The following 1 new Statutory Instrument (SI) comes into force on 01/10/2020:

New Legislation:

• October 2020: SI 2020 No. 904 - The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (pdf) (link).

Notes:

• The above SI 2020 No. 904 includes amendments to the following SIs:
  - The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017.
  - The Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017.
• In particular, regulations 22 and 23 of the above SI 2020 No. 904 replace references to "Council Regulation (EU) 2017/997" with references to "Directive (EU) 2018/851".
• The "Explanatory Note" (link) at the end of SI 2020 No. 904 includes the following information:
  - "These Regulations implement for England and Wales, and partially implement for Scotland and Northern Ireland, 6 amending EU Directives in the field of waste, namely Directive (EU) 2018/849 (OJ No L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 93), Directive (EU) 2018/850 (OJ No L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 100), Directive (EU) 2018/851 (OJ No L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 109), Directive (EU) 2018/852 (OJ No L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 141), Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/362 (OJ No L 67, 5.3.2020, p. 116) and Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/363 (OJ L No 67, 5.3.2020, p. 119) (“the amending Directives”).".
  - "The remaining provisions of Part 3 update references to the relevant Directives in subordinate legislation relating to packaging waste, end-of-life vehicles, waste batteries and accumulators and waste electrical and electronic equipment and also updates references to the Waste Framework Directive in relation to the definition of waste in other subordinate legislation.".

Updates to the Planning Jungle website:

• The "EIA Regulations 2017 (Consolidated)" document has been updated to incorporate the above SI 2020 No. 904.
• The "Infrastructure Planning Order/Regulations/Rules, etc" page has been updated to list the above SI 2020 No. 904.