1.—(1) A person who wishes to appeal to the Scottish Ministers under regulation 22 shall give to the Scottish Ministers written notice of the appeal together with the documents specified in sub-paragraph (2) and shall at the same time send to SEPA a copy of that notice together with copies of the documents specified in sub-paragraph (2)(a) and (f).
(2) The documents mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) are–
(a)a statement of the grounds of appeal;
(b)a copy of any relevant application;
(c)a copy of any relevant permit;
(d)a copy of any relevant correspondence between the appellant and SEPA;
(e)a copy of any decision or notice which is the subject matter of the appeal;
(f)a statement indicating whether the appellant wishes the appeal to be in the form of a hearing or to be disposed of on the basis of written representations.
(3) An appellant may withdraw an appeal by notifying the Scottish Ministers in writing (or in electronic form) and shall send a copy of that notification to SEPA.