The Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

18.—(1) Where an application is forwarded to another Member State pursuant to paragraph 17 the Department shall notify the applicant and the chief inspector and, in a case where the application has not been referred to the Department under paragraph 14–

(a) the chief inspector shall not determine the application until the Department has notified him in writing that the bilateral consultations mentioned in paragraph 17 have been completed and has forwarded to him any representations duly made on the application by persons in the other Member State which have been forwarded to the Department; and

(b) the period within which to give notice of determination of the application set out in paragraph 15 shall begin on the date on which the chief inspector receives the Department’s notification that the bilateral consultations have been completed.

(2) In determining an application which is forwarded to another Member State pursuant to paragraph 17 the chief inspector, or the Department if the application has been referred to it, shall take into consideration any representations duly made in the other Member State which have been forwarded to the Department.