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An improvement report must—
(a)set out the grounds for preparing the report, including details of the alleged conduct and circumstances which have caused Environmental Standards Scotland to conclude that a public authority has failed, or (as the case may be) that two or more public authorities have collectively failed, to—
(i)comply with environmental law,
(ii)make effective environmental law, or
(iii)implement or apply environmental law effectively,
(b)explain Environmental Standards Scotland’s reasons for reaching that conclusion (including details of the relevant environmental law and any evidence, research, expert advice or other information which it took into account),
(c)set out the impact of the failure (including any environmental harm, risk of environmental harm or missed opportunity to improve the quality of the environment), and
(d)propose a timescale for the Scottish Ministers, or other public authority, to take the remedial measures recommended in the report.
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