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The Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

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Revocation or modification of consent

11.—(1) If it appears to the Department that a relevant project is causing or is likely to cause significant harm to the environment, the Department may, in accordance with this regulation, revoke or modify any consent granted in respect of it.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3) the Department shall not revoke or modify a consent without giving at least 3 months' notice of its intention to do so by –

(a)serving a notice of the revocation or modification on any person on whose application the consent was granted and any other person appearing to the Department to rely on the consent; and

(b)publishing a notice of the revocation or modification in such manner as the Department considers appropriate for bringing it to the attention of those likely to be thereby affected.

(3) Where the Department considers that it is necessary to prevent significant harm to the environment, it may (by notice served on a person appearing to it to rely on that consent) revoke or modify a consent with effect from the date of service of that notice or (if later) the date specified in the notice.

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