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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-pollution-applications-appeals-and-registers-regulations-1996/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2971",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Pollution (Applications, Appeals and Registers) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-pollution-applications-appeals-and-registers-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Appeals",
  "text": "(1) A person who wishes to appeal to the Secretary of State under section 91 or 191B(5) of the Water Resources Act 1991 (appeals in respect of consents under Chapter II of Part III and appeals in relation to information which the Agency has determined is not commercially confidential) shall give the Secretary of State notice of the appeal.\n(2) The notice of appeal shall—\n(a) specify the grounds of appeal; and\n(b) indicate whether the appellant wishes the appeal to be determined on the basis of a hearing or written representations.\n(3) The notice of appeal shall be accompanied by copies of any application, consent, correspondence, decision, notice or other document relevant to the appeal.\n(4) At the same time as the appellant gives notice of the appeal to the Secretary of State, the appellant shall send the Agency a copy of his notice of appeal, together with a list of the documents provided to the Secretary of State under paragraph (3) above.\n(5) If the appellant wishes at any time to withdraw his appeal he shall do so by notice informing the Secretary of State and shall send a copy of the notice to the Agency.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Relevant amendments were made by paragraph 143 of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/675",
      "affecting_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/675",
      "affecting_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2013/755",
      "affecting_title": "The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2971/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:31:25.571540+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}