{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-impact-assessment-forestry-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-impact-assessment-forestry-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/518",
  "legislation_title": "Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-impact-assessment-forestry-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "schedule/4",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Environmental factors",
  "text": "The factors specified are—\n(a)population and human health;\n(b)biodiversity, with particular attention\n(c)land, soil, water, air and climate;\n—\n(i)species of naturally occurring birds in the wild state as specified in Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds;\n(ii)natural habitat types in Annex 1 to Directive 92/43;\n(iii)animal and plant species in Annex 2 or 4 to Directive 92/43.\n(d)material assets, cultural heritage and the landscape;\n(e)the interaction between the factors mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d); above and\n(f)the expected effects on those factors deriving from the vulnerability of the project to risks of major accidents and/or disasters that are relevant to the project concerned.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 substituted (16.5.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/86), reg. 1, Sch. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 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), 3(10); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/518/schedule/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:43:39.932404+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}