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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-act-2006-correction-non-registration-or-mistaken-registration-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-21",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2017/566",
  "legislation_title": "The Commons Act 2006 (Correction, Non-Registration or Mistaken Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-act-2006-correction-non-registration-or-mistaken-registration-wales-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Hearings",
  "text": "(1) Where the appointed person decides that a hearing is to be held in relation to an application or proposal for which it is the determining authority, it must appoint an inspector to hold the hearing.\n(2) A hearing is to take the form of a discussion led by the inspector.\n(3) Paragraphs (2) and (4) to (9) of regulation 18 apply to a hearing as they apply to a public inquiry.\n(4) Subject to regulation 18(5) to (7)—\n(a) in the case of an application, the applicant is entitled to give, or to call another person to give, oral evidence; and\n(b) any other person may give oral evidence with the permission of the inspector.\n(5) Cross-examination is not permitted unless the inspector decides that it is necessary to ensure a sufficient examination of the issues.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/566/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:26:35.204422+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}