{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-1/paragraph-1A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-1/paragraph-1A.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2018/219",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1A",
  "heading": "Pre-application community engagement",
  "text": "(1) SEPA may require a person who intends to apply for a permit or a variation to an existing permit to consult with members of the public likely to be affected by the proposed activity or variation.\n(2) SEPA may require that person to take such steps as SEPA considers appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1A inserted (1.11.2025) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), regs. 1(2), 35(a) (with sch. 23)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/219/schedule/1/paragraph/1A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:11:56.403037+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."
}