Janaury 1st 2018 sees a number of new ites of legislation coming into force including:

• The Water Abstraction and Impounding (Exemptions) Regulations 2017
• The Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No. 25) Order 2017
• The Water Act 2003 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2017
• The Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017
• The Water Environment (Miscellaneous) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
• The Novel Foods (Wales) Regulations 2017 / Rheoliadau Bwydydd Newydd (Cymru) 2017
• The Novel Foods (Scotland) Regulations 2017
• The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2017