Regulation 9 Action by the Scottish Ministers upon receipt of notice of appealI1
Scotland
The Scottish Ministers shall, within 14 days of receipt of a notice of appeal, give notice of the following matters to any person (other than to SEPA) on whom the appellant was required to serve a copy of the notice of appeal–
that representations with respect to the appeal may be made to the Scottish Ministers in writing (or in electronic form) by the recipient of the notice within the period of 21 days beginning with the date of receipt of the notice;
that copies of the representations will be sent to the appellant, SEPA and any other person on whom the appellant was required to serve a copy of the notice of appeal; and
that any person who makes any such representations will be informed about the hearing of the appeal if there is to be a hearing held wholly or partly in public.