Regulation 7 Deciding on acceptance of a notice of proposed application and notifying the applicant
Where the Welsh Ministers receive a notice of proposed application, they must decide whether to accept the notice.
The Welsh Ministers must accept a notice of proposed application if it complies with the requirements imposed by regulation 6.
If the Welsh Ministers accept the notice of proposed application, they must give notice of their decision to the applicant (“notice of acceptance”) within 28 days beginning with the day after the receipt of the notice of proposed application.
The Welsh Ministers must include in the notice of acceptance—
the date of the notice, and
if the proposed application is to change an infrastructure consent order, a statement as to whether the change is a material change or a non-material change.
Where the proposed application is to make a non-material change, the Welsh Ministers may include provision in the notice of acceptance that—
the notice of proposed application is to be treated as an application, and
the applicant is not required to comply with regulation 15.
If the Welsh Ministers do not accept the notice of proposed application, they must give notice of their decision to the applicant, giving reasons for the decision, within 28 days beginning with the day after the receipt of the notice of proposed application.