Amendment of the 2000 Regulations4

In regulation 2 (Interpretation)—

a

before the definition of “applicant”, insert—

  • “additional information” means information which—

    1. a

      is made available to the Secretary of State—

      1. i

        after the date on which the EIA application, accompanied by the environmental statement, is received by the Secretary of State; and

      2. ii

        before his decision on whether to grant a pipe-line construction authorisation pursuant to regulation 3(2) or (3) below;

    2. b

      is of material relevance to the environmental statement; and

    3. c

      is not further information or supplementary information;

b

in the definition of “the consultation bodies”, after sub-paragraph (d), insert—

and

e

any other body designated by statutory provision as having specific environmental responsibilities which the Secretary of State considers is likely to have an interest in the pipe-line works in question;

c

for the definition of “EEA State” substitute—

  • “EEA State” means a member State, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein;

d

before the definition of “the Gazette”, insert—

  • “further information” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 8(1);

e

for the definition of “relevant pipe-line works” substitute—

  • “relevant pipe-line works” means pipe-line works to which section 1(1) of the 1962 Act applies in respect of—

    1. a

      any pipe-line which is intended to convey oil or gas;

    2. b

      any pipe-line exceeding 40 kilometres in length and 800 millimetres in diameter which is intended to convey chemicals; or

    3. c

      any extension to a pipe-line which would in itself fall within sub-paragraph (b) above; and

f

after the definition of “relevant pipe-line works”, insert—

  • “supplementary information” means information which is—

    1. a

      provided to the Secretary of State by the applicant in order to supplement the environmental statement; and

    2. b

      submitted to the Secretary of State no later than 14 days after the date of receipt by the Secretary of State of the environmental statement.