SCHEDULE 8APPEALS TO THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS
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1
SEPA must, within 14 days of receipt of the copy of the notice of appeal sent in accordance with paragraph 1, give notice of the appeal to—
a
any person who was required to be given notice in respect of the application or permit to which the appeal relates under paragraph 13 of Schedule 4 or paragraph 4(4)(c) of Schedule 7,
b
any person who made representations to SEPA with respect to the subject matter of the appeal, and
c
any person who appears to SEPA to have a particular interest in the subject matter of the appeal.
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A notice under sub-paragraph (1) must—
a
state that notice of appeal has been given,
b
state the name of the appellant and, where the appeal concerns an installation, the address of the site of the installation,
c
describe the application or permit to which the appeal relates,
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 will be entered in the register unless that person making the representation requests in writing that they should not be 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 sub-paragraph (1)(b) or (c) who makes representations with respect to the appeal and any person mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) will be notified of the date of the hearing.
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SEPA must, within 14 days of sending a notice under sub-paragraph (1), notify the Scottish Ministers of the persons to whom and the date on which the notice was sent.
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In the event of an appeal being withdrawn, SEPA must give notice of the withdrawal to every person to whom notice was given under sub-paragraph (1).