Environmental Impact Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (S.S.I. No. 1 of 1999).
These Regulations implement, in relation to town and country planning, roads and drainage works in Scotland, Council Directive 85/337/EC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment. They revoke and re-enact, with amendments, the relevant Parts of the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1988. The main changes made by Directive 97/11/EC, which these Regulations implement, are as follows. The number of categories of project subject to environmental impact assessment (EIA) is increased.