Part 1 The OEP's Northern Ireland Functions

SCHEDULE 3 The Office for Environmental Protection: Northern Ireland

Section 49

Part 1 The OEP's Northern Ireland Functions

Monitoring and reporting on the Department's environmental improvement plans

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(1)     The OEP must monitor progress in improving the natural environment in accordance with the current environmental improvement plan.

(2)     The OEP must prepare a progress report for each annual reporting period.

(3)     A progress report for an annual reporting period is a report on progress made in that period in improving the natural environment in accordance with the current environmental improvement plan.

(4)     An annual reporting period is a period for which the Department must prepare a report under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 (a “Schedule 2 reportâ€).

(5)     In reporting on progress made in an annual reporting period, the OEP must consider—

(a)     the Schedule 2 report for that period,

(b)     the data published by the Department under paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 that relates to that period, and

(c)     any other reports, documents or information it considers appropriate.

(6)     A progress report for an annual reporting period may include—

(a)     consideration of how progress could be improved, and

(b)     consideration of the adequacy of the

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