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The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
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Scottish Statutory Instruments
2017 No. 101
Electricity
The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
Made
30th March 2017
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
31st March 2017
Coming into force
16th May 2017
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1), section 36C(2) of the Electricity Act 1989(2) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
They have taken into account the selection criteria in Annex III to Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment(3).
(1)
1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), schedule 8, paragraph 15(3), the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51), section 27(1)(a), and Part 1 of the schedule of the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). Functions relating to the assessment of the effects of certain electricity works projects on the environment are exercisable concurrently by the Scottish Ministers and Minister of the Crown by virtue of S.I. 1999/1750, article 3 and schedule 2.
(2)
1989 c.29. Section 36C was inserted by section 20(2) of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c.27).
(3)
OJ L 26, 28.1.2012, p.1 amended by Directive 2014/52/EU, OJ L 124, 25.04.2014, p.1.
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