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[F11E+W+SIn this Part of this Schedule—
F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F3“EEA Agreement” and “EEA State” have the meanings given in Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978;]
[F4“EIA application” means an application for a harbour revision order authorising a project which requires an environmental impact assessment;]
[F4“the EIA Directive” means Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment;]
[F4“the environment” means—
population and human health,
biodiversity, with particular attention to species and habitats protected under [F5any law of any part of the United Kingdom which implemented] the Habitats Directive and the Wild Birds Directive,
land, soil, water, air and climate,
material assets, cultural heritage and the landscape, and
the interaction between the factors referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d);]
[F6“environmental assessment” means an assessment of the effect of anything on the environment if the assessment is carried out under—
[F7assimilated] law, or
any law of any part of the United Kingdom, other than any law which implemented the EIA Directive;]
[F8“environmental impact assessment”, in relation to a project, means the process comprising—
the preparation of an environmental statement by the applicant,
the carrying out of consultations under this Part of this Schedule about the likely significant effects of the project on the environment,
the Secretary of State’s consideration of the information about the likely significant effects of the project on the environment (see paragraph 18A(2)),
the Secretary of State reaching a reasoned conclusion on the significant effects of the project on the environment (see paragraph 18A(4)), and
the Secretary of State’s consideration of that reasoned conclusion when making a decision under paragraph 19 in respect of the application for a harbour revision order authorising the project; ]
[F9“environmental impact assessment”, in relation to a project, means the process comprising—
the preparation of an environmental statement by the applicant,
the carrying out of consultations under this Part of this Schedule about the likely significant effects of the project on the environment,
the Scottish Ministers’ consideration of the information about the likely significant effects of the project on the environment (see paragraph 18A(2)),
the Scottish Ministers’ reaching a reasoned conclusion on the significant effects of the project on the environment (see paragraph 18A(4)), and
the Scottish Ministers’ consideration of the reasoned conclusion when making a decision under paragraph 19 in respect of the application for a harbour revision order authorising the project;]
F10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F11“environmental statement” has the meaning given in paragraph 8(2);]
“fishery harbour" has the meaning assigned to it in section 21 of the Sea Fish Industry Act 1951;
[F12“the Habitats Directive” means Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora;]
[F13“official website” means a website maintained by or on behalf of the Secretary of State;]
[F14“official website” means a website maintained by or on behalf of the Scottish Ministers;]
“project" means—
the execution of construction works or other installations or schemes, and
other interventions in the natural surroundings and landscape including those involving the extraction of mineral resources;
[F15“reasoned conclusion”, in relation to a project, means the conclusion required by paragraph 18A(4);]
[F15“screening decision” has the meaning given in paragraph 4(4); ]
“relevant project" means a project which would be likely to have significant effects on the environment by virtue of factors such as its nature, size or location;
“selection criteria" means the criteria set out in Annex III to the [F16EIA Directive];
“sensitive area" means any of the following—
[F17land within a site of special scientific interest (within the meaning of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981);]
[F18land within a site of special scientific interest;]
[F18land in respect of which a nature conservation order or land management order made under Part 2 of the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 6) has effect;]
[F19land declared to be a national nature reserve under section 35 of that Act;]
[F19an area to which paragraph (u)(ii) in the table in article 10 of the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995 applies;]
[F19a National Park within the meaning of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949;]
[F19the Broads within the meaning of the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988;]
a property appearing on the World Heritage List kept under article 11(2) of the 1972 UNESCO Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage;
a scheduled monument within the meaning of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979;
[F19an area of outstanding natural beauty designated by order under [F20section 87 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949][F20section 82 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000] (designation of areas of outstanding natural beauty);]
[F21a European site within the meaning of regulation 10 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats etc) Regulations 1994;]
[F21a European site within the meaning of [F22the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (see regulation 8)];]
an area designated F23... [F24as a National Scenic Area by a direction made by the Scottish Ministers under section 263A of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997];
[F25 an area designated as a national park by a designation order made by the Scottish Ministers under section 6(1) of the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000].
[F26“the Wild Birds Directive” means Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds;]]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 3 substituted (1.2.2000) by The Harbour Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/3445), reg. 15(4), Sch. 3
F2Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 omitted (E.W.) (5.12.2017) by virtue of The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(2)(a) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 omitted (S.) (5.12.2017) by virtue of The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(3)(a) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
F3Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 substituted (E.W.) (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(2)(b) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 substituted (S.) (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(3)(b) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
F4Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (E.W.) (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(2)(c) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (S.) (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(3)(c) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
F5Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Harbours and Highways (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/460), regs. 1, 2(4)(a)(i)(b)(i)
F6Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Harbours and Highways (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/460), regs. 1, 2(4)(a)(ii)(b)(ii)
F7Word in Sch. 3 para. 1 substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1424), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 3(2)(a)
F8Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (E.W.) (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(2)(c) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
F9Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (S.) (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(3)(c) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
F10Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 omitted (E.W.) (5.12.2017) by virtue of The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(2)(d) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 omitted (S.) (5.12.2017) by virtue of The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(3)(d) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
F11Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 substituted (E.W.) (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(2)(e) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 substituted (S.) (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(3)(e) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
F12Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (E.W.) (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(2)(f) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (S.) (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(3)(f) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
F13Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (E.W.) (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(2)(f) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
F14Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (S.) (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(3)(f) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
F15Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (E.W.) (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(2)(g) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (S.) (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(3)(g) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
F16Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 substituted (E.W.) (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(2)(h) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 substituted (S.) (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(3)(h) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
F17Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 substituted (E.W.) (30.1.2001) by 2000 c. 37, ss. 76(1), 103(2), Sch. 10 para. 3
F18Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 substituted (S.) (29.11.2004) by Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 6), s. 59(2), Sch. 7 para. 1(a) (with s. 55(2)); S.S.I. 2004/495, art. 2 (para (b) had previously been repealed for E.W. (30.1.2001 for E., 1.5.2001 for W.) by 2000 c. 37, s. 102, Sch. 16 Pt. III; S.I. 2001/114, art. 2(1)(d)(ii); S.I. 2001/1410, art. 2(p))
F19Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 repealed (S.) (14.5.2007) by Transport and Works (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 8), ss. 25(5)(a)(ii), 30(3) (with s. 30(5))
F20Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 substituted (E.W.) (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 37, s. 93, Sch. 15 para. 4 (with s. 84(4)-(6)); S.I. 2001/114, art. 2(2)(e)
F21Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 substituted (E.W.) (1.4.2010) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/490), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 1 (with reg. 125)
F22Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 substituted (E.W.) (30.11.2017) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1012), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 1
F23Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 repealed (S.) (29.11.2004) by Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 6), s. 59(2), Sch. 7 para. 1(b) (with s. 55(2)); S.S.I. 2004/495, art. 2
F24Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 substituted (S.) (17.12.2010) by The National Scenic Areas (Consequential Modifications) (Scotland) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/460), art. 2
F25Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 added (S.) (14.5.2007) by virtue of Transport and Works (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 8), ss. 25(5)(a)(iii), 30(3) (with s. 30(5))
F26Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (E.W.) (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(2)(i) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (S.) (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(3)(i) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
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