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  "number": "9",
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  "text": "Subject to paragraph 23, SEPA shall, within 14 days of receiving an application for a permit, give notice of the application, enclosing a copy of it, to the following persons:–\n(a) in the case of an application for a permit to operate an installation or Part A mobile plant, the Health Board in whose area the installation or mobile plant will be operated;\n(b) in the case of an application for a permit to operate a Part A installation or Part A mobile plant –\n(i) the Food Standards Agency;\n(ii) where the operation of the installation or mobile plant may involve the release of any substance into a sewer vested in a water and sewerage authority (established under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994), that authority;\n(iii) where the operation of the installation or mobile plant may involve an emission which may affect a site of special scientific interest or a European site (within the meaning of regulation 10(1) of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994), Scottish Natural Heritage (and where such operation may involve an emission which may affect such a site in England, the Nature Conservancy Council for England);\n(iv) where the operation of the installation or mobile plant may involve the release of any substance into a harbour managed by a harbour authority (within the meaning of section 57 (1) of the Harbours Act 1964), that harbour authority;\n(c) in the case of an application for a permit to operate a Part B installation where the operation of the installation may involve an emission which may affect a site of special scientific interest or a European site (within the meaning of regulation 10(1) of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994), Scottish Natural Heritage (and where such operation may involve an emission which may affect such a site in England, the Nature Conservancy Council for England);\n(d) in the case of an application for a permit to operate a Part A installation or a Part B installation on a site in respect of which a nuclear site licence is required under section 1 of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 or in respect of which a major accident prevention policy document is required under regulation 5 of the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 or a safety report is required under regulation 7 of those Regulations, the Health and Safety Executive;\n(e) in the case of all applications, the local authority in whose area the installation is situated or the mobile plant is intended to be operated and such other persons as the Scottish Ministers may direct.",
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      "text": "See section 1 of the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28)."
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      "text": "1994 c. 39."
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      "text": "S.I. 1994/2716."
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      "text": "1964 c. 40."
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      "text": "1965 c. 57; section 1 was amended by S.I. 1974/2056 and S.I. 1990/1918."
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      "text": "S.I. 1999/743."
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      "text": "See section 10 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37)."
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