Regulation 19 Pre-inquiry meeting
Before holding an inquiry, AP may hold a meeting to consider what may be done to ensure that the inquiry is conducted efficiently and expeditiously (a “pre-inquiry meeting”).
AP must give not less than 14 days’ notice in writing of the pre-inquiry meeting to any person to whom notice of the inquiry must be given under regulation 13(3).
Notice of the pre-inquiry meeting must specify the date, time and place of the meeting.
At the pre-inquiry meeting, AP must—
preside;
determine the matters to be discussed and the procedure to be followed; and
determine the nature of any documentation that must be submitted to the inquiry and the deadlines for doing so.
Where AP thinks that any person present at the pre-inquiry meeting is behaving in a disruptive manner, AP may do any of the following—
require that person to leave;
refuse to allow that person to return or to attend any further pre-inquiry meeting;
permit that person to return or to attend any further meeting on specified conditions.
AP may hold a further pre-inquiry meeting, and must give such notice of that further meeting as AP thinks necessary.
AP may give notice cancelling a pre-inquiry meeting where the objection has been withdrawn before the start of that meeting.