# The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017, Regulation 5: Meaning of EIA development


In these Regulations, “EIA development” means any of the following—
(a) development of a description set out in Schedule 1;
(b) development of a description set out in Schedule 2 if—
(i) an EIA report is provided to the relevant authority in connection with an application for a section 36 or 37 consent, or a section 36 variation, for the development; or
(ii) the relevant authority makes a screening decision that the development is EIA development;
(c) development of any other description for which an application for a section 36 or 37 consent, or a section 36 variation, is made (or may be made) if the relevant authority makes a screening decision that the development is EIA development.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-works-environmental-impact-assessment-england-and-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-5
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