Article 18 Notification of decision

(1)

The Minister shall notify his decision on the draft order and his reasons therefor in writing to:

(a)

each statutory objector;

(b)

any person entitled to appear at the inquiry who did appear thereat; and

(c)

any other person who, having appeared at the inquiry, has asked to be notified of the decision.

(2)

Where a copy of the inspector’s report is not sent with the notification of the decision, the notification shall be accompanied by a copy of his conclusions and of any recommendations made by him; and if a person entitled to be notified of the decision has not received a copy of that report, he shall be supplied with a copy of it on written application made to the Minister within 4 weeks of the date of the decision.

(3)

In this rule “report” includes any assessor’s report appended to the inspector’s report but does not include any other documents so appended; but any person who has received a copy of the report may apply to the Minister in writing, within 6 weeks of the publication of the notice of making of the order pursuant to paragraph 6 of Schedule 1, for an opportunity of inspecting any such documents and the Minister shall afford him that opportunity.