Leeds Met Students’ Union
Environmental Legislation
It is the responsibility of the Chief Executive to ensure that the Students’ Union identifies the
legislative and regulatory requirements relevant to the Students’ Union’s environmental compliance.
A list of applicable environmental legislation is detailed below.
The Chief Executive will provide a report to the Board of Trustees each August confirming the
Students’ Union’s continued compliance with environmental legislation.
The main instruments applicable to the UK are the Clean Air Act,
Environmental Protection Act 1990, Environmental Protection
(Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances) Regulations 2002 SI 528,
Environmental
Ozone Depleting Substances (Qualifications) Regulations 2009 SI 216,
legislation - Air
The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2009, Climate Change
pollution
Act 2008, Climate Change Levy (General) Regulations 2001 SI 838 and
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment)
Regulations 2007 SI 465.
The main instruments applicable to the UK are the Natural
Environmental
Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, Wildlife and
legislation - Animals,
Countryside (Amendment) Act 1991, Environment Act 1995,
plants and habitats
Conservation (Natural Habitats etc) Regulations 1994 SI 2716.
Environmental
The main instruments applicable to the UK are the Environment Act
legislation 1995, Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Contaminated Land
Contaminated land Regulations for each country.
The main instruments applicable to the UK are the Control of
Asbestos Regulations 2006, Pesticides Act 1998, Environmental
Environmental
Protection Act 1990, Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozonelegislation Depleting Substances) Regulations 2002 SI 528, Fluorinated
Hazardous
Greenhouse Gas Regulations 2009 SI 261, Ozone Depleting
substances
Substances (Qualifications) Regulations 2009 SI 216 and the Reach
Enforcement Regulations 2008 SI 2852.
The main instruments applicable to the UK are the Control of
Environmental
Pollution Act 1974 Part III (as amended), Environment Act 1995,
legislation - Noise
Environmental Protection Act 1990, Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003
and the Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993.
The main instruments applicable to the UK are the Control of
Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 c.14, Environmental Protection Act
1990, the Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations SI
1991/2839, Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) (Amendment)
Environmental
Regulations 2009 SI 507, Controlled Waste (Amendment) Regulations
legislation - Solid
1993 SI 566, Special Waste Amendment (Scotland) Amendment
waste
Regulations 2004 SSI 204, Packaging (Essential Requirements)
(Amendment) Regulations 2009 SI 1504, Producer Responsibility
Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 SI 413,
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations
Environmental
legislation - Water
discharges
November 2013
2007 SI 3454, End-of-Life Vehicles (Producer Responsibility)
Regulations 2005 SI 263, End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003, SI
2635, and the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009.
The main instruments applicable to the UK are the Water Industry Act
1991, Environmental Liability (Scotland) Regulations 2009,
Environmental Damage Regulations 2009 (England), Environmental
Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (Wales) Regulations 2009,
Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations
(Northern Ireland) 2009 SR 252, Water Resources Act 1991, Control of
Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001 SI 2954 and the
Water Environment (Oil Storage) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 SSI 133.