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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-and-works-applications-and-objections-procedure-england-and-wales-rules-2006/schedule-7/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1466",
  "legislation_title": "The Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-and-works-applications-and-objections-procedure-england-and-wales-rules-2006",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "If the project is of a type mentioned in—\n(a) Annex I to the Directive; or\n(b) Annex II to the Directive and the Secretary of State considers that it would be likely to have a significant effect on the environment,\nthe Secretary of State shall determine that an environmental impact assessment is required unless the proposed works comprise or form part of a project serving national defence as its sole purpose, or comprise a project having the response to a civil emergency as its sole purpose, and he considers that the carrying out of an environmental impact assessment of the works would have an adverse effect on that purpose.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 7 para. 4 substituted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 14(a) (with Sch. 6 paras. 9, 10)"
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      "affecting_title": "The Transport and Works (Applications, Objections, Listed Buildings, Inquiries and Decisions Procedure) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
    },
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      "affecting_title": "The Transport and Works (Applications, Objections, Listed Buildings, Inquiries and Decisions Procedure) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
    },
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      "affecting_title": "The Transport and Works (Applications, Objections, Listed Buildings, Inquiries and Decisions Procedure) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1466/schedule/7/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:27:56.608611+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."
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