text:
Citation and commencement
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Road Tolling (Interoperability of Electronic Road User Charging and Road Tolling Systems) Regulations 2007.
2
These Regulations shall come into force on 12th February 2007.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations —
“the appropriate national authority” means —
the Secretary of State as respects England,
the National Assembly for Wales as respects Wales,
the Scottish Ministers as respects Scotland, and
the Department for Regional Development in Northern Ireland as respects Northern Ireland;
“electronic toll system” means a system for the charge and collection of a toll or fare in respect of the use of a road or ferry by a motor vehicle, where —
the system operates by means of a communications interface comprising two or more electronic devices (whether or not the system also uses equipment and technologies which are not electronic),
the electronic devices collect or transmit data used to determine the amount of the toll or fare payable, and
at least one of the electronic devices is carried on-board the motor vehicle;
“motor vehicle” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Act 1988 ;
“operator”, in relation to a system for the charge and collection of a toll or fare in respect of the use of a road or ferry by a motor vehicle, means the undertaking responsible for charging and collecting the tolls or fares; and
“road” includes any bridge or tunnel over or through which a road passes.
Application of Regulations
3
1
These Regulations —
a
apply to any new electronic toll system which is brought into service on or after 12th February 2007; but
b
do not apply if an exemption certificate has been issued under regulation 5 in respect of the system and has not been revoked.
2
A new electronic toll system is to be regarded as being brought into service when —
a
a new system becomes operational for the purpose of charging and collecting tolls or fares;
b
changes are made to an existing system which enable new electronic devices with significantly improved technical specifications to be used for the purpose of charging and collecting tolls or fares;
c
new equipment is introduced into an existing system which results in a significant improvement in the way the system operates; or
d
there is a significant addition to the roads or ferries to which an existing system applies (for example, by the addition of a new bridge, tunnel or other road or the replacement of a road by a ferry service).
3
For the purposes of paragraph (2), it is irrelevant whether a system was an electronic toll system before the occurrence of the events described in that paragraph.
Technical requirements for electronic toll systems
4
An electronic toll system must use one or more of the following technologies for the electronic devices used in its communications interface —
a
satellite positioning;
b
mobile communications using the GSM-GPRS standard (reference GSM TS 03.60/23.060);
c
5.8 gigahertz microwave technology.
Exemption certificates
5
1
If the appropriate national authority is satisfied that one or more of the grounds specified in paragraph (2) is established in respect of an electronic toll system, it must issue an exemption certificate in respect of the system.
2
The grounds are —
a
that no electronic means exist for the purpose of charging and collecting any tolls or fares;
b
that the system is designed to operate without the use by the motor vehicle of an on-board electronic device;
c
that —
i
the system is small and strictly local, and
ii
the costs of complying with regulation 4 would be disproportionate to the benefits of doing so.
3
An application for an exemption certificate must —
a
state the grounds on which the application is made,
b
be made in such manner as the authority may direct, and
c
contain, or be accompanied by, such other information as the authority may require.
4
At any time after receiving an application and before determining it, the authority may require the applicant to provide the authority with such further information as it reasonably considers necessary to enable it to determine the application.
5
The applicant may withdraw his application, by giving the authority written notice, at any time before the authority determines it.
6
If the authority issues an exemption certificate, it must give the applicant written notice.
7
An appropriate national authority which issues an exemption certificate under this regulation may revoke the certificate if it considers that grounds for issuing the certificate no longer exist.
Refusal or revocation of exemption certificate
6
1
If the appropriate national authority proposes to refuse to issue an exemption certificate, it must give the person who applied for the certificate written notice of that proposal.
2
If the appropriate national authority proposes to revoke an exemption certificate, it must give to the person to whom the certificate was issued written notice of that proposal.
3
A notice under paragraph (1) or (2) must specify a reasonable period (which may not be less than 28 days) within which the person concerned may make representations to the authority.
4
The authority must then decide, within a reasonable period, whether or not to issue a final notice of refusal or revocation.
5
A notice given under paragraph (1), (2) or (4) must —
a
be in writing, and
b
state the authority’s reasons for refusing an application or revoking an exemption certificate.
Power to require information and carry out investigations
7
1
The appropriate national authority may exercise either or both of the powers conferred by paragraphs (2) and (4) for the purpose of —
a
determining whether a system for charging and collecting tolls or fares in respect of the use of a road or ferry by a motor vehicle is an electronic toll system;
b
determining whether an electronic toll system is one to which these Regulations apply (see regulation 3 );
c
ensuring that the requirements of regulation 4 are met in relation to the system; or
d
determining whether to revoke an exemption certificate under regulation 5(7) .
2
The authority may, by notice in writing given to the operator of a system, require the operator —
a
to provide specified information, or information of a specified description, about the operation of the system and the equipment the system uses; or
b
to produce specified documents or documents of a specified description.
3
The information or documents required under paragraph (2) must be provided or produced —
a
before the end of such reasonable period as may be specified, and
b
at such place as may be specified.
4
The authority may appoint one or more competent persons to conduct an investigation on its behalf into the operation of the system and the equipment the system uses.
5
“Specified” means specified in the notice.
Notice of non-compliance with technical requirements
8
1
Where the appropriate national authority considers that the requirements of regulation 4 are not, or may not be, met in relation to an electronic toll system, it may give the operator of the system a notice to that effect.
2
A notice given under paragraph (1) must —
a
state the reasons why the authority considers that the technical requirements are not, or may not be, met,
b
provide details of any remedial steps that the authority considers to be necessary,
c
specify the period before the end of which remedial steps are to be taken, and
d
inform the operator that he may make representations to the authority within such period as may be specified in the notice.
3
The authority may extend each of the periods allowed under the notice for —
a
taking any remedial steps, or
b
making representations.
4
When both of those periods have expired, the authority must then decide within a reasonable period whether to issue a stop notice.
5
A stop notice is a notice requiring the operator of the system to cease charging and collecting tolls or fares by means of electronic devices which do not use one or more of the technologies specified in regulation 4 .
6
A stop notice must —
a
be in writing,
b
give details of the action the operator must take,
c
state the date on which the action is to be taken, and
d
be given to the operator.
7
A stop notice is enforceable by the appropriate national authority in civil proceedings —
a
for an injunction or interdict, or
b
for specific performance of a statutory duty under section 45 of the Court of Session Act 1988 .
8
If, having considered any representations made by the operator, the authority decides not to issue a stop notice, it must give the operator written notice.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
S.J. Ladyman
Minister of State
Department for Transport
13th January 2007


type: legislation

jurisdiction: UK

text:
Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Personal Equity Plan (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 6th April 2008.
Amendment of the Personal Equity Plan Regulations 1989
2
The Personal Equity Plan Regulations 1989 are amended as follows.
3
For regulation 4(1) substitute —
1
A plan which, immediately before 6th April 2008, is —
a
held by a plan investor, and
b
exempt from tax under regulation 17,
shall be treated, on and from the 6th April 2008, as an account, set up as a stocks and shares account and made up of a single stocks and shares component only, within the meaning in regulation 4(1) of the Individual Savings Account Regulations 1998 .
.
Revocation of the Personal Equity Plan Regulations 1989
4
1
The Personal Equity Plan Regulations 1989 (other than regulation 4(1)) shall cease to have effect for the tax year 2008-09 and subsequent tax years.
2
Regulation 4(1) of those Regulations shall cease to have effect on 5th April 2009.
Frank Roy
Alan Campbell
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
25th July 2007


text:
Title and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment Scheme (Set-aside) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and come into force on 31st March 2007.
Amendment
2
1
The Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment Scheme (Set-aside) (England) Regulations 2004 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 2 —
a
for the definition of “Commission Regulation 795/2004” in paragraph (1), substitute —
“Commission Regulation 795/2004” means Commission Regulation (EC) No 795/2004 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the single payment scheme provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, as amended from time to time;
;
b
for the definition of “Commission Regulation 1973/2004” in paragraph (1), substitute —
“Commission Regulation 1973/2004” means Commission Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 as regards the support schemes provided for in Titles IV and IVa of that Regulation and the use of land set aside for the production of raw materials, as amended from time to time;
;
c
for the definition of “the Council Regulation” in paragraph (1), substitute —
“the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93 , (EC) No 1452/2001 , (EC) No 1453/2001 , (EC) No 1454/2001 , ( EC ) 1868/94 , (EC) No 1251/1999 , (EC) No 1254/1999 , (EC) No 1673/2000 , (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001 , as amended from time to time;
; and
d
omit paragraph (2).
3
In regulation 4, omit paragraph (4).
4
In paragraph 13(3) of Schedule 1 —
a
for the definition of “Compendium of UK Organic Standards”, substitute —
“Compendium of UK Organic Standards” means the Compendium of UK Organic Standards, September 2006 Edition published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs;
;
b
for the definition of “ Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/1991 ”, substitute —
“ Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 ” means Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs, as amended from time to time;
;
c
in the definition of “Organic land”, for “ Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/1991 ” both times it appears, substitute “ Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 ”.
Jeff Rooker
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
1st March 2007


