In these Regulations—

• “the 1997 Act” means the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997;

• “the 2000 Regulations” means the Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 M1;

• “additional information” means—

  1. a

     supplementary information required in accordance with regulation 19(2); or

  2. b

     any other information provided by the developer which, in the opinion of the Scottish Ministers, is substantive information about a matter to be included in the EIA report in accordance with regulation 5(2);

• “application for multi-stage consent” means an application for approval, consent or agreement required by a condition included in an Electricity Act consent where (in terms of the condition) that approval, consent or agreement must be obtained from the Scottish Ministers before all or part of the development permitted by the Electricity Act consent may be begun;

• “application website” means a website maintained by the developer for the purpose of making publicly available information relating to applications to which these Regulations apply;

• “the consultation bodies” means—

  1. a

     the planning authority;

  2. b

     Scottish Natural Heritage;

  3. c

     the Scottish Environment Protection Agency; and

  4. d

     Historic Environment Scotland;

• “decision notice” has the meaning given in regulation 21;

• “developer”—

  1. a

     means, in relation to—

     1. i

        an application for Electricity Act consent, the applicant;

     2. ii

        a variation application, the applicant,

     3. iii

        an application for multi-stage consent, the applicant; and

  2. b

     for the purposes of regulations 7 to 9, 12 and 13 includes a prospective applicant

• “development” means the carrying out of building, engineering or other operations in, on, over or under land or sea in pursuance of any application to which these Regulations apply and includes building, engineering and other operations ancillary to such operations;

• “the Directive” means 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 M2F9, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day;

• “EIA application” means an application for Electricity Act consent for EIA development;

• F1“EIA development” means—

  1. a

     in the case of an application for Electricity Act consent, development which is either—

     1. i

        Schedule 1 development; or

     2. ii

        Schedule 2 development likely to have significant effects on the environment by virtue of factors such as its nature, size or location; and

  2. b

     in the case of a variation application, a proposed variation which is either—

     1. i

        Schedule 1 development; or

     2. ii

        Schedule 2 development likely to have significant effects on the environment by virtue of factors such as its nature, size or location;

• “EIA report” has the meaning given in regulation 5;

• “Electricity Act consent” means consent under section 36 (consent required for construction etc. of generating stations) or section 37 (consent required for overhead lines) of the Electricity Act 1989;

• “electronic communication” has the meaning given in section 15(1) (general interpretation) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 M3;

• F8“emergency period” means the period beginning on 24 April 2020 and ending on the date on which Part 1 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 expires in accordance with section 12 of that Act;

• “environmental impact assessment” has the meaning given in regulation 4;

• “environmental information” means—

  1. a

     the EIA report submitted in respect of the proposed development;

  2. b

     any additional information submitted in respect of the development;

  3. c

     any representations made by any consultation body, or other public body, consulted in respect of the development in accordance with these Regulations; and

  4. d

     any representations duly made by any other person about the environmental effects of the development;

• “environmental statement” has the same meaning as in the 2000 Regulations as they had effect immediately prior to the date on which these Regulations came into force;

• “the land” means the land on which the development would be carried out;

• “multi-stage consent” means an approval, consent or agreement given pursuant to an application for multi-stage consent;

• F2“proposed variation” has the meaning given in regulation 28(3);

• “prospective applicant” means a person who, as the case may be, is minded to—

  1. a

     apply for an Electricity Act consent;

  2. b

     make a variation application; or

  3. c

     make an application for multi-stage consent;

• “register” means a register kept pursuant to section 36 M4 (registers of applications etc.) of the 1997 Act;

• “relevant assessment” means, in relation to a proposed development, an assessment, or verification, of effects on the environment carried out pursuant to national legislation) which is relevant to the assessment of the environmental impacts of the proposed development;

• “Schedule 1 development” means developmentF3, or a change to or extension of development, described in schedule 1;

• “Schedule 2 development” means developmentF4, or a change to or extension of development, described in schedule 2;

• “scoping opinion” means an opinion adopted by the Scottish Ministers as to the scope and level of detail of information to be provided in the EIA report;

• “screening opinion” means an opinion adopted by the Scottish Ministers as to whether development is, or is not, EIA development;

• “supplementary information” has the meaning given in regulation 19(2); F10and

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• “variation application” means an application made to the Scottish Ministers under section 36C(1) of the Electricity Act 1989 (variation of section 36 consents) to vary a consent under section 36 of that Act.

Subject to paragraph (3), expressions used both in these Regulations and in the Electricity Act 1989 have the same meaning for the purposes of these Regulations as they have for the purposes of that Act.

Expressions used both in these Regulations and in the Directive (whether or not also used in the Electricity Act 1989) have the same meaning for the purposes of these Regulations as they have for the purposes of the Directive.

References in regulations 6(2)(b) and (3), 10(1)(c), 11(1), 12(7), 14 to 18, 25(1), 26(1) and 27(2) to an EIA report include a reference to a report referred to by the developer as an EIA report.

In these Regulations, where an developer submits a revised, updated or supplementary EIA report (or a report which that person refers to as such) references to an EIA report are to be treated as including a reference to that revised, updated or supplementary EIA report.