Prospective
PublicityU.K.
9.—(1) Within 14 days of sending to the Executive an environmental statement pursuant to regulation 5, the licensee shall cause to be published in one or more newspapers circulating in the locality in which the project is to be carried out and, where required by the Executive, any other newspaper named by the Executive, a notice stating—
(a)the name and address of the licensee and that he is the applicant in respect of a consent for a project;
(b)the date on which the application was made;
(c)the address or location of the site at which the proposed project is to be carried out;
(d)that a copy of the application together with a copy of the environmental statement may be inspected by members of the public at all reasonable hours;
(e)an address (or addresses) in the locality of the power station or reactor at which those documents may be inspected and the latest date on which they will be available for inspection (being a date not less than 30 days later than the date on which the notice is published);
(f)an address (or addresses) (whether or not the same as that given under sub-paragraph (e) above) in the locality of the power station or reactor at which copies of the environmental statement may be obtained;
(g)that copies may be obtained there so long as stocks last;
(h)if a charge is to be made for a copy, the amount of the charge; and
(i)that any person wishing to make representations about the application should make them in writing, before the date named in accordance with sub-paragraph (e), to the Executive at a specified address.
(2) A copy of the notice required by paragraph (1) shall be provided to the Executive by the licensee within 14 days of the notice being published.
(3) The licensee shall ensure that—
(a)not less than 5 copies of the application for consent to carry out a project together with 5 copies of the environmental statement are available for inspection by members of the public at all reasonable hours at the address (or addresses) specified in the notice referred to in paragraph (1) pursuant to sub-paragraph (e) of that paragraph; and
(b)copies of the environmental statement are available at the address specified in the notice referred to in paragraph (1) pursuant to sub-paragraph (f) of that paragraph on payment of a reasonable charge reflecting printing and distribution costs.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 9 in force at 19.11.1999, see reg. 1