{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-planning-environmental-impact-assessment-regulations-2017/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-planning-environmental-impact-assessment-regulations-2017/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/572",
  "legislation_title": "The Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-planning-environmental-impact-assessment-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "When development is EIA development: general cases",
  "text": "(1) The occurrence of an event mentioned in paragraph (2) shall determine for the purpose of these Regulations that development is EIA development.\n(2) The events referred to in paragraph (1) are—\n(a) a person notifying the Secretary of State in writing under regulation 8(1)(b) that that person proposes to provide an environmental statement in respect of proposed development;\n(b) the adoption by the Secretary of State or an Examining authority of a screening opinion to the effect that the development is EIA development; or\n(c) the making of a screening direction by the Secretary of State pursuant to regulation 7 to the effect that the development is EIA development.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/572/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:11:14.242616+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}