Article 5 Pre-inquiry meetings: notice, etc. in case of Welsh Ministers orders

(1)

The Welsh Ministers shall, not later than 3 weeks after the relevant date, cause to be published in one or more newspapers circulating in the locality in which the land is situated a notice of their intention to cause a pre-inquiry meeting to be held.

(2)

The Welsh Ministers shall, not later than 8 weeks after the relevant date, serve an outline statement on each remaining objector.

(3)

The Welsh Ministers may by notice in writing require—

(a)

any remaining objector; and

(b)

any other person who has notified them of that person’s intention or wish to appear at the inquiry,

to serve, within 8 weeks of the date of the notice, an outline statement on them and on any other person specified in the notice.

(4)

The Welsh Ministers shall give not less than 3 weeks’ written notice of the meeting to—

(a)

each remaining objector; and

(b)

any other person whose presence at the meeting seems to them to be desirable.

(5)

The Welsh Ministers shall give notice of the date, time and place of the pre-inquiry meeting by taking one or more of the following steps —

(a)

fixing a notice—

(i)

to a conspicuous object or objects on or near the land; and where the land extends for more than five kilometres, at intervals of not more than five kilometres; and

(ii)

in at least one place in the locality in which the land is situated where public notices are usually posted; and

(b)

publishing a notice in one or more local newspapers circulating in the locality in which the land is situated.