Regulation 22 Meeting about examination procedureI1C1
England and Wales
Unless paragraph (7) applies, the examining authority must hold a meeting before determining the procedure for examining an application for infrastructure consent that includes a compulsory acquisition request or has been varied to include a compulsory acquisition request for additional land.
The examining authority must invite the following to the meeting—
the applicant;
all persons identified in the book of reference;
any other person who the examining authority consider should be reasonably informed of the meeting.
The invitation must—
state if the meeting is to take place partly or fully by electronic means and provide details of how the meeting may be attended;
specify the date and time of the meeting which must be at least 14 days after the day on which the invitation is given;
ask all persons identified in the book of reference to make representations about the procedure for examining the compulsory acquisition of land.
A person invited to the meeting may make representations, about the procedure for examining the compulsory acquisition of land, in writing before the meeting takes place or at the meeting.
The examining authority may hold the meeting in the absence of any person given an invitation if it considers it expedient.
The examining authority must prepare a note of the meeting and make it available as soon as practicable to any person who attended or was given an invitation to the meeting.
Where the examining authority has already determined that the topic of compulsory acquisition of land is to be examined by way of hearing or local inquiry, it need not hold a procedure meeting, but may do so if it considers it expedient.
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Reg. 22 applied (15.12.2025) by The Infrastructure Consent (Examination and Decision) (Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/692), regs. 1(2), 10(2)