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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-planning-interested-parties-and-miscellaneous-prescribed-provisions-regulations-2015/schedule-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/462",
  "legislation_title": "The Infrastructure Planning (Interested Parties and Miscellaneous Prescribed Provisions) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-planning-interested-parties-and-miscellaneous-prescribed-provisions-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/1",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Statutory Parties",
  "text": "Column 1: Statutory Party\nColumn 2: Circumstances\nA person who manages any property, rights or interests to which section 90B(5) of the Scotland Act 1998 applies*\nAll applications likely to impact on the property, rights and interests managed by the person to which section 90B(5) of the Scotland Act 1998 applies\nAONB Conservation Board; or relevant AONB Conservation Board\nAll applications likely to affect an AONB in Scotland or a relevant AONB in England that is managed by a Conservation Board\nBritish Waterways Board\nAll applications likely to have an impact on inland waterways or land adjacent to inland waterways in Scotland\nCanal & River Trust\nAll applications likely to have an impact on inland waterways or land adjacent to inland waterways in England and Wales\nCivil Aviation Authority\nAll applications relating to airports or which are likely to affect an airport or its current or future operation\nCoal Authority\nAll applications that lie within areas of past, present or future coal mining\nCrown Estate Commissioners\nAll applications likely to impact on the Crown Estate\nDisabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee*\nApplications likely to affect access to transport for disabled people\nEnvironment Agency\nAll applications likely to affect land in England\nEquality and Human Rights Commission *(2)\nAll applications likely to affect land in England and Wales\nForestry Commission\nAll applications likely to affect the protection or expansion of forests and woodlands in England ...\nGas and Electricity Markets Authority *\nAll applications likely to affect gas and electricity industry\nHealth and Safety Executive\nAll cases\nHistoric England\nAll applications likely to affect land in England\nIntegrated Transport Authorities (ITAs) and Passenger Transport Executives (PTEs)\nAll applications likely to affect transport within, to or from the relevant integrated transport area of the ITA or PTE\nJoint Nature Conservation Committee\nAll applications likely to affect the marine\nEnvironment\nMarine Management Organisation\nAll applications likely to affect the marine area in England and Wales\nMaritime and Coastguard Agency\nAll applications likely to affect the maritime or coastal environment, or the shipping industry\nNHS England and the relevant integrated care board\nAll applications likely to affect land in England and Wales\nNational Health Service Trust\nAll applications likely to affect land in Wales\nNatural England\nAll applications likely to affect land in England\nNatural Resources Body for Wales\nAll applications likely to affect land in Wales and all applications likely to affect the protection or expansion of forests and woodlands in Wales\nOffice for Nuclear Regulation (ONR)\nAll applications likely to affect matters relevant to the ONR’s purposes within the meaning of Part 3 of the Energy Act 2013\nthe Office of Rail and Road and approved operators*\nAll proposed applications likely to affect the rail transport industry\nPassengers Council*\nApplications likely to affect rail passenger transport\nUnited Kingdom Health Security Agency, an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care\nAll applications likely to involve chemicals, poisons or radiation which could potentially cause harm to people and are likely to affect significantly public health\nrelevant fire and rescue authority*\nAll cases\nrelevant Health Board\nAll applications likely to affect land in Scotland\nrelevant Highways Authority\nAll applications likely to have an impact on the road network or the volume of traffic in the vicinity of the proposal\nrelevant internal drainage board\nAll applications likely to increase the risk of flooding in that area or where the proposals relate to an area known to be an area of flood risk\nrelevant local health board\nAll applications likely to affect land in Wales\nrelevant local resilience forum*\nAll cases\nrelevant Northern Ireland Department\nAll applications likely to affect land in Northern Ireland\nrelevant parish council or where the application relates to land in Wales or Scotland the relevant community council\nAll cases\nrelevant police and crime commissioner\nApplications in England outside of London and Wales\nrelevant police authority\nApplications in London and Scotland\nRelevant statutory undertakers\nAll applications likely to affect their functions as statutory undertakers\nrelevant strategic highways company\nAll applications likely to affect road or transport operation and/or planning on roads for which the strategic highways company is the highway authority\nrelevant waste regulation authority*\nAll applications likely to affect waste infrastructure\nRoyal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales\nAll applications likely to affect the historic environment in Wales\nScottish Environment Protection Agency\nAll applications likely to affect land in Scotland\nScottish Fisheries Protection Agency*\nApplications likely to affect the fisheries industry in Scotland\nScottish Government\nAll applications likely to affect land in Scotland\nScottish Human Rights Commission*\nAll applications likely to affect land in Scotland\nScottish Natural Heritage\nAll applications likely to affect land in Scotland\nSecretary of State for Defence\nApplications in England likely to affect the current or future operation of a site identified in a safeguarding map and all developments in the marine area\nSecretary of State for Transport\nAll applications likely to affect road or transport operation and/or planning on roads for which the Secretary of State for Transport is the highway authority\nTransport for London\nAll applications likely to affect transport within, to or from Greater London\nTrinity House\nAll applications likely to affect navigation in tidal waters\nWater Industry Commission of Scotland*\nAll applications likely to affect the water industry in Scotland\nWater Services Regulation Authority*\nAll applications likely to affect the water industry in England and Wales\nWelsh Ministers\nAll applications likely to affect land in Wales\nInterpretation of table\n(a) “relevant”, in relation to a body, shall mean the body which has responsibility for the location where the proposed nationally significant infrastructure project will be sited; or in relation to Scotland and Wales only, has responsibility for an area which neighbours that location; and\n(b) Where an entry in the table is marked with an asterisk “*”, the body referred to is not a statutory party in respect of projects in England, in accordance with regulation 3(2).