European Communities (environmental assessment of certain plans and programmes) (amendment) Regulations 2011
Source: Iris Oifigiúl 2011-05-06

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) (Amendment) Regulations 2011.
(2) These Regulations and the European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004 shall be construed as one and may be collectively cited as the European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004 to 2011.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations, except where the context otherwise requires, “the Regulations” means the European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 435 of 2004 ).
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paragraphs: The Regulations are amended—
(a) in Article 9 by substituting the following for Article 9(1)(a):
“(a) which are prepared for agriculture, forestry, fisheries, energy, industry, transport, waste management, water management, telecommunications, tourism and town and country planning or land use, and which set the framework for future development consent of projects listed in Annexes I and II to the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive, or ”
(b) in Article 9 by substituting the following for Article 9(5)(c) the following:
“(c) where it appears to the competent authority that the plan or programme, or modification to a plan or programme, might have significant effects on fisheries or the marine environment, the Minister for Agriculture, Marine and Food, and the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources”
(c) in Article 9 by substituting the following for Article 9(7)(a):
“(a) make a copy of its decision, including, as appropriate, the reasons for not requiring an environmental assessment, available for public inspection at the offices of the competent authority during office hours and on the website of the authority, and ”
(d) in Article 13 by substituting for Article 13(2)(a):
“(a) a copy of the draft plan or programme, or modification to a draft plan or programme and associated environmental report are available for public inspection at the offices of the competent authority during office hours and on the website of the authority or any other stated place or places at the stated times during a specified period which shall be not less than 4 weeks from the date of the notice (and the copy shall be kept available for inspection accordingly), and ”
(e) in Article 14 by substituting the following for Article 14(4)(c):
“(c) a copy of the draft plan or programme, or modification to a draft plan or programme, and associated environmental report are available for public inspection at the offices of the competent authority during office hours and on the website of the authority or any other stated place or places at the stated times during a specified period which shall be not less than 4 weeks from the date of the notice (and the copy shall be kept available for inspection accordingly), and ”
(f) in Article 16 by substituting the following for Article 16(2)(a):
“(a) a copy of the plan or programme, or modification to a plan or programme, and associated environmental report are available for public inspection at the offices of the competent authority during office hours and on the website of the authority or any other stated place or places at the stated times during a specified period which shall be not less than 4 weeks from the date of the notice (and the copy shall be kept available for inspection accordingly), and ”