# The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: E+W

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 designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 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/EEC as amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC, hereby make the following Regulations:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2228/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-impact-assessment-forestry-england-and-wales-regulations-1999/introduction
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