Advertisement of application for consent to release
13.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a person who makes an application for a consent to release genetically modified organisms shall, not more than ten days after he or she sends that application to the National Assembly for Wales, cause to be published in publications to be specified by the National Assembly for Wales a notice containing the following information—
(a)the name and address of the applicant,
(b)the general description of the organisms to be released,
(c)the location and purpose of the release,
(d)the intended date or dates of the release,
(e)a statement that information about the application will be placed on the register by the National Assembly for Wales within twelve days of the receipt of the application,
(f)the means by which that register can be inspected,
(g)a statement that the National Assembly for Wales will consider any representations made to it relating to risks of damage to the environment posed by the release of the genetically modified organisms within a period which it shall specify in accordance with these Regulations,
and shall immediately send a copy of the publications containing the advertisement to the National Assembly for Wales.
(2) A notice published under paragraph (1) above need not contain the information referred to in sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) of that paragraph insofar as the First Simplified Procedure (crop plants) Decision does not require that information to be submitted with the application and that information is not submitted with the application.
(3) An applicant for consent shall ascertain from the National Assembly for Wales the level of detail on the location of the release which will be placed on the register and shall include the same level of detail in the notice to be published under paragraph (1) above.
(4) A person who makes an application for a consent to release genetically modified organisms shall, not more than ten days after he or she sends that application to the National Assembly for Wales, give to the following persons notice in writing that he or she has made the application and shall include in such notice the information prescribed in paragraph (1)(a) to (g), save in so far as paragraph (2) permits such information to be excluded from the notice referred to in paragraph (1)—
(a)the local authority and any community councils for the area or areas of each proposed release,
(b)the owner or owners of the site or sites of each proposed release, if a person other than the applicant,
(c)each member of the genetic modification safety committee established by the applicant under regulation 16 of the Genetically Modified (Contained Use) Regulations 2000(1),
(d)the Association of National Park Authorities,
(e)the Countryside Council for Wales(2),
(f)the Environment Agency;
and shall immediately send to the National Assembly for Wales copies of the notices.
See section 128 Environmental Act 1990 (c. 43).