172B.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), an applicant for consent for proposed development shall, within the period of 2 weeks before—

(a) the making of an application for such consent which is to be accompanied by an environmental impact assessment report, or

(b) the submission of an environmental impact assessment report when required by the planning authority or the Board, as the case may be, to do so,

provide the prescribed information in electronic form to the EIA portal in the manner set out on the portal.

(2) Where it is provided for in national legislation that a person other than the applicant for consent for proposed development shall provide information to the EIA portal, that person shall, not later than public notification of a proposed development which is to be accompanied by an environmental impact assessment report, provide the prescribed information in electronic form to the EIA portal in the manner set out on the portal.]