targeting those responsible.

  • Laboratory Animal Law

    Laboratory Animal Law Contents The Legal Protection of Animals The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) was created in June 2001 from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and from the environmental and countryside business areas of the then Department […]

  • Greens

    Greens Meaning in Politics Description of Greens published by Mona Chalabi: In 1972, a group of friends gathered at a pub near Daventry and founded Britain's first political party to focus on environmental policies: The PEOPLE party. It didn't last long under that name, though, and was […]

  • Environmental Protection

    Resources See Also Further Reading Environmental Protection in the Encyclopedia of Britain Environmental Protection in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Environmental Protection in the Halsbury's Laws of England Environmental Protection in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of […]