{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-works-environmental-impact-assessment-england-and-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-works-environmental-impact-assessment-england-and-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/580",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-works-environmental-impact-assessment-england-and-wales-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Meaning of consultation body",
  "text": "(1) Each of the following is a consultation body for the purposes of these Regulations—\n(a) every local planning authority for the area in which the development will be carried out and every principal council for that area, if not the local planning authority;\n(b) in relation to development in England or in relevant waters adjacent to England that are between the mean low water mark and the seaward limits of the territorial sea—\n(i) the Environment Agency ;\n(ii) the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England ;\n(iii) Natural England ;\n(c) in relation to development in Wales or in relevant waters adjacent to Wales that are between the mean low water mark and the seaward limits of the territorial sea—\n(i) save where the Welsh Ministers are the relevant authority, Cadw (that is to say, the executive agency responsible for administering the exercise of functions vested in the National Assembly for Wales relating to the historic environment);\n(ii) the Natural Resources Body for Wales ;\n(d) in relation to development in relevant waters beyond the seaward limits of the territorial sea, the Joint Nature Conservation Committee .\n(2) In this regulation, “principal council” has the meaning given in section 270(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(1)(c)(i) inserted (1.4.2019) by The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/292), regs. 1, 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "The Environment Agency was established by section 1 of the Environment Act 1995 (c.25)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "The Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England was established by section 32 of the National Heritage Act 1983 (c.47)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "Natural England was established by section 1 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c.16)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "The Natural Resources Body for Wales was established by article 3 of S.I. 2012/1903."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "The Joint Nature Conservation Committee was re-constituted in accordance with Schedule 4 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006: see section 31(b) of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "“Principal council” is defined by reference to “principal area”. The definition of “principal area” in section 270(1) has been amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 16 to the Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) and section 1(8) of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:11:09.113992+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}