SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 3The Office for Environmental Protection: Northern Ireland
PART 1The OEP’s Northern Ireland functions
I1I22Monitoring and reporting on environmental law
1
The OEP must monitor the implementation of Northern Ireland environmental law.
2
The OEP may report on any matter concerned with the implementation of Northern Ireland environmental law.
3
But the OEP must not monitor the implementation of, or report on, a matter within the remit of the Committee on Climate Change.
4
A matter is within the remit of the Committee on Climate Change if it is a matter on which the Committee is, or may be, required to advise or report under Part 1, sections 34 to 36, or section 48 of the Climate Change Act 2008.
5
The OEP must—
a
arrange for its reports under this paragraph to be laid before the Northern Ireland Assembly, and
b
publish them.
6
The Department must—
a
respond to a report under this paragraph, and
b
lay before the Northern Ireland Assembly, and publish, a copy of the response.
7
The response to a report under this paragraph must be laid no later than 3 months after the report is laid.