3.—(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—S
(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.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) In the event of an appeal being withdrawn, SEPA must give notice of the withdrawal to every person to whom notice was given under sub-paragraph (1).