The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016

Regulation 61

SCHEDULE 9 Consequential amendments

The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995

1.—(1) The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In article 3(10), for “the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999”, substitute “the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016”.

(3) In paragraphs (10) and (11) of article 3—

(a) for “regulation 4(7)” substitute “regulation 4(8)”;

(b) for “regulation 6(4)” substitute “regulation 6(6)”; and

(c) after “the Secretary of State has” in each place where those words occur, insert “, or the Welsh Ministers have,”.

The Gas Transporter Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999

2.—(1) The Gas Transporter Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1), for the definition of “the 1999 EIA Regulations” substitute ““the 2016 EIA Regulations” means the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016;”.

(3) In regulation 4(3)—

(a) for sub-paragraph (b), substitute “be treated for the purposes of those Regulations as if it were a direction of the Welsh Ministers under regulation 6(6)”; and

(b) for “the 1999 EIA Regulations” (at both the other places where those words occur) substitute “the 2016 EIA Regulations”.

The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999

3.—(1) The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999(3) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3(1)(c)(ii), for “the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999;” substitute “the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016”.

The Planning (National Security Directions and Appointed Representatives) (Wales) Regulations 2006

4.—(1) The Planning (National Security Directions and Appointed Representatives) (Wales) Regulations 2006(4) are amended as follows.

(2) In the definition of “EIA application” in regulation 6(8), for “the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999”, substitute “the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016”.

The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (Wales) Regulations 2007

5.—(1) The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (Wales) Regulations 2007(5) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3(2)(b), for “the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 apply”, substitute “the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016 apply”.

The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Undetermined Reviews of Old Mineral Permissions) (Wales) 2009

6.—(1) The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Undetermined Reviews of Old Mineral Permissions) (Wales) 2009(6) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1), for ““the 1999 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 1999”) means the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/293);”, substitute ““the 2016 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2016”) means the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016;”.

(3) For regulation 52, including its heading, substitute—

“Regulations 53 and 54 of the 2016 Regulations

52.   Regulations 53 (development in Wales likely to have significant effects in another EEA State) and 54 (projects in another EEA State likely to have significant transboundary effects) of the 2016 Regulations apply for the purposes of these Regulations as they apply for the purposes of the 2016 Regulations.”

(4) For “the 1999 Regulations”, wherever it occurs, substitute “the 2016 Regulations”.

The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011

7.—(1) The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011(7) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 56, for “the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999;” substitute “the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016;”

The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012

8.—(1) The 2012 Order(8) is amended as follows.

(2) In article 2(1), in the definition of “EIA application”, “EIA development”, “environmental information” and “environmental statement”, for “the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999”, substitute “the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016”.

(3) In article 18(2), for “the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999”, substitute “the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016”.

(4) In article 27—

(a) in paragraph (6)(a), for “and statement of reasons” substitute “, statement of reasons and any environmental statement”;

(b) in paragraph (6)(b)(i) and (c)(i), for “and the statement of reasons” substitute “, statement of reasons and any environmental statement”.

(1)

S.I. 1995/418 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

S.I. 1999/1672.

(3)

S.I. 1999/2228.

(4)

S.I. 2006/1387 (W. 137).

(5)

S.I. 2007/2933 (W. 253).

(6)

S.I. 2009/3342 (W. 293).

(7)

S.I. 2011/1824.

(8)

S.I. 2012/801 (W. 110).