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 756 - 760 of 782Countryside Access (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 (S.I. No. 2197 of 1999).
The principal Regulations provide for payment of aid to farmers who undertake for five years to permit members of the public to have access to an area of set-aside land. They implement in part Council Directive (EC) No. 2078/92 on agricultural production methods compatible with the requirements for protection of the environment and maintenance of the countryside. The new section here added provides that the Minister shall not accept any application for aid in respect of any period beginning on or after 15th January 2000.
Landfill Tax (Site Restoration and Quarries) Order 1999 (No. 2075 of 1999).
Section 43C provides an exemption from landfill tax for the disposal of "qualifying material" which is used to restore to use a landfill site. Subsections (2) and (3) define restoration as work that is required by a planning consent, waste management licence or a resolution authorizing disposal of waste on or in the land, to be carried out after the completion of waste disposal operations. Section 44A provides an exemption from landfill tax for the disposal of "qualifying material" which is used to fill existing or former quarries. Certain conditions must be fulfilled.
Town and Country Planning (Trees) Regulations 1999 (S.I. No. 1892 of 1999).
Part I of the Regulations defines terms used in the Regulations. Part II prescribes the form of tree preservation orders and the procedure for their making, confirmation, variation and revocation. The prescribed form is set out in the Schedule to the Regulations. In principal, the consent of the local planning authority is required before any tree protected by the Order may be cut down, topped, lopped, uprooted, damaged or destroyed. Part III of the Regulations makes special provision in relation to trees in conservation areas.
Land Registration Rules 1999 (S.I. No. 128 of 1999).
These rules amend the Land Registration Rules 1925 so as to: (a) make provision for new forms of transfer, assent and discharge of part, new forms of transfer and assent of a registered charge affecting part of the land in a registered title and new forms of transfer for a portfolio of titles; (b) make provision for new forms of application to cancel notice of an unregistered lease or rentcharge, to register a caution against dealings with a registered title, to withdraw a caution and to place documents on deposit; (c) make associated amendments to certain existing prescribed forms.
Countryside Access (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. No. 1174 of 1999).
The principal Regulations provide for payment of aid to farmers who undertake for five years to permit members of the public to have access to an area of set-aside land. They implement in part Council Directive (EC) No. 2078/92 on agricultural production methods compatible with the requirements for protection of the environment and maintenance of the countryside.