Application without prior screening
10.—(1) This regulation applies where it appears to the Scottish Ministers that—
(a)an application for Electricity Act consent which is before them for determination is an application for Schedule 1 development or an application for Schedule 2 development;
(b)the development to which the application relates has not been the subject of a screening opinion; and
(c)the application is not accompanied by an EIA report.
(2) Where this regulation applies the Scottish Ministers must adopt a screening opinion in respect of the proposed development to which the application for Electricity Act consent relates.
(3) If it appears to the Scottish Ministers that the application for Electricity Act consent is an application for Schedule 2 development but the Scottish Ministers do not consider that the information submitted by the developer in connection with the application for Electricity Act consent includes all the information referred to in regulation 8(2) the Scottish Ministers must seek from the developer such information as they consider remains to be provided by giving notice to the developer describing that information.