Regulation 19 Exercise of discontinuance powers by the DepartmentI1
Northern Ireland
(1)
If it appears to the Department, after consultation with the council, that a discontinuance notice should be served under regulation 7, the Department may itself serve such a notice.
(2)
Where the Department exercises its powers under paragraph (1), regulation 7 shall apply in relation to it as it applies in relation to a council as if for references to the council there were substituted references to the Department.