SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 3The Office for Environmental Protection: Northern Ireland
PART 1The OEP’s Northern Ireland functions
8Duty to keep complainants informed
1
Where a person makes a complaint to the OEP alleging that a relevant public authority has failed to comply with relevant environmental law, the OEP must keep the complainant informed about its handling of the complaint.
2
In particular, the OEP must—
a
notify the complainant if it does not intend to consider the complaint because the complaint was not made in accordance with paragraph 6;
b
notify the complainant if it has concluded that it will not be commencing an investigation under paragraph 7 in relation to the complaint;
c
notify the complainant if it commences an investigation under paragraph 7 in relation to the complaint;
d
if such an investigation is commenced, notify the complainant—
i
where it provides a report under paragraph 7(5) to the relevant public authority that is the subject of the investigation, that it has provided it;
e
provide the complainant with a copy of any document published under paragraph 7(9) in relation to any investigation in relation to the complaint.