The Environment and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

2.1 This instrument corrects a number of minor errors in other instruments, and makes some additional amendments to correct deficiencies in domestic legislation arising as a result of the UK’s exit from the European Union. It amends:
• the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/25) (“the EIA (EU Exit) Regulations”), which relates to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), in the fields of agriculture and marine works;
• the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39) (“the EPR (EU Exit) Regulations”);
• the Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/188) (“Waste (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations”);
• the Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620) (“the Waste (EU Exit) Regulations”).




Press release: Tighter restrictions on oak tree imports to come into force

Tighter measures on the import of oak trees to come into force in England to protect the country against oak processionary moth




Help at hand for ‘Cinderella’ habitat

A Countryside Management student has been awarded a £200 grant to help with the costs of his final year project at Scotland’s Rural College.




Buried Valleys dataset

Buried Valleys dataset




Research and analysis: African swine fever in pigs in China

Preliminary and updated outbreak assessments for African swine fever in China.