C7.7 Legislation
You do not need detailed knowledge of legislation for the exam.
Please note that due to the IEMA ending the course, this section is no longer being up-dated.
C7.7.1 EU Policies and Controls
The Council Directive 2001/42/EC “on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment”, is known as the Strategic Environmental Assessment or SEA Directive.
C7.7.2 UK Policies and Controls
The following regulations transposed the Directive into UK law:
Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005
The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004 [SI No.1633]
The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations (Northern
Ireland) 2004 [SI No 2004 No. 280]
The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Scotland) Regulations 2004 [SSI No. 258]
The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Wales) Regulations 2004 [WSI No. 1656 (W.170)]
Scotland:
On 21 July 2011, SEPA published a review of the efficiency and effectiveness of SEA in Scotland. The review was launched on the tenth anniversary of the coming into force of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Directive on 21 July 2001. The review had two key objectives.
- Environmental protection and improvement aim: To identify to what extent SEA helps to achieve effective environmental protection and enhancement and to make recommendations for improvement.
- Better regulation aim: To identify opportunities for improving and/or streamlining the SEA process to make it more efficient in operation.