Regulation 21 Duties of the National Assembly for Wales on receiving applications for consent to release

inform the applicant in writing of the date of receipt of the application;

invite any person by means of a request placed on the register, to make representations to it relating to the release before the end of a period to be specified which shall not be less than sixty days from the date the application was received by it;

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examine the application for its conformity with the requirements of the Act and of these regulations;

evaluate the risks of damage being caused to the environment by the proposed release having regard to the environmental risk assessment; and

take into account any representations relating to risks of damage being caused to the environment by the release made to it before the end of the period specified in accordance with paragraph (b) F2...