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Future Legislation

Legislation	Consultation closing date	Date expected to come into force
UK Consultation on proposed amendments to regulations on the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electrical Equipment	04 December 2018	N/A
The Environmental Protection (Microbeads) (Scotland) Regulations 2018	N/A	19 June 2018
The Water Environment (Miscellaneous) (Scotland) Regulations 2017	N/A	01 January 2018
Consultation on an Integrated Authorisation Framework: Draft Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018 and supporting guidance	23 November 2017	N/A
UK Consultation on proposed amendments to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013	08 December 2017	1 January 2019
Consultation on WEEE Compliance Fee Methodology 2017	01 December 2017	31 March 2018
Consultation on the Proposed Control of Mercury (Enforcement) Regulations 2017	21 November 2017	1 January 2018
Consultation on Revised Requirements for Radiological Protection	15 November 2017	N/A
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill	N/A	N/A
New Framework for Energy Labelling	N/A	1 August 2017
Consultation on proposals for transposing into Scottish legislation Directive EU 2015/2193 on Medium Combustion Plants.	10 March 2017	19 December 2017
Consultation on proposals to ban the manufacture and sale of cosmetics and personal care products containing microbeads	28 February 2017	N/A
Consultation on proposed changes to the packaging recycling business targets	06 January 2017	N/A
Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014	02 June 2013	05 April 2016
The Assessment of Energy Performance of Non-domestic Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2016	N/A	01 September 2016
Consultation on Bringing Forward EU Emissions Trading System 2018 Compliance Deadlines in the UK	24 November 2017	01 January 2018
Packaging Waste: changing the UK producer responsibility system for packaging waste	13 May 2019	N/A
Plastic packaging tax	12 May 2019	N/A

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