The Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1988

Publicity for environmental statement

40.—(1) In respect of an electricity application to which regulation 35 applies, when the applicant submits an environmental statement to the Secretary of State the applicant shall send a copy to the planning authority, together with sufficient additional copies to enable the planning authority to comply with paragraph (1) of regulation 42, and shall issue a public notice to the effect that—

(a) an environmental statement in respect of a particular electricity application has been prepared;

(b) the statement may be inspected for a period of 4 weeks at a specified address in the locality of the land affected by the application;

(c) a copy of the statement may be acquired at a specified address and at a specified cost; and

(d) that representations may be made in writing in respect of the statement, and sent to the Secretary of State at a specified address within 4 weeks of the date of publication or notice made in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) The public notice under paragraph (1) may be—

(a) by advertisement in one or more local newspapers circulating in the area of the land to which the application relates, and in the Edinburgh Gazette; or

(b) included in the first notice which the applicant makes in terms of the Electricity (Publication of Applications) (Scotland) Regulations 1958(1).

(3) The applicant shall send a copy of the notice or advertisement as appropriate to the Secretary of State and the planning authority.

(4) The Secretary of State shall send to the planning authority a copy of any representations received.

(5) Where apart from these Regulations notice in respect of an electricity application is required to be given to an authority, body or person and in respect of any such application an environmental statement has been submitted to the Secretary of State, a copy of the statement shall also be supplied to that authority, body or person as appropriate.

(1)

S.I. 1958/131