SCHEDULE 9Procedures in connection with appeals to the Scottish Ministers

7.

A notice under paragraph 6 shall–

(a)

state that the notice of appeal has been given;

(b)

state the name of the appellant and the address of the site where the controlled activity is being carried on;

(c)

describe the application or authorisation to which the appeal relates; and

(d)

state that representations with respect to the appeal may be made to the Scottish Ministers in writing by any recipient of the notice within a period of 21 days beginning with the date of the notice and that copies of any representations so made will be furnished to the appellant and to SEPA;

(e)

explain that any such representations made by any person will be entered in a public register unless that person requests in writing that they should not be so entered, and that where such a request is made there will be included in the register a statement indicating only that representations have been made which have been the subject of such a request;

(f)

state that if a hearing is to be held wholly or partly in public, a person mentioned in paragraph 6(a) or (b) who makes representations with respect to the appeal will be notified of the date of the hearing.