Regulator Profile
SEPA
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Enforcement Regulator5
Areas of regulation
12
Laws enforced
UK-wide
Quick links
Emissions
Environmental
Permits
Waste
Water
What SEPA does
Scotland's principal environmental regulator. Protects and improves Scotland's environment. Issues environmental permits for waste, emissions, water abstraction, and radioactive substances. Enforces environmental law and responds to pollution incidents.
Additional information
Scottish equivalent of Environment Agency. Also regulates COMAH sites in Scotland (jointly with HSE).
Legal framework
Legislation that SEPA enforces.
Primary legislation
- Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 - full legislation Act 2000
- Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, Schedule 1 Act 2000
- Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, Section 14 Act 2000
- Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, Section 22 Act 2000
- Government of Wales Act 2006 Act 2006
- Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, Part 4 Act 2009
- Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 Act 2008
Secondary legislation
- Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008 UK Statutory Instrument 2008
- Contaminated Land (England) Regulations 2006 UK Statutory Instrument 2006
- Contaminated Land (England) Regulations 2006, Regulation 2 UK Statutory Instrument 2006
- EPR 2016 - Schedule 25 (Flood risk activities) UK Statutory Instrument 2016
- Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 Welsh Statutory Instrument 2011
Sectors regulated
Environment
Manufacturing