4SAny existing environmental problems which are relevant to the plan or programme including, in particular, those relating to any areas of a particular environmental importance, such as areas designated pursuant to [F1any [F2assimilated] law extending to Scotland which implemented] Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds[F3, Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of wild birds,] and Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild flora and fauna (as last amended by [F4Council Directive 2013/17/EU]).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in sch. 3 para. 4 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessment (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/178), regs. 1(2)(b), 3(7)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Word in sch. 3 para. 4 substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/374), reg. 1(1), sch. 1 para. 5(8)
F3Words in sch. 3 para. 4 inserted (30.6.2019) by The Environmental Assessment (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/178), regs. 1(2)(a), 2(4)(a)
F4Words in sch. 3 para. 4 substituted (30.6.2019) by The Environmental Assessment (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/178), regs. 1(2)(a), 2(4)(b)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 4 in force at 20.2.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/19, art. 2