# The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000, Paragraph 16


If SEPA fails to give notice of its determination of an application for a permit within the period allowed by or under paragraph 15, the application shall, if the applicant notifies SEPA in writing (or in electronic form acceptable to SEPA) that the applicant treats the failure as such, be deemed to have been refused at the end of that period.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/323/schedule/4/paragraph/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pollution-prevention-and-control-scotland-regulations-2000/schedule-4/paragraph-16
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