{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018/regulation-56",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018/regulation-56.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2018/9780111039014",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/56",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Determination of appeals",
  "text": "(1) On determining an appeal against a decision of SEPA referred to in regulation 55(1), the Scottish Ministers may—\n(a) affirm the decision, or any part of it;\n(b) where the decision is a refusal to—\n(i) grant an authorisation;\n(ii) grant a form of authorisation; or\n(iii) vary a condition of an authorisation,\ndirect SEPA to grant the authorisation or the form of authorisation or vary the conditions of the authorisation, as the case may be;\n(c) where the decision relates to the conditions attached to an authorisation, direct SEPA to vary any or all of the conditions of the authorisation;\n(d) if the decision is a refusal to effect the transfer of, or accept the surrender of, an authorisation, direct SEPA to effect the transfer or accept the surrender, as the case may be;\n(e) where the decision is to serve a notice—\n(i) direct SEPA to withdraw the notice;\n(ii) affirm the notice in its original form; or\n(iii) direct SEPA to vary the notice as the Scottish Ministers think fit;\n(f) where the decision is a decision that information is not commercially confidential, either affirm the decision or direct SEPA to treat the information as commercially confidential.\n(2) SEPA must comply with a direction given to it under this regulation.\n(3) A determination of an appeal by the Scottish Ministers is final.\n(4) The determination or disposal of an appeal which relates to a decision to specify standard conditions in a permit does not affect the continued validity of the standard conditions published under regulation 35.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2018/9780111039014/regulation/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:33:18.087935+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."
}