Part I The Environment Agency and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Chapter II The Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Establishment of SEPA
20 The Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
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There shall be a body to be known as the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (in this Act referred to as “SEPA”), for the purpose of carrying out the functions transferred or assigned to it by or under this Act.
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Schedule 6 to this Act shall have effect with respect to SEPA.
20AF1General purpose of SEPA
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SEPA is to carry out the functions conferred on it by or under this Act or any other enactment for the purpose of protecting and improving the environment (including managing natural resources in a sustainable way).
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In carrying out its functions for that purpose SEPA must, except to the extent that it would be inconsistent with subsection (1) to do so, contribute to—
a
improving the health and well being of people in Scotland, and
b
achieving sustainable economic growth.
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In subsection (1), “enactment” includes an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament.