23.—(1) Where an application is forwarded to [F1a ]Member State pursuant to paragraph 22, the Department shall notify the applicant and the chief inspector and, in a case where the application has not been referred to the Department under paragraph 17—N.I.
(a)the chief inspector shall not determine the application or provide his draft determination until the Department has notified him in writing that the bilateral consultations mentioned in paragraph 22 have been completed and has forwarded to him any representations duly made on the application by persons in [F2that Member State] which have been forwarded to the Department; and
(b)the period within which to give notice of the determination or to provide a draft determination of the application set out in paragraph 18 shall begin on the date on which the chief inspector receives the Department’s notification that the bilateral consultations have been completed.
(2) In determining an application which is forwarded to [F1a ] Member State pursuant to paragraph 22 the chief inspector, or the Department if the application has been referred to it, shall take into consideration any representations duly made in [F2that Member State] which have been forwarded to the Department.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Sch. 4 para. 23 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Protection (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/289), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 2(5)(d)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Sch. 4 para. 23 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Protection (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/289), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 2(5)(d)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 4 para. 23 in operation at 20.6.2013, see reg. 1