Section 1(3) of the Rural Needs Act (NI) 2016 requires the Department to, at least every three years from the coming into operation of Section 1 of the Act, review the list of bodies and persons set out in the Schedule and, if it thinks it appropriate, by order amend the Schedule to (a) add a body or person to the Schedule (b) remove a body or person from the Schedule or (c) modify any entry in the Schedule.
DAERA launched a public survey to inform the 1st review on 5th October 2020 which ran for 6 weeks until 16th November 2020.
The Department is currently undertaking the 1st review and information on the outcome of this review will be made available here in due course.