http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2021/4/section/32/2021-03-29UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for Scotland in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, in particular to enable provision to be made that corresponds to provision in EU law after the United Kingdom's withdrawal; to establish guiding principles on the environment and to require public authorities to have due regard to those principles in making policies; to establish a body with the functions of ensuring compliance by public authorities with environmental law and monitoring the effectiveness of environmental law in protecting and improving the environment; to require the preparation and publication of an environmental policy strategy; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-01-17Expert Participation2021-03-29 PART 2 CHAPTER 2321Environmental Standards Scotland may not issue a compliance notice in respect of—aa failure to comply with environmental law arising out of any decision taken by a public authority in the exercise of its regulatory functions in relation to a particular person or case (for example, a decision on an application for a licence or a decision on regulatory enforcement in a specific case), orba failure to comply with environmental law arising out of particular conduct if it has prepared an improvement report under section 26(1) or (2) in respect of the same failure arising out of the same conduct.2A compliance notice issued in contravention of subsection (1) is of no effect.