The Wildlife and Countryside (Sites of Special Scientific Interest, Appeals) (Wales) Regulations 2002

Appeals determined on the basis of written representations

13.—(1) This regulation applies to an appeal which is to be determined on the basis of written representations.

(2) The Council must, within 28 days of the starting date, send to the National Assembly, to the appellant and to any regulation 7(1)(b) party, a copy of any further written representations or other documents, in addition to those already sent to the National Assembly in accordance with regulation 7, on which it wishes to rely in opposing the appeal or, if it does not wish to rely on any such further representations or other documents, a notice to that effect.

(3) The appellant must, within 28 days of receiving any further representations or other documents in accordance with paragraph (2) (or a notice that the Council does not intend to rely on any), send to the National Assembly, to the Council and to any regulation 7(1)(b) party, a copy of any further written representations or other documents, in addition to those already sent to the National Assembly in accordance with regulation 3, on which the appellant wishes to rely in support of the appeal or, if the appellant does not wish to rely on any such further representations or other documents, a notice to that effect.

(4) The National Assembly may, in a particular case, invite the Council and the appellant to send to the National Assembly, to each other and to any regulation 7(1)(b) party, within such reasonable time as it may specify, such further representations or other documents as it believes are necessary in order to enable the appeal to be decided, including any comments on any representation received by the National Assembly after the starting date from any person other than the appellant and the Council which the National Assembly proposes to take into account when deciding the appeal and of which the National Assembly has sent copies to the appellant and the Council.