Environment Act 2021: Difference between revisions

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The Act implements the Govenrment's ambitions for improving the natural [[environment]] which were previously set out in the [[25- Year Environment Plan]]. The [[Environment Bill]] required the government to publish an Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) and the government has pledged to set interim targets for each five-year period and lay out steps it intends to take to improve the natural environment. The [[25- Year Environment Plan]] will be adopted as the first EIP. The [[OEP]] is intended to hold the government to account for meeting these targets<ref>ENDS</ref>.

~~==Legal Framework~~<ref name="COM">[https://thecompliancepeople.co.uk/updates/legal/the-environment-act-2021/ The Compliance People]</ref>==

The Act applies across the UK, however parts of it only apply to one or more jusridiction<ref name="COM">[https://thecompliancepeople.co.uk/updates/legal/the-environment-act-2021/ The Compliance People]</ref>.

==Legal Framework<ref name="COM" />==

The first part of the Act puts duties on the Government in relation to environmental governance. This includes requiring the Government to:

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*A 70% reduction in phosphorus loadings from wastewater/sewage effluent by 2037 against a 2020 baseline (Wastewater target)

*A reduction in Distribution Input (DI) over population by 20% from the 2019/2020 reporting years by 2037/2038 (Water demand target)

==References==

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 The Act implements the Govenrment's ambitions for improving the natural [[environment]] which were previously set out in the [[25- Year Environment Plan]]. The [[Environment Bill]] required the government to publish an Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) and the government has pledged to set interim targets for each five-year period and lay out steps it intends to take to improve the natural environment. The [[25- Year Environment Plan]] will be adopted as the first EIP. The [[OEP]] is intended to hold the government to account for meeting these targets<ref>ENDS</ref>.
-==Legal Framework<ref name="COM">[https://thecompliancepeople.co.uk/updates/legal/the-environment-act-2021/ The Compliance People]</ref>==
+The Act applies across the UK, however parts of it only apply to one or more jusridiction<ref name="COM">[https://thecompliancepeople.co.uk/updates/legal/the-environment-act-2021/ The Compliance People]</ref>.
+==Legal Framework<ref name="COM" />==
 The first part of the Act puts duties on the Government in relation to environmental governance. This includes requiring the Government to:
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 *A 70% reduction in phosphorus loadings from wastewater/sewage effluent by 2037 against a 2020 baseline (Wastewater target)
 *A reduction in Distribution Input (DI) over population by 20% from the 2019/2020 reporting years by 2037/2038 (Water demand target)
 ==References==
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