Article 10 Date and notification of inquiry
The date fixed by the Minister for the holding of an inquiry shall be:
not later than 22 weeks after the relevant date; or
in a case where a pre-inquiry meeting is held pursuant to rule 5, not later than 8 weeks after the conclusion of that meeting; or
where the Minister is satisfied that in all the circumstances of the case it is impracticable to hold the inquiry within the applicable period mentioned in (a) or (b), the earliest practicable date after the end of that period.
Unless the Minister agrees a lesser period of notice with each statutory objector, he shall give not less than 6 weeks' notice of the date, time and place fixed by him for the holding of an inquiry to every statutory objector.
The place at which the inquiry is to be held shall be determined by the Minister and where he is satisfied, having regard to the nature of the draft order that it is reasonable to do so, may direct that it shall be held in more than one place.
The Minister may vary the date fixed for the holding of an inquiry whether or not the date as varied is within the applicable period mentioned in paragraph (1); and paragraph (2) shall apply to a variation of a date as it applied to the date originally fixed.
The Minister shall, not later than 2 weeks before the date fixed for the holding of an inquiry, post a notice of the inquiry in a conspicuous place near to the land or (where the land extends for more than 5 kilometres) at intervals of not more than 5 kilometres and also in one or more places where public notices are usually posted in the locality.
The Minister shall, not later than 14 days before the date fixed for the holding of the inquiry, publish in one or more of the newspapers circulating in the locality in which the land is situated a notice of the inquiry.
Any notice of inquiry posted or published pursuant to paragraph (5) or
shall contain a clear statement of the date, time and place of the inquiry, and of the powers under which the order has been made, together with a sufficient description of the land to identify approximately its location without reference to the map referred to in the order.