Regulation 44 Implementation of action plansI1
Northern Ireland
Where an action plan or a revision of an action plan—
has been adopted or approved pursuant to regulation 47; and
identifies a public authority as responsible for a particular action;
that public authority shall treat the action plan as its policy insofar as it relates to that action.
A public authority may depart from any policy mentioned in paragraph (1) if—
it provides—
the Department; and
the competent authority responsible for the preparation of the action plan or the revision (if not the Department);
with written reasons showing reasonable grounds for departing from that policy; and
it publishes those reasons.
In this regulation “public authority” includes any person who exercises functions of a public nature.