{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drainage-northern-ireland-order-1973/schedule-2B/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drainage-northern-ireland-order-1973/schedule-2B/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1973/69",
  "legislation_title": "Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drainage-northern-ireland-order-1973",
  "path": "schedule/2B/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Type and characteristics of the potential impact",
  "text": "The likely significant effects on the environment must be considered in relation to the criteria set out under paragraphs 1 and 2 with regard to the impact of the works on the factors set out in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2C , and having regard, in particular, to—\n(a) the magnitude and spatial extent of the impact of the works (for example the geographical area and size of the population likely to be affected;\n(b) the nature of the impact;\n(c) the transboundary nature of the impact;\n(d) the intensity and complexity of the impact;\n(e) the probability of the impact;\n(f) the expected onset, duration, frequency and reversibility of the impact;\n(g) the accumulation of the impact with the impact of other existing and/or approved projects;\n(h) the possibility of effectively reducing the impact.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Schs. 2A-2C substituted (16.5.2017) by The Drainage (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/88), reg. 1, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2B para. 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Drainage (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/31), regs. 1(1), 2(9)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1973/69/schedule/2B/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:54:36.383193+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}