Notification of proposal
8.—(1) The owner must notify each consultee of a proposal, by issuing a proposal notice (“the proposal notice”).
(2) The proposal notice must—
(a)clearly set out a proposal;
(b)contain a statement of the owner’s reasons for making a proposal;
(c)contain a statement that the consultation response document will be sent to each consultee;
(d)contain a list of the matters prescribed by regulations 4 and 5 and a statement confirming that a proposal complies with the requirements of these provisions;
(e)specify—
(i)the date on which the notice will be deemed to be served on each consultee, in accordance with regulation 3 (“the first consultation day”);
(ii)the date by which any representations made in response to the proposal must be received by the owner (“the last consultation day”) which must be at least 28 days after the first consultation day;
(iii)the name of the owner and address to which any such representation must be sent;
(f)be signed and dated by the owner; and
(g)be in the appropriate form set out in Schedule 1 or a form substantially to the same effect.
(3) A proposal will be treated as notified to the consultees on the first consultation day.
(4) The proposal notice may contain more than one proposal, and in such cases, this regulation and regulations 9 to 17 apply in relation to those proposals collectively as if they were a single proposal.