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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-authorisations-scotland-amendment-regulations-2025/schedule-22/paragraph-11",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2025/9780111062319",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-authorisations-scotland-amendment-regulations-2025",
  "path": "schedule/22/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994",
  "text": "(1) The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 are amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) to (5).\n(2) In regulation 3(2) (duties relating to compliance with the Directives), for “the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011” substitute “the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018”.\n(3) In regulation 3A(4) (duties relating to wild bird habitat), for “the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011” substitute “the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018”.\n(4) Revoke regulation 83.\n(5) For regulation 84 (licences under part II of the Environmental Protection Act 1990), substitute—\n“Permits or registrations under the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018\n84. (1) Regulations 48 and 49 (requirement to consider effect on European sites in Great Britain and European offshore marine sites) apply in relation to—\n(a) the grant of a permit or registration under regulations 18 (grant of registration) or 23 (grant of permit),\n(b) the variation of a permit or registration in accordance with regulation 19 (variation of registrations) or 25 (variation of permits), or a partial variation under paragraph 15(3) (notice of surrender) of schedule 1 (registrations and permits: procedures),\n(c) the determination of an appeal under regulation 56 (determination of appeals) in relation against a decision of the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency in relation to the grant or variation of a permit or registration,\nof the Environmental Authorisation (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (the “2018 Regulations”).\n(2) Where, in a case referred to in paragraph (1), the competent authority consider that any adverse effects of the plan or project on the integrity of a European site or European offshore marine site would be avoided by making any permit or registration subject to conditions, they may grant a permit or registration, or vary a permit or registration subject to those conditions.\n(3) Regulations 50 and 51 (requirement to review existing decisions and consents, &c.) apply to any permit or registration under the 2018 Regulations.\n(4) Where on the review of a permit or registration the competent authority consider that any adverse effects on the integrity of a European site or European offshore marine site of the carrying out or, as the case may be, the continuation of the activities authorised by it would be avoided by a variation of the permit or registration, they may vary it, or cause it to be varied accordingly.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1994/2716. Regulations 83 and 84 are relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2007/1843. Regulation 84A is relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2000/323, S.S.I. 2007/1843 and 2012/360."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2018/219, amended by S.S.I. 2019/26, S.S.I. 2023/374 and S.S.I. 2025/XXX."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2018/219, amended by S.S.I. 2019/26, S.S.I. 2023/374 and S.S.I. 2025/XXX."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2018/219, amended by S.S.I. 2019/26, S.S.I. 2023/374 and S.S.I. 2025/XXX."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2025/9780111062319/schedule/22/paragraph/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:28:44.917910+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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