# The Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1988, Regulation 53: Consultation where environmental statement received by development corporation


(1) Where a development corporation receive an environmental statement relating to a specific development application to which regulation 48 applies, they shall—
(a) make available for public inspection at their offices within reasonable hours a copy of the application, of any plans and other documents sent with it, and of the environmental statement;
(b) send to the Secretary of State a copy of the application, of any plans and other documents sent with it, and of the environmental statement; and
(c) consult those authorities, bodies or persons mentioned in Schedule 4, which appear to the development corporation to be relevant, about the application and the statement.
(2) Where an applicant submits an environmental statement to the development corporation, he shall let them have enough copies of the statement or relevant parts thereof to enable them to comply with paragraph (1)(c) of this regulation and 3 additional copies.
(3) Where under this regulation a development corporation consult any authority, body or person about any environmental statement, they shall give not less than 4 weeks' notice to such authority, body or person that environmental information is to be taken into consideration, and shall not take the environmental information into consideration until after the expiry of the period of such notice.
(4) Where any relevant authority, body or person which a development corporation are required to consult under this regulation consider that consultation with them is not required in respect of an environmental statement relating to a specific development application or class of specific development application, or relating to any specified area, they shall so inform the development corporation in writing and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this regulation the development corporation shall not be required so to consult them.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1221/regulation/53 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-assessment-scotland-regulations-1988/regulation-53
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