 The Bill received Royal Assent on 23 February 2017, and passed into law as the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Act 2017.At the end of March 2012 the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) announced that it had submitted a complaint to the European Commission that the UK government, in failing to carry out a strategic environmental assessment ahead of deciding on the route of Phase One of HS2, was in breach of European Union legislation.BBOWT said that the complaint would only be considered by the EU Commission after the UK Courts had concluded consideration of various judicial reviews submitted to them.