{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-works-environmental-impact-assessment-england-and-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-works-environmental-impact-assessment-england-and-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/580",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-works-environmental-impact-assessment-england-and-wales-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Scoping opinions: publicity",
  "text": "(1) As soon as reasonably practicable after sending the scoping opinion to the developer, the relevant authority must send a copy to—\n(a) every local planning authority for the area in which the development will be carried out; or\n(b) if the development will be in carried out in relevant waters, any local planning authority that the relevant authority thinks appropriate.\n(2) Where a local planning authority that keeps the planning register receives a copy of the scoping opinion, the local planning authority must ensure that a copy is available for public inspection at all reasonable hours at the place where the planning register is kept for at least 2 years after the date on which the scoping opinion is given.\n(3) The relevant authority must ensure that a copy of the scoping opinion is able to be accessed by the public free of charge at a website maintained by or on behalf of the relevant authority for at least 2 years after the date on which the screening opinion is given.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/580/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:11:09.113992+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."
}