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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-assessment-of-plans-and-programmes-wales-regulations-2004/regulation-16",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2004/1656",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Wales) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-assessment-of-plans-and-programmes-wales-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Information as to adoption of plan or programme",
  "text": "(1) As soon as reasonably practicable after the adoption of a plan or programme for which an environmental assessment has been carried out under these Regulations, the responsible authority must—\n(a) make a copy of the plan or programme and its accompanying environmental report available at its principal office for inspection by the public at all reasonable times and free of charge; and\n(b) take such steps as it considers appropriate to bring to the attention of the public—\n(i) the title of the plan or programme;\n(ii) the date on which it was adopted;\n(iii) the address (which may include a website) at which a copy of it and of its accompanying environmental report, and of a statement containing the particulars specified in paragraph (4), may be viewed or from which a copy may be obtained;\n(iv) the times at which inspection may be made; and\n(v) that inspection may be made free of charge.\n(2) As soon as reasonably practicable after the adoption of a plan or programme—\n(a) the responsible authority must inform—\n(i) the consultation bodies;\n(ii) the persons who, in relation to the plan or programme, were public consultees for the purposes of regulation 13; and\n(iii) where the responsible body is not the National Assembly, the National Assembly; and\n(b) the National Assembly must inform the Secretary of State,\nof the matters referred to in paragraph (3).\n(3) The matters are—\n(a) that the plan or programme has been adopted;\n(b) the date on which it was adopted; and\n(c) the address (which may include a website) at which a copy of—\n(i) the plan or programme, as adopted;\n(ii) its accompanying environmental report; and\n(iii) a statement containing the particulars specified in paragraph (4),\nmay be viewed, or from which a copy may be obtained.\n(4) The particulars referred to in paragraphs (1)(b)(iii) and (3)(c)(iii) are—\n(a) how environmental considerations have been integrated into the plan or programme;\n(b) how the environmental report has been taken into account;\n(c) how opinions expressed in response to—\n(i) the invitation in regulation 13(2)(d);\n(ii) action taken by the responsible authority in accordance with regulation 13(4),\nhave been taken into account;\n(d) how the results of any consultations entered into under regulation 14 have been taken into account;\n(e) the reasons for choosing the plan or programme as adopted, in the light of the other reasonable alternatives dealt with; and\n(f) the measures that are to be taken to monitor the significant environmental effects of the implementation of the plan or programme.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/1656/regulation/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."
}