SCHEDULE 5Environmental permits

PART 1Grant, variation, transfer and surrender of environmental permits

Notification of a determination or decision17

1

As soon as is reasonably practicable after it determines an application or decides to make a regulator-initiated variation, the regulator must comply with sub-paragraph (2).

2

The regulator must—

a

notify the applicant or, for a regulator-initiated variation, the operator of—

i

its determination or decision,

ii

the rights of appeal the applicant or operator has under regulation 31, and

iii

the requirements relating to the exercise of those rights in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 6; and

b

if paragraph 10 applies, notify the appropriate authority of the determination or decision.

3

In this paragraph, “determination” and “decision” include the reasons for the determination or decision.