The Biocidal Products and Chemicals (Appointment of Authorities and Enforcement) Regulations 2013

8.—(1) Not later than 28 days before the date of the hearing, or such later date as the appointed person may specify in accordance with paragraph 7(2), the competent authority must serve on the appellant a written statement of any submission which the competent authority proposes to put forward at the hearing and shall supply a copy of the statement to the appointed person.

(2) Where a government department has expressed in writing to the competent authority a view in support of the decision of the competent authority and the competent authority proposes to rely on such expression of view in its submission at the hearing, the competent authority must include the expression of view in its statement and must supply a copy of the statement to the government department concerned.

(3) Where the competent authority intends to refer to, or put in evidence at the hearing, documents (including photographs), the statement of the competent authority must be accompanied by a list of such documents, together with a written notice stating the times and place at which the documents may be inspected by the appellant; and the competent authority shall afford the appellant a reasonable opportunity to inspect and, where practicable, to take copies of the documents.

(4) If so required by the appointed person, the appellant must—

(a) serve on the competent authority and on the appointed person, within such time before the hearing as the appointed person may specify, a written statement of the submissions which the appellant proposes to put forward at the hearing; and such statement must be accompanied by a list of any documents (including photographs) which the appellant intends to refer to or put in evidence at the hearing; and

(b) afford the competent authority a reasonable opportunity to inspect and, where practicable, to take copies of such documents as are referred to in paragraph (a).