The Electricity Consents (Planning) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

Concurrent proceedings

3.—(1) Article 65 of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (NI 1) (concurrent proceedings) is amended as follows.

(2) After paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) Paragraph (1) does not apply to an application for a consent under Article 39 or 40.”.

(3) At the end add—

“(3) Paragraph (4) applies where a licence holder makes an application to the Department for its consent under Article 40 for the installation of an electric line above ground and, for a purpose connected with the proposed installation of that line, makes one or both of the following—

(a) an application to the Department under paragraph 10 of Schedule 4 for a necessary wayleave;

(b) a reference to the Department under paragraph 14 (felling and lopping of trees) of that Schedule.

(4) The proceedings which—

(a) in the case of an application under paragraph 10 of Schedule 4, are required by that paragraph to be taken in relation to that application;

(b) in the case of a reference under paragraph 14 of that Schedule, are required by that paragraph to be taken in relation to that reference,

may be taken concurrently (so far as practicable) with the proceedings required by Schedule 8 to be taken in relation to the application for consent under Article 40.

(5) Where, for a purpose connected with the proposed installation of an electric line, a licence holder makes—

(a) an application to the Department under paragraph 10 of Schedule 4 for the necessary wayleave; and

(b) a reference to the Department under paragraph 14 of that Schedule,

the proceedings required by the said paragraph 10 to be taken in relation to the reference under that paragraph may be taken concurrently (so far as practicable) with the proceedings required by the said paragraph 14 to be taken in relation to the application under that paragraph.”.