5.—(1) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Authority decides that a valid application has been made, it shall notify the applicant in writing.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a notification shall be treated as made in writing if transmitted to the applicant by facsimile transmission or electronic mail.
(3) The period after the making of an application within which a notice of application shall be published by the applicant under section 17F(2) shall expire at 17.00 hours on the tenth working day after the day on which the Authority notifies the applicant that a valid application has been made.
(4) The particulars required to be contained in a notice of application published under section 17F(2) are—
(a)in relation to an application for a water supply licence, the particulars specified in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations; and
(b)in relation to an application for the variation of a retail licence so that it gives also the supplementary authorisation, the particulars specified in Part 2 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
(5) The notice of application published under section 17F(2) shall be published on the applicant’s website or in such other manner as the applicant considers appropriate for the purpose of bringing it to the attention of persons likely to be affected by it.
(6) On or as soon as reasonably practicable after the day on which the applicant publishes a notice of application under section 17F(2), the Authority shall publish a copy of that notice on the Authority’s website.
(7) Section 17F(2) and (3) shall not apply in relation to an application for the variation of a combined licence so that it gives only the retail authorisation.