Supplementary plans
16.—(1) The Department may publish supplementary plans for the purpose of supplementing a river basin management plan.
(2) A plan published under paragraph (1) may, for example, relate to –
(a)a particular description of body of water;
(b)a particular catchment or geographical area;
(c)a particular matter relating to, or aspect of, the water environment; or
(d)a particular description of user of water resources.
(3) Where a plan prepared under paragraph (1) supplements a single plan for the whole of an international river basin district, the Department shall consult the relevant competent authority in the Republic of Ireland and may, where appropriate, publish a single supplementary plan.
(4) The Department shall, in preparing a supplementary plan, consult such of the persons and bodies referred to in regulation 13(6) and such other persons or bodies likely to be interested in or affected by that plan as it considers appropriate, and shall take into account any views expressed by those consulted.