The Environmental Impact Assessment and Natural Habitats (Extraction of Minerals by Marine Dredging) (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2007

Made: 28th March 2007

Laid before Parliament: 4th April 2007

Coming into force: 1st May 2007

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PART 1 — INTRODUCTORY

Citation, commencement and application

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Interpretation

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Application to the Crown

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PART 2 — RESTRICTIONS ON DREDGING

Restrictions on dredging

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Partial application of the Regulations in particular cases

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PART 3 — PRELIMINARY MATTERS

Preliminary determinations of the regulator

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Opinion of the regulator as to the content of the environmental statement

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Provision of information to facilitate preparation of environmental statement

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Fees for preliminary matters

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PART 4 — PERMISSIONS FOR DREDGING

Applications for permission

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Further information

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Publicity and consultation

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Decisions on applications

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Offences relating to applications and permissions

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Projects likely to have significant effects on the environment in another EEA state

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PART 5 — TRANSFER AND VARIATION OF PERMISSIONS

Transfer of permission

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Variation of permission

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Variation of permission on application: preliminary determinations and fees

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Variation of permission on application: relevant projects and habitats projects

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Variation of permission on application: other cases

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Revocation, suspension or variation of permission otherwise than on application

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Consequences of revocation, suspension or variation

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Offences relating to transfers and variations

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PART 6 — NATURAL HABITATS

Protection of natural habitats

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PART 7 — GENERAL

Fees

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Register

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Penalties

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Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act 1878

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Local inquiries

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Electronic communications

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Transitional provisions

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Amendments of Regulations, and savings

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SCHEDULE 1 — ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENTS

PART 1 — MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

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PART 2 — ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

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SCHEDULE 2 — SELECTION CRITERIA

Characteristics of projects

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Location of projects

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Characteristics of the potential impact

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SCHEDULE 3 — NATURAL HABITATS

Definitions

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Provision for the protection of European sites: new dredging projects

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Provision for the protection of European sites: review of existing permissions

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Provision for the protection of European sites: review of existing agreements

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Procedure on review

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Effect of regulator's decision on review

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Compensatory measures

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Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Kay Andrews — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — 28th March 2007

We consent

Claire Ward — Alan Campbell — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury — 27th March 2007

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1988/785, S.I. 1992/2870. The National Assembly for Wales has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) in relation to measures relating to the requirement for an assessment of the impact on the environment of projects likely to have significant effects on the environment by the European Communities (Designation) (No 3) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2812), amended by the European Communities (Designation) (Amendment) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3329) and, in relation to measures relating to the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, by the European Communities (Designation) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/248), amended by the European Communities (Designation) (Amendment) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3329). The functions of the Secretary of State under section 2(2), were, so far as exercisable in relation to marine dredging in Scotland and the Scottish zone, transferred to Scottish Ministers by the Scotland Act 1998 (Functions Exercisable in or as Regards Scotland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1748), article 7.

[^f00002]: 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 2(5) of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51). Council Directive 85/337/EEC applies to the EEA by virtue of Article 74 of, and paragraph 1 of Part I of Annex XX to, the Agreement on the European Economic Area (Cm 2073). Council Directive 97/11/EC was extended to the EEA by Decision No 20/1999 of the EEA Joint Committee of 26th February 1999, OJ No L148, 22.06.00, p.45. Section 2(2) was modified in relation to its application to Scotland by paragraph 15 of Schedule 8 to the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

[^f00003]: 1973 c. 51, to which there are amendments which are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00004]: Functions were transferred to the Department of the Environment by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Planning (Dissolution) (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (S.I.1976/424 (N.I. 6), Article 3.

[^f00005]: 1992 c. 42.

[^f00006]: 1970 c. 1 (NI).

[^f00007]: 1964 c. 40.

[^f00008]: S.I. 1999/293, amended by S.I. 2000/2867 and S.I. 2006/3295.

[^f00009]: S.R. (NI) 1999 No 73.

[^f00010]: S.I. 1999/1783, amended by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37), section 73(2); by S.I. 2005/1399 and by S.I. 2006/618.

[^f00011]: S.I. 1999/1672, amended by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, section 73(2) and by the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27), section 76(7).

[^f00012]: S.I. 1999/360, amended by the Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipelines (Assessment of Environmental Impacts) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/933).

[^f00013]: S.I. 2000/1928, amended by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, section 73(2).

[^f00014]: OJ No L175, 05.07.85, p. 40, amended by Directive 97/11/EC, OJ No L73, 14.03.97, p. 5 and Directive 2003/35/EC, OJ No L156, 25.06.03, p.17.

[^f00015]: OJ No L206, 22.07.92, p.7, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00016]: 1964 c. 29. Section 1(7) was amended by the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (c. 23), Schedule 3, paragraph 1.

[^f00017]: 1998 c. 47. See alsothe Adjacent Waters Boundaries (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/791).

[^f00018]: 1990 c. 8. Section 293 was amended by Schedule 3 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5).

[^f00019]: S.I. 1991/1220 (N.I.11).

[^f00020]: 1998 c. 46. See also the Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1126).

[^f00021]: 1998 c. 38. See also the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00022]: OJ No L103, 25.04.79, p.1; to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00023]: For “the public concerned”, seeArticle 1 of the EIA Directive.

[^f00024]: S.I. 2004/3391.

[^f00025]: 2000 c. 36, see specifically Part II of that Act.

[^f00026]: A Northern Ireland Department means a Northern Ireland Department as specified by section 21 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (1998 c. 47).

[^f00027]: A Northern Ireland Department means a Northern Ireland Department as specified by section 21 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (1998 c. 47).

[^f00028]: 1878 c. 73.

[^f00029]: 1972 c. 70. Subsection (2) was amended by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43). Subsection (3) was amended by sections 37, 38 and 46 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48). Subsection (4) was amended by the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63), section 49(2), and Schedule 12, Part III.

[^f00030]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.). Section 23 was amended and Schedule A1 was inserted by section 47 of the Inquiries Act 2005 (c. 12).

[^f00031]: 2000 c. 7. Section 15 was amended by the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), Schedule 17, paragraph 158.

[^f00032]: S.I. 1999/293, amended by S.I. 2000/2867 and S.I. 2006/3295.

[^f00033]: 1990 c. 8. Section 172 was substituted by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), section 5.

[^f00034]: S.I. 1995/418; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/528, and 2002/828.

[^f00035]: S.R. (NI) 1999 No 73.

[^f00036]: S.I. 1991/1220 (N.I. 11).

[^f00037]: S.R. (NI) 1993 No 278, amended by S.R. (NI) 1998 No 222, S.R. (NI) 1999 No 73, S.R. (NI) 2000 No 113 and S.R. (NI) 2002 No 195.

Editorial notes

[^key-c8e06c64e58b719134ca9be24b18d5c2]: Regulations revoked (6.4.2011) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/735), regs. 1, 14(1)

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