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4.—(1) The 1999 Regulations shall be further amended as follows.
(2) In regulations 5(1) and 6(2), for “by notice in at least two local newspapers”, substitute “, subject to regulation 13B below, by notice in at least two local newspapers and on any website maintained by the drainage body”.
(3) In regulations 5(3), (4) and (5), after “paragraph (1)(d) above” insert “(or the period of 28 days referred to in regulation 13B(3)(a) below, whichever is the greater)”
(4) In regulations 10(3) and 12(6)(a), at the beginning insert “Subject to regulation 13B(1) below,”.
(5) In regulations 12(3) and 12(8), after “shall” insert “, subject to regulation 13B below,”.
(6) After regulation 13A, insert —
13B.—(1) Where the site of the proposed improvement works is easily visible from a public highway, a drainage body may, instead of placing a notice in a local paper in accordance with regulation 5(1), 6(2), 10(3), 12(3), 12(6)(a) or 12(8), post on the site a notice or notices containing, subject to paragraph (2), the information specified in the regulation in question.
(2) In a notice posted under paragraph (1) in substitution to a notice published under regulation 5(1) or 12(6)(a), the period specified as the period within which representations may be made shall be not less than 28 days from the date on which the notice is first posted.
(3) The notice mentioned in paragraph (1) must –
(a)be left in position for not less than seven consecutive days in the 28 days following the date on which the notice is first posted; and
(b)be affixed firmly to some object on the site in such a way as to be easily visible to, and readable by, members of the public without going on to the land.”.
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