PART 7 SGENERAL PROVISIONS
Co-ordination of local authority functionsS
17. The discharge by a local authority of functions under these Regulations is to be co ordinated by an officer appointed for that purpose by the authority.
Consultation and notification requirementsS
18.—(1) Where any provision in regulations 13 to 16 requires SEPA or a local authority to consult with or notify a person before taking action and that body considers it to be necessary for the protection of human health that action be taken without delay, the body may proceed to take the action prior to carrying out the consultation or notification.
(2) Where SEPA or a local authority take action in terms of paragraph (1), that body must carry out the consultation or notification as soon as possible after the action is taken.
Bathing water in 2 local authority areasS
19. Where a bathing water is situated in the areas of 2 local authorities–
(a)each of those authorities is to carry out in its area such functions in relation to that water as are conferred on a local authority by these Regulations; and
(b)an authority intending to exercise any function under regulations 13 to 16 in relation to that water is, before doing so, to consult with the other authority within the area of which the water is situated.