Railways Act 2005

Newspaper notification E+W+S

2 (1) The person carrying out the consultation must publish a notice under this paragraph, in two successive weeks— E+W+S

(a) in a local newspaper circulating in the area affected by the proposal; and

(b) in two national newspapers.

(2) The notice must set out—

(a) the proposal date;

(b) the other particulars of the proposal;

(c) the address at which—

(i) the initial assessment, and

(ii) a summary of the results of that assessment,

are available for inspection, or from which a copy of that assessment and summary may be obtained;

(d) the fees payable for a copy of the assessment and summary;

(e) a statement that any representations about the proposal may be sent to the person carrying out the consultation within such period as may be specified in the notice.

(3) In the case of a consultation carried out about a proposal to which section 23, 24, 27, 28, 30 or 31 applies, the proposal date must be not less than six months after the notice is last published in a local newspaper for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1).

(4) The period specified under sub-paragraph (2)(e) must be a period ending no less than 12 weeks after the notice is last published in a local newspaper for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1).

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 7 para. 2 in force at 1.12.2006 by S.I. 2006/2911, art. 2, Sch.