Duties to inform the applicant and public of final decisionsS
26.—(1) Where an EIA application is determined by the [F1Scottish Ministers], the [F1Scottish Ministers] must—
(a)notify the applicant of the decision;
(b)notify those bodies consulted in accordance with regulation 19(1)(b) of the decision by sending a copy of the decision notice to such bodies;
(c)notify the public of the decision, and of where a copy of decision notice may be inspected, by publishing a notice in a newspaper circulating in the locality in which the land is situated, or by such other means as are reasonable in the circumstances; and
(d)make a copy of the decision notice available for public inspection—
(i)at an office of the [F1Scottish Ministers] where the register may be inspected; and
(ii)on the application website.
F2(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 26(1) substituted (18.3.2021) by The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/44), regs. 1(1), 10(23)(a) (with reg. 13)
F2Reg. 26(2) omitted (18.3.2021) by virtue of The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/44), regs. 1(1), 10(23)(b) (with reg. 13)
F3Reg. 26(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Forestry (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/130), regs. 1(1), 75; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)