Regulation 7 Appeals under Section 58 or Section 60 of the 2011 ActI1

Where an appeal is made to the Commission under section 58 or 60, the functions conferred on the council or on the Department by Part 3 to Part 8 of these Regulations shall be exercisable by the Commission in respect of that appeal.

For the purpose of paragraph (1), regulation 15(4) shall have effect as if substituted by the following provision—

“(4)

An appellant receiving a notification pursuant to paragraph (1) shall, within 4 weeks from the date of the determination, inform the Commission, in writing, that the appellant—

(a)

accepts the Commission’s determination and proposes to provide an environmental statement; or

(b)

does not accept the Commission’s determination.”

For the purposes of paragraph (1), regulation 15(6) does not apply.

For the purposes of paragraph (1), the words “and a deemed refusal by the council shall not give rise to an appeal to the Commission by virtue of section 58 or 60” contained in regulations 15(5), (8) and 21(3) shall not have effect.