Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (W. S.I. No. 292 (W. 70) of 2019)

OFFERYNNAU STATUDOL WELSH STATUTORY CYMRU INSTRUMENTS 2019 Rhif 292 (Cy. 70) 2019 No. 292 (W. 70) TRYDAN, CYMRU ELECTRITY, WALES Rheoliadau Gweithfeydd Trydan The Electricity Works (Asesiad o’r Effaith Amgylcheddol) (Environmental Impact (Cymru a Lloegr) (Diwygio) Assessment) (England and Wales) (Cymru) 2019 (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2019 NODYN ESBONIADOL EXPLANATORY NOTE (Nid yw’r nodyn hwn yn rhan o’r Rheoliadau) (This note is not part of the Regulations) Mae’r Rheoliadau hyn yn diwygio Rheoliadau These Regulations amend the Electricity Works Gweithfeydd Trydan (Asesiad o’r Effaith (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Amgylcheddol) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2017 (“Rheoliadau Wales) Regulations 2017 (“the 2017 Regulations”). 2017”). Mae ceisiadau a wneir ar neu ar ôl 1 Ebrill 2019 o Applications made on or after 1 April 2019 under dan adrannau 36 a 36C o Ddeddf Trydan 1989 (“Deddf sections 36 and 36C of the Electricity Act 1989 (“the 1989”) sy’n ymwneud â gorsafoedd cynhyrchu (neu 1989 Act”) relating to generating stations (or proposed orsafoedd cynhyrchu arfaethedig) yn nyfroedd Cymru generating stations) in Welsh waters which have or sydd â chapasiti nad yw’n fwy na 350 megawat, neu a will have a capacity not exceeding 350 megawatts, are fydd â chapasiti nad yw’n fwy na hynny, i’w gwneud i to be made to the Welsh Ministers. “Welsh waters” Weinidogion Cymru. Ystyr “dyfroedd Cymru” yw means so much of the internal waters and territorial sea hynny o ddyfroedd mewnol a moroedd tiriogaethol y of the United Kingdom as are adjacent to Wales and Deyrnas Unedig sy’n gyfagos â Chymru a pharth the Welsh zone. “Welsh zone” has the meaning given Cymru. Mae i “parth Cymru” yr ystyr a roddir i in section 158 of the Government of Wales Act 2006. “Welsh zone” yn adran 158 o Ddeddf Llywodraeth Cymru 2006. Mae’r Rheoliadau hyn yn diwygio— These Regulations amend— ⎯ y diffiniad o “relevant authority” i ⎯ the definition of “relevant authority” to ddarparu mai Gweinidogion Cymru yw’r provide that the Welsh Ministers are the awdurdod perthnasol pan wneir cais o dan relevant authority where an application adran 36 neu 36C (neu pan fo cais o’r fath under section 36 or 36C is made (or to be i’w wneud) i Weinidogion Cymru; made) to the Welsh Ministers; ⎯ ystyr “consultation body”; a ⎯ the meaning of consultation body; and ⎯ rheoliadau 22 a 28 o Reoliadau 2017 i ⎯ regulations 22 and 28 of the 2017 fewnosod cyfeiriad at Reoliadau Trydan Regulations to insert reference to the (Gorsafoedd Cynhyrchu Alltraeth) Electricity (Offshore Generating Stations) (Amrywio Cydsyniadau) (Cymru) 2019. (Variation of Consents) (Wales) Regulations 2019. Ystyriwyd Cod Ymarfer Gweinidogion Cymru ar The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the gynnal Asesiadau Effaith Rheoleiddiol mewn carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was perthynas â’r Rheoliadau hyn. O ganlyniad, ystyriwyd considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, nad oedd yn angenrheidiol cynnal asesiad effaith it was not considered necessary to carry out a rheoleiddiol o’r costau a’r manteision sy’n debygol o regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and ddeillio o gydymffurfio â’r Rheoliadau hyn. benefits of complying with these Regulations.

