PART 1Environmental governance

CHAPTER 2The Office for Environmental Protection

The Office for Environmental Protection

I1I224The OEP’s strategy: process

1

The OEP must—

a

arrange for the strategy prepared under section 23 to be laid before Parliament F1and the Northern Ireland Assembly, and

b

publish it.

2

The OEP may revise the strategy at any time (and subsection (1) applies to any revised strategy).

3

The OEP must review the strategy at least once in every review period.

4

Review period” means—

a

in relation to the first review, the period of 3 years beginning with the day on which the strategy was first published, and

b

in relation to subsequent reviews, the period of 3 years beginning with the day on which the previous review was completed.

5

Before preparing, revising or reviewing the strategy, the OEP must consult such persons as it considers appropriate.