# The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, Paragraph 2: Interpretation


(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(2) In these regulations—
“the 2011 Act” means the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011;”
“council” means a district council;”
“local advertisement”, in relation to a notice, means—
(a)by publication of the notice in at least one newspaper circulating in the locality in which the land to which the application or appeal relates is situated; and
(b)where the Department, council or the Commission maintain a website for the purpose of advertisement of applications, by publication of the notice on the website;

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/74/schedule/5/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-environmental-impact-assessment-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-5/paragraph-2
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