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Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment for Decommissioning) Regulations 1999
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Pre-application opinion as to the content of the environmental statementU.K.
6.—(1) Without prejudice to regulation 5, a licensee who is minded to apply for a consent to carry out a project may request the [F1ONR] to state in writing its opinion as to [F2the scope and level of detail of] the information to be provided in connection with that application.
(2) The [F1ONR] shall, if it considers that it has not been provided with sufficient information to give an opinion on a request made under paragraph (1), notify the licensee of the matters in respect of which it requires further information and shall not be required to give an opinion under paragraph (1) until such further information has been provided.
(3) The [F1ONR] shall not give an opinion in response to a request under paragraph (1) until it has consulted the licensee, the consultation bodies and such other bodies as appear to the [F1ONR] to be appropriate having regard to the circumstances of the case, but the [F1ONR] shall, subject to paragraph (2), respond to such request within 21 days of the end of the period allowed by the [F1ONR] for responding to such consultation.
[F3(3A) The ONR shall not give an opinion in response to a request under paragraph (1) unless it has taken into account the information provided by the licensee, in particular on the specific characteristics of the project, including its location and technical capacity, and its likely impact on the environment.]
(4) An opinion given for the purposes of paragraph (1) shall not prevent the [F1ONR] subsequently requiring the licensee to submit further information.
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F1Word in Regulations substituted (1.4.2014) by The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/469), Sch. 3 para. 95 (with Sch. 4)
F2Words in reg. 6(1) inserted (6.8.2018) by The Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment for Decommissioning) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/834), regs. 1(2), 8(2) (with reg. 22)
F3Reg. 6(3A) inserted (6.8.2018) by The Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment for Decommissioning) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/834), regs. 1(2), 8(3) (with reg. 22)
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