Scottish Statutory Instrument SI 2009 Scotland

The Environmental Liability (Scotland) Regulations 2009

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Enforced by
SEPA
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

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s.010 Preventive measures Regulated
  • Take preventive measures and notify SEPA about imminent environmental damage threatsOperator
s.012 Operator to take remedial action Regulated
  • Notify SEPA and take immediate remedial action if you cause environmental damageOperator
27 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement and extent
s.001 Application of Part I (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Interpretation
s.002 Definitions (opens in a new tab)
s.003 References to EU legislation
s.003 Objectives (opens in a new tab)
s.004 Application
s.004 Risk to human health (opens in a new tab)
s.005 Exemptions
s.005 Identification of remedial measures (opens in a new tab)
s.006 Other legislation
s.006 Choice of remediation (opens in a new tab)
s.007 Competent authority
s.007 Reporting requirements
s.008 Assistance by public bodies
s.009 Powers of entry and inspection
s.011 Identification and determination of remedial measures
s.013 Appeals and interim measures
s.014 Request for action and review
s.015 Co-operation between competent authorities
s.016 Grant of, and compensation for, rights of entry
s.017 Costs
s.018 Allocation of costs
s.019 Penalties
s.020 Offences by bodies corporate
s.021 Offences by Scottish partnerships
s.022 Offences by limited liability partnerships
Schedules

Schedules

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27 other schedules
s.sch001 The operation of installations subject to permit in pursuance of—...
s.sch001 Any deliberate release into the environment, transport and placing on...
s.sch001 Transboundary shipment of waste within, into or out of the...
s.sch001 The management of extractive waste pursuant to Directive 2006/21/EC of...
s.sch001 The operation of storage sites pursuant to Directive 2009/31/ EC...
s.sch001 (1) Waste management operations, including the collection, transport, recovery and...
s.sch001 All discharges into inland surface water, which require prior authorisation...
s.sch001 All discharges of substances into groundwater which require prior authorisation...
s.sch001 The discharge or injection of pollutants into surface water or...
s.sch001 Water abstraction and impoundment of water subject to prior authorisation...
s.sch001 Manufacture, use, storage, processing, filling, release into the environment and...
s.sch001 Transport by road, rail, inland waterways, sea or air of...
s.sch001 Any contained use, including transport, involving genetically modified micro‑organisms as...
s.sch001 Interpretation
s.sch002 Interpretation
s.sch002 Warrants
s.sch002 Evidence of authority
s.sch002 Admissibility of information
s.sch002 Securing of premises
s.sch002 Compensation
s.sch003 A natural recovery option, that is to say an option...
s.sch004 Interpretation
s.sch004 Period for making an application
s.sch004 Manner of making an application
s.sch004 Loss and damage for which compensation payable
s.sch004 Basis on which compensation assessed
s.sch004 Determination of disputes

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