# The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017, Introduction: Introductory text


Forestry
Made 15th May 2017
Coming into operation 16th May 2017
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs being a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the requirement for an assessment of the impact on the environment of projects likely to have significant effects on the environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2) makes the following Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/86/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-impact-assessment-forestry-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/introduction
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