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Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. No. 85 of 2017).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Northern Ireland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen., Water
Keyword
EIA Cultural heritage Irrigation Waterworks Pollution control Freshwater pollution
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations provide (in relation to relevant water management projects for agriculture in Northern Ireland) for the assessment of the effects of such projects on the environment in accordance with Council Directive 2011/92/EU, as amended by Directive 2014/52/EU, on assessing the potential effects of projects on the environment. They impose procedural requirements in relation to the consideration of applications or proposals for consent for a relevant project (water management projects for agriculture involving the abstraction or impoundment of 200 cubic metres or more in any period of 24 hours which would be likely to have significant effects on the environment by virtue, inter alia, of their nature, size or location. An environmental impact assessment must be carried out in accordance with these Regulations in relation to a relevant project.

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

Repeals

Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. No. 32 of 2005).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2005

Keyword: Groundwater, Water abstraction, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, EIA

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Environmental Impact Assessment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.R. No. 123 of 2019).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2019

Keyword: EIA, Forestry protection measures, Forest management/forest conservation, Groundwater, Water abstraction, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Ecosystem preservation, Protected area, Protection of habitats

Source: FAO, FAOLEX