Introduction
Background
The Act
Commentary on Sections
The Main Provisions of the Act
The Act – Section by Section
Part 1 – Environmental Assessment for Plans and Programmes
Section 1 – Requirement for environmental assessment
Section 2 – Responsible Authorities
Section 3 – Consultation Authorities
Section 4 – Plans and programmes
Section 5 – Qualifying plans and programmes
Section 6 – Types of excluded Plans and programmes
Section 7 – Exemptions: pre-screening
Section 8 – Exemptions: screening
Section 9 – Screening: procedure
Section 10 – Screening: publicity for determinations
Section 11 – Directions as regards plans and programmes
Section 12 – Restriction on adoption or submission
Section 13 – Relationship with Community Law requirements
Part 2 – Environmental Reports and Consultation
Section 14 – Preparation of environmental report
Section 15 – Scoping
Section 16 – Consultation procedures
Section 17 – Account to be taken of environmental report etc.
Part 3 – Post-Adoption Procedures
Section 18 – Information as to adoption of a qualifying plan or programme
Section 19 – Monitoring the implementation of qualifying plans and programmes
Part 4 – Miscellaneous
Section 20 – Annual Reports
Part 5 – General Provisions
Section 21 – Crown Application
Section 22 & 23 – Orders and Ancillary provision
Section 24 – Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Scotland) Regulations 2004
Sections 25 and 26 – Interpretation, Commencement and short title
Schedules
Schedule 1 – Projects
Schedule 2 – Criteria for determining likely significance of effects on the environment
Schedule 3 – Information for Environmental Reports
Parliamentary History of the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005
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