Regulation 5 The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007I1

England and Wales

(1)

The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2(1)—

(a)

after the definition of “the 2010 Act” insert—

““the 2024 Act” means the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024;”;

(b)

in the definition of “appropriate authority”, in sub-paragraph (a), after “for Wales” insert “examining authority,”;

(c)

after the definition of “environmental statement” insert—

““examining authority” means the person or panel of persons appointed under section 40 of the 2024 Act;”;

(d)

after the definition of “harbour works” insert—

““infrastructure consent” means the consent required by section 19 of the 2024 Act;

“infrastructure consent order” means an order under the 2024 Act granting infrastructure consent;”;

(e)

in the definition of “regulatory approval”—

(i)

insert “or” at the end of paragraph (d);

(ii)

after sub-paragraph (d) insert—

“(e)

an infrastructure consent order that grants infrastructure consent for development that will take place in the Welsh marine area,

and for the purposes of paragraph (e) “development” has the meaning given by section 133 of the 2024 Act;”;

(f)

after the definition of “Wales” insert—

““Welsh marine area” has the meaning given in section 143(1) of the 2024 Act;”.

(3)

In regulation 3(4)(d) after the first reference to “Welsh Ministers” insert “, examining authority”.

(4)

In regulation 10A—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (4) after “for Wales” insert “or examining authority”;

(b)

in paragraph (5)(a) after “for Wales” insert “or examining authority”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 5 in force at 15.12.2025, see reg. 1(2)(b)

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2007/1518, amended by S.I. 2011/735, S.I. 2013/755 (W. 90), S.I. 2015/446, S.I. 2017/588, S.I. 2018/287, S.I. 2019/25 and S.I. 2025/82; there are other amendments but none is relevant to Wales.