The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (Wales) Regulations 2017
| Jurisdiction | Wales |
| Citation | SI 2017/565 (W134) |
| Year | 2017 |
(1) The title of these Regulations is the Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (Wales) Regulations 2017.(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.(3) These Regulations come into force on 16 May 2017.(1) In these Regulations—
- “additional environmental information” (“gwybodaeth amgylcheddol ychwanegol”) means any additional information required under regulation 12(1) ;
- “agriculture” (“amaethyddiaeth”) has the same meaning as in section 109(3) of the Agriculture Act 1947 ;
- “consent” (“cydsyniad”) means consent granted under regulation 15;
- “consultation bodies” (“cyrff ymgynghori”) means—
- (a) the Natural Resources Body for Wales; or
- (b) any other public authority, statutory body or other organisation which the Welsh Ministers considers has any interest in or holds any information which might be relevant to the project;
- “EEA State” (“Gwladwriaeth AEE”) means a member State, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein;
- “the EIA Directive” (“y Gyfarwyddeb AEA”) means Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment ;
- “environmental statement” (“datganiad amgylcheddol”) means a statement as described in regulation 11;
- “European site” (“safle Ewropeaidd”) means a site mentioned in paragraph (1) (a) , (b) , (d) or (e) of regulation 8 of the Habitats Regulations;
- “the Habitats Directive” (“y Gyfarwyddeb Cynefinoedd”) means Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora ;
- “the Habitats Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Cynefinoedd”) means the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 ;
- “project” (“prosiect”) means—
- (a) the execution of construction works or other installations or schemes; or
- (b) other interventions in the natural surroundings and landscape;
- “project on semi-natural and/or uncultivated land” (“prosiect ar dir lled-naturiol a/neu dir heb ei drin”) means a project to increase the agricultural productivity of an area of semi-natural and/or uncultivated land and includes projects to increase the agricultural productivity of such land to below the norm;
- “the relevant land” (“y tir perthnasol”) means the land on which the project is to be (or has been) carried out;
- “restructuring project” (“prosiect ailstrwythuro”) means a project for the restructuring of rural landholdings;
- “screening decision” (“penderfyniad sgrinio”) means a decision which is made, or deemed to have been made, by the Welsh Ministers under regulation 7(1) or (7) ;
- “semi-natural land” (“tir lled-naturiol”) means land that contains less than 25% improved agricultural species which are indicative of cultivation;
- “significant project” (“prosiect sylweddol”) means a project on semi-natural and/or uncultivated land or a restructuring project which the Welsh Ministers have decided or are deemed to have decided is likely to have significant effects on the environment in accordance with regulation 7(1) or (7) ;
- “transborder project” (“prosiect trawsffiniol”) means a project on semi-natural and/or uncultivated land or a restructuring project where the relevant land is situated partly in Wales and partly in England.
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