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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-natural-habitats-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-1995/regulation-64",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1995/380",
  "legislation_title": "The Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995",
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  "number": "64",
  "heading": "Discharge consents under water pollution legislation",
  "text": "(1) Regulations 43 and 44 (requirement to consider effect on European site) apply in relation to the giving of consent under Part II of the Water Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.\n(2) Where in such a case the Department considers that any adverse effects of the plan or project on the integrity of a European site would be avoided by making any consent subject to conditions, it may give consent, or cause it to be given, subject to those conditions.\n(3) Regulations 45 and 46 (requirement to review existing decisions and consents, etc.) apply to any such consent as is mentioned in paragraph (1).\n(4) Where on review of such a consent the Department considers that any adverse effects on the integrity of a European site of the carrying out or, as the case may be, the continuation of the activities authorised by it would be avoided by a variation of the consent, it may vary it, or cause it to be varied, accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 5 (N.I.)"
    }
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      "affecting_title": "The Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}