s 20 Provision of copies of environmental statements and further information for the Welsh Ministers on referral or appeal
(1) Where an applicant for planning permission or subsequent consent has submitted an environmental statement, or further information, to the relevant planning authority in connection with that application and— (a) the application is referred to the Welsh Ministers under section 77 of the 1990 Act (reference of applications to Secretary of State); or (b) the applicant appeals under section 78 of the 1990 Act (right to appeal against planning decisions and failure to take such decisions), the applicant must supply the Welsh Ministers with the statement and, where relevant, the further information unless, in the case of a referred application, the authority have already done so. (2) The statement and the further information supplied in accordance with paragraph (1) must be in electronic and paper format unless otherwise agreed in writing.