This Statutory Instrument has been amended by SI 2000/2391 which is printed herein as pages 29–32 and is being issued freee of charge to all known recipients of SI 1999/3445

1999 No. 3445

HARBOURS, DOCKS, PIERS AND FERRIES

The Harbour Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food as regards England, the Secretary of State for Scotland as regards Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales as regards Wales, being Ministers designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to measures relating to the requirement for an assessment of the impact on the environment of projects likely to have significant effects on the environment, in exercise of the powers conferred by—

a

that section, and

b

as regards Scotland, that section and section 57 of the Scotland Act 19983,

and having taken into account the selection criteria (reproduced in Schedule 2 to these Regulations) specified in Annex III to Council Directive 85/337/EEC (on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment)4, as inserted by Council Directive 97/11/EC (amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC)5, hereby makes the following Regulations: