Amendment of the Environment Act 1995 in relation to applications to the mineral planning authority
10.—(1) The Environment Act 1995() is amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 13 (review of old mineral planning permissions)—
(a)in paragraph 1 (interpretation), at the end, add—
“(8) Where an electronic communication is used to make an application to a mineral planning authority under any of paragraphs 6, 7 or 9 below, the applicant shall be taken to have agreed—
(a)to the use of electronic communications for all purposes relating to his application which are capable of being effected using such communications, unless he gives notice in writing to the mineral planning authority in accordance with sub-paragraph (9) below; and
(b)that his address for the purposes of such communications is the address incorporated into, or otherwise logically associated with, his application (or such other address as he may notify in writing to the mineral planning authority).
(9) An applicant may give notice that he is no longer to be taken to have agreed to the use of electronic communications for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (8).
(10) Any such notice shall take effect from the date specified in it being not less than seven days from the date on which it is given.”;
(b)in paragraph 9 (applications for approval of conditions and appeals in cases where the conditions approved are not those proposed) in sub-paragraph (2)(d), for “an address”, substitute “a postal address”.
(3) In Schedule 14 (periodic review of mineral planning permissions)—
(a)in paragraph 2 (interpretation), at the end, add—
“(5) Where an electronic communication is used to make an application to a mineral planning authority under paragraph 5 or 6 below, the applicant shall be taken to have agreed—
(a)to the use of electronic communications for all purposes relating to his application which are capable of being effected using such communications, unless he gives notice in writing to the mineral planning authority in accordance with sub-paragraph (6) below; and
(b)that his address for the purposes of such communications is the address incorporated into, or otherwise logically associated with, his application (or such other address as he may notify in writing to the mineral planning authority).
(6) An applicant may give notice that he is no longer to be taken to have agreed to the use of electronic communications for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (5).
(7) Any such notice shall take effect from the date specified in it being not less than seven days from the date on which it is given.”;
(b)in paragraph 6 (application to determine conditions to which mineral permissions are to be subject), in sub-paragraph (2)(d), for “an address”, substitute “a postal address”.