Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to a local planning authority
13.—(1) When an applicant making an EIA application submits to the relevant planning authority a statement which he refers to as an environmental statement for the purposes of these Regulations he shall provide the authority with three additional copies of the statement for transmission to the Secretary of State and, if at the same time he serves a copy of the statement on any other body, he shall—
(a)serve with it a copy of the application and any plan submitted with the application (unless he has already served these documents on the body in question);
(b)inform the body that representations may be made to the relevant planning authority; and
(c)inform the authority of the name of every body whom he has so served and of the date of service.
(2) When a relevant planning authority receive in connection with an EIA application such a statement as is first mentioned in paragraph (1) the authority shall—
(a)send to the Secretary of State, within 14 days of receipt of the statement, three copies of the statement and a copy of the relevant application and of any documents submitted with the application;
(b)inform the applicant of the number of copies required to enable the authority to comply with sub-paragraph (c) below; and
(c)forward to any consultation body which has not received a copy direct from the applicant a copy of the statement and inform any such consultation body that they may make representations.
(3) The applicant shall send the copies required for the purposes of paragraph (2)(c) to the relevant planning authority.
(4) The relevant planning authority shall not determine the application until the expiry of 14 days from the last date on which a copy of the statement was served in accordance with this regulation.