The Harbour Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999

Publication of notice by developer

7.—(1) Not less than 14 days before the developer provides the information to be supplied under regulation 5(9) or 6(11) to the appropriate Authority, he shall publish a notice in a local newspaper circulating in the locality of the harbour where the harbour works are proposed to be carried out, stating—

(a)his name and the location and nature of the proposed harbour works;

(b)that he has applied for consent or approval to the carrying out of the proposed works and specifying the relevant provision pursuant to which consent or approval was applied for;

(c)that he has been directed to supply an environmental statement which includes the information referred to in regulation 5(9) or 6(11);

(d)that a copy of any information supplied under regulation 4(3) or 6(4) together with the environmental statement to be supplied under regulation 5(9) or 6(11) may be inspected by members of the public at all reasonable hours;

(e)an address within the locality of the harbour where the harbour works are proposed to be carried out at which the documents open to inspection may be inspected, and the latest date on which they will be available (being a date not less than 42 days later than the date on which the notice is published);

(f)an address within the locality of the harbour where the harbour works are proposed to be carried out (whether or not the same as that named under sub-paragraph (e)) at which copies of the environmental statement to be supplied under regulation 5(9) or 6(11) may be obtained, for so long as stocks last, and, if a charge is to be made for a copy, the amount of the charge; and

(g)that any person who wishes to make representations concerning the proposed harbour works should do so in writing, within a period of 7 days beginning with the day after the date specified in accordance with sub-paragraph (e), to the appropriate Authority.

(2) On the date of publication of the notice under paragraph (1) the developer shall also post at a place to which members of the public have access at the offices of the harbour authority for the harbour where the harbour works are proposed to be carried out or if there is no such place, shall post outside the offices of the said harbour authority, a notice containing the information specified in paragraph (1).

(3) The developer shall ensure that the notice referred to in paragraph (2) is—

(a)left in position for a period of 42 days beginning with the date of posting;

(b)posted by affixing it firmly to some object on the premises and is sited and displayed in such a way as to be easily visible to and legible by members of the public; and

(c)replaced if it is at any time removed, damaged or defaced.

(4) The environmental statement supplied to the appropriate Authority under regulation 5(9) or 6(11) shall be accompanied by—

(a)a copy of the notice referred to in paragraph (1) certified by or on behalf of the developer as having been published in a named newspaper on a date specified in the certificate; and

(b)a certificate by or on behalf of the developer which states—

(i)that he has posted a notice at or outside the offices of the harbour authority for the harbour where the harbour works are proposed to be carried out in accordance with paragraph (2), and when he did so; and

(ii)that he has complied with the requirements of paragraph (3)(b) and will comply with the requirements of paragraph (3)(c) should this be necessary.