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Citation, commencement and effect
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (Modification of Section 10(7B)) Regulations 2007, shall come into force on 5th April 2007 and shall have effect in relation to the tax year beginning on 6th April 2006 and subsequent tax years.
Modification of Section 10(7B) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992
2
In section 10(7B) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 —
a
at the end of paragraph (a) omit “and”; and
b
after paragraph (a) insert —
aa
any of sections 363 to 365 of ITEPA 2003 (certain deductions from benefits code earnings), or
.
Dave Watts
Alan Campbell
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
12th March 2007


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Social Security Pensions (Low Earnings Threshold) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 6th April 2007.
Low earnings threshold
2
It is hereby directed that, for the purposes of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 , the low earnings threshold for the tax years following the tax year 2006 – 2007 shall be £13,000.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
James Purnell
Minister of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
8th March 2007


text:
Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as The Further Education (Principals’ Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2007 and come into force on 1st September 2007.
Application
2
1
These Regulations apply only in relation to England.
2
These Regulations do not apply to a person who, before the coming into force of these Regulations, has been appointed as the principal of a further education institution.
Interpretation
3
In these Regulations —
“ CEL ” means the Centre for Excellence in Leadership, registered with the Charity Commission under the name “Inspire Leadership”;
“Principals’ Qualification” means the qualification awarded to a person by CEL, where it is satisfied that that person has successfully completed the Principals’ Qualifying Programme; and
“Principals’ Qualifying Programme” means the programme of training for principals of further education institutions approved by the Secretary of State and provided by CEL.
Principals’ qualification
4
Subject to regulation 5, a person may serve as a principal of a further education institution only if that person holds —
a
the Principals’ Qualification; or
b
a relevant qualification obtained in an EEA State or Switzerland recognised in accordance with the provisions of Council Directive 92/51/ EEC and Directive 2005/36/ EC .
Exception for person following the Principals’ Qualifying Programme
5
A person may serve as a principal of a further education institution without any of the qualifications referred to in regulation 4 while he is following the Principals’ Qualifying Programme.
Bill Rammell
Minister of State
Department for Education and Skills
25th June 2007


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Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.5) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 15th August 2007.
Revocation
2
The Offshore Installations (Safety Zones) (No.4) Order 2007 is revoked.
Establishment of safety zones
3
A safety zone is established around each installation specified in column 1 of the Schedule (being an installation stationed in waters to which subsection (7) of section 21 of the Petroleum Act 1987 applies) having a radius of five hundred metres from the point as respects that installation which has the co-ordinates of latitude and longitude according to European Datum (1950) specified in columns 2 and 3 of the Schedule.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Bill McKenzie
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
25th July 2007


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Title, commencement and application
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the European Regional Development Fund (South West Operational Programmes) (Implementation) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 31st January 2008.
2
These Regulations apply in relation to England only.
Interpretation
2
1
In these Regulations —
“the 1998 Act ” means the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 ;
“ the Agency ” means the South West of England Regional Development Agency ;
“ the Commission ” means the Commission of the European Communities;
“commitment” means an agreement entered into by the Agency or a global grant body in relation to an award of assistance granted by the Fund ;
“the Convergence Programme” means the document which —
is an “operational programme” within the meaning given by Article 2; and
sets out the development strategy to be carried out with the aid of the Fund in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly as a contribution towards achieving the Convergence objective referred to in Article 3(2);
“the Council Regulation ” means Council Regulation ( EC ) No.1083/2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No.1260/1999 ;
“the Fund” means the European Regional Development Fund, being one of the two Structural Funds referred to in Article 1;
“the Fund contribution” means, for each of the Operational Programmes, the contribution from the Fund made available for that Programme;
“global grant body” means a body entrusted under Article 42(1) with the management and implementation of a part of either of the Operational Programmes;
“intermediate body” has the meaning given by Article 2;
“intermediate body functions” means the functions entrusted to the Agency by virtue of its designation as an intermediate body by regulation 3;
“the Managing Authority” means the authority designated under Article 59(1)(a) as the managing authority for the Operational Programmes;
“the Operational Programmes” means the Convergence Programme and the Regional Programme;
“the Regional Programme” means the document which —
is an “operational programme” within the meaning given by Article 2; and
sets out the development strategy to be carried out with the aid of the Fund in the South West region as a contribution towards achieving the Regional competitiveness and employment objective referred to in Article 3(2);
“Schedule of Functions (Convergence Programme)” means the document published by the Secretary of State on 19th December 2007 under the title “Schedule of Functions of the Managing Authority for the European Regional Development Fund: Operational Programme covering the Convergence objective for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (South West England)”, prepared for the purpose of defining the functions of the bodies concerned in the management and control of the Convergence Programme ;
“Schedule of Functions (Regional Programme)” means the document published by the Secretary of State on [insert date] under the title “Schedule of Functions of the Managing Authority for the European Regional Development Fund: Operational Programme covering the Regional competitiveness and employment objective for South West England”, prepared for the purpose of defining the functions of the bodies concerned in the management and control of the Regional Programme ; and
“South West region” means the region named “South West” in Schedule 1 to the 1998 Act.
2
In these Regulations, a reference to an Article is a reference to an Article of the Council Regulation.
Designation of intermediate body
3
1
The Agency is designated as an intermediate body for the purposes of Article 59(2) to carry out the functions of the Managing Authority referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3) under the responsibility of the Managing Authority in relation to the management and implementation of each of the Operational Programmes.
2
The functions entrusted to the Agency by virtue of its designation as an intermediate body for the Convergence Programme are the functions specified in section 3 of the Schedule of Functions (Convergence Programme).
3
The functions entrusted to the Agency by virtue of its designation as an intermediate body for the Regional Programme are the functions specified in section 3 of the Schedule of Functions (Regional Programme).
General duties of intermediate body
4
The agency shall carry out the intermediate body functions, and shall do so in accordance with all requirements and procedures specified in the documents which (consistently with the general principles laid down by Article 58) set up the system of management and control of each of the Operational Programmes.
Power to guide and direct the Agency
5
Section 27 of the 1998 Act (general power to give guidance and directions) shall apply in relation to the exercise by the Agency of the intermediate body functions as if the reference in subsection (1) to the Secretary of State were a reference to the Managing Authority.
Statement of accounts
6
In section 14 of the 1998 Act (accounts and records), the duty in subsection (1)(b) to prepare a statement of accounts shall apply in relation to the exercise by the Agency of the intermediate body functions as if —
a
the reference to the income of the agency included a reference to the amount of any payment to the Agency of the Fund contribution; and
b
the reference to the expenditure of the agency included a reference to the expenditure by the Agency of the Fund contribution.
Global grant bodies
7
1
A designation under Article 42(1) of a global grant body shall be made by notice in writing directed to the body concerned.
2
Neither the Secretary of State nor the Managing Authority shall designate a global grant body without the consent of the body concerned and without first consulting the Agency.
3
Where any part of either of the Operational Programmes has been entrusted to a global grant body, that body shall manage and implement that part in accordance with the provisions of the agreement that it concludes with the Secretary of State or the Managing Authority under Article 42(1).
4
The Secretary of State may at any time by notice in writing revoke the designation of a global grant body made by the Secretary of State.
5
The Managing Authority may at any time by notice in writing revoke the designation of a global grant body made by the Managing Authority.
Recovery of sums paid under a commitment
8
In any case where a sum falls to be paid to the Agency or a global grant body under, or by virtue of any action or decision taken under, the terms of a commitment, the sum so falling to be paid shall be recoverable on demand by the Agency or the global grant body concerned.
Provision relating to payment of the contribution from the Fund
9
1
In the documents that set up the system of management and control of each of the Operational Programmes in accordance with the general principles laid down by Article 58, the Secretary of State shall make provision in relation to —
a
payments by the Managing Authority of the Fund contribution;
b
payments by the Agency from the Fund contribution; and
c
the certification and audit of such payments.
2
The documents referred to in paragraph (1) may include provision for —
a
payment to the Agency of both instalments of the pre-financing amount for the Programme paid by the Commission in accordance with Article 82(1)(a);
b
payments to global grant bodies;
c
payments pursuant to a commitment;
d
relations which the Agency has with the certifying authority and the audit authority; and
e
relations which global grant bodies have with the Agency, the certifying authority and the audit authority.
3
The amount of any payment to the Agency of the Fund contribution shall not be a resource of the Agency, and the expenditure by the Agency of that contribution shall be expenditure of the Fund and not expenditure of the Agency.
4
Section 5 of the 1998 Act (powers) shall apply in relation to the exercise of the intermediate body functions as if the requirement in subsection (2) for the Secretary of State to consent to the giving of financial assistance were omitted.
5
In this regulation —
a
“the audit authority” means the authority designated for the Operational Programmes under Article 59(1)(c); and
b
“the certifying authority” means the authority designated for the Operational Programmes under Article 59(1)(b).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
John Healey
Minister of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
28th December 2007


