# The Gas (Underground Storage) (Certificates) (England and Wales) Regulations 1967, Regulation 7: Application for and issue of certificates


(1) An application to the river authority for a certificate under paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the Act in respect of any controlled operations shall be in writing, and shall include such particulars, and shall be accompanied by such maps and documents, other than documents relating to the publication or service of notices, as would be required to be submitted to the said river authority if the application were an application, pursuant to regulations made under the Water Resources Act 1963, for a statutory licence to abstract water in respect of the said controlled operations.
(2) On submitting such an application the applicant shall serve a copy thereof on the gas authority together with a copy of any accompanying map or document.
(3) The time within which a certificate is to be issued by the river authority shall be three months of the receipt of such an application by them.
(4) The river authority issuing a certificate shall include in the certificate a statement in writing of the reasons for their decision, including the reasons for any conditions, limitations or restrictions specified therein, and shall give particulars of the manner in which, and the time within which, an appeal may be made to the Minister concerned with water resources under paragraph 5 of the said Schedule 3.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1967/1167/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gas-underground-storage-certificates-england-and-wales-regulations-1967/regulation-7
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