The Environmental Impact Assessment (Fish Farming in Marine Waters) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Appeals

13.—(1) This regulation applies where an appeal is made to the Water Appeals Commission for Northern Ireland (“the Appeals Commission”) under section 11A(4)(b) of the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 in relation to an application for a fish culture licence as regards fish farming in marine waters where the proposed development will be likely to have significant effects on the environment by virtue, inter alia, of its size, nature or location.

(2) The Appeals Commission shall not dispose of any such appeal unless it has taken into consideration an assessment of the direct and indirect effects of the proposed development on the environmental factors specified in Schedule 2, made by it in the light of the environmental statement, any additional information and any representations made in accordance with regulations 8 to 10;

(3) Regulations 11(5) and 12(4) to (6) shall apply in relation to a decision of the Appeals Commission on any such appeal as they apply to a decision by the Department on an application to which the prohibition in regulation 3(1) applies as if the duty of the Department to notify any person, publish any advertisement and inform any person was a duty of the Appeals Commission.