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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-1/paragraph-17",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2018/9780111039014",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Interpretation: satisfactory state",
  "text": "(1) When considering whether it is satisfied that the environment affected by an activity has been restored to a satisfactory state, SEPA may have regard to—\n(a) the state of the environment as at the date the authorisation (or other licence) was granted;\n(b) the state of the environment as described in any report submitted to SEPA;\n(c) the remediation of any environmental harm which SEPA considers could reasonably have been caused by the activity; and\n(d) such other matters as SEPA thinks fit.\n(2) In this paragraph—\n(a) “other licence” includes a licence, permit, registration, exemption permission, or consent issued under another regulatory regime; and\n(b) “report” includes a report written for the purposes of these Regulations or for another regulatory regime.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2018/9780111039014/schedule/1/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:33:18.087935+00:00"
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  "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."
}