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The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999

S.I. 1999/360 · Made 17 February 1999 · Extends to United Kingdom

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PETROLEUM

PIPE-LINES

Made 17th February 1999

Laid before Parliament 18th February 1999

Coming into force 14th March 1999

The Secretary of State, being a Minister designatedM1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972M2 in relation to measures relating to the requirement for an assessment of the impact on the environment of projects likely to have significant effects on the environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by that section hereby makes the following Regulations:–C1C2C3

Annotations to the whole text

Marginal citations

M1

S.I. 1988/785.

M2

1972 c. 68. By virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51) regulations may be made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 to implement obligations created or arising by or under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2703) and the Protocol adjusting the Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 (Cm 2183).

Modifications

C1

Regulations modified (1.7.2010) by The Energy Act 2008 (Consequential Modifications) (Offshore Environmental Protection) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1513), art. 2

C2

Regulations modified (31.12.2020 immediately before 11 p.m.) by The Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration, Production, Unloading and Storage (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1497), regs. 1(1), 2(2), 29 (with reg. 1(2)-(6), 20)

C3

Regulations power to amend or revoke conferred (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 164(3), 255(5), Sch. 14 Pt. 1 (with s. 247)

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and application
  2. 2Revocation and transitional and saving provisions
  3. 3Interpretation
  4. 3AEnvironmental impact assessment
  5. 3BEnvironmental statement
  6. 4Requirements as to contents of licences; requirement as to consent for use of floating installations in connection with a development or use of mobile installation for the testing of a well
  7. 5Agreement of Secretary of State in respect of relevant projects
  8. 5ADecision as to whether agreement is to be given
  9. 6Provisions as to directions that no environmental statement need be prepared
  10. 7Opinion by Secretary of State as to content of environmental statements
  11. 8Obtaining of information for the preparation of environmental statements
  12. 9Procedure on receipt of application for consent in respect of which environmental statement prepared; publicity requirements; provision of environmental statements to public
  13. 10Provision to Secretary of State of further information and evidence respecting environmental statements
  14. 10ACoronavirus exemption from public inspection requirements
  15. 11Exercise by OGA of powers under licences
  16. 12Projects affecting other States
  17. 12AProjects in ...EEA States having a significant effect on the environment in the transboundary area
  18. 13Exempt projects
  19. 14Service of notices
  20. 15Applications to the court
  21. 16Application to court by person aggrieved
  22. 17Application to the court by Secretary of State
  23. 17AFees
  24. 18Offences
  25. 19Review
  26. Signature
  27. Schedule 1: MATTERS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DECIDING WHETHER RELEVANT PROJECT LIKELY TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
  28. 1Characteristics of the project
  29. 2Location of the project
  30. 3Type and characteristics of the potential impact
  31. Schedule 2: Information for the Environmental Statement
  32. 1Paragraph 1
  33. 2Paragraph 2
  34. 3Paragraph 3
  35. 4Paragraph 4
  36. 5Paragraph 5
  37. 6Paragraph 6
  38. 7Paragraph 7
  39. 8Paragraph 8
  40. 9Paragraph 9
  41. 10Paragraph 10
  42. 11Paragraph 11
  43. 12Paragraph 12
  44. 13Paragraph 13
  45. Explanatory note