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2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1985 Act” means the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985(1);
[F1“the 2009 Act” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;
“the 2010 Act” means the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010;]
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“applicant” means—
an applicant (or prospective applicant) for the issue of a regulatory approval; or
any person giving notice to a regulator for the purpose of obtaining a regulatory approval;
“application” includes the giving of notice to a regulator for the purpose of obtaining a regulatory approval;
[F3“appropriate authority” means—
where the regulator is the Secretary of State, the Marine Management Organisation [F4, the Natural Resources Body for Wales] or a devolved authority, the regulator;
where the regulator is any other person—
as regards any regulated activity in Northern Ireland, the Department of [F5Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland];
[F6as regards any regulated activity in the Scottish offshore region, the Scottish Ministers;]
[F7as regards harbour works relating to harbours that are wholly in Wales, other than harbours that are reserved trust ports, the Welsh Ministers;]
in any other case, the Secretary of State;] [F8and—
for the purpose of paragraph (a), “devolved authority” means any Northern Ireland Department, the Scottish Ministers or the Welsh Ministers; and
for the purpose of paragraph (b)(iii), “reserved trust port” has the meaning given by section 32 of the Wales Act 2017;]
[F9“consenting authority”, in relation to a project, means any authority whose consent to any activity to be undertaken in the course of the project is required under any enactment;]
“the consultation bodies” means—
the local planning authority;
such of the nature conservation bodies as the appropriate authority considers likely to have an interest in the activity by reason of their responsibilities;
any relevant authority;
any consenting authority; and
such other bodies as the appropriate authority considers likely to have an interest in the regulated activity (whether by virtue of their having specific environmental responsibilities [F10or local or regional competences] under an enactment or otherwise);
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“EIA consent” means consent for a regulated activity given by an appropriate authority in accordance with these Regulations and on the basis of an assessment of [F13the significant effects of the project] on the environment;
“EIA consent decision” means a decision whether to give EIA consent and (where the decision is to give such consent) as to the terms on which to do so;
[F14“the EIA Directive” means Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13th December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment, as [F15amended by Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council]];
[F16“England” includes any part of the territorial sea that is not part of Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland;]
[F17“environmental impact assessment” means a process consisting of—
the preparation of an environmental statement in accordance with regulation 12 and Schedule 3;
the carrying out of consultations in accordance with regulation 17 and, where relevant, regulations 20 and 20A;
the consideration of the environmental statement and other information in accordance with regulation 21A(1);
the conclusion in respect of the likely significant effects of the project in accordance with regulation 21A(2); and
the consideration of that conclusion in reaching the EIA consent decision, in accordance with regulation 22(1)(b);
“EU environmental assessment” means an assessment carried out—
under an obligation to which section 2(1) of the European Communities Act 1972 applies (other than the EIA Directive), or
under the law of any part of the United Kingdom implementing an EU obligation other than an obligation arising under the EIA Directive,]
of the effect of anything on the environment;;
“environmental statement” means a statement complying with regulation 12(2);
“excluded information” means—
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[F19“the Habitats Directive” means Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora;]
“harbour” has the meaning assigned to it in section 57(1) of the Harbours Act 1964(6);
[F20“harbour authority” has the same meaning as in section 57(1) of the Harbours Act 1964](6)
[F21“harbour works” means—
works involved in the construction of a harbour;
works involving the making of modifications to an existing harbour;
any dredging operation undertaken by or on behalf of a harbour authority and carried out for the purpose of extracting minerals; and
works involving the deposit of spoil from any such dredging operation;]
“local planning authority” means—
in relation to England or Wales, any authority that is a local planning authority for the purposes of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(7) in or adjacent to whose area the regulated activity is proposed to be carried out;
in relation to Northern Ireland, [F22the Department for Infrastructure or, as the case may be, any district council in whose district, or adjacent to whose district, the regulated activity is proposed to be carried out]; and
in relation to Scotland—
any authority that is a planning authority for the purposes of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997(8) in or adjacent to whose area the regulated activity is proposed to be carried out; and
where the regulated activity is carried out in or adjacent to a National Park, the National Park authority for the National Park;
“the nature conservation bodies” means—
“Northern Ireland” has the meaning assigned to it by section 98(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998(12);
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“regulated activity” means any activity (or proposed activity) for which a regulatory approval is (or would be) required;
