# The Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005, Regulation 3: Application

Extent: N.I.

(1) An environmental impact assessment shall be carried out in accordance with these Regulations in relation to a relevant project.
(2) A project is a relevant project if –
(a) it is a water management project for agriculture, including an irrigation project; and
(b) it would be likely to have significant effects on the environment by virtue, inter alia, of its nature, size or location.
(3) A project is not a relevant project if it –
(a) constitutes development to which the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 apply;
(b) constitutes the carrying out of drainage works within the meaning of the Drainage (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001; or
(c) involves the abstraction, diversion or impoundment of less than 200 cubic metres of water in any period of 24 hours.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/32/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-environmental-impact-assessment-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-3
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