109.—(1) Provision may be made by regulations with respect to—
(a)the form and manner in which applications for hazardous substances consent are to be made;
(b)the particulars which they are to contain and the evidence by which they are to be verified;
(c)the manner in which they are to be advertised; and
(d)the time within which they are to be dealt with.
(2) Regulations may provide that an application for hazardous substances consent, or an appeal against the refusal of such an application or against the imposition of a condition on such a consent, must not be entertained unless it is accompanied by a certificate in the prescribed form and corresponding to one or other of those described in section 42(1)(a) to (d); and any such regulations may—
(a)include requirements corresponding to sections 42(4) and 45(4); and
(b)make provision as to who is to be treated as in actual possession of land for the purposes of any provision of the regulations.
(3) If any person issues a certificate which purports to comply with the requirements of regulations made by virtue of subsection (2) and which contains a statement which that person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or recklessly issues a certificate which purports to comply with those requirements and which contains a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular, that person shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(4) Regulations—
(a)may require an applicant for hazardous substances consent or the council or both to give publicity to an application for hazardous substances consent in such manner as may be prescribed;
(b)may require the council to consult with the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland and with such other bodies or persons as may be prescribed before determining applications for hazardous substances consent;
(c)may provide for the manner in which such a consultation is to be carried out and the time within which—
(i)such a consultation;
(ii)any stage in such a consultation,
is to be completed;
(d)may require the council to determine applications for hazardous substances consent within such time as may be prescribed;
(e)may require councils to give prescribed persons or bodies prescribed information about applications for hazardous substances consent, including information as to the manner in which such applications have been dealt with;
(f)may prohibit councils from granting hazardous substances consent during such period as may be prescribed.