Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010

The reason for our concern is that the implementation of almost all secondary legislation requires a sense of fair play and co-operation between those being regulated and the regulators. Obviously, there is considerable concern that the way in which these regulations are impacting on mineral extraction, which is a major industry in this country, could put the industry under considerable pressure if the regulators were dilatory or did not play their part in the process by assisting in the proper regulation of these sites. The industry is not looking for an exemption, but for a way of handling its obligations under the law. Are the Government truly tuned in to that sensitivity?