# Water Abstraction and Impoundment (Licensing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Regulation 17: Public inquiries

Extent: N.I.

(1) For the purposes of considering representations made—
(a) under regulation 9 and under that regulation as applied by regulations 13 and 15; and
(b) under regulation 9A(2),
the Department may direct the Appeals Commission to hold a public local inquiry.
(2) The Department shall give notice of any direction made under paragraph (1) to the applicant.
(3) Schedule A1 to the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies in relation to a public local inquiry held by the Appeals Commission under this regulation as it applies to a local inquiry held under an enactment passed or made as mentioned in section 23 of that Act.
(4) Where the Department makes a direction under paragraph (1) it shall, in determining the application to which the direction relates, consider the report on the public local inquiry held by the Appeals Commission.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/482/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-abstraction-and-impoundment-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-17
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