Part 6: Environmental outcomes reports Safeguards, devolution and exemptions Section 156: Safeguards: non-regression, international obligations and public engagement Background
This section enshrines in legislation the Government’s commitments to non-regression of environmental protection, adherence to its international obligations and to public engagement on consents and plans. In introducing a new framework of environmental assessment, the Government is committed to maintaining overall existing levels of environmental protection as required by the relevant provisions of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. This provision also ensures that the process of environmental assessment provides suitable opportunity for public engagement.