Gas Act 1965

7(1)[F1The applicant]shall publish in two successive weeks in the Gazette, and in one or more local newspapers circulating in the locality of the storage area, a notice of [F2his application]naming a place in that locality where copies of the application and of the accompanying map, may be inspected, describing the surface area of the storage and protective areas, and stating the nature and volume of gas proposed to be stored and the minimum depth below the surface of the ground of the stratum in which it is to be stored.E+W+S

(2)The notice shall state the time, being not less than twenty-eight days from the date of first publication of the notice, within which objections to the application may be made to the Minister.

(3)[F1The applicant]shall serve a notice containing all the particulars in the notice published under this paragraph—

(a)on every local planning [F3authority, [F4every local authority who are not a local planning authority and every] river authority within][F3authority and every local authority who are not a local planning authority, being, in either case, an authority within] whose area any part of the storage area or protective area lies, and

(b)on all statutory water undertakers within whose [F5limits of supply][F5area] any part of the storage area or protective area lies or who are holders of a statutory licence to abstract water within either of those areas, and

[F6(bb)on the Environment Agency if any part of the storage area or protective area is in England, and on the Natural Resources Body for Wales if any part of either of those areas is in Wales, and]

(c)on every highway authority who are not a local authority and who are responsible for any part of a highway within the storage area or protective area, and

(d)[F7on every owner, lessee and occupier (except tenants for a month or any period less than a month) of any land within the storage area or within the protective area, and]

[F7on every person who falls within sub-paragraph (3A), and]

(e)on such other bodies or individuals as the Minister may direct,

stating that representations by any of those persons may be made to the Minister within twenty-eight days of the date on which the notice is served.

[F8(3A)A person falls within this sub-paragraph if he is—

(a)an owner, lessee, tenant (whatever the tenancy period) or occupier of any land within the storage area or within the protective area;

(b)a person to whom the applicant would, if it were proceeding to purchase that land under section 5(1) of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965, be required to give notice to treat, or

(c)a person who the applicant thinks would be likely to be entitled to make a claim for compensation under section 10 of that Act if that land were purchased under a compulsory purchase order, so far as he is known to the applicant after making diligent inquiry.]

(4)[F1The applicant] shall inform the Minister of the dates on which the notices were published or served under this paragraph.

(5)A notice under this paragraph shall require any person objecting to the application to state the grounds of his objections.