SCHEDULES
C1C2C3F1SCHEDULE 3 PROCEDURE FOR MAKING HARBOUR REVISION AND EMPOWERMENT ORDERS
Sch. 3 modified (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 37, Sch. 5 para. 1(2)(j) (with s. 106); S.I. 2001/869, art.2
Sch. 3: transfer of functions (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), ss. 29(2)(b)(ii), 71(4) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6, 9); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(g) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2018/278, reg. 2, Sch.)
Sch. 3: power to amend or repeal conferred for specified purposes (26.12.2023) by Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 164(3), 255(5), Sch. 14 Pts. 1, 2 (with s. 247)
PART I ORDERS MADE ON APPLICATION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE
F2Defence projects: exemption from environmental impact assessment
Sch. 3 paras. 20A-20G and cross-headings inserted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(20) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))
20A
1
The Secretary of State may direct that an environmental impact assessment is not required for a project if satisfied that—
a
the sole purpose of the project is national defence, and
b
carrying out the assessment would have an adverse effect on the fulfilment of that purpose.
2
The Secretary of State must, as soon as reasonably practicable, send a copy of a direction given under sub-paragraph (1)—
a
to the Scottish Ministers, if the application for a harbour revision order authorising the project is required to be made to the Scottish Ministers;
b
to the Welsh Ministers, if the application for a harbour revision order authorising the project is required to be made to the Welsh Ministers;
c
to a person designated by an order made under section 42A(1), if the application for a harbour revision order authorising the project is required to be made to that person.
Sch. 3 substituted (1.2.2000) by The Harbour Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/3445), reg. 15(4), Sch. 3