s 25 Application of the PHSA to hazardous substances authorities
(1) Any application by a hazardous substances authority for hazardous substances consent must be made to the Welsh Ministers. (2) Regulations 5 to 8, 10 and 11(2) apply to the making of such an application as they apply to applications made to a hazardous substances authority. (3) For the purpose of regulation 22, an application made to the Welsh Ministers by a hazardous substances authority is to be treated as an application made to the hazardous substances authority and referred to the Welsh Ministers under section 20 of the PHSA. (4) Section 9 (other than subsection (2)(e)) of the PHSA applies in relation to an application made to the Welsh Ministers by a hazardous substances authority as it applies in relation to an application made to a hazardous substances authority. (5) For the purpose of section 22 of the PHSA, a decision of the Welsh Ministers on an application made to them by a hazardous substances authority is to be treated as a decision under section 20 of the PHSA.