Paragraph 14 ensures that the relevant department, i.e. the Northern Ireland department with policy responsibility for the area in question (see definition in paragraph 7(11)), is made aware of a relevant information or decision notice or of a review application.
	Where the recipient of an information or decision notice is not a Northern Ireland department, sub-paragraph (1)(a) requires the OEP to provide a copy of the notice to the relevant department, as well as a copy of any correspondence between the OEP and the recipient of the notice that relates to the notice. Sub-paragraph (1)(b) requires the OEP to also provide the recipient of a notice with a copy of any correspondence it has with the relevant department regarding the notice.
	Sub-paragraph (2) provides that the OEP is not obliged to provide copies of notices or correspondence set out in sub-paragraph (1) if it considers that to do so would not be in the public interest.
	Where the OEP makes a review application under paragraph 12, or an application for judicial review under paragraph 13(1), against a relevant public authority which is not a Northern Ireland department, sub-paragraph (3) requires the OEP to provide the relevant department with a copy of the application and a statement which sets out the OEP’s opinion on whether the relevant department should participate in the review proceedings.
Schedule 3: The Office for Environmental Protection: Northern Ireland Part 1: The OEP’s Northern Ireland functions Duty of the OEP to involve the relevant department