Article 16 Environmental requirementsI1
Scotland
No works shall be commenced until the Scottish Ministers have, following consultation with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, approved an environmental management plan for the works.
Subject to paragraph (3), in constructing the works, the Authority shall act in accordance with—
the commitments given in the Environmental Statement being the Environmental Statement dated 12th October 2009 together with the Non-technical Summary and the Appendices (lettered A to J) to the Environmental Statement, a copy of which was submitted with the application made for this Order to the Scottish Ministers and a further copy which has been deposited at the principal office of the Authority situated at the port; and
the approved environmental management plan for the works.
Nothing in paragraph (2) shall exempt the Authority from fulfilling any requirement imposed on the Authority by any rule of law or which arises from any commitment which is binding on the Authority.
Annotations
Commencement
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Art. 16 in force at 31.12.2010, see art. 1(1)