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17.—(1) Where, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, the applicant’s statement of environmental information should contain any additional information in order to constitute an environmental statement for the purposes of the application in question, the Secretary of State shall direct the applicant to supply that information.
(2) Without prejudice to paragraph (1), the Secretary of State, when considering an application in relation to which an applicant’s statement of environmental information has been provided, may direct the applicant to provide such further information as may be specified concerning any matter which is required to be, or may be, dealt with in the environmental statement.
(3) Where any such direction as is mentioned in paragraph (1) or (2) has been given by the Secretary of State, the applicant shall comply with the requirements of that direction within such period as may be specified in that direction by the Secretary of State, or if no such period is specified as soon as is reasonably practicable to do so.
(4) Where information is provided by the applicant pursuant to paragraphs (1) to (3), the applicant shall—
(a)publish, in the newspapers prescribed by rule 14(3) circulating in the areas to which the information is relevant, a notice in the form of Form 6 in Schedule 2 to these Rules;
(b)serve a copy of the information on each person on whom, in accordance with these Rules, a copy of the applicant’s statement of environmental information was served;
(c)provide a copy or an additional copy of the information, or any part of the information, to any person who requests it, subject to the payment by that person of a reasonable charge for the provision of any such copy or additional copy; and
(d)provide the Secretary of State with 4 copies of the information.
(5) The Secretary of State may direct an applicant to produce such evidence to verify any information in the applicant’s statement of environmental information or in any further information provided as a consequence of a direction given under paragraph (1) or (2) as the Secretary of State may require.
(6) Where, after making an application, an applicant submits to the Secretary of State further environmental information in relation to that application otherwise than in pursuance of a direction under paragraph (1) or (2), the Secretary of State may require the applicant to comply with the steps set out in paragraph (4) in respect of that further information.
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