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Petroleum Act 1998
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- 1998 c. 17
- SCHEDULE 2
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8(1)Where the Secretary of State decides not to issue a works authorisation in consequence of an application he shall serve on—E+W+S+N.I.
(a)the applicant; and
(b)each person on whom a copy of notice of the application was required to be served under paragraph 3(c),
a notice stating the decision and, in the case of the notice served on the applicant, stating also the reasons for the decision except any reason which the Secretary of State considers that it would be against the national interest to state.
(2)Where the Secretary of State decides to issue a works authorisation in consequence of an application he shall—
(a)serve notice of the decision on—
(i)the applicant;
(ii)each person mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b); and
(iii)any other person who made representations as mentioned in paragraph 7(b)(ii) or (iii); and
(b)publish a copy of the notice in the London and Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes, or in such of them as he considers appropriate, and in any other publication which he considers appropriate.
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