Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005

1 Requirement for environmental assessment S

(1) The responsible authority shall—

(a) during the preparation of a qualifying plan or programme, secure the carrying out of an environmental assessment in relation to the plan or programme; and

(b) do so—

(i) where the plan or programme is to be submitted to a legislative procedure for the purposes of its adoption, before its submission; or

(ii) in any other case, before its adoption.

(2) In this Act, an environmental assessment is—

(a) the preparation of an environmental report;

(b) the carrying out of consultations; and

(c) the taking into account of the environmental report and the result of the consultations in decision-making,

in accordance with Part 2 of this Act.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 1 in force at 20.2.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/19, art. 2