# The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025, Paragraph 15: Other emissions activities: activities not previously subject to regulation


(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), regulation 7 of the 2018 Regulations applies to the activities listed in column 1 of Table 1 from the date specified in column 2.
(2) An application for an authorisation for an activity listed in column 1 of Table 1—
(a) for activities described in paragraph 1 (combustion plant generating electricity in aggregate over 1 MW)—
(i) may only be made on or after 28 February 2028, and
(ii) must be received by SEPA by 30 June 2028,
(b) for any other activity listed in column 1 of Table 1 may only be made on or after the date falling 4 months before the specified date for that activity in column 2.
(3) Where an application for authorisation is received in accordance with sub-paragraph (2), and is not determined on or before the specified date for that activity, regulation 7 of the 2018 Regulations only applies from the date the application is determined.
(4) This paragraph does not apply to activities meeting the description of activities listed in column 1 of Table 1 where that activity is, immediately before the relevant date, subject to regulation under the 2012 Regulations.
Table 1
Other emissions activities in Part 3 of schedule 26 of the 2018 Regulations
Specified date
Activities described in paragraph 1 (combustion plants generating electricity in aggregate over 1 MW)
1 January 2029
Activities described in paragraph 68 (other carbon capture activities)
1 April 2027
Activities described in paragraph 69 (non-waste anaerobic digestion)
1 April 2028

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2025/9780111062319/schedule/23/paragraph/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-authorisations-scotland-amendment-regulations-2025/schedule-23/paragraph-15
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