The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Amendment of regulation 13

15.—(1) Regulation 13 (publicity) is amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (1)(1), substitute—

“(1) A person who makes an application for consent under regulation 10 or who provides further information in relation to that application, whether under regulation 11 or otherwise, shall publish a notice, in accordance with paragraphs (1A) and (2), for the purposes of ensuring—

(a) the application for consent or, as the case may be, the further information, is made available to the public; and

(b) the public concerned is given an opportunity to express an opinion before the application for consent is determined.”.

(3) After paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A) A notice required by paragraph (1) shall be published—

(a) in such newspapers as the appropriate forestry body reasonably may require;

(b) electronically; and

(c) by other appropriate and reasonably practicable means.”.

(4) In paragraphs (2)(b) and (d) and (3)(2), for “28 days” substitute “30 days”.

(1)

Paragraph (1) was amended by S.I. 2006/3106 and 2013/755 (W. 90).

(2)

Paragraphs (2) and (3) were both amended by S.I. 2006/3106 and 2013/755.