Overview and Background Part 2 – Environment Chapter 1 – Environmental principles Section 17 - Guidance
89.Section 17 requires the Scottish Ministers to publish guidance on the guiding principles and the duties in sections 14 and 15. Subsection (2) sets out content that may be in the guidance, including provision about the interpretation of the duties, how the principles relate to each other, and how the duties relate to other duties relating to the environment (including the duties under the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005). The guidance will support the interpretation and implementation of the principles duty by Scottish Ministers, Ministers of the Crown and responsible authorities. It is intended to set out how the Scottish Ministers and other public bodies can demonstrate their consideration of the guiding principles through the Environmental Assessment process and is intended to provide advice and case studies for policy makers.
90.Subsection (3) places an obligation on persons subject to the duties to have regard to the guiding principles to have regard to the guidance.