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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-determination-of-enforcing-authority-etc-scotland-regulations-1992/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/530",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Determination of Enforcing Authority Etc) (Scotland) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-determination-of-enforcing-authority-etc-scotland-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Consultation between authorities on applications",
  "text": "(1) The enforcing authority shall send to the consulted authority, within 14 days of receipt, a copy of any application for an authorisation made to it under section 6 or of an application for variation of the conditions of an authorisation made to it under section 11, together with copies of any supporting documents submitted by the applicant, and shall request the consulted authority to make written observations on the application within—\n(a) in the case of an application made under section 11 where the enforcing authority has determined under section 11(2)(d) that the proposed change would not involve a substantial change in the manner in which the process is being carried on, 21 days of the date of receipt of the copy thereof; and\n(b) in any other case, 2 months of that date.\n(2) Any observations made by the consulted authority shall include—\n(a) the authority’s opinion as to whether or not the application should be granted and its reasons therefor; and\n(b) any condition which it considers should be imposed on the granting of the application.\n(3) Without prejudice to regulation 5 and to the power of the enforcing authority, if it thinks fit, to consider observations made after expiry of the period mentioned in paragraph 1(a) or (b), any observations made by the consulted authority within the said period shall be considered by the enforcing authority in determining the application.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/530/regulation/4",
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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."
}