The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 16th May 2017.an application under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 an application under section 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 a direction under section 57(2) or (2ZA) (deemed planning permission for development with government authorisation) of the 1997 Act an application for multi-stage consent; anda variation application.(3) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.(1) In these Regulations—
- “the 1997 Act” means the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997;
- “the 2000 Regulations” means the Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 ;
- “additional information” means—
- (a) supplementary information required in accordance with regulation 19(2) ; or
- (b) any other information provided by the developer which, in the opinion of the Scottish Ministers, is substantive information about a matter to be included in the EIA report in accordance with regulation 5(2) ;
- “application for multi-stage consent” means an application for approval, consent or agreement required by a condition included in an Electricity Act consent where (in terms of the condition) that approval, consent or agreement must be obtained from the Scottish Ministers before all or part of the development permitted by the Electricity Act consent may be begun;
- “application website” means a website maintained by the developer for the purpose of making publicly available information relating to applications to which these Regulations apply;
- “the consultation bodies” means—
- (a) the planning authority;
- (b) Scottish Natural Heritage;
- (c) the Scottish Environment Protection Agency; and
- (d) Historic Environment Scotland;
- “decision notice” has the meaning given in regulation 21;
- “developer”—
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(a) means, in relation to—
- (i) an application for Electricity Act consent, the applicant;
- (ii) a variation application, the applicant,
- (iii) an application for multi-stage consent, the...
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