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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-assessment-of-plans-and-programmes-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2004/280",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-assessment-of-plans-and-programmes-regulations-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The characteristics of plans and programmes, having regard, in particular, to –\n(a) the degree to which the plan or programme sets a framework for projects and other activities, either with regard to the location, nature, size and operating conditions or by allocating resources;\n(b) the degree to which the plan or programme influences other plans and programmes including those in a hierarchy;\n(c) the relevance of the plan or programme for the integration of environmental considerations in particular with a view to promoting sustainable development;\n(d) environmental problems relevant to the plan or programme; and\n(e) the relevance of the plan or programme for the implementation of assimilated law on the environment (e.g. plans and programmes linked to waste management or water protection).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(e) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/279), regs. 1(1), 2(7); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 1 para. 1(e) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 10 para. 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1 in operation at 22.7.2004, see reg. 1"
    }
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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."
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