Documentary evidence to be submitted to a relevant mineral planning authority or the Welsh Ministers following publication of notice of environmental statement
21.—(1) An applicant or appellant notified in accordance with regulation 18(21) must submit—
(a)where the notification was given by a relevant mineral planning authority, to that authority;
(b)where the notification was given by a relevant mineral planning authority and before submitting the documents required under this regulation the EIA application in question is referred to the Welsh Ministers for determination, to the Welsh Ministers; or
(c)where the notification was given by the Welsh Ministers, to the Welsh Ministers,
the documents specified in paragraph (2).
(2) The documents referred to in paragraph (1) are–
(a)a copy of the notice mentioned in regulation 20(1) certified by or on behalf of the applicant or appellant as having been published in a named newspaper on a date specified in the certificate;
(b)a certificate by or on behalf of the applicant or appellant which states either—
(i)that the applicant or appellant has posted a notice on the land in compliance with regulation 20(3) and (4), the date on which the notice was so posted, and that either the notice was left in position for not less than seven days in the 28 days immediately preceding the date on which the certificate is submitted, or that, without any fault or intention on the part of the applicant or appellant, it was removed, obscured or defaced before seven days had elapsed and the applicant or appellant took reasonable steps for its protection or replacement, specifying the steps taken; or
(ii)that the applicant or appellant was unable to comply with regulation 20(3) and (4) because the applicant or appellant did not have the necessary rights to do so; that the applicant or appellant has taken such reasonable steps as are open to the applicant or appellant to acquire those rights; and has been unable to do so, specifying the steps taken; and
(c)where the applicant or appellant has been notified of any particular person who is likely to affected by, or have an interest in, the application, a copy of the notice mentioned in regulation 20(2) certified by or on behalf of the applicant or appellant as having been given to that person on a date specified in the certificate.
(3) If any person issues a certificate which purports to comply with the requirements of paragraph (2)(b) and which contains a statement which that person knows to be false or misleading in any material particular, or recklessly issues a certificate which purports to comply with those requirements and which contains a statement which is false or misleading in any material particular, that person is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.