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Natural Environment Bill

Natural resource permits - Applying for natural resource permit - Permit authority may require further information

142: Response to request for further information or report

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"Answering requests for more information or a report"

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If you get asked for more information under section 140, or told a report is needed under section 141, you must reply. You have to respond in the way and by the time set out in the regulations. The permit authority will tell you what to do.

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141: Request for report, or

"Asking for a special report to help decide your natural resource permit application"

143: Consequences of applicant’s failure to respond to requests, etc, or

"What happens if you don't respond to requests about your natural resource permit application?"

Part 4Natural resource permits
Applying for natural resource permit: Permit authority may require further information

142Response to request for further information or report

An applicant that receives a request for further information under section 140, or notification that the permit authority wants to commission a report under section 141, must respond to the permit authority in the manner and within the time prescribed in the regulations.