Regulation 3 Application of RegulationsI1

England and Wales

(1)

These Regulations apply to any restructuring project or uncultivated land project, unless it is exempt under paragraph (2) F1or regulation 3A or 3B.

C1(2)

A restructuring project or an uncultivated land project is exempt if it—

(a)

is a project mentioned in regulation 3(2) of the Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999^f1;

(b)

constitutes development to which F2the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011 apply;

(c)

constitutes the carrying out of improvement works by a drainage body within the meaning of the Environmental Impact Assessment (Land Drainage Improvement Works) Regulations 1999^f2;

(d)

constitutes a relevant project under regulation 3(2) and (3) of the Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003^f3; F3or

(e)

constitutes the removal of a hedgerow under regulation 5(1) of the Hedgerows Regulations 1997^f4; F4...

F5(f)

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F6(3)

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(4)

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(5)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 3(1) substituted (16.5.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/593), regs. 1(1), 4(2) (with reg. 19)
F2: Words in reg. 3(2)(b) substituted (24.8.2011) by The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1824), reg. 1(1), Sch. 6 para. 14
F3: Word in reg. 3(2)(d) inserted (16.5.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/593), regs. 1(1), 4(3) (with reg. 19)
F4: Word in reg. 3(2)(e) omitted (16.5.2017) by virtue of The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/593), regs. 1(1), 4(4) (with reg. 19)
F5: Reg. 3(2)(f) omitted (16.5.2017) by virtue of The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/593), regs. 1(1), 4(5) (with reg. 19)
F6: Reg. 3(3)-(5) omitted (16.5.2017) by virtue of The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/593), regs. 1(1), 4(5) (with reg. 19)

Modifications

C1: Reg. 3(2) modified (30.10.2026) by The Green Hill Solar Farm Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/1074), arts. 1, 6(4) (with Sch. 15)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 3 in force at 10.10.2006, see reg. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1999/2228.
f2: S.I. 1999/1783, amended by section 73(2) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37) and by S.I. 2005/1399 and 2006/618.
f3: S.I. 2003/164.
f4: S.I. 1997/1160.