Article 18 For the protection of the Scottish Environment Protection AgencyI1

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 Trust shall act in accordance with the approved environmental management plan for the works.

Nothing in paragraph (2) shall exempt the Authority from fulfilling any requirement imposed on the Trust by any rule of law or which arises from any commitment which is binding on the Trust.