Schedule 3: The Office for Environmental Protection: Northern Ireland
The Office for Environmental Protection’s (OEP’s) functions in Northern Ireland are essentially the same as its functions in England. This is dealt with in the Act in two ways:
Substantive Northern Ireland functions of the OEP are provided for in Part 1 of Schedule 3. To a large extent, these provisions mirror those in Part 1 of the Act.
Provision about the OEP itself and its general functions is contained in sections 22 to 43 of Part 1 of the Act. These apply to Northern Ireland, subject to the amendments made by Part 2 of Schedule 3.
	Throughout this Schedule, "the Department" means the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).