reg 13 Application procedure
(1) A person may make an application under regulation 9 , 10, 21C or 21E to the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers, a Northern Ireland department, or the Welsh Ministers , and those persons may receive such applications, without limitation as to the territorial extent or the subject matter of the application. (2) The recipient of an application shall forthwith upon receipt forward a copy of it to such of the persons listed in regulation 6(1) as did not receive the application, which copies shall be treated as if they were applications. (3) Any application under regulation 9 , 10, 21C or 21E shall, notwithstanding any statement by the applicant of the geographical extent or limit of his application, be treated as if it were an application made to each of the persons listed in regulation 6(1) insofar as each is able pursuant to regulation 6(2) to exercise the function of determining the application.