{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-hazardous-substances-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-16",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/344",
  "legislation_title": "The Planning (Hazardous Substances) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-hazardous-substances-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Application of the 2011 Act to councils",
  "text": "(1) Any application by a council for hazardous substances consent shall be made to the Department.\n(2) Regulations 5 to 8, 11 and 12(2) shall apply to the making of such applications as they apply to applications made to the council subject to the modification that a reference to “the council” is to be read as a reference to “the Department”.\n(3) Section 110 (determination of applications for hazardous substances consent), (other than subsection (2)(e)) shall apply in relation to an application made to the Department by a council as it applies in relation to an application made to a council.\n(4) A decision of the Department on an application made to it by a council shall be treated as a decision under section 114.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 16(2) substituted (9.5.2016) by The Planning (Hazardous Substances) (No.2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/116), regs. 1, 2(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/344/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:00:08.288480+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."
}