Transport and Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1995
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1995/1541 |
| Year | 1995 |
1995 No. 1541
TRANSPORT AND WORKS
The Transport and Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1995
Made 13th June 1995
Laid before Parliament 22th June 1995
Coming into force 1st August 1995
The Secretary of State for Transport being a Minister designated1for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722in relation to measures relating to the requirement for an assessment of the impact on the environment of projects likely to have significant effects on the environment, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by that section hereby makes the following Regulations:—
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Transport and Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st August 1995.
Amendment of the Transport and Works Act 1992
2. In section 14 of the Transport and Works Act 19923(publicity for making or refusal of orders under section 1 or 3 as to railways, tramways, inland waterways, etc.), after subsection (3) there shall be inserted—
“3A Where a determination under section 13(1) above relates to an application or proposal to which this subsection applies, the notices under subsection (1) above shall state that, before the Secretary of State made the determination—
(a) he considered the environmental statement, and
(b) he complied with any obligations under section 10 above in respect of any objection made in accordance with rules under that section which relates to the environmental statement, and
(c) he considered, or referred to an inquiry under section 11(1) above or a person appointed under section 11(2), any representation duly made to him (other than an objection) which relates to the environmental statement.
3B Subsection (3A) above applies to any application under section 6 above for an order, and any proposal to make an order by virtue of section 7 above, where the order would authorise—
(a) works or other projects in a class listed in Annex I to Council Directive 85/337/EEC4on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment, or
(b) works or other projects in a class listed in Annex II to that Directive which are, by virtue of their nature, size or location, likely to have significant effects on the environment.
3C The Secretary of State shall send a copy of...
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