# The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018, Regulation 9: General aims


(1) SEPA must take the general aims into account when carrying out a relevant function.
(2) The general aims are that all appropriate measures are taken—
(a) to prevent or, where that is not practicable, to minimise environmental harm;
(b) to prevent and to limit the consequences of accidents which could have an impact on the environment; and
(c) to use resources in a sustainable way,
in the carrying on, and decommissioning, of regulated activities and following cessation of the carrying on of the regulated activity.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2018/9780111039014/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018/regulation-9
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