# Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: N.I.

FORESTRY
Made 14th March 2000
Coming into operation 1st May 2000
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, 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) 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 as amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC hereby make the following Regulations:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/84/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-impact-assessment-forestry-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/introduction
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