http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/1999/43/regulation/3/madeThe Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (Scotland) Regulations 1999Planning (town and country)Environmental impact assessmentRural developmentKing's Printer for Scotland2017-01-10FORESTRY The Environmental Assessment (Forestry) Regulations 1998, (S.I.1998/1731) (“the 1998 Regulations”) provided for the implementation in relation to forestry projects in Great Britain of Council Directive 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private and public projects on the environment. The present Regulations implement, for Scotland, changes made to that Directive made by Council Directive 97/11/EC. They also implement the extension of both Directives to the Contracting Parties of the European Economic Area (EEA) under Article 74 and Annex XX paragraph I.1 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as given effect by Decision No.20/1999 of the EEA Joint Committee adopted on 26th February 1999 (not yet published). Interpretation of “relevant project” 3 1 For the purposes of these Regulations, a project is a relevant project if– a it is a project of a type specified in paragraph (2) of this regulation; b subject to paragraph (3) of this regulation, it is likely, by virtue of factors such as its nature, size or location, to have significant effects on the environment; and c the carrying out of the project– i does not involve development; or ii involves development which is not mentioned in Schedule 1 to, or in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 to, the Environmental Impact Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1999 or iii involves development for which planning permission is granted by Part 7 of Schedule 1 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992. 2 The types of project referred to in paragraph (1)(a) above are– a afforestation; b deforestation; c forest road works; d forest quarry works. 3 For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) above, and subject to regulations 6(3) and 7(6), a project shall be taken not to be likely to have significant effects on the environment if the area covered, or to be covered, by the project does not exceed any relevant threshold set out in Schedule 2. S.S.I.1999/1. S.I.1992/223, amended by S.I.1992/1078 and 2084, 1993/1036, 1994/1442, 2576 and 3294, 1996/252, 1266 and 3023 and as read with Part IV of S.I.1994/2716.
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<Text>For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) above, and subject to regulations 6(3) and 7(6), a project shall be taken not to be likely to have significant effects on the environment if the area covered, or to be covered, by the project does not exceed any relevant threshold set out in Schedule 2.</Text>
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<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/1999/1" id="c00018" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="1999" Number="0001">S.S.I.1999/1</Citation>
.
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<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/223" id="c00019" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1992" Number="0223">S.I.1992/223</Citation>
, amended by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/1078" id="c00020" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1992" Number="1078">S.I.1992/1078</Citation>
and
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/2084" id="c00021" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1992" Number="2084">2084</Citation>
,
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/1036" id="c00022" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1993" Number="1036">1993/1036</Citation>
,
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/1442" id="c00023" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1994" Number="1442">1994/1442</Citation>
,
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2576" id="c00024" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1994" Number="2576">2576</Citation>
and
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,
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/252" id="c00026" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1996" Number="0252">1996/252</Citation>
,
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/1266" id="c00027" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1996" Number="1266">1266</Citation>
and
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/3023" id="c00028" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1996" Number="3023">3023</Citation>
and as read with Part IV of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2716" id="c00029" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1994" Number="2716">S.I.1994/2716</Citation>
.
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