{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-works-environmental-impact-assessment-amendment-regulations-2011/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-works-environmental-impact-assessment-amendment-regulations-2011/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/735",
  "legislation_title": "The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-works-environmental-impact-assessment-amendment-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Further provisions in relation to Article 2(3) of the EIA Directive",
  "text": "After regulation 10 (exceptions), insert—\n“Further provisions in relation to Article 2(3) of the EIA Directive\n10A. (1) The Marine Management Organisation may not make a determination under regulation 10(1)(a)(i) unless the Secretary of State has given a direction under paragraph (2).\n(2) The Secretary of State may direct that an environmental impact assessment is not required in relation to any regulated activity that is to be carried out in the course of an Annex I project or an Annex II project, if the Secretary of State is satisfied that—\n(a) the Marine Management Organisation is the appropriate authority having the function of determining whether an environmental impact assessment is required in relation to the regulated activity;\n(b) a direction that an environmental impact assessment is not required for the regulated activity can be justified in accordance with Article 2(3) of the EIA Directive (exemption for exceptional cases); and\n(c) the regulated activity would not be likely to have significant effects on the environment of another EEA State.\n(3) As soon as practicable after making any such direction, the Secretary of State must send a copy of the direction to—\n(a) the Marine Management Organisation;\n(b) where the Marine Management Organisation is not also the regulator, the regulator; and\n(c) any relevant authority.”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/735/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:13:08.136807+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."
}