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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-assessment-scotland-act-2005/section-13",
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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": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Relationship with other assimilated law requirements",
  "text": "(1) An environmental assessment carried out under this Act shall be without prejudice to any requirement under other assimilated law.\n(2) Where a qualifying plan or programme is co-financed by the European Union, the responsible authority, in carrying out the environmental assessment required by this Act, shall do so in conformity with any relevant provision of other assimilated law that is applicable by reason of that co-financing.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 13(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessment (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/178), regs. 1(2)(b), 3(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 13(1) substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/374), reg. 1(1), sch. 1 para. 5(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 2, 3, 4 (with arts. 3(2)(3), 4(2), 6(4)(5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 13(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessment (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/178), regs. 1(2)(b), 3(3)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in s. 13(2) substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/374), reg. 1(1), sch. 1 para. 5(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 13 heading inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessment (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/178), regs. 1(2)(b), 3(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 13 heading substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/374), reg. 1(1), sch. 1 para. 5(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 13 in force at 20.2.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/19, art. 2"
    }
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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."
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