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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-and-works-scotland-act-2007-applications-and-objections-procedure-rules-2007/article-15A",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2007/570",
  "legislation_title": "The Transport and Works (Scotland) Act 2007 (Applications and Objections Procedure) Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-and-works-scotland-act-2007-applications-and-objections-procedure-rules-2007",
  "path": "article/15A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15A",
  "heading": "Co-ordination of assessments",
  "text": "(1) Where in relation to an EIA application there is in addition to the requirement for an environmental impact assessment to be carried out in accordance with these Rules also a requirement to carry out a Habitats Regulation Assessment, the Scottish Ministers must, where appropriate, ensure that the Habitats Regulation Assessment and the environmental impact assessment are co-ordinated.\n(2) In this rule a “Habitats Regulation Assessment” means an assessment under regulation 48 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 15A inserted (16.5.2017) by The Transport and Works (Scotland) Act 2007 (Applications and Objections Procedure) Amendment Rules 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/74), rules 1, 14 (with rule 19)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/570/article/15A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:09:33.504904+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."
}