The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

Amendment of the 1999 Regulations

4.  In paragraph (1) of regulation 3 (Interpretation)—

(a) before the definition of “EEA State”, insert—

““the Directive” means Council Directive 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment(1);”;

(b) for the definition of “EEA State” substitute—

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

(c) before the definition of “environmental authority”, insert—

““electronic communication” means a communication transmitted (whether from one person to another, from one device to another or from a person to a device or vice versa) while in an electronic form;”;

(d) for the definition of “environmental statement” substitute—

““environmental statement” means a statement prepared in respect of a relevant project which includes—

(a)

the matters specified in Schedule 2 to these Regulations; and

(b)

any information submitted to the Secretary of State by the applicant voluntarily along with the matters referred to in (a) above;”; and

(e) before the definition of “undertaker”, insert—

““transboundary area” means the area comprising the relevant area but excluding—

(a)

the tidal waters and parts of the sea adjacent to Scotland from the low water mark to the seaward limits of the territorial sea; and

(b)

the seabed and subsoil under the waters referred to in paragraph (a) above;”.

(1)

OJ No. L 175, 05.07.1985, p. 40; amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC (OJ No. L 73, 14.03.1997, p. 5) and by Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 156, 25.06.2003, p. 17).