Introductory textF1

Northern Ireland

~~PLANNING~~

~~Made~~ ~~16th January 2008~~

~~Coming into operation~~ ~~12th February 2008~~

~~The Department of the Environment is a designated~~^f1 ~~Department for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972~~^f2 ~~in relation to the requirement for an assessment of the impact on the environment of projects likely to have significant effects on the environment.~~C1

~~The Department of the Environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by that section.~~

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Regulations revoked (13.3.2012) by The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (revoked) 2012 (S.R. 2012/59), art. 1, Sch. 5 (with regs. 39, 40(2))

Modifications

C1: Rules applied (1.4.2015) by The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/74), reg. 45(4)(c) (with regs. 44, 45(3)(4))

Footnotes

f1: S.I.1988/785
f2: 1972 c.68. The enabling powers of section 2(2) were extended by virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c.51)