# The Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995, Regulation 5: Competent authorities generally


For the purposes of these Regulations the expression “competent authority” includes government departments, district councils and statutory undertakers, and any trustees, commissioners, board or other persons who, as a public body and not for their own profit, act under any statutory provision for the improvement of any place or the production or supply of any commodity or service.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1995/380/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-natural-habitats-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-1995/regulation-5
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