The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Citation | SSI 2017/115 |
| Year | 2017 |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 16th May 2017.(2) Subject to Part 12, these Regulations apply in the case of an application for a regulatory approval made to the Scottish Ministers.(3) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.(1) In these Regulations—
- “the 2010 Act” means the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 ;
- F38“the 2007 Regulations” means the Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007;
- “additional information” means—
- (a) supplementary information required in accordance with regulation 21(2) ; or
- (b) any other information provided by the applicant 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 6(2) ;
- “applicant”—
- (a) means in relation to an application for a regulatory approval, the applicant; and
- (b) for the purposes of regulations 10, 11, 14 and 15, includes a person who is minded to make an application for a regulatory approval;
- “application for multi-stage regulatory approval” means an application for approval, consent or agreement required by a condition included in a regulatory approval where (in terms of the condition) that approval, consent or agreement must be obtained from the Scottish Ministers before all or part of the works permitted by the regulatory approval may be begun;
- “application website” means a website maintained by the applicant for the purpose of making publicly available information relating to applications to which these Regulations apply;
- F39“the CCS Directive” means Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006;
- “consenting authority” means, in relation to a project, any authority whose consent to any activity to be undertaken in the course of the project is required under any enactment;
- “the consultation bodies” means—
- (a) any relevant local planning authority;
- (b) Scottish Natural Heritage, established under...
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