http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/contentsThe Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseELECTRICITY, ENGLAND AND WALES2024-05-16Expert Participation2023-12-26 These Regulations make continuing provision for environmental impact assessments (“EIAs”) to be undertaken in relation to applications for consents for—new offshore generating stations under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 (c.29) (applications are made to the Marine Management Organisation (the “MMO”));variations of existing section 36 consents under section 36C of that Act (applications are made either to the Secretary of State or the MMO, depending on who granted the original consent); andconsents for overhead electric lines under section 37 of that Act (applications are made to the Secretary of State). The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017Sch. 2 para. 4(e)The Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (Consequential Provision) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2024Rheoliadau Deddf yr Amgylchedd Hanesyddol (Cymru) 2023 (Darpariaeth Ganlyniadol) (Is-ddeddfwriaeth) 2024reg. 112(a)reg. 1(2)The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017Sch. 2 para. 4(e)The Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (Consequential Provision) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2024Rheoliadau Deddf yr Amgylchedd Hanesyddol (Cymru) 2023 (Darpariaeth Ganlyniadol) (Is-ddeddfwriaeth) 2024reg. 112(b)reg. 1(2) The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017PART 1Preliminary1Citation, commencement and extent2Application3Interpretation4Meaning of consultation body5Meaning of EIA developmentPART 2Environmental impact assessmentCHAPTER 1General6Environmental impact assessment required for EIA development7Environmental impact assessment8Co-ordination of environmental impact assessment with Habitats Regulations assessment9Procedure when application for Schedule 1 development, etc. not accompanied by EIA report or request for scoping opinionCHAPTER 2Screening decisions10Developer may request screening decision before making application11When relevant authority must or may make screening decision after application made12Screening decisions: information to be provided by developer13Screening decisions: consultation with local planning authority14Screening decisions: timing15Screening decisions: general16Screening decisions: publicityCHAPTER 3EIA reports17EIA report: requirements18Developer may request scoping opinion19Scoping opinions: publicity20Procedure to facilitate preparation of EIA reportCHAPTER 4Procedure21Application of Chapter22EIA report: publicity23EIA report: provision to consultation bodies, etc.24Development affecting ... EEA states25When relevant authority must request further environmental information26Further environmental information: publicity and provision to consultation bodies, etc.27Additional environmental information28Application website29Local planning authority must place copy of EIA report, etc. on Part 1 of planning register30Developer must provide copy of EIA report, etc. to public31Relevant authority must provide copy of additional environmental information to public32Determination of application: timing33Decision notice: content34Decision notice: publicityPART 3Miscellaneous35Provision of information by consultation bodies, etc.36Confidential information, etc.37Applications made by relevant authority: separation of functions38Exemptions for defence and civil emergencies39Exemptions where EIA development requires marine licence, etc. for which environmental impact assessment is also required40Service of notices, etc.41Revocation and savings42Transitional provision43Amendments to other Regulations44ReviewSCHEDULE 1Development requiring environmental impact assessment in any event1Development to provide any of the following— 2Development to provide a change to or extension of a...SCHEDULE 2Development requiring screening if no EIA report provided1Development to provide a generating station (other than a generating...2Development to provide either of the following electric lines (other...3Development to provide a change to or extension of— 4In this Schedule, “sensitive area” means any of the following—...SCHEDULE 3Selection criteria for screening development1Characteristics of development2Location of development3Type and characteristics of potential impactSCHEDULE 4Information for EIA reports1A description of the development, including in particular— 2A description of the reasonable alternatives (for example, in terms...3A description of the relevant aspects of the current state...4A description of the factors set out in regulation 7(2)...5(1) A description of the likely significant effects of the...6A description of the forecasting methods or evidence used to...7(1) A description of the measures envisaged to avoid, prevent,...8(1) A description of the expected significant adverse effects of...9A non-technical summary of the information provided under paragraphs 1...10A reference list detailing the sources used for the descriptions...SCHEDULE 5Amendments to other Regulations1Amendments to the Electricity (Applications for Consent) Regulations 19902(1) Regulation 3 (interpretation) is amended as follows. 3(1) Regulation 11A (fees payable on request for screening decision)...4Amendments to the Electricity Generating Stations (Variation of Consents) (England and Wales) Regulations 20135(1) Regulation 2 (interpretation) is amended as follows. 6(1) Regulation 3 (content of variation applications) is amended as...7(1) Regulation 4 (assessment of suitability for publication) is amended...8(1) Regulation 5 (publication) is amended as follows. 9Regulation 7 (application of the EIA Regulations with modifications) is...10(1) Regulation 9 (withdrawal of variation applications) is amended as...2017 No. 580Electricity, England And WalesThe Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017Made21st April 2017Laid before Parliament24th April 2017Coming into force16th May 2017The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the environment.The Secretary of State has taken into account the selection criteria set out in Annex III to Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13th December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment .The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and by section 36C(2) of, and paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 8 to, the Electricity Act 1989 , makes the following Regulations:See article 2(a) of S.I. 2008/301.1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by paragraph 15(3) of Schedule 8 to the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), section 27 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). By virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c.51), regulations may be made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 to implement obligations created