{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-generating-stations-and-overhead-lines-inquiries-procedure-rules-1987/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-generating-stations-and-overhead-lines-inquiries-procedure-rules-1987/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2182",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity Generating Stations and Overhead Lines (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-generating-stations-and-overhead-lines-inquiries-procedure-rules-1987",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Service of statement of case etc.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (5), (7) and (8) of this rule each of —\n(a) the applicant,\n(b) the local planning authority, and\n(c) any person who, having notified the Secretary of State of his intention or wish to appear at the inquiry, has been required in writing by the Secretary of State to comply with the requirements of this paragraph,\nshall serve a statement of case on each of the others of them, on the Secretary of State and on all (or all other) section 34 parties.\n(2) A statement of case required to be served by the applicant or the local planning authority shall be served not later than —\n(a) 6 weeks after the relevant date, or\n(b) in any case where the Secretary of State causes a pre-inquiry meeting to be held pursuant to rule 5(1), 4 weeks after the conclusion of that meeting (or the last such meeting).\n(3) Any other statement of case shall be served not later than 4 weeks after the date of the Secretary of State’s notice requiring it to be served.\n(4) The Secretary of State shall inform any person from whom he requires a statement of case in accordance with paragraph (1)(c) of the name and address of every person on whom the statement of case is required to be served.\n(5) The Secretary of State or the inspector may require any person who has served a statement of case in accordance with this rule to provide such further information about the matters contained in the statement as he may specify.\n(6) Any person serving a statement of case on the Secretary of State shall serve with it a copy of any document, or of the relevant part of any document, referred to in it.\n(7) Where, having regard to the number of section 34 parties and the length of a statement of case the Secretary of State considers it expedient, he may authorise any person serving a statement of case under paragraph (1) of this rule to give notice to section 34 parties stating the times and places at which the statement of case may be examined by them instead of complying with the requirements of paragraph (1) of this rule.\n(8) A person authorised to give notice to section 34 parties under paragraph (7) shall give to those parties a reasonable opportunity to inspect and, where practicable, take copies of, the statement of case.\n(9) Where, in the case of an application under section 2 of the Electric Lighting Act 1909, the Secretary of State has not given notice under rule 5(2) of his intention to cause a pre-inquiry meeting to be held, he shall not later than 12 weeks after the relevant date serve a written statement of the matters referred to in that paragraph on the applicant, the local planning authority and any person from whom he has required a statement of case under paragraph (1) of this rule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2182/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:14:45.849144+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}