The Wildlife and Countryside (Sites of Special Scientific Interest, Appeals) (Wales) Regulations 2002

Action by the National Assembly on receipt of a notice of appeal

6.—(1) The National Assembly must, as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving a notice of appeal, send a copy of it to the Council, together with a copy of any other document which accompanied it.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply—

(a) to a notice of appeal received by the National Assembly:

(i) in the case of any appeal other than a deemed refusal appeal, after the expiry of the period of two months (or such longer period as has been agreed in writing by the appellant and the Council) beginning with the date of the decision notice; or

(ii) in the case of a deemed refusal appeal, after the expiry of the period of six months (or such longer period as has been agreed in writing by the appellant and the Council) beginning with the date on which the appellant sent to the Council notice of a proposal to carry out the operation for which consent is treated as having been refused;

(b) to a notice of appeal in respect of which the appellant has failed, in a material respect, to comply with the requirements of regulation 3, but in such a case the National Assembly may give notice to the appellant of the nature of that failure and of the steps necessary to rectify it and if the appellant, within 14 days of receipt of such notice, takes the steps required, this sub-paragraph will no longer apply to the notice of appeal in question.