# The Forestry (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017, Regulation 36: Competent authority – avoidance of conflict of interest


(1) The ... Scottish Ministers are to perform their duties arising under these Regulations in an objective manner and so as not to find themselves in a situation giving rise to a conflict of interest.
(2) Where the Scottish Ministers are to consider an application for EIA consent made by the Scottish Ministers they are to implement within their organisation of administrative competences an appropriate separation between conflicting functions when performing their duties under these Regulations.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/113/regulation/36 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-environmental-impact-assessment-scotland-regulations-2017/regulation-36
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