{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-impact-assessment-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2017/168",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-impact-assessment-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This S.S.I. has been made in consequence of defects in S.S.I. 2017/101, S.S.I. 2017/102, S.S.I. 2017/113, S.S.I. 2017/114 and S.S.I. 2017/115 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those instruments.\nAgriculture\nElectricity\nEnvironmental Protection\nForestry\nLand Drainage\nTown And Country Planning\nWater\nMade 25th May 2017\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 31st May 2017\nComing into force 30th June 2017\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, section 36C(2) of the Electricity Act 1989, section 40 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) (“the 1998 Act”); schedule 8, paragraph 15(3), which was amended by section 27(4) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51), (“the 2006 Act”). Section 2(2) was also amended by section 27(1)(a) of the 2006 Act and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), schedule 1, Part 1. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, insofar as exercisable within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act. Functions relating to the assessment of the effects of certain electricity works projects on the environment are exercisable concurrently by the Scottish Ministers and Minister of the Crown by virtue of S.I. 1999/1750, article 3 and schedule 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1989 c.29. Section 36C was inserted by section 20(2) of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c.27)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1997 c.8. Section 40 was amended by the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 3), section 24(3). The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/168/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
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