Environmental Impact Assessment regime and Habitats Regulations - enabling powers: consultation

Enabling powers for Scotland's Environmental Impact Assessment regimes & Habitats Regulations

Overview

We are seeking views on proposed enabling powers that would better allow for future amendments to Scotland's EIA regimes and Habitats Regulations. These are key legislative frameworks which underpin environmental protection and assessment processes. The proposed enabling powers would help replace powers lost as a result of the UK's exit from the European Union (EU), and would help ensure the relevant legislation can remain fit for purpose in future.

Why your views matter

Your views will help inform whether we seek new powers to better support future legislative amendments to Scotland's EIA regimes and the Habitats Regulations in Scotland. They will also help inform what limitations should be placed on their purpose or use.