reg 4 Prohibition on granting consent without consideration of environmental information
(1) This regulation applies to— (a) applications for an order granting development consent for EIA development received by the Secretary of State; and (b) subsequent applications for EIA development received by a relevant authority. (2) Where this regulation applies, the Secretary of State or relevant authority (as the case may be) must not (in the case of the Secretary of State) make an order granting development consent or (in the case of the relevant authority) grant subsequent consent unless an EIA has been carried out in respect of that application.