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Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017

3.—(1) The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (7).

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) in the definition of “developer”—

(a)in paragraph (a)(iii) omit “to”; and

(b)in paragraph (a)(v) omit “in relation to”.

(3) In regulation 18(7) (scoping directions of the Scottish Ministers) after “The bodies” insert “are”.

(4) In regulation 19 (procedure to facilitate preparation of EIA reports)—

(a)in paragraph (5)(b) omit “the planning authority or body must”; and

(b)in paragraph (6)(b) for “11(1)” substitute “11(2)”.

(5) In regulation 42 (projects in another EEA state likely to have significant transboundary effects)—

(a)in paragraph (1)(c) for “those authorities” substitute “the consultation bodies”; and

(b)in paragraph (2) omit “, insofar as they are concerned,”.

(6) In regulation 55 (offences by bodies corporate etc.)—

(a)in paragraph (1) for “Subsection” substitute “Paragraph”; and

(b)in paragraph (3) for “subsection” substitute “paragraph”.

(7) In schedule 4 (information for inclusion in environmental impact assessment reports)—

(a)in paragraph 1(d) for “radiation” substitute “radiation)”;

(b)in paragraph 5 for “92/43/EEC3” substitute “92/43/EEC”; and

(c)in paragraph 8 for “this Directive” substitute “the Directive”.