PART 3ACTION PLANS
CHAPTER 9IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTION PLANS
Implementation of action plans44
1
Where an action plan or a revision of an action plan—
a
has been adopted or approved pursuant to regulation 47; and
b
identifies a public authority as responsible for a particular action;
that public authority shall treat the action plan as its policy insofar as it relates to that action.
2
A public authority may depart from any policy mentioned in paragraph (1) if—
a
it provides—
i
the Department; and
ii
the competent authority responsible for the preparation of the action plan or the revision (if not the Department);
with written reasons showing reasonable grounds for departing from that policy; and
b
it publishes those reasons.
3
In this regulation “public authority” includes any person who exercises functions of a public nature.