This page provides links to the full text of key pieces of air environmental legislation that may affect your business in Scotland. The websites hosting the legislation may list amendments separately.
Air legislation for Scotland controls emissions of gases, dark smoke and other airborne pollutants that harm the quality of the atmosphere. It includes environmental permitting and authorising regimes and, via the climate change framework, establishes financial incentives to switch to less-polluting ways of working.
If you are setting up an environmental management system (EMS) for your business, you can use this list to start compiling your legal register. Your legal adviser or environmental consultant will be able to tell you if other environmental legislation applies to your specific business.
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Introduces a target to reduce Scotland's greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by 2050, with at least 42% reduced by 2020. Sets out annual targets, including emissions from international aviation and shipping.
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Amends 2006/60 by adding three new categories (plastics, laundries and salt refiners) eligible for Climate Change Agreements.
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Requires aerosol dispensers to be marked to confirm they satisfy the safety measures laid down in the Annex to the Directive.
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Aims to reduce emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases through measures for their containment, use, recovery and destruction.
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Replaces and updates 2037/2000. Allows governments to impose new requirements on handling, use, import, export, recovery, recycling, reclaming, destruction and trading of listed substances. Sets out plan to phase out production, trade and use of HCFCs.
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Amends 1005/2009 by banning the use of halons in firefighting equipment except for military and aviation uses.
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Amends 1005/2009 by banning the use of halons in firefighting equipment except for military and aviation uses.
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Makes it an offence (for which you can be fined) for anyone servicing a vehicle air-conditioning system to refill it with fluorinated gases if there has been an abnormal leak of refrigerant and before repairs have been completed.
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Amends 200/323 to remove ‘general binding rules’ and allows Scottish Ministers or SEPA to make ‘standard rules’. Removes the burning of waste oil, recovered oil or waste-derived fuel from PPC regulation.
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Lays down requirements to reduce the environmental impact of constructing, maintaining and using road vehicles, particularly smoke, vapour and gas emissions.
Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2009 SI 2196
Amends 1986/1078 by inserting a new regulation which restricts the retrofitting and refilling of vehicle air conditioning systems containing fluorinated greenhouse gases.
Solvent Emissions (Scotland) Regulations 2004 SSI 26
Ensures the requirements of the Solvent Emissions Directive (applying limits to installations carrying out activities that release volatile organic compounds over certain thresholds) are included in the existing pollution control regime.
Solvent Emissions (Scotland) Regulations 2010 SSI 236
Amends 2004/26 and the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000/323, changing terminology relating to the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures.
Volatile Organic Compounds in Paints, Varnishes and Vehicle Refinishing Products Regulations 2005 SI 2773
Sets maximum levels of organic solvents that can be contained in paints, varnishes and vehicle refinishing products (such as cleaners, primers and fillers).
Volatile Organic Compounds in Paints, Varnishes and Vehicle Refinishing Products (Amendment) Regulations 2010 SI 783
Amends 2005/2773 by amending the definition of ‘coating ’ (in the context of vehicle refinishing products) by substituting ‘mixture’ for ‘preparation’.
