Harbours Act 1964

[F1 [F2 10A (1) Where further information is made available on an official website under paragraph 10ZB, the Secretary of State must publish, or direct another person to publish, an information notice.

(2) But the Secretary of State is not required to publish, or direct the publication of, an information notice if the Secretary of State considers that the information will be made publicly available at an inquiry or hearing under paragraph 18.

(3) An information notice must—

(a) state that the Secretary of State has received the information,

(b) specify a place where a copy of the information can, until the expiry of the period referred to in paragraph (d), be inspected at all reasonable hours,

(c) provide an address from which a copy of the information can, until the expiry of that period, be obtained and details of the amount of any charge for the provision of such a copy, and

(d) state that any person who desires to make representations in relation to the further information should do so in writing to the Secretary of State before the expiry of the period of 42 days starting with a date specified in the notice.

(4) The information notice must—

(a) be published by Gazette and local advertisement, and

(a) be published in such other ways, if any, as seem appropriate to the Secretary of State.

(5) The information notice, or a copy of it, must also—

(a) be made available by the Secretary of State on an official website, and

(b) be kept available on the website throughout the period required to ensure the effective participation of the public in the environmental impact assessment for the project to which the notice relates.

(6) Any charge imposed under sub-paragraph (3)(c) must be reasonable.

(7) The date specified in accordance with sub-paragraph (3)(d) must be the date on which the notice first appears in a local newspaper.

(8) If the Secretary of State directs a person to publish an information notice, the person must supply the Secretary of State with a copy of the notice—

(a) as soon as possible, and

(b) in any event within the period of three working days (see paragraph 10(7)) starting with the date specified in accordance with sub-paragraph (3)(d).

(9) The Secretary of State may specify the form in which, and means by which, a copy of an information notice is to be provided.]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3 substituted (1.2.2000) by The Harbour Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/3445), reg. 15(4), Sch. 3

F2 Sch. 3 para. 10A substituted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(14) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))