Co-ordination of assessments
38.—(1) Where, in relation to an EIA project there is, in addition to the requirement for an environmental impact assessment to be carried out in accordance with these Regulations, also a requirement to carry out a habitats regulation appraisal, the Scottish Ministers must, where appropriate, ensure that the habitats regulation appraisal and the environmental impact assessment are co-ordinated.
(2) In this regulation, a “habitats regulation appraisal” means an assessment under one, or more, of the following regulations—
(a)regulation 48 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994;
(b)regulation 25 of the Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 2007(1);
(c)regulation 61 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010(2).
S.I. 2007/1842, regulation 25 is amended by S.I. 2010/490, S.I. 2010/1513, S.I. 2013/755 and S.I. 2016/912.
S.I. 2010/490, regulation 61 is amended by S.I. 2012/1927.