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Section 105C ... EEA States.F33F1F34C1

England and Wales

(1)

This section applies if–

(a)

it appears to the F2project authority that a project to which section F3105B applies is likely to have a significant effect on the environment in F4an EEA state ; or

(b)

F5 an EEA State the environment of which is likely to be significantly affected by such a project asks the F6project authority for information about it.

(2)

The F7project authority must give the F8EEA State –

(a)

a description of the project, together with any information available to F9the authority which suggests that it may have a significant effect on the environment in the EEA State ;

(b)

any information which F10the authority has on the nature of the decision which may be taken on the project;

(F11c)

such information about the procedure required by this Part of this Act as F12the authority considers appropriate; and

(d)

a reasonable period within which to indicate whether it wishes to participate in that procedure.

(3)

Subsection (2)(a) and (b) must be complied with no later than the date of publication of F13the notice under section 105B(2)(b) .

(4)

If the EEA State indicates that it wishes to participate F14 in the procedure required by this Part of this Act , the F15project authority must give it–

(a)

a copy of the environmental statement for the project (if F16the authority has not already done so); F17 . . .

(F18b)

the information required by F19subsection (6) of section 105B to be included in the notice under F20subsection (2)(b) of that section; and

(c)

any information about the procedure required by this Part of this Act which F21the authority considers it appropriate to give and which has not already been given to the EEA State.

(5)

F22The project authority must also –

(a)

arrange for the information which F23the authority has given to the EEA State to be made available, within a reasonable time, to–

(F24i)

the consultation bodies, and

(ii)

members of the public in the EEA State who are likely to be concerned; and

(b)

ensure that those authorities and the public concerned are given a reasonable opportunity to give F25the project authority their views before F26the project authority decides whether to proceed with the project to which the environmental impact assessment relates.

(6)

The Secretary of StateF27or the strategic highways company must F28...–

(a)

enter into consultations with the EEA State concerned regarding, among other matters, the potential significant effects of the project on the environment of that EEA State and the measures envisaged to reduce or eliminate those effects; and

(b)

agree with that EEA State a reasonable period for those consultations.

(F296A)

The consultations required under subsection (6)(a) may be carried out through an appropriate joint body F30set up for that purpose.

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Pt. VA substituted (13.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/369, reg.2

F2

Words in s. 105C(1)(a) substituted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(2)(a)(i) (with Sch. 6 para. 6)

F3

Word in s. 105C(1)(a) substituted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(2)(a)(ii) (with Sch. 6 para. 6)

F4

Words in s. 105C(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Harbours and Highways (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/460), regs. 1, 3(8)(b)

F5

Words in s. 105C(1)-(6) substituted (26.4.2007) by The Highways (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1062), reg. 4(2) (with reg. 7)

F6

Words in s. 105C(1)(b) substituted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(2)(b) (with Sch. 6 para. 6)

F7

Words in s. 105C(2) substituted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(3)(a) (with Sch. 6 para. 6)

F8

Words in s. 105C(1)-(6) substituted (26.4.2007) by The Highways (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1062), reg. 4(2) (with reg. 7)

F9

Words in s. 105C(2)(a) substituted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(3)(b) (with Sch. 6 para. 6)

F10

Words in s. 105C(2)(b) substituted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(3)(c) (with Sch. 6 para. 6)

F11

S. 105C(2)(c) substituted (26.4.2007) by The Highways (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1062), reg. 4(3) (with reg. 7)

F12

Words in s. 105C(2)(c) substituted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(3)(c) (with Sch. 6 para. 6)

F13

Words in s. 105C(3) substituted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(4) (with Sch. 6 para. 6)

F14

Words in s. 105C(4) substituted (26.4.2007) by The Highways (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1062), reg. 4(4)(a) (with reg. 7)

F15

Words in s. 105C(4) substituted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(5)(a) (with Sch. 6 para. 6)

F16

Words in s. 105C(4)(a) substituted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(5)(b) (with Sch. 6 para. 6)

F17

Word in s. 105C(4)(a) omitted (26.4.2007) by virtue of The Highways (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1062), reg. 4(4)(b) (with reg. 7)

F18

S. 105C(4)(b)(c) substituted (26.4.2007) for s. 105(4)(b) by The Highways (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1062), reg. 4(4)(c) (with reg. 7)

F19

Words in s. 105C(4)(b) substituted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(5)(c)(i) (with Sch. 6 para. 6)

F20

Words in s. 105C(4)(b) substituted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(5)(c)(ii) (with Sch. 6 para. 6)

F21

Words in s. 105C(4)(c) substituted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(5)(b) (with Sch. 6 para. 6)

F22

Words in s. 105C(5) substituted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(6)(a) (with Sch. 6 para. 6)

F23

Words in s. 105C(5)(a) substituted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(6)(b)(i) (with Sch. 6 para. 6)

F24

S. 105C(5)(a)(i) substituted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(6)(b)(ii) (with Sch. 6 para. 6)

F25

Words in s. 105C(5)(b) substituted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(6)(c)(i) (with Sch. 6 para. 6)

F26

Words in s. 105C(5)(b) substituted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(6)(c)(ii) (with Sch. 6 para. 6)

F27

Words in s. 105C(6) inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 32(6); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)

F28

Words in s. 105C(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Harbours and Highways (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/460), regs. 1, 3(8)(c)

F29

S. 105C(6A) inserted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(7) (with Sch. 6 para. 6)

F30

Words in s. 105C(6A) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Harbours and Highways (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/460), regs. 1, 3(8)(d)

F31

S. 105C(7) omitted (5.12.2017) by virtue of The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(8) (with Sch. 6 para. 6)

F32

S. 105C(8) omitted (26.4.2007) by virtue of The Highways (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1062), reg. 4(6) (with reg. 7)

F33

Word in s. 105C heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Harbours and Highways (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/460), regs. 1, 3(8)(a)

F34

S. 105C: word in heading substituted (26.4.2007) by The Highways (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1062), reg. 4(7) (with reg. 7)

Modifications

C1

Ss. 105A-105C functions exercisable jointly (1.4.2018) by The Sub-national Transport Body (Transport for the North) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/103), regs. 1(2), 9(2), 10(b)

Notes on Part VA

Modifications

C1

Pt. 5A power to amend or repeal 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)