Amendment of the 2000 Regulations4
In regulation 2 (Interpretation)—
a
before the definition of “applicant”, insert—
“additional information” means information which—
- a
is made available to the Secretary of State—
- i
after the date on which the EIA application, accompanied by the environmental statement, is received by the Secretary of State; and
- ii
before his decision on whether to grant a pipe-line construction authorisation pursuant to regulation 3(2) or (3) below;
- b
is of material relevance to the environmental statement; and
- 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—
- a
any pipe-line which is intended to convey oil or gas;
- b
any pipe-line exceeding 40 kilometres in length and 800 millimetres in diameter which is intended to convey chemicals; or
- 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—
- a
provided to the Secretary of State by the applicant in order to supplement the environmental statement; and
- 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.