The Infrastructure Planning (Interested Parties and Miscellaneous Prescribed Provisions) Regulations 2015

England and Wales

PART 1

Column 1: Act	Column 2: Consent or Authorisation
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(1)	A licence under section 16 (power to grant licences)
Gas Act 1986(2)	A licence under section 7 (licensing of public gas transporters) A licence under section 7ZA (licences for operation of gas interconnectors) A licence under section 7A (licence of gas suppliers and gas shippers)
Electricity Act 1989(3)	A licence under section 6 (licences authorising supply etc)
Land Drainage Act 1991(4)	A consent under section 23 (prohibitions of obstructions etc in watercourses)
Water Resources Act 1991(5)	A licence under section 24 (restrictions on abstraction) A licence under section 25 (restrictions on impounding) A consent under section 32 (restrictions on abstraction) A drought order under section 73 (drought orders) A drought permit under section 79A (drought permits) A consent under byelaws made under paragraphs 5, or 6 of Schedule 25 (byelaw-making powers of the appropriate agency) A consent under section 109 (structures in, over or under a main river)
Protection of Badgers Act 1992(6)	A licence under section 10 (licences)
Petroleum Act 1998(7)	A licence under section 3 (to search and bore for and get petroleum) An authorisation under section 14 (for the construction and use of pipelines)
Energy Act 2008(8)	A licence under section 4 (importation and storage of combustible gas) A licence under section 18 (storage of carbon dioxide) An approval under section 46 (funded decommissioning programmes)
Nuclear Industries Security Regulations 2003(9)	An approval under regulation 5 (submission and approval of first security plans) An approval under regulation 6 (replacement, amendment and revocation of approved security plans) An approval under regulation 8 (temporary security plans during building works etc.)
Justification of Practices Involving Ionising Radiation Regulations 2004(10)	A justification under regulation 9 (consideration of new practices) A review of a justification decision under regulation 10 (review of existing practices)
Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats. &c) Regulations 2007(11)	A licence under regulation 49 (power to grant licences)
Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulations 2007(12)	An authorisation under regulation 8 (derogation)
Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010(13)	A licence under regulation 53 (licences for certain activities relating to animals or plants)
Environmental Permitting(England and Wales) Regulations 2010(14)	An environmental permit or an exemption from the requirement for such a permit
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012(15)	A permit under Chapter 1 of Part 2 (permits)

(1)

1981 c.69. Section 16 was amended by the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.43), section 132 and Schedule 9 paragraph 11(4); the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c.37), section 81(1) and Schedule 12 paragraph 6; the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c.16), section 105(1) and Schedule 11, Part 1 paragraph 72; the Marine and Costal Access Act 2009 (c.23), section 10; S.I. 1995/2825; S.I. 2007/1843 and SI 2013/755 (W.90) which repealed section 132 of, and Schedule 9 to the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.

(2)

1986 c.44. Section 7 was substituted by the Gas Act 1995 (c. 45), section 5; it was further amended by the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27), sections 3(2) and76, Schedule 6, Part 1, paragraphs 1 and 4 and section 108 and Schedule 8; by the Energy Act 2004 (c.20), sections 149(1) and (5), section 197(9), Schedule 23 and by S.I.2011/2704. Section 7ZA was inserted by the Energy Act 2004, section 149 (1), (6). Section 7A was inserted by the Gas Act 1995, section 6(1); it was amended by the Utilities Act 2000, section 3(2), Schedule 6, Part 1, paras 1, 2(1), section 108 and Schedule 8; and by the Energy Act 2004, section 149(1) and (7).

(3)

1989 c.29. Section 6 was substituted by the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27), section 30; it was further amended by the Energy Act 2004 section 89(3), section 136(1) and (2), section 143(1), Schedule 19, paragraphs 3 and 5, section 145 (1), (5), (6), (7) and section 197(9), Schedule 23, Part 1; by the Climate Change Act 2000(c.27), section 79, Schedule 8, paragraph 2; by the Energy Act 2011 (c.16) section 72, Schedule 1, paragraphs 2 and 3; S.I. 2011/2704 and S.I. 2012/2400.

(4)

1991 c.59. Section 23 was amended by the Environment Act 1995 section 120, Schedule 22, para 191, 192(1), (2); and by the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c.29), section 31, Schedule 2, paras 25 and 32.

(5)

1991 c.57. Section 24 was amended by the Environment Act 1995 (c.25), Schedule 22 para.128; by the Water Act 2003 (c.37), section 60 and S.I. 2013/755 (W.90); Section 25 was amended by the Environment Act 1995 (c.25), sections 103(3), 105, 120 and Schedule 15, paragraph 26, Schedule 22, paras 128, 190; and by the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c.16), section 100(1), (2); and by the Water Act 2003 sections 2(1)to (5) and (10), 60, 101 (2), Schedule 9 Part 1, and S.I. 2013/755. Section 32 was amended by the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c.21), section 53(1), Schedule 1 paragraph 79 and S.I. 2013/755. Section 73 was amended by the Environment Act 1995, s 120(1), Schedule 22, para 139 and S.I 2013/755. Section 79 A was amended by the Water Act 2003, sections 64(3)(a), (b) 101(2), Schedule 9, Part 3 and S.I. 2013/755. Schedule 25, para 5 was amended by the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, section 100(1); the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, section 31, Schedule 2, paras 40, 49; the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 section 8, 146(1), Schedule 11, paragraph 3 4; Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c.16), section 100(2); and S.I. 2013/755. Schedule 25, para 6 was amended by the Environment Act 1995, section 103(3), 105, 120(1), Schedule 15, para 26, Schedule 22, para 128; by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, section 224,233(1), 321, Schedule 16, paras 20, 24, 25 and Schedule 22, Part 5(B) and S.I. 2013/755. Section 109 was amended by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, section 82 and S.I.2013/755.

(6)

1992 c.51. Section 10 was amended by the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c.16), section 105(1), Schedule 11, Part 1, paragraph 137, S.I. 2002/794 and SI 2013/755 (W.90).

(7)

1998 c.17.

(8)

2008 c.32. Section 18 was amended by S.I. 2011/2453 and 2011/2453. Section 46 was amended by the Energy Act 2011(c. 16), Part 3, s.106(2) and (3); the Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), Part 6 chapter 2 section 149(3), and Schedule 12(5), paragraph.96.

(9)

S.I. 2003/403, amended by S.I. 2013/190 and S.I. 2014/469; there are other amending instruments but none are relevant.

(10)

S.I. 2004/1769, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(11)

S.I. 2007/1842, amended by S.I 2010/491 and S.I. 2010/603; there are other amending instruments but none are relevant.

(12)

S.I 2007/3106, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(13)

S.I 2010/490, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(14)

S.I. 2010/675, amended by the Scotland Act 2012 sections 12(4), the Energy Act 2013 section 116, Schedule 12, para 30, S.I. 2010/676, S.I. 2010/2172, S.I.2011/988,S.I. 2011/1043, S.I. 2011/2043, S.I. 2011/2377 (W250), SI 2011/2933, S.I 2012/630, SI 2012/811, SI 2013/390 (partly as from 27 Feb 2013, partly as from 7 Jan 2014 and fully as from 1 Jan 2016), SI 2013/755, SI 2013/766, SI 2013/2952, SI 2014/255, SI 2014/517 (W.60),S.I. 2014/2852 (as from 1 Jan 2015).

(15)

S.I. 2012/3038, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations