The Electricity (Offshore Generating Stations) (Inquiries Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2019

Registration

6.—(1) The Welsh Ministers must as soon as practicable after the issue of a relevant notice send to each person entitled to appear or whom they know to have an interest in the proposal, a copy of the statement sent by the Welsh Ministers under regulation 4(1)(c) and a registration form in the form provided for in paragraph (4).

(2) On receipt of the relevant notice, the applicant must publish by local advertisement a notice stating—

(a) that these Regulations apply to the inquiry;

(b) the matters contained in the statement sent by the Welsh Ministers under regulation 4(1)(c);

(c) the arrangements for the first pre-inquiry meeting, if any; and

(d) that persons interested in participating in the inquiry should obtain a registration form from the Welsh Ministers.

(3) The Welsh Ministers must as soon as practicable after the applicant has complied with paragraph (2) publish the notice referred to in that paragraph on a website.

(4) The registration form must—

(a) include the address to which completed forms must be returned and the date by which that must be done, which must be no later than eight weeks after the date of the relevant notice;

(b) request the following information—

(i) the name, address and telephone number of the person registering;

(ii) the name, address and telephone number of any agent, or, in the case of an organisation, of the contact person;

(iii) whether or not the person registering has an interest in any land to which the inquiry relates which will be affected by the proposal;

(iv) whether or not the person registering is likely to want to be represented formally and play a major part in the inquiry;

(v) if not, whether or not the person registering wishes to give oral evidence at the inquiry or wishes only to submit representations in writing; and

(c) request that the completed registration form is accompanied by two copies of an outline statement from the person registering.

(5) The Welsh Ministers must, as soon as practicable after the date by which the registration form must be returned under paragraph (4)(a), circulate each outline statement received by them as mentioned in paragraph (4)(c).