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Source: Legislation .gov.uk
The Environment Agency has approved (Tuesday 10 October) Third Energy’s hydraulic fracture plan (frack plan) for its well site at Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire.
An approved frack plan is required before the company starts fracking under the conditions of the operator’s environmental permit, which was issued by the Environment Agency in April 2016 after extensive public consultation.
The Environment Agency is confident, following a thorough assessment of the frack plan, that Third Energy has demonstrated it has the right procedures in place to control and monitor the fracturing process. The plan will be available to view on the Environment Agency’s Citizen Space website.
A spokesperson for the Environment Agency said:
We are satisfied with Third Energy’s arrangements for monitoring during and after hydraulic fracturing. The Environment Agency is committed to ensuring that shale gas operations meet the highest environmental standards and can only go ahead if they are safe for people and the environment.
Our environmental permits set out the legal conditions needed to protect groundwater, surface water and air quality and to ensure the safe storage, management and disposal of waste. Our staff will continue to carry out regular on-site checks and audits to ensure that the company is meeting the high standards we require.
The fracture plan and other operational documents relating to Third Energy’s operation can be found on the Environment Agency’s Citizen Space website.
Link: Press release: Environment Agency approves Third Energy’s hydraulic fracture plan
Source: Environment Agency
Bradford-based Vanquis Bank Limited and London company Xerpla are the latest firms to be fined by the ICO for sending illegal marketing texts and emails.
Link: Bradford-based bank and London advertising firm fined over illegal marketing
Source: ICO .org.uk
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Source: Legislation .gov.uk
These Regulations make a number of amendments to the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1004) (“the Contributions Regulations”) and the Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) Regulations 1978 (S.I. 1978/1689) (“the Categorisation Regulations”).
Link: Correction Slip
Source: Legislation .gov.uk
A Bill to repeal the European Communities Act 1972 and make other provision in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU.
Link: European Union (Withdrawal)
Source: Public Bills
A Bill to make provision for the regulation of the processing of information relating to individuals; to make provision in connection with the Information Commissioner’s functions under certain regulations relating to information; to make provision for a direct marketing code of conduct; and for connected purposes.
Link: Data Protection
Source: Public Bills
The ICO has published a blog post to ‘clarify how the fees that data controllers have to pay to the ICO are changing’; however the post provided no actual figures for the new fees.
Currently organisations who process personal data ‘notify’ the ICO on an annual basis (unless in the rare circumstances they are exempt). Most SMEs pay the £35 annual fee and appear on the ICO’s register of data controllers.
CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION HERE: https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/what-we-do/register-of-data-controllers/
The deadline for EU member states to implement the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) is May 2018 and the UK Parliament is already progressing a Data Protection Bill to meet that commitment.
The ICO have said that when this new legislation comes in to force:
there will no longer be a requirement to notify the ICO in the same way.
The Digital Economy Act did make provisions for funding the ICO in another way and those fees have not yet been approved by Parliament.
The new payment system will take in to account an organisation’s size, turnover and the amount of personal data it is processing. With a Three Tier System currently being proposed.
It is unclear how the “amount of personal data ” will be determined.
Despite the lack of information, this new system is proposed to “go live” 1st April 2018, however if you have already paid under the current scheme, you may not be affected until the renewal.
More details to follow…
Link: ICO fee and registration changes next year
Source: ICO .org.uk
