reg 5 Amendment of the 1999 Regulations
In regulation 7 (Pre-application requests to the Secretary of State for an opinion as to content of environmental statement), after paragraph (7), insert— (8) Where the Secretary of State has given an opinion in response to a request pursuant to paragraph (1) above, he shall forthwith send to the relevant planning authority, any other consultation body and such other persons he considers appropriate— (a) a copy of that opinion; and (b) a copy of the relevant request and the documents which accompanied it.