48.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4) the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015(1) (“the 2015 Regulations”) are revoked except for regulations 45(3) and (4).
(2) The 2015 Regulations continue to have effect as they did immediately before 16th May 2017 where before that date—
(a)the applicant or, as the case may be, the appellant has submitted an environmental statement (within the meaning of the 2015 Regulations); or
(b)the applicant has made a request under regulation 7(1)(b) of the 2015 Regulations for an opinion as to the information to be provided in the environmental statement.
(3) Parts 1 and 2 of the 2015 Regulations continue to have effect as they did immediately before 16th May 2017 in respect of—
(a)a request for a determination under regulation 7(1)(a) of the 2015 Regulations made to the council or, as the case may be, the Department, before that date.
(b)a determination by the council or, as the case may be, the Department where the process to make the determination was initiated before that date.
(4) Regulations 45(3) and (4) of the 2015 Regulations continue to have effect in respect of the matters specified in paragraph 2(a) to (c) of regulation 40 of the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012.