# The Environmental Noise Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Regulation 44: Implementation of action plans

Extent: N.I.

(1) Where an action plan or a revision of an action plan—
(a) has been adopted or approved pursuant to regulation 47; and
(b) 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.
(2) A public authority may depart from any policy mentioned in paragraph (1) if—
(a) it provides—
(i) the Department; and
(ii) 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
(b) it publishes those reasons.
(3) In this regulation “public authority” includes any person who exercises functions of a public nature.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/387/regulation/44 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-noise-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-44
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