Part 3Nationally significant infrastructure projects
General
I114Nationally significant infrastructure projects: general
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In this Act “nationally significant infrastructure project” means a project which consists of any of the following—
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the construction or extension of a generating station;
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the installation of an electric line above ground;
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development relating to underground gas storage facilities;
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the construction or alteration of an LNG facility;
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the construction or alteration of a gas reception facility;
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the construction of a pipe-line by a gas transporter;
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the construction of a pipe-line other than by a gas transporter;
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highway-related development;
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airport-related development;
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the construction or alteration of harbour facilities;
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the construction or alteration of a railway;
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the construction or alteration of a rail freight interchange;
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the construction or alteration of a dam or reservoir;
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development relating to the transfer of water resources;
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the construction or alteration of a desalination plant;
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the construction or alteration of a waste water treatment plant F1or of infrastructure for the transfer or storage of waste water ;
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development relating to a radioactive waste geological disposal facility.
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Subsection (1) is subject to sections 15 to F330A .
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The Secretary of State may by order—
a
amend subsection (1) to add a new type of project or vary or remove an existing type of project;
b
make further provision, or amend or repeal existing provision, about the types of project which are, and are not, within subsection (1).
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An order under subsection (3)(b) may amend this Act.
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The power conferred by subsection (3) may be exercised to add a new type of project to subsection (1) only if—
a
a project of the new type is a project for the carrying out of works in one or more of the fields specified in subsection (6), and
b
the works are to be carried out wholly in one or more of the areas specified in subsection (7).
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The fields are—
a
energy;
b
transport;
c
water;
d
waste water;
e
waste.
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The areas are—
a
England;
b
waters adjacent to England up to the seaward limits of the territorial sea;
c
in the case of a project for the carrying out of works in the field of energy, a Renewable Energy Zone, except any part of a Renewable Energy Zone in relation to which the Scottish Ministers have functions.