Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. VI Ch. III (arts. 175-199) excluded (1.4.2007) by Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/187), reg. 9(6)
190.—(1) This Article applies to—
(a)any reference to DOE under Article 178, 181 or 188; and
(b)any review by DOE under Article 185 or 189.
(2) On a reference or review to which this Article applies, it shall be the duty of DOE, before determining the questions which are the subject matter of the reference or review—
(a)to give an opportunity of making representations or objections to DOE—
(i)to the sewerage undertaker in question;
(ii)in the case of a reference or review relating to a consent under this Chapter, to the occupier of the trade premises in question;
(iii)in the case of a reference or review relating to an agreement or proposed agreement under this Chapter, to the owner or the occupier of the trade premises in question, according to whether it is the owner or the occupier of those premises who is a party or proposed party to the relevant agreement; and
(b)to consider any representations or objections which are duly made to DOE with respect to those questions by a person to whom DOE is required to give such an opportunity and which are not withdrawn.
(3) On determining any question on a reference or review to which this Article applies, DOE shall serve notice on the sewerage undertaker in question and on the person specified in paragraph (2)(a)(ii) or (as the case may be) (iii).
(4) A notice under this Article shall state, according to what has been determined—
(a)that the discharges or operations to which, or to the proposals for which, the reference or review relates, or such of them as are specified in the notice, are to be prohibited; or
(b)that those discharges or operations, or such of them as are so specified, are to be prohibited except in so far as they are made or carried out in accordance with conditions which consist of or include conditions so specified; or
(c)that DOE has no objection to those discharges or operations and does not intend to impose any requirements as to the conditions on which they are made or carried out.
(5) Without prejudice to Article 191, a notice under this Article, in addition to containing such provision as is specified in paragraph (4), may do one or both of the following, that is to say—
(a)vary or revoke the provisions of a previous notice with respect to the discharges or operations in question; and
(b)for the purpose of giving effect to any prohibition or other requirement contained in the notice, vary or revoke any consent under this Chapter or any agreement under Article 187.
(6) Nothing in paragraph (1) or (2) of Article 179 shall be construed as restricting the power of DOE, by virtue of paragraph (4)(b), to specify such conditions as DOE considers appropriate in a notice under this Article.
(7) DOE shall send a copy of every notice served under this Article to the Authority.
Commencement Information
I1Art. 190 wholly in operation at 1.4.2007, see art. 1(2) and S.R. 2007/194, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II (subject to art. 3, Sch. 2)