{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-noise-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-noise-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-21.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2006/465",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Noise (Scotland) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-noise-scotland-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Adoption of strategic noise maps",
  "text": "(1) If the Scottish Ministers consider that a strategic noise map–\n(a) submitted to them pursuant to regulation 10 or 11;\n(b) submitted to them pursuant to paragraph (4); or\n(c) made or revised by them,\nmeets the requirements of regulation 5, they shall adopt the map.\n(2) If the Scottish Ministers consider that a strategic noise map submitted to them pursuant to regulation 10 or 11 or paragraph (4) does not meet the requirements of regulation 5 they shall–\n(a) amend and adopt the map; or\n(b) reject the map.\n(3) If a strategic noise map is rejected pursuant to paragraph (2)(b) the Scottish Ministers shall notify the competent authority that submitted it of–\n(a) the reasons why the map was not adopted; and\n(b) the date by which the map shall be revised and resubmitted.\n(4) The recipient of a notification under paragraph (3) shall submit the revised strategic noise map to the Scottish Ministers by the date specified in the notification.\n(5) If the Scottish Ministers amend a strategic noise map–\n(a) submitted to them pursuant to regulation 10 or 11; or\n(b) submitted to them pursuant to paragraph (4),\nthey shall take such steps as they consider appropriate for ensuring that the map complies with the requirements of regulation 5.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 21 in force at 5.10.2006, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/465/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:17:56.804202+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."
}