reg 58 Transitional provisions in respect of the 2000 Regulations
(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the following must be dealt with under the 2000 Regulations as if they had not been amended by these Regulations— (a) any EIA application for the grant of a pipe-line construction authorisation referred to in regulation 3; (b) any application for a direction that no environmental statement need be prepared referred to in regulation 4; or (c) pre-application request for an opinion as to the information to be provided in an environmental statement referred to in regulation 5, received by the Secretary of State before the Regulations come into force. (2) This regulation is subject to regulation 2C (exempt pipe-line works). (3) Where paragraph (1) applies in respect of an application for a pre-application request for an opinion under regulation 5, the 2000 Regulations as unamended by these regulations shall apply for all purposes, save for regulation 2C, in respect of the relevant 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 2000 Regulations.