Scottish Statutory Instrument SI 2000 Scotland

Contaminated Land (Scotland) Regulations 2000

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Enforced by
SEPA
Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Plus 4 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.005 Service of copies of remediation notices Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Enforcing authority must copy remediation notice to consultees and counterpart authorityStatutory regulator
s.009 Action by the Scottish Ministers upon receipt of notice of appeal Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must notify appeal parties within 14 daysCrown / Minister / Government department
s.011 Notification of the decision of the Scottish Ministers on an appeal Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must notify appeal decision and send reportCrown / Minister / Government department
s.012 Modification of a remediation notice Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Appellate authority must consult before making a remediation notice less favourableCrown / Minister / Government department
10 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
s.002 Land required to be designated as a special site
s.003 Pollution of controlled waters
s.004 Content of remediation notices
s.006 Compensation for rights of entry
s.007 Grounds of appeal against a remediation notice
s.008 Appeals to the Scottish Ministers
s.010 Hearings and local inquiries
s.013 Interim suspension of a remediation notice
s.014 Registers
Schedules

Schedules

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22 other schedules
s.sch003 Interpretation
s.sch003 Period for making an application
s.sch003 Manner of making an application
s.sch003 Loss and damage for which compensation payable
s.sch003 Basis on which compensation assessed
s.sch003 Payment of compensation and determination of disputes
s.sch003 Interest on compensation
s.sch004 Identification notices
s.sch004 Notification of claimed remediation
s.sch004 Convictions for offences under section 78M
s.sch004 Guidance issued under section 78V(1)
s.sch004 Other environmental controls
s.sch004 Where the authority is precluded by virtue of section 78YB(3)...
s.sch004 Where, as a result of a consent given under Part...
s.sch004 Remediation notices
s.sch004 Appeals against remediation notices
s.sch004 Any decision on such an appeal.
s.sch004 Remediation declarations
s.sch004 In relation to any such remediation declaration–
s.sch004 Remediation statements
s.sch004 In relation to any such remediation statement–
s.sch004 Designation of special sites

Help complying

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