# The Sustainable Drainage (Approval and Adoption Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2018, Regulation 4: Duty to consult before determining application for approval


(1) An approving body, when requesting a response from a person consulted under paragraph 11(3) of Schedule 3 (a “consultee”), must specify a date for response which is within 3 weeks beginning on the first working day after sending the request.
(2) Before the end of the period specified under paragraph (1) the approving body and consultee may agree a different date for response.
(3) The approving body may disregard a response that is received from a consultee after the relevant time limit.
(4) In this regulation, “relevant time limit” means—
(a) a period specified under paragraph (1), or
(b) any other period agreed under paragraph (2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/1077/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sustainable-drainage-approval-and-adoption-procedure-wales-regulations-2018/regulation-4
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