Grant of approvals by the Northern Ireland competent authority
27. The Northern Ireland competent authority may grant approvals in respect of those matters—
(a)which are referred to in ADR in relation to carriage by road or in RID in relation to carriage by rail, as—
(i)requiring the approval, permission, authorisation or agreement of the competent authority;
(ii)a matter which may be allowed by or shall be satisfactory or acceptable to the competent authority; or
(iii)being subject to a certificate of approval issued by a competent authority; and
(b)the references to which are set out in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 3, and
subject to any conditions set out in paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 3.