# The Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003 (revoked) S.I. 2003/164 · made 30 January 2003 · revised to 1 January 2024 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-environmental-impact-assessment-england-and-wales-regulations-2003-revoked/pdf/uksi_20030164_en.pdf ## Introductory text WATER RESOURCES, ENGLAND AND WALES Made 30th January 2003 Laid before Parliament 31st January 2003 Coming into force 1st April 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: GENERAL ## 1 Citation, commencement and extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Requirement for an environmental impact assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3A Defence and civil emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3B Exceptional circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3C Coordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: ASSESSMENT OF RELEVANT PROJECTS ## 4 Determination whether a project is a relevant project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Environmental statement to be provided in relation to an application for authorisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Environmental statement, and opinions of the appropriate authority on the contents of an environmental statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Publicity for environmental statement and related information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7A Conclusion about environmental impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Determination of application and notice of determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: RELEVANT PROJECTS WHICH REQUIRE CONSENT UNDER THESE REGULATIONS ## 9 Restriction on abstracting or impounding water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9A Civil sanctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 The appropriate authority's decision on an application for consent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Appeals in relation to consents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Validity of decisions of appropriate Minister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: MODIFICATION OF PART II FOR PARTICULAR CASES ## 13 Called-in applications in relation to abstraction or impounding licences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Variation of abstraction or impounding licence at instance of appropriate authority or Secretary of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Modifications where regulation 14 applies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part V: REGISTERS AND REVIEW ## 16 Register of environmental statements and further information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Selection criteria for relevant projects ## 1 Characteristics of projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Location of projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Type and characteristics of the potential impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Information about proposed projects ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/164 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-environmental-impact-assessment-england-and-wales-regulations-2003-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.