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Income Tax (Qualifying Child Care) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 6th April 2007.
Amendments of section 318C of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003
2
1
Section 318C of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (2) —
a
in paragraph (c) omit “between the child’s 8 th birthday and the last day on which he is treated as being a child”;
b
at the end of paragraph (c) omit “or”;
c
in paragraph (e) omit “or”;
d
at the end of paragraph (ea) omit “or”; and
e
after paragraph (ea) insert —
eb
by a child care provider registered under the Childcare (Voluntary Registration) Regulations 2007 , or
.
3
In subsection (3) —
a
in paragraph (c) omit “between the child’s 8th birthday and the last day on which he is treated as being a child”;
b
at the end of paragraphs (c) and (d) omit “or”; and
c
after paragraph (e) insert —
or
f
by a child care provider approved under the Tax Credits (Approval of Child Care Providers) (Wales) Scheme 2007 .
.
4
In subsection (5)(c) omit “between the child’s 12 th birthday and the last day on which he is treated as being a child”.
5
In subsection (7) —
a
at the end of paragraph (a) omit “or”; and
b
in paragraph (c) after “subsection (2)(ea)” insert “or (3)(f)”.
Frank Roy
Alan Campbell
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
14th March 2007


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Citation and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No.17) Order 2007.
2
In this Order “the 2003 Act ” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
Commencement
2
1
The provisions of the 2003 Act listed in paragraph (2) shall come into force on 1st October 2007.
2
The provisions are —
a
section 28 (charging or release of persons in police detention) in so far as it relates to the provisions referred to in paragraph (3); and
b
section 331 (further minor and consequential amendments) in so far as it relates to the provisions referred to in paragraph (4).
3
Paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 (charging or release of persons in police detention) in so far as it inserts new section 37B(8) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 .
4
Paragraphs 6 (Criminal Law Act 1977 c.45 ), 10 (Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 c.23 ) and 15 (Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 c.29 ) of Part 2 (charging etc ) of Schedule 36 (further minor and consequential amendments).
Maria Eagle
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
1st October 2007


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
This Order may be cited as the North East Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust (Change of Name) (Establishment) Amendment Order 2007 and shall come into force on 1st September 2007.
2
In this Order —
“the Establishment Order ” means the North East Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust (Establishment) Order 2000 ; and
“ the trust ” means the Primary Care Trust established by the Establishment Order.
Change of name of the trust
2
The trust shall be called the North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus instead of the North East Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust, and accordingly —
a
in article 1(2) of the Establishment Order (citation, commencement and interpretation), in the definition of “the trust”; and
b
in article 2 of the Establishment Order (establishment and name of the Primary Care Trust),
the words “North East Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust” shall be replaced by the words “North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus”.
Effect of change of name
3
The change of name effected by article 2 of this Order shall not —
a
affect any right or obligation of any person; or
b
be taken as invalidating any instrument (whether made before, on, or after the day on which this Order comes into force) which refers to the trust by its previous name,
and all instruments and other documents which refer to the trust under its previous name shall be construed as referring to it under its new name.
Designation as a Care Trust
4
Article 2 of the Establishment Order (establishment and name of the Primary Care Trust) shall be numbered paragraph (1) of that article and there shall be added at the end the following paragraph —
2
The trust is designated as a Care Trust.
.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Ann Keen
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health
23rd July 2007


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1
1
This Order may be cited as the A1(M) Motorway (Junction 58, Junction 60, Junction 61 and Junction 62 Circulatory Carriageways) (Trunking) Order 2007 and shall come into force 17th December 2007.
2
In this Order, all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway.
2
The lengths of highways described in the Schedule shall become trunk roads from the date when this Order comes into force.
3
The centre line of each of the new trunk roads is indicated by a heavy black line on the plan numbered HA 10/ TD /24 marked “The A1(M) Motorway (Junction 58, Junction 60, Junction 61 and Junction 62 Circulatory Carriageways) (Trunking) Order 2007”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at the DfT Records Management Branch, Floor 13 (IMD), Ashdown House, St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex TN37 7GA.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
A. W. Ashburner
A Divisional Director Highways Agency
21st September 2007


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Citation, commencement and effect
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Stamp Duty Land Tax (Zero-Carbon Homes Relief) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
2
These Regulations shall have effect in relation to acquisitions —
a
made on or after 1st October 2007, and
b
before 1st October 2012.
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations —
“accredited assessor” means —
in England or Wales, either —
a person who is a member of an accreditation scheme approved by the Secretary of State in relation to newly erected dwellings for the purposes of regulation 17F (1) to (3) of the Building Regulations 2000 , or
where no accreditation scheme as described in paragraph (i) has yet been approved, a person who is authorised to issue ratings calculated by the Government’s Standard Assessment Procedure for Energy Rating of Dwellings (“the SAP ”) by the holder of a licence granted by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to certify that the ratings assessed under the SAP have been issued by a body authorised by the Secretary of State;
in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers or a person who is approved by the Scottish Ministers to issue certificates for the purposes of these Regulations; and
in Northern Ireland, a person who is a member of an accreditation scheme approved by the Department of Finance and Personnel or the Department for Social Development for the purpose of assessing the energy performance of dwellings by reference to the approved methodology;
“the approved methodology” means —
the methodology for the calculation of the energy performance of buildings approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of regulation 17A of the Building Regulations 2000; and
any further methodology for the calculation of energy performance of buildings approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 7;
“zero-carbon home” has the meaning given in regulation 5; and
“zero-carbon home certificate” means a certificate issued under regulation 6(1).
Scope of Regulations
3
These Regulations apply to a land transaction which is the first acquisition of a dwelling which is a zero-carbon home.
Relief
4
1
Relief from charge to stamp duty land tax shall be granted in relation to a land transaction to which these Regulations apply as follows.
This is subject to paragraph (5).
2
Where the chargeable consideration is not more than £500,000 and does not consist of or include rent, the transaction is exempt from charge.
3
Where the chargeable consideration includes rent and consideration other than rent and the consideration other than rent is not more than £500,000, no tax shall be chargeable in respect of the consideration other than rent.
4
Where the chargeable consideration does not include rent and is more than £500,000, or the consideration other than rent is more than £500,000, the amount of tax chargeable shall be reduced by £15,000.
5
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs may refuse relief if they have reasonable grounds to think that a dwelling is not a zero-carbon home within the meaning of these Regulations, notwithstanding that a zero-carbon home certificate has been issued in relation to that dwelling.
Zero-Carbon Home
5
1
“Zero-carbon home” means a dwelling that is energy efficient in relation to the aspects of energy efficiency in column 1 of the table.
2
The evidence to be adduced to show that a dwelling satisfies each relevant aspect of energy efficiency is set out in column 2 of the table.
3
Whether the requirements in column 2 are met shall be determined by an assessment of the dwelling by an accredited assessor.
1 Aspects of energy efficiency 2 Evidence
Heat loss parameter (“ HLP ”). The HLP of the dwelling calculated in accordance with the approved methodology must be no more than 0.8 Watts per square metre Kelvin (W/m²K). Dwelling CO 2 emission rate (“ DER ”). The DER over the course of a year calculated in accordance with the approved methodology must be no more than zero kilograms per square metre ( kg /m²/year). Net CO 2 emissions. The net CO 2 emissions from the dwelling over the course of a year calculated in accordance with the approved methodology must be no more than zero kilograms per square metre (kg/m²/year).
4
In this regulation —
“dwelling CO 2 emission rate” means the annual CO 2 emissions per unit floor area for space heating, water heating, ventilation and lighting, less the emissions saved by energy generation technologies in or on the dwelling;
“heat loss parameter” means the heat loss per unit of temperature difference per unit floor area determined by the internal dimensions of surfaces bounding the dwelling, the thermal performance of the materials used in construction and the air permeability of the dwelling envelope;
“net CO 2 emissions” means —
the annual CO 2 emissions per unit floor area for space heating, water heating, ventilation and lighting, and those associated with appliances and cooking, less
the emissions saved by the use of energy generation technologies in or on the dwelling and additional allowable electricity.
5
For the purposes of the definition of “net CO 2 emissions” —
“allowable electricity” means electricity generated from a zero-carbon energy source designed to serve the dwelling and which is conveyed to the dwelling, or to a sub-station connected directly to the dwelling, by cables used exclusively for the conveyance of electricity from that source;
“zero-carbon energy source” includes wind, photovoltaic and hydro-electric power.
Certification
6
1
If the dwelling satisfies the definition of zero-carbon home the accredited assessor who carried out the assessment in accordance with regulation 5(3) shall issue a zero-carbon home certificate.
2
A zero-carbon home certificate must state —
a
in relation to the dwelling —
i
the address of the building, including postcode,
ii
that the dwelling is a zero-carbon home within the meaning of these Regulations, and
iii
in relation to dwellings in England and Wales only, the unique identifying number from the energy performance certificate if an energy performance certificate has been produced;
b
in relation to the accredited assessor issuing the certificate —
i
the accredited assessor’s full name,
ii
the name and address of the accredited assessor’s employer, or if he is self-employed, the name under which he trades and his address, and
iii
in relation to dwellings in England and Wales only, the accreditation scheme, if any, to which the accredited assessor belongs;
c
the date on which it was issued.
3
Within the relevant time, the vendor shall
a
obtain a zero-carbon home certificate from an accredited assessor, and
b
give that certificate to the purchaser.
4
In this regulation —
“energy performance certificate” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 ;
“relevant time” means–
in respect of a first acquisition of a zero-carbon home occurring after the coming into force of these Regulations on or before the acquisition, and
in respect of a first acquisition of a zero-carbon home occurring before the coming into force of these Regulations but to which these Regulations apply, as soon as practicable following the coming into force of these Regulations.
Approval of methodology
7
The Secretary of State may approve a methodology for the calculation of the energy performance of dwellings for the purposes of these Regulations.
Claiming Relief
8
Any relief under these Regulations must be claimed in a land transaction return or an amendment of such a return.
Linked transactions including the first acquisition of a zero-carbon home
9
Where the first acquisition of one or more zero-carbon homes is one of a number of linked transactions —
a
section 55(4) of the Finance Act 2003 shall not apply to that acquisition for the purpose of these Regulations; but
b
that acquisition shall continue to form part of the set of transactions for other purposes.
Frank Roy
Alan Campbell
Two the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
6th December 2007


