# The National Grid (Bramford to Twinstead Reinforcement) Order 2024, Paragraph 2

Extent: E+W

(1) Where an application has been made under paragraph 1 the relevant authority may request such reasonable further information from the undertaker as it considers is necessary to enable it to consider the application.
(2) If the relevant authority considers further information is necessary and the requirement does not specify that consultation with a requirement consultee is required, the relevant authority must, within seven business days of receipt of the application, notify the undertaker in writing specifying the further information required.
(3) If the requirement specifies that consultation with a requirement consultee is required, the relevant authority must issue the consultation to the requirement consultee within seven business days of receipt of the application and must notify the undertaker in writing specifying any further information requested by the requirement consultee within seven business days of receipt of such a request and in any event within 21 business days of receipt of the application.
(4) If the relevant authority does not give the notification mentioned in sub-paragraphs (2) or (3) it is deemed to have sufficient information to consider the application and is not thereafter entitled to request further information without the prior agreement of the undertaker.
(5) Where further information is requested under this paragraph in relation to part only of an application, that part is treated as separate from the remainder of the application for the purposes of calculating the time periods referred to in paragraph 1 and in this paragraph.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/958/schedule/4/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-grid-bramford-to-twinstead-reinforcement-order-2024/schedule-4/paragraph-2
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