Explanatory note

These Regulations make minor amendments to enactments implementing, in respect of harbour works, Council Directive 85/337/EEC of the 27th June 1985 (OJ No. L175, 5.7.85, p. 40) on the assessment of certain public and private projects on the environment. The amendments align the law of England and Wales and Scotland more exactly with the Directive, and provide for prior notification of applications for harbour revision orders and harbour empowerment orders which might come within the Directive. They also make provision for costs of inquiries held under the Harbour Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) (No. 2) Regulations 1989.