Guidance

DSA02-DEPR: Defence Environmental Protection Regulations

This publication contains the Defence environmental protection regulations for UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) activity and the guidance document to be read alongside it.

From:
Ministry of Defence
Published
28 March 2024
Last updated
313 SeptemberFebruary 20242025 — See all updates

Documents

DSA02-DEPR: Defence Environmental Protection Regulations

PDF, 65526.1 KBMB, 39 pages

DSA03-DEPR: Defence Environmental Protection Regulations Guidance

PDF, 4041.85 KBMB, 1413 pages

Details

These MOD environmental protection regulations are issued by the Defence Environmental Protection Regulator. These regulations should be read by Defence Organisations conducting activity on behalf of the MOD.

The regulations include the minimum arrangements which should be in place to manage environmental protection, they cover specific environmental protection issues relevant to Defence which directly link to UK environmental protection legislation.

The regulations aim to ensure Defence is committed to protecting the environment and achieving equivalent outcomes to UK environmental protection legislation.

The DSA03-DEPR guidance document provides additional explanation and good practice to assist with the application of the regulations, and should be read alongside DSA02-DEPR: Defence environmental protection regulations.

Updates to this page

Published 28 March 2024
Last updated 313 SeptemberFebruary 2024 2025 + show all updates

  1. Updated 'DSA02-DEPR: Defence Environmental Protection Regulations' and 'DSA03-DEPR: Defence Environmental Protection Regulations Guidance'.

  2. Added 'DSA03-DEPR: Defence Environmental Protection Regulations Guidance'.

  4. First published.

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