The applicant, where the applicant is not the appellant, the decision-maker, interested and affected parties and organ(s) of state, must submit their responses, to the Appeal Authority and to the appellant within ten (10) days from the date of receipt of the appeal submission or within ten (10) days from the lapsing of the twenty (20) day period referred to in regulation 25C, or whichever is the later date.

[Section 25D inserted by section 5 of the Amendment Regulations under the National Forests Act, 2024, Notice No. R. 5650, GG51847, dated 6 January 2025]