reg 43 Transitional provisions in respect of the 1999 Pipe-line Regulations
(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the following must be dealt with under the 1999 Pipe-line Regulations as if they had not been amended by these Regulations— (a) any notice of preparation of environmental statement referred to in regulation 3; (b) any request for an environmental determination referred to in regulation 6; (c) any pre-application request for an opinion referred to under regulation 7; or (d) any application for consent referred to in regulation 14, received by the Secretary of State before these Regulations come into force. (2) This regulation is subject to regulation 3A (exempt pipe-line works). (3) Where paragraph (1) applies in respect of an application for a pre-application request for an opinion under regulation 7, the 1999 Pipe-line Regulations as unamended by these regulations shall apply for all purposes, save for regulation 3A, in respect of the proposed pipe-line works to which the opinion relates. (4) In this regulation, a reference to a numbered regulation is to that regulation so numbered in the 1999 Pipe-line Regulations.