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 table inserted (1.4.2017) by The Crown Estate Transfer Scheme 2017 (S.I. 2017/524), art. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 135"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 omitted (1.4.2019) by virtue of The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/734), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 71(2); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Regulations substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Regulations substituted (1.7.2022) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Consequential and Related Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/634), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1(1)(3) (with Sch. para. 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 substituted (16.10.2015) by The Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1682), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 10(mm) (as extended to U.K. (29.7.2016) by virtue of by S.I. 2016/645, reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 5 (with reg. 4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 substituted (1.10.2021) by The Infrastructure Planning (Prescribed Consultees and Interested Parties etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/978), regs. 1(2), 5(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 inserted (11.4.2018) by The Secretaries of State for Health and Social Care and for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Transfer of Functions (Commonhold Land) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/378), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 20(cc) (with art. 14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 in force at 6.4.2015, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "“AONB Conservation Board” means a conservation board established by order under section 86 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (establishment of conservation boards) 2000 (c.37 ); Section 86 was amended by sections 118(2) and 120 of, and paragraph 23 of Schedule 7, and by Schedule 9 to, the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c.5); by section 105(1) of, and paragraph 164(c) of Schedule 11 to, the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c.16) and by article 4(1) of, and paragraphs 400 and 408 of Schedule 2 to, S.I. 2013/755."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "On 2 July 2012, British Waterways Board ceased to exist in England and Wales and in its place Canal & River Trust was set up. In Scotland British Waterways Board continues to exist as a legal entity under the trading name “Scottish Canals”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Historic England is the name used by the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "“Integrated Transport Authority” has the same meaning as in section 77 of the Local Transport Act 2008 (change of name of passenger transport authorities and PTAs) 2008 (c.26)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "“Passenger Transport Executive” has the same meaning as in section 9 of the Transport Act 1968 (Areas, Authorities and Executives)1968 (c. 73). Section 9 was amended by the Local Transport Act 2008 (c.26) section s 77(5), 98(4), section 131,Schedule 4, Part 1, paragraph 1, 2(1), 3, 4(2),5, 6,7, 8,9, 11(b), Schedule 7, Part 4 ;The Transport Act 1985 (c.67), section 57(1)(a),(b),(d),(6),section 58(1),(2)(a)(i),(b),section 139(3), Schedule 3, Paragraph 3, Schedule 8; the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39), section 180(1), Schedule 13, paragraph 80(1),(2)(a), (b), Schedule 18, paragraph 1(f); and, S.I. 2014/866 ."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "“National Health Service Trust” means a National Health Service Trust established under section 18 (NHS Trusts) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c.42)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "“Office for Nuclear Regulation” means the body established by section 77 of the Energy Act 2013 (The Office for Nuclear Regulation)(c32 )."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "2013. c.32. See section 67 of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "See section 25 of the Act for the definition of “approved operators”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "“Health Board” has the same meeting as in section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c.29 ).Section 2 was amended by the National Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 asp 7, Schedule 1paragraph 1(2); the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 asp 13, Schedule 2 para. 2(2); the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), Schedule 10 paragraph 1; and further amended by the Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Act 2009 asp 5, section 2(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "“statutory undertaker” has the same meaning as in section 127 of the Act (statutory undertakers’ land)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "“strategic highways company” means a company for the time being appointed under Part 1 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c.7)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f13",
      "text": "“Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond."
    }
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