LegalizeThe Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003
Made: 30th January 2003
Laid before Parliament: 31st January 2003
Coming into force: 1st April 2003
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PART I — GENERAL
Citation, commencement and extent
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Interpretation
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Requirement for an environmental impact assessment
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PART II — ASSESSMENT OF RELEVANT PROJECTS
Determination whether a project is a relevant project
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Environmental statement to be provided in relation to an application for authorisation
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Environmental statement, and opinions of the appropriate authority on the contents of an environmental statement
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Publicity for environmental statement
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Determination of application and notice of determination
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PART III — RELEVANT PROJECTS WHICH REQUIRE CONSENT UNDER THESE REGULATIONS
Restriction on abstracting or impounding water
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Agency’s decision on an application for consent
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Appeals in relation to consents
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Validity of decisions of appropriate Minister
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PART IV — MODIFICATION OF PART II FOR PARTICULAR CASES
Called-in applications in relation to abstraction or impounding licences
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Variation of abstraction or impounding licence at instance of appropriate authority or Secretary of State
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Modifications where regulation 14 applies
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PART V — REGISTERS AND REVIEW
Register of environmental statements and further information
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SCHEDULE 1 — Selection criteria for relevant projects
Characteristics of projects
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Location of projects
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Characteristics of the potential impact
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SCHEDULE2 — Information about proposed projects
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Signed
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Elliot Morley — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 2003-01-30
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1972 c. 68. The enabling powers of section 2(2) of this Act were extended by virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51).
[^f00002]: S.I. 1988/785.
[^f00003]: OJ L175, 5.7.1985, p.40.
[^f00004]: OJ L73, 14.3.1997, p.5.
[^f00005]: 1991 c. 57.
[^f00006]: 1998 c. 38.
[^f00007]: 1990 c. 8.
[^f00008]: See the Government of Wales Act 1998, Schedule 2, paragraph 2.
[^f00011]: 1972 c. 70; section 250(4) was amended by Part II of Schedule 12 to the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63).
Publicity for environmental statement and related information
Editorial notes
Civil sanctions
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Agency’s decision on an application for consent
Appeals in relation to consents
Validity of decisions of appropriate Minister
The appropriate authority's decision on an application for consent
Defence and civil emergencies
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Exceptional circumstances
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Coordination
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Conclusion about environmental impact
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Determination of application and notice of determination
Review
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Type and characteristics of the potential impact
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