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Scottish Statutory Instruments
Environmental Protection
Made
5th February 2025
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
7th February 2025
Coming into force
31st March 2025
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 140(1), (3)(a) and (c), and (10A) to (10D) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 140(6)(2) of that Act, they have published notices in the London Gazette and in the Edinburgh Gazette and have considered the representations made to them in accordance with those notices.
1990 c. 43. Section 140(10A) to (10D) was inserted by the Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 13), and section 140(3)(c) was amended by S.I. 1999/1108. The functions of the Secretary of State under section 140, insofar as exercisable within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).
Section 140(6) was amended by S.I. 2012/1923.
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