Regulation 11 Assistance in preparation of environmental statementsI1

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Department and any consultation body shall, if requested by an applicant for consent, and may without such a request, enter into consultation with an applicant for consent to determine whether it has in its possession any information which may be relevant to the preparation of the environmental statement and if it has such information, it shall make it available to the applicant.

Paragraph (1) shall not require the Department to disclose information which is capable of being treated as confidential or must be so treated under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004^f1.

Paragraph (1) shall not prevent a consultation body from imposing a charge reflecting the cost of making any information available under that paragraph (including for the identification, preparation and copying of any information) or making the payment of such a charge a condition of providing the information.