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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2007/schedule-5/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110788760",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2007",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Calculation of the relevant period",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph provides for the calculation of a period referred to in paragraph 15(2).\n(2) The period starts—\n(a) on the day the regulator receives a duly-made application; or\n(b) if paragraph 10 applies, on the day the appropriate authority complies with paragraph 10(3).\n(3) In calculating the period the following periods must be ignored—\n(a) a period from the service of a notice requiring further information under paragraph 4(1) to the receipt by the regulator of that information;\n(b) a period for representations mentioned in paragraph 9(3)(c) to the extent that it does not overlap with a period for representations mentioned in paragraph 6(1)(c);\n(c) a period during which national security or confidentiality is being considered in relation to the application, that is to say—\n(i) any period during which a determination under regulation 47(3), 47(7) or 50 is being considered (including any appeal), or\n(ii) a period of 15 working days after the service of a notice under regulation 49(1); and\n(d) if the regulator informs the public in relation to a draft decision in accordance with paragraph 1(d) of Annex V to the IPPC Directive, a period of 20 working days.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110788760/schedule/5/paragraph/16",
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  "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."
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