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Natural Environment Bill

Enforcement and other matters - Enforcement - Declarations

256: Notification of application

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"Telling people about your court application"

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If you apply for a declaration, you must tell everyone affected by it. You do this by serving them a notice in a special form. You must do this within 5 working days of making the application to the court.

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Part 6Enforcement and other matters
Enforcement: Declarations

256Notification of application

  1. The applicant for a declaration must serve notice of the application in the prescribed form on every person directly affected by the application.

  2. The notice must be served within 5 working days after the application is made to the court.