{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-environmental-impact-assessment-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/17",
  "legislation_title": "The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-environmental-impact-assessment-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "text": "In regulation 3 (directions) for paragraph (3) (b) substitute—\n“(b) in accordance with Article 2.3 of the Directive (but without prejudice to Article 7 of the Directive), that a specific development is exempted in whole or in part from these Regulations.\n3A. Where a direction is given under regulation 3 (b) the Department shall—\n(a) make available to the public the information considered in making the direction and the reasons for making the direction;\n(b) consider whether another form of assessment would be appropriate; and\n(c) take such steps as are considered appropriate to bring the information obtained under the other form of assessment to the attention of the public.”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 12.2.2008, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/17/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:38:12.907077+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."
}