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“Iris Oifigiúil” of 6th May, 2011. I, PHILIP HOGAN, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government,
exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), for the purposes of giving further effect to Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (No. 2001/42/EC, O.J. No. L 197, 21 July 2001 P. 0030-0037), hereby make the following Regulations: Citation. 1.
terpretation. 2.
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 ). Amendment of the 2004 Regulations 3. The Regulations are amended— (a)
dustry, 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
Annexes I and II to the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive, or ” (b)
cluding, as appropriate, the reasons for not requiring an environmental assessment, available for public
spection at the offices of the competent authority during office hours and on the website of the authority, and ” (d)
spection 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
spection accordingly), and ” (e)
spection 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
spection accordingly), and ” (f)
spection 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
spection accordingly), and ” GIVEN under my Official Seal, 3 May 2011. PHILIP HOGAN, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the
strument and does not purport to be a legal
terpretation). The purpose of these Regulations is to amend the European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 435 of 2004 ) and further transpose
to Irish law the provisions of Directive 2001/42/EC of 27 June 2001 (O.J. No. L 197, 21 July 2001) on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment — commonly known as the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Directive —
sofar as the Directive relates to land use planning. The main amendments provided for
these regulations
clude: • the
clusion of “town and country planning or land use” within the definition of plans and programmes, together with consistent reference to ‘plans or programmes’, as provided for
the SEA Directive1 ; 1It should be noted that article 3 of SI 435 of 2004 specifically precludes application of these provisions to development plans and their variations, local area plans, regional planning guidelines and planning schemes for strategic development zones, which are covered separately
SI 436 of 2004. • expansion of the Minister’s role as a designated environmental authority for the purposes of SEA, and the
clusion of the Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
light of the transfer of responsibilities for archaeological, architectural and natural heritage under the remit of that Department; and • making plans, reports and decisions more accessible for public
spection,
cluding on the website of the competent authority. The Regulations comes
to operation on the 3rd of May 2011. 1It should be noted that article 3 of SI 435 of 2004 specifically precludes application of these provisions to development plans and their variations, local area plans, regional planning guidelines and planning schemes for strategic development zones, which are covered separately
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