PART 1

Environmental governance
CHAPTER 2

The Office for Environmental Protection

The Office for Environmental Protection

The OEP’s strategy: process
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1
The OEP must—
a
arrange for the strategy prepared under section 23 to be laid before Parliament, and
b
publish it.
2
The OEP may revise the strategy at any time (and subsection (1) applies to any revised strategy).
3
The OEP must review the strategy at least once in every review period.
4
“Review period” means—
a
in relation to the first review, the period of 3 years beginning with the day on which the strategy was first published, and
b
in relation to subsequent reviews, the period of 3 years beginning with the day on which the previous review was completed.
5
Before preparing, revising or reviewing the strategy, the OEP must consult such persons as it considers appropriate.