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Citation
1
This Order may be cited as the Stanwell Fields C of E Primary School (Designation as having a Religious Character) Order 2007.
Designation of School
2
1
The Stanwell Fields C of E Primary School, Clare Road, Stanwell, Staines, Middlesex, TW19 7DB, a voluntary controlled school, is hereby designated as a school having a religious character.
2
The religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets religious education is, or may be, required to be provided at the school in accordance with Schedule 19 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 is Church of England.
Sinead O’Sullivan
A Deputy Director in the
Department for Children, Schools and Families
17th December 2007


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Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Offshore Petroleum Activities (Conservation of Habitats) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 18th February 2007.
Amendment of the Offshore Petroleum Activities (Conservation of Habitats) Regulations 2001
2
1
The Offshore Petroleum Activities (Conservation of Habitats) Regulations 2001 are amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (Interpretation) —
a
after the definition of “address” insert —
“appropriate nature conservation body” means such body with responsibilities for providing relevant advice on nature conservation in relation to the land or waters within or adjacent to the relevant site, which the Secretary of State considers appropriate;
;
b
for the definition of “consent” substitute —
“consent” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 4(3);
;
c
after the definition of “consent” insert —
“designated area” means any area for the time being designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 ;
;
d
after the definition of “Natura 2000” insert —
“offshore oil and gas activities” means oil and gas activities carried out wholly or partly in a relevant area;
“oil and gas activities” means any activities carried out for or in connection with the exploration for or production of petroleum;
;
e
after the definition of “petroleum” insert —
“Petroleum Act licence” means a licence which is granted under or has effect as if granted under the 1998 Act or a licence which is to be granted under that Act;
“relevant area” means an area comprising any of the following —
UK waters ;
waters in a designated area; or
the seabed and subsoil under the waters referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) above;
;
f
in the definitions of “relevant function”, “relevant power” and “relevant project”, for “ UKCS oil and gas activities” substitute “offshore oil and gas activities”;
g
in the definition of “relevant site”, for “Joint Nature Conservation Committee” at both places in which it occurs substitute “appropriate nature conservation body”;
h
omit the definition of “UKCS licence”;
i
for the definition of “UKCS oil and gas activities” substitute —
“UKCS oil and gas activities” means oil and gas activities where the petroleum is situated wholly or partly in a designated area;
;
j
omit the definition of “UKCS pipe-line”; and
k
after the definition of “UKCS oil and gas activities” insert —
“UK waters” means parts of the sea in or adjacent to the United Kingdom from the low water mark up to the seaward limits of territorial waters; and
.
3
For regulation 3 (Application of Directives) substitute — —
3
1
To the extent not already provided for by the 1994 Regulations , the Secretary of State shall exercise relevant functions conferred on him in such manner and to such extent as he shall consider necessary to secure that offshore oil and gas activities are carried out in a manner that is consistent with the requirements of the Directives.
2
In this regulation, the “1994 Regulations” means the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c) Regulations 1994 .
.
4
For regulation 4 (Consent for geological surveys) substitute —
4
1
In so far as they relate to oil and gas activities, the following activities or procedures shall not be carried out in a relevant area without the prior written consent of the Secretary of State —
a
prospecting or carrying out geological surveys by physical or chemical means;
b
drilling for the purpose of obtaining geological information about strata; or
c
testing the surveying or drilling equipment to be used in the activities or procedures falling within (a) or (b).
2
Paragraph (1) above shall apply notwithstanding any provision in any Petroleum Act licence.
3
For the purposes of regulations 5 and 7 below, “consent” means —
a
a consent granted pursuant to paragraph (1) above; or
b
a consent granted pursuant to a Petroleum Act licence, including any consent required pursuant to the Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999 .
.
5
In regulation 5 (Appropriate assessments) —
a
in paragraph (1), for “UKCS licence” substitute “Petroleum Act licence”; and
b
in paragraph (2) and paragraph (4), for “Joint Nature Conservation Committee” substitute “appropriate nature conservation body”.
6
In regulation 6 (Projects which should be carried out for imperative reasons of overriding public interest) —
a
in paragraph (3), for “Joint Nature Conservation Committee” substitute “appropriate nature conservation body”; and
b
in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (4), for “UKCS oil and gas activities” substitute “offshore oil and gas activities”.
7
In regulation 7 (Control of activities under licence) —
a
in paragraph (1), for “UKCS licence,” substitute “Petroleum Act licence, consent,”;
b
in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (2), for “UKCS oil and gas activities” substitute “offshore oil and gas activities”;
c
in paragraph (3), for “Joint Nature Conservation Committee” substitute “appropriate nature conservation body”; and
d
in paragraph (9) —
i
for “Joint Nature Conservation Committee” substitute “appropriate nature conservation body”; and
ii
for “UKCS licence,” substitute “Petroleum Act licence, consent,”.
Lord Truscott
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy
Department of Trade and Industry
16th January 2007


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1
1
This Order may be cited as the Drugs Act 2005 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2007.
2
In this Order “the 2005 Act ” means the Drugs Act 2005.
2
1
The following provisions of the 2005 Act shall come into force on 1st April 2007 —
a
section 4 (drug offence searches: Northern Ireland);
b
section 6 (X-rays and ultrasound scans: Northern Ireland);
c
section 10 (follow-up assessment);
d
section 13 (arrangements for follow-up assessment); and
e
section 14 (attendance at follow-up assessment).
2
The following provisions of the 2005 Act shall come into force on 1st April 2007 to the extent not already in force —
a
section 11 (requirements under sections 9 and 10: supplemental);
b
section 15 (disclosure of information about assessments);
c
section 16 (samples submitted for further analysis); and
d
section 17 (relationship with Bail Act 1976 etc ).
Tony McNulty
Minister of State
Home Office
26th February 2007


