# Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005, Section 1: Requirement for environmental assessment


(1) The responsible authority shall—
(a) during the preparation of a qualifying plan or programme, secure the carrying out of an environmental assessment in relation to the plan or programme; and
(b) do so—
(i) where the plan or programme is to be submitted to a legislative procedure for the purposes of its adoption, before its submission; or
(ii) in any other case, before its adoption.
(2) In this Act, an environmental assessment is—
(a) the preparation of an environmental report;
(b) the carrying out of consultations; and
(c) the taking into account of the environmental report and the result of the consultations in decision-making,
in accordance with Part 2 of this Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/15/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-assessment-scotland-act-2005/section-1
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