Projects in [F1an] EEA State likely to have significant transboundary effectsN.I.
30.—(1) Where the Department receives from [F2an] EEA State F3..., information which the EEA State has gathered from the applicant of a proposed project in that EEA State which is likely to have significant effects on the environment in Northern Ireland, the Department shall F4...—
(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 whether it wishes to participate in that EEA State’s procedure; 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 to the competent authority [F5(which the EEA State designated as responsible for performing the duties arising from the Directive)] representations F6....
(2) The Department shall 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 the 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 F7....
Textual Amendments
F1Word in reg. 30 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Planning (Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1235), regs. 1(2), 9(6)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Word in reg. 30(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Planning (Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1235), regs. 1(2), 9(6)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in reg. 30(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Planning (Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1235), regs. 1(2), 9(6)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in reg. 30(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Planning (Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1235), regs. 1(2), 9(6)(b)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in reg. 30(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Planning (Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1235), regs. 1(2), 9(6)(aa)(b)(iv); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in reg. 30(1)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Planning (Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1235), regs. 1(2), 9(6)(b)(iv)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Words in reg. 30(2)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Planning (Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1235), regs. 1(2), 9(6)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 30 in operation at 16.5.2017, see reg. 1