Part 6: Environmental outcomes reports Defining the consents and plans to which this Part applies Section 154: Power to define ‘relevant consent’ and ‘relevant plan’ etc. Effect
Subsection (1) allows the appropriate authority to make regulations setting out those consents that are to be considered as relevant consents for the purposes of Environmental Outcomes Report. These "category 1" consents will always require an Environmental Outcomes Report.
	Subsection (2) allows the appropriate authority to make regulations setting out those consents that should be considered "category 2" consents - a "category 2" consent will only be required to produce an Environmental Outcomes Report where it meets criteria set through regulations made under this provision.
	Subsection (3) allows for regulations to be made that set the criteria where a consent listed as a "category 2" consent will be a relevant consent and therefore require an Environmental Outcomes Report.
	Subsection (4) allows the appropriate authority to make regulations imposing a requirement for a consent in relation to a project. This will be used, as in the current Environmental Impact Assessment Agriculture regime, where no other consenting mechanism exists.
	Subsection (5) allows the appropriate authority to make regulations setting out how a consent required by subsection (4) is to be given, including that it may be given, or refused, by an Environmental Outcomes Report.
	Subsection (6) provides that a relevant plan for the purposes of this Part will be defined through regulations. This section requires that, in order for a plan to be capable of being specified as a relevant plan, it must or may relate to a project or environmental protection in the United Kingdom or a relevant offshore area as defined in section 167.
	Subsection (7) extends the definitions to include modifications of consents and plans.
	Subsection (8) explains the meaning of the term ‘consent’ for the purposes of this Part given the breadth of terminology associated with existing environmental assessment legislation.
	Subsection (9) explains the meaning of the term ‘project’ for the purposes of this Part given the range of activities to which the term could apply.