Schedules

Schedule 5U.K.Preparation of an MPS or of amendments of an MPS

Consultation in Northern IrelandU.K.

3(1)If one of the relevant authorities is the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland, that Department must consult the other relevant Northern Ireland departments—U.K.

(a)during the preparation of the consultation draft, and

(b)during the settling of the final text.

(2)For the purposes of this paragraph, the relevant Northern Ireland departments are those Northern Ireland departments which have functions in relation to the whole or any part of the UK marine area.