The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025
These Regulations amend the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (the “2018 Regulations”) to bring water, waste and industrial emissions activities into the framework for authorisation of environmental activities provided by the 2018 Regulations, which currently only apply to radioactive substances activities in Scotland. As provided for in schedule 21, these Regulations revoke much of the current legislation underpinning the regulation of these environmental activities in Scotland, including the Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003, the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011, the Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011, and the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012, and provide for a new regulatory framework for these activities within the 2018 Regulations.
