Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Publicity N.I.

12.—(1) Where a person has made an application for consent in relation to a proposed project the Department shall by general and local advertisement —

(a) describe the nature, size and location of the proposed project;

(b) state where the application may be inspected;

(c) state that the project is likely to have significant effects on the environment and that an environmental statement is required in respect of it;

(d) state that any person may obtain information from, or make representations in writing to, the Department in relation to the likely environmental effects of the project at an address specified in the notice within [F1 30 days] of the date of the publication of the notice in the Belfast Gazette;

(e) indicate the nature of the information in question and the times where and means by which it will be made available;

(f) state the nature of the possible decisions that may be made in the case or, if there is one, the draft decision; and

(g) indicate whether the proposed project is likely to have significant effects on the environment in [F2 an] EEA State.

(2) Where the Department publishes an advertisement in accordance with paragraph (1) it shall, on or before the date of the publication of the notice in the Belfast Gazette, send a copy of that notice to each of the consultation bodies.

(3) Where the Department receives an environmental statement in accordance with regulation 10(1) it shall by general and local advertisement give notice in accordance with paragraph (4).

(4) The advertisement shall state —

(a) that the environmental statement has been prepared and give details of the places where and times at which copies, together with details of the proposed project to which the statement relates, may be inspected;

(b) that any person wishing to make representations in relation to the likely environmental effects of the proposed project to which the statement relates shall make them in writing to the Department at the address specified in the advertisement within [F3 30 days] of the publication of the notice in the Belfast Gazette; and

(c) that where no objection in relation to the likely environmental effects of the project is made and the Department, having undertaken the assessment specified in regulation 16(3) considers that the project should proceed, may so determine.

(5) On or before the date of publication in the Belfast Gazette of the notice under paragraph (3), the Department shall —

(a) send a copy of the environmental statement and notice to each of the consultation bodies so that any such body has an opportunity to make representations on the likely environmental effects of the project to which the statement relates before the expiry of the period specified in the notice; and

(b) make available at an office of the Department or some other convenient place for a period of at least [F4 30 days] following the date of publication of the notice in the Belfast Gazette, the details of the proposed project and the environmental statement relating to the project and ensure that a reasonable number of copies of the statement are made available.

(6) Where, in accordance with paragraph (5)(a), the Department sends any person a copy of the environmental statement it shall consult that person about the statement and the likely environmental effects of the proposed project to which it relates.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 12(1)(d) substituted (16.5.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/86), regs. 1, 11(a)

F2 Word in reg. 12(1)(g) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/279), regs. 1(1), 3(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Words in reg. 12(4)(b) substituted (16.5.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/86), regs. 1, 11(b)

F4 Words in reg. 12(5)(b) substituted (16.5.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/86), regs. 1, 11(c)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 12 in operation at 4.1.2007, see reg. 1