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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Energy-Saving Items Regulations 2007, shall come into force on 6th April 2007, and shall have effect in respect of expenditure incurred on or after 6th April 2007.
2
In these Regulations —
“ ITTOIA 2005 ” means the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005;
“deduction” means a deduction allowed under section 312 of ITTOIA 2005 (deduction for expenditure on energy-saving items);
“relevant expenditure” means expenditure which is incurred in acquiring and installing an energy-saving item in a dwelling-house.
Items of an energy-saving nature
2
The following descriptions of items of an energy-saving nature are specified for the purposes of section 312(5)(c) of ITTOIA 2005 —
a
hot water system insulation;
b
draught proofing;
c
solid wall insulation; and
d
floor insulation.
Maximum expenditure allowed on energy-saving items
3
1
The maximum amount of the relevant expenditure which may be taken into account in calculating the deduction is £1,500 per dwelling-house.
2
Paragraph (1) applies irrespective of the number of persons incurring relevant expenditure or entitled to a deduction in respect of that dwelling-house.
Further provisions relating to apportionments and contributions
4
1
Paragraph (2) applies if relevant expenditure is incurred on a dwelling-house which —
a
is owned jointly or in common by the person entitled to the deduction and by other persons, or
b
is subject to differing estates or interests.
2
If this paragraph applies —
a
a just and reasonable apportionment of the relevant expenditure must be made, and
b
the deduction allowed is the part of the relevant expenditure incurred by the person entitled to the deduction.
3
Paragraph (4) applies if relevant expenditure is incurred which —
a
falls within paragraph (1), and
b
exceeds the maximum amount (see regulation 3).
4
If this paragraph applies —
a
the relevant expenditure must be restricted on a proportionate basis to arrive at the maximum amount,
b
a just and reasonable apportionment of the maximum amount must be made, and
c
the deduction allowed is the part of the maximum amount incurred by the person entitled to the deduction.
5
If the person entitled to the deduction has received a contribution from any other person towards the relevant expenditure incurred, that contribution shall be excluded in calculating the relevant expenditure incurred by the person entitled to the deduction.
6
If in connection with this regulation any question arises as to the amount of the deduction to which a person may be entitled —
a
the amount shall be treated as if it were an amount specified in a paragraph of subsection (1) of section 42 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (appeals against determinations under sections 34 to 36 or Chapter 4 of Part 3 of ITTOIA 2005), and
b
the procedure set out in that section shall apply accordingly.
Revocation of earlier Regulations
5
The Regulations listed in the Schedule are revoked.
Frank Roy
Alan Campbell
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
13th March 2007


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Citation, Commencement and interpretation
1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Supply of Information (Register of Deaths) Regulations and shall come into force on 1st January 2008.
2
Reference to the Registrar General means the Registrar General for births, deaths, marriages, and civil partnerships in England and Wales.
3
Reference to information is information contained in any register of deaths held by the Registrar General.
4
List Cleaning means updating lists so as to remove the entries on those lists of persons who are deceased.
Disclosure of information
2
1
The Registrar General may supply information to the person or body specified or of a description specified in the Schedule.
Given under my hand on 5th December 2007
Registrar General
I approve 6th December 2007
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
By authority of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Date


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Citation, commencement and application
1
These Regulations —
a
may be cited as the Dedicated Highways (Registers under Section 31A of the Highways Act 1980) (England) Regulations 2007;
b
come into force on 1st October 2007; and
c
apply in relation to England only .
Interpretation
2
In these Regulations —
“ the Act ” means the Highways Act 1980; and
“the register” means the register which the appropriate council is required under section 31A(1) of the Act to keep with respect to maps and statements deposited and declarations lodged under section 31(6) of the Act.
Information to be contained in the register
3
1
Paragraphs (2) and (3) apply in relation to —
a
any map and statement deposited; and
b
any statutory declaration lodged,
whether before, on or after 1st October 2007.
2
The register must contain with respect to each map and statement deposited with the appropriate council pursuant to section 31(6) of the Act —
a
a copy of the map and any legend accompanying or forming part of the map;
b
a copy of the statement;
c
the name and address, including postcode, of the person who deposited the statement and the map;
d
the date on which the appropriate council received —
i
the copy of the statement, and
ii
the copy of the map;
e
details of the land delineated on the map including —
i
the Ordnance Survey six-figure grid reference of a point within the area of the land,
ii
the name of the parish, ward or district in which the land is situated,
iii
where the appropriate council is the council of a county, the name of the non-metropolitan district within that county in which the land is situated,
iv
the address and postcode of those buildings on the land to which a postcode has been assigned, and
v
the name of the town or city which is nearest to the point referred to in paragraph (i).
3
The register must contain with respect to each statutory declaration lodged with the appropriate council pursuant to section 31(6) of the Act —
a
a copy of the statutory declaration;
b
the name and address, including postcode, of the person who made the statutory declaration;
c
the date on which the ten-year period in question with respect to the statutory declaration expires; and
d
any unique reference allocated by the appropriate council to the statutory declaration.
4
The register must contain —
a
the job title of the person in the appropriate council to whom enquiries about the contents of the register can be made;
b
the email address and telephone number of the appropriate council; and
c
an index of the contents of the register.
5
In paragraph (3)(c), “ten-year period” means the period of ten years referred to in section 31(6)(b)(i) or (ii) of the Act.
Manner of keeping the register
4
1
The register must be kept in both electronic and paper form.
2
The paper version of the register must be kept at the principal office of the appropriate council.
3
The register may be kept in parts so that each part —
a
relates to land within —
i
a particular ward or parish, or
ii
a particular non-metropolitan district, where the appropriate council is the council of a county; and
b
contains the information referred to in regulation 3 relating to —
i
each map and statement deposited, and
ii
each statutory declaration lodged,
in respect of such land.
4
In respect of the electronic version of the register, the appropriate council must —
a
make the register available for inspection by the public on its website or on a website maintained by the appropriate council for that purpose;
b
make provision for the register to be inspected at the principal office of the appropriate council; and
c
ensure that the register has a search facility which allows, as a minimum, postcode and keyword searches to be made.
5
The appropriate council must keep the register in such manner as is suitable to enable a copy of any of the particulars contained on the register to be taken by or for any person who requests a copy in person at the principal office of the appropriate council.
Removal of entries from the register
5
1
The appropriate council may remove an entry from the register, or any part of it, if the appropriate council is satisfied that the map, statement or statutory declaration in question contains a material error.
2
Before removing an entry from the register, the appropriate council must give not less than 28 days’ notice of its intention to do so to the owner of the land to which the map, statement or statutory declaration relates.
Jonathan Shaw
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
7th August 2007


