The Environmental Impact Assessment (Fish Farming in Marine Waters) Regulations 1999

Publicity where an environmental statement is submitted

8.—(1) In complying with a screening opinion that an environmental statement is required, the applicant shall, before submitting a statement which he refers to as an environmental statement for the purposes of these Regulations, comply with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) The applicant shall publish in a local newspaper circulating in the locality in which the proposed development is to be situated a notice stating–

(a) the location of the proposed fish farm;

(b) where the application and the environmental statement may be inspected, which shall be at a Post Office in the locality nearest to the proposed development;

(c) the address at which copies of the application and the environmental statement may be obtained;

(d) the cost of a copy of the environmental statement;

(e) that representations in writing may be made to the relevant authority, within a specified period being not less than 28 days from the date of said notice.

(3) The environmental statement, when submitted, shall be accompanied by a copy of the notice mentioned in paragraph (2) certified by or on behalf of the applicant as having been published in a named newspaper on a date specified in the certificate.