Introductory text

Northern Ireland

FORESTRY

Made 14th March 2000

Coming into operation 1st May 2000

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, being a department designated^f1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f2 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) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, and having taken into account the selection criteria in Annex III to Council Directive 85/337/EEC^f3 as amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC^f4 hereby make the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1988/785
f2: 1972 c. 68. Section 2 is subject to Schedule 2 to that Act and is to be read with S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3) and S.R. 1994/2795 (N.I. 15)
f3: O.J. No. L175, 5.7.85, p. 40
f4: O.J. No. L73, 14.3.97, p. 5