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United Kingdom legislation
Environment Act 2021
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title
An Act to make provision about targets, plans and policies for improving the natural environment; for statements and reports about environmental protection; for the Office for Environmental Protection; about waste and resource efficiency; about air quality; for the recall of products that fail to meet environmental standards; about water; about nature and biodiversity; for conservation covenants; about the regulation of chemicals; and for connected purposes.
Citation
2021 c. 30
Introduced by
George Eustice, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Commons) Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, Minister of State for the Pacific and the International Environment (Lords)
Territorial extent
England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Dates
Royal assent
9 November 2021
Status: Current legislation
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
The Environment Act 2021 (c. 30) of the Parliament of the United Kingdom aims to improve air and water quality, protect wildlife, increase recycling and reduce plastic waste.[1] The act is part of a new legal framework for environmental protection, given the UK no longer comes under EU law post-Brexit.[2]
Friends of the Earth said the act represented a reduction in protections, rather than an increase.[3] In January 2021 the bill was "severely delayed" for a third time.[3]
^"Plastic waste exports targeted in new environment bill". The Guardian. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
^"MPs warn post-Brexit environment plans fall 'woefully short'". The Guardian. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
^ ab"Fury as long-awaited UK environment bill is delayed for third time". The Guardian. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
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