Risk assessment
Safety measures
Decontamination
Maintenance
Training
Instructions for use
Chemical-resistant materials
Occupational safety
Inspection
Cleaning
Selection
Protective clothing
Hazards
Link: PD CEN/TR 15419:2017 Protective clothing. Guidelines for selection, use, care and maintenance of chemical protective clothing
Source: BSI Standards
Semiconductor diodes
Light-emitting devices
Ratings
Optoelectronic devices
Optical properties of materials
Electronic equipment and components
Light-emitting diodes
Solid lasers
Semiconductor devices
Photodiodes
Fibre optics
Diodes
Link: BS EN 62802:2017 Measurement methods of a half-wavelength voltage and a chirp parameter for Mach-Zehnder optical modulators in high-frequency radio on fibre (RoF) systems
Source: BSI Standards
Food testing
Research methods
Consumers
Terminology
Sensory analysis (food)
Testing
Analysis
Products
Vocabulary
Sensory analysis
Link: BS EN ISO 11136:2017 Sensory analysis – Methodology – General guidance for conducting hedonic tests with consumers in a controlled area (ISO 11136:2014)
Source: BSI Standards
Link: The Selection of the President of Welsh Tribunals Regulations 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk
In relation to each financial year the Greater London Authority (“the Authority”) is required to make the calculations set out in section 85 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (“the 1999 Act”), including the calculation of its consolidated council tax requirement.
Link: The Greater London Authority (Consolidated Council Tax Requirement Procedure) Regulations 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk
These Regulations further amend the Road Vehicles (Constructions and Use) Regulations 1986 (“the 1986 Regulations”).
Link: The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has searched two addresses in Nottingham as part of an investigation into a network suspected of making hundreds of millions of nuisance calls.
Link: ICO executes search warrants related to millions of automated nuisance calls
Source: ICO .org.uk
With this year’s annual Matlock Boxing Day Raft Race given the go-ahead once again, the Environment Agency is urging the thousands of spectators expected to turn out to watch the popular event to leave their flour-filled plastic bags and other objects at home.
In previous years, spectators have thrown eggs, flour, plastic or paper bags, and other products at the raft racers from various points along the 3.5 mile course of the race on the River Derwent, which poses a real threat to the environment and wildlife.
Paul Reeves, Environment Officer at the Environment Agency, said:
We realise the Matlock Raft Race is an important social event for the area, which attracts a large number of local residents as well as visitors from further afield, has a positive impact on the local economy, and raises funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).
However, we are appealing to spectators to consider the environment by not throwing flour-filled plastic bags or other objects at the raft racers and into the water this year.
If plastic or paper bags enter the watercourse, they pose a real threat to wildlife both locally and further afield. Last year there were sightings of water birds trying to eat floating flour-filled bags, and the deadly impact of plastics on river and sea life is well known and currently in the news.
Councillor Lewis Rose OBE, Leader of Derbyshire Dales District Council, said:
The Boxing Day raft race has become something of a tradition here in the Derbyshire Dales and long may it continue. However, we absolutely support the Environment Agency’s plea to spectators to refrain from activities that threaten the environment and wildlife, as well as littering our waterways and streets.
Kath Stapley, Living Rivers Officer, Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, added:
On behalf of the 60 partner organisations which make up the Derbyshire Derwent Catchment Partnership, we’re asking people to spare a thought for the wildlife in and around the River Derwent.
We’re constantly working to improve the rivers in the catchment, from Howden Moor above Ladybower Reservoir, down into Derby, but we can only make a difference with support from members of the public. If plastics and other items are thrown into the river at Matlock, they may travel out of sight, but will inevitably affect the watercourse and wildlife downstream in Belper, Duffield, Derby and even down into the River Trent.
Link: Press release: Don’t throw plastic or other items at Matlock raft racers
Source: Gov Press Releases
This Order amends the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/310) (“the principal Order”), which designates specified central government bodies in relation to named government departments for the purpose of those departments’ supply estimates and resource accounts.
Link: The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) (Amendment) Order 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk
This Order designates the bodies listed in the Schedule in relation to the financial year ending on 31st March 2017 for the purposes of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000. The effect of designation is that these bodies are required to prepare and present to the Treasury such financial information in relation to that financial year as the Treasury require to enable them to prepare Whole of Government Accounts.
Link: The Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) Order 2017
Source: Legislation .gov.uk
