{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-chemicals-regulations-2002/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-chemicals-regulations-2002/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1355",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Chemicals Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-chemicals-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Grant and refusal of permits",
  "text": "(1) In considering whether to grant a permit, the Secretary of State shall have regard to any opinion expressed by—\n(a) the consultation parties; and\n(b) (except where the permit application is one to which regulation 7(2) applies) the general public.\n(2) The Secretary of State shall not grant a permit unless she is satisfied that there has been substantial compliance with regulation 7.\n(3) Where the Secretary of State grants a permit, she shall send it to the permit applicant.\n(4) Where the Secretary of State refuses a permit application, she shall give notice of such refusal to the permit applicant.\n(5) The Secretary of State shall publish in the Gazettes notice of the granting of any permit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1355/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:57:02.168029+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}