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16.—(1) The Scottish Ministers may give any person the opportunity of appearing before and being heard by, or of providing representations to, a person appointed by the Scottish Ministers—
(a)for the purpose of deciding whether to include a site in the list to be transmitted under regulation 7(2);
(b)for the purpose of deciding whether to propose to the Secretary of State a modification under regulation 9(2) to the list of sites in the Scottish offshore region transmitted under regulation 7(1); or
(c)for the purpose of deciding whether to classify a site as a special protection area under regulation 13.
(2) Any person given the opportunity under paragraph (1) of appearing before and being heard by a person appointed by the Scottish Ministers may—
(a)be represented by another person;
(b)call persons to give evidence; and
(c)put questions to any person who gives evidence at the hearing, including any person who gives expert evidence.
(3) The Scottish Ministers must consider any report of a person appointed under paragraph (1).
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