[Infrastructure payments: notification requirementsE+W
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73B.—(1) A charging authority which wishes to allow infrastructure payments in its area must—
(a)issue a document which—
(i)gives notice that it is willing to accept infrastructure payments in its area,
(ii)states the date on which the charging authority will begin accepting infrastructure payments, and
(iii)includes a policy statement setting out the infrastructure projects, or types of infrastructure, which it will consider accepting the provision of as infrastructure payments (this may be done by reference to the charging authority’s infrastructure list);
(b)publish the document on its website;
(c)make the document available for inspection—
(i)at its principal office, and
(ii)at such other places within its area as it considers appropriate; and
(d)send a copy of the document to the collecting authority (if it is not the charging authority).
(2) Where a charging authority wishes to revise its policy on allowing infrastructure payments in its area it must—
(a)issue a document which—
(i)gives notice of the revised policy,
(ii)states the date from which the revised policy applies, and
(iii)includes a revision of the policy statement mentioned in paragraph (1)(a)(iii);
(b)publish the document on its website;
(c)make the document available for inspection—
(i)at its principal office; and
(ii)at the places at which the document mentioned in paragraph (1) was made available for inspection under paragraph (1)(c)(ii), or, if the charging authority considers that such places are no longer appropriate, such other places within its area as it considers appropriate; and
(d)send a copy of the document to the collecting authority (if it is not the charging authority).
(3) A charging authority which no longer wishes to allow infrastructure payments in its area must—
(a)issue a statement giving notice to that effect and stating the last day on which the charging authority will consider entering into an agreement under regulation 73A(7)(e);
(b)publish the statement on its website;
(c)make the statement available for inspection at the places at which the document mentioned in paragraph (1) was made available for inspection; and
(d)send a copy of the statement to the collecting authority (if it is not the charging authority).
(4) The day mentioned in paragraph (3)(a) must be no earlier than the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the date on which the statement mentioned in that paragraph is published on the charging authority’s website.]