300.—(1) The Board shall, on the request of—

(a) a person who has commenced or intends to commence development in the maritime area in accordance with a permission under section 293, or

(b) a requesting person of whom a requirement under paragraph (a) of subsection (6) of section 297 is made,

give such person or requesting person its opinion on the scope and content of an environmental impact assessment report in relation—

(i) in the case of a person to whom paragraph (a) applies, to an alteration of the terms of a permission under section 293 in respect of which he or she proposes to make a request under subsection (1) of section 297, or

(ii) in the case of such requesting person, to a requested alteration.

(2) A requesting person shall give the Board such information in relation to the requested alteration as the Board may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling it to comply with subsection (1).]