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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-purchase-by-non-ministerial-acquiring-authorities-inquiries-procedure-rules-1990/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/512",
  "legislation_title": "The Compulsory Purchase by Non-Ministerial Acquiring Authorities (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1990",
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  "path": "article/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Preliminary action to be taken by the Secretary of State",
  "text": "Where the Secretary of State intends to cause an inquiry to be held, he shall, not later than 14 days after either the expiry of the time within which objections to the order may be made, or the submission of the order to the Secretary of State for confirmation (whichever is the later), give written notice—\n(a) to the acquiring authority and to each statutory objector of that intention; and\n(b) to the acquiring authority of the substance of each objection made by a statutory objector, and, so far as practicable, of the substance of any other objections.",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/512/article/4",
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  },
  "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."
}