S.I. No. 486/2019 - The Roads (Amendment) Regulations 2019
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” 1st of October, 2019. | ||
I, SHANE ROSS, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 7 and sections 50 and 51 (as amended by the European Union (Roads Act 1993) (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. No. 279 of 2019 )) of the Roads Act 1993 (No. 14 of 1993), hereby make the following regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Roads (Amendment) Regulations 2019. | ||
2. The Roads Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 119 of 1994 ) are amended - | ||
(a) by the substitution of “environmental impact assessment report” for “environmental impact statement” in each place that it occurs, | ||
(b) by the substitution of “the report” for “the statement” in both places where it occurs in Form No. 2B in Schedule D, and | ||
(c) in Regulation 8, by the substitution of “subsection (1)(a)(iv) of section 50” for “subsection (1)(a)(iii) of section 50”. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
17 September, 2019. | ||
SHANE ROSS, | ||
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation) | ||
These Regulations set out the amendments to the Road Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 119 of 1994 ) as a result of the European Union (Roads Act 1993) (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. No. 279 of 2019 ), which transpose Directive 2014/52/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment. |