Amendment to the Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
10. After regulation 15 insert—
“Conclusion about the environmental impact
15A.—(1) The Department must consider (ensuring that in doing so it has, or has access to, any expertise it considers necessary)—
(a)the environmental statement;
(b)any additional environmental information;
(c)any representations it receives under—
(i)regulation 12(4)(b) and 12(5)(c),
(ii)regulation 13(2)(b) and 13(3)(d), and
(iii)regulation 14(5)(b), and
(d)any features of the significant project or measures to avoid, prevent, reduce or offset any likely significant adverse effects of the significant project on the environment.
(2) Following that consideration, the Department must reach a conclusion about the likely significant effects of the significant project on the factors specified in regulation 9A(3).”