Amendment of the Highways Act 1980  3. —(1) Part VA of the Highways Act 1980( a ) (environmental impact assessments) is amended  as follows.  (2) In section 105ZA(1)( b ) (interpretation)—  (3) After section 105ZA(1) insert—  “(1A) In this Part, references to provisions of the Directive are to be read as if—  ““environmental assessment” means an assessment of the effect of anything on the  environment if the assessment is carried out under—  “Relevant information available and obtained through risk assessments pursuant to  retained EU law, such as any law of any part of the United Kingdom which  implemented Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council  or Council Directive 2009/71/Euratom, or relevant assessments undertaken under  other domestic legislation may be used for this purpose provided that the  requirements of any law of any part of the United Kingdom which implemented this  Directive are met.””.  (4) In section 105A( c ) (screening of projects for constructing or improving highways)—  (5) In section 105AA( d ) (exemptions)—  (6) In section 105AB( e ) (publication of screening decisions: projects not to be subject to an  environmental impact assessment)—  4 ( a ) Part VA of the Highways Act 1980 (c. 66) was originally inserted by S.I. 1988/1241, but substituted by S.I. 1999/369. It  was substantially substituted further by S.I 2017/1070. ( b ) Section 105ZA was inserted by S.I. 2017/1070, Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 and 2. ( c )  Section 105A was substituted by S.I. 2017/1070, Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 and 3.  ( d ) Section 105AA was inserted by S.I. 2017/1070, Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 and 3.  ( e )  Section 105AB was inserted by S.I. 2017/1070, Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 and 3.  (a) in subsection (1)(b) for “falling within” substitute “of a type specified in”;  (b) in subsection (6)(d) for “another EEA state” substitute “an EEA state”.  (a) in subsection (1) for “does not fall within” substitute “is not of a type specified in”;  (d) in subsection (3)(b) before “in Annex III” insert “set out”.  (c) in subsection (3)(a) for “to be provided on the project under” substitute “described in”;  (b) in subsection (1)(b) for “falling within” substitute “of a type specified in”;  (a) in subsection (1)(a) for “falls within” substitute “is of a type specified in”;  (ii) in point 8 the following were substituted for the second sentence—  (i) in the text following point 5(g), the words “established at Union or Member  State level” were omitted;  (i) in point 2(c)(v), the reference to Member States were a reference to the  Secretary of State;  (ii) in point 2(c)(vi), the reference to Union legislation were a reference to  retained EU law;  (b) any other law of any part of the United Kingdom, other than any law which  implemented the Directive;”.  (a) retained EU law, or  (a) in paragraph (b) in the definition of “the environment” after “protected under” insert “any  law of any part of the United Kingdom which implemented”;  (b) for the definition of “environmental assessment” substitute—  (b) in Annex IV—  (a) in Annex III— 