{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-scotland-regulations-2003/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-scotland-regulations-2003/schedule-3/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2003/208",
  "legislation_title": "The Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-scotland-regulations-2003",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Location",
  "text": "(1) The location of a landfill must take into consideration requirements relating to–\n(a) the distances from the boundary of the site to residential and recreational areas, waterways, water bodies and other agricultural or urban sites;\n(b) the existence of groundwater, coastal water or nature protection zones in the area;\n(c) the geological or hydrogeological conditions in the area;\n(d) the risk of flooding, subsidence, landslides or avalanches on the site; and\n(e) the protection of the natural or cultural heritage in the area.\n(2) A landfill permit may be issued for the landfill only if–\n(a) the characteristics of the site with respect to the requirements in sub-paragraph (1), or\n(b) the corrective measures to be taken,\nindicate that the landfill does not pose a serious environmental risk.\n(3) In this paragraph “nature protection zone” means land which has been notified under section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 or a European site within the meaning of regulation 10(1) of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 69;"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See S.I. 1994/2716."
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/208/schedule/3/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:36:52.309976+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."
}