http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4The 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). PART 1 PreliminaryMeaning of consultation body41Each of the following is a consultation body for the purposes of these Regulations—aevery local planning authority for the area in which the development will be carried out and every principal council for that area, if not the local planning authority;bin relation to development in England or in relevant waters adjacent to England that are between the mean low water mark and the seaward limits of the territorial sea—ithe Environment Agency ;iithe Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England ;iiiNatural England ;cin relation to development in Wales or in relevant waters adjacent to Wales that are between the mean low water mark and the seaward limits of the territorial sea—isave where the Welsh Ministers are the relevant authority, Cadw (that is to say, the executive agency responsible for administering the exercise of functions vested in the National Assembly for Wales relating to the historic environment);iithe Natural Resources Body for Wales ;din relation to development in relevant waters beyond the seaward limits of the territorial sea, the Joint Nature Conservation Committee .2In this regulation, “principal council” has the meaning given in section 270(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 .The Environment Agency was established by section 1 of the Environment Act 1995 (c.25).The Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England was established by section 32 of the National Heritage Act 1983 (c.47).Natural England was established by section 1 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c.16).The Natural Resources Body for Wales was established by article 3 of S.I. 2012/1903.The Joint Nature Conservation Committee was re-constituted in accordance with Schedule 4 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006: see section 31(b) of that Act.“Principal council” is defined by reference to “principal area”. The definition of “principal area” in section 270(1) has been amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 16 to the Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) and section 1(8) of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19).Words in reg. 4(1)(c)(i) inserted (1.4.2019) by The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/292), regs. 1, 2(3)
This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
<Legislation xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/580" NumberOfProvisions="73" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation http://www.legislation.gov.uk/schema/legislation.xsd" SchemaVersion="1.0" RestrictExtent="E+W" RestrictStartDate="2023-12-26">
<ukm:Metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:ukm="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/metadata">
<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4</dc:identifier>
<dc:title>The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017</dc:title>
<dc:type>text</dc:type>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>en</dc:language>
<dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher>
<dc:subject scheme="SIheading">ELECTRICITY, ENGLAND AND WALES</dc:subject>
<dc:modified>2024-05-16</dc:modified>
<dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor>
<dct:valid>2023-12-26</dct:valid>
<dc:description>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).</dc:description>
<atom:link rel="self" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/data.xml" type="application/xml"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/resources" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/resources" title="More Resources"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/memorandum" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/memorandum" title="Explanatory Memorandum"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/memorandum/toc" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/memorandum/contents" title="Explanatory Memorandum Table of Contents"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/act" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580" title="whole act"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/introduction" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/introduction" title="introduction"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/signature" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/signature" title="signature"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/note" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/note" title="note"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/body" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/body" title="body"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/schedules" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/schedules" title="schedules"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/rdf+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/data.rdf" title="RDF/XML"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/data.akn" title="AKN"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/data.xht" title="HTML snippet"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/data.htm" title="Website (XHTML) Default View"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/csv" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/data.csv" title="CSV"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/data.pdf" title="PDF"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xhtml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/data.html" title="HTML5 snippet"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/tableOfContents" hreflang="en" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/contents" title="Table of Contents"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/replaces" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/2017-05-16" title="2017-05-16"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/made" title="made"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/2017-05-16" title="2017-05-16"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/2019-04-01" title="2019-04-01"/>
<atom:link rel="up" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580" title="Entire legislation"/>
<atom:link rel="prev" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/3" title="Provision; Regulation 3"/>
<atom:link rel="prevInForce" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/3" title="Provision; Regulation 3"/>
<atom:link rel="next" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/5" title="Provision; Regulation 5"/>
<atom:link rel="nextInForce" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/5" title="Provision; Regulation 5"/>
<ukm:SecondaryMetadata>
<ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:DocumentCategory Value="secondary"/>
<ukm:DocumentMainType Value="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument"/>
<ukm:DocumentStatus Value="revised"/>
<ukm:DocumentMinorType Value="regulation"/>
</ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:Year Value="2017"/>
<ukm:Number Value="580"/>
<ukm:Made Date="2017-04-21"/>
<ukm:Laid Date="2017-04-24" Class="UnitedKingdomParliament"/>
<ukm:ComingIntoForce>
<ukm:DateTime Date="2017-05-16"/>
</ukm:ComingIntoForce>
<ukm:ISBN Value="9780111157961"/>
</ukm:SecondaryMetadata>
<ukm:Notes>
<ukm:Note IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/580/notes"/>
<ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/pdfs/uksiem_20170580_en.pdf" Date="2017-04-24" Title="UK Explanatory Memorandum" Size="54294"/>
</ukm:Alternatives>
</ukm:Notes>
<ukm:TranspositionNotes>
<ukm:TranspositionNote URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/pdfs/uksitn_20170580_en.pdf" Date="2017-04-24" Title="Transposition Note" Size="81414"/>
</ukm:TranspositionNotes>
<ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/pdfs/uksi_20170580_en.pdf" Date="2017-04-24" Size="220028"/>
</ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Statistics>
<ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="73"/>
<ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="44"/>
<ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="29"/>
<ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/>
<ukm:TotalImages Value="0"/>
</ukm:Statistics>
</ukm:Metadata>
<Secondary>
<Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/580/body" NumberOfProvisions="44" RestrictStartDate="2020-12-31">
<Part DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/part/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/580/part/1" NumberOfProvisions="5" id="part-1" RestrictStartDate="2019-04-01">
<Number>
<Strong>PART 1</Strong>
</Number>
<Title>Preliminary</Title>
<P1group RestrictExtent="E+W" RestrictStartDate="2019-04-01">
<Title>Meaning of consultation body</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4" id="regulation-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/1" id="regulation-4-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Each of the following is a consultation body for the purposes of these Regulations—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/1/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/1/a" id="regulation-4-1-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>every local planning authority for the area in which the development will be carried out and every principal council for that area, if not the local planning authority;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/1/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/1/b" id="regulation-4-1-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in relation to development in England or in relevant waters adjacent to England that are between the mean low water mark and the seaward limits of the territorial sea—</Text>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/1/b/i" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/1/b/i" id="regulation-4-1-b-i">
<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>
the Environment Agency
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23038111"/>
;
</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/1/b/ii" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/1/b/ii" id="regulation-4-1-b-ii">
<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>
the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23038121"/>
;
</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/1/b/iii" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/1/b/iii" id="regulation-4-1-b-iii">
<Pnumber>iii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>
Natural England
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23038131"/>
;
</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/1/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/1/c" id="regulation-4-1-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in relation to development in Wales or in relevant waters adjacent to Wales that are between the mean low water mark and the seaward limits of the territorial sea—</Text>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/1/c/i" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/1/c/i" id="regulation-4-1-c-i">
<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-43ff5ed6ca08fd3ba8fa1672d1db0a30-1580301893567" CommentaryRef="key-43ff5ed6ca08fd3ba8fa1672d1db0a30">save where the Welsh Ministers are the relevant authority,</Addition>
Cadw (that is to say, the executive agency responsible for administering the exercise of functions vested in the National Assembly for Wales relating to the historic environment);
</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/1/c/ii" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/1/c/ii" id="regulation-4-1-c-ii">
<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>
the Natural Resources Body for Wales
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23038141"/>
;
</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/1/d" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/1/d" id="regulation-4-1-d">
<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
in relation to development in relevant waters beyond the seaward limits of the territorial sea, the Joint Nature Conservation Committee
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23038151"/>
.
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4/2" id="regulation-4-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
In this regulation, “
<Term id="term-principal-council">principal council</Term>
” has the meaning given in section 270(1) of the Local Government Act 1972
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23038161"/>
.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
</Part>
</Body>
</Secondary>
<Commentaries>
<Commentary id="c23038111" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
The Environment Agency was established by section 1 of the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/25" id="c00029" Year="1995" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="25" Title="Environment Act 1995">Environment Act 1995 (c.25)</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23038121" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
The Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England was established by section 32 of the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/47" id="c00030" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="47" Title="National Heritage Act 1983">National Heritage Act 1983 (c.47)</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23038131" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
Natural England was established by section 1 of the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/16" id="c00031" Year="2006" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="16" Title="Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006">Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c.16)</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23038141" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
The Natural Resources Body for Wales was established by article 3 of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/1903" id="c00032" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2012" Number="1903">S.I. 2012/1903</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23038151" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>The Joint Nature Conservation Committee was re-constituted in accordance with Schedule 4 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006: see section 31(b) of that Act.</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23038161" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
“Principal council” is defined by reference to “principal area”. The definition of “principal area” in section 270(1) has been amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 16 to the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/51" id="c00034" Year="1985" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="51" Title="Local Government Act 1985">Local Government Act 1985 (c.51)</Citation>
and section 1(8) of the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19" id="c00035" Year="1994" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="19" Title="Local Government (Wales) Act 1994">Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19)</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-43ff5ed6ca08fd3ba8fa1672d1db0a30" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in reg. 4(1)(c)(i) inserted (1.4.2019) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2019/292" id="cnljxfvy3-00007" Class="WelshStatutoryInstrument" Year="2019" Number="292" Title="The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2019">The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/292)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnljxfvy3-00008" CitationRef="cnljxfvy3-00007" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2019/292/regulation/1" SectionRef="regulation-1">regs. 1</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnljxfvy3-00009" CitationRef="cnljxfvy3-00007" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2019/292/regulation/2/3" SectionRef="regulation-2-3" Operative="true">2(3)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
</Commentaries>
</Legislation>