The A1 Birtley to Coal House Development Consent Order 2021

Interpretation

1.  In this Schedule—

“contaminated land” has the same meaning as that given in section 78A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(1);

“European protected species” has the same meaning as in regulations 42 (European protected species of animals) and 46 (European protected species of plants) of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017(2);

“HEMP” means the handover environmental management plan, to be developed and completed by the end of the construction, commissioning and handover stage of the authorised development which is to contain—

(a)

the environmental information needed for the future maintenance and operation of the authorised development;

(b)

the long-term commitments to aftercare, monitoring and maintenance activities relating to the environmental features and mitigation measures that will be required to ensure the continued long-term effectiveness of the environmental mitigation measures and the prevention of unexpected environmental impacts during the operation of the authorised development; and

(c)

a record of the consents, commitments and permissions resulting from liaison with statutory bodies;

“the Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works” means the document of that name published electronically by or on behalf of the strategic highway authorities for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, or any equivalent replacement published for that document;

“nationally protected species” means any species protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(3);

“outline CEMP” means the document of that description submitted with the application for this order and certified as the outline CEMP by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order; and

“REAC” means the register of environmental actions and commitments contained in the Outline CEMP.

(1)

1990 c. 43. Section 78A was inserted by section 57 of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25) and amended by section 86(2) of the Water Act 2003 (c. 37).

(2)

S.I. 2017/1012.

(3)

1981 c. 69.