The Offshore Electricity Development (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Made: 7th February 2008

Coming into operation: 5th March 2008

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PART I — General

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Applications

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PART II — Consents for Offshore Developments

Restriction on proposed development

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Pre-application determination as to need for environmental impact assessment and opinion as to content of environmental statement

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PART III — Preparation of Environmental Statements

Procedure to facilitate preparation of environmental statements

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Provision of information

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PART IV — Procedures on Receipt of Application

Application made to the Department without prior determination as to need for environmental impact assessment or without an environmental statement

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PART V — Publicity

Publicity where an environmental statement is submitted

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Availability of copies of environmental statement

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Consultation where environmental statement submitted

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Further information relating to environmental statement

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Charges

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PART VI — Development Likely to Affect Other EEA States

Development likely to have significant effects on the environment in another EEA State

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PART VII — Final

Determination of whether proposed development should proceed

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SCHEDULE 1 — Descriptions of Development

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SCHEDULE 2 — Descriptions of Development

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SCHEDULE 3 — Selection Criteria

Characteristics of Development

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Location of Developments

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Characteristics of the Potential Impact

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SCHEDULE 4 — Matters for Inclusion in Environmental Statement

PART I

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PART II

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

on 7thFebruary2008.

Jenny Pyper — A senior officer of the — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1988/785

[^f00002]: 1954 c.33 (N.I.)

[^f00003]: S.I. 1992/231 (N.I.1)

[^f00004]: S.I. 1991/1220 (N.I. 11)

[^f00005]: S.R. 1999 No. 73

[^f00006]: S.I. 2004/3391

[^f00007]: S.I. 1985/170 (N.I. 1) as amended by S.I. 1989/492 (N.I. 3)

[^f00008]: SEE Command Paper 9424

[^f00009]: S.I. 1995/1625 (N.I. 9)

[^f00010]: S.R. 1995 No. 380

Editorial notes