Article 4 Procedure before Inquiry
The Minister shall as soon as may be notify the applicants of the substance of each objection received by him from a statutory objector and, so far as practicable, shall also notify the applicants of the substance of other objections.
A date, time and place for the holding of the inquiry shall be fixed and may be varied by the Minister, who shall give not less than 42 days' notice in writing of such date, time and place to the applicants and to every statutory objector at the address furnished to the Minister:
Provided that—
with the consent in writing of the statutory objectors and of the applicants, the Minister may give such lesser period of notice as shall be agreed with the statutory objectors and the applicants and in that event he may specify a date for service of the statement referred to in paragraph (1) of rule 5 later than the date therein prescribed;
where it becomes necessary or advisable to vary the time or place fixed for the inquiry, the Minister shall give such notice of the variation as may appear to him to be reasonable in the circumstances.
The Minister may require the applicants—
to publish in one or more newspapers circulating in the locality or localities in which the storage and protective areas are, such notices of the inquiry as he may direct;
to serve notice of the inquiry in such form and on such persons or classes of persons as he may specify;
to give such other notices of the inquiry as he may direct.