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Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 580 of 2017).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
England
Document type
Regulation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Energy, Environment gen.
Keyword
Energy conservation/energy production EIA Access-to-information Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Marine area Cultural heritage
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations make provision with respect to environmental impact assessments to be undertaken in relation to applications for consents for— new offshore generating stations under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 (applications are made to the Marine Management Organisation (the “MMO”)); variations of existing section 36 consents under section 36C of that Act (applications are made either to the Secretary of State or the MMO, depending on who granted the original consent); and consents for overhead electric lines under section 37 of that Act (applications are made to the Secretary of State). The Regulations set out what constitutes EIA development and set out the procedures for an EIA (including screening decisions and scoping opinions).

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment.

Legislation | European Union | 2011 (2014)

Keyword: EIA, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Cultural heritage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (W. S.I. No. 292 (W. 70) of 2019).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2019

Keyword: Energy conservation/energy production, Pollution control, EIA

Source: FAO, FAOLEX