The Environment Act 2021 is the most wide-reaching and significant new
environmental Statute for many years. In this book, the full text of the
Act is reproduced, accompanied by commentary and a section-by-section
analysis written by 2 of the UK's leading experts in environmental law.
The book comments on and analyses the main provisions of the Act,
including:
- A requirement on government to establish long-term environmental
targets and environmental improvement plans;
- Legal recognition for the first time in national law of a number of
core environmental principles, including the precautionary principle and
the polluter pays principle;
- The establishment of a new independent statutory body, the Office for
Environmental Protection;
- Substantial provisions on waste including producer responsibility and
resource efficiency;
- Provisions on water resource management, water abstraction and
drainage and sewerage;
- Strengthening of controls on air quality; and
- New provisions concerning the protection of nature and biodiversity,
including the creation of conservation covenants.
This comprehensive and practical guide to the new legislation will be of
significant value to anyone involved in environmental law in both the
private and public sector, in particular practitioners and those
advising on the impact and ambit of environmental law.
