Citation, commencement and application
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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 16th May 2017.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations apply in relation to England only.
(3) Regulations 60, 61 and 62 apply in relation to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland respectively(1).
(1)
Regulations 60 to 62 relate to the Secretary of State’s power to direct that the Regulations shall not apply to development that constitutes or forms part of a project having national defence as its sole purpose. The decision as to whether a direction should be made in respect of projects situated in the devolved administrations will be taken by the Secretary of State.