Article 1 Citation, commencement and application

(1)

These Rules may be cited as the Electricity Generating Stations and Overhead Lines (Inquiries Procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 2007 and shall come into force on 6th April 2007.

(2)

These Rules apply in relation to any public inquiry caused by the Secretary of State to be held in England and Wales—

(a)

under paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 8^f1;

(b)

under section 62^f2 in relation to any application notice of which was not required to be published by regulations under paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 8.

(3)

In relation to an application which relates to—

(a)

the construction or operation of a generating station the whole or a part of which is to be, or is, at a place that is not within the area of a relevant planning authority; or

(b)

the extension of a generating station at or to a place the whole or a part of which is not within such an area,

these Rules shall apply with the modifications set out in rule 27.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1989 c.29. Paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 8 has been amended by: the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c.11), section 4 and Schedule 2, paragraph 83(1); the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19), Schedule 6, paragraph 22 and Schedule 18; and the Environment Act 1995 (c.25), Schedule 10, paragraph 30 and Schedule 24.
f2: To which there are amendments not relevant to these Rules.