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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-environmental-impact-assessment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/schedule-4/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2017/83",
  "legislation_title": "The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-environmental-impact-assessment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A description of the expected significant adverse effects of the development on the environment deriving from the vulnerability of the development to risks to major accidents and/or disasters which are relevant to the development concerned. Relevant information available and obtained through risk assessments pursuant to Union legislation such as any law that implemented Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council or Council Directive 2009/71/Euratom as it had effect immediately before IP completion day or relevant assessments carried out pursuant to national legislation may be used for this purpose provided that the requirements of any law that implemented the Directive are met. Where appropriate, this description should include measures envisaged to prevent or mitigate the significant adverse effects of such events on the environment and details of the preparedness for and proposed response to such emergencies.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 8 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Planning (Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1235), regs. 1(2), 9(11)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 8 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Planning (Environmental Assessments and Technical Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/300), regs. 1(2), 5(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 8 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Planning (Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1235), regs. 1(2), 9(11)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 8 in operation at 16.5.2017, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "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."
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