2000 No. 3199
TRANSPORT AND WORKS

The Transport and Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 2000

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, being a Minister designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to measures relating to the requirement for an assessment of the impact on the environment of projects likely to have significant effects on the environment, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Transport and Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st January 2001.

(2)

In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Transport and Works Act 19923;
“the Rules” means the Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 20004.

Amendment of the Transport and Works Act 19922.

In section 6A5 of the Act after subsection (2) there shall be inserted—

“(3)

“Member State” includes a state which is a contracting party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992, as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993”.

Amendment of the Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 20003.

In rule 4 of the Rules after the definition of “local planning authority” there shall be inserted—
  • ““Member State” includes a state which is a contracting party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed in Oporto on 2nd May 19926 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 19937

Signed by Authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Gus Macdonald
Minister of State
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations amend section 6A of the Transport and Works Act 1992 (“the Act”) by the insertion of a definition of Member State that includes states which are contracting parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area as adjusted by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement. Decision No. 20/1999 of the European Economic Joint Committee requires such states to comply with Directive 85/337/EEC as amended by 97/11/EC, which relate to the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment.

These Regulations also amend the Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 2000 by the insertion of a definition of Member State that includes states which are contracting parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area as adjusted by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement.