The Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration, Production, Unloading and Storage (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2020

means gas within the meaning of section 2(4) of the Energy Act 2008;

means any person who carries out, or proposes to carry out, a project;

means the process consisting of— (a) the preparation and submission of an environmental statement by a developer in accordance with regulation 8;

means a report prepared by the developer as part of the environmental impact assessment in respect of a project, in accordance with regulation 8 (environmental statement requirements);

means an activity within section 17(2)(a) of the Energy Act 2008;

means a surface installation or subsea installation;

means gas existing in its natural condition in strata;

means any other persons engaged on behalf of the Secretary of State to provide administrative support to those specialist officers.

means a director, member of the committee of management, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person purporting to act in such capacity.

includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon existing in its natural condition in strata, but does not include coal or bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation;

has the meaning give in regulation 19(5)(b);

means, except in the term “overseas project”, the execution of construction works or other installations or schemes, and other interventions in the natural surroundings and landscape, where those activities fall under, or relate to the implementation of, a matter set out in Schedules 1, 2 or 3;

means a website accessible to the public where the public can view and download information placed upon it;

has the meaning given in regulation 25(2).

means—

has the meaning given in regulation 9(1);

has the meaning give in regulation 5(2)(a);

means persons engaged on behalf of the Secretary of State to carry out the functions of the Secretary of State referred to in paragraph (1) and “non-specialist officers” means any other persons engaged on behalf of the Secretary of State to provide administrative support to those specialist officers.

includes fixed, floating and mobile installations.

has the meaning given in regulation 2(1);

means—

means Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment;

means the Oil and Gas Authority;