reg 13 Deposit of copy application etc. with others
(1) The applicant shall serve a copy of the application and of every document that these Rules require shall accompany it, together with a statement containing the information set out in paragraph (8)(j), upon— (a) every local authority in whose area a transport system, inland waterway or other works to which the application relates is or are (or is or are to be) situated or, where the application relates only to a part of such a system, waterway or works, upon every local authority in whose area such a part is (or is to be) situated; and (b) every relevant coastal authority, and shall deposit copies of the application, those documents and that statement in the library of the House of Commons and, unless the Secretary of State directs otherwise, in the library of the House of Lords. (2) Where the application relates to work of a kind described in section 3(1)(b), the applicant shall serve a copy of the application and of every document (other than a copy of a document) which is required by these Rules to accompany it, together with a statement containing the information set out in paragraph (8)(j), upon the Trinity House. (3) In the case of an application for an order authorising the works or other matters specified in any of the categories in column (1) of the table in Schedule 5 to these Rules, the applicant shall serve upon those named against such category in column (2) of that table a copy of the application and copies of the relevant documents. (4) The Secretary of State may require the applicant to serve a copy of the application and copies of the relevant documents on any other body which is designated by statutory provision , or by the Secretary of State on a case-by-case basis, as having specific environmental responsibilities or local or regional competencies and which the Secretary of State considers is likely to have an interest in the application. (5) The applicant shall not be obliged by virtue of this rule to serve upon anyone more than one copy of the same document. (6) Where anyone has confirmed to the applicant in writing that he does not wish to be served with a copy of, or a copy of any part of, a document that the applicant is required to serve upon him by virtue of this rule, the applicant shall not be required to serve upon him that document or the relevant part of it. (7) All documents required to be served upon anyone by virtue of this rule shall be so served forthwith after the making of the application. (8) In this rule “ relevant documents ” means— (a) a draft of the proposed order; (b) the explanatory memorandum required by rule 10(2)(b); (c) the concise statement of aims required by rule 10(2)(c); (d) the report summarising the consultation undertaken required by rule 10(2)(d); (e) a copy of any direction given under rule 18; (f) in the case of categories 1 to 6, 8, 10 and 14 to 21 in the table in Schedule 5 to these Rules, any screening decision, scoping opinion and applicant’s environmental statement relating to the application that has been made; (g) in the case of categories 1 to 4, 7 and 9 to 11 in the table in Schedule 5 to these Rules, the estimate referred to in rule 10(3)(b)(ii); (h) in the case of category 10 in the table in Schedule 5 to these Rules, the map referred to in rule 10(5); (i) such of the plans and sections described in rule 10 as these Rules require shall accompany the application and as are relevant to the category in the table in Schedule 5 to these Rules under which the copy application is served; and (j) a statement specifying the capacity (or, if there is more than one, the capacities) in which the recipient is served, the expiry date for objections and the address to which an objection or other representation is to be sent.