# The Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 1992, Regulation 9: Receipt of applications by hazardous substances authority


(1) When the hazardous substances authority receive an application for hazardous substances consent or an application for any consent, agreement or approval required by a condition imposed on a grant of hazardous substance consent, they shall, as soon as practicable, acknowledge receipt in writing.
(2) Where, in the opinion of the hazardous substances authority, the application is invalid, the authority shall, as soon as practicable, notify the applicant of their opinion, giving their reasons.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation and regulations 10 and 11, an application for hazardous substances consent shall be taken to have been received when each of the following events has occurred—
(a) the application form has been served on the hazardous substances authority;
(b) any certificate or documents required by regulations 6 and 7 have been served on that authority; and
(c) any fee required to be paid in respect of the application has been paid to that authority and, for this purpose, lodging a cheque for the amount of a fee is to be taken as payment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/656/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-hazardous-substances-regulations-1992/regulation-9
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