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SCHEDULE 3The Office for Environmental Protection: Northern Ireland

PART 2Amendments of the OEP’s general functions

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1

Section 27 (co-operation duties of public authorities and the OEP) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (2)—

a

in paragraph (d) for “, the Welsh Ministers, a Northern Ireland department or a Minister within the meaning of the Northern Ireland Act 1998” substitute “or the Welsh Ministers”;

b

in paragraph (f) for “devolved functions” substitute “Scottish devolved functions or Welsh devolved functions”.

3

In subsection (3) for “devolved functions”, in both places it occurs, substitute “Scottish devolved functions or Welsh devolved functions”.

4

After subsection (3) insert—

3A

An implementation body is only required to co-operate with the OEP by virtue of subsection (1) to the extent that co-operation is in relation to functions of that body exercisable in or as regards Northern Ireland.

In this subsection “implementation body” has the meaning it has in section 55 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (see subsection (3) of that section).