The Environmental Impact Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1999

¹ S.I. 1988/1221, as amended by S.I. 1990/526, 1994/2012, 1997/1870

² as footnote 1

³ S.I. 1997/3061, as amended by S.I. 1998/1196

⁴ S.I. 1992/ 224, as amended by S.I. Nos. 1992/2083, 1993/1039, 1994/2585, 1994/3293, 1996/467, 1997/749 and S.S.I. 1999/1

⁵ S.I. 1992/223, as amended by 1992/1078, 1992/2084, 1993/1036, 1994/1442, 1994/2586, 1994/3294, 1996/252, 1996/1266, 1996/3023, 1997/1871, 1997/3060, 1998/1226 and S.S.I. 1999/1

⁶ S.I. 1999/1672

⁷ Commission v Germany [1995] ECR I-2189 in particular paragraph 36

⁸ Planning authorities may also receive applications for Schedule 1 development without an environmental statement, or receive requests for "screening opinions" for development which is Schedule 1 development or is neither Schedule 1 development nor Schedule 2 development. In the any of these cases the Regulations require that a "screening opinion" be adopted.

¹⁰ Judgement in the case of R v Swale Borough Council and Medway Ports Authority [1991]

¹¹ Directive 79/409/EEC

¹² Directive 92/43/EEC

¹³ S.I. 1994/2716

¹⁴ Directive 96/61/EC

¹⁵ Directive 96/82/EC

¹⁶ Preparation of Environmental Statements for Planning Projects that require Environmental Assessment — A Good Practice Guide, 1995. Available from the Stationery Office.

¹⁷ Environmental Impact Assessment — Guidance on Scoping, May 1996. Available from Mrs M-C Beeckmans, European Commission, DG XI.B.2 Fax No. 00322 2969561

¹⁸ S.I. 1992/3240, as amended by S.I. 1998/1447

¹⁹ including local inquiries held into planning appeals arising under section 47 of that Act and into planning applications referred to Scottish Ministers under section 46 of the Act

²⁰ The Town and Country Planning (Inquiries Procedure) (Scotland) Rules 1997 (S.I. 1997/796) as amended (by S.I. 1998/2311) and the Town and Country Planning Appeals (Determination by Appointed Person) (Inquiries Procedure) (Scotland) Rules 1997 (S.I. 1997/750) as amended (by S.I. 1998/2312)

²¹ States which are contracting parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2^nd May 1992 as adjusted by the protocol signed at Brussels on 17^th march 1993.

²² Command 1645

²³ made under section 75 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997

²⁴ issued under section 127 of the 1997 Act.

²⁵ under section 130 of the 1997 Act

²⁶ under section 133(1) of the 1997 Act

²⁷ Send the copy notice to the Scottish Executive Inquiry Reporters’ Unit, 2 Greenside Lane, Edinburgh, EH1 3AG

²⁸ O.J. No. L103, 25.4. 1979,p.1.

²⁹ O.J. No. L 206, 22.7.1992, p.7