The Planning(Northern Ireland) Order 1991

Health and safety requirements

63.—(1) Nothing in—

(a) any hazardous substances consent granted or deemed to be granted under—

(i) the preceding provisions of this Order; or

(ii) paragraph 4 of Schedule 4; or

(b) any hazardous substances contravention notice issued under Article 81,

shall require or allow anything to be done in contravention of any of the relevant statutory provisions or any prohibition notice or improvement notice served under or by virtue of any of those provisions; and to the extent that such a consent or notice purports to require or allow any such thing to be done, it shall be void.

(2) Where it appears to the Department after it has granted, or is deemed to have granted, a hazardous substances consent or has issued a hazardous substances contravention notice that the consent or notice or part of it is rendered void by paragraph (1), the Department shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, consult the Department of Economic Development with regard to the matter.

(3) If that Department advises the Department that the consent or notice is rendered wholly void, the Department shall revoke it.

(4) If that Department advises that part of the consent or notice is rendered void, the Department shall so modify it as to render it wholly operative.

(5) In this Article “relevant statutory provisions”, “improvement notice” and “prohibition notice” have the same meanings as in the [1978 NI 9] Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978.