“regulator” means the person responsible for considering an application for a regulatory approval;
[F26“regulatory approval” means—
a licence under Part 2 of the 1985 Act;
a marine licence, or variation of a marine licence, under Part 4 of the 2009 Act;
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except in relation to Northern Ireland, an approval or consent for harbour works under—
any local Act;
such an Act read together with a notice given and published under section 9 of the Harbours Transfer Act 1862; or
any order under section 14 or 16 of the Harbours Act 1964;]
“regulatory decision” means a decision whether to grant or issue a regulatory approval and (where the decision is to grant or issue such an approval) as to the terms on which to do so;
[F28“relevant authority” means—
where a regulated activity is likely to have a significant effect on the environment of Northern Ireland and the appropriate authority is not a Northern Ireland [F29department], such of the Northern Ireland [F30departments] as the appropriate authority considers likely to have an interest in the activity by reason of their environmental responsibilities;
where a regulated activity is likely to have a significant effect on the environment of [F31the Scottish inshore region], or the Scottish offshore region (or both) and the appropriate authority is not the Scottish Ministers, the Scottish Ministers;
where the regulated activity is likely to have a significant effect on the environment of the Scottish offshore region and the appropriate authority is not the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State;
where a regulated activity is likely to have a significant effect on the environment of [F32the Welsh inshore region or the Welsh offshore region (or both)] and the appropriate authority is not the Welsh Ministers, the Welsh Ministers;
[F33where the regulated activity is likely to have a significant effect on the environment of the Welsh offshore region and the appropriate authority is not the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State;]
where a regulated activity is likely to have a significant effect on the environment of England or a relevant offshore region and the appropriate authority is the Marine Management Organisation, the Secretary of State; and
where a regulated activity is likely to have a significant effect on the environment of England or a relevant offshore region and the appropriate authority is the Secretary of State, the Marine Management Organisation;]
[F34and for the purposes of paragraphs (d) and (da), “Welsh inshore region” and “Welsh offshore region” have the meanings given by section 322(1) of the 2009 Act;]
“relevant legislation” means, in relation to an application, a regulatory decision or a regulatory approval, the legislation under which the application was made, the regulatory decision taken or the regulatory approval granted or issued (as the case may be);
[F35“relevant offshore region” means—
within the meaning of those expressions given by section 322(1) of the 2009 Act;
“the relevant Public Register” means the register on which information must be recorded in accordance with (as the case may be)—
section 14 of the 1985 Act;
section 101 of the 2009 Act; or
section 54 of the 2010 Act;]
[F38“Schedule A1 project” means a project of a type specified in Schedule A1 to these Regulations;
“Schedule A2 project” means a project of a type specified in Schedule A2 to these Regulations;]
“scoping opinion” means an opinion given by an appropriate authority as to the information to be provided in an environmental statement for an application;
[F39“Scotland” (other than in the definition of “the Scottish offshore region”) includes the Scottish inshore region;]
[F40“the Scottish inshore region” means the area of sea within the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to Scotland;
“the Scottish offshore region” means so much of the UK marine area as lies outside the Scottish inshore region and consists of—
areas of sea which lie within the Scottish zone, and
areas of sea which lie outside the Scottish zone but which are nearer to any point on the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to Scotland is measured than to any point on the baselines in any other part of the United Kingdom;
and for this purpose “the Scottish zone” has the meaning given by section 126(1) of the Scotland Act 1998;]
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“screening opinion” means an opinion given by an appropriate authority as to whether or not an environmental impact assessment is required for a regulated activity;
[F42“sea” includes—
any area submerged at mean high water spring tide, and
the waters of every estuary, arm of the sea, river or channel, so far as the tide flows at mean high water spring tide,
and any reference to an area of sea includes the bed and subsoil of the sea within that area;]
[F43“UK environmental assessment” means an assessment carried out in accordance with an obligation under the law of any part of the United Kingdom of the effect of anything on the environment;]
[F44“UK marine area” has the same meaning as in section 42 of the 2009 Act;]
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[F47“Wales” has the meaning given by section 158(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006;]
[F48“the Wild Birds Directive” means Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of wild birds.]
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[F53(1A) The area of sea referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of the definition of “sea” in paragraph (1) includes waters in any area—
(a)which is closed, whether permanently or intermittently, by a lock or other artificial means against the regular action of the tide, but
(b)into and from which seawater is caused or permitted to flow, whether continuously or from time to time.]
[F54(1B) In these Regulations, “enactment” includes an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation.