or arising under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 together with the Protocol adjusting that Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993. Annex XX to that Agreement provides that the term “Member State” in Directive 2011/92/EU includes Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Regulation 24 of these Regulations makes provision in relation to “EEA states”.O.J. L 26, 28.1.2012, p. 1. The Directive was amended by Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16th April 2014, O.J. L 124, 25.4.2014, p. 1.1989 c.29. Section 36C was inserted by section 20 of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c.27). Section 36C was amended by section 39 of, and paragraph 48 of Schedule 6 to, the Wales Act 2017 (c.4), but these amendments are not yet in force. “Regulations” in subsection (2) of section 36C is defined in subsection (6) to include regulations made by the Secretary of State other than in the case of section 36 consents relating to generating stations (or proposed generating stations) in Scotland. Functions of the Secretary of State under Schedule 8 of the Electricity Act 1989, in so far as exercisable in or as regards Scotland, have been transferred to the Scottish Ministers by S.I. 1999/1750.Regulations: power to amend or revoke conferred (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 164(3), 255(5), Sch. 14 Pt. 1 (with s. 247)
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<DateText>24th April 2017</DateText>
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<ComingIntoForce>
<Text>Coming into force</Text>
<DateText>16th May 2017</DateText>
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<Text>
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated
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for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972
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in relation to the environment.
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<Para>
<Text>
The Secretary of State has taken into account the selection criteria set out in Annex III to Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13th December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment
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.
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</Para>
<Para>
<Text>
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and by section 36C(2) of, and paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 8 to, the Electricity Act 1989
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, makes the following Regulations:
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<Para>
<Text>
See article 2(a) of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2008/301" id="c00003" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2008" Number="301">S.I. 2008/301</Citation>
.
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</Para>
</Commentary>
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<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/68" id="c00004" Year="1972" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="68">1972 c.68</Citation>
. Section 2(2) was amended by paragraph 15(3) of Schedule 8 to the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/46" id="c00005" Year="1998" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="46" Title="Scotland Act 1998">Scotland Act 1998 (c.46)</Citation>
,
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of the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/51" id="c00007" Year="2006" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="51" Title="Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006">Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51)</Citation>
and Part 1 of the Schedule to the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/7" id="c00008" Year="2008" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="7" Title="European Union (Amendment) Act 2008">European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7)</Citation>
. By virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 by section 1 of the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1993/51" id="c00009" Year="1993" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="51" Title="European Economic Area Act 1993">European Economic Area Act 1993 (c.51)</Citation>
, regulations may be made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 to implement obligations created or arising under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 together with the Protocol adjusting that Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993. Annex XX to that Agreement provides that the term “Member State” in Directive 2011/92/EU includes Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Regulation 24 of these Regulations makes provision in relation to “EEA states”.
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<Para>
<Text>O.J. L 26, 28.1.2012, p. 1. The Directive was amended by Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16th April 2014, O.J. L 124, 25.4.2014, p. 1.</Text>
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<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/29" id="c00010" Year="1989" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="29">1989 c.29</Citation>
. Section 36C was inserted by section 20 of the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/27" id="c00011" Year="2013" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="27" Title="Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013">Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c.27)</Citation>
. Section 36C was amended by section 39 of, and paragraph 48 of Schedule 6 to, the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2017/4" id="c00012" Year="2017" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="4" Title="Wales Act 2017">Wales Act 2017 (c.4)</Citation>
, but these amendments are not yet in force. “Regulations” in subsection (2) of section 36C is defined in subsection (6) to include regulations made by the Secretary of State other than in the case of section 36 consents relating to generating stations (or proposed generating stations) in Scotland. Functions of the Secretary of State under Schedule 8 of the Electricity Act 1989, in so far as exercisable in or as regards Scotland, have been transferred to the Scottish Ministers by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1750" id="c00013" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1999" Number="1750">S.I. 1999/1750</Citation>
.
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<Para>
<Text>
Regulations: power to amend or revoke conferred (26.12.2023) by
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,
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,
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,
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(with
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