Schedule 3: The Office for Environmental Protection: Northern Ireland Part 1: The OEP’s Northern Ireland functions Public statements
Paragraph 15 sets out the OEP’s duties with respect to public statements such as press releases.
	Sub-paragraph (1) requires the OEP to publish a public statement whenever it serves an information or decision notice, makes a review application under paragraph 12 or an application for judicial review under paragraph 13(1), or applies to intervene in a judicial review. This sub-paragraph also sets out the information that this statement must contain.
	Sub-paragraph (2) provides that the OEP is not required to publish a statement if it considers that it would not be in the public interest to do so.