16.—(1) As soon as reasonably practicable after the adoption of a plan or programme for which an environmental assessment has been carried out under these Regulations, the responsible authority must—
(a)make a copy of the plan or programme and its accompanying environmental report available at its principal office for inspection by the public at all reasonable times and free of charge; and
(b)take such steps as it considers appropriate to bring to the attention of the public—
(i)the title of the plan or programme;
(ii)the date on which it was adopted;
(iii)the address (which may include a website) at which a copy of it and of its accompanying environmental report, and of a statement containing the particulars specified in paragraph (4), may be viewed or from which a copy may be obtained;
(iv)the times at which inspection may be made; and
(v)that inspection may be made free of charge.
(2) As soon as reasonably practicable after the adoption of a plan or programme—
(a)the responsible authority must inform—
(i)the consultation bodies;
(ii)the persons who, in relation to the plan or programme, were public consultees for the purposes of regulation 13; and
(iii)where the responsible body is not the National Assembly, the National Assembly; and
(b)the National Assembly must inform the Secretary of State,
of the matters referred to in paragraph (3).
(3) The matters are—
(a)that the plan or programme has been adopted;
(b)the date on which it was adopted; and
(c)the address (which may include a website) at which a copy of—
(i)the plan or programme, as adopted;
(ii)its accompanying environmental report; and
(iii)a statement containing the particulars specified in paragraph (4),
may be viewed, or from which a copy may be obtained.
(4) The particulars referred to in paragraphs (1)(b)(iii) and (3)(c)(iii) are—
(a)how environmental considerations have been integrated into the plan or programme;
(b)how the environmental report has been taken into account;
(c)how opinions expressed in response to—
(i)the invitation in regulation 13(2)(d);
(ii)action taken by the responsible authority in accordance with regulation 13(4),
have been taken into account;
(d)how the results of any consultations entered into under regulation 14 have been taken into account;
(e)the reasons for choosing the plan or programme as adopted, in the light of the other reasonable alternatives dealt with; and
(f)the measures that are to be taken to monitor the significant environmental effects of the implementation of the plan or programme.