{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-registration-england-regulations-2014/regulation-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-registration-england-regulations-2014/regulation-32.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/3038",
  "legislation_title": "The Commons Registration (England) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-registration-england-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/32",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Hearings",
  "text": "(1) Where the Planning Inspectorate 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 29 apply to a hearing as they apply to a public inquiry.\n(4) Subject to regulation 29(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": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 32 in force at 15.12.2014, see reg. 1(1)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3038/regulation/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:56:25.671551+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."
}