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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harbour-works-environmental-impact-assessment-amendment-regulations-2000/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2391",
  "legislation_title": "The Harbour Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harbour-works-environmental-impact-assessment-amendment-regulations-2000",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of defects in S.I. 1999/3445 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.\nHARBOURS, DOCKS, PIERS AND FERRIES\nMade 5th September 2000\nLaid before Parliament 7th September 2000\nComing into force 2nd October 2000\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food as regards England, the Secretary of State for Scotland as regards Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales as regards 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, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section, hereby make the following Regulations:—",
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  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1988/785. See also: The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/2971)."
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      "text": "1972 c. 68. By virtue of section 2(4) and (5) of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51), regulations may be made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 to modify Acts made before 1st January 1994 so as to provide for equivalent treatment in relation to EEA States to that which is made in relation to EU States, and to make provision in relation to the EEA which is equivalent to that being made in relation to EU States. Council Directive 97/11/EC was extended to the EEA by Decision No. 20/1999 (26th February 1999) of the EEA Joint Committee. Section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) transfers functions to the Scottish Ministers (as defined in section 44(2) of that Act, but section 57 provides for the power to remain exercisable by a Minister of the Crown as regards Scotland for the purposes specified in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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