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PART 1 INTRODUCTION
Title and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007 and come into force on 24th June 2007.
Interpretation
2
1
In these Regulations —
“the 1985 Act ” means the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 ;
“Annex I project” means a project of a type specified in Annex I to the EIA Directive ;
“Annex II project” means a project of a type specified in Annex II to the EIA Directive;
“applicant” means —
an applicant (or prospective applicant) for the issue of a regulatory approval; or
any person giving notice to a regulator for the purpose of obtaining a regulatory approval;
“application” includes the giving of notice to a regulator for the purpose of obtaining a regulatory approval;
“appropriate authority” means —
where the regulator is the Secretary of State or a devolved authority, the regulator; and
where the regulator is any other person —
as regards any regulated activity in Northern Ireland, the Department of the Environment ;
as regards any regulated activity in Scotland , the Scottish Ministers;
as regards harbour works relating to fishery harbours in Wales , the Welsh Ministers; and
in any other case, the Secretary of State.
“consenting authority”, in relation to a project, means any authority (other than the regulator or the appropriate authority) whose consent to any activity to be undertaken in the course of the project is required under any enactment;
“the consultation bodies” means —
the local planning authority;
such of the nature conservation bodies as the appropriate authority considers likely to have an interest in the activity by reason of their responsibilities;
any relevant authority;
any consenting authority; and
such other bodies as the appropriate authority considers likely to have an interest in the regulated activity (whether by virtue of their having specific environmental responsibilities under an enactment or otherwise);
“deposit” means any activity for which a licence is (or would be) required under section 5 or section 6(1)(a) of the 1985 Act and includes a proposed deposit;
“devolved authority” means —
a Northern Ireland Department;
the Scottish Ministers; or
the Welsh Ministers;
“ EIA consent ” means consent for a regulated activity given by an appropriate authority in accordance with these Regulations and on the basis of an assessment of the effects of the regulated activity on the environment;
“ EIA consent decision ” means a decision whether to give EIA consent and (where the decision is to give such consent) as to the terms on which to do so;
“the EIA Directive” means Council Directive 85/337/ EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment ;
“ England ” includes waters adjacent to England;
“environmental statement” means a statement complying with regulation 12(2);
“excluded information” means —
in the case of information to which the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 or the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 apply, any information that the regulator would be entitled to withhold in response to a request made in accordance with those Regulations; and
in any other case, any information which is exempt information for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 or the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 ;
“fishery harbour” has the meaning assigned to it in section 21(7) of the Sea Fish Industry Act 1951 ;
“harbour” has the meaning assigned to it in section 57(1) of the Harbours Act 1964 ;
“harbour works” means works involved in the construction of a harbour or in the making of modifications to an existing harbour;
“local planning authority” means —
in relation to England or Wales, any authority that is a local planning authority for the purposes of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in or adjacent to whose area the regulated activity is proposed to be carried out;
in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of the Environment; and
in relation to Scotland —
any authority that is a planning authority for the purposes of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 in or adjacent to whose area the regulated activity is proposed to be carried out; and
where the regulated activity is carried out in or adjacent to a National Park, the National Park authority for the National Park;
“the nature conservation bodies” means —
the Joint Nature Conservation Committee ;
Natural England ;
Scottish Natural Heritage ; and
the Countryside Council for Wales ;
“Northern Ireland” has the meaning assigned to it by section 98(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 ;
“outlying waters” means United Kingdom controlled waters outside the Scottish zone, which are nearer to any point on the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to Scotland is measured than to any point on the baselines from which the territorial sea is measured in any other part of the United Kingdom;
“the Public Register ” means the register maintained by a regulator in accordance with section 14 of the 1985 Act;
“regulated activity” means any activity (or proposed activity) for which a regulatory approval is (or would be) required;
“regulator” means the person responsible for considering an application for a regulatory approval;
“regulatory approval” means —
a licence under Part 2 of the 1985 Act;
a consent under section 34 of the Coast Protection Act 1949 ; or
except in relation to Northern Ireland, an approval or consent for harbour works under —
a local Act;
such an Act read together with a notice given and published under section 9 of the Harbours Transfer Act 1862 ; or
an order made under section 14 or 16 of the Harbours Act 1964;
“regulatory decision” means a decision whether to grant or issue a regulatory approval and (where the decision is to grant or issue such an approval) as to the terms on which to do so;
“relevant authority” means —
where a regulated activity is likely to have a significant effect on the environment of Northern Ireland and the appropriate authority is not a Northern Ireland Department, such of the Northern Ireland Departments as the appropriate authority considers likely to have an interest in the activity by reason of their environmental responsibilities;
where a regulated activity is likely to have a significant effect on the environment of Scotland, the Scottish zone or outlying waters (or more than one of them) and the appropriate authority is not the Scottish Ministers, the Scottish Ministers;
where the regulated activity is likely to have a significant effect on the environment of the Scottish zone or outlying waters (or both) and the appropriate authority is not the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State;
where a regulated activity is likely to have a significant effect on the environment of Wales and the appropriate authority is not the Welsh Ministers, the Welsh Ministers; and
where a regulated activity is likely to have a significant effect on the environment of England and the appropriate authority is not the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State;
“relevant legislation” means, in relation to an application, a regulatory decision or a regulatory approval, the legislation under which the application was made, the regulatory decision taken or the regulatory approval granted or issued (as the case may be);
“scoping opinion” means an opinion given by an appropriate authority as to the information to be provided in an environmental statement for an application;
“Scotland” includes waters adjacent to Scotland;
“the Scottish zone” has the meaning assigned to it by section 126(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 ;
“screening opinion” means an opinion given by an appropriate authority as to whether or not an environmental impact assessment is required for a regulated activity;
“sea” includes —
any area submerged at mean high water springs;
so far as the tide flows at mean high water springs —
an estuary or arm of the sea; and
the waters of any channel, creek, bay or river; and
the sea-bed and subsoil under the sea;
“United Kingdom controlled waters” means any part of the sea within the seaward limits of an area designated under —
section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 ; or
the Fishery Limits Act 1976 ;
“ United Kingdom waters ” means any part of the sea within the seaward limits of United Kingdom territorial waters for the purposes of the Territorial Sea Act 1987 ;
“Wales” includes waters adjacent to Wales;
“waters adjacent to England” means —
United Kingdom waters, other than —
waters adjacent to Northern Ireland;
waters adjacent to Scotland; or
waters adjacent to Wales; and
United Kingdom controlled waters, other than —
waters adjacent to Northern Ireland;
waters adjacent to Scotland;
the sea within the Scottish zone;
outlying waters; or
waters adjacent to Wales;
“waters adjacent to Northern Ireland” means so much of the internal waters and territorial sea of the United Kingdom as are adjacent to Northern Ireland, as determined under section 98(8) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998;
“waters adjacent to Scotland” means so much of the internal waters and territorial sea of the United Kingdom as are adjacent to Scotland, as determined under section 126(2) of the Scotland Act 1998; and
“waters adjacent to Wales” means the sea adjacent to Wales, as determined under section 158(3) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 .
2
In these Regulations, any term used in the EIA Directive has the same meaning as in that Directive.
Extension of powers to require the payment of fees in respect of applications
3
1
The power conferred upon a licensing authority by section 8(7) and (8) of the 1985 Act to require an applicant for a licence under Part 2 of the 1985 Act to pay reasonable fees in respect of administrative and other expenses also applies in relation to such an applicant in respect of expenses which the authority has incurred under these Regulations in its capacity as an appropriate authority.
2
An appropriate authority may require an applicant for a regulatory approval other than a licence under Part 2 of the 1985 Act to pay to it reasonable fees in respect of administrative and other expenses which the authority has incurred under these Regulations in its capacity as an appropriate authority.
3
Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply in relation to any expenses in respect of which a fee may be charged under any other provision of these Regulations.
4
Section 8(9) of the 1985 Act shall be treated as applying in relation to —
a
the determination of fees payable in accordance with paragraph (1); and
b
the determination of fees payable in accordance with —
i
paragraph (2);
ii
paragraph 2 of Schedule 2; or
iii
paragraph 3 of Schedule 4,
with the modification that the reference in section 8(9) to persons who are likely to apply for licences shall be read as a reference to persons who are likely to apply for a regulatory approval.
PART 2 REGULATED ACTIVITY IN RELATION TO WHICH AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT IS (OR MAY BE) REQUIRED
Environmental impact assessment
4
Where an environmental impact assessment is required in relation to a regulated activity in accordance with the remaining provisions of this Part —
a
Part 3 applies in relation to the regulated activity;
b
the duties of the regulator under the relevant legislation in relation to an application for a regulatory approval for the regulated activity are subject to the requirements of this Part and Part 3; and
c
unless the appropriate authority has given EIA consent —
i
the regulator must not grant a regulatory approval in respect of the regulated activity; and
ii
the applicant must not commence the regulated activity.
Requirement of assessment by agreement
5
An environmental impact assessment is required in relation to a regulated activity if the applicant so agrees with the appropriate authority.
Requirement of assessment by determination
6
An environmental impact assessment is required in relation to a regulated activity if the appropriate authority so determines under regulation 7 or 8 .
Determination: Annex I projects
7
Subject to regulations 9 and 10 , the appropriate authority must determine that an environmental impact assessment is required in relation to any regulated activity that is to be carried out in the course of an Annex I project.
Determination: Annex II projects
8
1
Subject to regulations 9 and 10 , the appropriate authority must determine that an environmental impact assessment is required in relation to a regulated activity that is to be carried out in the course of an Annex II project, if it concludes that the project in question is likely, because of its size, nature or location, to have significant effects on the environment.
2
In reaching a conclusion as to whether or not an Annex II project is likely to have significant effects on the environment, the appropriate authority must have regard to the criteria set out in Schedule 1.
Projects serving national defence purposes
9
1
Where —
a
a regulated activity comprises or forms part of a project serving national defence purposes, and
