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Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014
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· 2014-02-19
2025-11-01
Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014
Changes on 2025-11-01
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##### 47
In section 3(5) of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 (restrictions on powers under section 2)—
- (a) after paragraph (a), insert—
> (aa) a partnership has been convicted of a prescribed offence committed at a time when the applicant or registered carrier was a member of that partnership;
,
- (b) the word “or” immediately following paragraph (b) is repealed,
- (c) after paragraph (b), insert—
> (ba) where the applicant or registered carrier is a partnership, a person who is a member of that partnership—
> (i) has been convicted of a prescribed offence;
> (ii) was a member of another partnership at a time when a prescribed offence of which that other partnership has been convicted was committed; or
> (iii) was a director, manager, secretary, or other similar officer of a body corporate at a time when a prescribed offence of which that body corporate has been convicted was committed; or
,
- (d) in paragraph (c)—
- (i) the word “or” immediately following sub-paragraph (i) is repealed,
- (ii) after sub-paragraph (i), insert—
> (ia) was a member of a partnership at a time when a prescribed offence of which that partnership has been convicted was committed; or
,
- (iii) in sub-paragraph (ii), for the word “for” substitute “ of ”.
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#### Waste management licences: offences by partnerships
##### 48
In section 74(7) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (meaning of “fit and proper person”)—
- (a) after paragraph (a), insert—
> (aa) a partnership has been convicted of a relevant offence committed when the holder or, as the case may be, proposed holder of the licence was a member of that partnership;
,
- (b) the word “or” immediately following paragraph (b) is repealed,
- (c) after paragraph (b), insert—
> (ba) where the holder or, as the case may be, proposed holder of the licence is a partnership, a person who is a member of that partnership—
> (i) has been convicted of a relevant offence;
> (ii) was a member of another partnership at a time when a relevant offence of which that other partnership has been convicted was committed; or
> (iii) was a director, manager, secretary, or other similar officer of a body corporate at a time when a relevant offence of which that body corporate has been convicted was committed; or
,
- (d) in paragraph (c)—
- (i) the word “or” immediately following sub-paragraph (i) is repealed,
- (ii) after sub-paragraph (i), insert—
> (ia) was a member of a partnership at a time when a relevant offence of which that partnership has been convicted was committed; or
,
- (iii) in sub-paragraph (ii), for the word “for” substitute “ of ”.
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### Air quality assessments
@@ -2687,7 +2629,7 @@
- (1) The Environmental Protection Act 1990 is amended as follows.
- (2) In section 35 (waste management licences: general), in subsection (11A), after “1999” insert “ or by an authorisation under regulations under section 18 of the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 ”.
- (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (3) In section 46 (receptacles for household waste), in subsection (4)—
@@ -3765,11 +3707,11 @@
Section 78 of the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 (SEPA's power to obtain information about land) is repealed.
#### Power as respects consistency in regulatory functions
#### Scope of Part 2
#### General purpose: protecting and improving the environment
#### Regulations under section 1: further provision
#### Meaning of “relevant function”
#### Meaning of expressions used in section 16 and schedule 2
#### Orders under sections 36 and 41: prosecutor's right of appeal
@@ -3777,10 +3719,10 @@
#### Amendment of powers under section 108 of Environment Act 1995
#### Carriers of controlled waste: offences by partnerships affecting registration
#### Waste management licences: offences by partnerships
#### Smoke control areas: authorised fuels and exempt fireplaces
#### Duty of local authorities in relation to air quality assessments etc.
#### Smoke control areas: authorised fuels and exempt fireplaces
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[^key-0a20d4eee6cf2c3f947f878b03d8af01]: S. 46 in force at 30.6.2014 by [S.S.I. 2014/160](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/160), [art. 2(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/160/article/2/1)[(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/160/article/2/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/160/schedule)
[^key-d8717bcaa9c05e36385ceef71e4ee95e]: [S. 47](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/3/section/47) in force at 30.6.2014 by [S.S.I. 2014/160](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/160), [art. 2(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/160/article/2/1)[(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/160/article/2/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/160/schedule)
[^key-4653b63a9cd555df6dadc47e104dd315]: [S. 48](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/3/section/48) in force at 30.6.2014 by [S.S.I. 2014/160](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/160), [art. 2(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/160/article/2/1)[(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/160/article/2/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/160/schedule)
[^key-b5e72bb8155b9545c1532a0872966c03]: [S. 49](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/3/section/49) in force at 30.6.2014 by [S.S.I. 2014/160](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/160), [art. 2(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/160/article/2/1)[(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/160/article/2/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/160/schedule)
[^key-47a747f27e0a58878216df7ae4719b3f]: [S. 50](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/3/section/50) in force at 30.6.2014 by [S.S.I. 2014/160](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/160), [art. 2(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/160/article/2/1)[(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/160/article/2/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/160/schedule)
@@ -4221,6 +4159,18 @@
[^key-5010b6224b99466d17c83bee0f048cc7]: Sch. 2 para. 14A inserted (1.8.2025) by [Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 13)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/13), [ss. 22(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/13/section/22/2), [27(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/13/section/27/2); [S.S.I. 2025/170](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/170), [reg. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/170/regulation/2), [sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/170/schedule)
[^key-8051db310e7075f737d9e2c36af67237]: [S. 47](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/3/section/47) repealed (1.11.2025) by [The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/165), [reg. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/165/regulation/1/2), [sch. 21 para. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/165/schedule/21/paragraph/1) (with [sch. 23](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/165/schedule/23))
[^key-8fb9ff12ff4f2dba619ac2187518be4e]: [S. 48](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/3/section/48) repealed (1.11.2025) by [The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/165), [reg. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/165/regulation/1/2), [sch. 21 para. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/165/schedule/21/paragraph/1) (with [sch. 23](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/165/schedule/23))
[^key-3acb859060bbaf05779046c7840ca778]: [Sch. 3 para. 3(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/3/schedule/3/paragraph/3/2) repealed (1.11.2025) by [The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/165), [reg. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/165/regulation/1/2), [sch. 21 para. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/165/schedule/21/paragraph/1) (with [sch. 23](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/165/schedule/23))
##### 14A
Imposing duties on persons of any specified description (whether or not they are holders of permits or carrying on activities that are subject to registration, a requirement of notification or general binding rules) to make publicly available in a specified manner, specified information about anything stored or disposed of by them or on their behalf, except in relation to their domestic activities.
#### General purpose of SEPA
#### Marine licence applications etc.: proceedings to question validity of decisions
#### Consequential modifications and repeals
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