# The Environmental Impact Assessment (Land Drainage Improvement Works) (Amendment) Regulations 2017, Introduction: Introductory text Land Drainage, England And Wales Made 24th April 2017 Laid before Parliament 24th April 2017 Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 24th April 2017 Coming into force 16th May 2017 For the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (β€œthe ECA 1972”)β€” (a) the Secretary of State has been designated in relation to the environment; and (b) the Welsh Ministers have been designated 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, in so far as they concern improvement works within the meaning in regulation 2(1) of the Environmental Impact Assessment (Land Drainage Improvement Works) Regulations 1999. The Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the ECA 1972β€” (a) the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales, to the extent that they are designated to do so; and (b) the Secretary of State, in every other respect. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/585/introduction (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-impact-assessment-land-drainage-improvement-works-amendment-regulations-2017/introduction Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.