The United Kingdom has historically played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith in the 19th century, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the earth's surface. The first half of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two world wars and the Irish Republic's withdrawal from the union. The second half witnessed the dismantling of the Empire and the UK rebuilding itself into a modern and prosperous European nation. As one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council and a founding member of NATO and the Commonwealth, the UK pursues a global approach to foreign policy. The Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly were established in 1999. The latter was suspended until May 2007 due to wrangling over the peace process, but devolution was fully completed in March 2010.
The UK was an active member of the EU from 1973 to 2016, although it chose to remain outside the Economic and Monetary Union. However, frustrated by a remote bureaucracy in Brussels and massive migration into the country, UK citizens on 23 June 2016 narrowly voted to leave the EU. The so-called “Brexit” will take years to carry out but could be the signal for referenda in other EU countries where skepticism of EU membership benefits is strong.
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Displaying 646 - 650 of 782Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Grants) (Scotland) Amendment Scheme 2003 (S.S.I. No. 518 of 2003).
This Instrument amends the Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Grant) (Scotland) Scheme 2003. It brings forward the deadline for making an application from 14 March 2008 (the fifth anniversary of the coming into force of the Scheme) to 31 October 2005 (par. 2(2)(c)). It also brings forward the date by which expenditure must have been incurred to the same date (par. 2(3)). The condition of application requiring the expenditure to have been incurred before applying for a grant is removed (pars. 2(2)(a), (b) and (d)).
Lands Tribunal for Scotland Rules 2003 (S.S.I. No. 452 of 2003).
Part I of these Rules deals with applications to the Lands Tribunal for Scotland under the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 and the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003. Schedule 1 contains a list of application forms under these two Acts and these forms, among others, are set out in Schedule 2. The applications available under Part I are for reallotment of a feudal burden, for the discharge, variation or renewal of a title condition, the preservation of a community burden or the preservation of a development management scheme.
Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Conservation Bodies) Order 2003 (S.S.I. No. 453 of 2003).
This Order prescribes various bodies in favour of whom it is competent to create a conservation burden under section 38(1) of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 and preserve rights to enforce real burdens by registration of a notice under section 27 or 27A of the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000.
Compulsory Purchase of Land (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. 446 of 2003).
The Regulations prescribe the forms in which compulsory purchase orders and general vesting declarations shall be made and also the notices, advertisements and other documents required in connection therewith. They update the various statutory references to those currently in force and omit obsolete material relating to the repealed Community Land Act 1975.
Landfill (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. No. 343 of 2003).
Regulation 3 clarifies the definition of waste in regulation 2 of the principal Regulations. For the purposes of the principal Regulations "waste" is to be defined by reference to the definition of waste in Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and shall include any substance or category of substance listed in the European Waste Catalogue. Regulation 4 amends regulation 19 of the principal Regulations so as to enable the prosecution of Scottish partnerships and partners of a Scottish Partnership or persons purporting to act in that capacity for offences under the principal Regulations.