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44.—(1) Where an action plan or a revision of an action plan—
(a)has been adopted or approved pursuant to regulation 47; and
(b)identifies a public authority as responsible for a particular action;
that public authority shall treat the action plan as its policy insofar as it relates to that action.
(2) A public authority may depart from any policy mentioned in paragraph (1) if—
(a)it provides—
(i)the Department; and
(ii)the competent authority responsible for the preparation of the action plan or the revision (if not the Department);
with written reasons showing reasonable grounds for departing from that policy; and
(b)it publishes those reasons.
(3) In this regulation “public authority” includes any person who exercises functions of a public nature.
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