b
in the opinion of the Secretary of State, compliance with these Regulations would have an adverse effect on the fulfilment of those purposes,
the Secretary of State may direct that that an environmental impact assessment is not required in relation to that regulated activity.
2
Before making any such direction, the Secretary of State shall notify —
a
where the Secretary of State is not also the appropriate authority, the appropriate authority;
b
where the Secretary of State is not also the regulator, the regulator; and
c
any relevant authority.
3
As soon as practicable after making any such direction, the Secretary of State shall send a copy of the direction to —
a
where the Secretary of State is not also the appropriate authority, the appropriate authority;
b
where the Secretary of State is not also the regulator, the regulator; and
c
any relevant authority.
Exceptions
10
1
An appropriate authority may determine that an environmental impact assessment is not required in relation to regulated activity that is to be carried out in the course of an Annex I project or an Annex II project, if it is satisfied —
a
that —
i
a determination that an environmental impact assessment is not required for the regulated activity can be justified in accordance with Article 2(3) of the EIA Directive (exemption for exceptional cases); and
ii
the regulated activity would not be likely to have significant effects on the environment of another EEA State; or
b
that —
i
assessment of any effects on the environment of the project in question has already been, is being or is to be carried out by another consenting authority; and
ii
such assessment is (or will be) sufficient to meet the requirements of the EIA Directive in relation to that project.
2
Where the appropriate authority determines in accordance with paragraph (1) that an environmental impact assessment is not required in relation to a regulated activity, it shall notify —
a
the applicant, and
b
where the appropriate authority is not also the regulator, the regulator.
3
Where the appropriate authority determines in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) that an environmental impact assessment is not required in relation to a regulated activity, the applicant must provide the appropriate authority with such information as it requires to comply with the obligations imposed on member States by Article 2(3) of the EIA Directive, namely —
a
the obligation to take the following steps prior to the granting of a regulatory approval in relation to the regulated activity —
i
informing the Commission of the reasons that the appropriate authority considers justify its determination; and
ii
providing the Commission with information relating to the regulated activity and the proposed regulatory approval for the regulated activity; and
b
the obligation to ensure that information relating to the regulated activity and the reasons for its determination are —
i
published in such manner as it considers appropriate; and
ii
in the case of a deposit, made available on the Public Register.
4
Where the appropriate authority determines in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) that an environmental impact assessment is not required in relation to a regulated activity —
a
the regulator must defer reaching its regulatory decision until the other consenting authority informs the regulator that a decision to grant a regulatory approval would be compatible with that authority’s measures to comply with the EIA Directive; and
b
any decision to grant a regulatory approval must take into account any comments of the other consenting authority relating to the regulated activity.
Screening opinions
11
1
An applicant may request a screening opinion from the appropriate authority at any time before he applies for a regulatory approval in relation to a regulated activity.
2
If the request is made and the applicant does not defer making his application until the screening opinion is given, the regulator must not deal with the application until after the appropriate authority has given its screening opinion.
3
If an applicant makes an application for a regulatory approval in relation to a regulated activity without having requested a screening opinion and the regulator considers that the regulated activity is one in relation to which it must be determined in accordance with regulation 7 or 8 that an environmental impact assessment is required, the regulator —
a
must direct the applicant to request a screening opinion from the appropriate authority; and
b
must not deal with the application until after the appropriate authority has given its screening opinion.
4
The procedures for requesting and giving screening opinions are set out in Schedule 2.
5
If the screening opinion is that an environmental impact assessment is not required for the project in the course of which the regulated activity would be carried out, the application may (subject to regulation 10(3) or (4) , if either applies) proceed in accordance with the relevant legislation.
6
If the screening opinion is that an environmental impact assessment is required for the regulated activity, the regulator must reject the application unless it is one which is capable of being dealt with in accordance with Part 3 without changes being made to the application.
7
Where paragraph (2) , (3) , (5) or (6) applies in relation to an application under relevant legislation that provides that an applicant may proceed to carry out a regulated activity without further consent unless the regulator takes some step within a specified period —
a
any time prior to the giving of the screening opinion by the appropriate authority does not count in the calculation of that period; and
b
where the appropriate authority gives a screening opinion to the effect that an environmental impact assessment is required for the regulated activity, the regulator is to be treated for the purposes of the relevant legislation as having taken, within the specified period, a step of such a kind as precludes the applicant from proceeding to carry out the regulated activity without further consent.
8
Paragraphs (2) , (3) (5) , (6) and (7) apply notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the relevant legislation.
PART 3 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
Application for a regulatory approval in relation to a regulated activity
12
1
Where an application is made for a regulatory approval in relation to a regulated activity to which this Part applies, neither the regulator nor the appropriate authority may deal with the application or exercise any functions under these Regulations in relation to it until the appropriate authority has received the following material from the applicant —
a
a chart or map (or both) sufficient to identify where the regulated activity would be carried out and the extent of any operations which it would involve;
b
a description (including a plan) of the nature of the project, identifying the regulated activity to be carried out in the course of that project;
c
a statement of the working methods to be used in the course of the project and in carrying out the regulated activity;
d
an environmental statement in respect of the project; and
e
a copy of any environmental statement in respect of the project provided or to be provided to any other consenting authority.
2
An environmental statement must —
a
be in writing; and
b
contain the information specified in Schedule 3.
3
The appropriate authority may specify —
a
the format in which the applicant must provide the material referred to in paragraph (1); and
b
the number of copies of the material in that format that the applicant must provide to it and to the regulator (if the regulator is not also the appropriate authority).
4
The applicant must comply with any reasonable requirement made in accordance with paragraph (3) and, until this has been done —
a
neither the regulator nor the appropriate authority need deal further with, or exercise any functions under these Regulations in relation to, the application; and
b
the regulator must not reach its regulatory decision.
5
Where an applicant has failed to comply with the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2), or any requirements of the appropriate authority under paragraph (3), within such reasonable period as the appropriate authority has specified or such longer period as the appropriate authority may reasonably allow —
a
the regulator may treat the application as having been withdrawn; and
b
the appropriate authority (if the regulator is not also the appropriate authority) may direct the regulator to do so.
Scoping opinions
13
1
The applicant may request a scoping opinion from the appropriate authority.
2
The procedures for requesting and giving scoping opinions are set out in Schedule 4.
3
Where a scoping opinion is given —
a
the appropriate authority must not deliver its environmental impact assessment, and
b
the regulator must not reach its regulatory decision,
unless the applicant has submitted an environmental statement containing all of the information specified in the scoping opinion.
Provision of further information
14
1
Where the appropriate authority reasonably considers that —
a
it requires further information properly to consider the likely environmental effects of the project which gives rise to the regulated activity covered by the application, and
b
the applicant is (or should be) able to provide such information,
the appropriate authority must notify the applicant in writing of the matters on which it requires further information.
2
Neither the regulator nor the appropriate authority need deal further with, or exercise any functions under these Regulations in relation to, the application, and the regulator must not reach its regulatory decision, until any further information required in accordance with paragraph (1) has been provided to the appropriate authority and to the regulator (if the regulator is not also the appropriate authority).
3
Where an applicant has failed to provide any information required in accordance with paragraph (1) within such reasonable period as the appropriate authority has specified, or such longer period as the appropriate authority may reasonably allow —
a
the regulator may treat the application as having been withdrawn; and
b
the appropriate authority (if the regulator is not also the appropriate authority) may direct the regulator to do so.
Availability of information held by regulator
15
1
The regulator and the appropriate authority (if the regulator is not also the appropriate authority) may make available to the applicant any information in their possession which may be relevant to —
a
the preparation of the environmental statement, or
b
the provision of the further information required in accordance with regulation 14(1) .
2
Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the regulator and the appropriate authority (if the regulator is not also the appropriate authority) must make such information available if the applicant so requests.
3
Paragraph (2) does not require the disclosure of any excluded information.
4
Where an applicant requests information under paragraph (2), the regulator or the appropriate authority (as the case may be) may impose, as a condition of providing the information, a reasonable charge reflecting the cost of identifying, preparing and copying the information.
Publicity
16
1
The appropriate authority must —
a
publicise the application and the environmental statement in respect of the project to which it relates (or, as the case may be, the provision of further information) —
i
by publishing, in two successive weeks, a notice containing the information set out in paragraph (2) in such newspapers or other publications as it thinks fit; and
ii
in such other manner (if any) as it considers appropriate; or
b
direct the applicant to do so.
2
The information referred to in paragraph (1)(a)(i) is —
a
the applicant’s name and address;
b
a statement that an application for a licence or consent for a regulated activity has been made and that the environmental statement has been prepared or, as the case may be, that the further information has been furnished to the appropriate authority;
c
a statement of the nature, size and location of the project;
d
a brief explanation of the relevant legislation under which the application has been made;
e
the address of an office of the appropriate authority or other place nominated by the appropriate authority at which copies of the application and environmental statement or, as the case may be, the further information may be inspected free of charge at all reasonable hours within 42 days beginning with the date of publication of the notice;
f
the address at which copies of the application and environmental statement or, as the case may be, the further information may be obtained from the appropriate authority and, if a charge is to be made for a copy, the amount (not exceeding a reasonable charge for copying), of the charge; and
g
