14Requirements relating to grant of licence or easement

14 Requirements relating to grant of licence or easement

14 Requirements relating to grant of licence or easement

(1) No later than 3 months after the commencement of this section, the Trust must publish on an Internet site maintained by the Trust a statement that—

(a) outlines the criteria by which the Trust assesses proposals or requests for grants of licences for the use of, or easements through, on or in, trust lands, and

(b) states that any person may, at any time, make a submission in writing to the Trust in relation to those criteria, and

(c) specifies the number of licences and easements granted by the Trust during the immediately preceding financial year, categorised according to their purpose and impact on Trust lands and (additionally, in the case of licences) their duration.

(2) The statement must be permanently available on the Internet and a written copy of the statement must be permanently available for inspection by the public at the offices of the Trust during ordinary business hours.

(3) The Trust may update the statement as it sees fit, and must update it at least once in every financial year.

(4) In updating the statement, the Trust must take into consideration any submissions received.