The Public Gas Transporter Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2014

• Citation: S.I. 2014/557
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Public Gas Transporter Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 6th April 2014.

(2) In these Regulations—

“gas transporter” has the meaning given by section 7(1) of the Gas Act 1986 ;

“the 1999 Regulations ” means the Public Gas Transporter Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999 .

(3) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.

(4) These Regulations do not apply to any pipe-line works which were commenced by a gas transporter, or for the execution of which a gas transporter invited tenders, before the date on which these Regulations come into force.

Section 2 Amendment of the 1999 Regulations

In regulation 1(3) of the 1999 Regulations, after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

(c) for which development consent is required under section 31 of the Planning Act 2008, by virtue of those works falling within section 14(1)(f) of that Act.