579Additional information

579 Additional information

579 Additional information

(1) If an application for a major hazard facility licence does not contain sufficient information to enable the regulator to make a decision whether or not to grant the licence—the regulator may ask the operator to provide additional information.

(2) A request for additional information must—

(a) specify the date (not being less than 28 days after the request) by which the additional information must be given, and

(b) be confirmed in writing.

(3) If an operator does not provide the additional information by the date specified, the application is to be taken to have been withdrawn.

(4) The regulator may make more than one request for additional information under this section.

Note—

See the Act, section 268, for offences relating to the giving of false or misleading information under the Act or this regulation.