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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highways-assessment-of-environmental-effects-regulations-1994/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1002",
  "legislation_title": "The Highways (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highways-assessment-of-environmental-effects-regulations-1994",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend section 105A of the Highways Act 1980, which implements in England and Wales 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 in so far as the Directive affects projects for the construction or improvement of highways for which the Secretaries of State for Transport and for Wales are the highway authorities.\nRegulation 2(a) amends subsection (2) to make it clear that the Secretary of State has to make a judgement as to whether a project falls within Annex I of the Directive or within Annex II and is likely to have significant effects on the environment.\nRegulation 2(b) amends subsection (2) to make clear that the environmental statement shall identify, describe and assess in an appropriate manner, in the light of each individual case and in accordance with Articles 4 to 11 of the Directive, the direct and indirect effects of the project on the matters set out in Article 3 of the Directive.\nRegulation 2(c) requires the Secretary of State, when publishing his decision as to whether or not to initiate the project, to state that he has considered the environmental statement and the opinions that have been expressed on it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1002/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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