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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-assessment-scotland-regulations-1988/regulation-49",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1221",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-assessment-scotland-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/49",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": "Directions by the Secretary of State",
  "text": "The Secretary of State, whether called upon to do so or not, may direct in respect of a particular specific development application, or in respect of a particular specific development proposed to be carried out by the development corporation—\n(a) that consideration of environmental information is or is not required in terms of regulation 48(2); or\n(b) that the application or the proposed specific development shall be exempt as regards the whole or any part thereof from these Regulations, which direction shall include a statement of his reasons therefor.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/2012",
      "affecting_title": "The Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1994"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1221/regulation/49",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:03:32.715746+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."
}