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40.—(1) This Article applies where the permission of a public body is needed before operations may be carried out.
(2) Before permitting the carrying out of operations likely to damage any of the flora, fauna or geological, physiographical or other features by reason of which an ASSI is of special scientific interest, a public body shall give notice of the proposed operations to the Department.
(3) Paragraph (2) applies even if the operations would not take place on land included in an ASSI.
(4) The public body shall wait until the expiry of the period of 28 days beginning with the date of the notice under paragraph (2) before deciding whether to give its permission, unless the Department has notified the body that it need not wait until then
(5) The body shall take any advice received from the Department into account—
(a)in deciding whether or not to permit the proposed operations, and
(b)if it does decide to do so, in deciding what (if any) conditions are to be attached to the permission.
(6) If the Department advises against permitting the operations, or advises that certain conditions should be attached, but the public body does not follow that advice, the body—
(a)shall give notice of the permission, and of its terms, to the Department, the notice to include a statement of how (if at all) the body has taken account of the Department’s advice, and
(b)shall not grant a permission which would allow the operations to start before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date of that notice.
(7) In this Article “permission”, in relation to any operations, includes authorisation, consent, and any other type of permission.
(8) This Article does not apply where the public body whose permission is needed is the Department.
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