Regulation 1 Citation and commencementI1

Scotland

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025.

(2)

These Regulations come into force on 1 November 2025 except as provided in paragraphs (3) to (5).

(3)

Regulations 1, 2, 8, 11 to 18, 20, 21, 23 to 32, 34 and 36 come into force on 1 June 2025.

(4)

Subject to paragraph (5), the following regulations come into force on 1 June 2025—

(a)

regulation 4,

(b)

regulation 6, insofar as new regulation 3(1)(a) and (c), and (2B) to be inserted into the 2018 Regulations,

(c)

regulation 7, insofar as the definitions of “radioactive substances activity” and “waste management activity” to be inserted into the 2018 Regulations,

(d)

regulation 9—

(i)

paragraph (1) insofar as new regulation 6(1)(a), (c) and (j) to be inserted into the 2018 Regulations,

(ii)

paragraph (2), insofar as it relates to schedules 2 and 9 to be inserted into the 2018 Regulations.

(5)

Notwithstanding the coming into force of the regulations as specified in sub-paragraph (4), during the period between and including 1 June 2025 and 31 October 2025—

(a)

the definition of “waste management activity” in regulation 7,

(b)

“waste management activity” for the purposes of new regulation 3(1)(c) as inserted into the 2018 Regulations, and

(c)

the provisions of schedule 2 inserting new schedule 11 into the 2018 Regulations,

apply only insofar as they relate to the activities described in paragraph 1(1) of new schedule 18 of the 2018 Regulations to be inserted by schedule 9 of these Regulations, that is, the recovery of waste by application to land for the purpose of soil improvement, and the temporary storage of waste at the place where it is to be used for that purpose.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 1 in force at 1.6.2025, see reg. 1(3)