The Public Gas Transporter Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999
These Regulations, which do not apply to Northern Ireland, implement Council Directive 85/337/EEC (O.J. No. L175, 05.7.85, p. 40) as amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC (O.J. No. L73, 3.3.97, p. 5) on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment insofar as it relates to proposed pipe-line works by a public gas transporter. In the Regulations, the expression “public gas transporter” means the holder of a licence under section 7(1) of the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44) authorised to convey gas through pipes (regulation 2(1)).