The Control of Pollution (Applications, Appeals and Registers) Regulations 1996

Entry of particulars on register, removal of certain particulars and indexing of registers

16.—(1) Subject to sections 191A and 191B of the Water Resources Act 1991 and paragraph (2) below, where registers are by virtue of regulation 15 to contain any particulars, those particulars shall be entered on the registers—

(a) if they relate to an application or notice which is to be advertised under regulation 2(2), paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 1 or paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 2, before the beginning of the period of 28 days during which the application or notice is required to be advertised;

(b) if they relate to an enforcement notice served under section 90B of that Act, not later than 7 days after it is served;

(c) in all other cases, not later than 28 days after those particulars become available to the Agency.

(2) Where an application for a consent, or for the variation of a consent, is withdrawn at any time before it is determined—

(a) no further particulars relating to the application shall be entered on the registers after the application is withdrawn; and

(b) all particulars relating to the application shall be removed from the registers not less than 2 months, and not more than 3 months, after the application is withdrawn.

(3) The Agency shall keep records in each register showing the dates on which particulars are entered on that register.

(4) Each register shall be indexed in a way which facilitates access to particulars entered on it.