Regulation 38 Revocation and transitional provisionsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), the Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (in this regulation called “the 2000 Regulations”)^f1 are revoked.

(2)

Paragraph (1) shall not affect the continued application of the 2000 Regulations in respect of any matter relating to an application for a consent under those Regulations where—

(a)

that application; or

(b)

any application under regulation 5 of the 2000 Regulations which is relevant to the application for that consent; or

(c)

any request under regulation 9 of those Regulations which is relevant to the application for that consent

was made before these Regulations came into operation and in such a case these Regulations shall not apply.

F1(3)

The amendments made to these regulations by the Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 do not apply to projects where, before the commencement date—

(a)

the proposer has applied in writing to the Department under regulation 6(1) for its opinion whether a project is a relevant project;

(b)

the proposer has requested the Department to give its opinion under regulation 9(1) as to the scope and level of detail of the information to be contained in the environmental statement required for that project; or

(c)

the environmental statement has been submitted under regulation 10(1).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 38(3) inserted (16.5.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/86), regs. 1, 21

Commencement

I1: Reg. 38 in operation at 4.1.2007, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2000/84