Amendment of the Environmental Impact Assessment (Fish Farming in Marine Waters) Regulations 1999

12.—(1) The Environmental Impact Assessment (Fish Farming in Marine Waters) Regulations 1999(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1(3) (citation, commencement and application)–

(a) in paragraph (a) omit “, other than in the waters described in sub-paragraphs (b) and (c)”; and

(b) omit paragraphs (b) and (c).

(3) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)–

(a) in the definition of “marine waters” omit “and” appearing after paragraph (a) and after paragraph (b) insert–

“(c) waters, not being inland waters, which are landward of the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to Scotland is measured; and

(d) waters which are seaward of those baselines up to a distance of 12 nautical miles;”;

(b) after the definition of “marine waters” insert–

““nautical miles” means international nautical miles of 1,852 metres;”; and

(c) in the definition of “relevant authority” omit “, Shetland Islands Council or Orkney Islands Council, as the case may be”.

(1)

S.I. 1999/367.