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 276 - 280 of 782Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Order 2009 (S.I. 1304 of 2009).
This Order amends article 2B of the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995 to remove those provisions which relate to local development orders implementing policies in local development plans or development plan documents. This amendment is a consequence of an amendment of the Planning Act 2008 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Amends: Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995 (S.I. 419 of 1995). (1995-02-22)
Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. No. 447 of 2009).
These Regulations amend the Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2008 so as to implement Commission Decision 2009/431/EC granting derogation to England, Scotland and Wales pursuant to Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources.The Regulations provide for a derogation from the annual farm limit of nitrogen in livestock manure which may be obtained from the Scottish Ministers by an occupier of any grassland farm within a nitrate vulnerable zone.
Land Registration (Electronic Conveyancing) Rules 2008 (S.I. No. 1750 of 2008).
These Rules, made under the Land Registration Act 2002, concern the validity of documents in the land registry network for carrying out electronic conveyancing. They also amend or disapply certain provisions of the Land Registration Rules 2003 in relation with electronic legal charges, retention and deletion of electronic documents and applications to the registrar under paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the Act to enter into a network access agreement and amend a rule on the time at which applications are taken to be made.
Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (England and Wales) Regulations 1998 (S.I. no. 1202 of 1998).
By establishing an action programme for nitrate vulnerable zones these Regulation implement, as regards England and Wales, the requirement in this respect as laid down in article 5 of Council Directive 91/676/EC concerning the protection of waters against pollution by nitrates from agricultural sources. Regulation 3 requires an occupier of a farm or livestock unit comprising all or part of a nitrate vulnerable zone to ensure that the action programme set out in the Schedule is implemented. They also provide for monitoring of the action programme (reg.
Landfill Tax (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 1930 of 2009).
These Regulations amend the Landfill Tax Regulations 1996: by revoking Part IX which relates to temporary disposals of material on a landfill site; and introduce a new requirement to give information and keep records in relation to information areas and authorize Revenue and Customs officers to require a person to designate a part of landfill site which will be an information area. Material on a landfill site which is not going to be disposed of as waste must be deposited in an information area where the Commissioners, or their officers, consider that the revenue is at risk.