Environmental Liability (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. No. 214 of 2015).

Subject

Environment gen., Sea

Keyword

Liability/compensation Polluter pays principle Marine pollution

Geographical area

Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe

Abstract

These Regulations amend the Environmental Liability (Scotland) Regulations 2009 so as to: extend the application of the principal Regulations to include damage that significantly adversely affects the environmental status of marine waters as defined in Directive 2008/56/EC, in so far as particular aspects of the environmental status of the marine environment are not already addressed through Directive 2000/60/EC; provide for application of such amendments; provide that the Scottish Ministers are, for the purpose of those Regulations the competent authority in relation to instances of environmental damage of the type defined in regulation 4(1)(b)(ii) of the 2009 Regulations or in relation to an imminent threat of such damage to marine waters.

Full text

English

Website

www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive).

Legislation | European Union | 2008 (2017)

Keyword: Pollution control, Marine pollution, Marine area, Transboundary effects, Monitoring, Framework law, Management/conservation, Biodiversity, Ecosystem preservation, Protected area

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amends

Environmental Liability (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. No. 266 of 2009).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2009

Keyword: Liability/compensation, Polluter pays principle, Protection of habitats, Soil pollution/quality, Enforcement/compliance, Freshwater pollution, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX