§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, what United Kingdom legislation implements the environmental impact assessments Directive (85/337/EEC) with respect to projects which do not fall within the planning process and are not governed by the Town and Country Planning (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988 (SI No. 1199).
§ Sir Paul Beresford[holding answer 24 October 1994]: The main regulations which implement Directive 85/337/EEC in the United Kingdom for projects which are not governed by the Town and Country Planning (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988 (SI No. 1199) are as follows:
545WEnvironmental Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1988 (SI No. 1221 (S. 122))Environmental Assessment (Salmon Farming in Marine Waters) Regulations 1988 (SI No. 1218)Environmental Assessment (Afforestation) Regulations 1988 (SI No. 1207)Land Drainage Improvement Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988 (SI No. 1217)Highways (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988 (SI No. 1241)Harbour Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988 (SI No. 1336)Harbour Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) (No. 2) Regulations 1989 (SI No. 424)Planning (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989 (SR No. 20)Electricity and Pipe-Line Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1990 (SI No. 442)Environmental Assessment (Afforestation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989 (SR No. 226)Harbour Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990 (SR No. 181)Drainage (Environmental Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991 (SR No. 376)Harbour Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1992 (SI No. 1421)Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) Rules 1992 (SI No. 2902)Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (SI No. 3160 (NI 15)) Article 67)A number of minor amending regulations have also been issued.