{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-local-nature-recovery-strategies-procedure-regulations-2023/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-local-nature-recovery-strategies-procedure-regulations-2023/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/341",
  "legislation_title": "The Environment (Local Nature Recovery Strategies) (Procedure) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-local-nature-recovery-strategies-procedure-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Resolution of publication advisory notice by the Secretary of State",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where—\n(a) a publication advisory notice has been given by a supporting authority to a responsible authority; and\n(b) the supporting authority which gave the publication advisory notice has not subsequently informed the responsible authority that it is content for the responsible authority to publish its local nature recovery strategy under regulation 19.\n(2) Where this regulation applies, the responsible authority may write to the Secretary of State to request permission to publish its final local nature recovery strategy under regulation 19.\n(3) A responsible authority may not make a request to the Secretary of State under paragraph (2) unless—\n(a) it has investigated the matters raised in the publication advisory notice; and\n(b) it has replied to the publication advisory notice.\n(4) A request to the Secretary of State under paragraph (2) must—\n(a) be in writing;\n(b) enclose a copy of its final local nature recovery strategy; and\n(c) contain such other information as the responsible authority considers relevant to the request.\n(5) A responsible authority which has made a request under paragraph (2) must, as soon as reasonably practical after making the request—\n(a) give a copy of the request to all supporting authorities for the local nature recovery strategy;\n(b) give a copy of the publication advisory notice to all supporting authorities for the local nature recovery strategy, except for the supporting authority that gave it the notice; and\n(c) confirm in writing to the Secretary of State the date on which, and the method by which, the copy of the request was given to each supporting authority for the local nature recovery strategy.\n(6) A supporting authority for the local nature recovery strategy may, before the expiry of 14 days beginning with the date on which the copy of the request was received, submit to the Secretary of State such information as it considers relevant.\n(7) The Secretary of State, upon receiving a request under paragraph (2), must—\n(a) permit the responsible authority to publish its final local nature recovery strategy; or\n(b) permit the responsible authority to publish its final local nature recovery strategy, subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.\n(8) A decision under paragraph (7) may not be made until the expiry of 28 days beginning with the date on which every supporting authority for the local nature recovery strategy had been given a copy of the request by the responsible authority.\n(9) The Secretary of State must inform all supporting authorities for the local nature recovery strategy of their decision under paragraph (7).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/341/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:47:36.498956+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."
}