The Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014
31 December 2014
Environment protection
The Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 makes it an offence to cause, permit or fail to prevent significant environmental harm. The Environmental Regulation (Significant Environmental Harm) (Scotland) Order 2014 specifies 18 pieces of legislation. Compliance with the legislation specified can be used as a defence when charged with a significant environmental harm offence.