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The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999

S.I. 1999/2228 · Made 9 August 1999 · Extends to England and Wales

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FORESTRY, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 9th August 1999

Laid before Parliament 9th August 1999

Coming into force 6th September 1999

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State for Wales, being Ministers designatedf1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 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, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and having taken into account the selection criteria in Annex III to Council Directive 85/337/EECf3 as amended by Council Directive 97/11/ECf4, hereby make the following Regulations:C1

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Modifications

C1

Regulations: power to amend or revoke conferred (26.12.2023) by Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 164(3), 255(5), Sch. 14 Pt. 1 (with s. 247)

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1988/785.

f2

1972 c. 68. The enabling powers conferred by section 2(2) were extended by virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51).

f3

OJ No. L175, 5.7.85, p.40.

f4

OJ No. L73, 14.3.97, p.5.

Contents

  1. 1Title, commencement and extent
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Interpretation of “relevant project”
  4. 3APrior basic notification to the appropriate forestry body
  5. 3BPrior full notification to the appropriate forestry body
  6. 4Restriction on relevant projects
  7. 4ANational defence and civil emergencies
  8. 4BExceptional circumstances
  9. 5Application for an opinion whether a project is a relevant project
  10. 6Opinions of the appropriate forestry body
  11. 7Directions by the appropriate Authority
  12. 8Effect of directions and opinions
  13. 9Request as to the information to be included in an environmental statement
  14. 9ACo-ordination
  15. 10Applications for consent
  16. 11Provision of further information
  17. 12Assistance in preparation of environmental statements
  18. 13Publicity
  19. 14Information for an EEA State
  20. 15Determination of applications
  21. 16Notification of decisions
  22. 17Appeals against decisions of the appropriate forestry body
  23. 18Conditions to be included in every consent
  24. 19Application to the court by person aggrieved
  25. 20Enforcement notices
  26. 21Appeals against enforcement notices
  27. 22Penalties for non-compliance with enforcement notices
  28. 23Power of entry and default powers
  29. 24Registers of opinions, directions, determinations etc. for public inspection
  30. 25Revocation and transitional provisions
  31. 26Review: England
  32. Signature
  33. Schedule 1: INFORMATION FOR INCLUSION IN ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENTS
  34. Part 1
  35. 1Paragraph 1
  36. 2Paragraph 2
  37. 3Paragraph 3
  38. 4Paragraph 4
  39. 5Paragraph 5
  40. 6Paragraph 6
  41. 7Paragraph 7
  42. 8Paragraph 8
  43. 9Paragraph 9
  44. 10Paragraph 10
  45. 11Paragraph 11
  46. Part 2
  47. Schedule 2: DESCRIPTIONS OF PROJECTS NOT LIKELY TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
  48. 1Interpretation
  49. 1ADescriptions of projects in England not likely to have significant effects on the environment
  50. 2Thresholds for identification of projects in Wales not likely to have significant effects on the environment
  51. 3Thresholds for extending projects
  52. 4Consideration of thresholds in other cases where project adjoins or is near another project
  53. Schedule 2A: Information to be provided by the proposer for an application for an opinion whether a project is a relevant project
  54. 1Paragraph 1
  55. 2Paragraph 2
  56. 3Paragraph 3
  57. Schedule 3: Projects having significant effects on the environment: selection criteria
  58. 1Characteristics of the project
  59. 2Location of the project
  60. 3Types and characteristics of the potential impact
  61. Schedule 4Environmental factors
  62. Explanatory note