European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment)(Amendment) Regulations, 2000 (S.I. No. 450 Of 2000).

The purpose of these Regulations is to transfer the function of certifying environmental impact assessment of local authority own development from the Minister for the Environment and Local Government to An Bord Plean la on 1 January 2001. The transfer of the certification function coincides with the transfer of the Minister's function in relation to the approval of compulsory purchases of land by local authorities in accordance with sections 214 and 215 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000.