{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-liability-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-7A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-liability-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-7A.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2009/266",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Liability (Scotland) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-liability-scotland-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/7A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7A",
  "heading": "Reporting requirements",
  "text": "(1) In the event that a competent authority other than the Scottish Ministers becomes aware that environmental damage has occurred, whether by virtue of the circumstances specified in paragraph (3) or otherwise, it must, as soon as reasonably practicable, notify the Scottish Ministers, providing the information in paragraph (2).\n(2) The information is—\n(a) the type of damage, and its classification in accordance with regulation 4(1)(a), (b) or (c),\n(b) the date that the damage occurred or was discovered, and\n(c) a description of the activity causing the damage, as listed in schedule 1.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a competent authority becomes aware that environmental damage has occurred if—\n(a) it has received potential remedial measures from an operator submitted for approval under regulations 11(2) or (3),\n(b) it has received a notification from an operator under regulation 12(1)(a),\n(c) it is satisfied on the basis of information provided to it by an operator following a request under regulations 12(2) or (3)(a), that environmental damage has occurred,\n(d) it is satisfied that remedial measures are necessary under regulations 12(3) or (4), or\n(e) it is satisfied on the basis of a request from an interested person under regulation 14(2) that environmental damage has occurred.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 7A inserted (31.10.2019) by The Environmental Liability etc. (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/276), regs. 1(1)(a), 2(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/266/regulation/7A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:00:28.879644+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."
}