Part 6Environmental outcomes reports
General
I1162Public consultation etc
1
An appropriate authority must consult the public before making EOR regulations which contain provision—
a
under section 152(1) (specified environmental outcomes);
b
amending, repealing or revoking relevant existing environmental assessment legislation.
2
An appropriate authority must consult such persons as the appropriate authority considers appropriate—
a
before making EOR regulations which contain provision under—
i
section 154(1) to (6) (consents and plans subject to this Part);
ii
section 159(2) (power to provide for further exemptions by Secretary of State direction);
iii
section 160 (enforcement);
iv
section 164 (interaction with existing environmental assessment legislation and the Habitats Regulations);
b
before issuing, modifying or withdrawing any guidance under section 163, which relates to—
i
how the likely impact of a proposed relevant consent or proposed relevant plan on the delivery of a specified environmental outcome should be assessed, or
ii
how the extent to which a relevant consent or relevant plan actually affects the delivery of a specified environmental outcome should be assessed or monitored.
3
EOR regulations may require a public authority to respond, or to respond in a particular way or by a particular time, to a consultation under subsection (1) or (2).