# The Compulsory Purchase (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 2007, Article 4: Pre-inquiry meetings


If it appears to the authorising authority to be desirable, the authorising authority may cause a pre-inquiry meeting to be held and, where it does so —
(a) the authorising authority shall give notice of its intention to hold a pre-inquiry meeting with the notice required under rule 3(2) or (3);
(b) the pre-inquiry meeting (or, where there is to be more than one, the first pre-inquiry meeting) shall be held not later than 16 weeks after the relevant date; and
(c) the procedures prescribed by rule 5 shall apply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3617/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-purchase-inquiries-procedure-rules-2007/article-4
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