Regulation 1 Citation, commencement, extent and applicationI1
England, Wales and Scotland
These Regulations may be cited as the Public Gas Transporter Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 15th July 1999.
These Regulations do not extend to Northern Ireland.
These Regulations apply to pipe-line works which fall within the class of development described as permitted development in Class F(a) of Part 17 of Schedule 2 to the 1995 Order or specified in Class 39(1)(a) of Part 13 of Schedule 1 to the 1992 Order, as appropriate, but do not apply to any such pipe-line works–
which were commenced by a public gas transporter or for the execution of which a public gas transporter invited tenders, before the date on which these Regulations come into force;
to the extent specified by regulations 4 (pipe-line works subject to planning permission in England and Wales) and 5 (pipe-line works subject to planning permission in Scotland) below;
for which development consent is required under section 31 of the Planning Act 2008, by virtue of those works falling within section 14(1)(f) of that Act.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Reg. 1(3)(c) inserted (E.) (6.4.2014) by The Public Gas Transporter Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/557), regs. 1(1), 2 (with reg. 1(4))