The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011

Amendments to regulation 23

9.  In regulation 23 (notification and publication of decisions)—

(a) for paragraph (2)(c), substitute—

“(c) if the EIA consent decision involves giving EIA consent, a description of any measures that must be taken in consequence of the EIA consent decision—

(i) to avoid, reduce and, if possible, offset the principal adverse effects of the regulated activity; and

(ii) to monitor the risk of the regulated activity having any such effects, the extent of any such effects, or the effectiveness of any measures for the purposes in paragraph (i).”; and

(b) for paragraph (3), substitute—

“(3) The appropriate authority must, as soon as possible after written confirmation is sent to the applicant pursuant to paragraph (1), ensure that—

(a) its EIA consent decision is publicised in such manner as it considers appropriate; and

(b) in the case of an activity requiring regulatory approval under the 1985 Act, the 2009 Act or the 2010 Act—

(i) its EIA consent decision and the information set out in paragraph (2) are made available on the relevant Public Register; and

(ii) a notice of that decision, stating that the information referred to in paragraph (2) is available in the relevant Public Register and giving details of the times at which the relevant Public Register may be inspected, is published in the newspapers or other publications in which notice of the application was published in accordance with regulation 16(1).”.