S.L. 549.61 Art. 5General obligations.

(1) The strategic environmental assessment referred to in regulation 4 shall be carried out during the preparation of a plan or programme and before its adoption or submission to the legislative procedure.

(2) Where plans and programmes form part of a hierarchy, the responsible authority shall, with a view to avoiding duplication of the assessment, take into account the fact that the assessment will be carried out, in accordance with these regulations, at different levels of the hierarchy. For the purpose of, among other things, avoiding duplication of assessment, the responsible authority shall apply regulation 6(2) and (3).