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Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005

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12Restriction on adoption or submission

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(1)A qualifying plan or programme shall not be—

(a)adopted; or

(b)submitted to a legislative procedure for the purposes of its adoption,

before the requirements of such provisions of Part 2 of this Act as apply in relation to that plan or programme have been met.

(2)A plan or programme in respect of which a determination is required under section 8(1) shall not be adopted, or submitted to a legislative procedure for the purpose of its adoption, unless either—

(a)the requirements of subsection (1) have been met; or

(b)the determination under section 8(1) is that the plan or programme is unlikely to have significant environmental effects.

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