Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Strategic and Integrated Environmental Assessments and Environmental Audits) Regulations, Legal Notice no. 52 of 2025.

These Regulations, made by the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, in compliance with section 147 of the Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act, apply to policies, plans, programmes, projects and activities specified in the Act involving environmental management, assessment and audit. The Regulations are divided into nine Parts. Part II concerns environmental assessment measures, including: issuance of licences for environmental projects, strategic environmental assessment, role of technical advisory committee on environmental assessment. Part III covers registration matters, including: registration of environmental assessment experts, environmental assessment practicing licence, information included in the register of environmental experts. Part IV concerns: preparation of summary projects report, including: location of the project, proof of land ownership where the projected is intended to be undertaken, availability of environmental protection infrastructure, respect of existing land use or zoning framework, potential environmental and social impacts of each project phase, mitigation measures for potential adverse environmental and social impacts, evidence of public consultation with persons likely to be affected by the project.
Part V concerns preparation of comprehensive project reports, including: activities that shall be undertaken during the project construction, operation and decommissioning phases, materials to be used, products and by-products, including waste, potential adverse environmental and social impacts of the project and mitigation measures to be taken, an action plan for the prevention and management of accidents during the project cycle, a plan to ensure the health and safety of workers, an environmental and social management plan, the integration of climate change vulnerability assessment, relevant adaptation and mitigation actions. Part VI concerns environmental impact assessment studies, including: scoping of proposed projects for environmental assessment studies; related reports; public participation; content of reports: methodology of undertaking the environmental assessment study, proof of land ownership, relevant applicable legislative and regulatory frameworks on the environment and socioeconomic matters, an environmental management plan for eliminating, minimising or mitigating adverse impacts on the environment; involvement of public and lead agencies in doing comments; decision of the authority on environmental assessment report; monitoring compliance of integrated environmental assessment licences.
Part VII focuses on environmental audits and monitoring matters, including: way of conducting an environmental audit; environmental audit reports; inspections. Part VIII concerns strategic environmental assessment and focuses on: definition of objectives, investment programmes or plans that involve multiple sectoral policies, trans-boundary and regional environmental impacts of multi-sectoral developments over a specified time and broader geographical scales including on ecosystems and landscapes, identification of environmental impacts and integration of mitigation measures during the policy, plan, programme formulation. Part IX concerns miscellaneous provisions, including access to information, offences.