Paragraph 1

England and Wales

(1)

Before making a scheme under section 18 of this Act, a local authority shall consult the F1appropriate agency.

(2)

Before making a scheme under section 18 of this Act, the appropriate agency or a local authority shall give a notice under this paragraph—

(a)

to the owners and occupiers of land within the area to which the scheme relates; and

(b)

to any other persons appearing to the appropriate agency or, as the case may be, that local authority to be affected by the scheme.

(3)

A notice under this paragraph is a notice in the prescribed manner of—

(a)

the intention of making the scheme;

(b)

the place where a draft of it can be inspected; and

(c)

the period (which shall not be less than thirty days) within which objections to it may be made to the appropriate agency or local authority.

Annotations

F1: Words in Sch. 4 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 338 (with Sch. 7)