Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. No. 198 of 2017).

These Regulations amend the Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 so as to transpose Council Directive 214/52/EU amending Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment. technical amendments concern, among other things, the minimum consultation period, reaching a conclusion on the likely significant effects on the environment of the significant project, a co-ordinated approach on environmental assessments in respect of a significant project, etc. A new regulation (9A) is inserted. This Regulation describes an environmental statement. Another new regulation (15a) concerns conclusions about the environmental impact by the Department.