{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-assessment-scotland-act-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "asp/2005/15",
  "legislation_title": "Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-assessment-scotland-act-2005",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Characteristics of the effects and of the area likely to be affected, having regard, in particular, to—\n(a) the probability, duration, frequency and reversibility of the effects;\n(b) the cumulative nature of the effects;\n(c) the transboundary nature of the effects;\n(d) the risks to human health or the environment (for example, due to accidents);\n(e) the magnitude and spatial extent of the effects (geographical area and size of the population likely to be affected);\n(f) the value and vulnerability of the area likely to be affected due to—\n(i) special natural characteristics or cultural heritage;\n(ii) exceeded environmental quality standards or limit values; or\n(iii) intensive land-use; and\n(g) the effects on areas or landscapes which have a recognised national ... or international protection status.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in sch. 2 para. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environmental Assessment (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/178), regs. 1(2)(b), 3(6)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 20.2.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/19, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/15/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:20.653348+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."
}