8.—(1) Subject to regulation 9 and to paragraph 4(11) of schedule 4, the occurrence of an event mentioned in paragraph (2) will determine for the purposes of these Regulations that a forestry project is an EIA forestry project.
(2) The events are—
(a)the adoption by the Commissioners of a screening opinion to the effect that the forestry project is an EIA forestry project;
(b)the giving of a statement of reasons by the Commissioners under paragraph 3(5) of schedule 4;
(c)the making by the Scottish Ministers of a screening direction to the effect that the forestry project is an EIA forestry project; or
(d)if none of the events in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) has occurred, the submission by the applicant, in relation to the forestry project, of a report referred to by the applicant as an EIA report.