The Forestry (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017

Duties to inform the applicant and public of final decisionsS

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26.—(1) Where an EIA application is determined by the Commissioners, the Commissioners must—

(a)notify the applicant of the decision;

(b)notify those bodies consulted in accordance with regulation 19(1)(b) of the decision by sending a copy of the decision notice to such bodies;

(c)notify the public of the decision, and of where a copy of decision notice may be inspected, by publishing a notice in a newspaper circulating in the locality in which the land is situated, or by such other means as are reasonable in the circumstances; and

(d)make a copy of the decision notice available for public inspection—

(i)at an office of the Commissioners where the register may be inspected; and

(ii)on the application website.

(2) The Commissioners must, as soon as reasonably practicable after notification of the decision notice under regulation 30(8), comply with paragraph (1)(b) to (d) in relation to the decision so notified as if it were a decision of the Commissioners.

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