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2It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State on receiving an application for a works authorisation—
(a)to decide whether the application is to be considered further or rejected; and
(b)to serve notice of his decision on the applicant and—
(i)in the case of a decision that the application is to be considered further, to give the applicant such directions with respect to the application as the Secretary of State considers appropriate for the purposes of paragraph 3 of this Schedule, and
(ii)in the case of a decision to reject the application, to include in the notice a statement of the reasons for the decision except any reason which in the opinion of the Secretary of State it would be against the national interest to state.
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