National information infrastructure meaning

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What is the background to this Bill? The existing NIS Regulations extend across five sectors: transport, energy, drinking water, health and digital infrastructure, and certain digital services, including online marketplaces, online search engines and cloud computing. Oversight sits with twelve regulators (competent authorities) tasked with putting the rules into practice and issuing guidance. The CSRB builds on a series of reviews into how well the NIS framework works, the latest of which took place in 2022. Those consultations found the regime had delivered benefit, but that legislation must evolve quickly to keep pace with a shifting cyber security environment and be widened to bring further categories of providers within scope. At the same time, a string of incidents has hit the NHS, high street names, local authorities and government suppliers, vehicle manufacturers and others, underlining the need to lift cyber security across the UK. Such events impose heavy financial and reputational costs on affected organisations, their users and the wider UK economy, exposing weaknesses spanning public and private spheres...

1. What is the applicable legislation? Foreign investment control in Germany is chiefly regulated by: Foreign Trade and Payments Act (Außenwirtschaftsgesetz—AWG) Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung—AWV) The AWG sets out the core framework for screening, covering the legal and procedural consequences of reviews, relevant deadlines, and penalties for violations. The AWV operationalises the AWG, notably specifying which categories of investments are generally reviewable and which face tighter scrutiny. Although both the AWG and AWV have undergone substantial reform in recent years, the AWV is revised more often, as the Federal Government may implement changes without parliament. The latest AWV amendment was adopted in December 2022. In practice, the Act on the Federal Office for Information Security (Gesetz über das Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik—BSIG) and its subordinate Ordinance on the Identification of Critical Infrastructure (Verordnung zur Bestimmung Kritischer Infrastrukturen—BSI-KritisV) also play a significant role in identifying critical infrastructure that triggers mandatory filings under the AWG and AWV....

The Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (I(W)A 2024) introduces a single, coherent consenting route for particular infrastructure schemes in Wales and in Welsh waters. For any ‘significant infrastructure project’ (SIP) that exceeds specified thresholds in defined sectors, developers must secure infrastructure consent through an infrastructure consent order (ICO). An ICO is designed to wrap together the complete set of authorisations needed so that the development can proceed... Energy Transport Waste Water Gas Before I(W)A 2024: Developments of National Significance The Planning (Wales) Act 2015 amended the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990) to introduce ‘developments of national significance’ (DNSs). This created an expedited route to planning permission, with applications sent straight to the Welsh Ministers, rather than considered by local planning authorities. The DNS process is administered by the Planning Inspectorate Wales (PINS Wales) on the Welsh Ministers’ behalf. See Practice Note: Permission for Developments of National Significance in Wales. However, the DNS framework does not include the...

This archived Practice Note provides an introduction to the 2012 version of the National Planning Policy Framework (2012 NPPF) This archived Practice Note outlines the 2012 National Planning Policy Framework, explaining sustainable development, the presumption in favour of it, and the core planning principles set out in that edition. On 24 July 2018 the government issued a revised NPPF that replaced the 2012 framework; the earlier text was archived and now applies only in specified circumstances described below. Further revisions to the 2018 NPPF followed in: 2019 2021 2023 For information on the 2023 NPPF now in force, see Practice Note: The National Planning Policy Framework. The 2012 NPPF took effect in England on 27 March 2012, immediately replacing all Planning Policy Statements and Planning Policy Guidance Notes, except PPS10 (Planning for Sustainable Waste Management). It sought to make the planning system simpler and more accessible, safeguard the environment, and encourage sustainable growth. Since December 2015...