
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Harbour Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 9th September 1996.
2 
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
3 
The Harbour Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990 shall be amended as follows—
(1) In regulation 4(4)—
(a) for the words “If the appropriate Department decides” there shall be substituted “Where it appears to the appropriate Department”; and
(b) for the words “of its decision forthwith” there shall be substituted “accordingly”.
(2) In regulation 5(1)—
(a) there shall be substituted from the beginning to “characteristics” the following—“Where it appears to the appropriate Department that the proposed harbour works constitute a project falling within Annex I to the Directive, or a project falling within Annex II to the Directive, the characteristics of which”;
(b) for the words “of its decision forthwith” there shall be substituted “accordingly”; and
(c) the words “that it considers” shall be omitted.
(3) In regulation 7 after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following—“
(4) Paragraphs 3 to 8 of Schedule 8 to the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (which relate to the giving of evidence at, and the expenses incurred in relation to inquiries) shall apply to an inquiry held under paragraph (3) as they apply in relation to an inquiry under that Schedule.”.
(4) In regulation 8(4)(b)—
(a) head (ii) shall be renumbered (iii); and
(b) after head (i) there shall be inserted the following—“
(ii) stating that the information provided in accordance with paragraph (2) has been taken into consideration, and”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 5th August 1996.
Trevor Pearson
Assistant Secretary
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on 5th August 1996.
Gerald Lavery
Assistant Secretary
