{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-20/paragraph-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-20/paragraph-19.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/20/paragraph/19",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Scottish Ministers’ duties: trans-boundary effects",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where—\n(a) the Scottish Ministers are aware that the grant of an application or a proposal for a SEPA initiated variation of a permit for a schedule 20 emissions activity is likely to have significant negative effects on the environment of a neighbouring state, or\n(b) a neighbouring state requests information about an application or a proposal for a SEPA-initiated variation in relation to a schedule 20 emissions activity.\n(2) The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as reasonably practicable—\n(a) send the particulars of the application or SEPA initiated variation to that neighbouring state,\n(b) inform that neighbouring state of the relevant information,\n(c) consult the authorities of the neighbouring state,\n(d) allow such reasonable period as may have been agreed with the neighbouring state to ensure that the state and the public concerned are given an opportunity to forward their representations on the information supplied in accordance with heads (a) and (b),\n(e) notify SEPA and the authorised person that they have complied with the obligations in this sub-paragraph.\n(3) Where SEPA receives a notice under sub-paragraph (2)(e), it must not determine the application or make the SEPA-initiated variation until the Scottish Ministers have—\n(a) notified SEPA that the consultation described in sub-paragraph (2)(c) has been completed,\n(c) notified SEPA that the period in sub-paragraph (2)(d) has been completed,\n(d) sent SEPA any representations made by the neighbouring state.\n(4) In this paragraph “relevant information” includes the information made available to the public in accordance with paragraph 16 of this schedule and paragraph 8 of schedule 1.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 20 inserted (1.11.2025) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), reg. 1(2), sch. 11 (with sch. 23)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/219/schedule/20/paragraph/19",
    "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."
}