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Natural Environment Bill

Enforcement and other matters - Enforcement - Declarations

257: Decision on application

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"The court decides what to do with your application"

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You apply for a declaration and the court hears from you and others. The court can then make the declaration you asked for, or make a different one. The court can also decide not to make a declaration at all, after considering clauses 53 and 54 of Schedule 9 and section 255.

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Crime and justice > Courts and legal help

256: Notification of application, or

"Telling people about your court application"

258: Scope of enforcement order, or

"What an enforcement order can make you do to protect the environment"

Part 6Enforcement and other matters
Enforcement: Declarations

257Decision on application

After hearing the applicant, and any person served with notice of the application, and any other person who has the right to be represented at proceedings under clauses 53 and 54 of Schedule 9, who wishes to be heard, the court may—
make the declaration sought by an application under section 255, with or without modification; or
make any other declaration that it considers necessary or desirable; or
decline to make a declaration.