Amendment of the Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment for Decommissioning) Regulations 1999

2.—(1) The Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment for Decommissioning) Regulations 1999(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) for the definition of “EU environmental assessment” substitute—

““EU environmental assessment” means an assessment of the effect of anything on the environment carried out under retained EU law other than any law of any part of the United Kingdom that implemented the Directive;”.

(3) In regulation 3(8), after “the Directive” insert “as it applied in the United Kingdom immediately before exit day”.

(4) In regulations 3(9) and 8(2)(c), in the heading of regulation 12 and in each place it occurs in regulation 12, for “another EEA State” substitute “an EEA State”.

(5) In regulation 10B(3)(b), after “under” insert “any law of any part of the United Kingdom that implemented”.

(6) In regulation 12(5)—

(a)omit “, in accordance with Article 7.4 of the Directive”; and

(b)in sub-paragraph (b), for “the other” substitute “that”.

(7) In Schedule 1—

(a)in paragraph 5, for “at European Union or Member State level” substitute “in retained EU law or under the law of any part of the United Kingdom”;

(b)in paragraph 8—

(i)for “European Union legislation such as” substitute “retained EU law such as any law that implemented”; and

(ii)after “requirements of” insert “any law that implemented”.

(8) In Schedule 2, in paragraph 2(c)(vi), after “European Union legislation” insert “as it applied in the United Kingdom immediately before exit day, or in retained EU law”.