The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Written Representations Procedure) (National Assembly for Wales) Regulations 2004

Representations

5.—(1) Any statement provided by the acquiring authority to each remaining objector at the time at which it serves notice under section 12 or paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 will be taken to form part of the acquiring authority’s representations for the purposes of the written representations procedure.

(2) The acquiring authority must provide the National Assembly with any statement of the type mentioned in paragraph (1), but any such statement may be disregarded if received by the National Assembly more than 5 working days after the starting date.

(3) The objection made by or on behalf of a remaining objector to the National Assembly will form part of the remaining objector’s representations for the purposes of the written representations procedure and, if it has not already done so, the National Assembly must send a copy of the objection to the acquiring authority so as to be received not more than 5 working days after the starting date.

(4) The acquiring authority may—

(a) make further representations in support of the submission; or

(b) elect to treat any statement under paragraph (1) as its representations in relation to the submission for the purposes of sub-paragraph (a); and, in such a case, the acquiring authority must notify the National Assembly, and each remaining objector, accordingly.

(5) The National Assembly may disregard representations made under paragraph (4) if the representations are received by the National Assembly more than 14 working days after the starting date.

(6) A remaining objector may—

(a) make representations to the National Assembly in addition to those in paragraph (3); or

(b) elect to treat an objection under paragraph (3) as that objector’s representations for the purposes of sub-paragraph (a); and, in such a case, must notify the National Assembly, and the acquiring authority, accordingly.

(7) The National Assembly may disregard representations made under paragraph (6) if the representations are received by the National Assembly more than 15 working days after the National Assembly sends a copy of representations under paragraph (4)(a), or a notification under paragraph (4)(b), to the remaining objector.

(8) The acquiring authority may make representations to the National Assembly in relation to a remaining objector’s representations made under paragraph (6)(a) or any representations made under regulation 6 below.

(9) The National Assembly may disregard representations made under paragraph (8) if the representations are received by the National Assembly—

(a) more than 10 working days after the National Assembly sends a copy of the representations under paragraph (6)(a) to the acquiring authority; or

(b) if no representations under paragraph (6)(a) are made, more than 10 working days after the National Assembly sends notification under regulation 6(3) of these Regulations.

(10) The National Assembly may request the acquiring authority, and each remaining objector, to provide it with additional copies of representations within such reasonable time scale as it may specify.

(11) To enable the process to be completed expeditiously, the National Assembly must, as soon as practicable, send to—

(a) each remaining objector, a copy of any representations made by the acquiring authority;

(b) the acquiring authority, a copy of any representations made by a remaining objector; and

(c) each remaining objector and the acquiring authority, notification that no other representations have been made within a period permitted under this regulation.