These Regulations revoke and restate with amendments the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (“the 2016 Regulations”). The 2016 Regulations consolidated and updated earlier instruments which implemented Council Directive 85/337/EEC (“the 1985 Directive”) on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment in relation to town and country planning in Wales.