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Regulation 10 Publicity for environmental statementsI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

In any case where a public gas transporter has made an application to the Secretary of State for consent to the carrying out of proposed pipe-line works, accompanied by an environmental statement relating to those works, the following provisions of this regulation shall apply.

F1(2)

The gas transporter shall serve on the consultation bodies as soon as is reasonably practicable—

(a)

a copy of the application for consent, the environmental statement and any supplementary information; and

(b)

a notice stating that representations may be made to the Secretary of State by a date specified in the notice which shall be at least F230 days after the date on which the application for consent, the environmental statement and any supplementary information were served on the body,

and he shall inform the Secretary of State in writing of the names and addresses of every such body on whom he has served copies, and the dates on which they were served, in each case no later than 7 days after the date of such service.

(3)

The gas transporter shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, publish a notice which states—

(a)

the gas transporter’s name and address and that he is an applicant for consent under these Regulations for proposed pipe-line works;

(b)

the location and the nature of the proposed pipe-line works and, where relevant, the fact that such works would be likely to have a significant effect on the environment in F3an EEA State;

(c)

that an environmental statement has been prepared and that a copy of the application for consent, the environmental statement and any supplementary information may be inspected by members of the public at all reasonable hours;

(d)

the address of the relevant planning authority premises referred to in paragraph (6) below at which the application for consent, the environmental statement and any supplementary information may be inspected and the latest date (being a date not less than 30 days after the date on which the notice is to be last published, pursuant to paragraph (4) below) on which they will be available for inspection;

(e)

the address in Great Britain referred to in paragraph (5)(b) below at which copies of the application for consent, the environmental statement and any supplementary information may be obtained and that copies of the environmental statement may be obtained there and, subject to regulation 12 (charges) below, specify the amount of any charge to be made for a copy of the statement;

(f)

that any person wishing to make representations in relation to the application for consent should make them in writing to the Secretary of State by the date stated in accordance with sub-paragraph (d) above and specify the address to which any such representations should be sent;

(g)

the nature of possible decisions to be taken in response to the application for consent; and

(h)

the arrangements made for consulting the public pursuant to this regulation.

(F44)

The gas transporter shall publish the notice referred to in paragraph (3)—

(a)

in two successive weeks in—

(i)

the Gazette, and

(ii)

one or more local newspapers circulating in each area in which the proposed pipe-line works would be carried out; and

(b)

on a public website, alongside the application for consent and the environmental statement.

(5)

The public gas transporter shall–

(a)

at least 7 days before the date on which the notice referred to in paragraph (3) above is to be first published, F5... supply free of charge to the relevant planning authority F6a copy of the application for consent, environmental statement and any supplementary information for the purposes of inspection by members of the public in accordance with paragraph (6) below and notify the authority of the intended date of first publication;

(b)

make available at an address in Great Britain enough copies of the F7application for consent, the environmental statement and any supplementary information to be likely to satisfy all reasonable demands for copies pursuant to paragraph (3)(e) above; and

(c)

subject to sub-paragraph (b) above and to the receipt by the public gas transporter of any sum referred to in paragraph (3)(e) above, supply during the period referred to in paragraph (6) below to any person on request a copy of the F8application for consent, the environmental statement and any supplementary information.

(6)

The relevant planning authority shall make available premises at which copies of the F9application for consent, the environmental statement and any supplementary information may be inspected by members of the public free of charge at all reasonable hours for a period commencing on the date of first publication notified to it by the public gas transporter in accordance with paragraph (5)(a) above and expiring on the date stated in accordance with paragraph (3)(d) above.

(7)

The public gas transporter shall provide the Secretary of State with copies of each of the newspapers and Gazettes in which the F10notice referred to in paragraphs (3) and (4) above appeared in each case no later than 7 days after the date of publication of those newspapers or Gazettes F11and also the address of the public website on which the notice was published in accordance with paragraph (4).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 10(2)-(4) substituted (20.8.2007) by The Gas Transporter Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1996), regs. 1, 8(a) (with reg. 16)

F2

Words in Regulations substituted (16.5.2017) by The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Environmental Impact Assessment and other Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/582), regs. 1, 25 (with reg. 43)

F3

Words in reg. 10(3)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Pipe-lines, Petroleum, Electricity Works and Oil Stocking (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1325), regs. 1(1), 4(6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4

Reg. 10(4) substituted (16.5.2017) by The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Environmental Impact Assessment and other Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/582), regs. 1, 34(a) (with reg. 43)

F5

Words in reg. 10(5)(a) omitted (20.8.2007) by virtue of The Gas Transporter Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1996), regs. 1, 8(b)(i)(aa) (with reg. 16)

F6

Words in reg. 10(5)(a) substituted (20.8.2007) by The Gas Transporter Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1996), regs. 1, 8(b)(i)(bb) (with reg. 16)

F7

Words in reg. 10(5)(b) substituted (20.8.2007) by The Gas Transporter Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1996), regs. 1, 8(b)(ii) (with reg. 16)

F8

Words in reg. 10(5)(c) substituted (20.8.2007) by The Gas Transporter Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1996), regs. 1, 8(b)(iii) (with reg. 16)

F9

Words in reg. 10(6) substituted (20.8.2007) by The Gas Transporter Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1996), regs. 1, 8(c) (with reg. 16)

F10

Word in reg. 10(7) substituted (20.8.2007) by The Gas Transporter Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1996), regs. 1, 8(d) (with reg. 16)

F11

Words in reg. 10(7) inserted (16.5.2017) by The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Environmental Impact Assessment and other Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/582), regs. 1, 34(b) (with reg. 43)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 10 in force at 15.7.1999, see reg. 1(1)