Regulation 5 Publicity for environmental statements

Where an environmental statement has been prepared as required by these Regulations the drainage body shall —

(a)

by notice in at least two local newspapers announce the preparation of the statement including details of the time and place where copies may be inspected by members of the public at all reasonable times and stating that any person or body wishing to make representations in relation to the likely environmental effects regarding the works to which the statement relates should make them in writing to the drainage body at the address specified in the notice within 28 days from the publication of the notice; and

(b)

at the same time as the notice is published, supply copies of it to —

(i)

the Nature Conservancy Council;

(ii)

the Countryside Commission; and

(iii)

any other public authority, statutory body or organisation which appears to them to have an interest in the matter;

(c)

provide copies of the statement on request to interested members of the public.