{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-authorisations-scotland-amendment-regulations-2026/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2026/55",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-authorisations-scotland-amendment-regulations-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION\nFISH FARMING\nWATER\nMade 3rd February 2026\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 5th February 2026\nComing into force 26th March 2026\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 18 and schedule 2 of the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 19 of the 2014 Act, the Scottish Ministers have consulted the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and such other persons as they thought fit including such persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture, fisheries or small businesses as they considered appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2014 asp 3. Section 16 makes provision relevant to the exercise of these powers; section 16 and schedule 2 were amended by S.S.I. 2019/436. Section 18 includes the power to make different provision for different purposes and incidental, supplemental, consequential, transitional, transitory or savings provision by virtue of section 58(1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/55/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:31:38.911288+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."
}