Regulation 4 Amendment of section 11

In section 11 (making or refusal of orders under section 1), after subsection (7)^f1 insert—

“(8)

If the Scottish Ministers have under consideration an application under section 4, or a proposal to make an order under section 6, they must not make the order if an environmental impact assessment is required by rules made under this Act unless an environmental impact assessment has been carried out in respect of the application or proposal, and in carrying out such an assessment the Scottish Ministers must take the environmental information referred to in section 12(6)(b) into account.”.