Regulation 3 ApplicationF1I1
Northern Ireland
An environmental impact assessment shall be carried out in accordance with these Regulations in relation to a relevant project.
A project is a relevant project if –
it is a water management project for agriculture, including an irrigation project; and
it would be likely to have significant effects on the environment by virtue, inter alia, of its nature, size or location.
A project is not a relevant project if it –
constitutes development to which the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999f1 apply;
constitutes the carrying out of drainage works within the meaning of the Drainage (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001f2; or
involves the abstraction, diversion or impoundment of less than 200 cubic metres of water in any period of 24 hours.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Regulations revoked with savings (5.6.2017) by The Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/85), regs. 1, 13(1)(a) (with reg. 13(2))