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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 General

    1. 1.Title, commencement and application

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Prohibition on determination without consideration of environmental information

    4. 4.Guidance by the Welsh Ministers

    5. 5.Extension of time periods within which steps must be taken by mineral planning authorities

    6. 6.Default powers of the Welsh Ministers

    7. 7.Welsh Ministers' powers to require returns from relevant mineral planning authorities

    8. 8.Format of environmental statements, information, evidence etc.

  3. PART 2 Screening

    1. 9.General provisions relating to screening

    2. 10.General screening of ROMP development

    3. 11.Screening directions of the Welsh Ministers

  4. PART 3 Environmental Statements

    1. CHAPTER 1 Preparation of Environmental Statements

      1. 12.Scoping opinions of the relevant mineral planning authority

      2. 13.Scoping directions of the Welsh Ministers requested under regulation 12(8)

      3. 14.Scoping directions of the Welsh Ministers

      4. 15.Substitute scoping directions

      5. 16.Procedure to facilitate preparation of environmental statements

    2. CHAPTER 2 Submission of Environmental Statements

      1. 17.Requirement to submit environmental statement

      2. Draft environmental statements: pre-consultation checks

      3. 18.

      4. 19.Environmental statements: requirement to submit documentary evidence of publication

    3. CHAPTER 3 Environmental Statements: Consultation and Public Participation

      1. 20.Environmental statements: publicity requirements

      2. 21.Documentary evidence to be submitted to a relevant mineral planning authority or the Welsh Ministers following publication of notice of environmental statement

      3. 22.Procedure following notification given under regulation 18(21)

      4. 23.Availability of copies of environmental statements

      5. 24.Provision of copies of environmental statements for the Welsh Ministers on referral or appeal

      6. 25.Charges for copies of environmental statements

  5. PART 4 Further Information, Evidence and Other Information etc.

    1. CHAPTER 4 Further Information and Evidence

      1. 26.Further information

      2. 27.Evidence

      3. 28.Further information and evidence: pre-consultation check

      4. 29.Further information and evidence: requirement to submit documentary evidence of publication

    2. CHAPTER 5 Further Information and Evidence: Consultation and Public Participation

      1. 30.Further information or evidence: publicity requirements

      2. 31.Documentary evidence to be submitted to a relevant mineral planning authority or the Welsh Ministers following publicity regarding further information or evidence

      3. 32.Procedure following notice given under regulation 28(8)

      4. 33.Availability of copies of further information and evidence

      5. 34.Provision of copies of further information and evidence for the Welsh Ministers on referral or appeal

      6. 35.Charges for copies of further information and evidence

    3. CHAPTER 6 Other Information etc.

      1. 36.Reports, advice and any other information

    4. CHAPTER 7 Other Relevant Information: Consultation and Public Participation

      1. 37.Other relevant information: publicity requirements

      2. 38.Procedure following publication under regulation 37

      3. 39.Availability of copies of other relevant information

      4. 40.Provision of copies of other relevant information for the Welsh Ministers on referral or appeal

      5. 41.Charges for copies of other relevant information

  6. PART 5 Determination of Conditions

    1. 42.Deemed determination of conditions under the 1991 and 1995 Acts

    2. 43.Disapplication of paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 2 to the 1991 Act

    3. 44.Determination of conditions

    4. 45.Appeals against non-determination

  7. PART 6 Publicity for, and Availability of, Directions, Opinions, Notifications etc. and Notification of Decisions

    1. Publicity for opinions, directions, notifications etc.

      1. 46.Publicity to be undertaken by relevant mineral planning authorities

    2. Publicity to be undertaken by the Welsh Ministers

      1.   (5) The Welsh Ministers must take such steps as...

    3. Site notice publicity to be undertaken by applicants, appellants and operators

      1.   (8) This paragraph applies to any applicant or appellant...

      2. 47.Availability of opinions, directions, etc. for inspection

      3. 48.Information to be placed on the register

      4. 49.Duties to inform the public and the Welsh Ministers of final decisions

  8. PART 7 Suspension of Minerals Development

    1. 50.Duration of suspension of minerals development

    2. 51.Prohibition Orders

  9. PART 8 Miscellaneous

    1. 52.Regulations 53 and 54 of the 2016 Regulations

    2. 53.Service of notices etc.

    3. 54.Application to the High Court

  10. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Selection criteria for screening

      1. 1.Characteristics of development

      2. 2.Location of development

      3. 3.Characteristics of the potential impact

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Information for inclusion in environmental statements

      1. PART 1

        1. 1.Description of the development, including in particular—

        2. 2.A detailed working programme or programmes in accordance with which...

        3. 3.An outline of the main alternatives studied by the applicant...

        4. 4.A description of the aspects of the environment likely to...

        5. 5.A description of the likely significant effects of the development...

        6. 6.A description of the measures envisaged to prevent, reduce and...

        7. 7.A non-technical summary of the information provided under paragraphs 1...

        8. 8.An indication of any difficulties (technical deficiencies or lack of...

      2. PART 2

        1. 9.A description of the development comprising information on the site,...

        2. 10.A detailed working programme in accordance with which the applicant...

        3. 11.A description of the measures envisaged in order to avoid,...

        4. 12.The data required to identify and assess the main effects...

        5. 13.An outline of the main alternatives studied by the applicant...

        6. 14.A non-technical summary of the information provided under paragraphs 9...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Notifications

      1. 1.Words in parenthesis in this Schedule are not part of...

      2. 2.Notifications under regulation 11 (screening directions of the Welsh Ministers)

      3. 3.The matters referred to in regulation 11(12)(b) are—

      4. 4.Notifications under regulation 12 (scoping opinions of the relevant mineral planning authority)

      5. 5.The matters referred to in regulation 12(7)(b) are–

      6. 6.The matters referred to in regulation 12(10) are—

      7. 7.Notifications under regulation 13 (scoping directions of the Welsh Ministers requested under regulation 12(8))

      8. 8.Notifications under regulation 14 (scoping directions of the Welsh Ministers)

      9. 9.The matters referred to in regulation 14(13)(b) are—

      10. 10.Notifications under regulation 15 (substitute scoping directions)

      11. 11.The matters referred to in regulation 15(13) are–

      12. 12.Notifications under regulation 18 (draft environmental statement: pre-consultation checks)

      13. 13.The matters referred to in regulation 18(15) are–

      14. 14.The matters referred to in regulation 18(24)(d) are—

      15. 15.Notifications under regulation 26 (further information)

      16. 16.Notifications under regulation 27 (evidence)

      17. 17.Notifications under regulation 28 (further information and evidence: pre-consultation checks)

      18. 18.The matters referred to in regulation 28(8)(d) are—

  12. Explanatory Note