2 OFFERYNNAU STATUDOL WELSH STATUTORY CYMRU INSTRUMENTS 2019 Rhif 292 (Cy. 70) 2019 No. 292 (W. 70) TRYDAN, CYMRU ELECTRICITY, WALES Rheoliadau Gweithfeydd Trydan The Electricity Works (Asesiad o’r Effaith Amgylcheddol) (Environmental Impact (Cymru a Lloegr) (Diwygio) Assessment) (England and Wales) (Cymru) 2019 (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2019 Gwnaed 18 Chwefror 2019 Made 18 February 2019 Gosodwyd gerbron Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Laid before the National Assembly for Wales Cymru 20 Chwefror 2019 20 February 2019 Yn dod i rym 1 Ebrill 2019 Coming into force 1 April 2019 Mae Gweinidogion Cymru, drwy arfer y pwerau a The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers roddir iddynt gan adrannau 36(8A), 36C(2) a (6) a 60 o conferred on them by sections 36(8A), 36C(2) and (6) Ddeddf Trydan 1989(1), yn gwneud y Rheoliadau a and 60 of the Electricity Act 1989(1), make the ganlyn: following Regulations: Enwi a chychwyn Title and commencement 1. Enw’r Rheoliadau hyn yw Rheoliadau 1. The title of these Regulations is the Electricity Gweithfeydd Trydan (Asesiad o’r Effaith Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England Amgylcheddol) (Cymru a Lloegr) (Diwygio) (Cymru) and Wales) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2019 2019 a deuant i rym ar 1 Ebrill 2019. and they come into force on 1 April 2019. Diwygio Rheoliadau Gweithfeydd Trydan (Asesiad Amendment of the Electricity Works o’r Effaith Amgylcheddol) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2017 (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017 2.—(1) Mae Rheoliadau Gweithfeydd Trydan 2.—(1) The Electricity Works (Environmental (Asesiad o’r Effaith Amgylcheddol) (Cymru a Lloegr) Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017(2) wedi eu diwygio fel a ganlyn. 2017(2) are amended as follows. (1) 1989 p. 29. Mewnosodwyd adran 36(8A) gan baragraff 47 o (1) 1989 c. 29. Section 36(8A) was inserted by paragraph 47 of Atodlen 6 i Ddeddf Cymru 2017 (p. 4) (“Deddf 2017”). Schedule 6 to the Wales Act 2017 (c. 4) (“the 2017 Act”). Section Mewnosodwyd adran 36C gan adran 20(1) a (2) o Ddeddf Twf a 36C was inserted by section 20(1) and (2) of the Growth and Seilwaith 2013 (p. 27) ac fe’i diwygiwyd gan adran 39(12) o Infrastructure Act 2013 (c. 27) and was amended by section 39(12) Ddeddf 2017, a pharagraff 48 o Atodlen 6 iddi. Mae diwygiadau of, and paragraph 48 of Schedule 6 to, the 2017 Act. There are eraill i adran 36C a diwygiadau i adran 60 nad ydynt yn berthnasol other amendments to section 36C and amendments to section 60 i’r Rheoliadau hyn. which are not relevant to these Regulations. (2) O.S. 2017/580, y mae diwygiadau iddo nad ydynt yn berthnasol i’r (2) S.I. 2017/580, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Rheoliadau hyn. Regulations.

3 (2) Yn rheoliad 3 (dehongli), yn y diffiniad o (2) In regulation 3 (interpretation), in the definition “relevant authority”, ar ôl paragraff (b) mewnosoder— of “relevant authority”, after paragraph (b) insert— “or “or (c) in relation to an application for a (c) in relation to an application for a section 36 consent or for a section 36 section 36 consent or for a section 36 variation made (or to be made) to the variation made (or to be made) to the Welsh Ministers, the Welsh Ministers;” Welsh Ministers, the Welsh Ministers;” . . (3) Yn rheoliad 4(1)(c)(i), ar y dechrau, mewnosoder (3) In regulation 4(1)(c)(i), at the beginning, insert “save where the Welsh Ministers are the relevant “save where the Welsh Ministers are the relevant authority,”. authority,”. (4) Yn rheoliad 22(3), ar ôl “under regulation 4(6) of (4) In regulation 22(3), after “under regulation 4(6) the Electricity Generating Stations (Variation of of the Electricity Generating Stations (Variation of Consents) (England and Wales) Regulations 2013” Consents) (England and Wales) Regulations 2013” mewnosoder “, or in a case where the Welsh Ministers insert “, or in a case where the Welsh Ministers are the are the relevant authority, under regulation 4(6) of the relevant authority, under regulation 4(6) of the Electricity (Offshore Generating Stations) (Variation Electricity (Offshore Generating Stations) (Variation of Consents) (Wales) Regulations 2019,”. of Consents) (Wales) Regulations 2019,”. (5) Yn rheoliad 28 (gwefan geisiadau)— (5) In regulation 28 (application website)— (a) ym mharagraff (3), ar ôl “under regulation (a) in paragraph (3), after “under regulation 5(2A) of the Electricity Generating Stations 5(2A) of the Electricity Generating Stations (Variation of Consents) (England and Wales) (Variation of Consents) (England and Wales) Regulations 2013” mewnosoder “, or in a case Regulations 2013” insert “, or in a case where where the Welsh Ministers are the relevant the Welsh Ministers are the relevant authority, authority, under regulation 5(3) of the under regulation 5(3) of the Electricity Electricity (Offshore Generating Stations) (Offshore Generating Stations) (Variation of (Variation of Consents) (Wales) Regulations Consents) (Wales) Regulations 2019,”; 2019,”; (b) ym mharagraff (4), ar y diwedd, mewnosoder (b) in paragraph (4), at the end, insert “, or in a “, or in a case where the Welsh Ministers are case where the Welsh Ministers are the the relevant authority, under regulation 5(2) relevant authority, under regulation 5(2) of the of the Electricity (Offshore Generating Electricity (Offshore Generating Stations) Stations) (Variation of Consents) (Wales) (Variation of Consents) (Wales) Regulations Regulations 2019”. 2019”.

Julie James Y Gweinidog Tai a Llywodraeth Leol, un o Minister for Housing and Local Government, one of Weinidogion Cymru the Welsh Ministers 18 Chwefror 2019 18 February 2019 © h Hawlfraint y Goron 2019 © Crown copyright 2019 Argraffwyd a chyhoeddwyd yn y Deyrnas Unedig gan The Stationery Printed and published in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited Office Limited o dan awdurdod ac arolygiaeth Jeff James, Rheolwr under the authority and superintendence of Jeff James, Gwasg Ei Mawrhydi ac Argraffydd Deddfau Seneddol y Frenhines. Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and Queen’s Printer of Acts of Parliament. ISBN 978-0-348-20349-3 £4.90 W201902181025 02/2019 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2019/292 9 780348 203493