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Environment watchdog to launch on interim basis The OEP cannot become a statutory body until the environment bill passes Photo: fotolia The UK’s new environmental watchdog will begin work on an interim basis in June, after delays to the environment bill mean it cannot be established as a statutory body until the autumn. The Interim Office for Environmental Protection will provide independent oversight of the government’s environmental progress and “accelerate the foundation of the full body”, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said. It will be led by its chair, Dame Glenys Stacey, and interim chief executive, Natalie Prosser, whose appointment was announced last month. The regulator’s other non-executive directors, who will become the OEP’s board when it becomes an independent legal entity, will be appointed in the coming weeks. ....
A new world class national environment watchdog is being launched to hold public authorities, including councils, to account on protecting the environment. Under plans set out by the Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), the new Interim Office for Environmental Protection will be set up in non-statutory shadow form from July on an interim basis, ahead of its formal establishment as part of the Environment Bill later this year. The body will be tasked with producing an independent assessment of progress in relation to the implementation of the government’s 25-year environment plan. It will also enforce new policies that will be enshrined in the Environment Bill, and receive complaints from members of the public about failures of public authorities to comply with environmental law. ....
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New Office for Environmental Protection appointments announced The Office for Environmental Protection will be created by the Environment Bill. The OEP will be a new, independent statutory body with the principal objective of contributing to environmental protection and the improvement of the natural environment. However, it will still be subject to approval from the NI Assembly. In December, Dame Glenys Stacey was selected as the Government’s preferred candidate to chair the OEP following a rigorous process in accordance with the Ministerial Governance Code on Public Appointments. Following a joint pre-appointment hearing she was formally appointed to the role, effective from February 1, 2021. ....