17.—(1) As soon as is reasonably practicable after it determines an application or decides to make a regulator-initiated variation, the regulator must comply with sub-paragraph (2).
(2) The regulator must—
(a)notify the applicant or, for a regulator-initiated variation, the operator of—
(i)its determination or decision,
(ii)the rights of appeal the applicant or operator has under regulation 31, and
(iii)the requirements relating to the exercise of those rights in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 6, and
(b)if paragraph 10 applies, notify the appropriate authority of the determination or decision.
(3) In this paragraph, “determination” and “decision” include the reasons for the determination or decision.