Paragraph 3 Consultation

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(1)

Subject to sub-paragraph (4) below, copies of the discharge consent shall be sent, within the period of 28 days beginning with the relevant date, to—

(a)

every local authority or water undertaker within whose area any of the discharges are made;

(b)

each of the Ministers if any of the discharges are made into coastal waters, relevant territorial waters or waters outside the seaward limits of relevant territorial waters;

(c)

the harbour authority within the meaning of section 57(1) of the Harbours Act 1964 if any of the discharges are made into a harbour managed by the authority; and

(d)

the local fisheries committee, if any of the discharges are made into relevant territorial waters or coastal waters within the sea fisheries district of that committee.

(2)

The Agency need only consider representations or objections under paragraph 6(5) of Schedule 10 to the Water Resources Act 1991 which have not been withdrawn if they were made in writing to the Agency within the period allowed under sub-paragraph (3) below.

(3)

The period allowed for making representations or objections is—

(a)

in the case of a person who is required to be consulted under sub-paragraph (1) above, the period of six weeks beginning with the date on which a copy of the discharge consent is sent to him; and

(b)

in the case of any other person, the period of six weeks beginning with the last date on which the making of the application was advertised under paragraph 1(1) above.

(4)

Nothing in sub-paragraph (1) above shall require the disclosure in relation to any of the bodies mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a), (c) or (d) of any information which is not to be included in a register by virtue of section 191A or 191B of the Water Resources Act 1991 (exclusion from registers of information affecting national security and of certain confidential information).

(5)

In this paragraph, “the relevant date”, in relation to a discharge consent, has the same meaning as it has in paragraph 2 above.