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Australia
Herbert Smith Freehills
On 13 February 2024, the Environmental Protection (Powers and Penalties) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Qld) (Powers and Penalties Bill) was introduced to the Queensland Parliament.
Sydney Criminal Lawyers
Offences and penalties for improperly discarding cigarettes, from littering to fires, and defences that may apply.
Stacks Law Firm
Governments need to consult and gain approval from all sectors of a local community for the location of a dump site.
Herbert Smith Freehills
On 10 July 2023, the Queensland Government published the Draft 2023 Queensland Renewable Energy Zone Roadmap (Draft Roadmap) for community feedback.
Holding Redlich
The proposed amendments will define circular economy principles, and insert them as objectives in the Waste Act.
Cooper Grace Ward
'Clean earth' waste will be treated in the same way as any other waste, bringing Queensland in line with other states.
McCullough Robertson
Amendments proposed seek to better embed the goals for, & practical implementation of, circular economy principles.
Holding Redlich
The ban makes it an offence to "sell, supply, distribute or provide" any banned single-use plastic items.
Hong Kong
Tauil & Chequer
The Hong Kong Convention, adopted at a 2009 diplomatic conference in Hong Kong, will enter into force on June 26, 2025.
Mayer Brown
Plastic pollution is a global environmental problem. To combat this issue, the United Nations Environment Assembly passed a resolution in March 2022...
Quadrant Chambers
The International Maritime Organisation Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships was adopted in 2009.
India
Vaish Associates Advocates
Securities Exchange Board of India ("SEBI"), vide its circular dated August 24, 2023 ("FPI Circular"), had mandated additional disclosures for foreign portfolio investors ("FPIs") fulfilling certain objective criteria.
Vaish Associates Advocates
In the March edition of our monthly newsletter "Legalaxy", our team analyses some of the key developments in securities market, foreign direct investment, banking and finance, labour, insolvency and liquidation, environment, power, and corporate affairs.
Legacy Law Offices
It is an undeniable fact that the Construction and Infrastructure (C&I) sector plays an integral role in driving the economy of any developing country.
IndusLaw
The construction sector in India stands as a foundation of the nation's development, fostering economic growth and infrastructural advancement.
Khaitan & Co LLP
A quarterly round up on legal updates in the Energy, Infrastructure and Resources sectors: October - December 2023.
S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates
In a pivotal move to formalize and strengthen the e-waste recycling sector, the Government, having recognized the evolving challenges, introduced the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022.
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
The introduction of the erstwhile Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 (‘PWMH Rules, 2011') marks the first attempt of the government to address the plastic...
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change issued the Hazardous and Other Waste (Management and Transboundary Movement) Second Amendment Rules, 2023 (‘Amendment') on 18th September 2023.
SSEK Law Firm
Indonesia's Director General of Sea Transportation (Direktur Jenderal Perhubungan Laut or "DJPL") has issued a regulation that eases the moratorium it placed...
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