6.—(1) The Environmental Impact Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1999(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “sensitive area”, for paragraph (f) substitute—
“(f)a National Scenic Area as designated by a direction made by the Scottish Ministers under section 263A of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997;”.
(3) In regulation 55(a) (interpretation), in the definition of “sensitive area”, for paragraph (d) substitute—
“(d)a National Scenic Area as designated by a direction made by the Scottish Ministers under section 263A of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997;”.
S.S.I. 1999/1; (a relevant amending instrument is S.S.I. 2006/614) and relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2008/202.