European Communities(Environmental Impact Assessment)(Amendment) Regulations 1999
Source: Iris Oifigiúl 1999-04-16

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paragraphs: (1) These regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1999.
(2) These regulations, the European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations, 1989 ( S.I. No. 349 of 1989 ), the European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 84 of 1994 ), the European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1996 ( S.I. No. 101 of 1996 ), and the European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1998 ( S.I. No. 351 of 1998 ), shall be construed as one and may be collectively cited as the European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations, 1989 to 1999.
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paragraphs: (1) These regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of May, 1999.
(2) Notwithstanding sub-article (1), where an application for consent for development to which these regulations refer is made before the date of coming into operation of these regulations, the provisions of the appropriate enactment, before they were amended by these regulations, shall continue to apply to the said application.
(3) Where these regulations provide for the amendment of an enactment, such enactment shall, notwithstanding any provision of the enactment as to commencement, have effect on and from the coming into operation of these regulations.
(4) In this article, “application for consent for development” means—
(a) an application for planning permission or certification of development to be carried out by or on behalf of a local authority under the Planning Acts, 1963 to 1998;
(b) an appeal to An Bord PleanÃ¡la under the Planning Acts, 1963 to 1998;
(c) a relevant application under the Foreshore Act, 1933 ;
(d) a drainage scheme submitted to the Minister for Finance under the Arterial Drainage Acts, 1945 and 1995;
(e) an application for a harbour works order under the Harbours Act. 1946;
(f) a plan for working of petroleum submitted to the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources under the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act, 1960 ;
(g) an application or a notice to the Minister for Public Enterprise relating to the construction of a pipeline under the Gas Act, 1976 ;
(h) an application for approval of a proposed road development under the Roads Acts, 1993 and 1998;
(i) an application for a light railway order under the Transport (Dublin Light Rail) Act, 1996 ;
(j) a planning scheme submitted to the Minister for the Environment and Local Government under the Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act, 1997 .
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paragraphs: (1) In these regulations—
“the Act of 1963” means the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963 (No. 28 of 1963);
“the Act of 1992” means the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1992 (No. 14 of 1992);
“the Birds Directive” means Council Directive No. 79/409/EEC of 2 April, 1979, on the conservation of wild birds (O.J. No. L 103, 25 April, 1979);
“built-up area” means an existing city or town or an adjoining developed area;
“the European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations, 1989 to 1998” has the meaning assigned to it in the 1998 Regulations;
“the Habitats Directive” means Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May, 1992, on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (O.J. No. L 206, 22 July, 1992);
“the Planning Acts, 1963 to 1998” has the meaning assigned to it in the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1998 (No. 9 of 1998);
“special area of conservation” has the meaning assigned to it in Regulation 2 of the European Communities (Natural Habitats) Regulations. 1997 ( S.I. No. 94 of 1997 );
“the 1989 Regulations” means the European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations, 1989 ( S.I. No. 349 of 1989 ).
“the 1998 Regulations” means the European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1998 ( S.I. No. 351 of 1998 ).
(2) In these regulations save where the context otherwise requires—