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(1)An environmental impact assessment is a process consisting of—
(a)the preparation of an EIA report by the Scottish Ministers;
(b)the carrying out of consultation, publication and notification as required by section 20C or section 55A and, where relevant, section 20F or section 55B (as it applies section 20F);
(c)the examination by the Scottish Ministers of the information presented in the EIA report and any other environmental information;
(d)the reasoned conclusion by the Scottish Ministers on the significant effects of the project on the environment, taking into account the results of the examination referred to in paragraph (c); and
(e)the integration of the Scottish Ministers’ reasoned conclusion into the decision notice in accordance with paragraph 7 or paragraph 13 of schedule 1 of this Act.
(2)The environmental impact assessment must identify, describe and assess in an appropriate manner, in light of the circumstances relating to the project, the direct and indirect significant effects of the project on the factors specified in subsection (3) and the interaction between those factors.
(3)The factors are—
(a)population and human health;
(b)biodiversity, and in particular species and habitats protected under [F2any law in Scotland that implemented] Directive 92/43/EEC and Directive 2009/147/EC [F3, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/1010];
(c)land, soil, water, air and climate, and
(d)material assets, cultural heritage and the landscape.
(4)The effects to be identified, described and assessed under subsection (2) include the expected effects deriving from the vulnerability of the project to risks, so far as relevant to the project, of major accidents and disasters.
(5)The environmental impact assessment must identify the likely significant effects of the project on the environment before a decision to proceed with the project is made.
(6)The Scottish Ministers must ensure that they have, or have access as necessary to, sufficient expertise to examine the EIA report.
(7)In this section and sections 20C to 20G, “the project” means a project for the construction of a new road for which the Scottish Ministers are the roads authority.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 20A-20G substituted for ss. 20A, 20B (16.5.2017) by The Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/137), regs. 1, 5 (with reg. 12)
F2Words in s. 20B(3)(b) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Transport) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/415), regs. 1, 2(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in s. 20B(3)(b) inserted (7.12.2019) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Transport) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/322), regs. 1, 2(2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 20A-20G power to amend or repeal conferred (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 164(3), 255(5), Sch. 14 Pt. 2 (with s. 247)
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