The Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993

[F1 [F2 Projects in [F3 an EEA State] likely to have significant transboundary effects N.I.

67BZA.— (1) Where the Department receives from [F4 an EEA State] information which the EEA State has gathered from the developer of a proposed project in that EEA State which is likely to have significant effects on the environment in Northern Ireland, the Department must—

(a) enter into consultations with that EEA State regarding, amongst other things, the potential significant effects of the proposed project on the environment in Northern Ireland and the measures envisaged to reduce or eliminate such effects; and

(b) determine in agreement with that EEA State a reasonable period, before development consent for the project is granted, during which members of the public in Northern Ireland may submit [F5 “representations to the authority in that EEA State which the EEA State has designated as responsible for performing the duties arising from the Directive] .

(2) The Department must also—

(a) arrange for the information referred to in paragraph (1) to be made available, within a reasonable time, both to the authorities in Northern Ireland which it considers are likely to be concerned by the project by reason of their specific environmental responsibilities or local or regional competences, and to the public concerned in Northern Ireland;

(b) ensure that those authorities and the public concerned in Northern Ireland are given an opportunity before development consent for the project is granted, to forward to the competent authority in the relevant EEA State, within a reasonable time, their opinion on the information supplied; and

(c) make available to the public concerned, in an appropriate manner, any information received from the competent authority of the relevant EEA State F6 ....]]

F1 SR 1999/89

F2 Art. 67BZA inserted (16.5.2017) by The Roads (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/87), regs. 1(1), 6

F3 Words in art. 67BZA heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Roads (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/377), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Words in art. 67BZA(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Roads (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/377), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Words in art. 67BZA(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Roads (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/377), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Words in art. 67BZA(2)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Roads (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/377), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)