http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/15/section/17/notesEnvironmental sustainabilityExplanatory Notes to Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005Scottish ExecutiveKing's Printer for Scotland2018-01-15
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2005/15" id="c00001" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2005" Number="0015">Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp15)</Citation>
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The Act – Section by Section<CitationSubRef id="c00084" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2005/15/part/2" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="part-2">Part 2</CitationSubRef> – Environmental Reports and Consultation
<CitationSubRef id="c00096" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2005/15/section/17" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-17">Section 17</CitationSubRef> – Account to be taken of environmental report <Abbreviation Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</Abbreviation>
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Section 17 requires that the Responsible Authority takes account of both the environmental report and consultation responses in its preparation of the plan or programme. This includes those resulting from any transboundary consultations undertaken under the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004 made by the United Kingdom government.