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- Sustainability and Environmental Assessment
- Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
- SEA Regulations and Legislation
SEA Regulations and Legislation
The following regulations transpose the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Directive into United Kingdom law:
- The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004 (Statutory Instrument 2004 No 1633)
- The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004 (Statutory Rule 2004 No 280)
- The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (Scottish Statutory Instrument No 258)
- The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Wales) Regulations 2004 (Welsh Statutory Instrument No 1656 (W 170))
The first of the above 'SEA Regulations' applies to any plan or programme which relates either solely to England, or to England and any other part of the UK. Each of the SEA Regulations for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales apply to plans and programmes which relate solely to one of these parts of the UK.
The Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005, which came into force on 20 February 2006 repealed the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Scotland) Regulations 2004, except in relation to those plans and programmes in Scotland whose first formal preparatory act was on or before 19 February 2006.
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