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7.—(1) Where an EIA application is made to the [F1Scottish Ministers], they may (subject to regulation 3(2) and regulation 25)—
(a)grant EIA consent subject only to the mandatory conditions or also subject to such further conditions as they think fit; or
(b)refuse to grant EIA consent.
(2) The [F1Scottish Ministers] must determine an EIA application before the expiry of the period of 6 months beginning with the date on which the [F1Scottish Ministers] receive the EIA application or within such other period as may be agreed with the applicant.
(3) Despite paragraph (2), the [F1Scottish Ministers] must not determine an EIA application before the expiry of any period referred to in regulation 18(2)(f) [F2or 19(1)(b)].
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (2), the date on which the [F1Scottish Ministers] receive the EIA application is the date on which the [F1Scottish Ministers] are in receipt of—
(a)the EIA application;
(b)the accompanying EIA report;
(c)any supplementary information requested by the [F1Scottish Ministers] under regulation 21(2);
(d)any evidence requested by the [F1Scottish Ministers] under regulation 21(4); and
(e)any other additional information provided by the applicant.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 7 substituted (18.3.2021) by The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/44), regs. 1(1), 10(6) (with reg. 13)
F2Words in reg. 7(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Forestry (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/130), regs. 1(1), 72; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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