(1C) In these Regulations, any reference to the likely significant effects, or the likely significant adverse effects, of projects or regulated activities on the environment includes a reference to the effects of those projects or activities on the environment once they are completed and in operation.
(1D) In paragraph (1C), the reference to the environment includes a reference to the matters referred to in regulation 21A(2)(a) to (e).]
(2) In these Regulations, any term used in the EIA Directive has the same meaning as in that Directive.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (6.4.2011) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(a)
F2Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (16.5.2017) by virtue of The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/588), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(a) (with reg. 34)
F3Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (6.4.2011) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(b)
F4Words in reg. 2(1)(a) inserted (27.3.2015) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/446), regs. 1, 3(a)
F5Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (16.5.2017) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/588), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(b)(i) (with reg. 34)
F6Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (16.5.2017) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/588), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(b)(ii) (with reg. 34)
F7Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.4.2018) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) and Marine Strategy (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/287), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)(i)
F8Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.4.2018) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) and Marine Strategy (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/287), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)(ii)
F9Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (16.5.2017) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/588), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(c) (with reg. 34)
F10Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (16.5.2017) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/588), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(d) (with reg. 34)
F11Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (6.4.2011) by virtue of The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(o)(i)
F12Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (6.4.2011) by virtue of The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(o)(ii)
F13Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (16.5.2017) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/588), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(e) (with reg. 34)
F14Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (27.3.2015) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/446), regs. 1, 3(b)
F15Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (16.5.2017) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/588), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(f) (with reg. 34)
F16Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (6.4.2011) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(d)
F17Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (16.5.2017) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/588), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(g) (with reg. 34)
F18Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (1.4.2018) by virtue of The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) and Marine Strategy (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/287), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)
F19Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (16.5.2017) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/588), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(h) (with reg. 34)
F20Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (6.4.2011) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(e)
F21Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (6.4.2011) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(f)
F22Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (16.5.2017) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/588), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(i) (with reg. 34)
F23Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 276 (with Sch. 7)
F24Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (6.4.2011) by virtue of The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(o)(iii)
F25Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (6.4.2011) by virtue of The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(o)(iv)
F26Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (6.4.2011) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(g)
F27Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (16.5.2017) by virtue of The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/588), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(j) (with reg. 34)
F28Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (6.4.2011) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(h)
F29Word in reg. 2(1) substituted (16.5.2017) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/588), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(aa)(k)(i) (with reg. 34)
F30Word in reg. 2(1) substituted (16.5.2017) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/588), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(bb)(k)(i) (with reg. 34)
F31Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (16.5.2017) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/588), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(k)(ii) (with reg. 34)
F32Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.4.2018) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) and Marine Strategy (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/287), regs. 1, 2(2)(c)(i)
F33Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.4.2018) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) and Marine Strategy (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/287), regs. 1, 2(2)(c)(ii)
F34Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.4.2018) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) and Marine Strategy (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/287), regs. 1, 2(2)(c)(iii)
F35Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (6.4.2011) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(i)
F36Word in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.4.2018) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) and Marine Strategy (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/287), regs. 1, 2(2)(d)(i)
F37Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (1.4.2018) by virtue of The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) and Marine Strategy (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/287), regs. 1, 2(2)(d)(ii)
F38Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (16.5.2017) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/588), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(l) (with reg. 34)
F39Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (6.4.2011) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(j)
F40Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (6.4.2011) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(k)
F41Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (6.4.2011) by virtue of The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(o)(v)
F42Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (6.4.2011) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(l)
F43Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (16.5.2017) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/588), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(m) (with reg. 34)
F44Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (6.4.2011) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(n)
F45Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (6.4.2011) by virtue of The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(o)(vi)
F46Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (6.4.2011) by virtue of The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(o)(vii)
F47Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (6.4.2011) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(m)
F48Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (16.5.2017) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/588), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(n) (with reg. 34)
F49Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (6.4.2011) by virtue of The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(o)(viii)
F50Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (6.4.2011) by virtue of The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(o)(ix)
F51Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (6.4.2011) by virtue of The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(o)(x)
F52Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (6.4.2011) by virtue of The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(1)(o)(xi)
F53Reg. 2(1A) inserted (6.4.2011) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 3(2)
F54Reg. 2(1B)-(1D) inserted (16.5.2017) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/588), regs. 1(1), 4(3) (with reg. 34)
The Joint Nature Conservation Committee was re-constituted by section 31 of the Natural Environmental and Rural Communities Act 2006 (2006 c.16).
Natural England is constituted by section 1 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (2006 c.16).
Scottish Natural Heritage is constituted by section 1 of the Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991 (1991 c.28).
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