The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2019

Amendment of the Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017

2.—(1) The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3 (interpretation), in the definition of “relevant authority”, after paragraph (b) insert—

“or

(c) in relation to an application for a section 36 consent or for a section 36 variation made (or to be made) to the Welsh Ministers, the Welsh Ministers;”.

(3) In regulation 4(1)(c)(i), at the beginning, insert “save where the Welsh Ministers are the relevant authority,”.

(4) In regulation 22(3), after “under regulation 4(6) of the Electricity Generating Stations (Variation of Consents) (England and Wales) Regulations 2013” insert “, or in a case where the Welsh Ministers are the relevant authority, under regulation 4(6) of the Electricity (Offshore Generating Stations) (Variation of Consents) (Wales) Regulations 2019,”.

(5) In regulation 28 (application website)—

(a) in paragraph (3), after “under regulation 5(2A) of the Electricity Generating Stations (Variation of Consents) (England and Wales) Regulations 2013” insert “, or in a case where the Welsh Ministers are the relevant authority, under regulation 5(3) of the Electricity (Offshore Generating Stations) (Variation of Consents) (Wales) Regulations 2019,”;

(b) in paragraph (4), at the end, insert “, or in a case where the Welsh Ministers are the relevant authority, under regulation 5(2) of the Electricity (Offshore Generating Stations) (Variation of Consents) (Wales) Regulations 2019”.

(1)

S.I. 2017/580, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.