a statement that any person wishing to make representations regarding the application and environmental statement or, as the case may be, the further information should make them in writing to the appropriate authority at an address specified by the appropriate authority, within 42 days beginning with the date of publication of the notice.
3
The applicant must comply with any reasonable direction made in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) and neither the regulator nor the appropriate authority need deal further with, or exercise any functions under these Regulations in relation to, the application, and the regulator must not reach its regulatory decision, unless or until this has been done.
4
Where the applicant has failed to comply with a direction made in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) within such reasonable period as the appropriate authority has specified, or such longer period as the appropriate authority may reasonably allow —
a
the regulator may treat the application as having been withdrawn, and
b
the appropriate authority (if the regulator is not also the appropriate authority) may direct the regulator to do so.
5
Neither the regulator nor the appropriate authority need deal further with, or exercise any functions under these Regulations in relation to, the application, and the regulator must not reach its regulatory decision, until the period for representations has expired.
Consultation on proposed regulated activity
17
1
The appropriate authority must either —
a
supply the following material to such of the consultation bodies as it considers appropriate —
i
a copy of the application;
ii
a copy of the environmental statement;
iii
a copy of any further information supplied by the applicant to the appropriate authority; and
iv
a letter stating that any representations in response to consultation regarding the application should be made in writing to the appropriate authority, at an address specified by the appropriate authority, within 42 days from the date of the letter (or such longer period as may be agreed between the consultation body and the appropriate authority in accordance with paragraph (2)); or
b
direct the applicant to do so.
2
The appropriate authority may agree a longer consultation period with a consultation body where, in the opinion of the appropriate authority, it is reasonable to do so.
3
Neither the regulator nor the appropriate authority need deal further with, or exercise any functions under these Regulations in relation to, the application, and the regulator must not reach its regulatory decision, until the applicant has complied with any direction made in accordance with paragraph (1)(b).
4
Where the applicant has failed to comply with a direction made in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) within such reasonable period as the appropriate authority has specified, or such longer period as the appropriate authority may reasonably allow —
a
the regulator may treat the application as having been withdrawn, and
b
the appropriate authority (if the regulator is not also the appropriate authority) may direct the regulator to do so.
5
Neither the regulator nor the appropriate authority need deal further with, or exercise any functions under these Regulations in relation to, the application, and the regulator must not reach its regulatory decision, until the consultation period (including any extension agreed in accordance with paragraph (2)) has expired.
Provision of information to affected EEA States
18
1
The appropriate authority must supply the material set out in paragraph (3) to the authorities of any EEA State that it considers is affected by the application.
2
An EEA State is affected by an application for the purposes of paragraph (1) if the environment in that State is likely to be significantly affected by the project in the course of which the regulated activity to which the application relates is to be carried out.
3
The material referred to in paragraph (1) is —
a
a copy of the application;
b
a copy of the environmental statement;
c
a copy of any further information provided by the applicant pursuant to a notification under regulation 14(1) ;
d
any additional information which the regulator or the appropriate authority has about the possible impact of the project on the EEA State and the environment in that State;
e
an explanation of how and within what period the authorities of the EEA State can make representations in response to consultation in relation to the project as part of the procedure under regulation 20 ; and
f
an explanation of the decisions that the regulator can make in relation to the application.
4
The appropriate authority must provide this information to the authorities of the EEA State —
a
as soon as practicable; and
b
in any event, no later than the date on which the notice advertising the environmental statement or the additional information (as the case may be) is published.
5
Paragraph (1) does not require the disclosure of any excluded information.
6
Neither the regulator nor the appropriate authority need deal further with, or exercise any functions under these Regulations in relation to, the application, and the regulator must not reach its regulatory decision, until the period for consultation under regulation 20 has expired.
Provision of information to other EEA States
19
1
The appropriate authority must supply a copy of the environmental statement, and any additional information provided by the applicant pursuant to a notification under regulation 14(1) , to the authorities of an EEA State if they request it.
2
The appropriate authority must provide the information referred to in paragraph (1) as soon as practicable after receiving such a request.
3
Neither the regulator nor the appropriate authority need deal further with, or exercise any functions under these Regulations in relation to, the application, and the regulator must not reach its regulatory decision, until —
a
the material referred to in paragraph (1) has been supplied in accordance with that paragraph; and
b
the period for consultation under regulation 20 has expired.
Consultation of EEA States
20
The appropriate authority must —
a
consult the authorities of any EEA State to which information has been provided under regulation 18 or regulation 19 ; and
b
must allow such reasonable period as may have been agreed with those authorities for them to make representations as to —
i
the possible significant effects of the regulated activity on the environment in that EEA State; and
ii
the measures envisaged to reduce or eliminate such effects.
Consideration of representations from the public
21
1
Subject to paragraph (2), the appropriate authority must apply the provisions of Schedule 5 in relation to each representation it receives pursuant to the statement referred to in regulation 16(2)(g) .
2
To the extent that the appropriate authority considers that representations made to it pursuant to the statement referred to in regulation 16(2)(g) are similar in material respects or deal with similar or related issues, it may group such representations and apply the provisions of Schedule 5 to each such group.
The EIA consent decision
22
In reaching its EIA consent decision, the appropriate authority must —
a
do so on the basis of the following —
i
the application;
ii
the environmental statement;
iii
any further information provided by the applicant pursuant to a notification under regulation 14(1) ;
iv
the outcome of the process set out in Schedule 5 in relation to any representations received pursuant to the statement referred to in regulation 16(2)(g) ;
v
any representations in response to consultation made by the consultation bodies pursuant to the letter referred to in regulation 17(1)(a)(iv) ; and
vi
the outcome of any consultations of the authorities of other EEA States carried out in accordance with regulation 20 ;
b
have regard to the relevant legislation; and
c
take into account the direct and indirect effects of the project on —
i
human beings, fauna and flora;
ii
soil, water, air, climate and the landscape;
iii
material assets and the cultural heritage; and
iv
the interaction between any two or more of the things mentioned in the preceding sub-paragraphs.
Notification and publication of decisions
23
1
The appropriate authority must send written confirmation of its EIA consent decision to —
a
the applicant;
b
if the appropriate authority is not also the regulator, the regulator;
c
any person from whom the appropriate authority received representations pursuant to the statement referred to in regulation 16(2)(g) ;
d
any consultation body that responded to the consultation pursuant to the letter referred to in regulation 17(1)(a)(iv) ; and
e
the authorities of any EEA State who were consulted in accordance with regulation 20 .
2
The written confirmation must include the following —
a
a reference to the environmental information that the appropriate authority has taken into consideration;
b
the main reasons and considerations on which the EIA consent decision was based; and
c
if the EIA consent decision involves giving EIA consent, a description of the measures that must be taken in consequence of the EIA consent decision to avoid, reduce and, if possible, offset the principal adverse effects of the regulated activity.
3
The appropriate authority must, as soon as possible after written confirmation is sent to the applicant pursuant to paragraph (1), ensure that —
a
its decision is publicised in such manner as it considers appropriate; and
b
in the case of a deposit —
i
its regulatory decision and the information set out in paragraph (2) are made available on the Public Register; and
ii
a notice of its decision, stating that the information referred to in paragraph (2) is available in the Public Register and giving details of the times at which the Public Register may be inspected, is published in the newspapers or other publications in which notice of the application was published in accordance with regulation 16(1).
Effect of EIA consent decision on application and regulatory decision
24
1
Where the appropriate authority has given EIA consent in respect of a regulated activity —
a
the regulator may proceed to deal with the application and take its regulatory decision in accordance with the relevant legislation; and
b
when doing so, the regulator must have regard to the EIA consent and, in particular, to —
i
any considerations set out in the written confirmation of the EIA consent in accordance with regulation 23(2)(b) ; and
ii
any measures described in the written confirmation of the EIA consent in accordance with regulation 23(2)(c) .
2
Where the appropriate authority has refused EIA consent in respect of a regulated activity, the regulator may not grant a regulatory approval for that regulated activity and must treat the application for that regulated activity as having been withdrawn.
PART 4 OFFENCES
Provision of false etc information
25
1
A person is guilty of an offence if, for the purpose of procuring or obtaining an EIA consent (whether for the benefit of himself, another or both), he —
a
makes a statement that he knows to be false in a material particular;
b
recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular; or
c
intentionally fails to disclose any material particular.
2
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable —
a
on summary conviction, to a fine of an amount not exceeding the statutory maximum; and
b
on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
Offences committed by bodies corporate
26
1
Where an offence under regulation 25 which has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate is guilty of that offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
2
Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, paragraph (1) applies in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate.
Offences committed by Scottish partnerships
27
Where an offence under regulation 25 which has been committed by a Scottish partnership is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, one or more of the partners or any person who was purporting to act in such capacity, he as well as the partnership is guilty of that offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
PART 5 MISCELLANEOUS
Access to review procedure before a court
28
In relation to Scotland, any non-governmental organisation promoting environmental protection and meeting any other requirements under the law shall be deemed to have an interest for the purposes of Article 10a(a) of the EIA Directive and rights capable of being impaired for the purposes of Article 10a(b) of the EIA Directive.
Revocation
29
Part 2 of, and Schedules 1 and 2 to, the Harbour Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999 are revoked.
Transitional and saving provisions
30
1
These Regulations shall not apply in relation to an application made before 24th June 2007.
2
The revocation made by regulation 29 does not affect the application of the provisions referred to in that regulation in relation to an application made before 24th June 2007.
Ben Bradshaw
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
16th May 2007
We concur,
Alan Campbell
Frank Roy
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
21st May 2007