Application
53. Regulations 48 to 52 shall not apply to a project–
(a)for which the Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers had published an environmental statement before 1st August 1999 but for which no draft order or scheme was published; or
(b)in relation to which a draft order or scheme was published before that date; or
(c)where a draft order was not required and for which the works contract had been entered into before that date.