# The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019, Regulation 2: Amendment of the 2017 Regulations


(1) The 2017 Regulations are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 65—
(a) in paragraph (1), for “(2) to (8)” substitute “(2), (7) and (8)”;
(b) for paragraphs (2) to (6) substitute—
“(2) The 2016 Regulations continue to have effect where before 16 May 2017—
(a) the applicant or appellant submitted an environmental statement or requested a scoping opinion in respect of the development; or
(b) in respect of—
(i) local development orders;
(ii) section 97 orders;
(iii) section 102 orders; or
(iv) action under section 141 of the 1990 Act,
the local planning authority, the initiating body or the applicant prepared an environmental statement or a scoping opinion or requested a scoping direction in connection with that order or action.”;
(c) in paragraph (9), for “(2) to (8)” substitute “(2), (7) and (8)”.
(3) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 2, in the appropriate place insert—
““electric line” (“llinell drydan”) has the meaning given in section 64(1) of the Electricity Act 1989.”
(4) In the table in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2, at the end of subject 3 (Energy industry) insert—
“
(k) Transmission of electrical energy by overhead cables.
Development to provide an electric line installed above ground with a nominal voltage of 132 kilovolts.
”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2019/299/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-environmental-impact-assessment-wales-amendment-regulations-2019/regulation-2
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