# Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005, Section 2: Responsible authorities


(1) In this Act, a responsible authority is any person, body or office-holder exercising functions of a public character.
(2) The responsible authority in relation to a particular plan or programme is the authority by whom, or on whose behalf, the plan or programme is prepared.
(3) Where more than one authority is responsible for a plan or programme (or part of it) the responsible authority shall be—
(a) the authority determined by agreement between those authorities; or
(b) if there is no such agreement, the authority determined by the Scottish Ministers.
(4) But for the purposes of section 5(4)(a) the responsible authorities are—
(a) the Scottish Ministers;
(b) any holder of an office in the Scottish Administration which is not a ministerial office;
(c) the Scottish Parliament;
(d) the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body;
(e) a Scottish public authority with mixed functions or no reserved functions;
(f) any other person, body or office-holder of a description (and to such extent) as may be specified by the Scottish Ministers by order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/15/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-assessment-scotland-act-2005/section-2
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