The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Solway Tweed River Basin District) Regulations 2004

River basin management plan: approval

10.—(1) The Ministers may, having considered any river basin management plan for the Solway Tweed River Basin District submitted to them and any representations received by them in relation to that plan—

(a) approve it, in whole or in part, in the form submitted;

(b) approve it, in whole or in part, either with modifications or subject to such modifications as the Ministers may direct the Agencies to make; or

(c) reject it;

and, in any case falling within paragraph (b) or (c), must state their reasons for doing so.

(2) Where the Ministers reject a plan, they must direct the Agencies to resubmit the plan, by such time, if any, as the direction may specify, with—

(a) modifications of such nature as the direction may specify; and

(b) any further modifications which the Agencies consider appropriate.

(3) Where the Ministers approve a plan, the Agencies must publish the approved plan in such manner as the Agencies think fit for the purpose of bringing the plan to the attention of the general public and of those persons likely to be interested in or affected by it and, in particular, must—

(a) make copies of the approved plan accessible to the public free of charge through the Agencies' websites and at the relevant offices; and

(b) publish a notice—

(i) stating that the plan has been approved; and

(ii) specifying the arrangements made for making copies of the plan accessible to the general public.