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Key definition

Registers definition

What does Registers mean? In legal practice, “Registers” refers to the statutory public registers kept by environmental regulators that record prescribed information such as environmental permits and licences, consents, waste carrier registrations, enforcement notices, convictions, monitoring data and certain site-specific determinations, made available for public inspection. The term is descriptive rather than a single defined concept; duties to establish and maintain particular registers arise under specific legislation and regulatory regimes (for example, the environmental permitting regime in England and Wales, pollution prevention and control regimes in Scotland and Northern Ireland, and EPA/Waste Management legislation in Ireland). Key features include: mandatory content set by statute, public...

Environmental legal registers: lawyers’ guide to EMS compliance, due diligence, scope, development and maintenance (ISO 14001, EMAS, ISO 20121)

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Practice notes

What is a legal register?

A legal register is the documented outcome of a process through which an organisation seeks to evidence compliance with applicable legislation. The calibre of legal Registers varies, based on the compliance approach adopted and the:

rationale
scope (ie types of issues, types of Requirements, etc)
input from those with the necessary technical expertise
documentation evidencing compliance

They can range from a simple catalogue of legislation to more comprehensive spreadsheets containing details of:

the scope of the legal obligations imposed
how those obligations apply to the organisation
the relevant ‘aspects’ affected, eg cardboard, flooding, treatment plant, etc
the appropriate regulator
who within the organisation holds responsibility for demonstrating compliance
any specific Controls that have been implemented
compliance, eg any relevant authorisations and records
the revision history

Organisations develop legal registers as part of their compliance process. The drivers for adopting this process are generally either:

a requirement by a management system standard (such as ISO 14001 Environmental Management, the Eco-management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), and ISO 20121 Event Sustainability Management System)

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Colleen Theron

Ardea International

Colleen is a tri-qualified solicitor and founder of Ardea International ( previously CLT envirolaw), a niche company that provides sustainability, modern slavery, business and human rights consultancy and expertise to enable companies to meet both their legal obligations and develop voluntary best practice standards. Prior to establishing CLT envirolaw, she worked as an environmental lawyer in the City of London and was recognised by The Legal 500 and Chambers as a leading environmental law practitioner. Colleen’s indefatigable passion for combating human trafficking, particularly in business supply chains led her to found the not-for-profit organisation Finance Against Trafficking. She has spoken widely on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, modern slavery and sustainable business emphasising the growing overlap between best practice sustainability and the law. She is also a member of the steering group of the British Association for...

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