Schedules
Schedule 5Preparation of an MPS or of amendments of an MPS
Statement of public participation
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1
The relevant authorities must prepare and publish a statement of public participation (an “SPP”).
2
An SPP is a statement of the policies settled by the relevant authorities for or in connection with the involvement of interested persons in the preparation of the relevant document.
3
The relevant authorities must publish the SPP in a way calculated to bring it to the attention of interested persons.
4
In this paragraph “interested persons” means—
a
any persons appearing to the relevant authorities to be likely to be interested in, or affected by, policies proposed to be included in the relevant document, and
b
members of the general public.
5
Each of the relevant authorities must take all reasonable steps to comply with the SPP.