Prospective
17. Where the Department is aware that the operation of an installation carrying out an activity listed in Annex I to the Directive in Northern Ireland is likely to have significant negative effects on the environment of another Member State, or where another Member State likely to be significantly affected so requests, the Department shall forward a copy of the application to operate that installation to the other Member State at the same time as the application is advertised pursuant to paragraph 5 (or as soon as it becomes so aware or receives such a request, if it becomes so aware or receives such a request after the application is advertised but before the application is determined) in order that the application may serve as the basis for any consultations necessary in the framework of the bilateral relations between the United Kingdom and the other Member State on a reciprocal and equivalent basis, as referred to in Article 17 of the Directive.N.I.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 4 para. 17 in operation at 31.3.2003, see reg. 1