Statutory Instruments
FORESTRY, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
9th August 1999
Laid before Parliament
9th August 1999
Coming into force
6th September 1999
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State for Wales, being Ministers designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to measures relating to the requirement for an assessment of the impact on the environment of projects likely to have significant effects on the environment, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and having taken into account the selection criteria in Annex III to Council Directive 85/337/EEC(3) as amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC(4), hereby make the following Regulations:
1972 c. 68. The enabling powers conferred by section 2(2) were extended by virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51).
OJ No. L175, 5.7.85, p.40.
OJ No. L73, 14.3.97, p.5.