# The Environmental Impact Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1999, Regulation 55: Interpretation


In this Part, except where the context otherwise requires–
(a) “the Act” means the Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1958;
“improvement order” means an order made by the Scottish Ministers in accordance with the First Schedule to the Act;
“local authority” means any council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;
“site of special scientific interest” means land to which section 28(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 applies; and
“statutory body” means any body exercising functions conferred on it by or under any enactment;
(b) the following phrases have the meanings assigned to them by section 18(1) of the Act:–
(i) “agricultural land”;
(ii) “drainage works”; and
(iii) “owner”;
(c) the following phrases have the meanings assigned to them by regulation 2(1):–
(i) “the consultation bodies”;
(ii) “environmental information”; and
(iii) “environmental statement”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/1999/1/regulation/55 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-impact-assessment-scotland-regulations-1999/regulation-55
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