57.—(1) Where the Welsh Ministers receive from [F2an] EEA StateF3... information which that EEA State has gathered from the developer of a proposed project in that EEA State, which is likely to have significant effects on the environment in Wales, they mustF4...—
(a)enter into consultations with that EEA State regarding the potential significant effects of the proposed project on the environment in Wales and the measures envisaged to reduce or eliminate such effects; and
(b)determine in agreement with that EEA State a reasonable period, before development consent for the project is granted, during which members of the public in Wales may submit to the competent authority in that EEA State representations F5....
(2) The Welsh Ministers must also—
(a)arrange for the information referred to in paragraph (1) to be made available, within a reasonable time and for a time period of no less than 30 days, both to the authorities in Wales which are likely to be concerned by the project by reason of their specific environmental responsibilities, and to the public concerned in Wales;
(b)ensure that those authorities and the public concerned are given an opportunity, before development consent for the project is granted, to forward to the [F6authority in the relevant EEA State which that state has designated as responsible for performing the duties arising from the Directive], within a reasonable time, their opinion on the information supplied; and
(c)make available to the public concerned any information received from the [F7authority in the relevant EEA State which that state has designated as responsible for performing the duties arising from the Directive].
Textual Amendments
F1Word in reg. 57 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes and the Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/245), regs. 1(2)(3), 6(12)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Word in reg. 57(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes and the Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/245), regs. 1(2)(3), 6(12)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in reg. 57(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes and the Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/245), regs. 1(2)(3), 6(12)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in reg. 57(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes and the Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/245), regs. 1(2)(3), 6(12)(b)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in reg. 57(1)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes and the Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/245), regs. 1(2)(3), 6(12)(b)(iv); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in reg. 57(2)(b) substituted (7.3.2019) by The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes and the Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/245), reg. 1(2)(3), 6(12)(c)(i)
F7Words in reg. 57(2)(c) substituted (7.3.2019) by The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes and the Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/245), reg. 1(2)(3), 6(12)(c)(ii)